Chapter 133: Waiting
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When we moved to another room, a table with a tea set was already prepared for us. As expected from a duchal household. The maids in here were really professional at their work.
“Your Highness, I’m deeply sorry for what I’ve said earlier.”
After all of us already sat down on our seats, Adele-sama apologized again first.
“No, please do not worry about it. I’ve never gone to any gathering party ever since I became an adventurer the moment I turned into an adult. Things have changed so much since those days so I understand why you mistook me.”
Adele-sama herself hadn’t said anything specific to Fer-san but she must be apologizing on the behalf of her family. The coming of age in this country was 18 years old, right? Fer-san was 27 years old so that meant it had been 9 years since he became an adventurer.
“Fufu~ Ren-kun, you must be curious. If I may say it myself… I’ve changed a lot. When I came of age, I was still capricious. My hair was short and my body was thin too so at a single glance, I must’ve looked like an entirely different person. Besides, my clothes are different now too. Noblemen in general rarely get to see the pictures of royals being sold in public.”
“I see.”
I had been staring at Fer-san, wondering how much he had changed in the span of 9 years when he explained it to me himself. A short haired and slender Fer-san… Since now Fer-san looked like a beautiful man, he must’ve looked adorable back then.
The portraits of royals that they sold in public must be similar to the photographs of idols being sold in Japan. Maybe the young children here liked to collect the portraits of beautiful and handsome royals. Or maybe they also liked to collect the portraits of handsome knights or adventurers. Of course the portraits of my fiancés, who were very beautiful, must be very popular too.
I wonder if noblemen like Jair-sama had seen things like those too?
“Mother, I think it’ll be discourteous of us to keep apologizing persistently.”
“… You’re right. Your Highness, if there’s anything you need then please do not hesitate to contact us. We will do our utmost best to help you.”
“It’s fine.”
Alex-sama, who had been sitting with us, whispered to Adele-sama. Adele-sama then nodded her head in agreement and then said so to Fer-san.
“I’m sorry for my father’s rudeness earlier. My name is Alex. I’m Chris’ younger brother.”
“Allow me to introduce myself again then. I’m Ferdinand Aspel.”
“I’m Sigurd Tyselius.”
Alex-sama slightly bowed his head as he introduced his name to us. Just like what Chris-san had said, his face resembled Adele-sama. His face looked intricately designed, like a doll. When he made a serious face, he looked a little bit scary. Syutina-san also resembled her mother, Adele-sama. But although she had the same doll-like face, her cuteness was more prominent while Alex-sama had a more crisp look. Just from his face alone, Alex-sama looked like he was the typical good virtues people.
Although their features were similar, maybe because of the slight difference in the arrangement of their face? The two of them gave off different impressions. Although when they were sitting side by side like this, you could easily tell they were siblings.
I could see Chris-san and Mau-san resembled their father while Syutina-san and Alex-sama resembled their mother.
“Umm…”
Fer-san and Sig-san had introduced themselves again along with their last name. Should I do the same too?
“Ren-san, I know what you’re thinking. It’s alright. Although as you already know, my brother is quite the frivolous one. Are you sure you’re alright with someone like him?”
Just when I was wondering if I should introduce myself again or not, Alex-sama already told me that I didn’t need to. He then asked me that with a straight expression on his face.
Do I look that obvious….?
“Yes. There is no one more wonderful than Chris-san. Rather, I think I’m the one who’s lacking.”
Certainly, from what I had heard, Chris-san had spent his life quite frivolously. Even though he was the oldest son of a duke, he still decided to become an adventurer. But even if he was like that, Chris-san was still wonderful. Ever since we first met, Chris-san always put me first, he almost never let me feel like he was frivolous.
Rather, I believed Chris-san deserved someone better than me but since he already told me that he loved me, I wanted to stay by his side as long as he still felt that way. That was why I could confidently answer Alex-sama’s question.
“I see. Then if that’s the case, I will leave my brother in your care.”
Alex-sama, who had been giving off a stiff expression on his face all this time, finally smiled. He slightly nodded his head as he replied to my answer.
I guess he must be feeling worried about his brother’s marriage? They really have such a good relationship.
