439 - - Episode 437 Surprise... Success?

I sneak into the clan house of Sara's brother's clan <> and wait in Mr. Achim's room. It seems that Mr. Achim's boss is coming to see me, so I have to take him seriously. Well, it looks like my likability is off to a negative start with the ...... surprise planned.

As I'm waiting for Mr. Achim who is supposed to come back here with a job interview-like mood, there is a light knock on the door, and then Mr. Achim and his companion, an old man?　A man who looked like him came in.

I wondered if this man was my grandfather.　His hair is gray and the wrinkles on his face are deep, so he must be old, but his muscular body and martial aura make him different from the grandfather I know.

"Grandpa!"

"Oh, Miss Sarah. I never thought I'd see you again. You look great. ......"

Sarah called me Grandpa, so I guess I should be Grandpa after all. But, usually people who are called "Grandpa" have a more civilized image.

But I heard that Mr. Achim was angry with her, and I was prepared for him to yell at me out of the blue, but it seemed that he didn't care about anyone but Sara. She is holding Sara's hands with some tears in her eyes. She was also in tears, so I guessed that they were close to each other.

"Um, Mr. Achim. Who is he?"

"This is Master Becker, the clan's second-in-command. He used to be a baron in the service of his predecessor, and is also the clan leader's instructor in martial arts."

"I see. ......"

I'm a little confused as to why the brother's martial arts instructor was so close to Sara, but then again, he's a nobleman, so maybe it was a family affair?　Come to think of it, I don't know anything about the lifestyle of the nobility, and I'd better look into it ...... No, I'd rather not know. It's too much trouble to get involved.

I don't know, but I don't want to disturb the emotional reunion between Sara and Mr. Becker, so I'll keep quiet and watch. Yeah. Gina, Belle, and Fuku-chan are all doing a great job of reading the air and keeping quiet. I'm blessed to have such disciples and contracted spirits.

Excuse me. My name is Becker, deputy commander of the Star of Steele. Thank you for bringing Miss Sara here.

......I know you say thank you, but are you really thanking me?　The strength in your handshake is very strong, and your piercing gaze is too different from when you are talking to Sara.

"Well, my name is Yuta. Well, Sara is a very important disciple of mine, so if you know the whereabouts of her family, it's only natural that I should take her to see them, so don't worry about it."

I feel as if I am being tested, so I tighten my handshake while trying to maintain my composure. Even though I'm a spiritualist, I'm a high-level adventurer, and I don't intend to lose to your grandfather. Don't tell him I took you on as an apprentice because I wanted to take advantage of you.

"Oh. You are quite powerful despite your appearance. So you're an adventurer, Yuta. I thought you weren't good at sports. What are you teaching her?"

What?　Sarah wasn't good at exercise?　I haven't seen any signs of that since you became my apprentice?

Yeah, you live in a slum and if you say you're not good at sports, you'll die. You worked hard to get over it before you met me.

"I'm teaching Sarah the art of the genie."

"Hmm. In this country, the necromancer is valued, but I don't remember it being so in other countries. Excuse me, where are you from, Yuta-dono?"

Oh, Sylphy said that there is a belief in spirits, and this country seems to be a good place for spirits practitioners to live. I'm a little happy.

What's that?　I thought I saw Mr. Becker glaring at Mr. Achim for a moment. When I looked at Mr. Achim, he had an awkward expression on his face.

"Yuta. Achim feels awkward that he was able to gather so little information. Becker asked him a lot of questions, and he was angry because he couldn't answer them."

Sylphy answers my questions. I see, you didn't get much information about us since you got involved in Sarah's surprise plan without introducing yourself. That's a little offensive coming from the boss's point of view.

"The kingdom of Chrysoprase is another place where the adventurers of the necromancer are not so well off. But in my case, you don't have to worry about it.

I show Mr. Becker my Adventurers' Guild card, since I don't want him to treat me like I'm weak. Since he is an adventurer now though he used to be a baron, an A-rank Adventurer's Guild card would be effective. He is staring at the card so hard that it looks like it might pierce a hole, but it's not a fake.

"Yuta-dono is an A rank adventurer? Miss Sara was protected by a reliable person. Thank you.

"No, Sara is helping me, so don't worry about it."

Unlike the previous thank you, which was tinged with doubt, this time I feel that he is expressing his feelings. It seems that my doubts have been dispelled a little. I guess position is an effective way to gain trust from new acquaintances.

Also, I am surprised that Mr. Achim is an A-ranked person. I didn't tell Mr. Achim that either.

"So, I would like to ask you a few questions about Yuta and Miss Sarah.

Ah, I thought they trusted me a little, but the interview still goes on, doesn't it? Hmmm, will I make it in time for the surprise?

