Reincarnated into a Game As the Hero’s Friend

For now, we bowed to each other. Then I lightly waved back as Feli waved to me.

“Neurath, Schunzel, you two are welcome to rest in the back room.”

The room that the aristocrats used for secret talks in this kind of high-class restaurant also had an adjoining room for the servants to wait, and they could take a rest there.

It wasn’t that I didn’t trust the two of them, but they might feel uncomfortable staying with us here.

“Are you sure?”

“I don’t mean to be rude, but I don’t think Mazell and the others are weak enough to be taken down by anyone at random.”

Laura probably chose this store, so it would be sound-proof. Even if someone were to attack us, Mazell and Luguentz alone would be stronger than twenty of us. With this in mind, they left their seats as if satisfied.

After that, I bowed again. This was for formality with Laura, but she also wanted me to make myself comfortable, which I did without hesitation.

I said to Mazell, “It’s rare to see you in a place like this.”

Mazell’s reply was satisfactory. Certainly, if they were to visit Zeavert Mansion at this time, the royal court, aristocrats, and others would probably come barging in even late at night to invite them. In that respect, such a high-class restaurant would protect customers’ information, right?

As we sat down to catch our breath, Mazell bowed to me.

“I’m sorry, Welner, but I’ve been a bit of a nuisance this time because of the duel trial.”

“It’s fine. It didn’t bother me that much.”

I was not bothered enough for him to apologize. I did what I wanted to do in that duel trial. Well, that was as long as I didn’t think about playing right in the palm of the state’s hand.

“First, I can’t stand it. I’m not going to put up with those rumors.”

“Is that so, then, let me say this. Thank you.”

“If that’s the way you put it, I’ll accept it.”

I didn’t really need him to think about those things. He just needed to focus on his mission, but this was Mazell we were talking about, so I had to find a compromise with him at some point, or we would go round and round in circles in our discussion. Speaking of which, I said “I” without formality in front of Her Highness Laura, but I guess it was a little late for that.

“Did you come all the way back here just to say that?” (Welner)

“Not exactly, but that’s mostly what I’m here for, I guess.” (Mazell)

“You’re too serious.” (Welner)

That was a very straightforward approach.

I cleared my throat and tried to bring us back to the main topic by asking, “So, what’s your situation over there right now?”

“Well, we left Delitzdam, went through the old Triot, and stayed once in Foam near Suvriltz in Salznach Kingdom.” (Mazell)

Salznach was a country west of the Bain kingdom, Suvriltz was the town that was first destroyed by the Demon Army, but I’ve never heard of Foam. At least it never appeared in my memory.

In the game, our Zeavert stronghold didn’t show up either, so let’s just assume it was a town with no events.

“I heard Welner knows a lot of stuff, so I was wondering if he could give me some information on Salznach.” (Mazell)

“Ah.”

I looked at Old Man Uwe, and he just ignored me and went back to drinking his tea. He’s just an old man who said unnecessary things. Besides, I was no longer sure if my memory of the game was correct or not.

“Hmm… I think one of the four Heavenly Kings that was related to Fire was in Salznach. I believe it’s safer not to use fire-based attacks against it because it will recover its wounds.” (Welner)

“I see.”

Luguentz interjected. Oh right, they should have just gotten the flame magic sword from the dungeon in Delitzdam. It was fine to use it until before the boss fight.

“Also, the royal capital of Salznach is probably safe, but I heard that the forest on the way to the royal capital is like a maze, so be on your guard.”  (Welner)

“I understand. I’ll hire a guide to help us on the way there.”

The ability to do such a thing would be a deviation from the game, wouldn’t it? Hmmm. A few other points to note. Like the troublesome wandering demons. But I didn’t remember all the details about them, so I could only give some general advice about them.

I felt like my memory was deteriorating lately, but maybe that was because I had too many things to worry about.

“Thanks for everything. I’ll be careful. And, here’s the thing.”

As soon as I was done talking, Mazell brought out something that looked like a box. I opened it and inside was a black crystal. It was eerie, like when I saw the black crystal found after defeating Demon Generals.

(T/N: To be more consistent, we will be using black crystal from this paragraph onward instead of black gem like in old chapters.)

“What is this?”

“Do you remember, during the demon outbreak, when I killed the Demon General Dreax, I found an eerie looking black crystal?”

“How could I forget?”

“I was just thinking that this one looks a lot like that.”

I looked at Mazell’s face. It seemed he wasn’t joking or anything, and there was nothing more to be said about Mazell’s memory. Which undoubtedly meant that we were thinking similarly about it.

Luguentz added, “I’m almost certain that it may be related, because I also saw something similar before albeit shattered, but the surrounding atmosphere on it was very similar to this one.”

“So Luguentz, do you think it’s the same crystal as those that you saw? Where did you get this one in the first place?”

“We found quite a bit of them in Suvriltz, I think Elder Uwe will be able to better explain about this, Welner.”

Luguentz’s reply made me look at Old Man Uwe, who nodded silently.

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