Chapter 250: Moving and Duke<hr>


    I exined the situation to Mhi-san in Liebling. After that, we''re moving in. I decided to leave the bed here.


    It was originally Mhi-san''s father''s store and she''s very attached to it. I have enough money, and I think this is fine.


    After discussing it with Ruin-san, I''ll return the store to Mhi-san. Mhi-san was devastated by the loss of her store.


    After that, I''ll take Hephaestus and move in.


    "Su...it''s an amazing house..."


    "I think so too. It''s Hephaestus'' forge. Do you want to build a proper one?"


    "Eh!?Are you sure!?"


    "Yeah, it''s a lot ofnd for nothing, and I got a lot of reward money for it. It''s thanks to Hephaestus for making the equipment, so leave it to him"


    Hephaestus thanks me tremendously. Well, I guess this is another necessary expense.


    While we were moving, info came. It seems that Liese has arrived.


    I took Ix and Bran to the front door, where I found a dandy of an uncle and Liese.


    "Takuto! We''vee to visit you early!"


    "We''re still moving in, so there''s nothing to see"


    "Haha...my bad. My daughter can''t stop once she''s made up her mind"


    Daughter means he is Lieses father, after all.


    "Im Takuto, a summoner. I''m a good friend of your daughter"


    "I''ve heard a lot about you from Liese and my brother. I''m Liese''s father, Hans. It''s nice to meet you. Hero of Freetia''''


    "...Are you going to call me that?"


    "Haha! You''re just like Liese said you were! You''d better get used to it while you still can. That''s all you''ve done, you know"


    I''m not the only one who did that...anyway, since you came all the way to my house, I''ll show you inside.


    "I''m sorry...this is all I could prepare"


    "No No. I''m sorry to have to serve you the drink you''ve been talking about. Now, I''m here today to thank you and to talk to you. First of all, thank you so much for saving my daughter''s life"


    Yeah. He came all the way here to thank me for saving Liese.


    "Please raise your head! I only saved Liese because I wanted to save her"


    "It''s true that my daughters life was still saved by you. And you helped her grow up. This is my way of thanking you"


    What Hans-san put out was a mysterious stone...what is this? I''ll try to identify it.


    <b>? Seal Stone: rarity? Seal stone: quality?</b>


    <b>? A sealed stone.</b>


    Umm...it''s a mystery item. Hans-san exins it to me.


    "This is a stone that has a powerful summoned beast sealed inside it. If you continue to be a summoner, it should be able to help you one day"


    I didn''t know such an item existed...perhaps something wille along that uses it in summoning magic. I''ll save it carefully.


    Hans-san speaks again.


    "This time you have be the center of attention from the nobles of Freetia. In particr, you understand the strength of summoned beasts, don''t you?"


    "Yes"


    Lily, Ion and Nowa have be dragons, Setia has summoned spirits and Koihi and Wako have be beasts.


    "And there will be many who will try to take advantage of that power. That''s where thises in"


    Hans-san took out a scroll that describes a cooperation.


    "If you work with me, I can protect you from the nobility of Freetia as well as other countries"


    "...So if you''re talking like that, they''ve already made a move?"


    "Well, that''s right. The Reich Empire, Veinreef, Wizard Orb and Elixir Lapis are already putting pressure on us regarding Ex Machina and the magic sword"


    That''s too soon...the Reich Empire and Veinreef are very impressed with weapons, so it''s only natural that they would be. Wizard Orb also seems to be interested in magic swords that have something to do with magic and Elixir Lapis is also interested in magic swords if it''s a country of alchemists, it''s not surprising.


    "Isn''t there a problem with things like Dragonewts?"


    "That''s a realm that''s unreachable by humans. Instead of trying to reach the unreachable, they choose the possible and more militaristic"


    But the weapons of Ex Machina can only be made by Ex Machina and they are exclusive weapons. My magic sword can only be made by me, ording to Setia.


    I''m sure he doesn''t know this and he probably wouldn''t believe me if I told him.


    "This talk of cooperation...it''s King Gran''s decision, isn''t it?"


    "You''re smart...no matter how many hero medals he gives you, you''re not part of Freetia''s military, so if something happens to you, we can''t move as a nation"


    Because my position is an adventurer based in Freetia.


    "That''s where the talk of working with me came from. I''m the brother of King Gran. And it was decided that it would be easier for the country to move if you work with me"


    I see. It''s already been confirmed that I''ll be involved in the country''s troubles, but if there''s no way around it, I''ll have to take the initiative.


    "I understand what you are saying. I''d like to take the job, but I already have a partner, so can we discuss it?"


    "I see. Well, when you have decided on the answer, please contact me. If you ept the partnership, I''ll take care of the formalities. Here is my contact information"


    I made friends with Hans-san and they left.


    Later, as I was moving in, the nobles came one after another. Let''s get this straight. It''s annoying.


    "Takuto...are you okay?"


    "That...your face is scary. Takuto-san?"


    "Lily, Ion...can you get rid of those guys?"


    I was on the verge of falling into darkness due to the annoying rush of nobles and Lily and the others were desperately trying to quiet me down.