Reincarnated as an Instructor in an Adult Game

Chapter 23: Amateur

The next day, at 8 in the morning.

I was sitting in the large hall on the first floor of the building I had lent to Erika, sipping the tea that had been prepared for me.

I looked around and gave a bitter smile at the sight of the maids standing nearby.

The place was spotlessly clean.

It might be an exaggeration, but it didn’t look like there was a single speck of dust.

...Don’t tell me they were cleaning all night long?

Felica sat across from me on the left side of the table, arms crossed and wearing a difficult expression.

Erika had asked a maid to deliver the current situation to her.

However, Erika had laughed awkwardly, saying she never expected a letter to be delivered at 6 o’clock this morning.

Erika sat across from me, elegantly drinking her tea.

Elysia was not present; she was resting in the bedroom upstairs.

She was no longer being given sleeping drugs, so she wasn’t asleep, but it seemed she was still lacking in both nutrition and exercise.

That’s why she was undergoing gentle rehabilitation.

"So that’s what was happening..."

"I’m sorry."

"No, it’s not something for you to apologize for, Erika... So, Raide says he’ll do something about it?"

Felica shook her head at Erika’s apology, then turned to me with a serious expression and asked.

I smiled and nodded in response to Felica’s words.

"Yeah."

"...You probably already understand this, but the other party is a noble. Moreover, a Count..."

"That’s right."

"I heard the explanation from Erika, but... can you really do something like that?"

"Because I have this, entrusted to me by Elysia-san... I can manage it."

I took out a single sheet of paper from my breast pocket and waved it lightly so the two of them could see.

They both tilted their heads and looked at me.

The paper had eight names written on it.

Yes—the names of the nobles who had embraced Elysia.

This paper represented Elysia’s will.

She had no power, no wealth, nothing... but this was a mass of her determination to fight back.

I lifted the corners of my mouth into an amused smile and carefully tucked the paper back into my breast pocket.

Seeing me like that, both of them let out exasperated sighs.

After discussing our plans for a while, Felica and I stood up to head to work.

Erika had already informed them she would be taking the day off, so we said our farewells here.

Just as we were about to leave through the entrance, Erika asked in a frail voice:

"What will happen to... the butler?"

"...He serves the Deus family. He’ll probably continue living for the sake of the Deus family from now on."

"I see... that’s true."

Erika lowered her gaze with a solemn expression and gave a light bow.

Even though the butler had acted for the sake of the Deus family, both Erika and Elysia were grateful to him.

He had done everything he could, but...

If possible, Erika and Elysia would have wanted him to stay by their side, but that was impossible.

Because he served the ’Deus family.’

Having seen that, we left the building and headed toward the academy.

I walked hand-in-hand with Felica and let out a sigh.

Even now, it still felt impossible.

Three days later, in the morning.

I was sitting on a sofa in a certain office room, waiting for someone.

Felica, sitting beside me, looked puzzled and asked in a low voice:

"You told me to come with you, so I followed... but what exactly is going on?"

"Well... yeah, I figured you’d react like that."

This was one of the rooms in the royal castle—the Prime Minister’s office.

Felica, who had been brought here without being told the destination, had been in a state of panic the entire time.

I was about to open my mouth to explain when the door opened.

We stood up from our seats, bowed our heads, and greeted the newcomer.

"Good. Sit down."

"Yes, sir."

An elderly voice spoke, and we raised our heads and sat back down.

Sitting in front of us was an elderly man wearing glasses.

He was Galt Lides, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Libertonia.

Galt rested his hand on his chin, glanced at Felica, then turned his gaze to me and began speaking.

"A report, I assume?"

"Yes... May I take out the documents from my item bag?"

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"It’s important."

Galt gave a wry smile at my answer.

I took out around thirty sheets of documents from my item bag.

Galt received them and began looking through the papers.

After a short while, he let out a sigh.

Then he looked at me with a bitter smile and spoke.

"I wish my subordinates had this level of skill."

"...These were written by an amateur."

"You... If you call this the work of an amateur, my subordinates will cry."

I lowered my head, and Galt laughed as if troubled.

Felica stayed quiet but tilted her head at our exchange.

Galt looked at Felica and smiled.

"...To think you would bring the Empress herself—no, forgive me. I didn’t expect you to bring Lady Felica as well..."

"No... We’ve been spending quite a bit of time together recently."

When Galt said "Empress," Felica’s face twitched slightly.

...It seemed the rumor that she hated being called Empress had even reached the royal castle.

Galt handed the bundle of documents to Felica.

She accepted them with both hands and began looking through them, but immediately let out a voice of surprise.

"This is...!"

"Yes... The number of Silver Wolves subjugated in that mountain, their breeding rate, the possibility of a stampede... everything about that month is recorded in detail."

"But... on a daily basis?"

"Surprising, right? And this guy insists these were written by an amateur."

"...This is the work of an amateur?"

Please don’t look at me with those eyes, both of you...

I was fifty years old in my previous life, after all. Making simple documents is easy for me.

I truly felt the greatness of computers, and at the same time, learned the importance of handwriting.

Especially in this world, documents are verified by handwriting and magical power, so forgery is difficult.

After we chatted for a while, Galt’s expression turned serious.

"So, is there a reason Lady Felica is here?"

"Yes... But before that, there’s something I’d like you to hear."

I told him everything about Erika and Elysia without any lies or omissions.

When I finished, Galt folded his arms with a difficult expression.

"It’s a difficult matter... What do you want to do, Raide?"

"I intend to make them pay compensation for embracing Elysia."

"...That won’t be easy. Time has already passed, and there’s probably no proof that she was embraced, is there?"

"Yes, I cannot prove it..."

"Then..."

"Prime Minister, please look at this..."

I took out another set of documents from my item bag and handed them to Galt.

These were documents I had investigated using everything I could over the past two days.

Galt looked through them with a suspicious expression, then stood up from his seat with force, clearly shocked.

Seeing his reaction, I lifted the corners of my mouth into a smile.

He looked up from the documents with a stunned expression.

"It seems the nobles were rather sloppy with their cleanup."

"Sloppy doesn’t even begin to describe it... This is..."

"...Well then, Prime Minister. Let’s have the individuals listed here make some ’donations’ for the sake of the kingdom and Elysia. Don’t you think they have quite a lot of dirty money?"

"...You really should have become a noble."

"I lack the capacity. I wouldn’t be suited for it."

Galt let out a deep sigh at my reply and sat back down.

Now then, let’s talk about the plan.

By the way, Felica had been sitting there in a daze, so I explained while showing her the documents, but she was slightly creeped out.

She said I had gone far beyond the realm of an instructor, and all I could do was smile bitterly.