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"Yuta, please wait here. Miss Sarah, please wait here.

With the full cooperation of Mr. Becker, preparations for the surprise are being made at a rapid pace.

"Becker is very motivated." "He's very motivated." "He's doing his best." "He's doing his best." "He's doing his best." "He's doing his best." "He's doing his best." "He's doing his best." "He's doing his best." "He's doing his best." "He's doing his best." "He's doing his best.

Sylphy sees Mr. Becker in charge, and Belle and the others happily follow his words. Well, the reaction of Sylphy and the others must be right, since he is so perfectly in charge that it is interesting to watch.

It seems that the interview was a continuation of the interview, and they were glad that I gave them the details of Sarah's situation when we first met. They didn't talk about it because Mr. Achim was too soft, about how skinny Sarah was and how she was trying her best to make a living with only her children.

When Sara stopped him and told him that she would have reached her limit if she had not met the master, Mr. Becker also fell into the trap. How sweet. It seems that Sara was loved not only by the Steele family but also by the people around her.

Well, still, I had Mr. Becker's man next to me to keep an eye on me, and Mr. Viktor told me to stay away from him, so I guess he was not as lenient as Mr. Achim.

But he's very cautious even though his country has been destroyed and his status has been lost. Is there still some value or danger?

"We are almost ready. I'll go get the Commander. I will introduce you to Yuta and the others when things are settled.

When Sara and I nodded, Mr. Becker nodded with a satisfied look on his face and left the dining room of the Clan House. But what was supposed to be Yuta's production turned out to be Gina's production, and finally Becker's production. It's a little sad.

"It was just right for Sarah to blend in, but why is there a kid in the adventurers' clan?　This clan fled the Howlite Kingdom because it was destroyed, right?"

We were all ready and just waiting for the emotional reunion, when Gina murmured a very valid question. Well, you're right. We don't need to hire five kids to run the booth, since we have an auntie to help us, don't we?

"Those are the children of the clan's members. Originally, the Styr frontier counts were in a bad state because they were taken over by cowardly means and their country was destroyed. It is ironic that we were reunited with our families because of this chaos.

Mr. Becker's man, who was watching me, gave me a distant look and told me.

"I don't know how to say this, but a lot happened."

I can't say I'm glad the country was destroyed because I was able to join my family.

"Yes, it was a lot."

The tone of his voice conveys his deepest sympathies. I can't imagine the hardships they went through when their country was destroyed, but I could feel that they went through a lot of hardships.

The reunion between Sara and her brother, who went through so much hardship, would be a moving enough reunion without any unnecessary exaggeration. Maybe Sara was wise enough not to choose the scene where a girl fell from the sky.

Oh, a young blonde man came into the diner with Mr. Becker. He seems to be Sarah's brother, but he is not at all what I imagined .......

I had imagined him to be a noble and fresh person because he is Sarah's elegant brother, but he has a chest plate that makes his relaxed indoor clothes rise, thick and strong arms, a scar running down his cheek, and his blond hair, the only one like Sarah's, is wildly jumping around.

That's it. He looks like a soldier of the Foreign Legion or a resident of the American underworld, not an aristocrat. I wonder if she really has the same genes as Sara.

While I was wondering about DNA, Sarah's brother arrived at the birthday table and dinner started. By the way, the kids who help her are told to finish their meals first. He seems to be kind to the children in spite of his scary appearance.

At Sarah's brother's table, there are five men present. The guard says that they are the leaders of this clan, and Mr. Becker is sitting near Sara's brother.

They are eating while discussing their next exploration, ale in hand, but Mr. Becker glances at Sara, and I am afraid that Sara's presence will be noticed.

"Another ale, please. And one for the Commander."

Oh, Mr. Becker gave the signal. The original plan was to signal after a little more food and drinks, but what happened?

"Viktor was asking Becker if he wasn't feeling well."

Thanks to Sylphy, the mystery is all but solved. He must have invoked the surprise before he was discovered. It was hard for the old military man to act.

At the signal of Mr. Becker, two kids started to move with the ale. One was a kid from this clan and the other was of course Sara.

Sarah hands the ale to her brother. Sarah's brother naturally accepts the ale and puts it in his mouth. What's that?　Didn't you notice Sarah?

The brother, perhaps feeling a sense of discomfort with Sarah's immobility after carrying the ale, turns his head toward her again as he drinks the ale.

"Boo-ha!　Sigh, gefo, caja, goho."

Sarah's brother suffers from a gasp and spurts out ale in surprise. I couldn't see it clearly from a distance, but there was ale coming out of his nose as well. ...... He looks surprised, but can we consider this surprise a success?　I still think it would have been better to push through with the pattern of a girl falling from the sky.