Reincarnated into a Game As the Hero’s Friend

erals?” (Welner)

 

“Yeah.
The demon general we fought in Anheim was the fourth one.”

 

Mazell said as if it was nothing, but that was a really amazing thing.
It seemed like Mazell had defeated the third demon general when I was constructing the four forts.

 

After returning to the capital, Mazell heard that I would be fighting a demon general in Anheim, so he came to Anheim under His Highness’s order after the first fort was attacked.

 

I think His Highness judged that if Mazell went to Anheim earlier, he could defeat Gezarius easily.
Thus, leaving the Kingdom Knights no time to shine.
Although His Highness’ decision may seem right, but if I had failed to lure Gezarius… No, let’s stop thinking about that worst scenario.

 

“I can’t lose to you, Welner.” (Mazell)

 

“This isn’t a competition, you know.” (Welner)

 

Now that Mazell had defeated the first Heavenly King and all four Demon Generals, next would be the second Heavenly King, then the third Heavenly King who would be attacking the capital.
We really had little time left.

 

“But Viscount, although everything went according to the plan, are you really fine with only that much reward?” (Seyfart)

 

“Yes, I am fine with it.” (Welner)

 

Well, the war ended up being the kingdom’s achievement, not mine, which went according to the plan.
As I answered without missing a heartbeat, the Grand Duke and the Prime Minister exchanged gazes and let out a bitter smile.

 

“If that’s what you wanted, then there’s nothing I can do, Sir.
But you know, your achievement is something that should receive far more reward.” (Seyfart)

 

“The Grand Duke is right.
Although it is true that the kingdom sent you there, we never thought that you could take care of the demon general within that short of time.
What you did is nothing short of amazing, Sir.” (Falkenstein)

 

Ah, I see.
Unlike me, who wanted to finish Gezarius off before the attack on the capital event, from the perspective of the kingdom, I could have just taken things slowly.
But well, there was no use of crying over spilled milk.

 

“I simply thought that it would be better to take care of the demon general as soon as possible.” (Welner)

 

“Well, that is true but still…” (Falkenstein)

 

Well, I kind of understand what the Prime Minister was trying to say.
If I easily returned to the capital in just a short time, the other nobles would complain.
Not to mention, I actually returned to the capital with the reputation of a debt-ridden noble.
Anyway, that’s none of my concern.

 

“I know you didn’t have any greed, Sir, but you still have to reward the people under you who have contributed to this war.
This time, the country will take care of that reward, but Sir, I hope you can be more greedy.”

 

“I understand.” (Welner)

 

Let’s just keep the whole reward for myself.
The kingdom would take care of my subordinates.

 

“Well, you will definitely be appointed as a government official in the capital, though.” (Seyfart)

 

“Really?” (Mazell)

 

Mazell was the one who responded to the Grand Duke’s words, but honestly, I was also surprised.
I thought there would be nobles who would demand that I should return to Anheim.

 

“To be precise, you will be appointed as a civil official, since you have to distance yourself from the army for a while.
There has been a quite unexpected demand because of your achievement in leading the army at Anheim.” (Seyfart)

 

The Grand Duke’s words made me fall into thoughts for a moment.
An unexpected demand…

 

Because Mazell was staring at me with a confused expression, I asked the Grand Duke to confirm my thoughts.

 

“Was the demand made by the refugee nobles from Triot?” (Welner)

 

“You’re right.
Ah, just to be clear, I said this not to criticize your actions or anything.” (Seyfart)

 

Yeah, of course, I understood that, Grand Duke.
Because the Bain Kingdom had successfully defeated Gezarius and even before that, other demon generals and Heavenly Kings, the refugees from Triot, especially the nobles, ended up having high expectations of the Bain Kingdom.
Which led to…

 

“A part of the refugee nobles from Triot asked for Bain Kingdom’s cooperation to revive Triot.” (Seyfart)

 

…Yes, it led to that.

 

“So, they are asking us to lend them our army?” (Welner)

 

“Not only the army, but also weapons and provisions.
If the army to help revive Triot was really made, there’s a high chance they will demand you to be the commander of that army.” (Seyfart)

 

Give me a break.
I didn’t have time to do something like that! Seeing me bury my head in my knees because of sheer frustration, the Grand Duke and the Prime Minister laughed.

 

“Now after your work in Anheim, rather than a high chance, I would say you will definitely be chosen as the army commander if the army that will help revive Triot was really made, Sir.” (Seyfart)

 

“There have also been people who said that they will even let their daughter or sister marry you, Viscount.” (Falkenstein)

 

The Prime Minister dropped a terrifying bomb.
Their ulterior motives were blatantly obvious that I ended up chuckling.
In addition, ‘will even let’ they said? They sure were arrogant, even though they were refugees who came to our country to seek help.

 

“Of course, I would humbly refuse that sort of thing.” (Welner)

 

“Yeah.
Sir, you even have a fiancee, so you can’t just marry a noble from another country.” (Seyfart)

 

Huh? Fiancee? Me? What was the Grand Duke talking about? Wasn’t that just a rumor that was spreading in Anheim?