Aaron panicked, stunned.
“P-P-P-Please raise your head.”
Mil also started to panic.
“A-Al! Are you trying to stop Mr. Aaron’s heart?”
I didn’t have that intention, though ……
“So, can you tell us your story?”
“Where do you want me to start?”
I guess It’s not so easy after all…
It’s impossible for me to break through common sense with just my mind.
If it was with the apostles, it would be a piece of cake.
No, I can’t think like this.
“Hm, let’s see …… when did you all start living here?”
“About 50 years ago.”
“Then, tell us about it starting from there.”
He still doesn’t know what my intentions are, but Aaron began to tell me, as if he had given up.
We first came here and established a settlement deep in the forest.
The first people I came into contact with there were the cat people.
According to their story, they had washed up here about ten years ago.
We decided to cooperate with each other as drifters.
In the midst of this, we came into contact with the dog people.
We decided to cooperate with them too.
The dog people was also a newcomer to the area.
There were a few quarrels, but nothing that led to war.
But after the arrival of the tiger people from the other side of the mountain about ten years later, that balance has collapsed.
“The other side of the mountain? Are those mountains even possible to cross?”
There is a huge mountain range that cuts off Ravenna from the rest of the world.
“We also thought it was insurmountable, but …… they crossed it.”
Is there another route?
Or were they that cornered?
“You don’t know why they went over the mountain, do you?”
“Yes. I’ve had very little conversation with the tiger people. They don’t talk about anything except what is necessary. And they don’t like to talk about their past.”
Are they the type who don’t listen or just don’t talk much?
It would be nice if there were at least some moderates among the tigers, but we would have to cross the mountains.
I can’t count on that.
Did they not want to fight until they escape over the mountains?
Or do they think they have no other choice but to fight?
I don’t know if it’s a mixture or not at this point.
“I’m sorry to interrupt you. Please continue.”
Aaron shook his head slowly at my words.
“It’s almost lunchtime. If you don’t mind, why don’t we put the old stories to rest and eat?”
Oh …… He’s right.
“Sir Jules. Could you please tell Kiara that Mil and I will be dining here?”
Jules asked me to call him by his first name, which I have been doing lately.
“With all due respect, sir, I have an escort duty. I can’t leave the side of my lord.”
“No …… it’s fine. No harm will ever come to me, after all.”
“No, I can’t.”
Mil leaned forward.
“I’ll go get her then.”
“No, my lady is an important target for protection.”
Aaron chuckles.
“Then I’ll send someone.”
“Please do …… There may be one more person at lunch.”
“I see. I understand. Okay, I’ll do that then.”
Aaron called the werewolf in the other room and ordered him to deliver a message.
The werewolf quickly left.
When you are a lord, political considerations are essential.
It would be self-destruction to refuse a meal invited by the tribe’s elders when he had stated his intention to assimilate.
Normally, I’d like to go without my guard, but Jules refuses to listen to me.
Ever since the werewolves raid, he’s been giving off the aura of absolute loyalty to me.
Sometimes he runs away, but…
The next thing I knew, Aaron was looking at me with interest.
“If you don’t mind me saying, but …… my lord is a strange man.”
“Is that so? It’s not like I’m not trying to do anything strange.”
Mil looked at me in astonishment.
“Instead of strange, Al is like …… from a different world.”
When Mil said that, I was momentarily panicked.
Is it possible that she knows? I had to play dumb anyway.
“I’m from this world.”
Mil hurriedly waved her hand.
“Oh, I didn’t mean it like that. Our standards of behavior are too different, and you don’t seem like a 16-years-old.”
Mil made a follow-up comment that was not really a follow-up.
Aaron laughed lowly.
“You’re right, he’s not like a 16-years-old from this world. The kids also asked me if they’re going to be like my lord when they turn sixteen …… and I had a hard time answering.”
Mil looked at me as if I was a troubling child.
“Al is a 16-years-old Alfred, so I don’t think a normal person would be …… like this at sixteen.”
It was a quick and terrible thing to say to me.
And don’t use me as a unit.
“Mil …… Isn’t your manner of speaking getting worse by the minute?”
Mil smiled a little wickedly at my words.
“It’s because of my husband’s influence.”
Is that so.
