Kiraware Yūsha ni Tensei Shitanode Aisare Yūsha o Mezashimasu!

going on.

――However, as if to tear through the tense atmosphere, multiple heavy and noisy footsteps came nearing us.

“Lord Barreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeett!!” Patrick, who had been picking on Raul in the park earlier, bent his hips at a ninety-degree angle and bowed deeply as soon as he arrived in front of us.
Following behind him, Charles, Leon, Kyle, Billy—all sons of merchants who were my followers, basically—came and bowed one after another.

“H-hey, you guys…”

Now it was my turn to be surprised.

Why were they bowing their heads?

They hadn’t done anything to ruin my mood.
Their picking on Raul was something ordered by (original) Barrett, too.

I couldn’t blame them for being so cautious when dealing with me, though.

I mean, if they incurred Barrett’s displeasure, their fathers, who were doing businesses with the Alberses, would face some issues.
In the worst-case scenario, the businesses would get canceled, and they would be forced onto the roadside.

“P-please raise your heads.
We can’t have a proper talk this wa—”

“Yessir! Right away!” The five responded before I could finish my words, and stood up straight in a blink.

Looking at their uniformed movements, I could guess that this was how they usually behaved around Barrett.

“P-pardon me, sir…”

As I was staying silent, Patrick called out to me in a terrified manner.

The surrounding students were paying attention to us.

It was the same with Tayte.
She was holding her breath, looking at me and Patrick alternately.

“Did you perhaps come here… because you have business with us?”

“Huh?”

Oh, I see.

They thought they had made a mistake without them knowing because I had stopped them from bullying Raul earlier, huh.

“No, I didn’t come here to berate you guys or anything.
I just wanted to dine with Tayte.”

“—! I-is that so… wait, huuuh?!?!?!”

“““““Huuh?!?!?!”””””

Patrick, and also everyone in the cafeteria shouted.

……Was Barrett eating at the cafeteria such a big deal?

Well, I could only go about this patiently.

For now, let’s first apologize to the cooks for complaining about their food, dine together with Tayte, Patrick, and the others, apologize to them for my unreasonable behaviors until now and talk in detail about our relationship going forward.

It was a lot of work, but I’d got to make sure the fact that ‘Barret Albers has truly turned over a new leaf’ permeated across the academy.