Reincarnated Maid is About To Be Captured by All Players

It’s easy to say, but actually quite difficult to implement.

Baron Trafalgar does not need to provide a dowry for the third princess’s marriage since his title is that of a baron.

The third princess’s wedding is early next month. The gifts provided by the earls have basically been transported out, and another problem is that we are not familiar with the earls. It will be quite difficult to blend into the dowry caravan that the earls care about.

Earls, huh… Hmm…

Chris, could there be a way?

In the afternoon, we finally sailed down the river, approaching the Hurst barony.

“How will Mr. Dragon Turtle return?”

“The dragon turtle knows its own way back; their brains are not stupid.”

I steered the dragon turtle close to the shore, and Lily said goodbye to it with reluctance.

I crouched down to adjust Lily’s disguise. It’s said that because of the generous rewards from Duke Bogia, the number of adventurers near Rothschild has drastically decreased, but we still cannot afford to be careless.

“It’s safest to stay in my castle, we can think about the future later. If there’s anything needed, I’ll go and buy it. Although the Hurst barony is small, it is well-equipped.”

“Are you seriously considering this as keeping a woman in a golden house, meow?”

“… If you don’t want to stay, you can go out, then I’ll have one less mouth to worry about.”

“Meow! Miss Anna, please be careful, he definitely has planned a route to raid Miss Anna at night…”

Calo Cat’s comment was meant to be a whisper, but loud enough for Trafalgar to hear.

“I won’t.”

“Aren’t you interested in a beauty like Miss Anna, meow?”

Being evaluated by others as a beauty… feels quite peculiar, and why does this term always make me think of a lecherous tyrant or a rogue bolstered by drink?

“… To say I’m not interested would be a lie.”

“See, meow! You indeed have improper designs on Miss Anna…”

“I said I won’t,” Trafalgar paused, “I have a girlfriend.”

“…”

“…”

“Hey? Why did you all suddenly stop talking?”

“Overly showy, causing discomfort, recommend harakiri, meow.”

Calo Cat’s merciless reply made me chuckle. At least on this journey, thanks to Calo Cat, the atmosphere was not too dreary. From the legends of Olympus Mountain in Arcadia to the immortal phoenix, we reached our destination, the Hurst barony, immersed in the stories narrated by Calo Cat.

Calo Cat educated us a lot about Arcadia, such as the Beastmen who climb the steep Olympus Mountain without relying on magical powers are honored as heroes, and that the phoenix actually possesses considerable intelligence, with some even witnessing it speaking human language.

Arcadia is an interesting place, and the Beastmen living there are not savage.

【Anastasia’s favorability towards “Calo Cat” +1】

【Anastasia’s favorability towards “Trafalgar” +1】

“Meow? Miss Anna!”

The sudden pop-up information interrupted the argument between Calo Cat and Trafalgar, and even I was stunned for a moment.

Favorability increased, is it because we have become familiar with each other over time?

“Anna doesn’t increase my favorability…”

“You’re not an adventurer.”

And why does Hildegarde sound like a jealous wife? Really…

“—?!”

“Anna.”

“Ladies and gentlemen, please wait.”

I called out to Trafalgar and Calo Cat who were leading the way.

Calo Cat looked bewildered, Trafalgar frowned, but said nothing, just resting his hand on the hilt of his sword.

I always have the 【Scouting】 skill activated, and in the nearby forest… there are reactions that are definitely not from wild animals.

And there’s more than one.

Without hesitation, I shot a chain deep into the forest and wrapped it around the first creature it touched.

“Whoa?!”

What seemed like an ordinary bush, became a guard when the chain touched, and some kind of item also fell off him.

“Is that… a camouflage tool?”

Trafalgar immediately recognized the true nature of that item, similar to the camouflage used by snipers in the real world, made into a tool that can temporarily improve the 【Stealth】 skill and concealment.

We were ambushed.

Now that we had been exposed, the other guards also shed their disguises.

The leader was none other than Uncle François.

“We meet again, Anna.”

“…”

“Ah… It seems Uncle François is completely disliked by Anna, there’s no helping it, this is my job.”

Uncle François smiled wryly, with no intention of backing down.

He recognized us and also recognized Lily; Lily’s disguise was meaningless in front of Uncle François.

Trafalgar asked unpleasantly, “What are you doing here?”

“Baron, you have sheltered Amarilys before… so I thought maybe you would bring them back here for refuge. Even though I have a temporary search warrant from the Duke, I can’t always disturb the castles of the nobility.”

“That’s a huge misunderstanding.”

Trafalgar was speechless for a moment; he had no intention of helping us then, but a series of coincidences led François to the wrong conclusion, and he happened upon us by chance.

It seems we were not favored by Lady Luck.

Uncle François straightforwardly raised his right hand, the action was—

The emergency signal magic that could not be stopped even with silence magic.

The green emergency signal shot straight into the sky, its meaning: request for backup.