Chapter 104:
“Did you find anything?”
“Not at all.”
I nodded. Still, the discomfort is gone.
“If it wasn’t Viroid, who ask him to sold it?”
“I’ll look for it. But why did you come all the way to the capital when it’s raining so much?”
Leon put on my cloak properly and brushed off the rain.
“You even came out without disguise.”
“I didn’t have to, I came out to buy a mansion for the Velois household.”
“Household…”
It was only then that I remembered that I didn’t give Leon a proper explanation.
I didn’t have time to explain everything.
“I think we’re going to move to the capital. It’s good, isn’t it?”
“…You’re coming here?”
“Yes, I got the royal permit as well.”
Leon’s face suddenly darkened. He must be anxious.
I’m close to Janice. That means he don’t know what she’s going to do to me.
“Don’t worry, Leon. I’ve changed a little since you treated me.”
“What do you mean you’ve changed?”
“Didn’t you feel it earlier? That can’t be true.”
When he reached out to heal me, my body naturally sucked on Leon’s strength.
Leon couldn’t have not known that.
“You’re pretending you don’t know, right?”
“…It may be temporary.”
“Well, that’s all right. I’ve gained power for now.”
In fact, even if I didn’t have the power, I could get out by rolling my brain.
But it doesn’t hurt to have another insurance policy.
“Where’s the crown prince?”
“Maybe he’s in my house. Wouldn’t it be hard to go back to the capital when the weather is so bad?”
“I see.”
As a wizard, it’s not easy to move regardless of the weather.
Which means that if I go back to the mansion, I’ll be confronted by Delther again.
“Well.”
“No. You have to go back.”
Hessen is really quick-witted.
“How did you know?”
“I can tell just by the look in your eyes. Now.”
“…I guess we’ve been together for quite a while.”
I tried to stay at the tower for a while under the excuse of the weather, but it didn’t work.
The battle between Hessen and I began.
“Or, why don’t you go when the weather gets better?”
Leon offered an intermediate compromise. At the same time, Hessen and my head turned.
“I think it’s good.”
“It’s good.”
On a rainy day like this, it was like risking your life to move in a carriage.
But it took some time to ask Leon.
Leon says he’s a wizard and does whatever he wants, but I’m actually in a position where I’m hated.
He may be punished for using teleport at will.
“Then, let’s go to the tower for a while.”
Hessen nodded at Leon’s words.
“Oh, by the way. I don’t think Hessen has ever teleported.”
Well, it doesn’t hurt to experience it this time.
I smiled and saw Hessen.
He suddenly looked uneasy and grabbed him by the wrist.
“Okay, I’ll catch you in a second.”
A pitiful scream went off short.
* * *
Edgar had a strange feeling with the quiet Elle.
It’s probably because of something else that suddenly fell out.
“It seems like it’s raining quite a lot, so you’d better go after it’s stopped.”
He tossed it as if he was sympathetic.
“I’m going to do that anyway.”
“I think there’s a reason for holding a banquet, don’t you know?”
At Edgar’s words, Delther hardened his expression.
It was right that the banquet needed a reason, but this time he didn’t know either.
‘It was my father’s order.’
It was also surprising because he had never hosted a banquet before. Besides, he couldn’t believe he left it to his mother.
There were more than one or two strange things.
“Will Lady Elle have a partner?”
“You don’t have to worry about that. Prepare your dinner, and we’ll be there.”
Delther got up from his seat. There was nothing more to say, so there was no need to look at each other face to face.
“Lady Elle’s body has healed, so we’ll talk about it separately and set a schedule.”
Edgar didn’t answer. It was an unspoken attitude.
‘She went out earlier, so we can only talk after dinner.’
If they go back together, he won’t have to work twice.
Delter left the room and saw the rain falling sky.
“It’s raining terribly.”
On days like this, it seems that Janice was locked in her room and never came out.
It was a worrying day in many ways.
Edgar sighed only after Delther left.
“Where did Hessen go?”
He was going to order something.
He had no choice but to get up from his seat and head to Elle’s room.
“Oh, there you are.”
