Shou, Lina, and the royal family had officially appointed me as a Viscount, and according to the aristocratic tradition, we then held a party.
The participants included Shou and Lina, as well as my sister and Mimis, and the vassals from my side.
And Tadias, Pindus’ merchants and other influential people.
They were invited to a party where blessings and flattery have flown away, without any special mentions.
In the midst of all this, Lina started talking to me.
In the form of a dress, she has a quiet but elegant appearance, and it was truly a figure that makes the royal family admirable.
As expected, since she was one of the guests this time, when Lina spoke to me, the other attendees were attentive and moved away into the distance.
“You’ve done it”
“What?”
“The Slime Lord. You beat that well.”
“……You comprehend that huh”
“He’s there after all”
“Eh?”
What does she mean by he’s there after all?
“Will you hang-out with me”
“You too hah, brutus*!”
“I’ve got a good reason.”
Lina quietly raised her hand, and pointed behind me.
When I turned around and followed her pointing finger with my eyes, I saw Sacos staring at me in the corner of the hall.
He’s the man in charge of the practice of this ceremony, so it’s natural that he’s involved, and he invited me to act as if nothing had happened.
That guy, was staring at me as if I am an enemy of his parents.
“What’s wrong with him?”
“That one is famous for his greed. He should’ve asked you for a bribe.”
“Ah”
“Thereupon, with that face of yours, I could imagine that I’ve hit the spot. And because of his character, he tried to humiliate you at some point in the ceremony. If that’s the case, then the only thing he could do was to prepare a Slime Lord.”
“I see”
It wasn’t a complete hit-ish huh.
“Is he really that bad of a guy?”
“He’s a minor character. It’s just”
“Just?”
“He’s a snake”
“In conclusion, he’s vindictive huh”
“Yes, to the extent that everyone here knows it.”
I look at Sacos again.
That guy is still glaring this way.
As Lina has said, he has a terrible covetous look, which is a reminiscent of a reptile.
He wouldn’t be able to do much, but it would be tiresome, I thought.
It became a situation that seemed to be even more troublesome.
Perhaps because I look at him twice, while smiling broadly, he approaches me.
“Take care”
Lina said in a half-teasing tone, and moved away from me.
So, you’ve decided to watch on from afar huh……. Well, I know that she knows his personality, so I understand that she doesn’t want to get involved with him willingly.
I also wanted to avoid him, but today I’m the host here, so I can’t run away.
In the mean of that, Sacos came right in front of me.
“Once again, I would like to congratulate you on your inauguration as Viscount. Viscount-sama.”
“……Ah”
I was vigilant.
Sacos put a particular emphasis on his pronunciation of “Viscount”.
What is he trying to do from there? I thought, and responded with caution.
It’ll be unlikely that there’s nothing.
Because his eyes are still dark, obstinate, and disgusting right now.
I was on alert, ready to deal with anything that comes on my way ―― it came.
His words had nothing to do with it at all, no, that one was probably a decoy.
While I was distracted by that ―― it feels like I have gotten heavier.
It’s the feeling of being crushed by something.
This is…… gravity!
My whole body felt like it was being crushed against the ground.
It seems that he applied gravity magic on me.
Broadly grinning, Sakos distorts the corners of his mouth.
I see, so he’s gonna use gravity magic to make me kneel down in front of everyone’s eyes huh.
……No, it’s different.
Sacos has a proud face and at his feet ―― he looks at his shoes.
His face became even more vicious than before.
I won’t just make you kneel, you’ll crawl over and lick my shoes.
I felt Sacos’ nasty malice to the extent that I could hear such an empty voice.