CH 179

The day after being approached by the Marquis of Vandyne to be adopted by a nobleman.

Aeris and I visited the Adventurer’s Guild together for the first time in a while and received a quest to collect medicinal herbs.

Tauro had come the day before, but Aeris had to take the quest soon so that she would not be penalized by the guild with lowering her rank since it had been so long since her last visit.

“Um, Tauro. I’m looking forward to working with you from now on.”

Aeris and Tauro were on their way to a forest on the outskirts of the royal capital, and when their conversation was interrupted, Aeris greeted him anew.

“No problem. But I’m surprised. You didn’t have to be an adventurer anymore.”

“That’s true, but ……. I like myself as an adventurer. Black Golden Wings is a place where I belong, and I want to take good care of it.”

“Since your father has come back, why don’t you cherish the time you spend with him?”

“I thought so too. Mother, she was Dad’s wife, even if she was rotten, and I thought Dad would be shocked……. But it seems that their marriage had been on the rocks for years. So he wasn’t as shocked as I thought he would be. He was more shocked that I knew. So we spent a lot of time together over the past few days talking…….”

Tauro waited silently for her next words.

“He’s been having a good feeling with May lately.”

“Huh?”

Tauro asked, feeling that the conversation had taken a sudden turn.

“She was the head maid, but now she’s working as a butler. May and Papa are giving of a good mood, and I didn’t want to disturb them, so I thought I’d …… leave the house for the time being.”

Tauro was surprised at the unexpected reason, but Aeris seemed to want the two to be together.

“Then why not just return to the Vandyne territory alone?”

“That’s possible, but it’s more fun to be with you and the others as adventurers. Besides, we’re still an E rank team, right? I’d love to go to the higher ranks with you guys!”

“If that’s okay with you, then it’s fine, but….., you do realize you’re a marquise, right?”

Tauro laughed bitterly at Aeris’s decision.

The two arrived at the forest to collect medicinal herbs and immediately began gathering them.

“……By the way, about my being adopted as a son……”

“…… did it annoy you?”

Aeris asked the other way around.

“No, I’m honestly at a loss because it’s an option I’ve never considered before. Up until now, I was just hoping to enjoy my life as an adventurer.”

“I’m sure he meant it as a thank you. At first he was thinking of hiring you, but when I told him about you, he realized that you wouldn’t like that because of you’re personality. He thought about his friend the Count who wanted a child, about me, and about thanking you, and he came up with an answer that would please everyone: adoption. Oh, the Count is a very nice man, you know? He’s devoted to his wife, but they’ve been having a hard time conceiving a child. When we suggested adoption, he said he would be happy with you”.

“Well, ……, I’m not sure. Looking at Aeris, it seems to me that even the nobility are quite free…… But the ‘black golden wings’ are important too. I still can’t decide without consulting with Shin and Rumeya.”

But, although I thought it would be okay to refuse right away, I decided to put it off until Aeris thinks about what to do in the future since it is something that the Marquis of Van Dine also thought about as a way of thanking me.

“I understand. It’s something that will affect your life from now on. I’ll tell Dad that.”

After the two completed the herb gathering quest, they visited the curry shop as customers and he treated Aeris to a meal.

Aeris seemed to be very satisfied with the curry, but when the dessert was served, her eyes changed color.

“What is this pudding? I want to try the other brightly colored cakes, too……. Tauro, can I take some home? I want my dad to have some too.”

“Okay. I’ll put it in the magic storage, so tell me if you want to eat it.”

“Thanks, Tauro!”

Aeris went to the glass case in a good mood and started ordering from one side to the other.

“If you eat too much, you’ll get fat, so eat in moderation……”

Tauro confirmed once again that sweet food attracts women no matter what world they live in.