As for the story, it seems to have been well circulated. The palace guard checked the permit Shin received from Barlux again and then put him in the guard’s office which was located beside the gate. It seemed that the palace guard didn’t intend to open the gate for Shin alone.
“I will call your escort now. Please wait for a while.”
“Okay, I got it.”
Because he had nothing to do, he looked around to kill time.
The maintained road extended to the inside of the castle. One could get off from a wagon that entered inside without getting wet even in the rain.
After waiting for a while, he saw a mounted figure coming in his direction. A person in red armor was taking the reins. The person stopped the horse in front of Shin and dismounted.
“Excuse me. You are the adventurer Shin, correct?”
“Yes, I am, and you are…”
“I am Gadras Jarre. I have been ordered by princess Rionne to greet you. I’ll be your escort, so follow me.”
“I understand.”
Shin nodded and followed after Gadras.
Shin, while walking, checked Gadras’s stats.
――――『Gadras Jarre Level 188 Dark Knight』
Level 188. Shin remembered that numerical value. He heard it when the first time he met Barlux, the ‘leader of the knights’ might be him.
As for Gadras’ main job, Dark Knight was one of the advanced level jobs that derived from a knight. Moreover, the armor he wore was a lower end 《Unique》 grade Scale Horn Armor. It was occupational equipment that required suitable stats and level, and a tiny presence of sharpened valor was emitted from it.
No matter how much Shin was regarded as an upper class Chosen One, he kept thinking about how someone who was considered a part of the kingdom’s strongest force came to pick him up expressly.
Did they want to indirectly convey that he was worthy of it?
Or, was it because an ordinary soldier couldn’t hold him down if he acted out violently?
It was impossible for Shin who was not familiar with this class of people to read into the thoughts of these royal nobles.
Shin followed Gadras obediently, but somehow they hardly passed by anyone.
“You, are you actually of a noble family lineage somewhere?”
Gadras asked out of the blue.
“No, I’m just a commoner you can find anywhere…”
If Schnee and the others were to hear that from Shin, ‘Are you in any position to say that?’, would probably be the reply he would get.
“Is that so? Ah, just call me Gadras. I became a knight from an adventurer, so to be humble myself doesn’t match with my nature.”
“Then, I’ll call you Gadras-san.”
“Well, that’s fine I guess. Let’s return to the topic at hand. When I was summoned to the castle for the first time, they were shocked by my armor. As an adventurer raised as a commoner, you should also pay attention to your attire properly. There are many ignorant people, so your clothes can be easily misinterpreted.”
It seemed like it wasn’t necessary to come dressed in formal attire.
‘Did I make a mistake?’ Shin thought, but decided to heed Barlux’s advice for the time being.
“It’s because I heard that you should maintain a neat appearance from the guild master. Actually, I was worried if this was fine.”
“Well, it’s not a bad thing to choose clothes according to the destination. And I think it’s rather nice.”
“Since it’s my first time coming to a castle, I prepared it in a hurry.”
As they walked while having such exchanges, Gadras stopped in front of a door. As Shin looked at the door, he noticed that the grade of ornaments was different from the others.
“Princess Rionne is in here. You don’t need to be so tense too, because the second princess is not the kind of person who demands formalities from an adventurer.”
“I’ll do my best.”
Gadras knocked on the door, and reported that Shin had arrived.
Before long, the door was opened from inside. When Gadras and Shin entered inside, the door was closed immediately.
Shin wondered whether there was a female maid, but it was a male knight who opened and closed the door.
――――『Feyzel Adith Level 172 Paladin』
As for his appearance, he had the look of a mild-tempered man with blond hair and blue eyes. His main job was a Paladin. This man might be a Chosen One too.
On that subject, Wilhelm also said there were more Chosen Ones than the ones publicly announced.
Since he couldn’t stare at the man too much, he turned his attention to the front right away.
There was an elegant table and a fancy chair in the center of the room. A beautiful woman was sitting on the chair. Fine golden hair was tied at the back of her head, but it still reached all the way down her back. Her deep crimson eyes, which looked like rubies, stared at Shin. Her figure was pleasant too, even a certain ‘part’ of her seemed to rival Tiera.
Only her clothes were far from the image of a princess. For the upper half of her body, a leather type armor covered from her chest to her abdomen. In addition, a white jacket was worn above it. And for her lower half, there were red hot pants and boots