Madman in a Fantasy World

133. social church

In the social church, there was a long blank period of one month, if it was long, and if it was short, there was a short blank period. In the meantime, we lived moderately in and out of the adventurer’s guild.

At the same time, various information was collected. Information about the country of dwarves, conditions for promotion to S rank, etc.

First of all, the country where the dwarves live has the name Marquina, and I was able to get information about that the dwarves, who were born with low magic power, showed off their magic engineering technology. The problem is that it was all information I knew.

And most importantly, how to become an S-class adventurer.

-Hmm… To be honest, we didn’t think that there would be more S-class adventurers. That too is a recommendation.

-Then what should I do? Shall we prove our strength by destroying the empire?

-···Don’t do that, just get a letter of recommendation from the rest of the S-rank adventurers. If you accept everything, there will be no reason to refuse even from above.

-Eh? You want me to take everything? It’s annoying.

-Well, there are only two left now…

We talked like that. In the end, he said that he would only get a promotion after receiving letters of recommendation from all S-class adventurers. Lucia is in the Empire, so even if you say you can get it at any time, the Alchemist is the problem.

The Alchemist is even worse than Gideon who wanders around. Since I’m still young, I think I want to travel around the world, but honestly, I wonder if I’ll be able to see the Alchemist even once before I catch the demon.

Well, I’ll leave it to the future me for now. We prepared to leave the hostel. The reason is that there is a social church tonight, so I have to go to the imperial palace. Even if I say that, everyone is wearing the same clothes they normally wear.

To be honest, asking adventurers to be formal is a ridiculous request. The imperial family must have known about that, and there was no restriction on clothing. There was a warning not to come from anywhere.

“Are we leaving now?”

“Yes.”

“Yeah~”

The moment you want to start slowly. Still, there was one person among us who wasn’t ready.

“·······.”

It’s not like this out of the blue today. From a month ago to today, continuing. As the day passed, Richie’s expression grew darker.

To be honest, I don’t know why I’m doing that. If you don’t want to go, you don’t have to go, and you’re saying that you’re going, but why are you alone?

“Are you still undecided?”

“No matter how much you do, there’s no way you can do something like that…”

How to overcome trauma that I recommended in the past. If a person is the subject of trauma like Richie, it is enough to kill that person, so he recommended killing it.

But Richie said he couldn’t do that. It seems that there is even love for the family after suffering like that.

well, that’s it or not. He said he was going, so he’ll take care of it.

“Then let’s go quickly.”

When I left the dorm, the sky had already darkened. There was no set time for the social gathering, and I just had to attend it until midnight, but I was planning to eat at the social church tonight, so I left around dinner time.

The street was nothing like usual. However, it seemed that nobles were not uncommon among the floating population, perhaps because of the social gatherings held in the imperial palace.

“Luke-kun?”

halfway along the way. We met an acquaintance by chance at a fork in the road.

“Dean…?”

Academy Dean Lucia. She was going in the same direction as us, wearing a sparkly blue dress. Although he is no longer the dean, there is no way that the title will change easily.

“Miss Richie was with you? Did you drop out and go out with Luke?”

“Ah… yes. Is the dean on his way to the imperial palace?”

“Yes. I also got an invitation.”

“Does the dean have a reason to go there?”

“It doesn’t take a small amount of money to run an academy.”

It seemed like she was going to find the person who would support her, as Adela had said before. Sponsoring Lucia is the same as sponsoring the academy. Since Lucia had retired from being an adventurer, it seemed that she was participating as the dean.

“Where are you going Luke?”

“We are also the imperial palace.”

“Have you already been promoted to Class A?”

“yes.”

“To be an A-class soon after returning as an adventurer… As I expected, there might be a new S-class adventurer.”

Speaking of an S-class adventurer, I had an idea just in time.

“Oh, that’s right. Lucia. Could you write me just one letter of recommendation?”

“Yes? What letter of recommendation?”

“A letter of recommendation for an S-class adventurer.”

“What is that…?”

If Lucia doesn’t know, it’s probably not the way it was originally. I can see why Argo didn’t know what to do and asked me to get all the letters of recommendation.

“I got a letter of recommendation from Gideon for being an S-class adventurer. Then, if Argo wants to become an S-class, then he told me to get a letter of recommendation from everyone else too?”

“Gideon? Are you talking about the Weapon Master Gideon I know?”

“yes.”

Lucia seemed curious about where I had met him and what had happened, but it was too much of a hassle to explain everything from Alfheim. Fortunately, Luna is there to use in times like these.

When I asked Luna to explain it instead, she summarized it in three lines and explained only the necessary parts, not the beginning to the end… Thank you nosy Speed Luna!

“Is that so… I didn’t know you would use the recommendation method. Okay, I’ll write it for you, so come pick it up later.”

“yes.”

With this, two are confirmed. If the last one hadn’t been for Alchemist, I’d have almost shouted “easy,” an S-class adventurer.

Come to think of it, wouldn’t there be some way to contact them if they were in the same S rank?

“Lucia. Do you have any means of contacting the Alchemist?”

“Ah… you mean that kid.”

It seems like they know each other.

