Chapter 4
The next morning, we got ready and departed for the town. The journey was boring as all there was to see was vast grasslands and forests. I spent my time talking with Mathilda.
What I found out about her was what I expected from a nanny of a noble household. It also seems she likes to brag about her mistress. Funny enough, she told me some delicate information about her household when we were gossiping.
Apparently, in the Ransburg family, Lily isn't some loved and adored child. Yes, her parents care for her since they even asked the hero for help, but that's not out of love. Lily has a peculiar ability. I couldn't get the description of the ability from Mathilda since she seemed to actively hiding it. But this ability got a duke's house interested her. They made a marriage contract with Lily's parents and thus Lily's value skyrocketed in her estate.
Pretty twisted if you ask me.
Our journey lasted a while. Roughly around a day. It was already evening when we reached the town.
Along the way, I befriended some soldiers as well.
Samuel was one of them. It's funny because I think this guy has a crush on me.
RIP, Samuel.
Normally to ask them to take me to the capital I would need to ask the hero, which would still work if I pleaded hard enough. But with Samuels's help, I could directly skip that and get to tag along with them.
Well, I guess men have some use after all.
Anyway, I got to stay with the female knights for the night. They were esthetic to have me as they were crowding to hear my stories.
Turns out they have only heard about a village girl's life in novels.
And thus, my busy day came to an end in an anticlimactic manner.
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The next day I went to the church with the army.
I didn't get to explore the city since we reached the town pretty late in the night.
I guess I must visit this town some other time.
As I got to the church, I noticed the grandiose and big church buildings that clearly had golden plating's on some pillars.
That must have cost a fortune to build. And this is not even the capital city.
I just couldn't help but be awed by the grand church.
"Everyone line up for the teleportation circle." A priest suddenly said. Everyone lined up according to their respective rank. The hero, who was the highest rank here went first then all of the priests and knights followed behind.
I got to the teleportation circle with Samuel since he was the one who brought me with him.
To be honest this guy is a really handy thing to have. Maybe I can turn him into my servant. But I have first figured out if the church has any way to distinguish between my servants and real people.
Even though my servants look like humans and use mana they are a special type of beasts called hellfire demons. This is also the reason it is called summoning in the first place. These demons may inherit the real body's memories but they are still hellfire demons. So, I have to know if these beasts can be detected by the church or not.
"Miss, Aya. We are here." Samuel said with a bright and valiant smile.
I also smiled, "Thank you, mister. Samuel. I will be forever in debt to you."
"You make me blush, Miss Aya. I must protect the week. By the way miss, Aya. You don't have a place to stay tonight, right? How about you stay at my mansion tonight."
'Woah, woah. My guy calm down. I thought you were the type to drive a loan mower. But here you are driving a Ferrari F50.'
I was a little taken aback by the proposal. I am very much aware of what this guy is wanting.
But I quickly composed myself. I first needed to know this guy's adventurers rank. After all, may have to one-shot this guy in the future.
"Mister Samuel, you are being too kind. You also look so strong." I said with a flirty tone. When it comes to flirting, I can easily take the prize. I can even make straight girls question their sexuality.
It's my sole belief, that the only good girl, is a gay girl.
As Samuel noticed my enthusiasm, he started to brag about his strength and achievements. With this, I quickly got to know about his adventurer's rank.
He is a C-rank adventurer.
This was a little out of my hand. Mainly because I can barely output D rank strength Right now. But I still agreed to stay the night at Samuels's place.
I have read a few side stories in the novel. One of which was about the slum area. The slum area did many shady trading. And poison was one of them. Poison usually is used in assassinating people. If I can get my hands on some, then knocking Samuel down would be a piece of cake.
What I want is to check if I can infiltrate the church with my hellfire demon servants.
I promised Samuel to meet him in his mansion in the evening and took my leave.
As I was leaving the church, I couldn't help but marvel at the grand church buildings and artworks. It was somehow more grandiose than what I had previously seen.
The capital city was big in itself. The Royal palace stood at the center of the city with a white wall surrounding it. Then the noble quarters surrounded the white wall and then the commoner's district surrounded the Noble district. The church was in the middle of the noble and the commoner's district. It is so, that the commoners could get a chance to worship the god of light.
I walked out of the church and started walking towards the commoner's district.
I walked towards the far end of the commoner's district where the slum starts.
However, while I was walking, I noticed a person following me. He had commoner clothing.
The odd thing was that his clothes were brand new and his skin was brighter than the commoners here at this place. He was standing out.
Several possibilities came into my mind.
It could be Samuels's guards, that he sent to track me wherever I go. Or it could be the hero's guard who is collecting information on me. Whoever it is, they are really noob at this. The guard isn't even trying to hide his higher origin.
I was a little irritated by the fact that this man was walking really close to me.
So, I decided to get rid of him. Conveniently, I found a stall selling skewers. Some people were lining up there. I went and lined up for the skewers.
And sure enough. The dumb spy just came and stood behind me.
I stood there for about five minutes or so and then I pretended to lose my interest in the skewers and proceeded to walk away. But before I walked away I skillfully did something.
Only a short moment later I heard a crisp voice of a face slap.
"Eeep, this pervert sexually harassed me." The girl who was in front of me in the line while she slapped my stalker.
In a short moment, a commotion broke out as people quickly apprehended the preparator.
As I walked away from the commotion, I couldn't help but look at my hand.
"She was kinda soft," I muttered absentmindedly.