The Demon King's Paladin

Chapter 106. Servants

/KNOCK KNOCK/

I awoke to someone knocking on my door. I shook Sarah and Anna awake so I could get out of bed since I was sandwiched between them. Since we were naked, I rushed to put on my pajamas and told them to take their time. It took me about 5 minutes to make it to the front door. I opened it to be greeted by a few familiar faces, the one in front was Rodrick. Behind him were 10 people, 6 women and 4 men.

" Good morning, Lord Drake."

" Rodrick, good morning. And good morning to all of you."

" Good morning, Sir Drake!"

Rodrick had a wry smile on his face as I rubbed the crust out of my eyes to see who these people were. As I was doing that, I felt a tug on my sleeve.

" Lord Matthew, your fly's open."

" Ellie!"

/SLAM/

I closed the door quickly so I could make myself presentable. I couldn't help but complain to Sarah in my mind, since she was the one who removed my pants last night. Wait... That voice! It's the kid I healed of the Green Scourge and her mother from the other day to! What are they doing here!? What is going on!? Rodrick was supposed to come sometime in the afternoon. I opened the door again.

" Sorry about that, Rodrick.... Weren't you supposed to come by sometime in the afternoon?"

" It's 2 o'clock, Lord Drake."

I looked up at the sun, yeah seems about right. We slept in. After Paula and Lily decided to return after dinner, one thing led to another and well.... It doesn't matter now.

" My apologies, it seems my family were more tired than we thought we were."

" No apologies necessary Lord Drake. You've given us enough of a surplus of food that we don't need to ration anything yet."

" Well, that's good to hear."

I felt a tug on my sleeve again.

" Hey, why was your fly open? And did you really think that was rude? Are you going to punish me for it?"

" ELLIE!"

I'm feeling a certain Deja vu right now. I look down to see those familiar horns coming out from the top of a kid's head.

" To give your mother some peace of mind. No, I'm not going to punish you, thanks for pointing it out actually."

" See mom! I told you!"

" It's still rude! It's just because our Lord is a kind man Ellie! Any other Lord would be furious and embarrassed!"

" Well, I'm certainly embarrassed, but it's my fault so, I don't see a reason to punish anyone for pointing it out. Speaking of which, your name is Ellie huh."

" Yup! come to think of it, we never did introduce ourselves to you, didn't we? You kind of just up and left Lord Matthew."

" Yeah, I had to go fight the Hero, so I couldn't stay anywhere for long."

As I answered Ellie's question, her mother had come up and began to speak to me.

" I'm sorry for how rude my daughter is being to you, Lord Drake!"

She bowed her head and forcibly bowed Ellie's head as well.

" Miss... Can you tell me your name please?"

" Oh, it's Janet, Lord Drake."

" Okay Janet, you don't need to worry that much, I'm not the type of person to punish someone for pointing out something like a downed fly. You don't have to keep apologizing."