Chapter 142: Taking a Break and Going to the Capital

They were surprised by Tauro’s reply and thought about it for a moment.

“”Why the royal capital?””

They asked.

“And why disband the “Black Golden Wings”?”

Aeris asked Tauro on their behalf.

“The reason for the suspension is simple: if Shin and Rumeya go to the capital with us, they’ll have no income. On the contrary, I honestly can’t predict how much you’ll have to spend if you go to the Royal Capital, so you two should continue your adventuring business here and earn your living expenses.”

“Aren’t the conditions the same for the two of you?”

Rumeya said disapprovingly.

“I’ve got my own network of contacts in the Royal Capital, so if we want to take advantage of that, I have to be there, right? Aeris is the person in question, so of course it’s only natural she’ll be there. If it were okay, I would ask the two of you to act as her bodyguards, but as I said before, I don’t know how much expenses will mount up, so I can’t guarantee anything and the two of you will have to work as usual to make ends meet, right?”

Tauro pointed out the ostensible reason.

They couldn’t say anything.

As Tauro had pointed out, even though they had savings, they didn’t have that much money.

If they were to have no income, the travel expenses alone would exhaust their savings.

That would be a drag on the two of them.

The reason behind it was that he judged that it would be dangerous to involve the two of them in noblemen problem.

But Tauro didn’t tell them that, because he didn’t think that would satisfy them.

“But why the royal capital and not the Marquis of Van Dyne?”

Aeris now asked.

“That’s easy, there’s no need to go all the way to the territory of someone who can exercise the maximum amount of power.”

In their own territory, the lord is the most powerful.

If they went into a place like that, Aeris will definitely be taken back and locked up without question and they’ll be the only judge. Tauro was most keenly aware of the fear of one-sided power of that kind of authority.

It would’ve been foolish to get into the ring of the opponent and fight against them.

“But even if you go to the capital, there aren’t many nobles who can intervene in the family feud of the Marquis of Van Dyne. On the contrary, I don’t think there are any nobles who would deal with us.”

Aeris was beginning to feel as she said it that she had involved Tauro in a hopeless battle.

“We won’t know until you try. I don’t know how much help I can be, but I’ve decided to do what I can.”

Tauro said and put his hand on Aeris’s shoulder.

“…Thank you, Tauro….Shin and Rumeya, please take care of things. In the meantime, the two of you are the “Black Golden Wings”, so make sure you do your best!”

Aeris was encouraged by Tauro, and blasted Shin and Rumeya strongly.

“Hey! We’ll protect the Black Golden Wings, so don’t worry!”

“If things get bad, just run away, okay?”

Rumeya and Shin agreed to stay behind.

Tauro asked Shin to prepare a carriage and to give the letters to the courier, along with a special fee.

Couriers usually don’t move until they have collected a certain number of packages and can make a profit.

Tauro was very generous in this area.

As Tauro and Aeris were preparing to leave for the Royal Capital, there was a buzz at the front of the house.

“We know from our research that Aeris-san is here. Let her out quietly!”

“Oh? This isn’t my house, so there’s no way I can get her out even if you told me!”

“Then don’t move!”

“I don’t need you to tell me what to do!”

I could hear Uwakin and Rumeya struggling in the room.

“I’m the Marquis of Van Dyne(to be)! You guys, I want you to get rid of this rude person!”

“Who is the Marquis of Van Dyne? Rumor has it that you are the second son of a fallen viscount. In other words, you must be someone without a title. If that’s the case and you’ve tricked the Marquis of Van Dyne, I can’t overlook this. A person who deceives a nobleman is guilty of death in this country. You know that very well, don’t you?!”

As Tauro walked out of the house, he grabbed the tail end of Uwakin’s gaffe and reprimanded him.

At the same time, he activates his ability “Prestige”.

Uwakin was overwhelmed by Tauro’s power, who was still a child.

He slumped and sat down, incontinent.

“Well, that’s… I didn’t mean to deceive you with a figure of speech…! Oi, you guys, give me a hand, we’re leaving!”

The soldiers took Uwakin by the shoulders and carried him away like a trapped alien.

Rumeya was watching.

“That bastard cowered when he saw Tauro’s power!”

He laughed with excitement.

“All right, we’ll leave the village in the carriage that Shin is preparing. Rumeya, take care of the rest.”

After asking Rumeya to take care of everything and the “Black Golden Wings”, Tauro called out to Aeris in the room.

“Alright. I guess this is goodbye for a while.”

With Rumeya waving at them, Tauro and Aeris ran off.

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