We set off from the mansion and made our way toward the plaza on foot, everyone walking together.
“Yaaay, I’m with Oneechan!”
“Yes, I’m very happy to be with Kent-sama as well.”
Kent-chan was walking hand in hand with Toria-chan, both of them smiling brightly. As for Toria-chan, even though she carried the blood of the Margrave household, she never stepped outside her position as an attendant.
That was likely heavily influenced by her mother, Maria-san.
“She’s smiling more now. I suppose Maria-san recovering has something to do with it.”
“Indeed. Maria was on long-term medical leave due to a chest illness. Toria must have been relieved.”
From what I heard, Maria-san had been suffering from a chest-related illness and had been in treatment for about a year. The former Margrave had been deeply worried as well, occasionally visiting her to check on her condition.
“Oh, isn’t that the former Margrave? With your daughter and grandchild today?”
“She really does look like her mother—what a beautiful girl. Completely different from that rowdy son of yours.”
“Hah, well, that’s because Emilia-sama keeps him on a tight leash.”
“Can’t argue with that. As long as Emilia-sama is around, the Margrave household is safe.”
It seemed the townspeople were well aware of Maria-san and Toria-chan’s circumstances.
The things they casually said to them were honestly quite outrageous—but since neither of them seemed to mind, neither Sue nor I said anything either.
And just like that, we arrived at the plaza without incident.
“Wow, it’s as big as a martial arts tournament venue!”
“There’s even a stage.”
“Are they going to do something here?”
The plaza was already bustling with workers constructing something, and just like during the martial arts tournament, large spectator stands were being built all around. Amidst the activity, the person in charge of the site approached the former Margrave and Emilia-sama.
“Oh, good work. How’s the progress?”
“It is proceeding without issue Sir. We are about to begin setting up the temporary altar.”
“This year’s harvest has been excellent, so we must offer even more gratitude to the gods than usual.”
So the harvest festival really was just a week away, and preparations were going smoothly.
A “temporary altar”? So maybe it’s used to report the harvest to the gods?
“You probably don’t know this, but weddings are held during the harvest festival. It’s said that love comes to fruition alongside the harvest—it’s a kind of good-luck tradition.”
“Oh, that sounds really lovely.”
A harvest festival wedding—honestly, it was quite an interesting tradition. Sue and the others, being girls around that age, had their eyes sparkling with excitement. Apparently, many ordinary townspeople would attend as well, all gathering to celebrate the bride and groom together.
It was easy to see how much everyone in the city looked forward to it.
“Sue and the Shiro-chan group, I’d like you to help with the behind-the-scenes work for the weddings during the harvest festival. It’ll be good practice for your own weddings in the future.”
“““Yes, please let us do it!”””
“““We’ll do our best!”””
Right. I remember even in my past life, weddings were often something handled by women. Sue and the others, as well as Shiro’s group, were completely fired up by Emilia-sama’s request.
I guess marriage really is something many women dream about.
Wait. What exactly am I supposed to be doing?
“Shun, you’ll be helping with the Margrave household’s food stalls. Toria will be assisting you. You’ve run stalls in many regions, and above all, you’re known as the ‘Lightning Chef’ you see.”
“Eh?”
“Shun-sama, I will do my very best to assist you.”
“Hahaha. I’m counting on you, Shun.”
“Huh?”
Emilia-sama…. I was hoping to do something other than cooking…
But judging from her smiling face, Toria-chan’s eager expression, and the former Margrave looking on from the sidelines with arms crossed—there was no way I could break through that fortress.
“Ugh.”
Once again, I crumpled to the ground.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeneijiworks.com
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