“While it is not unusual for a guardian lord to have some say in the marriages of those under their protection, there is absolutely no precedent for simply telling them to become adventurers from the start. Sue has also been subject to various comments regarding marriage. In her case, it’s a one-year limited-term arrangement for adventuring, provided there are no issues.”
“Actually… Lord Kasuak told us that since Sue-san is already working as an adventurer, it shouldn’t be a problem for us to become adventurers as well.”
“We did try to explain that we knew Sue-san’s adventuring term was limited to one year, but… they refused to listen to anything we said.”
“That Count has always been foolish, but this has gone beyond foolishness. Give me a moment.”
Ah… so that Count Kasuak had been exploiting Sue’s situation as justification to force Casey-san and Telma-san into becoming adventurers.
Emilia-sama’s anger seemed to deepen even further as she picked up a tablet-like magical device—one that Sue also used—and began tapping at it rapidly.
“Tail—ooh~, same!”
“Yeah, we match.”
“Fran has a tail too!”
“Horn doesn’t have one…”
At some point, Kent had wandered over to Shiro’s group, and now they were all happily swaying their tails together. Horn, being a celestial race, didn’t have a tail, but she flapped her wings instead.
It was an incredibly peaceful, heartwarming scene but I had a feeling Kent might actually be escaping here because he could sense his mother’s killing intent radiating through the room.
“Alright, I’ve reported everything to my father as well. It should be all taken care of.”
“““……”””
Emilia-sama said it with a satisfied smile, as if she had just finished a simple task.
But… her father is the King, right?
All of us—me included—were left completely speechless. At this point, Count Kasuak had really gone and made an enemy of someone he absolutely should not have.
“Hmm… Since it will take about two weeks for the national army to arrive from the royal capital, how will you two be spending your time?”
“If it’s all right, we’d like to continue adventuring and learn as much as we can.”
“We also want to observe things from a commoner’s perspective.”
“That’s a good way to learn. And with the harvest festival coming up, there’s plenty of work to be done. Sue, make sure you teach them properly as adventurers.”
“Yes. I’ll do my best to teach them.”
Casey-san and Telma-san’s determination made Emilia-sama nod happily.
Honestly, not just Sue—but I felt like I should help teach them as well.
At that moment, the butler who had earlier carried the Margrave in so easily entered the reception room.
“Excuse me. The guest rooms have been prepared.”
“Thank you. Sue, would you prefer to share a room with Shun? You were sharing rooms during your journey anyway, weren’t you?”
“W-what?! T-th-that’s not the case at all!”
Sue’s face turned bright red as she hurriedly denied it. Well, it was clear Emilia-sama was teasing her on purpose.
As for me, I simply continued talking about our journey, quietly waiting for Sue’s embarrassment to cool down.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeneijiworks.com
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