108 – Each person’s matter
While Ariel left a deep scar on his father’s heart, Edgar briefly moved to meet Creed.
“You look lonely now that you’re alone.”
“So it is.”
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Leonel and Enya, who were always together when he visited Creed, were not there.
This is because as they became adults, the two of them got angry and went their separate ways.
Because of that, Edgar has often visited this place recently.
I heard from Helene that the other kids are coming soon, but it’s because I thought Creed would be pretty bored until then.
“Aren’t you comfortable living in a castle when no one is around? You won’t be bored.”
“I have been living here for several years. I am comfortable here now.”
“It’s like Mr. Creed.”
Edgar, who shrugged and sat across from me, asked about the children soon to be here.
He hadn’t even heard that someone was coming in detail, so he wondered if Creed would know more details.
“Okay. I heard that this time it was a pair of a man and a woman… I’ll probably arrive midweek, so why don’t you see it in person then?”
“You don’t seem to know much about Creed either.”
“I have heard brief information, but it is only approximate. The details are something I need to learn as I get closer to the children.”
Creed laughed, saying that it would be nice if they were just obedient children.
“Were the other kids like me obedient?”
“It was like that. It’s just that you were a little like an old kid, and Enya was a really nice kid.”
“Leo is completely out of the question.”
“Because it’s so stupid. Well, it was nice that it wasn’t quiet thanks to that.”
Still, Leonel wasn’t a disobedient child, Creed added.
If I had to say it, it’s because it’s a bit mischievous, because I tend to follow the rules and Creed’s words fairly straight.
“Did you get any letters?”
“Don’t talk. ’cause I’m tired of coming Especially Leo, he wants to send me a letter like a girl, wondering what he has so much to say… … .”
Even if he said that, Creed had a proud look in his eyes.
Edgar guessed that the reason why there was no mention of Enya was probably because the two were headed to the same place.
Enya had always wanted to serve someone.
I don’t think I’m very serious, but I’ve talked about dreams like this and that, saying that it would be just right to assist them by their side.
So, Edgar implicitly asked how it would be like to assist Leonel, who would become the next knight commander, and Enya responded surprisingly positively.
After that, he had no way of knowing how he decided on the direction of his dreams, but since the destination was the same, he assumed that he had probably decided on that path.
“I wonder if Leo will really become the knight commander.”
“It wouldn’t be impossible. But that guy seemed to have changed his dream.”
“Have you changed?”
“I’ve never put it into words, but when I saw it, I vaguely had that kind of atmosphere.”
The story that Leonel’s dream had changed was the first news that even Edgar had heard.
If so, in what direction did it change?
Since he was a friend who had always expressed his aspirations to become a knight commander, Edgar could not easily imagine him changing his dream.
“I hope you make a good choice.”
“So it is. Even if he was a bit brutish, he wasn’t stupid, so he’ll take care of himself.”
Creed felt mixed feelings as he emptied the glass on the table.
I’ve been taking care of some children before, but this was the first time I’d watched them until they became adults, so I felt a little different.
The fact that he started drinking alone alone from early today was actually because of a letter from Leonel.
I hope both of you will live well wherever you go without any discomfort.
And I wish you good results.
I had never even been married, but I inadvertently wondered if this would be how it would feel to raise children.
“The glass is empty. Shall I follow you?”
“Have a drink while you’re here. It’s a pretty good drink.”
“I’ll have a little drink. If you smell like alcohol in front of Ariel, you’ll hear it again.”
“Tskz, it seems obvious that he will already be captured.”
Creed clicked his tongue as he filled the empty glass himself, wanted to hear Edgar’s current situation, so he began to ask about this and that.
“I guess I should go to bed early tonight.”
I thought that I was really pitiful for being so rude no matter how old I was.
Rather, did it become like this because I got older?
But for some reason it wasn’t a bad feeling. Creed was very curious about that.
* * * * * * *
“Are you talking about the lady-in-waiting?”
At the owner’s sudden question, Shuri tilted her head and asked back.
Returning to the room, ignoring Sylvia’s call, Ariel immediately asked if she hadn’t heard of the handmaiden Sheppy taught.
I wanted to ask why all of a sudden, but I heard something. No, it was someone I had met before.
“Yeah, haven’t you heard anything?”
“ah… If you are a lady-in-waiting raised by your mother, you must be referring to Linen.”
“Lee?”
It was the first name Ariel had ever heard.
In the first place, it would be normal for a child who was secretly taught by Sheppy to not know.
