Chapter 30 - Volume 3 (1/2)

“Fran, we’ll be counting on you”

I was seen off by the prince as I exit the room.

For now, we need to gather information about the royal family of this country in this castletown.

It’s difficult, but I’m glad of the fact of being counted on by the prince.

Among the four, I am relatively the most inconspicuous, but I can still see the gazes from the surroundings while I’m walking.

I have never seen elves or half-elves so far in this town, so it must have seemed unusual for them.

Still, it’s better than the pure Elven Prince and the others walk.

If it was a real elf, it might have been too crowded to proceed walking.

“However, it sure is crowded.”

I said that while looking at the left and right sides of the road.

It is about a hundred times the village I was in … no, about one thousand times? I wonder.

Really, there are just many human beings.

I’m getting dizzy by the amount of people …..

“Now that I think of it, what kind of collaborator should I look for?”

Speaking of people being close to a king, they have to be nobles.

But I do not think there are nobles in such a crowd like this.

It seems that those kinds human beings are usually staying in their houses.

I remember there are only few information about humans that I learned in my mother’s lessons.

She didn’t talk much about humans because shewas a person who didn’t talk much about my father.

Then I searched all day long, but I couldn’t find someone who looked good enough.

I talked to people in various ways, but it may be the first time I talked to other people like this.

“It’s already evening … This time, where do these people usually gather?”

A bar comes to my mind.

Even in the village, when the sun started to set, men gathered there.

Plus the fact that some were likely to get talkative when drunk, and the information will also….

Thinking so, I head to a bar.

“Hmmm, If I remember, it’s in this direction……”

“Ehh? Kyaa!”

When I was walking while remembering the place in my head, I bumped into someone.

“Oh, sorry. Are you okay?”

I say that and I extend my hand to the other party.

A girl about in the middle of her teens?

She has beautiful black hair tied to the back and has a quite lively impression.

“Ouchies ….. Ah, yes. ‘m alright …”

Upon taking my hand, the girl stood up, and upon taking a good look at me, she became surprised.

“An……elf……are you?”

“Yes, but I’m just a half, though”

I answered the question I have heard many times just this day alone.

“Uwaa, it’s the first time seeing one. You have really sharp ears. By the way, I’m Helena.”

“I’m Fran. Nice to meet you, Helena”

“Fran……oneesan right?”

She said so, and we shook hands after.

I am the only child, so when she addressed me like that, I was bewildrered.

But I do not feel bad.

“There are also half-species other than me in this town. It’s kind of odd you are pretty surprised with it, you know?.”

“I usually stay in the castle, so I don’t go out in town that often. Sorry”

“The castle? You mean the Royal Castle?”

“Yes, I am in charge of the cleaning roles now!”

Hearing those words, I was delighted inside.

I didn’t think I could meet some people in the castle in such a place.

If I use this child as a key, I may be able to search for people who are related to the royal family.

“You are still young, but even so, working in a castle is an admirable job”

“That’s … even though its grunt work?”

“You might say that, but it’s in the name you see. Working in the castle means that you are trusted”

“That is, thanks to my mother”

Then I heard that her mother was a housemaid at the royal castle.

It seems that she was reassigned to another place now, and by that connection she was able to get the job at the royal castle right away.

Still, being able to work at the royal castle in a country where the security is this strict, she can be trusted.