The Sub-Heroine’s Butler Is a Vicious Bastard

72. Auction house (4)

‘… This is a big deal.’

The guards at the auction house pointing at me with spear knives and yelling at me.

The hulking guards were not a threat to me.

It wouldn’t be difficult to deal with them if you put your mind to it.

The problem was that after passing them, other combatants would constantly appear.

It’s about ten lives now, but if you break through them, you’ll be replenished by that much.

You have to constantly fight attrition by passing through complex corridors that twist and turn like anthills.

If my mask comes off midway, or if my stamina runs out, it’s game over.

Now that this has happened, I have no choice but to confess.

As I was thinking about that, I heard a woman’s voice from behind the guards surrounding me.

“What are you doing?”

With the sound of clattering footsteps, a woman wearing a fox mask broke through the encirclement and entered the storage room.

The look of him walking leisurely as if nothing happened, leaving a dark and heavy atmosphere behind.

That figure, me and the guards all stared blankly as if possessed by something.

“Yes, who is your bitch!”

“Oh, my introduction is late.”

One of the guards came to their senses and pointed a knife at her.

After her sly words, the woman slowly took out a badge from her bosom.

“If I show you this pendant, will it be your identity guarantee?”

“Heh, the proof of the Hexler family… ?”

The security guards slowly spread their distance with shocked faces.

What Hannah took out was a pendant with a blue diamond, which was the symbol of the imperial family.

It wasn’t that the guards’ reaction was incomprehensible.

Would it be the right analogy if the President’s aide visited an illegal bar?

‘… Besides, that woman is not an ordinary member of the imperial family.’

The blue hair peeking out from behind the fox-shaped mask,

Even the voice and tone that I heard frequently.

All of that showed the identity of the woman in front of me.

One of the main heroines of ＜Party to Savior＞… Hexler Hanna, the third princess of the Hexler Empire.

At the academy, she disguised her identity and entered as Green Noll Hannah.

… Somehow, he was someone I hadn’t seen since I met him once at a social church.

Why is Hannah here, and how did she visit the storage room?

Is she a strong rope that came down on me or a tiger that came to eat me?

At the moment when many thoughts were complicated and dizzy in my head, Hannah slowly approached me.

“Jerry Wolf, you safely dealt with the rogues.”

“… ?”

“I sent you after seeing an attack on the storage room. But, how do you handle it like this? After all, he is a trustworthy escort knight for the imperial family.”

It was clearly directed at me, but I didn’t understand a single thing.

But when Hannah pointed behind me and followed her finger,

Tied up with ropes next to the huge bars in the storage room, there were the elves I had fought so far.

“What would have happened if I hadn’t accidentally seen the intrusion of those chimes… Just thinking about it makes me dizzy.”

“He, he, he didn’t attack the storage room… ”

“yes that’s right. The people tied up over there committed an outrageous act, and my reliable escort knight solved it. Right, Jerry?”

“… you’re right.”

Hannah crossed her arms and spoke to me.

Her contact came as a burden, but she was certainly lying to me to bail me out.

Then all I can do is put the words right.

“Everything’s done, so let’s go.”

“… Now, wait a minute. The case is still under investigation… ”

The figure who appeared to be the head of the guards stood next to the princess, sweating profusely.

From his point of view, who seems to be in charge, in order to properly grasp the circumstances of the incident,

My recruits will be absolutely necessary.

Hanna quietly reached out and touched the name tag on his chest.

“Reynolds… Could that be Lord Reynolds opinion?”

“… Yes Yes?”

“I asked if it was Lord Reynolds who wanted to detain and interrogate the person of the imperial family.”

“no! It’s not like that… ”

“As a member of the imperial family, I acted in good faith and prevented the theft of the storage room, but to think that my escort was taken… ”

Hannah’s friendly tone changed without a hint.

“If it turns out that our escort knight is innocent of any charges, can I hold Sir Reynolds accountable for my wasted time and insults?”

“no! sorry!”

In an instant, Reynolds’ grim face turned into a tear-stained face.

He pressed his forehead to the ground with a thud, begging for forgiveness.

… Seeing that, I feel sorry for everyone.

“Then shall we go? Jerry Wolf.”

She grabbed me by the collar and pulled me.

Listening to her voice as she spoke with a bashful laugh, I caressed the arm where the chicken skin had grown.

* * *

“Thank you for living. thank you.”

“You’re welcome.”

Inside an uncomfortable wagon suitable for a low-ranking aristocrat to ride.

In a narrow place where the knees touch each other

There were me wearing a wolf mask, the princess wearing a fox mask, and a maid wearing a sword at the waist.

‘I want to get off right now.’

I looked out the window and thought.

If I break the wagon and run straight away, will they be able to come after me?

The atmosphere was the height of awkwardness and quiet enough to seriously consider such a ridiculous plan.

The carriage seemed to be headed for the academy, but as soon as I saw downtown, I spoke to Hannah.

“Thank you for the ride. The residence is nearby, so can I get off here?”

