Chapter 8:
(Albert-sama, we have arrived on the town lord's mansion.)
I see, so it's the house of the lord, no wonder it's so big. Albert-san, Athena, and i, gets off from the carriage and we are greeted by a slender bodied person with a white hair and mustache, he wears a black formal clothes. He looks like a butler. Beside him is female maid who wears a more elegant maid outfit than the other maid, she must be the head maid. They are both in their fifties.
The butler and maid bows lightly and greeted albert-san, and athena.
(Albert-sama, Athena-sama, welcome to...)
(Father! Athena!)
Before the butler finished speaking, a man who is in his middle twenties came while running. He called Albert-san father.
(Arnold!)
(Onii-sama!)
I see, so it is albert-san's son. But why is here? Albert-san is the duke, so his house must be at the capital.
(Father! Athena! Are you allright!? Do you have any injuries!? I heard from the guard who came running here that you were attacked by a monster!)
Arnold-san holds his father's shoulder and rotates it with a woried expression to search for any wounds. A guard? Did the leader guard send someone first to report what happened? I didn't notice at all.
(Onii-sama, calm down. We are okay, thanks to Kaito-sama, he saw us being attacked so he saved us.)
O-oi! Stop that! It's embarrassing if the one who says that is a girl.
(Is that so? Kaito-dono, Thankyou very much for saving my father and sister.)
He thanked me and then bows. This family is really a good people. It's very rare to see a noble bow to someone lower than them.
(Yeah, You are welcome.)
I want to tell him not to mind it. But i understand how thankful he is, so i just accepted it. Arnold-san stands up properly and introduced his self.
(Sorry for the late introduction, i am Arnold Von Hartnon, and i am the Lord of this town. If you need anything, please tell me and i will help you as much as i can.)
I see, so that's why he is here even though his father lives in the capital.
(Yeah, i will count on you if that time comes.)
(Yeah, That's good.)
We go on the living room of the mansion, Arnold-san sat on the one-seater couch, and albert-san and athena sat on the three-seater couch on the right, and i sat on the three-seater couch on the left. In between us is an expensive looking glass table.
The head maid then poured a tea for each of us. I told them earlier that i will leave so that they can speak to each other, but i was stopped by arnold-san and albert-san because they want to give me the escort fee, and a reward for saving them earlier.
The butler arrived with two small cloth sack the same size as my fist, and a knife that looks like a small katana, then handed it over to Arnold-san.
(Kaito-dono, thankyou for saving my sister and my father, and for accepting the escort request. Please receive this escort fee and the reward, it is not much but i hope it can be of use to you.)
I don't really need the money though, god gives me my money from earth. But i accepted the escort request, so it's just right to accept the escort fee. I received the escort fee but i didn't touch the reward.
(I will accept the escort fee since i accepted the request, but you don't need to give me a reward.)
(No, i can't do that, you saved us from the door of death, it's just right that we give you atleast this much.)
(My father is right, if it's not because of you, i don't think i can still stay sane.)
It doesn't look like they will give up, so i'll just accept their... No, Wait... Can't i use this oppurtunity to ask them what i want?
(Then, if you really want to thank me. Can i ask you to teach me how to have my own summomed horse?)
I'm faster than a horse thanks to my magic, but still, i really like to have my own personal horse.
(Eh? I can order Gerardo to teach you, but are you sure that's all you want?)
What are saying that's all? Can't you see how amazing is that? That's better than a bunch of gold coins you know.
(Yeah, i'm sure.)
(I-i see, then. Gerardo, please teach him how to summon a horse later.)
(Yes, albert-sama.)
The leader guard from earlier answered. I see, so his name is Gerardo. No one called his name earlier so i keep calling him Leader guard. Yeah, i know, i have no naming sense, but don't laugh at me.
(Then Kaito-dono, please receive this knife. It has the crest of the duke family, so you can use this if you are in a trouble, and no one would also pick a fight with you if you have this.)
Oh!, that was useful. I received the knife and looked at it properly, it has a crest on a form of a lion. The knife is white, and it has a red and gold design. The handle is also gold with a red design, covered with white leather wrap like a katana.
