The Unaware Atelier Meister

Good afternoon!

You're the traveling merchant's daughter, right?

Hey, what are you doing?

Those are pretty horns.

Nice weather out today, isn't it?

My father

told me not to talk to people from Hast Village.

He said the villagers are a little strange

and he doesn't want me to pick up any strange influences from them.

So I'm just talking to myself.

My name's Kurt!

What's yours?

I'm also just talking to myself.

My name's Hildegarde.

I'm still talking to myself.

It's just a little further to the place where rainbow-colored flowers bloom.

I can't wait!

My, these look delicious!

Wow!

What's wrong?!

Hildegarde?!

These are poisonous parpla berries.

I need to make a panacea!

I'm going to save Hildegarde!

Kurt.

Hey, Kurt.

It's time to wake up.

A dream?

That was a decade ago now.

We're almost at the village that asked for us.

The Unaware

ATELIER MEISTER

~A Common Tale About the Former Head of Chores for a Party of Heroes That Turned Out to be SSS-Rank in Everything Except Combat Skills~

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The New Papa of a Mysterious Egg

A dire shortage of water, huh?

Yes. At this rate, all of our crops will wither up.

There's a large reservoir in the neighboring village, isn't there?

There are waterways connecting it to you too,

so why not have them share some with you?

We've tried negotiating for that many times,

but they won't listen to us!

That's why we thought to seek aid from you all and the powerful authority your atelier holds!

Sorry for the wait.

Huh? Where is everyone?

Up on the hill.

The old man in charge of the birds has a strained back,

so they want to help him care for them while you're discussing things.

Birds?

Well, I guess that's not really a problem.

I'm going to the neighboring village to negotiate.

Understood.

Please! Please!

Please save our village!

Please do something about our water!

This reservoir is nearly out of water, too?!

Please! Please!

We'll just have to pray for rain at this point.

Chief!

This is bad! Bad news!

Chief! The hill!

The top of the hill!

Calm down first!

You won't believe it!

Huh?!

A pond? No, a lake?!

Sina, Kans!

There was a pond up here while they were claiming to be short of water?

No.

It wasn't here until moments ago.

Yulishia!

Oh.

I heard you were up here helping take care of some birds?

Yes! The waterfowl were parched,

so I drew up some water from the aquifer.

By the way,

are you done discussing things with the village chief?

Huh? No, not yet.

Whoa!

Yulishia!

I can't believe you resolved our problem in such an incredibly odd way!

Well...

Thank you so much!

Umm, I...

I don't know how we can ever repay you!

Incredible!

That's enough, you two.

She's already completed their request.

Yulishia's so impressive!

They gave us lots of thank you gifts.

It looks like a wide variety of eggs.

I'll use these eggs to make us some delicious food today.

Omelets, and some pancakes for desert would be nice, right?

Oh, Lise is still out, isn't she?

Yeah. She had to deliver a report on the monster assault from the other day,

so she's gone to see the lord of Taicone.

How does it taste?

It's very good, Margrave Taicone.

Help yourself as well, General Alraid.

Yes.

Thank you for kind consideration in allowing a boor like myself to join your table.

Yes.

Still, I'm honored that you paid me a visit in person, Princess.

Please pay it no mind.

I'm here not as the Third Princess,

but as a representative of the atelier meister.

I see.

Margrave Taicone possesses authority equal to a duke,

but the truth is that he's forced to rely on others for his public finances.

He has connections to both the royal family and the Gurumaku Empire,

so he's trying to win me over to further solidify his authority.

I can already see through you, you scheming fox!

By the way, I heard some stories

saying that you all used magic stones capable of wiping out monsters in a 500 meter radius?

He's trying to dig up information on the atelier meister.

However...

Rumors are just that.

They certainly didn't possess that much power.

I'm not letting Sir Kurt become this man's prey.

I see.

By the way,

Princess, were you aware that the town you're in currently has no name?

Yes.

It's general custom for the viceroy to name a town

after they've been appointed,

so the town hasn't been named yet.

Yes, exactly.

Though I've been having great difficulty settling on the viceroy for it.

The frontier town is the town closest to the land of demons in my domain,

so it comes with great danger. Plus...

I imagine it would be a challenge to stand above knights like us with our quirks.

So I was thinking

that I'd like to appoint this atelier meister of yours

as the frontier town's viceroy!

There's your play!

Once he's appointed viceroy, he'll have to appear in public.

However,

since Sir Kurt doesn't realize he's the atelier meister...

Margrave Taicone,

please forgive me,

but I cannot decide that matter on my own.

Now that's odd.

You're here representing the atelier meister, Princess,

so you should have been entrusted with full authority

to arrange any agreements between us.

Not to mention, this atelier meister saved the lives of many knights in the last battle.

I doubt that any of the knights

would be opposed to appointing this atelier meister as their viceroy.

If I knew this would happen, I would've spoken to the general about Sir Kurt ahead of time.

Please, I'm begging you not to say anything uncalled for,

General Alraid!

Of course!

Our knights would gladly welcome the atelier meister

as our Viceroy!

Gyah!

Well, even so!

Princess, are you suggesting there's some personal flaw

that would make the atelier meister unsuitable as viceroy?

It's no exaggeration to say that there's no one more talented in this nation,

no, in this whole world, than that man!

I'll have you take back any suggestion that he might be... flawed.

Then it's settled!

My, what good news!

What good news!

You've done it now, Lise.

I have no excuse.

Could we find someone to pretend they're the atelier meister?

That would be difficult since they wouldn't have the specialized knowledge,

and all of the knights know who he is.

That said,

there's no one who could replace my beloved Sir Kurt anyway!

Sir Kurt is the greatest gentleman to exist, after all!

Speaking of which, where is he?

Your almighty Kurt is focused on child-rearing.

Child-rearing?!

W-Who was the child with?!

If Sir Kurt has a child,

then I must adopt them at once!

Adopting them would be taking things too far.

No! If I use all my authority as the third princess,

then I can accomplish most things!

I'm sorry, I was joking.

Apparently one of the waterfowl eggs that we received

was fertilized and close to hatching,

so he's tending to it right now.

Oh, that's what's going on?

That's my Sir Kurt!

He's so very kind!

Well, knowing Kurt,

it'll probably give birth to some waterfowl that lays golden eggs or something.

It's common to hear about that happening, after all.

Yeah.

Yulishia!

The egg hatched!

I'm going to die.

You look like you're already dead.

Your face mask is all dried out and crusty.

That's because I keep getting one annoying report after another.

I heard that they found Bishop Tristan

dead in the Polan Church's cathedral.