CH 42

42 Girls are Mysterious

When I left the room to go after Luke, Katrina and the other ladies happened to come out from their exclusive study room.

“What happened, Theodore-sama? Luke-sama seems to be running in a hurry just now, but…”

“It seems to be an urgent business. I’ll also excuse myself.”

I couldn’t stop and properly respond to their query, so I excused myself and went after Luke in a hurry. And I happened to reach him right when he was about to climb into his carriage.

Seeing this, I knew that I had to stop him, so I grabbed his hand. “Wait, Luke. Calm down.”

“It’s you huh. Don’t try to stop me. I have to report this finding as soon as possible.” Luke shouted as he impatiently brushed my hand off.

“JUST CALM DOWN AND LISTEN TO ME HERE!” I shouted, staring at him in the eyes. “Your father must have told you to not come to the store too, right? Someone as smart as you must have realized what it meant to go to the store during this time, right?! Anyway, if there’s something that you want to report, it’ll be faster if you report it to your father or Miss Oriana… who in turn will report it to her father, Count Sphene and from there his brother, Bates, will receive the information.”

At this moment, when he heard my words, Luke finally calmed down and regained his usual composure.

“It’s something that no one has ever understood until now after all. Being delayed by one or two days isn’t a big deal.”

As I finished speaking, Katrina appeared from the entrance and looked towards us with a light frown. “Boys, would you mind telling me what’s going on here? If you’re going somewhere else, surely you know that you first have to send a message to your house about your destination, right?”

Yup, she’s absolutely right there. We only ever say that we’re going to Duke Lilac’s house after all. Well, we did bring along our attendants as our escort, but really… they’re just the bare minimum to ensure our safety!

“No, it’s okay, Miss Katrina. Thank you… ah, right. It’s been quite a while, but since we have something to speak of, can we meet Miss Oriana or your father, Luke?” I first apologized to Miss Katrina before I switched my attention and tried asking Luke. After all, from the way Bates spoke before, Luke’s father was most likely involved in this matter too. And Oriana’s father was Bates’ big brother and seemed to be the Chief of the Magic Tool Research Institute too. So, whatever Luke found out would be delivered to Bates from Oriana.

“That’s impossible. I don’t want to cause such trouble for her.”

“Why though? Just trying to ask her will be fine, right? Otherwise, how about telling your father about this?”

“… That person won’t hear my opinion…”

The heck? I was stupefied by the display of emotion Luke let out when he spoke such remarks. The vexed look in his eyes and the depression in his voice certainly denoted more than he ever spoke. U~hm, he seems to respect his father, but I guess their relationship is rather complicated.

“Since that’s the case, let’s ask Miss Oriana. And if that’s still not good enough, let’s try to talk to my father.”

However, Luke kept hesitating, unable to make a decision. Seeing that, I ran out of patience. Hence, I immediately dragged him with me and called Oriana who was in the girl’s exclusive study room with Katrina.

“Oh my, may I ask what is your business with me~?” She asked with her usual slow speech. Well, though I called her speech slow, it was not meant to demean her in any way. To put it simply, she was a gentle girl with long, dark green colored hair.

However, even though her demeanour – she was tilting her head while asking us that question with a bright smile on her face – was very kind and gentle, Luke could not say or do anything. He was simply rooted on the spot right now.

“Is it about magic to~ol? Even though Luke-same told me before that someone like me won’t be able to understand the beauty of magic to~ol.”

Eh? Was it just my imagination? But her remark seems to be quite thorny? I tilted my head, confused. I looked towards Luke’s direction only to find that Luke was averting his gaze when he heard her words… And… was he actually sweating like a waterfall there?

??? Why? Today’s temperature isn’t that hot!

While I was confused, no one spoke of a single thing, causing the surrounding to fall into silence. And since I couldn’t very well let this silence go on, I decided to step in and explain the situation about how we seemed to discover a clue to explain the ancient letters etched on the Saint’s Ornament.

“Oh my~, that’s so wonderfu~l. However, even though he has discovered such a wonderful clue, I wonder why he isn’t explaining it to me himse~lf.”

Although her words sounded normal, I got the feeling that it was filled with minefields that would go off at moments notice. I wondered why, but I was also not stupid enough to ask. Anyway, even if I could, I absolutely had no idea of what to say since she spoke all that with a smile on her face.

At a loss, I looked towards Luke, silently urging him to answer. Yet, Luke kept his mouth shut with no intention to speak at all.

