Episode 58.
After getting ready to go back to the Caldert family, when I left the inn, Ephinia’s carriage was waiting for me.
“Subha… Hans, hurry up and get on.”
Epinia looked at Patrick, who was next to her, and called my alias.
“are you okay. Patrick knows.”
“Oh yeah? Suhar, get on board. Let the person next to you get on too.”
Me, Patrick, Ephinia and Messiah rode in the carriage.
Har was seated on the floor inside the wagon.
After looking at Har, Ephinia sent me a strange look.
“I heard it’s a silver wolf…?”
I knew that too. That is until recently.
“I don’t know. It’s my first time seeing it too. It looks like a silver wolf with horns… but rather than horns…”
“It’s like a little jewel.”
It may feel that way because it is still small.
What was certain was that the horns were different from the horns of the Silver Horned Wolf.
The Horned Silver Wolf’s horns are thought to have protruding white bones.
But Har’s horn was different. The tip is blunt and black. It also seemed a bit shiny.
“But he… why is he so cute?”
Epinia stroked Har.
Haru doesn’t move at all, as if it’s annoying to react.
I nodded and agreed to Ephinia’s words.
“Har is very cute.”
Besides, she had grown plump, no matter what she ate while I was gone.
“By the way, could you introduce the person next to you?”
Ephinia pointed at Patrick.
“Ah, this is my student Patrick.”
“student···?”
Epinia looked at me, wondering that Patrick looked older than me.
“Does strength have age? Just because you are stronger than me, you became my teacher.”
Hearing Patrick, I nodded my head.
That’s right a thousand or ten thousand times. What does age have to do with it?
“Ah, my name is Epinia Micener.”
uh?
What did Epinia say now?
Messiah, who was next to him, was also taken aback.
And Ephinia, who spoke up, was also taken aback.
Upon hearing Ephinia’s words, Patrick’s expression was spectacle.
“…?”
“Oh that···.”
Ephinia is sending me a helping eye.
There is nothing I can do.
Looking at Patrick’s expression, he seems to know what Epinia Miquener is.
There is nowhere to retreat.
“Just be honest… I told you that you were a senior I met at the academy.”
“sorry···.”
Ephinia looked at Patrick again.
“hello. My name is Epinia Mycenae, the first princess of the Mycenae Empire.”
“Ah… yes, yes…”
Patrick keeps repeating the answer, probably confused.
“That… First Princess…? I’m sorry…”
I was still restless.
I patted Patrick on the side and he fell to his stomach.
It was Patrick’s sudden action.
As if in trouble, Ephinia lifted Patrick up.
“It’s embarrassing if you do this. I just want you to know me as Master’s friend.”
“Patrick… I’m ashamed of myself.”
Patrick stood up cautiously.
and said
“Then, how should I call you in the future?”
“Ea is enough.”
“I understand, Ean.”
What was kept secret at best was revealed in an instant by mistake.
But I felt relieved to not have to hide it.
“By the way, how long will it take to Caldert?”
“I do not know. But one thing is certain.”
Epinia knocked on the carriage and said.
“With this wagon, you’ll be able to arrive faster than usual.”
this wagon. I felt it when I rode it before.
“This carriage was made by Baron Drake, right?”
“uh···? How do you know Baron Drake?”
I got to know him through a request.
“in fact···.”
He told me about what had happened before with Baron Drake.
“Ah… Kirton…”
“But Baron Drake never told me.”
Epinia nodded.
“yes. Actually, the only ones who know about the Kirton family are a few aristocrats who belong to the imperial family.”
“Are you from the imperial family…?”
“You and the Kingdom of Roto fight with the royal faction and the aristocratic faction. The empire is the same.”
My head hurts from such political talk, and I was busy even if I only cared about Yeongji, so I didn’t care about that at all before returning.
“That’s why the Kirton family is used when direct members of the imperial family use it as a pseudonym… If you say it carelessly, you’ll get into trouble.”
It was only then that he understood Baron Drake.
Just saying it for nothing could cause a big problem.
“okay.”
***
We arrived at the Caldert family’s estate.
Thanks to the carriage made by Baron Drake, it was a comfortable trip.
Upon arrival, there was a bit of a fight about choosing a place to stay.
“Um… I’m sorry about letting guests sleep at a nearby inn…”
“No, I think it would be burdensome for you.”
“Right, Master. Not one or two, but three.”
I’m listening to it, but somehow I feel offended.
“No, I can sleep three people!”
Epinia sighed.
“Yeah, I know I can put you to sleep. It’s been a while since I’ve seen my parents, so would it be right to bring guests?”
“That’s… that’s right.”
“therefore! We’ll wait here, so take your time and talk to your family.”
“yes.”
Well, Ephinia is right.
After deciding on an inn, I headed to Caldert Street.
‘Ugh… I’m nervous.’
In fact, it was meaningful to take guests.
It’s like a child, but it’s been a long time since I’ve been going home, so I felt a bit afraid or unfamiliar.
‘Besides, he ran away from home and then returned.’
He said he wrote a letter and left, but he couldn’t help being nervous.
I was stopped by a guard at the main entrance to Caldert Street.
“uh···?”
“There is no entry here.”
“huh···?”
