Shota's Isekai NTR Adventure

Since the enemies had been taken care of, the only thing left was to return to the city.

As we returned, General Killock had asked me many times about what we would do with Duke Yuletide.

Judging by the way that he asked me about this, it was clear that he wanted to take care of this Duke Yuletide. It was almost as if he was suggesting that we use the army that had been given to us to remove Duke Yuletide from his position.

But every time, I just shook my head and denied all of this.

After all, I had no intention of taking down Duke Yuletide right now.

The investigations that I had made were for after the war was over. Until then, I would let him remain in this place and prevent the Vikal Kingdom from pushing too deep into our territory.

Though in truth, it should be impossible for them to push too deep right now.

After all, we had just slaughtered their army and left no survivors.

They should be feeling hard pressed when it came to the number of soldiers that they had.

It should be very hard for them to organize another army any time soon.

General Killock had seemed very disappointed about all of this, but he didn't say anything else on this matter.

It seemed that the prestige that I had gained during this time was more than enough to convince them of these things.

When we arrived back in Vayne City, the treatment was completely different.

Even before we arrived at the city, we were greeted by soldiers.

They weren't here to detain us, but to escort us to the city.

The way that they did it almost seemed like a welcome for heroes.

Then when we arrived at the city, there was an entire gate that was closed just for us to enter. There were many citizens of the city gathered that were cheering for us, almost like a parade.

As we came closer to the gate, we could see that there were even more people gathered inside of the city that were waiting for us to enter. All of these people seemed like they were here to welcome us as heroes into the city.

It was like they were about to throw a parade for us as we passed.

Then the most surprising thing was that the duke himself had come to welcome us.

The duke had been standing at the gate, waiting for us.

The way that he did this, it almost seemed like he was in a lower position. It was almost as if he was humbling himself so that he could appear more friendly.

Though I knew that this was all a trick.

The fact that he was doing this meant that there must be something that he wanted from me or he had read the reports on what had happened, so he was afraid that the Chimera Ants were still a problem.

When we came over, the duke came up to the carriage that we were sitting in and came in to sit down with us.

Though when he did, General Killock shot him a dirty look.

The duke just ignored this as his attention was mainly on me.

After sitting down, Duke Yuletide said with a smile on his face, "Count Zwein, it is an honour to meet you again. I have heard about your valour on the battlefield and I must say that I am in awe of what you have done."

I gave a simple nod before saying, "It seems that we have done your job for you."

General Killock immediately looked at Duke Yuletide with a look as if he was waiting for me to say something else, but it didn't come in the end.

Duke Yuletide didn't seem to mind as he said, "Yes, it shames me to say this, but we were unable to take care of the enemies."

He said it like he was admitting his shame, but it was clear that he didn't feel any shame at all.

This was just how shameless this noble was.

He didn't care about the accusations that I was making of him and he just took it in stride that he couldn't win.

I didn't bother poking any further at him since this wasn't what we were here for.

We were just here to report back and see if we could get anything out of Duke Yuletide for taking care of those enemies for him. He wouldn't be so shameless that he would avoid giving some kind of reward after this.

But I also felt that he would still have some kind of trick up his sleeve.

For now, it was better not to push him too far and see what he was planning.

So I raised my hand at General Killock for him to calm down.

He looked at me as if he was just itching to go, but I shook my head to stop him.

Duke Yuletide just ignored all of this as he looked out the window of the carriage. After he had sat down, we had gone through the gate and were now moving along the street.

As we headed down this street, heading towards the duke's manor, we could hear all the people cheering around us.

When this happened the duke suddenly came closer and said, "How about we give the people something to enjoy?"

I was a bit confused when he said this, but he quickly made it clear what he meant as the duke came forward to wrap his arms around my shoulder.

The others in the carriage looked like they were about to attack him, but I placated them by gesturing with my hands. In the end, they just watched as the duke brought me over to the window.

The two of us poked our heads out and waved to the crowd, which caused the cheering to become even louder.

But the more important thing was that the duke whispered in my ears during this time.

"I heard that in the fight against the Vikal Kingdom army, there was something interesting that happened. Something that involved some ants."