Thank you for coming to see Daphne again.
'Momo, of course, I'll come back to see you anytime, as often as I can.

　Inside the brothel, King Already King was taking Daphne's hand and stammering in an amusing manner.
　Or rather, it was a scene that smelled extremely criminal.

　On the one hand, the king is a respectable, middle-aged man in his normal way of life, and on the other hand, Daphne is half-elf and half-dwarf, looking 130 centimeters tall and only 10 years old when converted to human.

　And the space of a whorehouse.
　The smell of crime is too strong.

Daphne is over 100 years old.

　Ortiz beside me rushed in.

'So don't go poking around in your mind,'
That's why you're showing your face, Hermes.
Mmm.

　That's what Mae was told too, but is that really true?
　If so I'm a bit shocked.

　In the meantime, King and Daphne went up the stairs and disappeared into their room.
　Ortiz's room is next to Daphne's, so we walked slowly up the stairs as well.

Daphne is very happy, but thank you, Daphne, she is very happy. Thank you for being an incredibly rich guest.
Of course you do.

　After all, the opponent is the king of Aegina.
　The king of Aegina is the king of Aegina, and it is likely to offer it to you if you say, "Give me the king's country for a moment.

　Probably, I think that the ordinary prostitute is given a dazzling amount of money.

Daphne said that customers are noblemen after all.
Is that so?
Yes. Ordinary customers pay the usual rate and that's it, but a nobleman gives you extra money. According to what I've heard, a nobleman who forgot his money owed a prostitute money and paid her back the next day with 10 times the amount.
Yeah.
But he said it was a charade to get the money directly to the prostitute. There's no way the store would cut out the middleman if it was to pay off a debt.
Yeah, there's a lot of that going around.
You don't seem to know much about that sort of thing, do you, Hermes?
I'm sorry.

　It doesn't help that I don't actually know much about it.
　And even if I did know, I wouldn't want to do it.

　Because, as Ortizia is saying now, the fact that I've done that much will undoubtedly lead to rumors and, to top it all off, a tail and a fin.

　I usually pay the fee and go through with it.
　After a while, if Ortiz wishes, I'll take the job.

　That's what I'm going to do.

"You know, Hermes-chan, you've been lowering your sword a lot lately, haven't you?
Hmm?　Oh.
Why?
Sort of.

　That was a lie, it was a meteorite countermeasure.

　The one incident with Shaw almost confirmed that the meteorite was a conspiracy of someone somewhere, although the identity of that meteorite is still unknown.

　And as a result of the investigation, I was the one who had "solved" the meteorite case the most times in the country.

　While the others all have "1" number of times, or that's not an individual, but a group of people solving the problem.
　I was only involved in the case twice, and if you count my brothers' case, I was involved three times.

　It's hard to imagine that nothing will happen in the future, so as a precaution, I carry a sword with me more often than not.

'Hey, hey, try something with it,'
What is it?
I know you're good with a sword, Hermes. You have that look on your face.
What do you look like?
Hey, hey. A lifetime of doing me a favor, okay?
How many favors will you ask of me in your lifetime?
"Wait, wait, no. Oppose the seaweed. Oppose the seaweed.

　I grill Ortiz's temple with my fist while walking to my room.

'Already, Hermes-chan, you're so mean. It's just a little bit better.''

　Oltia sulked a bit.
　Oltia has a very clear personality.
　The sulking face is also pretty without any sarcasm, though.

I'm sure you'll be able to tell. Then--

　I looked around, looking for something just right.
　Nearly in front of Ortia's room, and Daphne's room.
　It was decorated in a familiar brothel, though I didn't see anything that caught my eye.

'See, there are flies flying around in there?'
'What?　Oh, it's true.
Phew!

　With his hand on the hilt of his sword, which he wears at his waist, he pulls it out--

Yeah, Hermes, I'm not coming home tonight--

　At the same time I swung my sword, the door to Daphne's room behind me opened and King appeared.
　The moment I swung my sword and slashed only the wings of a fly (...), King's complexion changed.

　His face changed from being delirious to Daphne to a serious expression.

''Lord Hermes........''
'What?　What?
You are with me.


　I was greatly surprised, what was he going to say?
　While I was surprised, King put his hand on the sword he was holding at his waist.

''--mph.''

　My surprise was blown away.
　Because the moment I touched the sword, the air changed even more.
　If I had to put my feelings right now into words, I would have to say just three words.

　I can!

　The King is definitely a top-notch swordsmanship expert.
　Looking at his stance and air, there's no doubt that he's even better than Midea, and with the Swordsman Perseus he's evenly matched and the winner is the luck of the hour.

　Definitely strong, why?

"Every Aegina king since Queen Selene, the founder of the Middle Ages, has made swordplay a compulsory subject.

　King said.
　No, that atmosphere, I'm not talking about a compulsory course level.

　It's a realm that talented people can finally reach after further effort.

　The King raised his sword - no, he's not the King anymore.

"Be present in person, that's an order.
Ugh.

　I panicked.
　I don't know what to do.

　The king wants you to be there.
　I don't want to play, and I can see it on his face that he wants to be there, even if I don't.

　The question is, should I really be serious?

　To take him seriously and knock him down, or to go easy on him and let him hold the flowers.

　Which is better, which is right, which is "normal" in this case?

　I didn't know.
　I didn't know--.

Oh, God.
What?

　I gasp and come to my senses.

　The king's sword slipped from my hand and plunged into the ceiling, and the tip of my sword touched the tip of his throat.
　I've won.

　And it is.

"That's the blood of Cano, your swordsmanship, I'd say you're the best in the world.
"With an ear to ear...

　I think I did it again while I was too lost to panic.