It’s Convenient That Danna-Sama Isn’t Interested in Me. I’ll Make a Name for Myself as an Adventurer! – Chapter 53

Chapter 53: See You Later
ㅤThe incident at the Value Duke Residence, even with the Duke family’s power, couldn’t be covered up. In the blink of an eye, it spread throughout the royal capital, not just the social circles.
ㅤIn the end, the culprit who trapped everyone inside the mansion with defensive magic was apprehended immediately after I lost consciousness. The mastermind turned out to be the merchant who sold the monsters to Mrs. Value.
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ㅤ’The motive is anger towards the extravagant nobles……’
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ㅤOrdinary citizens know the horrors of monsters firsthand, so that fear is always present in their lives. Like in Neville, they suffer great damage.
ㅤYet, the main motive was that the merchant couldn’t forgive the nobles, who were unaware of such fear, using monsters as playthings with their wealth.
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ㅤAs for me, I recovered that night and was relaxing in the Blood family’s mansion in the royal capital. I was quite tired this time, so I was taking it easy. Little did I know I would be caught up in another commotion early the next morning…… Well, of course, I didn’t think nothing would happen after being involved in such a big incident. But the person who came was unexpected.
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ㅤ”Your dangerous wife killed my beautiful monster! And messed up the mansion! You’ll take responsibility!”
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ㅤMrs. Value barged into the Blood family’s mansion in the royal capital and shouted at the top of her lungs.
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ㅤ’How dare she!? With that attitude and those words!?’
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ㅤShe probably knows how well the Blood Territory’s finances are. Even I know it will cost a fortune to rebuild that magnificent mansion. According to Danna-sama, there would be many who would want to buy the remains of that rare monster, so it would bring in a considerable income, but considering the damage, it’s just a drop in the bucket.
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ㅤ”What are you talking about!? Thanks to Tempest Blood, a member of our family, no one died and everyone returned home safely!”
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ㅤThe moment Danna-sama, who was beside me, speechless with astonishment, stepped forward to calmly retort, it was none other than my mother-in-law who raised her voice with a roar that would make a monster howl. She’s strong when there are no monsters around. As I’d heard, she’s too strong-willed. Or rather, a stunning beauty has tremendous power when enraged. Her large eyes widened even further, and sharp words flew from her beautiful lips.
ㅤMost people would cower when rebuked by her. In fact, Mrs. Value has a “Oh c*ap……” expression on her face.
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ㅤ”In the first place! Such a terrifying tea party is unheard of! Do you know how many people you forced to attend using your power just to show off!? If you had used your head even a little, you wouldn’t have thought of bringing monsters into the royal capital!”
ㅤ”I…… I just wanted to educate the ladies of the royal capital who rarely have the opportunity to see monsters……”
ㅤ”What did you say!? Are you saying we’re uneducated!?”
ㅤ”No…… that’s not……”
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ㅤShe further pressed on Mrs. Value, who was mumbling with a lowered tone.
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ㅤ”Besides! It was your precious beautiful monster that destroyed the mansion! How cowardly of you to blame Tempest for that! Shame on you!”
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ㅤAnd with that, she mercilessly drove the dejected Mrs. Value out of the mansion.
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ㅤ”Wendel! Don’t give a single copper coin to the Value family!!!”
ㅤ”Y-Yes……!”
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ㅤDanna-sama and I are also a little intimidated. Mother-in-law is still fuming.
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ㅤ”Prepare the carriage!”
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ㅤJust as she started preparing to go out, still fuming with anger, she called for the servants,
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ㅤ”I’m going to explain this matter to the Queen! Honestly! You two!”
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ㅤHow unprepared! She continued to grumble. It seems she had already made arrangements immediately after the incident. She was working behind the scenes, anticipating what problems might arise…… and how the Blood family might be involved.
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ㅤ”Um…… what about me……?”
ㅤ”The wife of our Blood family is an adventurer! If that gets out, I don’t know what will happen to me in social circles!? Just stay put in the royal capital! Wendel and I will take care of the rest!”
ㅤ”Y-Yes!!!”
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ㅤAfter that, she continued to mutter to herself about how she was tricked by my family, the Witwish family, and what they were thinking, then her tone suddenly softened.
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ㅤ”I haven’t thanked you for helping us. Thank you. I was truly saved thanks to you coming.”
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ㅤPerhaps to hide her embarrassment, she said so with a straight face and quickly left the mansion.
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ㅤDanna-sama and I were stunned for a while,
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ㅤ”Shall we have breakfast……?”
ㅤ”Yes……”
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ㅤAnd as usual, we had breakfast together.
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ㅤDanna-sama kept a serious face. Is he thinking about the aftermath? Well, I’m sorry…… My wife was heavily involved. But he was actually thinking about something different.
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ㅤ”Tempest. I think you’ll definitely be able to rise to A-rank adventurer with this incident.”
ㅤ”Huh!? Really!? Why!?”
ㅤ”Your achievements have already reached His Majesty. He’s not a king who wouldn’t appreciate that.”
ㅤ”Yay!!!”