“Unfortunately, there is none. Gideon could predict the movement and be there in advance, but he is so unusual that it is impossible to predict.”

Well… it was Alchemist’s setting that you didn’t know where it would bounce. Every time like this, I regret that I should have possessed a modern fantasy. If so, I wish I had left a message.

As we walked while talking about such things, we had arrived at the imperial palace before we knew it. I hadn’t come here before, so I didn’t know much about it, but the imperial palace seen up close was more magnificent than seen from a distance. To the point where we could feel that we were actually in the imperial palace.

Several nobles stood in front of the entrance of the palace, holding letters presumed to be invitations, and a knight in iron armor was checking the invitations. The knights confirmed the noble family and announced their position in a loud voice.

‘Do I really have to go that far?’

Even though I knew that it was a form, I thought that I was doing everything to get real attention. When I was in school, when I opened the back door during class, it felt like all eyes were on me. It might be familiar to the people here, but to a hikikomori like me and Yui, it’s a sin itself.

We also handed the invitation to the knight and showed our A-class adventurer certificate, so we announced our position in the same way.

“Class A adventurer Luke and his party are entering!”

Fortunately, it was Lucia’s turn after us, so less attention was drawn to us.

Upon entering the imperial palace, we were in awe. As expected, the imperial palace was the imperial palace, and everywhere was glittering with lots of gold, a symbol of wealth, and a chandelier I had never seen before hung from the ceiling.

It was Leeche who led us in admiration.

“Let’s go. The direction is this way.”

“Do you know me well?”

“Because I’ve been here a few times.”

Well, it wouldn’t be the first time you’ve been to the imperial palace if you’re a duke. Although he didn’t want to come, he moved a little under the guidance of a lychee who was accustomed to moving, and came out of a large space crowded with adventurers and nobles.

However, the number of people was considerable, and if it were not the size of the imperial palace, it would not have been possible to accommodate them all.

He even brought his own daughter and son to establish relationships with other families.

Also, nobles who were confident in their martial arts came alone, but pot-bellied nobles who were not were accompanied by escort knights.

“Luke. I’ll go somewhere else for a while.”

“uh.”

Richie, who said he needed some personal time, let him go. I guessed roughly what to do. And I looked around for a purpose.

Various delicious-looking foods were placed on trays on the tables around them, and servants belonging to the imperial palace were passing wine around them.

“Write it… How long has this buffet been? Yui eats as much as she wants. And if you want to take more, bring it to me.”

“Yes? Really?”

“Yeah. I’m here to eat today.”

Today I’m going to eat my fill and shake off all the food here. It’s good to keep these precious foods in your inventory, and take them out one by one each time you go camping or go far.

Panting. I ran like a dog chasing a bone Yui had thrown. The place where Yui headed was a place with all kinds of desserts.

It’s not like I usually eat less sweets, so why is that? I think it might be a severe junk food addiction.

Luna wasn’t my escort either, so she didn’t have to follow me around and acted separately. While watching the scene, I moved and took a plate and headed to the place where the food was.

On the way, the attendant handed me a wine glass and invited me to go, but unfortunately I refused because I was easily prone to alcohol poisoning when I drank.

I’m just piling up a plate full of food and eating it one by one.

“Keuheum. Excuse me.”

A pot-bellied aristocrat talked to me with four escorts behind him.

“I say I’m Rivers Falkland, the head of the Falkland family. You’re… I don’t think I’ve seen you before. Are you a newly promoted A-class adventurer?”

“Noop.”

He laughed heartily at my answer. Next to him, the escorts sucked his butthole, saying, ‘It’s Rivers-sama’s insight!’ It was like watching an extreme job in the service industry.

“I’d like to sponsor my new divinity. What’s your name?”

“Piryo, jeop jeop jeop jeop jeop nundeo?”

“…what? I think I heard it wrong.”

he frowned. Did you really not hear, or did you ask again after hearing?

Gulp, I said, swallowing everything in my mouth.

“I don’t need it.”

“Did I hear it wrong…? Sponsorship. I’m saying I’ll sponsor you!”

No, it’s bothersome to eat. Would these greedy-looking piglets support me out of pure goodwill?

Of course, they will secretly sponsor it like putting their sleeves in and try to control it later on. In the first place, I had no intention of receiving any kind of sponsorship.

“Fuck you I don’t like it.”

“What, what a vulgar…!”

The pot-bellied nobleman was taken aback by the vulgar lines he had never heard in his life. The escorts glared at me and put their hands on the handles of the swords.

But that was all I could do. No matter how noble their owner was, they couldn’t just pick up the sword recklessly in the imperial palace, which was only an escort.

“Asshole. Caught shit while not being able to pull it out. Did you get scared? Can’t you go to any other?”

how. Are you so skinny? This is called K-horse teeth. He excitedly provoked the escorts who couldn’t pull out their swords while chewing food.

What are you going to do? You dare to draw a sword from the imperial palace? That’s impossible even if your master orders it.

“You’re gay. You should only act in front of your girlfriend. Why are you acting in front of men? Come out and they’ll take you in.”

“Kill!!”

***

When Luke is arguing with another noble.

“···father.”

“What’s your business?”

Richie was facing her father.