He looked at Rossbert. He looked fine and healthy. On that night, he was on the verge of dying. If he didn't arrive right on time at that moment, he would have lost his life in that fight against the demonized enemy.

"Honestly, this is a big surprise for me and my sister…" He calmly responded to what Rossbert said.

He noticed everyone had a face that showed an expression that they understood his surprise. Even if they were in his shoes right now, they would probably feel very surprised as well if someone they didn't expect to come was suddenly in the living room of their house early in the morning.

"…But I'm happy to see everyone is here," Eman added with a faint smile.

After a slight pause, he continued saying, "And even more, I did not expect that you would come here together with Mister Klaus," he glanced in Mr. Claus' direction.

He didn't see Mr. Klaus in Merc Town that night, but he heard from Azure that he was in the carriage he saved. And it seemed like the city mayor and Zennie were in that carriage too. So, seeing them here together was understandable at some point. He believed they knew each other by now or maybe since before. Well, he wasn't sure about the latter.

That Klaus said with a wide grin. "Man, I never thought they knew you, so I was really surprised when they mentioned you, kid, haha."

Hearing Rossbert's casual way of calling Eman earlier, and seeing that the kid didn't seem to feel bothered about it, Klaus also settled on calling him the usual way.

Their conversation was briefly paused for a moment when Claire and Eina arrived and served them hot drinks. Since it was still around 8 am, the tea, and coffee were served along with crunchy crust bread and cookies.

At Least they have cookies and bread in this world. The taste, well, they are average. What he meant by average is that nothing, in particular, is worth noticing.

In front of him, there was Rossbert, Zennie, and Klaus sitting in that order. Whereas, there was only him on the other side of the table. When Eman mentioned where her attendant was, Zennie said that Miss Lizz was waiting outside. And it also seems like Klaus was accompanied by Niel, who was also waiting outside.

He guessed they came here not because of just a simple visit but for another reason. Once all the drinks and snacks were served, the conversation flowed naturally.

Zennie immediately took the initiative, which surprised him. He also noticed her agitation coming out, which she skillfully hid the whole time. She could pass as an actor in his former world with that talent. Although her pretty face could hide her agitation just by showing a simple smile, that didn't apply to Eman who can see a weird icon under her health bar.

'She's under a great deal of stress. That must be the reason why she looked a little paler right now,' Eman thought.

"Uhm…"

Zennie then started telling him the reason for their visit. Although she was shy and skeptical, the desire to save the people of their town overcame her. And she was already running out of time. In fact, they were already past the given time for this trip.

Perhaps by this time many of the citizens of Rothsport Town had already lost their lives from

the proliferating disease. Although she didn't want to think about this bitter thought, she couldn't get rid of the worries in her chest.

The one-fourth medicine supply they acquired from the Merchant Guild had been already delivered to Rothsport Town since the day they bought it, but that much would not last long because of the number of people who were affected by the disease. And the disease continued proliferating from one person to another.

Zennie told him everything. Their reason for coming to the capital and the situation of her hometown.

'So it was because of medicine their reason for coming to the capital…'

Eman had no idea that she was carrying such a heavy burden of worry this whole time. And to think she endured it despite being a newbie to the outside world, what an admirable woman she was.

Without beating around the bush, she asked him if he knew someone who wears a strange-looking mask. Hearing that, Eman had to act as if he was a bit puzzled by her question.

"A mysterious person who is wearing a strange-looking mask? Hmm… let me recall..." He asked for a moment to think and try to remember.

Honestly, he felt guilty for lying to them, but it was necessary to do this. He made a face as if he was pondering.

And after a short moment of silence, he opened his mouth again as if remembering something.

"Indeed, I think I've met someone like that months ago. In one of the pubs there in Sandstone City, I met a mysterious person who was wearing a strange-looking mask. It was when I became a temporary bodyguard of a foreign merchant who by that time was a newcomer to the empire.

We shared a few words before the masked man mentioned he was looking for medicine, so I recommended to him my employer's shop."

It seemed that was the cue that everyone was waiting to hear from him, because right after they heard what he said, not only Zennie but everyone looked excited.

"So you're really the person mentioned by that mysterious savior!" It was Klaus who suddenly screamed that.

"Savior?" He gawked. He didn't expect to hear that word.

"That's right, Eman. That person saved the whole town of Merc Town from a monster invasion a couple of days ago," Rossbert said.

"Eh… s-something like that happened?" He asked, embodying his lies that could not be taken back.

"Yes, kid."

"Please, Lord Eman, please save our people in Rothsport!"

Zennie suddenly bowed her head.

With her lead, they asked him if he could help them to ask the Merchant to sell medicine to them.

A bead of sweat trailed down Eman's face. He was pondering how to respond.

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