A small incident broke out at the auberge. A vase in the hallway was stolen by a customer. It’s a pity because it’s a beautiful vase with an oriental feel and was one of my favorites.
Anyways, I decided not to worry about it because I can exchange the same thing for 1 point. The culprit appeared to be a merchant, but he had a suspicious attitude.
Upa, who likes flowers, was angry because of it.
“I’ll go chase that guy and beat him up!”
“No need, it’s okay. Once he leaves the island, the vase will disappear anyway.”
Whatever I exchanged with points will disappear once it left the island. In other words, the evidence of the crime will also disappear. There’s no point in going out of our way to chase after him.
I’ll just leave it here. In exchange, I won’t let him enter the island again. In short, he’s blacklisted.
As I am sitting like this, I suddenly remembered Claire’s birthday present. The day of the party is approaching, but I still haven’t decided what to give her as present.
I can’t exchange it with points either…….
I was thinking in a daze when Mary called out to me.
“Young Master, Paul-sama is here to see you.”
Oh! My brother came at the right time!
Looks like all the relatives are required to attend the party, so I’m sure Paul-oniisan was invited as well. I’ll ask him what is his present to Claire so I could get some ideas.
When I went outside to greet him, I saw Char and Paul-oniisan with a large dapple-grey horse in front of the front door. The horse seems to have a curious personality as it looks around curiously.
Looks like Paul-oniisan got a new horse.
“Hello, Oniisan.”
“Hey, Cedie.”
Paul-oniisan had a somber voice, and his complexion is not very good.
“You look tired, what’s wrong?”
“Yeah. Well, it’s because of this guy….…”
He pointed to the large horse.
“This horse is Silver Season. Alexei-niisan took him by force.”
“He’s a fine horse.”
It’s a size larger than an average racehorse. Of course, I did not mean that it is fat, I’m talking about its muscles. Alexei-oniisan has eyes for fine horses, so I think I can understand why he set his eyes on this horse.
“Yes, this guy certainly has talent, but he’s got a bit of a problematic personality….…”
“What did this horse do?”
“Silver Season hates being commanded you see. It’s not uncommon for him to throw trainers and jockeys off his back.”
“Did he throw off Alexei-oniisan’s trainer?”
“That would have been better. It was Alexei-niisan who was thrown off this time.”
Not only did Silver Season throw off Alexei-oniisan, but he also neighed out loud when he saw Alexei-oniisan hurt his hip.
“Really? It’s surprising that this horse did all that, but it remained unharmed.”
Alexei-oniisan could have killed Silver Season on the spot.
“It seems that this guy dodged Alexei-niisan’s magic attack and bit him in return. And after doing all that, he ran out of the mansion without a moment’s hesitation.”
Speaking of Alexei-oniisan, he may have a bit of a personality, but he’s well-known for his attack spells.
Being able to dodge that and launched a counterattack —this horse is no ordinary horse!
Silver is neighing happily. It’s as if he understood what we’re talking about. He had a smug look on his face, as if telling us he did a heroic act.
“Then, what happened?”
“When I woke up this morning, he is eating food in the stables at my ranch.”
“What a clever horse.”
“Yeah, he’s devilishly clever. But I thought that it might be bad to keep him at my place.”
“You’re right. Alexei-oniisan often comes to your place after all.”
“Sigh. I know. He doesn’t come here very often, right? Besides, Cedie is now a baron so you got your own family crest. If you insist that you have taken a stray horse, Alexei-niisan will not be able to do anything reckless.”
I see…. So that’s the situation huh.
“Okay, I’ll take care of Silver on Gandalcia for a while.”
“Thanks. That’s a great help.”
Silver seems to be a smart horse, so I might as well talk to him properly. Otherwise, he might go back to the ranch on his own again.
“Silver, Alexei-oniisan may be after you, how about staying on this island for a while?”
“Brrrrrrr…… (I wonder if I should do that……)”
“The grass and vegetables here are delicious. I’m sure you’ll love them. Would you like to taste some?”
“Heeen (Good).”
Silver nodded as he shakes his maned. When I gave him some freshly cut grass, he opened his eyes wide.
“Heen! Hiiiin! (Yum!, This is yummy! )”
“Did you like it?”
“Brrr!”
Silver rubbed his head happily against me. I thought he was a scary horse, but looking at him like this, he’s quite charming. When he licked my hand, I can’t help but feel affection for him.
“As expected, it was the right decision to bring him to Cedie. I’ve never seen Silver become attached to someone this quickly.”
As we talked, Silver walked off on his own. Before I knew it, he seemed to have untied the reins by himself.
“Where are you going?”
“Brrrrrrr”
Hmm~, I don’t really understand horse language.
“Char, do you know what he’s talking about?”
“He said, he’s going to explore his new home. Char is going to show him around!”
With Char leading the way, it’ll be fine, I guess.
“Silver, I’m going to show you where to find the good apples.”
“Heen!”
Char jumped on Silver’s back.
Paul-oniisan was surprised seeing that.
“I can’t believe that Silver Season would allow someone to ride him this fast. Moreover, Char jumping on his back all of a sudden is really……”
“I think it’s because Char is special.”
“I thought so too.”
Char is also happy to have made a new friend. Silver and Char went strolling together happily.
“By the way, have you heard about Claire’s birthday party?”
“Yeah. I received an invitation for that too. Looks like I can’t miss it.”
I don’t really know what the relationship is like between Paul-oniisan and Claire. Claire would call him “Uncle Paul” but she would call me by my first name.
Maybe her closeness with Paul-oniisan is better than mine.
“What about your gift?”
“She asked for a specific gift. She wanted a foal. She had her eyes on the chestnut-haired horse born the day she visited.”
As expected, this Dantes father and daughter are so brazen.
“What did she ask from you Cedie?”
“She didn’t specify anything in particular, so I’m still not sure what to give.”
“It’s a good thing that Claire is still a kid. Otherwise, she would have told you to send her a box of Château Gandalcia Extra.”
That’s just the kind of thing Alexei-oniisan would say.
Thinking of my brazen eldest brother, I couldn’t help but smile wryly.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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