“Yes, Line is a nickname and her real name is Eline, but she is a very cute friend. Although I cry a little.”
“A crybaby… Are there any problems with your abilities?”
“I see. I have a timid personality, but I tend to do things very neatly. Even my mother praised it often.”
Ariel knows better than anyone that Sheppy is quite the swordsman at work.
Shuri, who is helping her now, also said that Sheppy taught her directly and maintained strictness even when teaching my daughter.
“Age is?”
“Seventeen… it will work Because he said he was three years younger than me.”
“Yeah… It’s dangerous.”
“Yes?”
“Oh, no. The words came out wrong.”
Far from coming out wrong, it was at the level of revealing his true intentions, but Ariel, who somehow managed to clear his throat, refreshed the atmosphere.
“I, so… Pretty?”
“Are you pretty… Are you talking about Linen’s appearance?”
“Yes.”
“… … ?”
Suddenly, Shuri tilted her head, wondering why she was asking about the maid’s appearance.
I was just starting to have doubts about Linen, whom I had no contact with, but now I can’t believe he’s even asking about his appearance. Did something happen overnight?
In any case, it was the owner’s question, so she had to answer it, so Shuri pondered Eline’s face and evaluated her appearance, albeit shallowly.
“I don’t know by the standards of a young lady, but from my point of view, she is a very pretty child. It might be more accurate to say cute rather than pretty.”
“Isn’t seventeen enough to be considered pretty?”
It may be different for each person, but in Ariel’s eyes, seventeen is the time when beauty starts to bloom.
Even so, it’s cute rather than pretty. It was hard to say for sure, so I wondered if he was just expressing it that way.
“Actually, Line is very small. He’s smaller than me… … .”
“… Ah, I know what you mean.”
When Shuri added an explanation, Ariel finally understood and nodded.
In other words, rather than saying she isn’t pretty, it’s probably because she’s so small that she looks like a small animal, so she’s cute.
Shuri’s body is on the small side among women, but if she’s smaller than that, it won’t be strange to look cute no matter what she does.
“Me, lady.”
“Why?”
“I don’t know if I can ask you this, but why are you curious about Line? It must be a child who has never met the lady… … .”
Eventually, Shuri asked a question to clear up the doubts she had been harboring for a while.
That would also be the case, because Ariel was basically the one who didn’t care much about others.
When she suddenly asked about a girl she hadn’t met, it meant that something was entangled with her.
Meanwhile, Ariel also expected Shuri to ask about this.
She was about to sort out how to answer in her head, so she opened her mouth as calmly as possible, gently combing her hair.
“It’s no big deal. I just asked because I was curious that she might become Ed’s handmaid.”
“Bocchan’s handmaid… Are you talking? It’s the first I’ve heard of it.”
“Looking at your reaction, it seems that way. So, how are you? Wouldn’t it be enough to have her as Ed’s maid?”
“well… Of course, from my point of view, I think he’s a good enough kid, but I don’t know if the young lady and the young boy will like it… … .”
Historically, there are some rough parts in asserting such matters from the point of view of subordinates.
Everyone’s eyes are different, and even if Shuri’s eyes are full, the two of them might not see each other.
That’s why Ariel nodded slightly as she watched Shuri cautiously swallowing her gossip.
It wasn’t that I didn’t understand her point of view.
“Anyway, okay. Maybe we should meet up with Ed next time.”
“yes… Me, but miss… … .”
“yes?”
Shuri opened her mouth again to unravel the last remaining piece of curiosity, calling her cautiously as the questions that had been piling up for a while ago remained unanswered.
“I understand why you were curious about Line… Why did you ask about your appearance?”
“… uh?”
Ariel stopped, her eyes wide open, realizing she hadn’t thought of that.
How else am I supposed to explain this?
Bonamana, telling the truth is enough to be ridiculed again.
At first, Ariel thought about selling Edgar’s name, but decided that she couldn’t commit the same folly twice, considering what she had done yesterday.
In the end, seeing a compromise with moderate evasiveness, she opened her mouth without expressing it as much as possible.
“Well, maybe I just asked because I was curious. What’s so special about it?”
“It is, but… You’ve hardly ever asked a question like that. I was wondering if there was some other reason.”
“Oh no! So don’t worry! got it?”
It came out in a way that was too catchy, so Shuri was rather suspicious.
However, knowing that poking Ariel in this state would only make her angry, she decided to back off for now.
‘If I ask the young master, maybe he knows?’
Without even guessing what would happen if Ariel found out about this again.
There was a fierce battle between masters and servants who cheated and deceived each other.