Chapter 133: On the Way Back

The lights inside the dukedom mansion came on. From the noble mansions continuing the wall where we were standing, there were also people watching the mansion. Since they were looking our way, I gave them a small bow. I wonder if they felt our feelings? We looked completely suspicious to them, but they were broad-minded people.

Now, the robbers lying inside the dukedom mansion kept receiving finishing blows one after another, and the tension that had been stretched tight inside the mansion seemed to relax.

"Lord Robby, let’s stay here a while longer."

Lily tugged at the hem of my clothes. I started to move because I thought it would be better for me to disappear right away, but Lily stopped me. She had somehow put away her crossbow. I was nervous because I thought something might be said.

As I waited on the wall, the lights finally turned toward us. Like searchlights, one, two, three of them gathered. Wow, they were teaching me not to use high beams when there’s an oncoming car! On TV, when a fugitive is cornered, the lights are gathered like this.

"I don’t know who you are, but thank you for your help. We were saved thanks to you."

A surprisingly low-voiced voice spoke from the light. I thought they would say, "What are you doing, extra!"

"We thought you were troublesome enemies and decided to lend a hand. Travelers, please forgive our rudeness. You are probably just a carefree noble prince and his maid. That’s all we thought."

When Lily answered, the other side started talking loudly, "Who is this noble prince?" But I thought it was odd for them to say "noble prince" themselves. Still, eventually their conclusion came.

"Understood. We will not blame you. However, please do not speak about what you saw tonight. We have to clean up, so we will have to ask you to leave. You too, please leave."

Then the lights turned toward the inside of the mansion and the bodies started to be cleaned up.

Lily stepped down to the road, so I followed. The gate of the dukedom mansion opened and the robbers who had fallen from the wall were being collected.

"Let’s go back, Lord Robby."

"Yeah."

In about thirty minutes, we had witnessed everything: the place where the robbers prepared, the moment they were wiped out.

"Lord Robby, please be careful."

Even though they said "be careful," I didn’t know what to be careful about with so many things happening.

"What should I be careful about?"

Lily turned to me with a troubled face and said,

"The robber you stabbed at the very end. He had confidence in his legs and thought we couldn’t react, so he planned to slash us and escape. But when your sword rose and he came running straight at it, he panicked, but he still jumped onto the sword himself. If he had confidence in his legs, no, if he had confidence in his legs, he should have been even more cautious."

Lily’s tone was extremely preachy. I knew what she was saying was right, but I already knew it. Before that, I asked,

"Did you see the thief jump in?"

"I barely felt that he was coming this way. I raised my sword thinking he was coming toward you."

"What if he had come toward you?"

"Then I would have died."

Lily said it so casually...

"That’s awful..."

"It couldn’t be helped. It was too sudden then. As the only option, I had to raise my sword at that moment."

When I heard that, it was all for my sake and self-sacrifice. I couldn’t say anything. If I had been wandering around at night and died Lily because of me, I would regret it even if I regretted it for the rest of my life.

"Sigh... anyway, Lily, thank you."

"It’s my job as a maid."

Lily smiled. Seeing her smile, I felt a little calmer.

"By the way, Lily, how strong are you?"

"I’m still not that strong. There are always higher-ups."

"Are there many people stronger than you in this country?"

"Of course. The person using the light sword earlier, if we fought one on one, I probably couldn’t win. I don’t think I could match the thief who attacked you at the very end either. There are probably many stronger than me. Even the thieves attacking noble mansions, there are so many strong people among them that I can’t imagine how many hidden strong people there are."

When she said that, I thought, If there was an adventurer guild, they could manage the strong people. If they had ranks like A-rank or S-rank, it would make people feel inferior. People with talent would all register. Well, it’s impossible anyway.

"Lord Robby, even though you’re worried tonight, please go to sleep and hold back."

"Eh?! The maid was sleeping soundly, so it’s fine. Lily, come here?"

"No, that’s pretending to sleep."

"Wow! Is it the skill ’Sleeping Like a Fox’?"

"What’s that?"

Hmm, does "Sleeping Like a Fox" not work here?

"Then shall we go to Stevie’s room?"

"No! That child is also asleep. Once she sleeps, she doesn’t wake up. You know that, right? And I already told you, Stevie’s room was changed to a single room. It’s all right, isn’t it!"

"Then Lily’s room is no good?"

"It’s definitely no good. And I still have work after this!"

Lily said everything was no good.

"Eh—! Really?"

Unable to refuse, I returned to the room. The grandma maid was pretending to be asleep.

When I got into bed, I couldn’t sleep right away, but I wasn’t sleepy either, so I checked my skills.

Ooooo!!!

Defective Transmission Technique

Sword Skill 5 Spear Skill 1 Combat Skill 4

Endurance 4 Quick Feet 2 Fire 2 Light 1

Stealth 4 Concealment 4 Appraisal 2 Detect 2 Purity 1

Deception 2 Sexual Technique 2 Mana Bag 2 Poison Vision 2

Quick Feet had become Speed. Is this the beginning of Quick Feet and Endurance combining into God Feet? What else...? Sword Skill increased? Should I take a screenshot and record this somewhere? Can someone fix the difficulty of using this menu? "Explanation" or "Usage Guide"? Who would distribute an app that doesn’t stand on the user side? Was it developed by an old transmigrator?

But if I complain too much, it might get unusable, which is scary.

I looked at my skills again. The increased parts are from the robber who jumped at me. Sword Skill, Speed... That robber had those skills and used them. The instant he did, Lily recognized him and stopped him. What skill does Lily have? Maybe she has "Slow Motion"? I think there’s a story where your skills are visible once you have a physical relationship, but in isekai novels it’s normal. I don’t have it yet.

The common sense in isekai novels seems not to work for me often. Isn’t an isekai novel the crystallization of the wisdom of people who transferred to different worlds? That can’t be.

Actually, when I died, I wasn’t called by a goddess with big breasts and said "This was your fault..."

I didn’t meet any god, and when I woke up, I was already in this world. I thought the transfer was handled too carelessly, but maybe it’s just "thank you for transferring me." Hehe, sorry for complaining so much.