Alfine's point of view


　It has already been a month since Fynn left the mansion.

　I can only assume that the declaration of insulation he made that day was his true feelings.


　If it were true, they would have been looking for a site to build their dream orphanage by now. ......

　He left that dream and me behind and went off to some unknown place.


　I've never seen my real parents' faces, and after getting out of the orphanage, he was the only person I could call a close friend to show my true self.

　Why did you leave ...... why did you leave ......?


　I'm still reluctant to admit it, but over the past month I've come to understand the reason for my actions towards Fynn.


　I was too spoiled by Fynn's presence. ...... I've been with her since she was born, so I thought it was okay to show my true self and spoil it for Fynn.

　People call me a swordsman or a sword goddess, but my true self is selfish, I get angry when I don't like something, I'm not good at housework in general, and besides, I had to say a lot of things to keep Fynn from talking to the other girls .......


　Because I'm such a person, I vaguely thought that Fynn might go away someday.

　It's a good thing that you're able to get the most out of this article.


　I was a foolish thing to do.

　If he had treated me the way he did, I would have run away from him a long time ago.

　But the kind Feen stood by and took it all in stride.


　But he got tired of me not realizing that, so he left the house, leaving everything behind and declaring his disconnection.

　She threw away her position, her dreams, her future with me, and everything else.


　I felt a pang of regret and bit my nails hard.


　If you find Finn Finn, you may not be able to go back to the relationship you had before: .......

　But I'd like to at least apologize for the way I've treated him.

　Even if Feen hurled abuse at me, I owe him an apology for that.


　I'm sorry, Fynn: ...... I'm sorry.

　If I had said those words more honestly, ...... the result might have been different.


　When I thought that, tears naturally ran down my cheeks.

　Just then, there was a knock on the door.


''Lady Alfine, I have something to report to you.


　The master of the knock was the butler.

　I hurriedly wiped the tears from my cheeks and regained my composure.


'Okay, come on in.'


　The door is opened and the butler comes in.


''We have made progress in the matter of the search for Fynn-sama. I used the messenger of the noble family I used to serve and spoke to the leaders of the Adventurer's Guild to find out what happened, and it seems that the man wearing Master Fynn's platinum insignia has been detained in Algren.


　The report brought to me by the butler was too much information and took a bit of time to understand.


　It doesn't mean that Fynn himself has been found.

　But how did he know that the Adventurer's Insignia belonged to Fynn: .......

　It's easy to tell by looking at it that it's the platinum grade of the adventurer's guild in the royal capital, but there should be no way to determine who it belongs to.


　I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about this in the future.


You're not going to be able to find out that the insignia of the man held in Algren is the platinum insignia of Feen.

It is the bearer of a noble family I used to work for. I'm not supposed to talk about this to the adventurer Alfine, but since he was knighted by the king and became a nobleman, I'd like to tell you. However, I ask that you keep what I am about to tell you in confidence. If this is revealed, this house will be demolished and Master Alfine will not be able to survive as an adventurer.


　The butler has been irritating me with his pompous talk.


　I've heard that the noble family he used to work for has gone under, but I don't know what the family did.

　I hired him without looking into the details of his background, but he was the only person I could think of who would be willing to serve me as a steward after I became a nobleman and rose to the favor of the king.


I understand. I am not going to ask you anything else, I swear by my sword. I swear on my sword.

''Thank you. In fact, the guild's insignia of the platinum grade is engraved with microscopic letters to prevent misuse and personal identification. Platinum-grade adventurers are also asked to serve as guards for noblemen, so the Adventurers' Guild, which guarantees the identities of the platinum-grade adventurers, wants to prevent misuse of the insignia. Therefore, adventurers' guilds around the world have created a platinum adventurer registration form with their likenesses, characteristics, and fine print for identification, which is distributed to all adventurers' guilds.


　I had never heard of such a thing.

　The adventurer's guild told me to make sure to wear it in a visible place and not to lose it, since it is an identity card that can be used anywhere when I got the platinum grade.

　I didn't know that there were measures in place to prevent identity theft: .......


It's a good thing that the adventurer's guild was lax in its management of the adventurer's guild before Alfinae-sama was born, as adventurers pretended to be platinum-grade adventurers without permission and various problems occurred. Only a few adventurers' guild staff members or even nobles knew about it. If one were to impersonate an adventurer like this one, they would be considered a felon and would be punished heavily.

But I haven't heard anything about that from the Adventurer's Guild.

'If I tell you, it will be a contest of wits with adventurers who are thinking of abusing it. That's why we don't tell adventurers, and these identifying microphrases can only be engraved by special artisans controlled by the Adventurers' Guild.


　That's what you mean: .......

　The Platinum Grade is the pinnacle of adventurers and has a high level of social credibility, and as an adventurer's guild that will be responsible for their behavior, they want to eradicate impersonation.


The guild of adventurers is responsible for their actions and wants to eradicate identity theft. And this time, a man was found in Algren wearing an insignia with fine lettering on it to identify Feen.

'Yes, I do. The Adventurer's Guild already has you in custody, would you like to see them?

Do you think Fynn is in Algren?


　The steward's question was answered with a question.


　The last sighting of Fynn had been in a stagecoach bound for the frontier.

　Algren is a large city in the north, but not on the frontier.


　Could he be sneaking into the northern metropolis of Algren, where the Feen insignia was found, under the guise of going to the frontier to throw off my trail?　He couldn't decide.


''As of now, the only thing that marks the footsteps of Master Fynn is the insignia, so I thought it would be worth a visit. As for the swordsmanship instructor of the Kingsguard, I think it would be better if you asked the king for a leave of absence.


　The steward had said it was worth it to go.

　If I was able to meet Fynn in Algren, I felt more inclined to just apologize and come back.


　And even if I couldn't meet him, I might be able to extract some information from the man who had gotten Fynn's insignia.

　All right, let's go to Algren, where there's no point in hiding and worrying about it here.


All right. I will go to the king at once and ask for leave. As soon as I receive your permission, I will leave for Algren and be ready to go.

Yes, sir.


　The steward bowed and left, and a maid came in to take my place and dress me in my audience clothes.

　I went to the castle and asked the king for a leave of absence, which was granted, and then I was off to the northern city of Algren.