“Then… The purpose for His Highness Ferdinand to visit us today is….?”
While Alex-sama and I were smiling to each other, Adele-sama asked that.
“Oh, right. I haven’t told you yet. They are Ren’s other fiancés. That’s why we come here together. I think I did tell father that I’m going to have a polygamous marriage with Ren as the center of our relationship?”
Right. We hadn’t told them that Fer-san and Sig-san were also my fiancés.
“……. We’ve heard about that but I believe we hadn’t heard anything about another person coming with you?”
“Because I didn’t tell father about that. If I told him that someone as important as His Highness Ferdinand is going to come, I’m sure he would throw a welcoming party for us, right? I’ve received permission from the person himself to not tell father about his arrival.”
“Indeed…”
Hearing Chris-san’s answer, Alex-sama looked like he couldn’t help but to agree.
I see… So he only told them that he’s going to have a polygamous marriage?
Just like what Chris-san had said. If he had told them that a royal would come, today’s occasion would change from Chris-san coming to inform his engagement to a welcoming party for Fer-san. Hearing this, Alex-sama nodded in understanding.
“Well then. Now that we’ve done what we came here to do, let’s go home.”
“Huh?”
“What?! Big brother, you’re not going to stay over today?! I already told my family that I’m going to stay over at my parents’ house because I want to talk with my brother!”
Chris-san took the cup of tea from the table and drank it all in one go. He then quickly stood up from his seat and told us to return now. Syutina-san was surprised, I was surprised too.
Isn’t it a little bit too fast? I don’t think we’ve been here for more than an hour yet.
Moreover, it seemed Syuti-san had left the family house ever since she got married. She rarely got the chance to meet with Chris-san so it was given that she had so much to talk about with him…
“Syuti… I understand. I will spend more time talking with my father and the others here… Ren, I will be staying here today. I’m sorry but I guess Ren and the others will have to stay at the inn today.”
Chris-san sighed. He felt reluctant but he decided to stay here for today.
I guess in this kind of condition, Jair-sama and the others couldn’t just say,”Sure, goodbye then.”.
“Ren-san and the others are not going to stay here too?”
“If they stay here, they won’t be able to feel at ease, won’t they?”
It looked like we were going to stay at the inn again today. Syuti-san told us to just stay over too but while it seemed they would gladly welcome Fer-san, I couldn’t say the same about me and Sig-san. Just like what Chris-san had said, I was feeling tired too so I would rather stay at an inn instead.
“We will be staying at an inn. Chris must’ve things to talk to with his family so we will leave you to be able to chat leisurely with your family.”
“Once again, we are deeply sorry for the things that occurred today. Please do not hesitate to come visit us again. You are most welcome in our house.”
As Fer-san stood up and began to leave, Adele-sama apologized again and smiled charmingly.
“Thank you.”
I was glad that Fer-san, the most influential person, took the initiative to speak. Fer-san must be the least likely person to worsen things here.
“I will escort you to the gate.”
“No, please just stay here. We’ll be fine.”
“Adele-sama, His Highness already said so. I will escort them out.”
“Is that so? Then I guess it’s not rude to do as he said? Everyone, have a good day.”
After refusing Adele-sama’s offer, Fer-san stood from his seat. Seeing this, I also hurriedly stood from mine. After saying a few words to Adele-sama, Chris-san also left his seat. I followed him from behind as we went through the door we came into earlier.
“Ren! Let’s talk again later!”
“Yes.”
While we were leaving, Syuti-san called me out, asking me to talk with her again. I turned my head toward her and smiled as I nodded. She then waved her hand to us while smiling adorably.
“….. Everyone, I’m so sorry about today~ I need to have a little talk with my family, okay?~”
As soon as we left the room, Chris-san returned to his usual sing-song tone. When he smiled as he mentioned ‘talk’, he must not be going to have an ordinary ‘talk’ with his family.
“Then we will stay at the same inn today. You can come there again tomorrow.”
“Okay, I got it~ …. Please get their horse beast.”
Chris-san then told a passing employee to prepare our horse beast. The person that Chris-san asked, immediately left in a hurry. He wasn’t running but somehow, he was able to leave quickly….
