"So, Yabe-dono, you really killed the Demon King Gulaad?"

Lord Fenberg pressed me.

"No~ I just found a statue, you know?"

I replied and took out the broken golem from my sub-space compression storage.

The golem modeled after the Demon King Gulaad — two feet, two arms, with its belly and back blown off.

"...Is this the Demon King Gulaad?"

"...It looks quite different from the records..."

Both Lord Fenberg and Count Gailnight tilted their heads.

Then they stared at me fixedly.

"Pyupyupyu~"

I turned my head toward the sky and clasped my hands behind it, whistling.

It wasn’t very well done, but the whistle was coming out. I wasn’t blowing at all. I wasn’t speaking with my mouth. It was just badly done.

"No, Yabe, I think that excuse is pretty bad..."

Irina sighed.

Wait... I thought the roles were reversed a moment ago?

"Hey Yabe-dono, what’s the real story!"

Lord Fenberg grabbed my collar and shook me.

"No~ Reporting that I killed the Demon King Gulaad here isn’t a good idea, right? The reward would be troublesome too. So instead, let’s just say the statue was broken and nothing happened."

I explained in the lightest tone possible. Now please lighten the situation a bit!

"N-No, that’s... how can I say that..."

"The reward really is a high-level threat for our territory, but..."

Both Lord Fenberg and Count Gailnight looked troubled by my explanation.

"Well, let’s think about that decision later. There are the corpses of the main culprit who orchestrated the kidnapping of Lady Fileontina and the mage-like subordinate who killed him. Please investigate those."

I took out the corpse of the man whose chest plate had been pierced and the corpse of the mage I had beheaded myself, and handed them over from my sub-space compression storage.

"I’m sorry. Thank you. Hey, collect these corpses and investigate them!"

""Haha!""

Count Gailnight’s subordinates carried the corpses away.

"Then shall we depart for the royal capital, Lord Fenberg?"

I called out to Lord Fenberg.

"No no, we still have to thank you for saving Lady Fileontina and evaluate the achievement of defeating the Demon King..."

Shiiiii!

Count Tarbal shouted loudly, so I stopped him with all my strength.

Let’s just say the Demon King Gulaad was never there!

"You’re heading to the royal capital? Then may I accompany you as well?"

Fileontina offered.

"H-Hey, you were kidnapped, right? You don’t have any clothes, do you? It would be better to go home and rest slowly."

I was surprised she wanted to come along.

"It’s fine! My body is okay. I can buy anything I need on the way... I’d be happy if you could lend me some money..."

Fileontina smiled shyly.

She’s cute. I’ll lend her money. Please write your desired amount on this check.

"H-Hey, Fileontina. Your sister Sistina has been worrying a lot. Could you go home once and reassure her?"

"U..."

"Yeah, your sister was probably worried a lot too. Anyway, once is enough — go home, rest, and come back. We’ll stop by on the way back from the royal capital anyway."

I explained to reassure her.

"I understand. I’ll go back once and reassure Sistina... I’m sorry for worrying you. But I can’t wait for Yabe-sama to return. After that, I’ll chase after Yabe-sama and head to the royal capital!"

"Wha-Whaaaaaat!?"

I accidentally shouted in surprise.

Why is she chasing me?

"As a fortune-teller, my instinct tells me! I can’t stand the thought of not standing right next to Yabe-sama any longer!"

Instinct!?

And standing next to him?

She’s a top-selling fortune-teller! The kind of scary but almost certain to be right!

"U-Um, standing next to..."

Irina pulled her body back a little while asking Fileontina.

"Ara, you... could it be that Yabe-sama’s...?"

"U... Irina von Lubengel, Yabe’s wife..."

Uooooooooo!

When did I become her husband!? Irina-san!

"Yes, yes, yes! I’m the second wife, Luciana von Coluna!"

Clap clap clap

What kind of declaration is that, Luciana-chan!? And Mom, why are you clapping so enthusiastically!?

"Well, Yabe-sama already has two wives... I understand! I’ll be the third wife, please treat me well!"

Zudon!

There’s one more! Finally there’s a third candidate! And for some reason all the candidates are treating it as already decided without even asking the person involved — me!

This is the "unfamiliar, popular protagonist" setting in light novels, but why me!?

I’m not unfamiliar, but I really wanted to be popular while I was still human!! (Soul scream)

Hah!? Could this be the pattern where "I want to become human as soon as possible——!" from now on!?

"Fueeh!? Yabe’s wives are three already!? And there’s a super beautiful older sister! She’ll definitely be taken by Yabe..."

Irina started crying with a "meso-meso" voice. She’s getting protective instincts activated.

"Irina-chan, it’ll be fine! Fileontina-san looks very kind, so we can all support Yabe-sama together!"

Luciana-chan firmly patted Irina’s shoulder and declared with the most reliable look.

She really seems to be the most dependable one!

"Fufu, there are two such adorable senpais. I hope we can get along well."

That’s bad! It looks like the three of them are getting along! Is Luciana-chan’s secret "Operation None" already in motion!?

"Anyway, let’s hurry and head to the royal capital, Lord Fenberg. Since we’re responding to the King’s summons, we can’t be too late."

"O-Oh, right. Then let’s depart immediately..."

"Count Tarbal, please handle the aftermath!"

I quickly boarded the carriage and waved to Count Tarbal.

Leave all the troublesome cleanup to you! I’m escaping as fast as I can!

"Ah, yeah! Please stop by on the way back from the royal capital! I’ll have plenty of rewards and delicious food waiting!"

Count Tarbal waved both hands.

"Yabe-sama! I’ll head to the royal capital right away! Please wait for me!"

Fileontina also waved.

...How am I supposed to find her in the royal capital?

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[A/N: Thanks for reading! The next Chapter will be a side story. Also if you are enjoying the read please consider donating some power stones, it’s free and helps the book a lot :D]