[Episode 93]
“Welcome, lady.”
“Yes, bye.”
It was Hill Rosemont that greeted me in the room I had fled from Crunno Etam.
And when I was in class with Hill Rosemont, I used to bite people out of habit. It was the same with Terem.
It was because I didn’t want the conversation with him to go into anyone’s ears.
I sat down on a chair while watching the refreshments prepared by the ladies-in-waiting.
“Has it grown?”
“Yeah, isn’t it great?”
“You seem to be quite loved.”
As I spoke triumphantly, Hill Rosemont replied with a grin.
The clothes looked quite comfortable, as if he had decided not to act in front of me at all.
“Shall we go through a transaction first before class?”
“Give me first.”
I smiled broadly and held out my hands. Hill Rosemont chuckled.
“You have to show me the real thing first, my lady. Isn’t that the basics of trading?”
“I will judge whether I have properly researched the data.”
“I did it right.”
“Then show me.”
Hill Rosemont’s eyes narrowed. He pondered for a moment, as if trying to gauge my true intentions, then handed me the briefcase.
I immediately took out the papers and examined them. It was clear what route it was being procured from, the amount it was going to be procured from, and even the location of the place where it was being worked on.
However, there was no information about the antidote at all.
“Any information about the antidote?”
“You asked me to tell you about Hatar, but you didn’t ask me to tell you about Hatar’s antidote.”
Hill Rosemont said, widening her eyes. I didn’t have to tell you, but I was a little embarrassed.
“I’ll give you half an egg too.”
“…are you kidding?”
“You only gave me half the information.”
The antidote is the most important thing, so how can it be given without it?
“I just don’t know that yet.”
Hill Rosemont shrugged.
“I did my best to gather information within the limited time, but I still can’t help what I don’t know.”
The voice that firmly says that it is not a breach of contract is firm.
‘This should do.’
The first piece of evidence was enough.
The final goal is to gather enough evidence to catch the ringleader and then stab him in the back.
‘To do that, I don’t have to go through a massive purge.’
I raised my head at the gaze I suddenly felt with my arms crossed.
Hill Rosemont was looking at me with her head tilted.
“So what are the results?”
“If you open that drawer, you can find it.”
His eyes narrowed when I pointed to a small desk drawer.
“…in such a small place?”
“huh.”
There are many legends that say that a wyvern’s egg is the size of an adult male’s head, so it wasn’t strange that Hill Rosemont reacted like that.
However, that is a legend invented by people who have never seen a monster’s egg properly.
Actually…
“What?”
Hill Rosemont, who opened the desk drawer roughly, twisted her face fiercely.
“Are you cheating on me now?”
It’s because it’s a tiny egg the size of a child’s palm.
Hearing the savage sound, I shook my head.
“No, that’s right.”
Just like me before I became a hatchling, the wyvern was a small lizard the size of a child’s palm when it was young.
“Is this right…? Such a little thing…”
Hill Rosemont sighed and glared at me.
“Do you swear?”
“huh.”
“If not…”
Hill Rosemont strode over, touched the sofa next to my face, and leaned down.
“Make me your parents.”
It was clear that he was talking about imprinting.
“…good.”
After all, that egg is real.
Hearing the definite answer, he nodded his head without hiding his doubtful spirit.
“I believe.”
“Yes, do you know how to raise them?”
“I saw it in a book.”
books? what else did you see
When I saw him without hiding my shy face, Hill Rosemont opened his mouth with a rather proud face.
“Because wyvern eggs need hot heat, put them in a hot place like lava…”
If you leave them like that, they will all burn up and no shape will remain.
“If you think it is well-ripened, put it in a suitable fire so that it can absorb the energy of the fire.”
Yep, that’s a fried egg.
“Lastly, they say that if you heat it up enough on a hot iron plate and then make a slight gap, the wyvern will hatch.”
that’s fried egg.
I don’t know what the heck he’s trying to do with the fragile egg. It was only then that Hill Rosemont fell silent as I put on a tired expression.
“…isn’t it?”
“huh.”
“Then what should I do?”
Hill Rosemont seemed to be thinking over what I said, then quietly changed his mind.
I must have noticed something strange.
“The main culprit.”
His eyes narrowed at my words.
“If you tell me where the culprit who released Hatar is hiding, I will tell you.”
