Magan to Dangan o Tsukatte Isekai o Buchinuku!

vants politely bowed their heads to Athal.
He felt itchy and couldn’t get used to it, but he made a face saying ‘such is life’ and politely bowed back to them in return.

「Athal-sama, it’s here.」

Before a certain door, Gill called to Athal before knocking on it.

「Enter.」

The voice that responded was low and refined.
This was likely the lord’s room, Athal thought.

「Well then, go ahead Athal-sama.」

Gill opened the door and prompted Athal to enter.

「Got it.」

Nervous to be meeting the lord, Athal drew a deep breath before going inside.

The inside of the room appeared to be a drawing-room, in the middle of which was a large table with comfortable looking sofas arranged around it.
A man who sat comfortably on the sofa at the back of the room greeted Athal with a calm countenance.
Sitting beside him, having changed her clothes as Gill had, was Ashna.

「So you are Athal-dono, the one who saved my daughter and servant.
I am Ashna’s father, Glaine.
Thank you very much for what you did.」

The feudal lord, Ashna’s father stood and lowered his head deeply.
He was a bit shorter than Athal, but he was in his forties with eyes overflowing with ambition.
He looked dignified with his brown hair and similarly coloured goatee.

「Well, I suppose it simply turned out that way, therefore please do not mind it.」

He considered speaking in his normal tone, but since he figured that it would be bad to talk to the lord that way he switched to using polite speech.

「Hahaha, that doesn’t seem to be how you normally speak, right? You’re my daughter’s saviour, so go ahead and speak in your usual tone.」

Ashna had told the lord various things about Athal from the time he had met Gill, so the lord laughed and permitted him to change the way he spoke.
Seeing as the lord had no issue with the manner Athal was used to speaking, it seemed that he normally had a very kind character.

「Ah, gotcha.
Anyway, don’t mind it.
I just happened to be in the area.」

To reinforce it, Athal once again asked the lord not to mind it in his usual tone of voice.
He didn’t save her there because she was the lord’s daughter, rather he was just trying to help a person in trouble.

「That simply won’t do!」

Feeling that she couldn’t allow her debt to go unpaid, Ashna rose from her seat and declared heatedly.

「Master, young mistress, perhaps it would be better if we allowed Athal-sama to sit first.
I will go and prepare some tea.」

From Gill’s words, the two realized that they had been speaking to him while he was still standing, so they hastily spoke out.

「What a discourtesy on my part.
Please, go ahead and take a seat Athal-dono.」

「That’s right, please sit!」

With a wry smile showing slightly on his face from the similar parent and child duo, Athal did as suggested and sat down on the sofa, and to his surprise, it felt softer than he’d expected.
They sat similarly in front of him.

「Here you are, Athal-sama.」

Gill skillfully arranged tea and cake before the three.
A pleasant smell drifted from the tea and confectioneries and entered Athal’s nose.

「Go ahead and eat.」

To prevent Athal from feeling reserved in that situation, Glaine preemptively told him not to hold back.

「Ah, thanks.」

Athal did as told and partook of some cake.
Upon entering his mouth, a gentle sweetness spread across his tongue, giving him a healing sensation.

「Delicious.」

「Umu umu, I’m glad that it suits your taste.
Now regarding your act of saving these two, I would like to show you my thanks, however……」

Is there anything you desire? Glaine attempted to draw an answer from Athal.
He prepared himself to provide Athal with a reward worth the lives of his daughter and servant.

「It’s probably useless for me to say I don’t need anything so…… how about some money.
Due to some circumstances, I don’t have any travelling funds.
So it would be a great help to get some funding.」

There was a possibility that asking for money right off the bat might leave them with a negative impression of him.
Or so Athal thought, but rather than looking like they cared about that, Glaine whispered something into Gill’s ear, prompting him to immediately run off to prepare some money.

「Wait a moment, Gill’s getting some right now.」

Ten minutes later Gill briskly returned, and what he had in his hand surprised Athal.

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