156 – Scene 156# Notification
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The next morning, I woke up and immediately prepared for discharge.
I still have a lot of work to do, so I changed my clothes to go straight to school instead of the mansion.
Bella and Blanche returned at sunset yesterday. I made sure I was healthy, and it was clear that Duke Fred would be worried if I left the house any longer.
And Helga returned to the mansion late at night. I had made her do something, and I had to tell Aslan that I had awakened, so I couldn’t stay forever.
So everyone was quickly going back to their daily lives.
It was the same with the girl in front of him.
“Count! I-I’ll help you!”
The moment I was about to pick up my tie, Wendy quickly intercepted it in the middle. She was already in her school uniform when she was about to go to school with me. She also had to fulfill her duties as a student again from today.
“Ugh… .”
Wendy tried to tie a tie around my neck, but she was short of my height.
It was cute how he raised his tiptoe and somehow tried to put a tie around my neck, but I couldn’t keep watching him.
“done. I won’t do it myself.”
“Oh no! I can do it!”
Wendy, who was looking around, brought a chair next to her and stood up using it as a stepping stone. Then, this time, Wendy was in a position to slightly look down at me.
As if the situation was a bit strange, Wendy hesitated and opened her mouth.
“I think the Count is really tall… .”
“… is it?”
“Yes. Ha, aren’t you always afraid to look down from such a high place… ? Well, I’m scared even if it’s this high… .”
I almost burst out laughing at that statement.
Indeed, it was a question like a pure child.
I looked into Wendy’s eyes.
Tristan’s face was visible through her unspoilt eyes.
An arrogant young man who seems to be infatuated with everyone except himself. But as much as his eyes were chillingly cold.
Wendy averted her gaze and began to put on my tie, perhaps because she was afraid of me.
I opened my mouth slowly.
“It is not scary. Because I grew little by little.”
“Yes?”
“Wendy, do you remember the time I climbed the Stairs of Truth with you?”
“Ah, yes. I remember.”
“Didn’t you reach the top of the stairs without even knowing it? If you go up one notch, you will eventually reach it.”
“One by one… .”
I spoke to her in as soft a voice as possible.
“It may feel high now, but when you grow taller, you will naturally get used to the high view. If you wait, someday you too-.”
“But I, I… .”
“… ?”
After finishing her tie, Wendy hesitated and opened her mouth.
“I am… . I want to grow up quickly… .”
“Do you want to grow taller?”
“Not just height, everything… . stir… . I want to become an adult soon… !”
Hmm?
When I looked at Wendy, a blush appeared on my cheeks.
“Why?”
“That, that… ! Yes, I can tie a tie to the Count without a chair… ! When we walk together, I can match the count’s stride… . oh! Ha, you can wear high heels… . In addition… !”
Wendy speaks gibberish with a bright red face.
Have you always worried about that?
Perhaps that was the image she had in mind of being the exclusive maid of the count’s family. It must have been a burden to rise to a high position at a young age.
Somehow, I felt sorry for Wendy’s nervousness.
“Wendy.”
“Yes?”
“Don’t be in a hurry.”
“Huh, heeik?!”
I grabbed Wendy’s waist and lifted her up. If I had been married and had a daughter, I might have done this.
Startled, Wendy made a strange noise and froze stiffly.
“It is not good to become an adult overnight. Even if you’re a child, as long as you act as my exclusive maid, that’s fine.”
“… … .”
I said as I put her feet in the shoes she had taken off.
“You are still doing well. so… . You don’t have to worry about that.”
“… … Yes.”
Wendy was in the mood to say something more, but she quietly nodded.
After getting ready, we left the hospital to get into the carriage.
We found the Ruelberta family’s luxurious carriage parked at the hospital’s main entrance.
By the way… . Next to it, he saw a wagon as gorgeous as Ruelberta’s wagon.
When I saw the pattern of a deer with two faces in gold and silver among the colorful decorations of the carriage, I realized whose carriage it was.
An SS knight guarding the carriage recognized me and approached.
“Count Ruelberta. I’m glad you feel better.”
“Well.”
“Today, His Majesty personally said that he would take the Count to school in the imperial carriage. Please get on.”
It seems that he heard the news of me and came to see me in the morning.
