“Haa, that was nerve-wracking …… But, Lars-kun, are you okay?”

“How are you, Lars?”

“Yeah, I’m feeling better now, thanks Makina.”

–In the audience room, Apollos and I were sick, and both camps decided that the rest of the conversation was unsustainable, so they ended it early and led us to our respective rooms.

But fortunately, Hitzrite put Makina and Kudelika in the same room under the guise of taking care of me, so we were able to infiltrate successfully.

Sarge and Roza are in the next room, so if something happens, they can come to us immediately …… That’s all very well, but ……

“Why are you both in between me ……?”

“B-Because I’m worried about you.”

“Makina-chan said it was okay.”

“Uhhhh ……”

It’s not good to have two people who smell good after a bath.

I close my eyes and tense up …… On my left is Kudelica with her huge weapon. On my right is my girlfriend Makina, so my reason is in danger.

“A-Are you okay? Isn’t your fever rising?”

“What, it’s true.”

“I-I’m fine, just don’t move!?”

At times like this, I have to think of something else to get through it ……

Now, the King I met for the first time was neither good nor bad, and I got the impression that he might become scared if I pressed him a little. Since Hitzrite is the Knight Commander, the overall strength of the Knights is probably not bad. 

But even so, it’s probably easy for us to escape if we get out of line.

The only thing we have to worry about is that the Hitzrite and the others will turn on us even more.

And then there’s Apollos.

Maybe it’s because we’re both reincarnated, but as soon as I saw him, I felt intensely uncomfortable. I guess I’ll have to think about it a bit if the same thing happens the next time I meet him ……?

“…… Lars, you seem to have calmed down.”

“Yeah, I’m thinking about it for a while now, and I’m feeling a little better. In the meantime, Makina and Koudelika need to be careful with the king.”

“Yes! He gave me a very nasty look for a second!”

“That sent a chill down my spine.”

It’s a relief to know that both of them were aware of it.

“Yeah. I’m sure he’ll come after you since he didn’t mind trying to put us in separate rooms. The prince wasn’t there, but you’d better be careful there too. Always work together, preferably with me or Sarge.”

I didn’t tell this to Retzel or Vertical, but I don’t intend to let the women accompany anyone involved with the Berias Kingdom, just in case. The same goes for Roza. It’s best to avoid danger as much as possible.

“What are we going to do now?”

“We’ll just wait and see. We’ll wait until we find out what their movements are. I would like to know how many people are in the castle. We definitely need to know the number of soldiers, maids and ministers.”

“Should we ask Hitzrite-san?”

“I think he’s good for the knights and soldiers, but for the rest of us, it’s important to see them in their ‘normal behavior’, so I’ll make some excuse to take a walk and see how Johnny and the others are doing.”

“Okay! It’s been a while since I’ve had a good walk.”

“Well, you’re both tired, so why don’t you relax until dinner? And stop sticking to me.”

As I was about to sit up, thinking that I could do a [Simple Appraisal] for dinner and that I should rest for the day, the door to my room opened.

“I’ve brought you medicine …… Ah!”

“How are you feeling? ……. I’m sorry to have disturbed you. You look fine.”

“Yes, they are, Vertical-sama ……”

“Wait!? I-I’m not doing anything weird!?”

The one who came in with the maid was Vertical, who had apparently brought me some medicine, but I was in a hurry to stop him because he was trying to rush off with some strange concern.

I got the medicine and asked the maid to leave, and this time, after locking the door properly, I sat down on the bed and opened my mouth.

“Stop with the weird concerns ……”

“What are you talking about, demons are law-abiding beings who keep their promises to their contractors. There’s no reason to worry about it.”

“I wonder what you’re bragging about ……. But you did bring medicine for Lars, didn’t you?”

“No, this is just a pretext. To ask you, Lars-kun, what happened back there.”

“Well, I suppose so. There’s not much I can say about it, except that it made me feel …… sick and gave me a headache.”

When I said this, Vertical thought for a moment and then opened his mouth. 

“I went back to the room with the Lord Founder after that, and he said the same thing. Maybe there’s something between reincarnated people.”

“Now that you mention, Lars is also a reincarnator, isn’t he? I don’t really care about it, though.”

Kudelica smiles.

However, I think it’s strange that Apollos is the first person it happened with since Vertical is also from the same world.

But–

“–Either way, it’s just the beginning.”

–Yes, what needs to be done is just beginning, action rather than thinking. I said to Vertical what I had in mind for tomorrow.

“Can I ask you to show me around the castle for now?”

“No, I need to stay with the Lord Founder. He wants to hear about the incident in the town of Gust. He didn’t expect that three of the ten chief priests to be killed and–“

“And?”

“I myself would like to contact the rest of the ten chief priests. I’m sorry, but you’ll have to rely on Retzel or Reiss for the castle.”

“All right.”

Then the door is knocked and we all look towards it at the same time.

“I’m sorry, Vertical-sama. It’s time for dinner, and they’d like the guests to join too.”

“Oh, okay. Good work …… Then, let’s go, they’ll probably ask you a lot of questions, but just let it slide somehow.”

Vertical got up from his chair, looked at us, swallowed what he said and nodded.

Now, if the demons are going to go to Apollos, as you say, it’s going to be Retzel and Reiss that we’ll be relying on, but we’ll see what happens ……

I’m also writing a new work! I hope you’ll give it a read!

https://ncode.syosetu.com/n3214hh/3/

https://ncode.syosetu.com/n9810hf/