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ㅤYay! I was told that fighting ability alone wasn’t enough, but if the top of the top gives the OK, then it’s possible!
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ㅤ’But still…… I want to be properly recognized……?’
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ㅤThe story is that you can only call yourself an A-rank adventurer after your overall abilities as an adventurer are recognized.
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ㅤ’He’s A-rank, but he’s all about fighting ability.’
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ㅤIt’s meaningless if people around me think that, isn’t it!?
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ㅤ”……Can I refuse that?”
ㅤ”Huh!? W-Why would you want to refuse!?”
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ㅤDanna-sama’s face, which had been looking down with a gloomy expression, suddenly lifted. Yes. Here begins the usual positive one-man show.
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ㅤ”So you were thinking about our future life together after all!”
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ㅤPerhaps because we’ve been getting along well lately, he’s positively misunderstanding that I don’t want the cold relationship we had as a married couple before.
ㅤAfter all, if I become A-rank, I win the bet. That would mean maintaining the relationship that can’t be called a proper married couple, like we had at the beginning of our marriage. For Danna-sama, the fact that I don’t want that makes him happy enough to grin from ear to ear.
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ㅤ’What should I do?’
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ㅤWell, but……
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ㅤ”Yes, that’s right.”
ㅤ”Huh?”
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ㅤPerhaps because I answered honestly, he looked bewildered and then froze.
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ㅤ”Please don’t make me say it.”
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ㅤAlthough it’s bad manners, I rest my chin on the dining table and look at Danna-sama.
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ㅤ”I’m saying that having dinner with Danna-sama every day isn’t so bad, so I’d be lonely if I was promoted to A-rank.”
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ㅤI said it jokingly with a grin……
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ㅤ’Oh dear.’
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ㅤDanna-sama’s face turned bright red. The color changed all the way to the tips of his ears, visible even from here. He’s still so cute. No, maybe cute isn’t quite the right word?
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ㅤ’Ah, so this is what it means to be cherished.’
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ㅤRealizing that makes me blush a little too, but well, nothing much changes.
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ㅤ”I-Is that so…… That’s good…… To feel the same way……”
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ㅤDanna-sama’s voice was trembling.
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ㅤ”The reconstruction of Neville is progressing…… but we can’t cut corners…… But Tempest is becoming more and more active…… I was happy, but also worried…… I’m not enough of a husband……”
ㅤ”There’s nothing to apologize for. I’m proud of Danna-sama for prioritizing your duties as a lord over your personal desires.”
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ㅤWhen I said that, Danna-sama’s face turned red all the way to his neck. Does that mean his whole body!? Is he okay!?
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ㅤ”T-Then I’ll tell His Majesty to reward you in a different way.”
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ㅤDanna-sama had also quickly arranged an audience with the King. He’s going to talk to him about the heir, but also as a witness to yesterday’s commotion.
ㅤThe other adventurers were invited by the King last night and received rewards.
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ㅤ’If only I had recovered a little faster, I could have gone too……’
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ㅤI wanted to share the victory with the adventurers, but it’s not that easy here.
ㅤAnd as I wished, my adventurer rank remained the same. However, the fact that the King praised me as an “unprecedented adventurer” and notified the Adventurer’s Guild was enough to boost my reputation as an adventurer.
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ㅤ”The Duchess being an adventurer is unheard of, even in this country with its long history.”
ㅤ”Y-Yes, that’s true.”
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ㅤAfter answering, Danna-sama started to chuckle.
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ㅤ”But still…… His Majesty’s surprised face……”
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ㅤHe seems unable to stop laughing, even though he knows it’s disrespectful.
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ㅤ”Thanks to that, the talk about the heir went smoothly. Ah, I’m so glad.”
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ㅤThe King, upon learning that the frail Duchess of Blood, formerly the sickly daughter of the Witwish family, was the one who contributed to this incident, was so surprised that he couldn’t think straight. He accepted our conditions completely and acknowledged Daniel as the heir to the Blood family.
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ㅤ”Eh? You’re from the Witwish family…… that Witwish family? The…… terrifying…… Are you allowed to be an adventurer……?”
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ㅤThe King’s expression truly spoke of his bewilderment.
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ㅤ’Terrifying…… What happened with my family……?’
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ㅤThe question lingers, but it’s probably better not to know.
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ㅤ”Yes, Your Majesty. That terrifying Witwish family is aware of this matter.”
ㅤ”……! Please don’t tell anyone what I just said……?”
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ㅤHowever, there was one condition: If we have children in the future, it won’t be Daniel’s child who inherits, but our child, or our direct grandchild, who will become the heir.
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ㅤ’He must have already decided to give permission…… He probably would have tried to squeeze as much as he could from the Blood Territory on top of that.’
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ㅤThere were no real negotiations. It was all about me.
ㅤAfter that, it seems my story was relayed to the Witwish family by the King, as if he were tattling, but
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ㅤ”What’s wrong with being an adventurer? His Majesty himself believes that it was thanks to that that the destruction of the royal capital was prevented, which is why he gave Tempest such a reward. That’s what your grandmother said firmly.”
