74 Chapter 21: Mansion
Guards came shortly after and took us to a facility for questioning, I was asked questions like "Why were you being targetted or Who killed them?"
I didn't know so i answered honestly, fortunately we were released once we we proved that we were the victims of their attacks
There were no deaths and around 2 minor injury casualties. One thing i know for sure, is that i need to find that person. I wonder why she saved me...
"Oi, John, We're arriving soon." Said Serena
"Where?" I asked
"Haven't you been listening? We'll arrive at Eleanor's house soon!" Said Serena
"Oh, yeah... Where are we again? the houses around here seem pretty expensive compared to the ones at the entrance." I muttered
"This Area is safer compared to the entrance, it's mainly n.o.bles and rich merchants that live here." Said Alfred
"So why is it safer?" i asked
"The Security Around here is a lot tighter than the one in the entrance, and most of the mansions here have guards with were either adventurers or students which graduated from magic academies" Said Alfred
"I see..."
Nonetheless, this Area is really clean, i wonder if that has something to do with magic...
"We're nearly there" Said Alfred
Huh? But i don't see any...thing...
There was a path right beside us which lead to a mansion which was surrounded by a wall and gate.
This kingdom sure has a lot of territory... How much would you have to pay to get a mansion like that?
Now that i think about it, I've seen quite a few mansions so far... This is one big kingdom
"Eleanor... What's your dad's job..?" Serena asked
"He's a high ranking n.o.ble, at least that's what i was told." replied eleanor
Well that explains why she was getting targetted... But If her dad was a n.o.ble, why didn't he get her more protection for her journey? I'm guessing that had something to do with why she wasn't living with him even though he had such a big mansion...
"I see..." Said serena
We continued heading down the
"We're here." Said Alfred as he got off the carriage and spoke to one of the guards who seemed to be the one who used the spell to light up the gate,
The guard looked at Eleanor and opened the gates
Alfred got back on the carriage and we went inside.
"Eleanor, is everything okay?" Ariel asked
I looked over at Eleanor to see what was wrong, and noticed that she was trembling. Is she still scared of the a.s.sa.s.sins..? No... Even if it's late at night, I doubt she feels insecure with us here... Probably.
"I-I'm fine, J-Just a bit nervous..." Said Eleanor
Ah, that's right, she hasn't seen her dad in years...
The carriage stopped once it was right in front of the mansions, and it was our cue to get off
Suddenly, i got an idea
the four of us, got off and stood in front of the mansion doors
Eleanor seemed to have calmed down but you could still tell that she was a bit nervous
"You should relax and try to enjoy it," I said
"What?" Eleanor asked
"You should enjoy it more, getting to see your parent after so long, you shouldn't worry too much"
"Yeah... But..."
Before eleanor could say what she wanted to the doors opened
inside were maids all lined up and together they said "Welcome home, young lady"
We were all surprised, how many servants is that?
I guess they really wanted her to feel welcomed
The four of us walked inside and at the same time, Eleanor said
"T-Thank you" with a nervous smile
She does not look like she's used to this at all.
"No need to thank us, young lady, allow me to introduce myself, I am the head maid, my name is pritalia"
Alfred nodded at pritalia and she nodded back
"Nice to meet you, pritalia"
"Nice to meet you too young lady"
"your father was waiting for your arrival, Shall i take you to him?" She asked
"Y-Yes..." Replied Eleanor
"Very well" Said Pritalia as she turned towards the staircase
She clapped her hands and the other servants left their positions and seemed to go back to work. 3 servants however came over to us
"Young lady, shall I take your bag to your room?" asked one of the servants that came over
"Eh? Uhm it's fine" Said eleanor
"Understood, what about our guests?" He asked as he bowed
"We're good, thank you" I said
Our bag and our things were all inside of the toolbox which was easy to carry
"Understood." He said as he bowed
"Would you mind showing our guests to their rooms?" Asked pritalia
"I-I'd like for them to stay with me, We've come along way together, and they're the ones who saved me, i'd like to show them to father." Said Eleanor
"Oh my, Where are my manners..? Thank you very much for saving the young lady." Said Pritalia with a smile as she bowed
"Thank you very much" Repeated the other 3 servants as they bowed
"T-There's no need to thank us... We just did what anyone else would do." I said
"How humble... Not many would be willing to help others..." Said pritalia with a kind smile