“Ren-chan, I’ll see you tomorrow, okay?~ Muah~”
“Ngh! Yes, see you tomorrow.”
I was going to ride on Oscar and so, Chris-san helped me up. He held me on each side and then lifted me up but instead of immediately putting me on Oscar’s back, Chris-san tightly hugged me for a second and kissed me on the cheek.
Somehow, Chris-san looks like he’s going to cry?
“Sig-san, please wait for a moment.”
Since I was already seated on Oscar, I asked Sig-san, who was ready to leave, to wait for a bit since I wanted to talk with Chris-san.
“Hm? Sure.”
“Chris-san, I don’t know what kind of conversation you’ll be having from hereupon but… I’ll be waiting for you so please hug me a lot tomorrow.”
I told Chris-san, although I was sitting on Oscar. Chris-san looked a bit anxious so I wanted to tell him that I’d be here when he returned. I hoped my intention could be conveyed properly.
“Fufu~ Okay, I got it~ I will hug Ren-chan a lot after I return~ Sig, Fer. Be careful, okay?~”
“Of course? Well, whatever you need to do, just wrap it up quickly. Be sure to come there tomorrow for lunch, okay?”
“Okay~”
“We will be waiting for you too, Chris.”
“Yes~ I will be there by lunch~”
Chris-san nodded happily, it seemed my message was conveyed properly. Sig-san then motioned for Oscar to move and so, the three of us left the mansion. Our visit to Chris-san’s parents’ only lasted for an hour.
Judging from their reaction, it seems Jair-sama, Lise-sama and Adele-sama aren’t keen on welcoming us but it seems we could get along well with Chris-san’s siblings instead?
With that kind of thinking in mind, we headed toward the inn.
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Name: Alex
Age: 30
Height: 206cm
He has navy blue hair and green eyes. The second son of Duke Hast. He’s the next family head of Duke Hast. He’s a half-brother to Chris and they are only two months apart by age but they have a good relationship. Learning from his parents’ relationship, he only has one spouse and currently he only has one child.
Chapter 133: Waiting
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When we moved to another room, a table with a tea set was already prepared for us. As expected from a duchal household. The maids in here were really professional at their work.
“Your Highness, I’m deeply sorry for what I’ve said earlier.”
After all of us already sat down on our seats, Adele-sama apologized again first.
“No, please do not worry about it. I’ve never gone to any gathering party ever since I became an adventurer the moment I turned into an adult. Things have changed so much since those days so I understand why you mistook me.”
Adele-sama herself hadn’t said anything specific to Fer-san but she must be apologizing on the behalf of her family. The coming of age in this country was 18 years old, right? Fer-san was 27 years old so that meant it had been 9 years since he became an adventurer.
“Fufu~ Ren-kun, you must be curious. If I may say it myself… I’ve changed a lot. When I came of age, I was still capricious. My hair was short and my body was thin too so at a single glance, I must’ve looked like an entirely different person. Besides, my clothes are different now too. Noblemen in general rarely get to see the pictures of royals being sold in public.”
“I see.”
I had been staring at Fer-san, wondering how much he had changed in the span of 9 years when he explained it to me himself. A short haired and slender Fer-san… Since now Fer-san looked like a beautiful man, he must’ve looked adorable back then.
The portraits of royals that they sold in public must be similar to the photographs of idols being sold in Japan. Maybe the young children here liked to collect the portraits of beautiful and handsome royals. Or maybe they also liked to collect the portraits of handsome knights or adventurers. Of course the portraits of my fiancés, who were very beautiful, must be very popular too.
I wonder if noblemen like Jair-sama had seen things like those too?
“Mother, I think it’ll be discourteous of us to keep apologizing persistently.”
“… You’re right. Your Highness, if there’s anything you need then please do not hesitate to contact us. We will do our utmost best to help you.”
“It’s fine.”
Alex-sama, who had been sitting with us, whispered to Adele-sama. Adele-sama then nodded her head in agreement and then said so to Fer-san.
“I’m sorry for my father’s rudeness earlier. My name is Alex. I’m Chris’ younger brother.”
