Chapter 426

I received a big welcome

“It stopped raining...?”

“Wuff?”

Just when we had almost arrived at the mansion, the rain started to die down, and then stopped completely.

I looked up at the sky while taking off my coat. I felt a little lighter then.

But I was still wet.

“Hah... That was tiring. I want to take a bath...and go straight to bed. I wonder if Liza is asleep?”

“Wuff. Wuff-wuff. Wou!”

“Haha. I know. We’ll get you some sausages as well.”

I raised my sword for light and gazed at the cloud while talking to Leo.

Leo did not forget what I had said about sausages.

Well, they were her favorite food.

I just wanted to soak in a hot bath. I could leave Leo to someone else... There would likely still be servants who were awake.

Even with a raincoat, my body became very cold.

While I wasn’t freezing, I still had to warm up so I wouldn’t get sick...

“Uh...I’m back...?”

“Wuff.”

“...”

I arrived at the gate and greeted the three guards.

Nicholas was with them, and they just bowed silently before opening the gate.

While I thought it was strange that they didn’t reply, I passed the guards and went through the gate.

“Ah, Leo. You should shake some of the water off first.”

Next to me, Leo was tilting her head with a puzzled expression.

“...Umm...”

“Hohoho. You seem very surprised?”

“Wuff-wuff.”

As I wondered how to respond, Sebastian stepped forward with an amused smile.

I knew that he would look like that.

“Well, of course, I’m surprised... All of the servants are out here in the middle of the night. I thought everyone would be asleep...”

“You and Leo did something very dangerous for Liza’s sake, when the duke could not act. And so we are very grateful...”

“Uh... I see...”

Indeed, part of the reason was that the duke couldn’t act...

If he could not catch Deam, then Leo and I would.

Though, my main motivation was my anger about Liza being targeted. So it felt a little weird to be thanked for it...

Well, I suppose this was just how Sebastian did things. And I should just accept it.

“Oh, there is no point in standing around like this...”

“I will bring a change of clothing.”

“Thank you.”

“Wuff... Wuff...”

Sebastian said, and then the soldiers started to move around busily.

As it was raining, they knew that I would return wet. And so one of the maids brought me a change of clothing.

Since Leo had been running over mud, a few maids wiped her feet clean.

Furthermore, aside from the maid who brought me a towel, other servants brought an extra large towel and wiped Leo carefully with it.

Leo seemed to really enjoy being carefully wiped like that.