Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Vol. 17 by Rifujin Na Magonote

Author:Rifujin Na Magonote [Magonote, Rifujin na]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: light novel
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Published: 2022-05-15T07:00:00+00:00

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For three days, things moved along smoothly enough.

Ariel was making steady progress in arranging for her gathering. The nobles who’d been waiting for her return stepped up to assist. In the course of my duties as a bodyguard, I’d been introduced to what felt like dozens of influential people. To be honest, I didn’t remember any of their names.

I hadn’t formally met High Minister Darius and First Prince Grabel. But I did see them at a distance, just once.

Darius was a flabby man with drooping jowls and a nasty gleam in his eyes. The very picture of a wily, gluttonous old monster, basically. I felt a bit of a connection to him, mostly based on his physical ugliness.

When he spotted me, though, his face contorted with terror. It was like he was seeing the grim reaper or something. Maybe it was unwise to read too much into that sort of thing, but… the man’s reaction was so blatant that I just didn’t feel the need to second-guess myself anymore. He was obviously one of the Man-God’s three disciples.

First Prince Grabel looked like an ordinary enough man. The title prince made me think of some kid in their teens or twenties with fluffy golden hair, but he was just an average-looking bearded man in his mid-thirties. Still, when you studied his face closely, there was something about it that made you want to work for him. I guess he possessed a quiet kind of charisma.

Come to think of it, we’d heard some rumors about the Second Prince Halfaust as well; apparently he’d been outmaneuvered by Grabel and was currently under house arrest. Maybe Orsted had intervened somehow? Or maybe he’d just known it would play out this way? In any case, many of the nobles who’d backed Halfaust and seen their hopes of victory collapse instead flocked to join Ariel’s cause after her return. She had them helping out with the preparations for her big event.

The princess was fighting her own battles. My job was to eliminate the enemies who were trying to stop her by force.

We had, in fact, come under attack repeatedly. They sent hired killers our way every single day. That said, these assassins were nothing special—we hadn’t baited our larger prey into action yet.

The assassins targeted exclusively Ariel. To be more precise, they went for Sylphie, who was now acting as her body double. They came at her on the streets, while she dined, and while she slept, never giving us a moment to relax.

Of course, the real Ariel wore a maid outfit and a wig, eating simple meals with the household staff (though the food was still better than what a low-ranked knight would get), and sleeping soundly every night in an ordinary servant’s bed.

“They’re actually sending way more at us than last time around, you know?” Sylphie had commented at one point. “It makes a huge difference having you and the others around, Rudy.”

The assassins were well-organized, and weren’t incompetent by any means. But with me, Eris and Ghislaine around, they couldn’t put up much of a fight.

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