Reincarnated into a Game As the Hero’s Friend

The next day, I ate breakfast with Mazell and the others, then I went to the palace. Apparently I would be meeting with Laura and elder Uwe.

I asked Mazell, Luguentz, Feli, and Elrich for a small favor after eating the breakfast. Feli answered with ‘Since it’s you, big bro, I will help you with just one teacake as a payment!’ and that made me laugh.

The fact that Mazell was staying here seemed to have already spread, so the mansion was filled with people who wanted to make an appointment with Mazell. Norbert, Tirulla, and Lily were busy taking care of these appointments since early morning. Unexpectedly, the people who were most motivated to get the appointment with Mazell were merchants, not nobles.

Currently, I was in the palace. Before, most people just looked at me from a distance while whispering but now, more people came to approach me instead. 

“I am Welner von Zeavert.” (Welner)

“Please come in, sir.” (Palace guard)

The palace guard’s tone became more respectful than before, maybe because I was now an official viscount. Receiving this kind of attitude from a grown up man wearing intimidating armor made me feel pressured.

“I apologize for being late” (Welner)

“I’m sorry for calling you this early.” (Hubertus)

“Please, your highness, no need to apologize. It is my duty as your retainer to fulfill your summon.” (Welnert)

Your Highness, your apology made me feel even more uncomfortable. Laura and elder Uwe were here too. Urgh…my stomach started to churn again.

“First, good work defeating the demon general! Thanks to your effort, Sir, we wouldn’t need to be too worried about the south.” (Hubertus)

“I apologize for my arbitrary decision.” (Welner)

Although I submitted my plan to the royal family and got approval of His Highness and His Majesty, since I didn’t get the approval of all ministers, I was still moving without ‘permission’. His Highness responded to my words with a laugh.

“It’s fine as long as you win! is what I wanted to say, but, on a serious note, a person with authority needs to have the ability to make quick decisions and move even without the permission of their superior if they judge that it is necessary. As long as you are ready to face the consequences if you lose, then it’s fine.” (Hubertus)

“Thank you for your kind words.” (Welner)

I’m glad I was able to get away easily like this, but His Highness’s expectations for me felt heavy. His Highness then crossed his hands on top of the desk and gazed at me. Just like Mazell, this guy would make a really good painting.

“Plus, your current reputation has also saved us from a lot of work since many of the rash nobles ended up showing their intentions.” (Hubertus)

“I see…” (Welner)

“Some nobles are starting to complain about how bad it is to entrust the hero family to a debt-ridden noble. Huh, they didn’t even bother to investigate where those ‘debts’ came from and how they were used.” (Hubertus)

His Highness smiled ‘happily’ as he said that. He sure seemed like he was having fun. This outcome was a pure coincidence, though, but I could see how it was useful for His Highness.

“Sorry, but Sir, I want this rumor to be left alone for a while. Are you fine with that?” (Hubertus)

“Your Highness! That..” (Laura)

“I am fine with that, Your Highness.” (Welner)

Laura was about to interject, but I honestly didn’t mind, so I agreed to His Highness’s request. Then, for some reason, Laura showed a helpless expression on her face. Why? I mean, there was no way I could refuse the request of the one and only Crown Prince, right?

“You are really similar to Mazell” (Uwe)

“I think so too.” (Laura)

“I will take care of that matter, then. Next..” (Hubertus)

Elder Uwe and Laura seemed to be whispering about something. I wondered what they were whispering about.

“I had also heard about the prophecy from Elder Uwe.”

Huh? What prophecy? When I was about to ask His Highness that, elder Uwe gave me a signal with his gaze. Ah, I see. He was talking about my memory of my past life that I told Elder Uwe as something from a story. Certainly, it was more believable to say it was an oracle rather than something from a story. Still, gramps, would it hurt to at least warn me beforehand!?

However, it was nice to know that I wasn’t wrong about my judgment of elder Uwe’s character. He seemed to be helping me out as expected.

Hmm… I didn’t expect that Laura didn’t notice the map issue earlier and report it to the royal family. Well, that’s for better as I could now manage the narrative more freely.

Ah, wait, I forgot to reply to His Highness’s words.

“I believe it is hard to judge if the content of the oracle is true or not. There are things that weren’t mentioned in the oracle at all like the appearance of Gezarius.”

“Yes, I heard that in your prophecy Gezarius didn’t appear. Perhaps there are some deviations from the prophecy?” (Hubertus)

“I am also unable to make a precise judgment about that matter, His Highness. There was too little information in the prophecy (oracle).” (Welner)

But seriously, just what did you tell His Highness, gramps!? Would it hurt you to tell me about it first, so I could match your stories (or mine to be exact)!?

