Chapter 87 (2/2)

(Merchant) 「Wh……」

The merchant and the others made an astonished face, but this is the best outcome. Because I don't want to make money in this way.

(Merchant) 「Well.. certainly.. I understand that Mitsuhsan doesn't want her information revealed. However, if that's the case, you can just told us. Even if you don't bother to make money or exchange terms, just say the words like 『Don't tell anyone』 and we will follow it.

There's no one in our group who will go against the words from Princess Shrine Maiden-sama who is our lifesaver!」

Ah, Merchant-san got worked up.

…But, well, that's also true…

These serious and religious people who were saved by Princess Shrine Maiden-sama cannot bear not to give their grat.i.tude and were given hush money by her instead. I misjudged them a little, huh…

Well, let's go with this.

Make a serious face, straighten my back, let out a stern voice……

(Mitsuha) 「To the religious and serious merchant, I will give you three divine mandates.

First, conduct the bandits' disposal.

Second, subst.i.tute the reward money into food for the orphans.

Third, I forbid any declaration of having met the Princess Shrine Maiden. Let the bandits be caught by you and make sure that my words also goes through to the bandits. On that occasion, explain that 『those who disobey the instructions will be striked by lightning』.

That's all.」

The merchant and his wife got up from the wooden box they were sitting on, rushed back a few steps and then dropped their head with their knees on the ground.

The escorts also followed in a hurry.

Next to me, Sabine-chan, who was trying hard to make the bitten hard bread go into the back of her throat with water, spurted out the water brazenly.

Colette-chan was behaving like usual. There was almost no sign of discomposure because of my speech and conduct.

……Accustomed. That was the only answer.

Yup, some of the royal palace's officials and n.o.bles think that I'm a Royal Highness from a faraway kingdom only because I could use peculiar secret arts.

『Princess Shrine Maiden』 seems to be interpreted as my real status in my home country.

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However, they didn't bother to send out such accurate information. Thus, most of the people in the royal capital at that time still think of me as something like G.o.d's messenger. Based on that setting, rumors had been spread around. They were pa.s.sing the information by word of mouth like a telephone game.

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