I Was Transported to Another World, but I Negotiated and Persuaded Both the Goddess and the Demon King. C198

Episode 198: Status is irrelevant! 

The kidnappers were taken away, and the brutal atmosphere from earlier returned to its original peaceful atmosphere. 

"Takuto, I was really indebted to you."

"You don't have to worry about it. I don't like people like that either."

While we were having a casual conversation, Mikuru and Mira came in after changing their clothes. 

"Thank you once again. Thank you for your help this time."

Following Mira's words, Mikuru also bows her head. 

"Don't worry about it. The person I helped just happened to be the daughter of a nobleman."

The dowsers were taken aback, perhaps because I answered them so bluntly. 

“By the way, are you really human?”

"Ah, that's right. There's no tail either."

Try facing the dowser, showing your butt and shaking it from side to side. 

"You're a funny guy."

Laugh at my clownish behavior. 

"I've finished my business and it's time to go home. Mikuru, I hope you're doing well!"

I say goodbye to Mikuru and the others. 

I was about to go home, but the dowser said,

“Doesn’t your master ask for a reward or something?”

"Why? You don't ask for any reward even if you save a girl in town, so it's the same thing, right?"

In response, Dowser laughed out loud, and Mira also let out a small chuckle. 

"It's been a while since I laughed this much! I guess there's still someone like you in this world!"

"Of course I don't discriminate based on class, but I don't discriminate based on race."

"...I see, I like it! Do you have any desire to serve the Lundenburg family?"

“I’m sorry, but there isn’t.”

"A quick answer means someone without greed."

"I have greed. There are many things I have to do so that everyone can live happily, and above all, my true mission is to spread God's teachings to this world!"

“…God’s teachings?”

“Ah, to spread the god Eline to this world!”

"Eline...I heard that name somewhere, right?"

While Dowser was deep in thought, Mira said,

“Isn’t this the god mentioned in Leroy-dono’s article about the vows that took place during the wedding ceremony?”

"Oh! That's it!"

"Father, Takuto-sama is the representative of Yotsuba Shokai, which is in charge of the wedding."

Mikuru tells me my background. 

Since I didn't talk about Yotsuba Shokai, I guess she asked Marie or Fran. 

"He's the representative of the Yotsuba Shokai that's been talked about lately! So, is he a merchant?"

"My hobby is being an adventurer and a merchant."

"...Hobby is another interesting expression."

“Because I’m unemployed!”

Mira had been giggling a little since a while ago, but this conversation made her laugh get louder. 

"You, I can't do it anymore. Takuto-dono is so funny I can't stand it."

Perhaps he had gotten into the point of laughing, as he was desperately trying to maintain his politeness while smiling. 

"I'm jealous of Leroy-dono, who can use someone like you as a messenger."

"That's because I had something to do with Mikuru, so I asked Leroy to make me a messenger."

"...Are you calling the lord by his first name?"

"Ah, there's also a [curse], but Leroy asked me to, so we call each other names like we're friends."

Mira was laughing even more vigorously than before, as if she had hit the nail on the head even more. 

Dowser was silent for some reason. 

"...Like a friend? You said you were an adventurer, but are you strong?"

"I don't know if it's strong or not, but it's rank B."

“Huh, to be ranked B at such a young age!”

Mikuru said to the impressed dowser,

"No, Takuto-sama is strong! He easily defeated two Sandworms by himself."

"If you defeat two Sandworms alone...!"

Dowser was surprised, but seems to have come to terms with the situation so far. 

“If it’s Sieg, then Gilmas is a tough guy.”

"You know me very well."

"Well, she's a celebrity. Maybe this has something to do with it."

When Dowser looked at Mira, Mira nodded without saying anything. 

“Tact, can you use teleportation magic to move to Sieg?”

“Ah, no problem.”

“I would like to say hello to Leroy-dono, so could you please take me there?”

"I don't mind, but is it a problem?"

“If you come back today, anything is possible.”

"I understand. But you'll stand out when you're dressed like that..."

"I'll change my clothes, so it's okay."

"There's no problem in that case, but please be careful because people will find out from the way you call me."

“If you want to call me a name, you can just call me Dowser, just like Leroy-dono.”

"No, no, you can't. I feel bad saying this, but your status is too different from Leroy's, isn't it?"

“You were the one who said you wouldn’t discriminate against people with statuses like villagers and feudal lords, right?”

"...That's true though."

Even if he was a relative of the king and the lord of the magical city of Lundenburg, he would be reluctant to call him out. 

“Takuto-dono, I would also like to ask you a favor.”

Mira lowers her head. 

"...I understand. It's fine to be a dowser! Be sure to tell your subordinates as well!"

"Ah, thank you!"

"Um, I'd like Mira too, please."

"Eh! Why?"

“Sometimes, I want to spend time as an individual woman rather than a lord’s wife.”

He laughed and ordered more. 

I can't refuse, so I agree. 

“By the way, what does the movement you learned from Mikuru mean?”

"That's the gesture your father makes when he pokes your mother's chest behind my back."

Dowser and Mira looked away shyly. 

...I feel like I did something I'm very sorry for.