“…you’re breaking the contract quite a bit?”
“I said I would give you eggs, but I didn’t say I would tell you how to raise them.”
Hill Rosemont’s eyebrows twitched as she opened her eyes wide and smiled. He showed it with a very hot face.
“My lady, do I look like a Hogu?”
“No, the teacher is my partner.”
“…a partner? You mean the lady and me?”
He laughed bitterly, like someone who had heard a very funny story.
I nodded shamelessly, and the man with his arms crossed sighed tiredly.
“I don’t know the details except for the appearance information that he is a young-looking man with a scar above his left eye. They say they like unique cigars, but they either made them themselves or they weren’t distributed in the market.”
Hill Rosemont obediently opened her mouth. To be honest, I thought I should have argued and coaxed her a little more, but she was surprisingly innocent.
“Because this is the only information I know.”
Of course, the reason seems to be that he doesn’t know much about the contents.
“Sometimes it appears at the gambling hall, but I don’t know if it’s just words. It’s a place where all kinds of cigar smells mix.”
He tilted his head and smiled wryly. Seeing that nasty look, I looked him up and down, but instead smirked.
“Just hold on.”
“yes?”
“You just have to incubate it like a chicken hatches an egg.”
“…Is that just it?”
“Yeah, that’s all.”
For a long time, the wyvern could not hatch because no one gave it warmth.
“To be a partner while stabbing people in the back… Seeing that brazenness, I feel like I want to scout you. miss.”
“Eirin.”
Hill Rosemont’s eyebrows went up at my sudden remark.
“Eirin is fine.”
“Why am I…”
“We became friends.”
“What is a friend…”
“Friends say there is no age or border.”
When I smiled, Hill Rosemont seemed tired and opened the book.
“I will teach you.”
Even so, he didn’t reply to deny my words.
‘Did I get a friend?’
I didn’t deny it, so I thought it was very positive and focused on the class.
* * *
After giving advice to Hatar, things went quickly.
Today, in my father’s arms, I entered a still unfamiliar conference room. Today, the meeting room was a bit different from usual, and there were more people.
A round table was placed in the center, and people who were now familiar could be seen.
Starting with Charniel Etam, Nelia Zardan Acrea Safail Hayel Etam Kruno Etam and grandfather, Duke Mirel. Then there was Devane Etham, her grandmother, who had returned a few days before.
Not only that, but this time it seemed that Callan Etam, Silian Etam, and Charne Etam also participated.
Seeing that he was stepping back, it seemed that he was in the form of an observer.
Three people waved at me. I smiled and waved my hand, and Charnett started rubbing the doll she was holding in her hand.
“…”
Turning my head and looking at Devane Etham, I felt an unpleasant tingling sensation, so I turned my head.
“What’s wrong, you said your mother had an accident as soon as she arrived, so your youngest nephew hated you?”
Nelia Zardan said with a soft smile. She waved at me with a relaxed look.
“Hello, my lord.”
“hello.”
Nelia Zardan smiled happily as she bowed her head in the seat her father had seated her.
“I don’t really look like my dad.”
I opened my eyes wide and looked up at her, and she tilted her head.
“why? That’s the best compliment.”
“….”
Is this the best compliment?
After thinking about it for a while, I quickly understood. In the eyes of ordinary people, this is certainly a compliment.
I nodded and Dad looked at me with a somewhat shocked face.
“Poop ahahaha!!”
Nelia Zardan threw down her chest and burst into a hearty laugh. I didn’t know how pleasant the laughter that burst out of the laugh looked.
“Take care of your body, sister. I am really ashamed.”
“It’s just us, so what does it matter? Stiff… Do you act like that in front of the Marquis of Sapa?”
“Do you have a fight?”
“no.”
Nelia Zardan shrugged.
“dad?”
Seeing him still frozen in shock, I cautiously brought my lips close to my father’s ear.
“Still, I like Dad the most.”
“…really?”
“yes!”
“…then it’s done.”
Dad’s hardened expression softened slightly, and his lips protruded just a little bit.
‘I guess he’s relieved?’
Only then did I look ahead with confidence.
Then, this time, other people were looking at us strangely.
“Wow.”
Hayel Etam turned white and even vomited in vain, as if he had suffered a lot in the past or it was the first time he saw his father’s protruding lips.
Silence fell for a while.