“Allow me to introduce myself again then. I’m Ferdinand Aspel.”
“I’m Sigurd Tyselius.”
Alex-sama slightly bowed his head as he introduced his name to us. Just like what Chris-san had said, his face resembled Adele-sama. His face looked intricately designed, like a doll. When he made a serious face, he looked a little bit scary. Syutina-san also resembled her mother, Adele-sama. But although she had the same doll-like face, her cuteness was more prominent while Alex-sama had a more crisp look. Just from his face alone, Alex-sama looked like he was the typical good virtues people.
Although their features were similar, maybe because of the slight difference in the arrangement of their face? The two of them gave off different impressions. Although when they were sitting side by side like this, you could easily tell they were siblings.
I could see Chris-san and Mau-san resembled their father while Syutina-san and Alex-sama resembled their mother.
“Umm…”
Fer-san and Sig-san had introduced themselves again along with their last name. Should I do the same too?
“Ren-san, I know what you’re thinking. It’s alright. Although as you already know, my brother is quite the frivolous one. Are you sure you’re alright with someone like him?”
Just when I was wondering if I should introduce myself again or not, Alex-sama already told me that I didn’t need to. He then asked me that with a straight expression on his face.
Do I look that obvious….?
“Yes. There is no one more wonderful than Chris-san. Rather, I think I’m the one who’s lacking.”
Certainly, from what I had heard, Chris-san had spent his life quite frivolously. Even though he was the oldest son of a duke, he still decided to become an adventurer. But even if he was like that, Chris-san was still wonderful. Ever since we first met, Chris-san always put me first, he almost never let me feel like he was frivolous.
Rather, I believed Chris-san deserved someone better than me but since he already told me that he loved me, I wanted to stay by his side as long as he still felt that way. That was why I could confidently answer Alex-sama’s question.
“I see. Then if that’s the case, I will leave my brother in your care.”
Alex-sama, who had been giving off a stiff expression on his face all this time, finally smiled. He slightly nodded his head as he replied to my answer.
I guess he must be feeling worried about his brother’s marriage? They really have such a good relationship.
“Then… The purpose for His Highness Ferdinand to visit us today is….?”
While Alex-sama and I were smiling to each other, Adele-sama asked that.
“Oh, right. I haven’t told you yet. They are Ren’s other fiancés. That’s why we come here together. I think I did tell father that I’m going to have a polygamous marriage with Ren as the center of our relationship?”
Right. We hadn’t told them that Fer-san and Sig-san were also my fiancés.
“……. We’ve heard about that but I believe we hadn’t heard anything about another person coming with you?”
“Because I didn’t tell father about that. If I told him that someone as important as His Highness Ferdinand is going to come, I’m sure he would throw a welcoming party for us, right? I’ve received permission from the person himself to not tell father about his arrival.”
“Indeed…”
Hearing Chris-san’s answer, Alex-sama looked like he couldn’t help but to agree.
I see… So he only told them that he’s going to have a polygamous marriage?
Just like what Chris-san had said. If he had told them that a royal would come, today’s occasion would change from Chris-san coming to inform his engagement to a welcoming party for Fer-san. Hearing this, Alex-sama nodded in understanding.
“Well then. Now that we’ve done what we came here to do, let’s go home.”
“Huh?”
“What?! Big brother, you’re not going to stay over today?! I already told my family that I’m going to stay over at my parents’ house because I want to talk with my brother!”
Chris-san took the cup of tea from the table and drank it all in one go. He then quickly stood up from his seat and told us to return now. Syutina-san was surprised, I was surprised too.
Isn’t it a little bit too fast? I don’t think we’ve been here for more than an hour yet.
Moreover, it seemed Syuti-san had left the family house ever since she got married. She rarely got the chance to meet with Chris-san so it was given that she had so much to talk about with him…
“Syuti… I understand. I will spend more time talking with my father and the others here… Ren, I will be staying here today. I’m sorry but I guess Ren and the others will have to stay at the inn today.”
Chris-san sighed. He felt reluctant but he decided to stay here for today.
I guess in this kind of condition, Jair-sama and the others couldn’t just say,”Sure, goodbye then.”.
