<h4>Chapter 485 – Red Iron Knight’s Lackey, Vige Five Report I</h4>


    My name is Kisun, Kisun Horizu.


    I’m a man that will turn 30 this year and I’m single.


    I’m ackey to the red iron knight.


    Ackey generally refers to a person who fights with his lord.


    Have you ever seen an infantry standing around a knight on a battlefield?


    If the knight is the lord, the infantry around him is hisckeys.


    Yeah, I’m one of the many.


    Ackey will be ackey if he gained it by birth. If his family has been a vassal of a said knight, you’ll be ackey by birth. There are alsockeys who were drafted in the territory and of course, there areckeys who were hired with money.


    As for me, I’m conscripted in a territory.


    I’m amoner.


    However, I was raised to be ackey from the time I was born.


    Formoners, serving a house means being wealthy.


    Fortunately, the master I served was someone with ability and even gained the title red iron knight.


    Yeah, very lucky.


    One day, a young boy yearning to be someone like the red iron knight asked me a question.


    「What kind of work do you usually do as a squire?」


    This is my answer.


    「Listening and dealing withints.」


    It’s not a joke.


    Recently, the king of Kaizan Kingdom even recognized me as a person in charge ofints.


    -0-


    Now.


    I’m living in a vige called Vige Five.


    It has been two months already.


    My job as ackey has been off for a while.


    Because of that, I feel refreshed every time I wake up in the morning.


    The ck under my eyes that I can’t remove has also disappeared.


    My daily routine of beating up the pillow before going to bed has stopped.


    Of course, it will.


    -0-


    I eat breakfast at the inn.


    The foods prepared at the inn are all delicious including breakfast.


    I also find it amazing that they serve different kinds of dishes every meal.


    This is the inn where I, a representative from Kaizan Kingdom, am staying so it might not be surprising.


    This inn might be a special one.


    Or could it be that all the inns in the demon king’s kingdom are like this?


    I stayed in Shashaato City beforeing to Vige Five but I never eat at the inn there. I only eat at a huge facility called Big Roof Shashaato.


    When we go back to Kaizan Kingdom, I’ll check.


    The diversity of food is a proof of wealth.


    I heard that the demon king’s kingdom is rich but I want to experience how rich it is.


    -0-


    After breakfast, I always take a walk in the vige.


    My current role is not ackey of the red iron knight but as an envoy of Kaizan Kingdom.


    Though my role was over the moment I handed over the letter of the king of Kaizan Kingdom to Youko-sama, the acting vige chief of Vige Five.


    After that, I have nothing else to do but wait until red iron knight-sama returns.


    Originally, I intended to wait quietly but this is the demon king’s kingdom.


    I want to see the things I’ve heard about it.


    I’m taking a stroll because of that.


    As for today….where should I go?


    I’ve been staying here for two months so I have already seen a lot of things.


    This is troublesome.


    ……..


    There’s no other way.


    Let’s go to the store as usual to think about what I want to check out next.


    -0-


    Two months ago, Kuro and Yuki opened on the south side of Vige Five. That time, we just arrived at this ce.


    It is a sweets and tea store.


    At a first nce, it looks like a narrow store but it is fairly wide inside.


    The customers are also sparse when it opens but as time goes by, the number of customers increases.


    Around noon, there will already be a line outside.


    I’ve never been there in the afternoon so I don’t know.


    If you want to try it out, I suggest you to go there before noon.


    There is no way of reserving a seat there but my heart can’t calm down unless I’m sitting on my favourite seat.


    I’ve never talked but because there are a lot of regr customers like me so you can say that I’m acquainted with them.


    What’s the name of that old demon again?


    I already heard his name once but it was so long that I wasn’t able to remember it.


    Ah, snooping is a vition of manners.


    I call the employee and make my usual order.


    -0-


    In this store, the employees are wearing a matching uniform.


    Matching uniform is good to look at.


    You’ll also immediately know who’s the employee.


    However, this store….


    The age of their employees is at a higher numerical value.


    Personally, I would like to expect younger female employees….but that might break the calm atmosphere of this ce so I have a mixed feeling.


