Master and Slaves

"Hahaha, as expected of the hero who kills the Demon King. Wonderful aptitude. I’m envious."

Matthew was gushing over me.

In the end, I acquired four more magic after that.

Including the Water Ejection magic, five in total.

Details as follows.

"Water Eruption Water Eruption" ... Magic that sprays water from the tip of the finger. It seems you can make it come out from anywhere once you get used to it. The stronger the magical power, the stronger the power. The amount of magic capacity is proportional to the amount of water. Water creation is required.

The spell is: ’Source of Life. Come out from the tip of the finger.’

"Illumination Illumination" ... Magic used by the Chief Steward Johannes. It can illuminate the surroundings. The stronger the magical power, the stronger the light. The amount of magic capacity is proportional to the duration. Light creation is required.

The spell is: ’With this light, illuminate all around.’

"Ignition Ignition" ... To burn something. If there is nothing to burn, it won’t burn. The stronger the magical power, the easier it is to burn things that are hard to burn. In other words, the temperature becomes high. The amount of magic capacity is constant. Fire creation is required.

The spell is: ’With this heat, burn this object.’

"Lock Lock" ... Put a magical lock on the door. It can also be opened with a specified password or magical power. The stronger the magical power, the lower the success rate when using the ’Magic Unlock’ magic. The amount of magic capacity is constant. Earth creation is required.

The spell is: ’This word | This person’s magical power | only, it is allowed to open. That is...’

"Soundproof Soundproof" ... Magic that prevents sound from leaking out of the area. It can be heard inside the area. Matthew said from this, it would be necessary. Why? The concentration of magical power is proportional to the size of the area. The amount of magic capacity is proportional to the duration. Wind creation is required.

The spell is: ’Block my voice, my sound.’

The others, since time was short and I didn’t like the look on Matthew’s face for attack magic, I gave up on acquiring them.

These are magic that are necessary for life, and he taught them to me.

"But, I’m amazed at His Highness Hiroyuki’s extraordinary talent. Normally, it takes tens of days to learn just one, and for a beginner, it would take at least half a year."

"That’s right. It took Nene two years to learn the ’Leg Strength Enhancement’ magic."

"Master! Enough already!"

Helene puffed out her cheeks.

"Hahaha. This is probably because you’re Hiroyuki. I’m happy to be able to teach you, Hiroyuki. Hahaha."

Matthew seemed very pleased.

Tiria was looking at me with sparkling eyes from the side.

... I don’t like this kind of thing.

You’re embarrassing yourself.

I stroked Tiria’s head.

...

Since Matthew was going out for an audience from the afternoon, I returned to the room with Helene.

"Helene-san, won’t you join us for lunch?"

"Yes, please. I’ll have it."

Helene agreed to Cathy’s proposal, so we had lunch with four of us.

Helene and me sat at the table and ate, Tiria ate under the table, and Cathy served me and Helene.

"Ah, by the way. Cathy, I’m going on a bit of a trip from tomorrow, so I’ll be leaving here. Thank you so far."

"Um, His Highness Hiroyuki. I’m supposed to accompany you."

"... Eh! Are you going too, Cathy?"

"Am I... disturbing you?"

Cathy asked me in a dejected way.

"No no no, not at all, you help a lot. It was just a huge surprise, though."

I think Helene can do housework too, but Cathy being a professional helps, right.

"Is it that surprising?"

Helene swallowed the thing in her mouth and asked me.

"Of course, Cathy is a servant here. Going out is surprising."

"Is that so? Ladies-in-waiting for nobles often go out."

"Really?"

"Yes. If the nobles go out, they have to follow them."

"... Then, Cathy?"

"From today, I have become His Highness Hiroyuki’s lady-in-waiting."

Instead of Helene, Cathy answered seriously.

"... Ahaha, I see."

"Got it, so I joined the noble ranks... wait, that’s not quite right."

"Hey, who assigned you to me?"

"Johannes-sama."

Cathy answered immediately.

That’s right. He’s the Chief Steward.

No, I wasn’t asking that.

"Then, who did you ask Johannes to assign?"

"I think it was the master."

Helene answered after swallowing.

Does Matthew have influence even there?

Well, he’s a court magician, after all.

"... Is Cathy’s salary coming from me?"

"No, I’m going to leave the castle... but."

"... So does that mean I’m becoming an official of this country?"

"Yes, the master said he wants you to work in this country, His Highness Hiroyuki."

... Has the outer moat started to be filled?

Well, it would be fine to work in this country.

But if that’s the case, I wish he had just said it directly.

"Was it done that way?"

"Ah, no, I wanted you to tell me directly. I didn’t like the feeling that it was unavoidable after filling the outer moat."

"Ah, that’s, um, the master has a long history of working at the castle. He likes such preparations."

"Is that so?"

Helene’s choppy speech was oddly catching, but for now, I’ll just accept it.

After finishing lunch, as usual, Tiria kissed my feet.

While Cathy was starting to clear the dishes, I proposed to Helene.

"I have something I want to do from the afternoon, is it okay?"