We've sent for Merdi, the last one.

"Merdi, I'm coming in...
It smells like fried rice!

　I was about to knock on the door when Meldi jumped out with great vigor.

　As expected of the beastmen.

　It seems that she smelled the tiny bit of fried rice that was on me from inside the room.

Is your fried rice ready?

Oh, oh.

　When he sees me in my butler's form, he doesn't say anything.
　Is this guy only interested in fried rice?

　Well, that's okay, then.
　Come to think of it, Merdi didn't want me to be a butler.

I made you a lot of food. Can you join us in the dining room?
I need to go now!

　With Meldy in tow with her tail pinned and stretched vertically, I headed to the dining room.

　I spent quite a bit of time just going to call the six people.

　And there were only three people gathered.

　Being a butler is hard work.



　When I arrived at the cafeteria, Tina and Rifa were sitting at their seats.

''Thank you for waiting. We'll prepare it right now.''

Yes, please.
Hmm, it's refreshing to have Mr. Hurt serve you, isn't it?
Come on, Halt, come on!

　Merdi rushed me into the kitchen.

　I was making fried rice and a Chinese soup-like dish, but I hadn't served either of them yet.

　I reheated them, put them together and carried them to the others.

　By the way, White had already finished eating and was now sleeping in the parlor.

''I rewarmed them once they got cold........how do you like them?''

Yum!
Yes, it's delicious. Herr Harte.
I love the taste of it!

　It was great.
　Everyone was happy to see me.

"Halt, I need a refill.

Okay. I've got a lot of them.

　With that, I take the plate from Merdi and go to put the fried rice on.

　It's my job to serve you today.

"Yes, Merdi.
Thanks!

'Master Hurt, what's happened to Yoko, Mai and the others?　I've already started eating, but....

　Tina asked as she handed Meldy another plate.

'You all look tired and are resting a bit.

　Yeah, I'm not lying.

I see. You did a great job with your customer service, Yoko-san and the others.

　Tina believed me.

'Yes, when you wake up, I'll have some food ready for you. Would you like another drink, Miss Tina?

I want it.
Oh, me too, please!

Yes, sir.

　I take Tina and Rifa's plates and go to get another one.


"...hmm?

　The doorbell in the mansion rang.
　Maybe it was Sasha.

　I served food to Tina and the others and headed for the front door.

　Oh, I'm still in my butler's uniform.

　Oh, well.


"Sorry to keep you waiting... what?

　When I opened the front door, my brother Cain was standing there, dressed in blackened armor.

I'm not going to be able to get it right.

　And with that, Cain collapsed.

'Eh, hey!　Brother!

　His armor is charred black, but there doesn't seem to be much injury to his body.
　But it's not a bad idea.

　For now, I'm going to apply my recovery magic on top of it.




　Behind the fallen Cain stood Sasha, the sister of the king of this country.

'Lord Sasha, what has happened to my brother?'

　I ask Sasha, who may know the circumstances in which Cain is in this situation.

"I was trying to sneak out of the castle in the evening to come here, but it seems that Mr. Cain was following me as an escort.

　Perhaps King Glendale has noticed that Sasha has slipped out of the castle.

　So he ordered Cain, his own most trusted friend, to follow and escort him.

'When I left King's Landing, Master Cain spoke to me. I was startled by it...

　Then Sasha showed me the bracelet. I gave it to Sasha.

　This bracelet had my magic, the Knight of Fire, in it, but it's gone.

　In other words, the flame knight saw Cain as an enemy and attacked him to protect Sasha.

　By the way, Cain seems to have defeated the flame knight.

　Defeating that one.......that's my brother.

　Hmmm... I'm still incomplete in my control.

　It's good that the opponent was Cain, but if it had been an ordinary bandit, he would have been slaughtered right in front of Sasha by now and would have traumatized Sasha.

'Oh, hey, Hurt. Didn't you think you were being rude just now?

　Cain came back to life.

'Oh, my brother, I noticed. Is your body okay?

'I'm fine now. 'Halt cast a recovery spell on you, didn't he?　Thank you.

Good, because I'm the one who caused your brother's burns.

I knew that was your magic. I mean, isn't that a bad idea?　A level where I'm at the level where I can just barely win with all my super intuition skills and physical enhancement magic at full strength...

　When Ryushin and the others were attacked by the demons, the demons had defeated one flame knight while struggling.

　In other words, Cain also has the same power as the demons.

　As a human in this world, it's enough to say that he's of the monster class.

''By the way, Halt, how many of those flame knights can you take out at the same time?''

At the same time?　At the same time, maybe ten of them.

What?　You call that ten?

　I can only get about 10 of them out at the same time.

　If you're willing to spend the time, you can get 10,000 of them.

　In fact, during the war with Apristos, he created and moved about that many of them.

　Also, since every single one of them runs on auto, it might be possible to operate it with a larger majority of them, as long as they have a clear purpose.


For now, come inside.

　I invited Sasha into the mansion as we stood in the doorway talking.

　Cain was frozen.

'Nee-saan, come inside when you're back.

　I left Cain in the doorway and decided to lead Sasha to the parlor.


　Sasha, would you like some fried rice?