“Unfortunately, we have some guests visiting at rather inconvenient timing. Father-in-law and my husband are currently in his office attending to them.”
“That certainly is unfortunate timing.”
“Well, they’re someone who has some connection to all of you, so I imagine they’ll come by here as well.”
I wondered who this person connected to us could possibly be, but for now, there was nothing we could do except wait.
“I’m truly glad that Sue was able to fulfill her duty and return home safely. I’m sure that was only possible because of all your help, Shun-san. Thank you so much.”
“Thank you as well. Sue helped us in all sorts of ways during our journey.”
“It was so much fun traveling with Big Sister Sue!”
““It was fun!””
We exchanged our thanks, but it was genuinely true that we had all enjoyed traveling together with Sue.
Then Sarah turned to Sue with a knowing smile.
“Sue, I’m so happy for you. You managed to catch yourself such a wonderful man.”
“S-Sister-in-law, I-I didn’t ‘catch’ him or anything…”
“Hehehe. Look at you, turning bright red. How cute.”
Yep. The romantic teasing had started here, too.
Sarah-san was grinning from ear to ear as she teased Sue, who was turning beet red and flusteredly trying to defend herself.
“Shun-san, you should know that Sue is actually a little afraid of men. Since everyone knew she was a noble girl whose father’s identity was unknown, boys her own age in particular used to tease her quite a bit.”
“Yeah, I can kind of understand that. When I first met Sue, she seemed afraid of all sorts of people.”
Well, that was partly because of the way that third son of the count’s family had bullied her. Compared to how she was back then, Sue had really grown into a strong person.
Click.
“That’s right. I think Sue has truly become stronger. Especially in her heart.”
“““Arisa-sama?!”””
““?””
The person who entered the reception room was none other than Arisa-sama, the wife of the Southern Margrave and the Guild Master of the Adventurer’s Guild there.
Sue, Shiro, and I were completely stunned by the unexpected reunion. Fran and Horn, however, had never met Arisa-sama before, so they had no idea what was going on.
“Hey, hey! Who’s this big sister?”
“Oh my, calling me ‘big sister’? What a sweet little girl.”
Fran asked me who Arisa-sama was, but being called a big sister had immediately put Arisa-sama in a good mood.
“Arisa-sama is the wife of the Southern Margrave, as well as the Guild Master of the Adventurer’s Guild.”
““Wow! That’s amazing! So cool!””
Fran and Horn were absolutely thrilled after hearing about Arisa-sama’s impressive background.
Incidentally, Arisa-sama was dressed in an elegant, dignified gown befitting the wife of a territorial lord today.
“Arisa-sama, these two are Fran and Horn. We met them and they became our companions in the Eastern Margrave’s territory.”
“I’m Fran!”
“I’m Horn.”
“Hehehe, aren’t you two energetic little cuties?”
Arisa-sama smiled warmly as she gently patted Fran and Horn on the head. The two of them gazed up at Arisa-sama with sparkling eyes, clearly looking up to her with admiration
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeneijiworks.com
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