I Reincarnated as a Mob Villain in a Game World I Had Been Playing~ Using My Knowledge of the Game, I Lived a Carefree Life but for Some Reason I Became Famous Everywhere~ - Chapter 31 - (The Inn-Keeper’s POV)

Chapter 31 – (The Inn-Keeper’s POV)

I… I really don’t get it…

The owner, who was cooking with trembling hands, was watching from a distance.

He couldn’t believe his eyes at first. He thought he was hallucinating.

A bracelet with the emblem of the Holy Church and a necklace engraved with the symbol of the Ansage family. She was wearing black and white nun robes, and her beautiful white hair was concealed under a hood.

The heiress to the Holy Church, which everybody was familiar with, Miss Nina, had come with her escort to this ordinary inn.

She wanted to eat the food that the Jet-black always eats at the seat where the Jet-black always sits. Only for that sole reason.

What’s really going on with him…

The Jet-black was probably the only person who could move a member of the powerhouse family with such a reason.

The evidence definitely showed that.

Nina said it was the first time she came to a restaurant at an inn.

And the more the inn-keeper listened to their conversation, the more he broke out in a cold sweat.

“—Ah, it was you.”

“Yes! I’m so glad you remember me!”

“There’s no way I’d forget.”

The Jet-black called Nina ‘you.’

While standing in front of an escort who also served as a ‘reporter of what happens when Nina goes out,” the man spoke with a natural face.

The inn-keeper really couldn’t keep up. He couldn’t believe Nina allowed that way of addressing.

“Anyway… Miss Escort. I know you have a public and political standing to deal with, but please don’t be too abusive to the inn-keeper. He’s done me a lot of favors.”

“I am very sorry. Please forgive me for my rudeness.”

“No, don’t worry about it!”

The escort apologized to me too.

W-Well… You see, the escort has been incredibly considerate. She pretended to be hostile to me just enough to avoid suspicion… I was just freaking out for no reason… I’m sorry.

When they found out the whereabouts of the Jet-black and came here, they knew that the inn-keeper had covered up the information. 

In other words, even though he had committed an act that challenged the Ansage family, they were willing to only have him disclose some information about the Jet-black.

By the way… Why is he the one taking the lead here? What’s with all the talk before about fearing authority and whatnot…

The inn-keeper was glad the Jet-black was looking out for him, but seeing the Jer-black act so fearless was bad for his heart.

“You’ve changed a lot since then.”

“…Is it my clothes?”

“Your atmosphere, but also, well, the clothes.”

“This is my formal attire!”

“I see… Well, it suits you.”

“T-Thank you very much!”

The inn-keeper thought that Nina was smiling happily, but…

He could help but beg the man to stop.

The Jet-black called Nina with “you” yet again.

The man had called her that way a number of times, and even though he was rude to Nina, the escort made no attempt to reprimand him.

……

The inn-keeper was speechless.

What terrified him right now was not the people from the Holy Church but rather the Jet-black.

It was obvious from their exchange so far.

The fact that the Jet-black was an equal of the Ansage family… or perhaps even better.

The inn-keeper couldn’t even begin to count how much disrespect he had shown to the Jet-black.

“Hah…”

The inn-keeper cooked while hyperventilating. He poured the desire to complain into his dishes.

“Oh yeah. I forgot to ask, are your eyes okay?”

“Of course. Thanks to you, we are in the right place.”

“I can’t tell even if you put your eyes up close to me.”

As Nina got closer, the Jet-black, on the other hand, grabbed her shoulders and pulled her away.

The favorability level was clearly strange.

……Ah…

Then, the inn-keeper had a realization during this conversation.

He was late in noticing that Nina was not the type of person who showed herself in public, but she was just being her natural self.

She was a person who had very bad eyesight.

It was said the illness could only be cured by a Legendary Elixir that appears once every ten years, and even if it does appear, it’s traded at an astronomical price, making it virtually unattainable for most.

Hmm? How did she get cured? No way, could it be…!

Judging from the current exchange—

“Then, what number am I holding up?”

“It’s 2 because the index and middle fingers are standing up.”

“Then what about this?”

“Five.”

“I see. I guess I don’t have to worry anymore.”

The two of them were talking about things that were not meant to be talked about at an inn like this…

“That’s great.”

“Yes! I haven’t seen my family’s faces for years.”

“Don’t say anything so heavy…”

“I-I’m sorry!”

“It’s fine… And raise your head. Or your escort is going to kill me.”

What are you talking about…? You’re too bad at jokes. Even the escort is confused.

“W-Well… Make sure you enjoy yourself more in the future beyond the Elixir’s worth. Otherwise, I won’t forgive you.”

“I’ll do my best, I promise.”

“Good.”

What do you mean you said you were an “ordinary person”? You’re definitely not ordinary… You even possessed the Legendary Elixir…

How many times have the inn-keeper paused already? Wasn’t that conversation supposed to be highly confidential?

His head was no longer functioning properly.

For that reason, he decided not to listen anymore.

And then—

“…T-Thank you for waiting.”

“Thank you very much.”

“I appreciate it.”

Serving food to the two who had ordered first, the inn-keeper would get to hear words that he would be able to boast about for a lifetime.