“Ren-san and the others are not going to stay here too?”
“If they stay here, they won’t be able to feel at ease, won’t they?”
It looked like we were going to stay at the inn again today. Syuti-san told us to just stay over too but while it seemed they would gladly welcome Fer-san, I couldn’t say the same about me and Sig-san. Just like what Chris-san had said, I was feeling tired too so I would rather stay at an inn instead.
“We will be staying at an inn. Chris must’ve things to talk to with his family so we will leave you to be able to chat leisurely with your family.”
“Once again, we are deeply sorry for the things that occurred today. Please do not hesitate to come visit us again. You are most welcome in our house.”
As Fer-san stood up and began to leave, Adele-sama apologized again and smiled charmingly.
“Thank you.”
I was glad that Fer-san, the most influential person, took the initiative to speak. Fer-san must be the least likely person to worsen things here.
“I will escort you to the gate.”
“No, please just stay here. We’ll be fine.”
“Adele-sama, His Highness already said so. I will escort them out.”
“Is that so? Then I guess it’s not rude to do as he said? Everyone, have a good day.”
After refusing Adele-sama’s offer, Fer-san stood from his seat. Seeing this, I also hurriedly stood from mine. After saying a few words to Adele-sama, Chris-san also left his seat. I followed him from behind as we went through the door we came into earlier.
“Ren! Let’s talk again later!”
“Yes.”
While we were leaving, Syuti-san called me out, asking me to talk with her again. I turned my head toward her and smiled as I nodded. She then waved her hand to us while smiling adorably.
“….. Everyone, I’m so sorry about today~ I need to have a little talk with my family, okay?~”
As soon as we left the room, Chris-san returned to his usual sing-song tone. When he smiled as he mentioned ‘talk’, he must not be going to have an ordinary ‘talk’ with his family.
“Then we will stay at the same inn today. You can come there again tomorrow.”
“Okay, I got it~ …. Please get their horse beast.”
Chris-san then told a passing employee to prepare our horse beast. The person that Chris-san asked, immediately left in a hurry. He wasn’t running but somehow, he was able to leave quickly….
“Ren-chan, I’ll see you tomorrow, okay?~ Muah~”
“Ngh! Yes, see you tomorrow.”
I was going to ride on Oscar and so, Chris-san helped me up. He held me on each side and then lifted me up but instead of immediately putting me on Oscar’s back, Chris-san tightly hugged me for a second and kissed me on the cheek.
Somehow, Chris-san looks like he’s going to cry?
“Sig-san, please wait for a moment.”
Since I was already seated on Oscar, I asked Sig-san, who was ready to leave, to wait for a bit since I wanted to talk with Chris-san.
“Hm? Sure.”
“Chris-san, I don’t know what kind of conversation you’ll be having from hereupon but… I’ll be waiting for you so please hug me a lot tomorrow.”
I told Chris-san, although I was sitting on Oscar. Chris-san looked a bit anxious so I wanted to tell him that I’d be here when he returned. I hoped my intention could be conveyed properly.
“Fufu~ Okay, I got it~ I will hug Ren-chan a lot after I return~ Sig, Fer. Be careful, okay?~”
“Of course? Well, whatever you need to do, just wrap it up quickly. Be sure to come there tomorrow for lunch, okay?”
“Okay~”
“We will be waiting for you too, Chris.”
“Yes~ I will be there by lunch~”
Chris-san nodded happily, it seemed my message was conveyed properly. Sig-san then motioned for Oscar to move and so, the three of us left the mansion. Our visit to Chris-san’s parents’ only lasted for an hour.
Judging from their reaction, it seems Jair-sama, Lise-sama and Adele-sama aren’t keen on welcoming us but it seems we could get along well with Chris-san’s siblings instead?
With that kind of thinking in mind, we headed toward the inn.
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Name: Alex
Age: 30
Height: 206cm
He has navy blue hair and green eyes. The second son of Duke Hast. He’s the next family head of Duke Hast. He’s a half-brother to Chris and they are only two months apart by age but they have a good relationship. Learning from his parents’ relationship, he only has one spouse and currently he only has one child.
