FVN Chapter 379: The merchant Peromus’ confession (1)
Chapter 379: The merchant Peromus’ confession (1)
chapter 379: the merchant peromus' confession (1)
the five continents' alliance meeting ended without further incident.
it was hard to say what the leaders and representatives thought, but allen felt like it went as well as it could have.
allen wanted anyone who needed an a rank or higher monster dealt with to be able to contact him, so he obtained magic communication devices that could be reached from anywhere in the world.
that was the first task for the magic engineers he just obtained from baukis.
five days passed since the meeting.
allen, cecile, and peromus were in the mansion of the governor of the city of grandvelle.
it was the mansion of the grandvelle family, where allen worked as a servant before attending the academy.
"please give viscount grandvelle my regards as well, lady cecile."
a man in his forties that allen had not seen while he worked there greeted them politely.
he was the current governor of the grandvelle territories, apparently he was a relative of the viscount's.
that distant relative was now greeting the daughter of the family.
allen heard all about that the night before while they had dinner in the mansion.
"we'll be on our way then."
"rickel, please take good care of lady cecile."
"yes, of course."
the governor told rickel that.
allen was glad to see rickel again, who had taught him both good and bad things while he was a servant.
he was no longer the head butler, but a driver.
rickel had the carriage ready at the entrance of the mansion.
"wait, peromus? why do you look like that!"
cecile was flabbergasted seeing peromus' stiffened stance outside.
"it's just...you see...i was rejected once already."
"and that's why we're going with you. just leave it to us, i know fiona pretty well."
"ow, that hurts! i get it, okay?"
cecile puffed her chest and claimed she would deal with things while loudly smacking peromus' back.
today peromus was going to confess to fiona again, the daughter of chester, who owned a high class inn.
he had tried confessing before too, but he had been rejected, so this was going to be his second try.
he had undergone a talent change since then, and leveled up in the dungeons.
it seemed that seeing shea risk her life to show her determination had inspired him.
cecile supported that decision, but allen decided they should go together, knowing the friendship between cecile and fiona.
they gave the order to rickel and they departed. nôv(el)b\\jnn
"allen, do you think these clothes look good?"
"i guess so?"
(i really don't know about that stuff. and we're almost there anyway.)
apparently those were brand-name clothes he got in the capital.
though to allen they looked no different from regular clothes.
allen gave a disinterested reply while he took more mana seeds.
they were going to arrive at their destination shortly, but peromus was still worrying about the clothes he was wearing.
allen had no interest in the appearance of clothes, if the strongest armor looked like a fluffy onesie, he would wear it without hesitation.
peromus did not seem convinced on the appearance of his lapels, but allen knew there was no time left to change.
"i think it fits you well, peromus. you look like the son of a merchant who just made a small fortune."
cecile tried to give her opinion of him, voicing her honest thoughts.
"i-i don't know how much of a compliment that really is..."
"and you allen, how did you meet peromus?"
fiona wanted to know the relationship between allen and peromus.
"we both grew up in kurena village, we're the same age too, so we used to play knights a lot."
dogora had dragged peromus with him when he went to kurena's house to play with allen and kurena.
they had been friends since they were around six years old.
"ohh, i see. then what kind of relationship do you have now?"
"well, now we're still working together, all four of us..."
while a servant served tea, fiona continued talking to allen.
apparently she had never heard about allen and peromus' past.
fiona was the daughter of probably the most influential merchant in the city, and she had kept visiting the grandvelle mansion since allen worked as a servant there.
those visits had become even more frequent after the madagarsh attack.
as a servant, allen would often receive her and attend her needs, during which time she would ask him all sorts of questions, but somehow she had never learned about his friendship with peromus.
(i really wish she started talking to peromus instead of me though.)
now fiona kept asking allen question after question, it had been a long time since they had seen each other.
bloodstained topics like allen's army's current operations were not really suited for this place.
allen tried to be as vague as possible when it came to such topics, instead highlighting how peromus' company was helping him.
"fiona, that's enough. you realize we didn't come here so you could talk to allen, right?"
after even more questions, cecile got tired and told her to stop talking to allen.
seeing that, chester recoiled a little.
meanwhile peromus was on the verge of tears seeing how interested she seemed to be in allen.
"oh, you still intend on getting in the way of my conversations with allen?"
sparks seemed to fly between cecile and fiona's gazes.
the relationship between them had gotten tense after allen became a servant.
cecile was the daughter of a rather impoverished noble, while fiona was the daughter of the wealthiest merchant, so allen had always watched the rivalry between them.
when peromus mentioned he would try to ask fiona out again, cecile said "i'll go along and vouch for you."
allen then decided to come with them too, because he expected things would take a turn like this.
sometimes he even wondered how either of the girls considered the other a friend.
"peromus, don't just stay quiet like that, say something too."
allen tried to turn the conversation to peromus.
he had not come there to watch cecile and fiona fight like they used to.
"y-you're right. fi-fiona..."
"wh-what do you want! i thought i already gave you a reply before!!"
it was clear fiona had not changed her mind in the slightest.
(this looks basically impossible.)
hearing that resolute rejection, allen began to feel like peromus would be better off finding someone else.
"i-i-i'd like to know each other better!!"
he still tried to ask for something, his face completely red.
at least his determination was steel strong.
he wanted to be with fiona no matter what.
"i already told you i like someone strong! i thought i had made that clear enough last time!!"
still, the rejection was immediate.
(hm, he got rejected again. i should take him to some good restaurant for dinner, i think i saw some near the s rank dungeon.)
seeing peromus' second defeat, allen decided he would spend the rest of the day with him, and go get some good comfort food for dinner.