and headed toward the western village of Nippo town
using【Teleportation】once again.
「Excuse me, I'm here to see Rachel. Where is she?」
This is the construction site? I asked a construction worker and since he said that she's in a temporary tent, I decided to go.
「Are you here, Rachel-san?」
「Oh!? I thought who it is, if it isn't newbie…no, it's Seiji, isn't it? You've already come, you're fast, huh.」
「By the way, where's Hilda?」
「Ah, she's working at the back.
Hey! Hilda! Come here.」
「Y-, Yes!」
A voice can be heard from the inner part of the tent and Hilda appeared.
When Hilda saw my face, a joyful expression flashed from her face for an instant.
「Rachel-sama, did call me?」
「Yes, we're going to discuss something a little, stay here with us too.」
「Yes.」
When Hilda went beside Rachel, Rachel started to talk.
「To be honest, there's a matter about Hilda which proved to be troubling. I need your help, Seiji.」
A troubling matter about Hilda? What could it be?
Hilda has an apologetic expression.
「We, the 3 people of the magician unit, had been assessed for playing an active role in the war and were rewarded.」
「Reward?」
「Yes, I received a peerage of a lower class aristocrat while Misha and Cassandra received a peerage of quasi-aristocrat.」
「Congratulations.」
「Thank you.
Because of that, we can't stay as adventurers now that we became aristocrats.
I, as the new village chief,
Misha as a maid,
and Cassandra as the『Special envoy』of the newly established trade with the demonkind.」
「Those are great responsibilities.」
Though Misha's job as a maid seemed to be carefree.
「That's right.
That's why I've been troubled about Hilda.」
Hilda's body jerked.
「Why?」
「Hilda is a slave bought by the money the 3 of us contributed. There's no problem as long as the three of us are acting together but now, we are acting separately.
I'm taking care of her for the time being but,
it's unfair for me to employ Hilda alone.
We can just simply sell her to the slave traders and divide the gold into 3 parts but……
apparently, it doesn't seem probable either.」
「Why?」
「Hilda distributed the candy during the war, right?」
「Yeah.」
「The demonkind's soldiers wanted to thank her for that,
if it become known to them that she has been sold to the slave traders, it may become problematic.」