“Alright then. First, I will announce to the public that the attack on the capital is Elder Uwe’s prophecy. Then, I will form a troop in anticipation of this attack with Grand Duke Seyfart as its leader. Sir, you will also help this troop from time to time.” (Hubertus)

“Thank you, Your Highness.” (Welner)

“It’s something I ought to do as the Crown Prince of this country. No need to thank me.” (Hubertus)

I felt like a huge burden had been lifted off my soldiers. The Grand Duke would definitely be more skilled than me in terms of leading a troop to protect the capital.

“But you need to stay away from military affairs for the time being, Sir. I believe you have been told the reason?” (Hubertus)

“Yes, the Grand Duke has told me.” (Welner)

“Good. Then, for the time being, you will become the palace’s temporary chamberlain. Well, you will become chamberlain in name only though.”(Hubertus)

“Chamberlain?” (Welner)

“You need at least that high title if I am to give you permission to the royal family’s exclusive library.” (Hubertus)

Huh? What?

“The exclusive library?”

“It’s normal for you to have never heard of it. Only people with a certain status like the royal family, prime minister, and elder Uwe know the existence of that library.” (Hubertus)

“Does that library contain information about the Ancient Kingdom?” (Welner)

“That’s correct. I want you to research information that the elder wants from that library.” (Hubertus)

Just as I thought before, an exclusive royal library did exist. The importance and the amount of information in that library must be huge. I really want to research about the ancient kingdom in that library, but, the time…

“But, taking the book out of the library will be forbidden.” (Hubertus)

“I understand.” (Welner)

“But on the other hand, we need to know whether there is a difference between the demon king of the past and the current demon king as soon as possible. Because of that, I want you to take Lily Hearthing as your assistance and research it then tell the information to the hero. I will allow you to write down the information you get and take it out of the library.” (Hubertus)

“Pardon?” (Welner)

But… Lily was a commoner! For a commoner to be allowed to enter the exclusive library… wouldn’t that create a scandal? The elder Uwe looked undisturbed by the Crown Prince’s words, but Laura seemed to be… dissapointed? Did she… already know this would happen.

“The official letter of your appointment will be ready in a few days. Do you have any problem with this arrangement?” (Hubertus)

“…No, Your Highness.”

There were a lot of problems! But well, I couldn’t exactly say that in front of His Highness’s face, right? He definitely had some sort of plan, but what was it? With me being in the exclusive library and becoming the palace’s chamberlain, I would probably stay in the palace for a while, so nobles with ulterior motives wouldn’t be able to approach me. That was probably one of His Highness’s aims, but did he have other aims?

…Ah, whatever. Let’s just stop thinking about complicated stuff. Anyway, this was a good time for me to tell His Highness about that thing I had noticed before.

“Your Highness, there is something that I have noticed before.” (Welner)

“Something you noticed?” (Hubertus)

“It’s regarding the enemy’s movement. In Finnoi…” (Welner)

I then explained about the strange behavior of demons that wanted to kidnap Laura. If the demon army thought Laura would be a hindrance for their plan, they could just kill Laura but no, they wanted to kidnap her. Then, after seeing the behavior of the demon general in Anheim, I had one hypothesis.

The demon army seemed to have a tendency to keep the body of the people that they thought would be useful for them.

“The demon army might have a certain reason that made them want to bring Her Highness to the demon army. Since the demon army took their time to try to kidnap Her Highness, most likely their aim has something to do with Her Highness’ ability to receive oracles.” (Welner)

“I agree with your view. Elder, what about you?” (Hubertus)

“His words are certainly possible. The demon army might want to use a fake oracle to confuse us or perhaps the demon army might have a certain need for an oracle… Hmm…” (Uwe)

The elder then started to get lost in his thoughts. Um… Sir… you were in front of the Crown Prince, you know!? Ah, but the Crown Prince seemed to not care. This gramps… he really was quite something.

“In other words, there is a chance that Laura will be targeted again by the demon army in the future.” (Hubertus)

“I have no proof that it will happen, but… it will be safer if we assume so.” (Welner)

“I understand. Laura, you tell Mazell-kun about this and warn him to be careful.” (Hubertus)

“I understand. Thank you for your concern, Your Highness.” (Laura)

While listening to the conversation between the two, a thought suddenly appeared in my mind. This…was worth researching.

The oracle that seemed to be malicious…and the fact that the player in the game and the demon army used the same healing magic…

…The so-called God of this world, was he truly the ally of humanity?

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