The Human Saint is Bored, so I was Summoned to Another World

House Search

A week after we visited the school that Maddie ordered to be built just for me, I received several letters brought into my room by my personal maid, Eris.

"Sir Kuro! Look at these letters, they all came from the rulers of Chersea, inviting you to their countries."

"Eris, please stop with the 'Sir'. I'm just your old, the same Kuro."

"Alright...K-Kuro." Eris slightly blushed as she said that. Perhaps she's embarrassed by it, but then again, I don't want to be treated differently just because I did something anyone could've done given the circumstances.

"So, what you got there?"

"Hmm...these are invitations to royal events, and they request your appearance, Sir—I mean, K-Kuro." Eris explained, "And look, these are some invitations that confer knighthood and noble titles to you!"

"Oh...those things, huh?"

"What, you will not accept them?"

"Well, you know once they conferred it to me, there would be strings attached." I reasoned. It's not that I don't want those as well. I'm not a hypocrite to say I didn't like a noble title, when in fact I want one for myself. However, what I'm wary of was the schemes of these royals; I'm a friend of Maddie, I'm afraid they might use me to have their way on her.

"But then, refusing it would make you arrogant in their eyes." Eris countered, "I suggest you accept those titles for now and just act on it when the time comes."

On second thought, she's right. I might create unnecessary enemies because of it.

Haa...I guess this is the consequence of getting popular, huh?

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We went to several royal events, where Maddie and I were the distinguished guests. The kings of the land of Chersea were more than eager to give me titles and grant favors, and Maddie used this as an opportunity to make me acquainted with the royalty she always had to deal with.

Like that one event in Nerfes, where Lily's house, the von Leese, invited us to confer a title to me.

"Sir Kuro, I, Nicholas Galahad von Leese, confer the title of Baron of Kamran for your valuable contributions and bravery displayed in defense of the human realm of Chersea during the Imperial War and the Great Rising of the Undead."

The entire hall of the von Leese palace erupted in cheers and applause as I received the robes of a baron and a sword from the royal prince. To add to my newly acquired lands, I was also given an allotment of 10 gold coins every year.

And that's only my properties in Nerfes.

I think the House of von Leese was trying to get my favor. After all, the men of Nerfes value sound military strategy and tactics, skills that I displayed on the three battles now being attributed to me: Devyere, Bere River, and Dawson Valley.

I just did what was written in my world's history, that's all. I guess it really pays that you know something about the past, huh?

"A commoner becoming a Baron...how surreal is that?"

"Just because he's close to the Saint, he thinks he can ascend among us nobles."

"Watch out for him, he might stab our backs soon."

Oh, of course, there's that 'envy' factor among the nobility. They really did not hold back to show their disdain for me, even going as far as huddling together to whisper bad things about me. I wonder what Maddie would say about it...