Chapter 201 (1/2)

Volume 3

The Simple Job of Only Perishing to the Hero Volume 6 Chapter 15

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「May I have a moment?」

Several days after the observation of the South’s town of Elgrad.

Having put together the sightseeing plan, Ykslaas appeared at Vermudol’s office.

Although she knocked, seeing that Ykslaas came in without waiting for his answer, Vermudol turned a slightly bitter face towards her.

「Now look here……If you’re going to knock on the door seeking permission, you should at least wait for a reply, right?」

「Ara, what are you saying. If there is anyone that conscientious among your subordinates, by all means, I would like it if you told me of a concrete example.」

Seeing Ykslaas place a hand on Vermudol’s desk and stare at him, Vermudol groaned with a *muー*.

Ichika would be beside him before he knew it, and Nino would come out from below his desk.

Think about how Sancreed would just barge in, Fainell would open the door at the same time she said her first words.

For Raktor, there were times where he would come in from the window. And for Rokuna and Altejio……they would probably come in like Ykslaas did just now.

「……Well, I guess that’s fine.」

「It’s fine even if you don’t make such a distant look……I’ve got it, I’ll do as you said from now on, so mind if I get to the main issue at hand?」

「Ahh, come to think of it, what did you need?」

After Vermudol quickly put his documents away to the side, Ykslaas nimbly sat down on top of that desk.

「You shouldn’t sit down on the desk. That’s bad manners, you know.」

「Ara, didn’t you put all of that aside for my sake?」

「As if that would be the case. Come on, get down.」

Without minding Vermudol who pressed down on his brow, Ykslaas put a finger at her mouth and pondered.

「Let’s see……In that case, could you carry me down?」

Seeing Ykslaas charmingly tilt her head, Vermudol openly displayed his displeasure with a face that looked like he would click his tongue at any moment.

Ykslaas pouted and expressed her discontent.

「Hey, what’s with that face. Isn’t that just rude.」

「Enough of that, so let’s get to the main point. I’m busy.」

「Be more gentlemanly. What are you doing being like that.」

「Sorry, I’m sold out on gentlemanly behavior and it’s on backorder.」

Leaning his body on the back of his chair, Vermudol breathed a deep sigh.

While still on his desk, Ykslaas started rummaging through the documents that were next to her.

「Oi, don’t touch that so much.」

「It’s fine. Erm, this should be it.」

What Ykslaas pulled out from the mountain of documents was the document related to the sightseeing plan for the Central region.

「That’s……the one for the Central region. What about it?」

「Nnー……Ahh, there really aren’t any. Since I didn’t catch sight of anything similar even in the town, I thought that it might be a possibility.」

Vermudol knited his brow at Ykslaas’s words.

Rather than her saying that there was an oversight in the sightseeing plan, it sounded like she was saying that there was something lacking in the town.

「Is there something lacking?」

When Vermudol asked that, Ykslaas hit the document with her hand with a *pan*.

「There aren’t any minstrels.」

「……Minstrels?」

Hearing that unexpected answer, Vermudol reflexively repeated after her.

Naturally, Vermudol also knew what minstrels were.

Minstrels were those that would sing various poems, and go around to countries and towns.

Their poems were mainly created from incidents and gossip that they actually saw and heard, and from things like legends.

They would tell stories of far unknown places by singing to their own accompaniment, and narrate famous legends full with ambiance.

When he was infiltrating mankind’s territory with the name of Shion in the past, Vermudol had also seen minstrels several times.

What they sang were mainly about the Hero legend.

And although it is called the Hero legend, it wasn’t like there was only a single poem.

After all, if the legend that the Hero Ryuuya left behind were to include the rumors where the authenticity was unknown, there would be enough material to not run out of things to sing about even if they continued singing for an entire month.

If the minstrel were to belt out with a pleasant and exhilarating tone, the bars would definitely get really roused up.

The Hero legends were just that popular, and if one were a minstrel of mankind’s territory, it was something that they should start singing with.

As a result of them creating their own outrageous fiction in order to increase their repetoire, the Hero that came out in the Hero legends that the minstrels sung made it doubtful if he really was a member of mankind……but let’s put that aside.

「……I don’t think that something like that is necessary though.」

「Ara, looks like you don’t get it. Minstrels are important, you know?」

「……Important, huh. How are they important specifically?」

「Let’s see……Just how do you perceive minstrels?」

「They’re entertainers who noncommittally sing rumors, aren’t they?」

When speaking of Vermudol’s image of minstrels, they were a bunch of entertainers that would noncommittally sing gossip that had questionable authenticity at the top of their voices.