The secretary is Happy to Work Overtime with the mage

The Hero is staying at Duke Esteban’s mansion.

In other words, an adult woman was staying at an adult man’s house, so it wasn’t strange for there to be misunderstandings.

Given that nobles loved these kinds of stories - romance gossip - it was a situation bound to be misunderstood even more.

Fortunately, Franz had somewhat expected such a question to come up, so he was able to give an answer without getting too flustered.

“It’s nothing like that. She and I are just friends.”

Right, he and Yuna were friends. At the same time, they were comrades who had risked their lives to defeat the Demon Lord.

So offering her an empty house wasn’t all that strange.

“I see. The Hero must have her own circumstances as well.”

“Yes, everyone has their own circumstances, after all.”

“And it is easier to manage a mansion when someone is there rather than when it is left empty.”...