But i wonder if it is really fine to use this. I don't like to brag to anyone using the name of another person just because i saved them.
For now i'll just put it in my item box that god gave me. It is a black ring carved with red chinese dragon around it. When the knife and the gold coin sack disappeared, everyone looked at my ring with a surprised expression.
(Ohh! Is that an item box?)
Eh? Yeah, it is, why are you surprised, albert-san? You even used an item box to bring the big boars body right?
(Yeah, why are you surprised? I'm sure you also have one right?)
(Well, yeah. But this is the first time we see an item box in a form of a ring. The item box that we know is a small sack the same size as a fist.)
I see. So i am the one who is strange here. How should i explain it.
(Etto, this ring is given to me by my father.)
I'm sorry god, please let me use your name as my father for now.
(Is that so? Such a mysterious ring. Anyways, what are going to do after this?)
(Etto, i will register on adventurer's guild, so that i can have my own guild card.)
(Then, please wait a minute. Sen, give me a paper and a pen.)
The butler, Sen-san, puts his hand inside his suit and gets a small coin sack, it has a magic circle drawn in it. Sen-san pours magic power on it, then a paper and a feather appeared. So that was the item box they are talking about earlier. I see.
Arnold-san writes something on the paper using the feather. Eh? How does that work? He didn't even put it in an ink. He just poured magic power then it writes. How mysterious.
While writing, Sen-san takes out a small tool and lit it with fire, it looks a miniature stove. Then he puts a white circle tablet on top of it. Ohh!! It's melting, this is my first time seeing a melting wax in real life, i only saw them on internet before.
After arnold-san finished writing, he fold the paper and put it inside the letter envelope that was prepared by sen-san, and he then pours the melted wax on the letter and stamp it with a crest stamp. It's different from his father's crest, maybe that's the crest of the Town's Lord.
After drying it, he hands it to me. So i received it.
(Kaito-dono, when you register to the Adventurer's guild, please show this crest to the receptionist first and then search for the guild master.)
(Yes, i understand.)
I put the letter in my item box. Albert-san, Arnold-san, and Athena stands up, so i also stand. With this, the only thing left is for Gerardo-san to teach me the horse summoning magic.
(Gerardo, please teach kaito-dono how to do the summoning magic. You can use the horse stable of the mansion) arnold
(Yes, i understand) gerardo
(Gerordo-san, i will be in your care. Albert-san, Arnold-san, Athena-san, thankyou for the tea. I will be off now.) Me
(Yeah, if you have a problem here in the town, please rely on me.) Arnold
(And if you have a problem in the capital, you can count on me.) Albert
(Kaito-sama, thankyou very much for saving us. Please be careful on you way.) Athena
I bowed slightly to them, and followed gerardo-san outside. I don't like to bow to anyone, but they are a good people, so they are an exception.
When we are outside the mansion, we go to the right side of the mansion, there are around 10 horses. According to gerardo-san, that horses are a property of arnold-san. he said it was different from the summoned horses that he have.
While i am looking at the horses, gerardo-san is making a 1 meter magic circle. Are? It's not big? I thought it needs to be bigger than the beast or animals that we will summon? Anyways, Gerardo-san is the one who have the experience, so, let's just let him do his thing.
After a while, gerardo-san called out to me. The magic circle is done. I approach it and gerardo-san gives me a brief explanation.
(Kaito-dono, this magic circle is already set so that only a horse type beast will be summoned.) Gerardo
(Horse type beast? Does that mean there are many different kinds of summoned horse?) Me
(Yes, there are people who don't have enough magic, so they cannot summon one. And there are also people who's magic is only high enough, to summon a donkey, there are people who can only summon a slow horse, and there are people like me who can summon a fast and large horse. The stronger your magic power is, the better the summon.) Gerardo
I see. Then i wonder what kind of horse i can summon, i have a large magic power, so i hope it is fast enough to follow me if i run.
(So, what should i need to do?) Me
(Just pour your magic power in the magic circle.) Gerardo
I touched the magic circle and pour my magic on it, the magic circle light's up and then a black smoke appeared. I can't see properly.