Chapter 46

No further explanation was needed.

I shouted at my grandfather and stretched out my two hands.

“Okay, wait for a second! Wait a minute, Grandpa!”

"Huh?"

Leaving my grandfather tilting his head, I hurried back to my room.

"Dad! Bag! Bag!"

"Huh? Uh yeah, yeah……."

My father, who was standing blankly, was also busy because of me.

I found a square leather bag in the corner of the room and spread it on the bed.

Then I throw the things I think Perez will need and use into the bag.

“This book and that one too! And cookies, candy, writing tools... .”

For a while, I ran around the room and the house packing my things.

It didn't seem like much, but the bag immediately filled up.

"What are you doing, Florentia?"

My grandfather, who was waiting in the parlor, finally came into my room and asked.

“I packed some of the things I needed! It won't take long, so wait a minute, Grandpa!"

Suddenly there was a small garden on the bed.

“You need them right now?”

Grandfather tilted his head because he couldn't understand.

I looked back at grandfather and answered.

"To bring to Perez!"

"You give it to him?"

For some reason, my grandfather's eyes wriggled.

"Are you doing that because you don't use it anymore?"

"I didn't bring much..."

But I didn't think that my grandfather's frown would open.

"When we meet Perez, grandpa will understand my heart too!"

If you see that thin child, you will probably want to feed and take care of anything.

I am telling the truth.

"… Okay. Let's go."

My grandfather's voice was a little weird, but I shrugged once.

Then I take the leather bag and lifted it with one hand.

No, I tried to lift it.

"Wow!"

The bag is quite heavy so my body swaying.

I have a lot of stuff. My father sighed a little next to me and tried to pick up my bag.

But I shook my head a little and said in a voice as lively as my grandfather.

"Now I'm ready to see Perez, Grandpa!"2

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I wrapped my bags around happily, then after a while, we left the mansion.

"No matter how much you want to see him, are you try to go to the Imperial Palace in pajamas..."

My grandfather shook his head and said as if I was absurd.

“Now, it’s because I got up while I was sleeping and I’m so busy…… .”

Oh, it's embarrassing.

I shouted to go to the Imperial Palace while wearing a nightgown with lace.

If I had found out, I would have laughed a little less confidently.

I looked out the window, pretending to be calm and casual.

It was still before the sun came up, so the sky and the road where the carriage was running still dark.

Our group was very simple to say that the Lombardy Lord was moving.

It was all about the carriage and the knights of Lombardy who followed.

It is all silent except for the sound of a horseshoe and the sound of carriage wheels rolling on the road.

I looked back at my grandfather sitting next to me.

Perhaps because of the faint light in the carriage, the wrinkles of the eyebrows looked deep today.

When he talked about Perez last night, he seemed to have a lot of thoughts.

'Let's come and talk together before the morning sun rises', so what has changed his mind?

I couldn't ask my grandfather directly, but I could feel vaguely from the deep wrinkles, indicates that the reason wasn't good.

The carriage ran without stopping when we go out of the Lombardy territory, and when we run through the fields and pass the gate.

The soldiers from a distance saw the carriage approached quickly which only the Lord of Lombardy could do.

The enormous castle gate, which would have been firmly closed until dawn but the curfew was released and gave away too easily in front of the Lombardy pattern.

The wagon we boarded didn't even need to slow down.

And finally, we reached the front of the Imperial Palace.

I was a little nervous.

There was also a case last time because the Imperial Palace is still the Imperial Palace anyway.

When the wagon slowed down, I changed my posture and sat down thinking that someone might open the wagon door right away.

However, grandfather's posture of looking out the window with his beard on his chin remains unchanged.

Then he turned his head to see my sudden gaze, and our eyes met.

And at that moment, the carriage started moving again like a lie.

Even the owner of the Castle was not yet awakened from sleep, we walked straight from the front gate of the Imperial Palace.

Grandfather looked at me a little surprised and said, reaching out and stroking my head.

"Did you think we would be check like last time?"

"I know it'll be okay because I was with Grandpa. But, it's still Imperial Palace...."

Lombardy's Lord knows that he can walk into the Emperor's office if he wishes, without anyone's restraint.

However, it is a separate story from what I know in my head.

Grandpa patted my head and said soothingly.

“You are Lombardy. Lombardy is not afraid of the Imperial Family."

"Woww...."

Cool.

My grandfather muttered softly as he stared at the cuteness that made him laugh.

"Cheeky things. Don't worry about your grandfather, child. Your grandfather is going to be very angry today."8

I don't know exactly who you're punishing, but I nodded vigorously.