“This is the residence of the Caldert family, and public access is prohibited.”
Is it because I haven’t seen you for a long time that you can’t recognize my face?
It was only then that I realized one thing.
‘I had black hair now!’
The impression changes just by having a different hair color.
If she looked good when she was blonde, many critics say that she looks cold now.
“Ha ha ha, I am Suhar.”
A guard paused for a moment. I took a closer look at my face and was startled.
“Brother Suhar!?”
“long time no see!”
Perhaps because the guards were shouting loudly, the eyes of the people inside the mansion were focused on me.
Among them were some familiar faces.
“uh···? Suhar?”
“Alt hyung!”
It was Alt, the second son of the Caldert family and my older brother.
“What are you doing?”
Alt-hyung was holding a bow in his hand.
It looked like he was practicing archery.
“Now that the race for successor is coming to an end, I have to find my own way to live.”
Usually, the competition for successors ends, and those who have not become successors are encouraged to become independent.
Of course, they could remain in the family, but in most cases, they could not overcome the notice or pressure of their retainers and left on their own.
“Well then brother…”
In the first place, Alt-hyung had no particular interest in the successor race. that is so.
“Are you thinking of leaving the family and becoming a hunter?”
Alt hyung liked animals.
But I also liked raising and hunting.
“Um… maybe?”
“I see.”
Practicing archery is probably in order to become a hunter later.
“By the way, what about your father?”
“He went to the capital of the kingdom for work.”
“I see···. When will you be back?”
“A week later?”
I can’t wait to see my father’s face.
Looking at Alt hyung, I wondered what the other siblings were doing.
“Who is Sister Serea?”
Sister Serea, the eldest daughter of the Caldert family.
Dave must be busy with his successor.
“Sister Celea recently got engaged.”
“…?”
What did Alt hyung just say? I wondered if I had heard wrong.
“Sister Celea is engaged?”
“Yes, the other person is a commoner.”
Besides, you married a commoner?
I knew Sister Serea didn’t care about that, but to think she married a commoner.
It was just amazing.
“Should I call the other man, no, my brother-in-law? So, what is that person doing?”
“It’s the blacksmith.”
Sister Serea and the blacksmith.
It was a completely unsuitable combination.
“It’s amazing, how did you meet?”
“I was just… going around to make friends with the soldiers, and we met at the blacksmith’s.”
I never thought that this would have happened to anyone without me.
Moreover, unlike before the return, Sister Serea’s fate has changed.
“Then… who is Milia…?”
He spoke carefully.
I was most curious about Milia’s current situation.
“Hmm… should I say that people have changed…? Well, his personality has completely changed.”
Perhaps the changed personality now is Milia-sama’s real personality.
Rather than that, I was more curious about Sister Milia’s personality.
“You were imprisoned when I left.”
I was curious about the story behind it.
Before leaving, he explained to his father in detail what kind of jewel Medlock was and left.
Milia also explained that it was not something she did because she wanted to punish herself.
“Thanks to you explaining everything and leaving, Milia was released relatively early. And he didn’t come out of the room for a while.”
“why?”
“I heard later that he was surprised that he had tried to do such a thing.”
If so, where are you now?
“Then, where is Milia?”
“There is a reason why people say that people have changed. These days, he accompanied the soldiers and helped the commoners.”
If it had been older sister Millia, it would have never been done.
“I went a little further this time.”
“I see.”
If so, who will remain in the Caldert family?
“Then, who remains in the Caldert family?”
“Me and Dave are done. Since my father has gone to the kingdom’s capital, I’m taking care of simple tasks instead of him.”
Right.
“Then what about your mother?”
“My mother left with my father.”
Too bad.
“I think I should go see Dave.”
“Dave will be in the office. By the way, Suhar.”
“why?”
“Is the runaway over now? After all, the race for succession is almost over.”
At Alt-hyung’s words, I was silent.
I ran away, and this is how I came back.
Alt hyung told me that the cause of the runaway was also over.
‘Because I ran away because I didn’t want to be the heir.’
however.
“I’m just going to stay outside a little longer.”
There was a new relationship I met while running away from home, and there was also an affair with Ephinia.
I thought I would like to see the world a little more.
“Not a bad idea.”
“yes!”
I left Brother Alt and headed for Dave’s office.
A loud sigh came from inside the office.
I smiled and opened the door to the office after a simple knock.
“Ahem! Why can the sound of sighing be heard outside the office!”
“Oh, isn’t it… Suhar?”
Dave hyung recognized me right away, even though I had black hair.
“Are you back?”
“yes.”
“So, are you still staying at the Caldert family?”
“That’s not right. I have to leave again soon.”
“okay? Your father or mother will miss you a lot.”
It is unavoidable.
“How are you anyway?”
What do you do as a successor?
“It tastes like death… I never dreamed that my father was working so hard.”
I grinned.
Having already experienced it, I know how intense the work is.
Actually, it was harder for me.
My father was ill, so I took care of everything.
“Struggling!”
“Don’t you want to think about it again?”
“What?”
“Heir!”
“it’s okay. Do you think I would agree to that now?”
“That’s not…”
Dave must have said it as a joke.
After that, I brought up the story of running away from home and solved the problem with Dave.