At that moment, a small child was brought in by someone who looked like a butler.
“Mommy!”
“Oh my, Ken-chan really is such a spoiled boy.”
“““Fufufu”””
A small child with blond hair—complete with wolf ears and a fluffy tail—ran up and clung tightly to the woman’s leg. Yes, with his look, he must be the child of the Margrave and this woman.
With the sudden appearance of the child, the tense atmosphere in the room softened all at once.
“Madam, what happened with the young master?”
“Oh, it’s fine. This happens all the time. Don’t worry about it.”
“I see. Then I shall carry the young master to the bedroom.”
“Please do.”
Without hesitation, the bear beastman butler lifted the unconscious Margrave as if he weighed nothing at all and carried him inside the mansion.
From their tone, it sounded like everything that had just happened was simply part of their normal routine.
“Now then, everyone, let’s move to the reception room. I already understand the general situation, but I’d like to hear the details properly.”
We were led to the reception room by the woman holding the child.
At this point, the Margrave—still unconscious—was clearly going to need some time before he recovered.
“Now then, we should properly introduce ourselves. I am Emilia, the Western Margrave’s wife. I’ve met Sue and the others once at the Royal Castle—this is our first meeting since then. And this little one is Kent, the future Margrave. Kent, say hello.”
“Hi!”
“““Hello!”””
Kent and Shiro cheerfully exchanged greetings, but I couldn’t help feeling that some extremely important information had just been casually left out.
“Shun, Emilia-sama is actually a former princess. She’s the daughter of the current King. She was very kind to us, even as daughters of lower nobility.”
“Huh?”
Wait—what did Sue just say?
The woman sitting right in front of me…
was a former princess?
“Emilia-sama was originally quite an active and spirited person, and she is skilled in self-defense.”
“And when she married into the Western Margrave’s family, she was trained even further. I’d say she’s arguably the best in the country when it comes to joint locks.”
“Ahh, you’re making me blush.”
“Mommy, you’re stronger than Daddy!”
Casey-san and Telma-san’s additional explanations only made my confusion deepen.
A former princess who is skilled in self-defense is already shocking enough on its own. And judging by Kent’s reaction, it seemed that the Margrave getting himself “dealt with” by Emilia-sama was not exactly a rare occurrence.
“Anyway, setting aside that idiot Dein for now—why did you two end up becoming adventurers?”
“My family and Telma’s family both have many daughters, and Count Kasuak disliked the idea of our families forming too many ties with other noble houses.”
“Mm. So they pressured us, saying that the youngest daughters wouldn’t be able to marry into a good noble house anyway, so it would be fine for us to become adventurers….”
“Hmm…”
Ah. At Emilia-sama’s reaction to their story, her mood visibly dropped. This definitely gives off a bad vibe.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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