Hmmmm, he was given a punishment alright. Therefore, it’d be fine to be seen like that.
「Anyways, how he ended up after losing the Skill left even me astonished. He was the type to use the Skill to distinguish truth from lies with whoever he met, so when it was lost, it appears he became unable to trust anyone anymore.」
I see. If a Skill you had since birth was lost, then what would become of you? In his case, he became distrustful of other humans. Well, it wasn’t that simple, of course. It was more along the lines of completely breaking.
I had only thought that I obtained a convenient Skill, but… I should refrain from using it as much as possible. I don’t want to become like the foolish viscount. Thinking that I’d be alright so long as I had that Skill… I’m not special enough for something like that to become reality.
「A few days prior to the discovery he also caused problems towards members of the Royal House, who were visiting for an inspection. Disregarding all semblances of etiquette, he grabbed at them and started shouting not to tell lies in front of an audience.」
Uwaa… That’s terrible. No, wait… We also stole the Court Etiquette Skill, didn’t we? Did that also…?
「And, while under house arrest, he slipped out of his room and hid himself. On that occasion, it seems that he took quite the sum of money with him… Most of it, he apparently used. We tracked his spending all the way to the place he bought some expensive armor.」
In all likelihood, that was done under the influence of Gyuran. Then, after catching Fran he intended to abandon Aressa and escape… As if this idiotic noble would be able to pull that off.
「In Count Olmës case, he doesn’t want this ordeal to breed a large commotion. And so, before Viscount Auguste made any more commissions, he came requesting to have him secured in secret.]
「Secret?」
「Correct. This is my personal opinion, but I believe he’s concealed the fact that his son lost the Skill and plans to make use of it in some way. Whether he plans on directly manipulating him, or perhaps plans on using some manner of medical treatment to get the Skill back remains to be seen, but… For the time being, he wants to restrain the Viscount. And so, as to prevent the exposure of this incident, the Count wanted to proceed with the highest possible degree of secrecy. It’s something along this lines.」
Hm Hmm… So in other words… Hush money has been prepared?
「*Jiiー*[M1]」
「…… Don’t stare so much. You have the privilege of having this treated as an accomplished commission with a bonus properly added on top.」
「Nn. Of course.」
「In exchange… You already know, right?」
「Mouth: sealed.」
Towards the suddenly nodding, seemingly self-confident Fran the Guild Master directed a strangely uneasy gaze.
「Haa. Truly, I beg of you: keep it a secret. The other party is a powerful Noble after all. If he’s angered various troubles are sure to follow.」
We also want to be spared from being dragged into the family troubles of Nobility. Even if we weren’t asked, there’s no way we’d go around spreading rumors.
「Well, in regards to the Viscount’s personal effects I was told there was no need to recover them, so don’t worry.」
It seems that it’s been concluded that we plundered the equipment alongside and a large sum of money. Er, it’s a bit different, you know?
… It seems our debt towards the Guild Master has increased.
Afterwards, we made the decision to keep Fran’s name from the Count. For such a powerful Noble, I doubt he’d have interest in the name of a commoner. It’d be really unlikely, right? Still, this is just in case.
By the way, the commission fee alongside the hush money added up to 200,000Gorudo, so all of a sudden our money doubled.
As one would expect of a Noble’s commission. Their sense of money must be strange indeed.