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ㅤSo, it seems my family is fine, and I’m relieved. I thought they would just accept me as an adventurer and stay calm…… but when they make up their minds, they are a strong family, that’s the Witwish family.
ㅤBy the way, my grandmother used to be His Majesty’s tutor. The rumor that His Majesty still holds her in awe seems to be true.
ㅤAs for my mother-in-law……
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ㅤ”That’s enough. I don’t recognize him as my grandchild, but I acknowledge him as the heir to the Blood family. Please tell them to work hard.”
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ㅤAs expected, it turned out that my mother-in-law had been interfering with Operation Daniel as Heir through the Queen, but perhaps because of this incident, she seems to have come to terms with it.
ㅤThe fact that we cared about my mother-in-law meant a lot to her. She also said she was tired of being stubborn.
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ㅤ”It’s tiring to keep holding a grudge.”
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ㅤDanna-sama fell silent after hearing those words and seeing the sad look in my mother-in-law’s eyes. He, too, had resented his mother deep down. It’s only natural, as she wasn’t there for him when he was lonely. But he told me in the carriage on the way back that he felt he could gradually melt those feelings now.
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ㅤ”Even so. It’s surprising how the fact that the adventurer Tempest is Tempest Blood, the Duchess of Blood, isn’t spreading.”
ㅤ”Yes. Not all nobles pay that much attention to adventurer names. Especially the ladies……”
ㅤ”You won’t be remembered by name unless you become really famous.”
ㅤ”……It might also be that the content is so outlandish that it doesn’t go beyond the realm of rumor……”
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ㅤDanna-sama comforts me with a proud smile as I express my slight dissatisfaction with the fact that my fame isn’t spreading as I had hoped.
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ㅤ”But I’m sure it won’t be long before the name of the adventurer Tempest Blood spreads throughout the country.”
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ㅤThanks to my mother-in-law’s lobbying, my true identity hasn’t really spread.
ㅤThe nobles who were there recognized the frail Duchess of Blood as someone who risked her life to defeat the monsters and protect the royal capital and the nobles. Perhaps because I was wearing a dress, they didn’t recognize me as an adventurer.
ㅤThat much is fine, but because I fainted afterward and Danna-sama cried dramatically, it was linked to my past setting of being sickly, and rumors have even started circulating that the Duchess of Blood is dead!
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ㅤ’I’ve become some sort of ambiguous existence.’
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ㅤOf course, Edra and the others figured out my true identity, but it was more ordinary than I thought.
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ㅤ’It’s so outlandish that I don’t know what to do.’
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ㅤThat was their impression.
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ㅤ”Hey! This is you, isn’t it! You did all this in the royal capital~~~ Amazing!!!”
ㅤWhen I visited the Adventurer’s Guild in the Blood Territory after a long time, Reid, who noticed me, made a big fuss.
ㅤA notice saying “Adventurer Tempest, Great Achievement in the Royal Capital!” was posted on the bulletin board in the guild. This is probably in lieu of raising my rank. The King is quite thoughtful.
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ㅤ”I heard they’re talking about creating a special rank for adventurers who excel in one particular skill, in consultation with the guild.”
ㅤ”I see. That’s for the current me.”
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ㅤAccording to Danna-sama, the Adventurer’s Guild had repeatedly warned against bringing captured monsters into the city. However, because they prioritized the entertainment of the nobles and didn’t impose any significant restrictions, this major incident occurred. It seems they’re being considerate before the guild can say “I told you so.” The other adventurers are also being praised in the name of the King.
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ㅤ’They’re praising the adventurers to lessen the criticism.’
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ㅤThe King has a lot to worry about in various areas.
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ㅤ”You did your best~! Wyvern, Unicorn, Werewolf, Luna Pheasant…… so many high-quality materials~!”
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ㅤSeeing the sparkle in Milia’s eyes, I can understand once again how expensive those monsters are.
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ㅤ”There was no distribution of materials. They were the Duke’s monsters.”
ㅤ”Oh, that’s a shame……”
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ㅤThe Value Duke family is practically bankrupt…… well, not quite, but they’ll have to live modestly for a while. After all, I hear they’ve sold off the monster materials. I can see they’re scraping together money, throwing away their pride.
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ㅤ’They’ve also earned the displeasure of other nobles, so even though they’re a Duke family, they’ll probably be ashamed for a while.’
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ㅤOf course, restrictions on bringing monsters into the royal capital were immediately imposed after this, and bringing monsters into urban areas was officially banned.
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ㅤ”Tempest! Will you be back by evening today?”
ㅤ”Oh, Danna-sama! When did you return from Neville?”
ㅤ”Late last night! I wanted to say see you later to you.”
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ㅤDanna-sama gives me his usual cheerful smile. He’s so cute, even this early in the morning.
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ㅤ”I’ll be back by dinner! Please work hard until then.”
ㅤ”……! Of course!”
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ㅤWhen I reply cheerfully, he gives me a big smile again.
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ㅤ”I’m going!”
ㅤ”Ah! See you later!”