“Oh, isn’t your residence in room 302 of the academy dormitory?”

“… ”

I raised my hand and touched the mask on my face.

I thought I was lucky to have a mask.

If I hadn’t had a mask, my expression would have been revealed.

‘How did you know who I am?’

At least I’ve never taken off my mask in front of her.

“Huh, aren’t you too surprised?”

“… … ”

“Waltz Schmitz, is that right?”

I don’t know how to find out, but it seems that my identity has already been discovered by her.

So there’s no reason to wear a mask anymore.

I slowly took off my wolf mask.

“My name is Waltz Schmitz, who is the exclusive butler of Princess Erral de Arlot. Meet the princess.”

“… Oh my, I haven’t told you I’m the princess yet.”

“… ”

I felt a drop of cold sweat run down my back.

I was nervous and unknowingly confessed that I knew her identity and made a mistake.

Hanna snatched it right away and asked me.

“Since Mr. Schmitz also showed his identity, it would be polite to show him too, right? You seem to already know the basics.”

“Princess!”

Before the maid who was standing next to me like a doll could say something.

Hanna immediately took off the fox mask.

I couldn’t help but twitch my eyebrows when I saw it.

‘Are you in disguise?’

The princess has completely concealed her identity through the ancient magic tool she received from the imperial family.

It meant that at least as long as the magic tool was working, I couldn’t think of ‘Hexler Hanna’ from her appearance.

However, she did not turn off the magic tool even though she claimed to be the ‘princess’.

“Princess, why the hell… !”

That’s why it wasn’t strange that the maid was so flustered.

Few people know that Greenknoll Hannah and Hexler Hannah are the same person.

But suddenly, I informed the important fact to the man I met for the first time today…

“Why are you revealing your identity to me?”

“… Oh, you’re not even surprised.”

“… ”

“On the contrary, I would like to ask you a question from my side.”

Hannah gets up and takes a seat next to me.

As she moved, she kept brushing my skin, so I stuck to the wall of the wagon.

Hanna, who was sitting next to me, carefully ran her hand through my pants.

“What are you doing now… ”

“The pockets here are quite thick.

“… ”

Her fingers ran from my thighs to my pockets.

From the playful poking of the pocket,

She realized that she knew I had been stealing from the storage room.

“It is difficult. On the way out, even risking the name of the imperial family, affirming that ‘I will never steal!’ .”

“… … What do you want.”

“It’s good that you understand quickly.”

Hanna continued with a smile that felt as warm as the sun.

When she grows up, she will grow into a decent woman who touches the heartstrings of many men.

Unlike the fox-like aspect of the person whose true intentions are unknown.

“I know that Mr. Schmitz stole from the auction house.”

“… ”

“On the contrary, Mr. Schmitz is an ordinary student at the academy, Grinnall Hannah… I know that it is Hexler Hanna, the third princess of the Empire. Yes?”

indeed.

Is she trying to build an equal relationship by showing off my weaknesses and her own at the same time?

I don’t know why it came out like this, but first I confirmed that she wasn’t hostile.

I tried to open her insides as much as possible with the given information.

Do you always smile at what is so good?

The silence between the two is broken by her outstretched little finger.

“This… ”

“It’s simple. Because we share secrets that we don’t want each other to know. It means you want to make an alliance.”

I look at Hannah, trying hard to open my eyes that shake without mercy.

It was mischievous and dangerous, but it looked lonely somewhere.

“All right.”

I carefully reached out and put my baby on her little finger.

Hannah snatched my finger and put it into her arms.

Confused by the sudden change of circumstances and the warm touch, I looked at her face,

She gives off a mischievous smile that appears out of habit.

“Please keep your promise. And, I will pay the price I saved this time separately.”

“yes… ?”

“I’d like to make a small wish for Mr. Schmitz, but hehe. Of course, I’ll give you a chance to refuse. Hannah is a merciful lady.”

There must be a way to just give an order and have them follow it.

Why does it bother to specify the word ‘wish’ and the right to refuse?

“Are you okay?”

“yes… ”

Hannah tightened her fingers, and I eventually complied with her request.

You don’t know what will happen if you decline the request.

The two requests she presented were not burdensome than I thought.

“I’ll just go for it.”

“… Aren’t you going to the academy?”

Hanna packed her things and was ready to leave in no time.

The carriage was heading to the academy.

You can reach the academy in 5 minutes by carriage, so why bother getting off the empty road?

“Externally, I am the daughter of a poor baron. If you enter the academy by carriage, you will be noticed.”

“… All right.”

“Then, please enter carefully.”

Hannah, who was trying to perform a thorough performance, got off the carriage like that.

Before getting off, the maid glared at me once, so I was a little scared.

“… ha.”

After Hannah and the maid left, I was left alone in the carriage.

Then I let out a sigh of relief and wiped my face with my hand.

… It was clear that he had not lost anything at the auction house or in his dealings with Hannah, but somehow it felt like he had lost.

I went to the academy suffering from dizziness, whether it was because of the carriage or Hannah.