Only the Villainous Lord Wields the Power to Level Up: Volume 5 [Parts 1 to 3] by Waruiotoko

Author:Waruiotoko
Language: eng
Format: epub

A week after spreading the rumor, I called Serena again. She came to me in tears.

“Your Majesty! It’s awful... The retainers all keep following me around, and some even begged me to choose them. And those weren’t even the worst of them! Some sold family heirlooms so they could pay bribes to me! I don’t know what’s gotten into them...!”

Serena shook her head in dismay.

However, this was the entire point of the rumor. I wouldn’t be giving the post to guys like that.

“Was there anyone who didn’t say anything?”

“Just one... Viscount Hoffman.”

“Huh. You mean the man who attended the banquet and then just sat in the corner looking like he didn’t want to be there?”

“Yes, that’s him.”

“Where is he now?”

“He should be at the port. He’s often there helping with the expansion.”

“Okay, I guess I’ll go meet him in person. I’m curious about what had him looking like that.”

And so, Serena and I visited Hoffman together.

I asked one of the soldiers at the port to call him for me, but for some reason, the soldier came back by himself. When Serena asked why, the man got very quiet.

“His Majesty came in person to see him, so...where is he?” she asked.

“Well, you see... He’s on a ship.”

“What about that is preventing him from responding to a summons? Go call him again!”

“Ah, no, it’s fine,” I interjected. “There’s no point in waiting. I’ll try going to him.”

By now, I was really curious, so Serena and I made our way toward one of the ships that was docked in port.

Hoffman was there, naked from the waist up and fully absorbed in what he was doing.

“Is that task more important than meeting me?”

“Y-Your Majesty!”

When I called out to him from behind, Hoffman jumped up into the air and turned to face me. He then started to grovel. “I’m sorry I couldn’t respond to your summons!”

It looked like he recognized me as king, at least. I’d thought that maybe, since he’d come from Luaranz, he was dissatisfied with the idea of me being king, but apparently not.

“I would have liked to come to you immediately, but I simply couldn’t step away!”

I looked down at his hands and saw that he seemed to be carrying a set of tools used to repair ships.

“I will gladly accept whatever punishment you feel is appropriate for disobeying orders!” he continued. “But please, let it wait until I’ve fully repaired this ship. I cannot leave the ship I was entrusted by Your Majesty in this incomplete state! Especially when the soldiers here are so ignorant of how to care for her! If they try to work on her themselves, they’re likely to ruin her, not fix her... Oh, no, I’ve said too much. Please, forgive me.”

“I’m not here to punish you, so keep on working. I just wanted to come see your work for myself.”

He had taken this job and was fully prepared to lay down his life for it, so there was no way that he could bring himself to stop.

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