Diria was seen at a moment when the maids could not be seen too well.
Edgar approached Diria.
“Uh, Co, count.”
This reaction is when Elle does something.
“Where is Elle?”
“That’s… she’s going out for a while.”
“Going out?”
“She said she’d be here right away…!”
Answered Diria in a hurry; though nothing dangerous would have happened, since she had not gone alone.
“Aide Hessen also went with her.”
“…Haa. Hessen.”
Who’s the owner here.
“Why are you so busy?”
“Oh… that’s. She told me to pack her things.”
I guess the answer’s here.
It was surprising that the answer came sooner than he thought.
“The Crown Prince is here, so she told me to prepare it carefully so it doesn’t show…”
So thorough.
At times like this, Edgar always felt strange about Elle, who was quick to act.
“She must have gone to look for a place, right?”
“…How did you know?”
Diria, stunned, looked dazed.
She didn’t expect her to be this late, but she didn’t expect Edgar to find Elle right away.
“El.”
El immediately appeared at Edgar’s call.
“Shall I go find her?”
“There’s a good chance she’s probably at the tower, so go there.”
“Alright.”
El disappeared without wasting.
“…The lady went to find a house.”
When Diria asked Edgar, he shrugged.
“It’s raining like this, but there’s no way she’ll come home quietly.”
“……That’s for sure.”
She was convinced at once.
“When the rain stops, the crown prince will go, so I think it would be better to organize it when that time comes.”
“Yes, sir.”
It would be a problem if he noticed. In fact, just because he found out, nothing changed.
“Well, then we’ll have to wait and see what kind of house my daughter bought.”
I’ll get a bill, so we’ll find out later.
If it’s Elle’s eyes, he can look forward to it.
* * *
I felt different maybe because it was the first time in a while that I came to the tower.
“Well, it’s interesting.”
How can it be so quiet.
It was raining and windy outside, but this was like a different space.
“…My lord?”
“Yes, sir Caven!”
I waved my hands in joy. Is this the second time I’ve seen you since last time.
I gently lowered my hand as I remembered the memory of that time.
“Ah, Lady Ell, why are you here again?”
“Somehow, I came to evacuate for a while.”
“… I see you again.”
Hessen greeted Caven awkwardly.
The four gathered at the tower had different facial expressions, but the awkward atmosphere was inevitable.
“Well, shall we warm up first and talk?”
I raised my hand to lighten the mood.
“You’d better do that, because you’re quite cold.”
Leon’s hand brushed past my fingertips.
Even though we got rained on together, I still felt the warmth.
“Before that, we should talk, right?”
I looked up, holding Leon’s fingertips again.
“We’ll have to.”
“Then I’ll listen to it with you.”
“Uh, Sir Hessen, you have to get out of the way.”
Hessen’s face turned red when I said it.
“What are you talking about! Never! I will die if the count knows.”
Hessen dug in between me and Leon and separated us.
“Talk to her when I am here.”
“Well, it’s because there’s something to talk about.”
“Then why don’t you do it in front of me?”
Lord Hessen never seemed inclined to step aside.
“Then we can do it like this.”
Leon shrugged his shoulders as if he couldn’t help it.
In an instant, Lord Hessen had a startled eye.
“Sir Hessen, what’s wrong?”
“Uh… uh! This is weird! I can’t hear you! Uh!”
He shook his head back and forth in a panic.
“Leon?”
When I asked Leon in surprise, he grinned.
“He always say he’s going to be with you, so there’s nothing we can do about it.”
Sometimes when Leon is like that, I think he’s like a villain.
I’m afraid I couldn’t help it.
It was difficult for others to find out that he was chasing the Rubion family.
Doesn’t Lord Hessen know that Leon bought jewelry anyway.
“I’m sorry, please bear with it.”
Hessen was crying even when I said it.
“My Lady… home.”
Patting his shoulder and nodding my head.
“Caven, would you like to stay here, too?”
“…I was going to go out right away!”
Caven left the room in a hurry.
Eventually Hessen sat on the sofa, sighing, without hearing anything.
