Chapter 171

Time passed, and weeks had passed since I went to play at Maya’s villa.

It was around the time that the memories of having fun with Maya had already faded considerably.

During that brief time, Maya soon became quite friendly with his other children.

It was obvious thanks to his unique friendliness.

I was worried that he might not get along with the others, but it was nonsense.

And, from tomorrow, the foundation day of the empire will be held for about a week.

During that time, as most of the imperial people were on vacation, we stopped going to kindergarten.

I was happy inside.

‘Yes, it’s been a while since I slept a lot, and I’m going to spend a week lying around in my room!’

I made a plan like that, but at the moment Maya said as if passing by, I wondered if I should cancel the plan.

“During the foundation day, I decided to visit the Duke’s residence for a while.”

“…… really?”

“Yes. I’m going to see my father after a long time. I want to bring some more luggage that I left at the Duke’s residence.”

What I was worried about was that I wanted to follow Maya to the Duke’s residence in the northern part of the kingdom.

‘Is it a curse or a spell? Anyway, I want to help him with the bitter cold. If something goes there, I think I’ll find a way.’

In fact, I’ve been thinking about it since I heard about it from Maya a few weeks ago.

Even if there was no way at all, it was difficult to just sit still, knowing in the future that a solution was possible.

‘Besides, we are friends.’

I can’t just look past my friend’s difficulties.

Above all, the kindergarten will be dismantled next year, and Maya will have to return to the cold northern part of the country.

‘He said there were no children of his age there, so he must be lonely to be alone in a freezing cold place.’

For that reason, I finally decided to follow Maya.

Of course, it was my own decision, so I was worried about what to say to Maya.

‘I can’t because it’s strange to say that I’m going to try to solve the curse!’

Above all, there is no sure way to do it, so I am not able to confidently say, ‘I will solve it!’

‘What to do?’

I kept my head down, without a word, with a worried face.

Then Maya, who was watching me, asked a question.

“Hey, Emir, what are you going to do on the foundation day?”

“Ah, for me.”

I’m thinking about going to the north with you, but there’s no good excuse…… I couldn’t say that.

“Would you like to come with me?”

“…… !”

But at the very next question Maya uttered, I doubted my ears.

To ask me to go together like this first, is this a dream?

“…… Well, that’s a joke. You don’t have to worry about what I just said.”

But when I was so startled that I didn’t answer and looked at myself blankly, Maya secretly changed his words, apparently embarrassed.

It was only later that I jumped up and shouted.

“No! I’ll take care of you!”

“What?”

“The Duke’s residence, I’ll follow you too!”

“Re, really?”

Maya hesitated, stuttering as if he didn’t know that I was really going to say something like that after he spoke first.

“But it is really cold there. Emir. It’s really, really cold. Are you okay though?”

“I know. How many times did Young Duke emphasize that the Duchy is cold? It’s okay though.”

I nodded my head with a confident face.

If I wrap over my furry overcoat, hand-made socks, a scarf, and even a hat, and carry a magical artifact that keeps me warm, how can it be that cold?

“Then write me an invitation. Right here right now.”

“…… Oh yes. Okay.”

Maya nodded his head a few times in response to my words with a blank expression, as if it was somehow unrealistic.

Then, in a hurry, I took out a fountain pen and paper from my bag.

“Oh, can I write it here?”

“Yes. Ah! right! Please write your name at the end. I need an autograph.”

“Okay, I understand…….”

Maya immediately frowned, writing down each word, letter by letter, with a frown.

‘It seems that he was still not good at writing the Imperial language through text.’

I thought, flicking the invitation over Maya’s shoulder.

As Maya had previously said, one of the handmaids who took care of him from an early age was from the Empire.

So, from the first time I saw Maya, he was particularly fluent in the imperial language.

‘If I hadn’t known that he was from the kingdom, I would have mistaken that he was born and raised in the empire.’

On the other hand, Maya muttered in a voice of relief as if he had just completed the temporary invitation.

“I wrote it all…….”

I received the invitation from Maya and looked through it carefully.

‘I’ll probably have to convince my parents by showing this.’

It was also against the manners of noble society to go to a foreign country without an invitation.

It was then.

“Wait, what did you say now? You’re going to the kingdom with Young Duke Maya on the foundation day?”

“Ahh! You scared me!”

I was surprised to suddenly hear Cedric’s voice right behind me.

‘Since when have you been listening? Obviously, I didn’t know since he had gone to the bathroom before.’