When I got back to the student council room, Sylphy was crying.
"...... did you say your greetings?"
At first I thought that she was worrying over the woman Rudeus brought with him.
By the way, the woman who came with him was an S-rank adventurer in his party.
I figured that she has a deep relation to Rudeus.
However, Sylphy’s heart does not seem sunny. [6]
But it seems to be a different problem.
"Rudi... won’t remember someone like me anymore"
"Sylphy......"
I was puzzled.
This is the first time something like this happened.
The girl named Sylphyiette should have been a stronger child than this.
Stout-hearted, single-minded and straight forward kinda girl.
Such a girl is crying on my lap.
The girl who didn't even cry when she found out that her parents died after the Metastasis Event, is crying right now.
Just from thinking that shabby robed boy does not remember her, she has become like this.
When I look at her like this, my sadistic heart is aching. [7]
It’s forbidden.
I do not want to be hated by Sylphyette.
I want us to be friends.
However, that boy.
Rudeus Greyrat.
He should be the same age as Sylphy, has he matured so much?
To be honest he was different from the image I had of him based on Sylphy’s description of him.
My first impression is a "shabby man".
He could buy another cheap robe instead of wearing that shabby one.
A humble attitude to the point of being it unnatural, looks suspicious and a face with no apparent self-confidence. [8]
Anyway I didn’t feel the charm of a boy from him.
Also whether I hit on him or he flirts with me I don’t think I would feel any excitement.
In that regard Luke is far better.
Luke is a man who cheats and is clumsy but has far more sex-appeal than him.
Though since we are in a master-servant relationship, we won't touch each other.
However, that boy.
Rudeus Greyrat.
He is unattractive.
Such a man made my Sylphy cry.
Be as it may, that’s something I cannot forgive...
“Did he really forget? Did you show him your face and tell him your name?”
Was what Luke said.
As for Rudeus he seems to have some idea as well.
"What if I did that and he doesn’t remember, then what should I do?"
"At that time, it cannot be helped."
“Don’t go ‘It cannot be helped’ on me.”
Sylphy says that with a pathetic voice.
Luke sighs while going Yare-Yare. [9]
Luke is a full-fledged swordsman, but his skills are mediocre.
He is serious about his job as a bodyguard.
In regard to anything else he is air-headed.
Especially when it comes to women, he says you have to do as much as you can, and it’s his catch phrase.
It is the manliness of the Greyrat house.
But even he has something that he is good at.
To observe and read the hearts of women.
From a variety of information, he sees the person’s inner thoughts.
It seems to be "an observing eye that should differentiate between good and bad (in regard to women)" inherited by the Greyrat household.
It's a household like that.
Such a womanizing man has deep respect for Sylphy.
And that is not as a woman, but as a colleague and as a comrade-in-arms.
That’s the prodigal son of the Notus-Greyrat house.
That man who believes when looking at a woman it’s okay to do whatever you like.
He has respect for a girl like Sylphy.
Sylphy is that much of a woman.
I also know that.
In the fight against pursuers and assassins, I also look up to Sylphy, who has saved us from those crises.
She is a hardworking girl.
Just a bit ago I heard how Luke thinks about Rudeus.
Luke says that Rudeus cannot be trusted.
It seems to be due to the rumors about Rudeus.
For a man such as Rudeus, besides Sylphy’s description, we just heard rumors.
According to the rumor, even though he is so strong, he never gets angry and never picks a fight.
There is no bad rumor about him at all.
When I hear this, I take him to be a character from a story.
According to Luke’s theory, a person with only good rumors about him is worse than a person with bad rumors about him.
Luke suspects that he manipulated the rumors.
For example, the information that came in the other day said that "Rudeus of the Quagmire exterminated a stray dragon alone."
Exterminate a stray dragon alone.
There is no way that you can do it.
Luke said, "It's at most a rumor, there is no way to confirm that".
Perhaps, it was an extermination by a small group.
To take credit of that for himself...
Of course, if you want to say he is strong, then he is.
Probably in some way he used magic items to defeat Sylphy.
He is definitely stronger than a run-of-the-mill magician.
Or, maybe, it is possible for him to get rid of a stray dragon alone.
However, even if he defeated a stray dragon, this rumor is weird.
To begin with, in a short span of time of 2 years, spreading the rumors to [Magic Triumvirate] won't be possible unless you do it intentionally.
Intentionally manipulating the information and only spreading good rumors.
Such a cunning man.
That’s how Luke saw Rudeus.
We won't know when such a man would betray us, so he can’t be trusted.
"I'm against having him in our group. Ariel-sama."
"Well, I think so as well. Though there is no doubt he is strong..."