Eh? What’s happening? Did I speak too much that Luke doesn’t have anything else to add? But, but, but!!! I had no choice given the situation!!! I silently sighed to myself. Perhaps I should try asking my father too later. Just in case.

“Eeh, may I ask your help to relay this matter to your father, Miss Oriana? I feel bad for doing this, but we really have no other way to give this information to a related party.” I said, finally deciding to speak since Luke could not be counted on.

“Oh my~, you don’t actually have to go into such trouble, you kno~w? Luke-sama’s father is the Chief of the Court Mage Department after all. Personally, I think it’s much faster to tell this matter to his father than to my fathe~r.”

Ugh, that’s a sound argument. And yet, it feels like each one of her remarks are aimed at Luke and seems to stab him deep at his heart. Truly, Luke, what in the hell did you do to piss off this chick to this point? Her words are practically riddled with thorns! Wait, this… A… Deja vu? Aah, this feels like that situation when I got defeated by Luke in an argument! Oh, well, can’t be helped then. I guess we have to give up on this method.

“My deepest apologies, Miss Oriana. It is just as you say. Hence, please forget what I said just now. We shall excuse ourselves now.”

“Oh my, no~. There’s no reason for you to apologize, Theodore-sama~. I actually just preferred that boy over there to speak to me himself instead of using you, who has nothing to do with this matter, as his proxy~.”

GAH! What the-?! This girl… her words aimed true, yet it’s littered with landmines. Is she, really, the very same girl who always speaks with that gentle tone?

“Moreover, he seems to want to meet my dear uncle, Bates… But, well, as you know. He can’t~. Then again, I also can’t go to meet my dear uncle~. Although I know that there’s extenuating circumstances behind that, it doesn’t change the fact that the situation is as it is. And since that’s the case, he should do something first before he comes asking a favor from me~, don’t you think so~? Something that he absolutely has to do~.”

Something that he has to do? I was confused, but when I turned around to look at Luke and asked him about it, I saw that he was making a face that looked as if he was chewing on a bitter pill. It seemed he was already aware of what that ‘something’ he had to do here.

“The same goes for you too, Theodore-sama~.”

“Eh? Me?”

“Yes. You make my friend cry after all. Alas, the weak me could only grieve for my dear friend and feel helpless since I can’t do anything even if I know the reason. And though it has nothing to do with me, don’t you think that my friend will be really happy if you speak to her?”

Dammit, that’s vague. However, if I decipher it right, going by what she was saying… Perhaps this girl is actually worrying about Muriel. Muriel… It’s okay, I’m definitely going to meet her!

“Do forgive me for this, but since I have yet to receive the permission to meet her, may I ask your assistance to pass my message to Miss Muriel? Please tell her to wait for me. I am definitely going to get her father’s permission.”

Oriana’s eyes widened when she heard my request, surprised, but she then smiled gently toward me.

“You really are an honest man~, Theodore-sama. Now I am really envious of Miss Muriel since you can express yourself to her without hesitation at all~. Completely different from the other gentleman over there who is still hesitati~ng.”

“―― I’m sorry for saying that a girl shouldn’t handle magic tools. Please forgive me.” Luke heaved a deep sigh as he bowed to Oriana, apologizing to the latter.

Oriana’s smile deepened a little bit as she replied, “That’s not the only remark that hu~rt me~.”

Luke stiffened a little before he offered another apology. “My deepest apologies for drowning in my research to the point of forgetting my appointment with you.”

T-This as*shole actually dares to forget his appointment with a girl?! Shame on you, dude.

“Okay, that’s enough for now I guess~. You come right when I’m about to go home~.”

Eh? What was she talking about now? I was completely befuddled, watching as Oriana went to hear her attendant’s words before coming back to us.

“Well then, let’s go to the research institute to meet my dear father, shall we~?”

??? What’s the meaning of this??? I thought as I got swept along by Oriana’s pace with Luke in a state of confusion, being forced to follow her.

Honestly, I had no idea what in the world this girl was thinking about. However, when I tried to look at Luke, he seemed to be in a good mood. Seeing this, I couldn’t help but ask.

“What actually happened between you and her?”

“Nothing… but, well, I’m happy I can finally speak with her again―― Not like I’m thanking you for it, though.”

“… Not like I’ll understand even if you thank me, though.”

I mean, we’ve achieved our goal, and that’s good enough. I still don’t really understand what transpired between them though.

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TN: Your Friend Luke got insta-killed by his fiancee’s remarks!

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