Aaron panicked, stunned.
“P-P-P-Please raise your head.”
Mil also started to panic.
“A-Al! Are you trying to stop Mr. Aaron’s heart?”
I didn’t have that intention, though ……
“So, can you tell us your story?”
“Where do you want me to start?”
I guess It’s not so easy after all…
It’s impossible for me to break through common sense with just my mind.
If it was with the apostles, it would be a piece of cake.
No, I can’t think like this.
“Hm, let’s see …… when did you all start living here?”
“About 50 years ago.”
“Then, tell us about it starting from there.”
He still doesn’t know what my intentions are, but Aaron began to tell me, as if he had given up.
We first came here and established a settlement deep in the forest.
The first people I came into contact with there were the cat people.
According to their story, they had washed up here about ten years ago.
We decided to cooperate with each other as drifters.
In the midst of this, we came into contact with the dog people.
We decided to cooperate with them too.
The dog people was also a newcomer to the area.
There were a few quarrels, but nothing that led to war.
But after the arrival of the tiger people from the other side of the mountain about ten years later, that balance has collapsed.
“The other side of the mountain? Are those mountains even possible to cross?”
There is a huge mountain range that cuts off Ravenna from the rest of the world.
“We also thought it was insurmountable, but …… they crossed it.”
Is there another route?
Or were they that cornered?
“You don’t know why they went over the mountain, do you?”
“Yes. I’ve had very little conversation with the tiger people. They don’t talk about anything except what is necessary. And they don’t like to talk about their past.”
Are they the type who don’t listen or just don’t talk much?
It would be nice if there were at least some moderates among the tigers, but we would have to cross the mountains.
I can’t count on that.
Did they not want to fight until they escape over the mountains?
Or do they think they have no other choice but to fight?
I don’t know if it’s a mixture or not at this point.
“I’m sorry to interrupt you. Please continue.”
Aaron shook his head slowly at my words.
“It’s almost lunchtime. If you don’t mind, why don’t we put the old stories to rest and eat?”
Oh …… He’s right.
“Sir Jules. Could you please tell Kiara that Mil and I will be dining here?”
Jules asked me to call him by his first name, which I have been doing lately.
“With all due respect, sir, I have an escort duty. I can’t leave the side of my lord.”
“No …… it’s fine. No harm will ever come to me, after all.”
“No, I can’t.”
Mil leaned forward.
“I’ll go get her then.”
“No, my lady is an important target for protection.”
Aaron chuckles.
“Then I’ll send someone.”
“Please do …… There may be one more person at lunch.”
“I see. I understand. Okay, I’ll do that then.”
Aaron called the werewolf in the other room and ordered him to deliver a message.
The werewolf quickly left.
When you are a lord, political considerations are essential.
It would be self-destruction to refuse a meal invited by the tribe’s elders when he had stated his intention to assimilate.
Normally, I’d like to go without my guard, but Jules refuses to listen to me.
Ever since the werewolves raid, he’s been giving off the aura of absolute loyalty to me.
Sometimes he runs away, but…
The next thing I knew, Aaron was looking at me with interest.
“If you don’t mind me saying, but …… my lord is a strange man.”
“Is that so? It’s not like I’m not trying to do anything strange.”
Mil looked at me in astonishment.
“Instead of strange, Al is like …… from a different world.”
When Mil said that, I was momentarily panicked.
Is it possible that she knows? I had to play dumb anyway.
“I’m from this world.”
Mil hurriedly waved her hand.
“Oh, I didn’t mean it like that. Our standards of behavior are too different, and you don’t seem like a 16-years-old.”
Mil made a follow-up comment that was not really a follow-up.
Aaron laughed lowly.
“You’re right, he’s not like a 16-years-old from this world. The kids also asked me if they’re going to be like my lord when they turn sixteen …… and I had a hard time answering.”
Mil looked at me as if I was a troubling child.
“Al is a 16-years-old Alfred, so I don’t think a normal person would be …… like this at sixteen.”
It was a quick and terrible thing to say to me.
And don’t use me as a unit.
“Mil …… Isn’t your manner of speaking getting worse by the minute?”
Mil smiled a little wickedly at my words.
“It’s because of my husband’s influence.”
Is that so.
