I Was in Charge of Scouting for the Hero’s Party

97. Idiot

“Hey. What were you thinking… !”

“Degraded Duke. I didn’t mean to either. You know.”

When I answered succinctly, Duke Alexis, whose face was flushed red, closed his eyes tightly.

“Stop it… ! Do you know what His Majesty the King said to me after you left the throne room?!”

“What did you say?”

“‘Duke Alexis. Did you see your daughter too?’ Do you even know what this means!”

“Uh….”

As expected, the famous Duke Alexis. Perhaps because she is a maternal relative of the royal family, His Majesty the King recognizes Princess Alexis as well.

“When was the last time I saw you?”

“What?”

“No, I mean. Princess Alexis and His Majesty the King. How long has it been since the last time you two met?”

Is it because my question was so out of the blue? Duke Alexis made an absurd expression for a moment, and then he began to touch his ear lobe and search for his memories.

“Hmm…. Clearly… It’s been about four years. Yeah. My daughter is busy attending the academy.”

“No, Duke! Four years?!”

“What, what…. Go, but why are you screaming all of a sudden?! I’m going to go deaf!”

I’m sorry Duke Alexis, but I didn’t mean to keep nagging you in silence. It was a great opportunity to talk about Princess Alexis’ academy schedule, and to ask if she could be recommended as a temporary teacher at the academy.

“Four years! Princess Alexis, who has grown so beautifully, has been locked up in her academy for four years?!”

“… Eh?”

“Oh, Austin… ?!”

Princess Alexis, who was standing next to me, looked up at me with a puzzled expression. However, I had no intention of stopping.

“This is a felony, no! It’s a mortal sin! Princess Alexis at the age of a flower is left to rot in her single room in the academy dormitory! Duke lower! Reflect!”

“Mu, mu, mu, what are you talking about… ! “

Princess Alexis, her face flushed red like her blush, patted my arm with her fist. I teased her tongue nonstop.

“Princess! Think carefully! No, locked up in the academy for four years! If this is not a tragedy, what is a tragedy! Uhhh!!!!!”

“No, I don’t….”

“Duke low! Apologize to the beautiful princess!”

As I expected, the face of Duke Alexis, who was very angry, began to relax.

“Ha… hahahaha…. Is that so… ? When I think about it, it seems like that… !”

“Degrading Duke…. I know you are busy with state affairs, but you should have thought about your precious daughter’s position as well! “

“That, that… !”

“Oh, Dad…. No, Father… ! I-I’m fine… ! Really good… !”

“I, I…. I… You were a bad father… !”

Okay. Almost passed.

“Hey. Austin. What are you doing?”

“Huh? No, we have that Academy Temporary Teacher. I’m going to try to coax you there.”

“Wow….”

Everyone looked at me with tired eyes, but what can I do? The only things I know how to do are yaburi and use people.

After conveying my intentions to the party with a wink, I spoke to Duke Alexis.

“Degraded Duke. Because of that… Would you like to have an in-depth discussion with me about Princess Alexis’ beautiful appearance?”

“Um… ? Ah… Ahahahaha… ! Hot hot hot!!! Our Oren is pretty! Uh ha ha ha ha!!!”

“Ugh… ! Austin… !”

Princess Alexis started patting my arms again, but I didn’t mind.

“I didn’t lie. Lady Gong.”

“Aww…. Mo, I don’t know… ! Fool….”

It’s kind of cute.

… ?

“… Big hum. Anyway, Princess. I will come and talk with the Duke for a while.”

“Yes, yes…. Bye….”

While I was shaking my head in confusion, Duke Alexis, with a big smile, spoke to me.

“Go! I can’t just let go of a close friend I haven’t seen in a long time! Ha ha ha!”

“… Are you friends?”

“Let’s go! I’ve got a good spot for me! hahahahaha!!!”

Okay.

‘I’m over….’

* * *

Following Duke Alexis, I stepped into the drawing room for outsiders prepared in the palace.

After several servants set the tea cups and snacks, only Duke Alexis and I were left in the drawing room.

“Yes. What’s the matter?”

Different from the smiling attitude of a moment ago, Duke Alexis, who was living alone, immediately changed his expression and asked me.

“hahahaha…. Duke degradation. Business… What do you mean? Today is just Princess Alexis’s beautiful….”

“Don’t try to trick me.”

“… Yes.”

Anyway, this dark old man inside. The eyes are fast.

“So, what is it you want to talk to me about? No way, Hani, I’m busy with family work and state affairs… I really didn’t invite you to talk only about our daughter.”

“Your daughter is very beautiful. It was sincere.”

… Ah. sh*t. Said wrong

The corners of Duke Alexis’ mouth had already begun to twitch.