    Soon, my tea and mini pancakes arrived.


    I already tried a lot but I think this is the best set.


    Especially these mini pancakes.


    I was disappointed at how small it was when I ordered it the first time but now, I think the size is perfect.


    A sip of tea.


    A mouthful of mini pancake.


    Fufufu.


    This is such a blissful time.


    -0-


    Ah.


    I havepletely forgotten to look around.


    I only notice after leaving the store.


    While in the store, my head was dominated by tea and sweets.


    Careless desu.


    Maa, it’s okay since it’s delicious.


    So, what should I do now….


    Let’s go around the stores that are rted to Kuro and Yuki.


    A month after the opening of Kuro and Yuki, four other stores have opened.


    As if trying topete with Kuro and Yuki, they opened at the west, east, north, and at the foot of the small mountain.


    I would like to say that Kuro and Yuki is the best but they are different types of stores.


    -0-


    The name of the store that opened on the east is Bronze Cafe(Café Blue).


    It is a sweet and tea store like Kuro and Yuki.


    The size of the store is also the same as Kuro and Yuki.


    However, there is something in it that’spletely different from Kuro and Yuki.


    Like the name of the store, the bronze knight is working there.


    Is that okay?


    -0-


    The bronze knight is a mustached knight in his forties.


    As a man, I can say that he’s handsome desu.


    He’s serving customers with tight-fitting clothes.


    Moreover, if a customer is a woman, he will go down on one knee.


    He doesn’t care about the other party’s identity.


    He also doesn’t care about age.


    He calls customers “ojousama”.


    I never thought that the bronze knight can do this but he’s doing it like it’s nothing.


    It’s annoying but he looks good while doing it.


    Of course, it is impossible for him to serve all customers alone even if he is the bronze knight.


    There are other employees but they are all equally handsome men.


    Their age varies too.


    Because of that, it has be very popr for women.


    It’s amazingly hot desu.


    Although male customers are not prohibited, I can only look at it at a distance. It is a ce I can’t enter alone.


    Bronze knight, you’re the man.


    -0-


    This bronze café.


    Their products are the same as Kuro and Yuki but their price is one level higherpared to Kuro and Yuki.


    They’ve added the smiles of the bronze knight and other handsome employees after all.


    I passed by in front of the Bronze Café and headed to the store opened on the north of Vige Five.


    -0-


    The name of the store opened on the north is Korin’s Sweet Temple.


    Obviously, it is rted to Korin Religion.


    The employees of this store are members of Korin Religion.


    You can even see the employees here at the church of Vige Five.


    There’s also a rumor that Evil Fushues here from time to time but I know that’s nothing but a rumor.


    There’s no way she’ll leave Raywhite Kingdom.


    She also has no reason to go to Vige Five.


    She’ll probably onlye here if it is rted to the white silver knight.


    However, the white silver knight is participating in the training of the Vige Five’s guards.


    In other words, Evil Fushu showing up here is aplete hoax.


    It is only a rumor.


    In short, that woman arranging the queue in front of the store is only Evil Fushu’s look alike.


    Ah, she might be a rtive of Evil Fushu.


    Hahaha.


    They called her Fushu but I did not hear that.


    -0-


    By the way, you can’t eat or drink in Korin’s Sweet Temple. It is a take-out-only store.


    It also only sells two things, senbei and dango.


    These two are very popr.


    The amount sold is already determined beforehand and it is difficult to get one because it will be sold out soon enough.


    If you really want to buy, you should line up before sunrise.


    I lined up once.


    Both senbei and dango are delicious.


    It’s a pity that I can’t buy a lot.


    On the other hand, that’s a necessary measure in order for more customers to enjoy them or else, the first customer might buy them all.


    Young people working for merchants lining up there before sunrise has been a usual scene.


    By the way, you can buy dango at Kuro and Yuki’s hidden menu.


    They only serve them if there are few customers but I was really happy when I learned that.


    -0-


    For now, I checked if I could still buy senbei if I queue up….I gave up because I’m already toote.


    I went back to the south side of Vige Five and headed to the foot of the mountain.