He’s a really hot-tempered guy.
Through the carriage window, I saw the emperor wearing a golden deer mask waiting for me. But I had no intention of going along.
“Not required.”
“… Yes? what is that… .”
The SS knight made a puzzled expression.
I must have never thought that the emperor would refuse me like this when he personally came to see me.
But I am Tristan. The emperor or anyone else can’t tell me this or that.
More than anything… .
“I’d rather ride in my carriage than ride in such a shabby carriage.”
“Cho, that’s shabby… !? Count! You are talking too much!”
In fact, the word shabby is not an overstatement. Compared to ordinary carriages, it was true that the emperor’s carriage was far superior.
However, it was incomparable to the luxurious carriage of the Luelberta family.
“That carriage is the best carriage in the imperial family! Besides, His Majesty himself-“
“There is nothing more to hear. I will ride in my carriage.”
“Count?!”
I ignored the guards and the emperor and got on the Ruelberta family’s carriage. Wendy hesitated for a moment as well, then followed me and got on.
By the way… . An unexpected thing happened.
“wait.”
Following Wendy, riding in the carriage was the emperor, a girl wearing a golden deer mask.
“If you don’t want to ride in Jim’s carriage, Jim will ride in yours. Is this okay?”
“your majesty?!”
I thought I would just go back, but I didn’t know that the emperor would come out so aggressively.
There’s nothing you can do about it if you do this.
I finally nodded.
“… Do what you like.”
“Then excuse me. You guys go back to the imperial palace.”
“Yes, but Your Majesty!”
“I don’t listen to objections.”
The emperor closed the carriage door and sat across from me.
Leaving behind the stupefied SS driver, the wagon we rode set off towards the university.
For a moment there was an awkward silence between the three of them.
Wendy, who suddenly faced the emperor, was at a loss. It’s a good thing I didn’t faint, as I was facing the tallest man in the country up close.
The Emperor, on the other hand, was staring out the window.
There was a strange sense of incongruity in her appearance.
The confident attitude a while ago was nowhere to be found, and he looked quite anxious.
And I thought I knew why.
“Your acting skills are quite good.”
“… … !”
At my words, the emperor flinched and responded.
Seeing the reaction, I was convinced.
“But in my wagon, I don’t have to force myself to play ‘Luna.’”
“Luna… ? As for Luna… .”
Hearing the familiar name, Wendy tilted her head.
Come to think of it, Wendy probably didn’t know yet.
“Whoa… … .”
The emperor took off the deer mask he was wearing on his head. Wendy’s eyes widened when she saw a familiar face revealed in it.
“uh… … Luna… sir?”
“Nope. It’s not ‘Luna’.”
The emperor, who took out his glasses from his bosom and put them on, looked at Wendy with a bit of bitterness and said,
“Let me introduce myself again. I’m ‘Lucy’ Meikahel. Rules the ‘day’ of this country… . I am the emperor.”
“Lu, wasn’t it Luna!?”
“That name is my pseudonym and the shape of the night. I’m sorry I lied to you until now.”
“No, my God… … .”
Wendy was shocked to learn that her classmate was the emperor of this country.
Seeing that, Lucy bowed her head.
“Now that this has happened, I will be honest. Wendy, approaching you was all intentional on my part. So it’s okay if you hate me. I don’t care if you criticize me. Miss Wendy deserves it.”
“that… . me, i… .”
The reason why the emperor entered the school as a student, hiding his identity, must have been to find out who the heir to the blood of the warrior was.
Being a hero is bound to be at the center of confusion, in a good or bad way.
Even more, the emperor must have been anxious to hear that the Ruelberta family, which was hostile to the imperial family, had a warrior.
Whether the hero is the one who will save the world in chaos or the puppet of the Ruelberta family.
In the meantime, the Emperor must have known how harmless Wendy was. Also, the disguised identity and dual personality have been discovered by me for a long time.
He must have decided that there was no need to hide it from Wendy.
Leaving Wendy, who was shocked and contemplated, the emperor, Lucy Meikahel, spoke to me.
“Listen. count. The reason I came here today was to check on your safety, but to convey the words of ‘Luna’ instead.”
Lucy let out a small breath and notified.
“From now on, the Empire plans to conquer the northern, Northern Garden.”