“hahahaha…. Yes? Our Oren, this time, we graduated from the Academy of Knights Faculty in second place. With a peerless appearance, flawless skills, and even a kind and kind personality! It really has it all together!”

“Yeah, that’s right… ?”

“On the other hand, the second and third…. Ok…. I wish I could imitate her sister a little…. I’m considering his young age, but I’m starting to get worried.”

“Ooh.”

“I entered the academy this year, so I am in the academy as a first year student, but…. Regardless of grades, accidents happen every day. You have a headache.”

She knew that Princess Alexis had a younger brother, but this was the first time she had heard that she had entered the academy.

By using Princess Alexis’s two younger sisters as paving stones, it might be possible to make the story about the academy a little easier.

I wanted to get to the main topic soon, but the story of her daughter, the fool’s daughter, continued.

“Although I vaguely heard that our Oren traveled with you for several months this time…. I haven’t heard the details.”

Duke Alexis took a sip of tea and continued.

“By the way…. I can’t believe I made my daughter go through something bad… Wouldn’t that have happened? Since I have special trust in you, I’m sure she wouldn’t have been.”

“Um….”

Her bloody battle with Galan passed like lightning, but fortunately her expression did not collapse.

“… It didn’t matter. Sure. You are a precious person. You have to treat it wholeheartedly.”

“Good. That mindset, that’s great! Keep in mind! If my daughter gets a scratch, I’ll just….”

“… ….”

“Don’t look at me like that. I mean it’s crazy.”

As I stared at him with a tired expression, Duke Alexis wrinkled his brow and wrinkled his face.

“Where else did you learn such vulgar vocabulary…. No, duke degradation. It seems to keep leaking the other way?”

“Hmm? Ah… okay. I’d love to hear a little more about what happened on our trip with our daughter, but… Let’s talk about it again when we have time.”

“Yes. Then, I would like to get to the main topic soon….”

The smile disappeared from Duke Alexis’ face. After hesitating for a moment, I finally opened my mouth.

“As you just said… Princess Alexis has accompanied our party for quite some time. In the meantime, I’ve heard a lot about it with our party members.”

“You party members… hmm…. Is this the first time you’ve seen everyone?”

“… That’s not important. Anyway, the fact that Princess Alexis is going back to the academy this time… Is it unavoidable? Even if you try to stop it, you can’t stop it.”

“Hmm. Yes. Graduating from the academy requires exams.”

Of course, for Princess Alexis, who was to graduate from the Knights Faculty second in class, there wouldn’t be much of a problem with that exam.

The problem is the second and third daughters of the Alexis family.

“It was a bit disappointing to be separated from Princess Alexis so suddenly. Listening to the words of the Duke, it seems that the second and third daughters are also in trouble.”

“So, what do you want to say?”

After. Under.

After taking a deep breath, he continued.

“… Please recommend me and my party members as temporary teachers for the academy. Instead, we will thoroughly educate the second and third daughters.”

“… ….”

There was no answer from Duke Alexis. I hung my head and waited for an answer from Duke Alexis.

Dalgrak. With the sound of tea cups being touched, a long silence fell in the drawing room.

Duke Alexis, who closed his eyes for a moment and enjoyed the tea, opened his eyes and looked at me.

“… As for your party members. Are they all trustworthy?”

“All of them are trustworthy colleagues. To the point where I can trust my back.”

“… Hmm.”

I’d like to recommend to the academy those who don’t even know where they came from. Even I thought it was an unreasonable request.

“The priest in the middle would be fine, but… There are too many people whose identities are not guaranteed. In this case, even if I recommend it alone, there is a high possibility that it will not be accepted.”

“Robin and I have already decided to be dispatched by the Rangers. The rest of the party members, the Duke… How… Can’t we?”

I think it’s a little shameless, but what can I do? People naturally live shamelessly to benefit.

Duke Alexis looked into my eyes for a moment before slowly nodding his head and opening his mouth.

“… If you trust them that much, that’s fine. Well, that’s good.”

“Thank you…” !”

“However, there are conditions.”

As I lowered my head, Duke Alexis spread his fingers one by one and said.

“One. To educate our second and third daughters, definitely. Two. As long as you are a temporary teacher at the academy, never have an accident.”

“Ayu, you worry about everything. I will keep that in mind.”

“Okay…. It’s not that I’m worried, it’s because I’m really worried. Your party always seems to be running into trouble.”

It was a little stingy. No, how do you know about us so well?

“Well… big…. There will be no such thing.”

“That answer is not good.”

“Never! Such a thing! There won’t be!”

“I am recommending in my name, please… Please don’t crash! Please!”

“Don’t worry. Who am I?”

At an accident. It will never happen.

… Maybe?