Chapter 67: Finding A Place Is Hard! (7)

Chapter 67: Finding A Place Is Hard! (7)

༺ Finding A Place Is Hard! (7) ༻

“Ladies and gentlemen, and distinguished guests from all over the world, welcome. I am the Duke of Freesia, the owner of this palace. It’s a modest place, but please make yourselves comfortable─.”

A blonde dwarf climbed onto the stage and started shouting something.

It wasn’t particularly important news to me.

What was important was that the chocolate fountain at the party was overflowing.

“...A chocolate fountain! Naru’s never seen anything like this before!”

Naru held a cup to the fountain and guzzled down the chocolate.

The mages in dresses murmured as they watched.

“Whose kid is that?”

“Was there a kid like this before?”

Naru was popular even in a place filled with mages.

Naru soon shouted as if she had discovered something.

“Ah, look over there! There are lots of kids about Naru’s age!”

There truly were a lot of kids where Naru pointed.

Judging by the mage hats and magic wands they held, they seemed to be young mages.

Probably the sons and daughters of the wizards attending this party.

“Huh? Tywin! Tywin’s here!”

Naru waved her hand around.

“Oh, holy shh...! Tywin! Good to see you!”

Looking at where Naru was pointing, there really was Tywin Cladeco.

A girl with a princess power of A was hard to miss after all.

She originally was an A+, but her power dropped to A-. Still, it was amazing to see she had started to recover already.

“My goodness, I can’t believe I have to deal with Naru even here.”

“Miss Tywin, do you know that Barbaroi girl?”

Tywin wiped her forehead.

The children, next to her, chattering even more.

Tywin shook her head.

“I don’t know her. How could someone who’s not even a mage get an invitation to the party...”

“Oh, holy shh...! Tywin forgot Naru’s name! Tywin has a bad memory! It’s okay! Naru is Tywin’s friend! I understand!”

“......”

Tywin closed her mouth.

Naru, looking at Tywin, pulled my sleeve.

“Dad! Naru will be playing with Tywin!”

“Is that so? Then go ahead.”

My daughter, Naru, who was only in the first grade of elementary school, would be bored following adults around.

It would be better to be with her peers.

Hug—

With a big hug to my leg, Naru ran towards the children.

I quietly watched her small back disappear into the crowd of children and suddenly realized that I was left alone in this place.

So what should I do now?

I actually did receive an invitation and came to the palace of the Duke of Freesia.

“Where is Brigitte?”

I looked around.

I couldn’t tell where Brigitte had disappeared to because everyone was wearing wizard hats.

As I was looking around, I heard someone giggling.

Soon there was a cough, and someone spoke to me.

It was a man wearing glasses and holding a thick book.

“I’ve always attended Walpurgis Night, but I’ve never seen your face before. Excuse me, but which faction are you from?”

Which faction?

I don’t really have one.

Then I heard a giggling laughter next to me as I frowned.

“How could a savage have a faction?”

“Who invited such a guy?”

“At least his outfit looks decent.”

Indeed.

So this was the rudeness that Brigitte was talking about.

I did feel out of place here.

Like a honey bee that had wandered into an ant’s nest.

Yes, that’s exactly how it felt.

Then someone shouted.

“Isn’t that Judas? My goodness, I didn’t recognize you, dressed like a newlywed groom. Gosh, I wouldn’t have expected to meet a nobleman at a place like this.”

Who was it?

An unknown man.

He was rather handsome, but I didn’t recognize him.

However, his voice spread among the crowd, creating a small stir.

“Isn’t Judas a thief?”

“So that man is... As I thought, he’s not an ordinary savage...”

“...Let’s run away before we get into a fight.”

The magicians soon retreated, clearing their throats.

As I was pondering the strange situation, the handsome man approached me and spoke in a low voice.

“Judas, what are you doing here?”

“Ah, are you Salome? What are you doing here? I didn’t recognize you in this disguise.”

“I’m tracking a certain ‘book’. It’s highly likely to appear at this banquet today. Judas, aren’t you here for that book too? Otherwise, why would you come to a banquet with these tasteless mages?”

A book.

Could Salome be after the book “God” by Platan?

It’s quite difficult to steal the goods she is after.

“Is the book’s name ‘God’?”

“No, that’s not the name of the book I’m after. But I heard it contains incredibly valuable information. I heard you could buy a castle with that one book.”

I was the only one who could be called a bad friend.

But the lady was wrong.

“I’m not a bad friend. I’m the damn bad friend.”

As I chuckled, the woman called Gudrid raised her hair like a cat struck by lightning.

“Wh-Who do you think you are, thief?! This is Lady Batory Von Walpurgis! The great hostess of the family! To think─.”

“Enough. It’s foolish to preach manners to those who don’t know them.”

Swoosh—

The lady raised her hand as Gudrid was about to say something.

Gudrid shut her mouth.

The lady, now known as Batory, slowly examined Brigitte and meI.

Then she calmly said in an emotionless voice.

“Brigitte, let me cut to the chase. Stop your little rebellion and come back to the family.”

“Rebellion...?”

Brigitte scrunched up her face.

Her expression revealed a feeling of absurdity.

“It’s funny to hear about rebellion from someone who didn’t even let me dine with the family. Was I ever your family to begin with? You abandoned me because my hair color was different!”

Brigitte screamed.

Soon, the noisy people around started to look at us one by one.

As I began to feel flustered, the lady said without changing her expression.

“Forget the past. The important thing is what we can do from now on. Brigitte, the head of the family has prepared a place for you. If you behave, you will soon have a marriage proposal.”

“What? Marriage? Who decided that?”

“You are twenty-five years old. We can’t delay any longer. Your sisters are already married and have children of their own. Even your older sister Gudrid had a baby at twenty.”

Batory’s daughters seemed to marry early.

I vaguely understood why Brigitte was a bit self-aware of being twenty-five.

“...Sigh.”

Brigitte seemed to want to say something, but she couldn’t get the words out because of her anger and disbelief.

Without giving Brigitte a chance, the lady added.

“You are my daughter. You have a duty to obey me. That’s how the relationship between a mother and a daughter should be. You will realize this when you have your own daughter.”

“I’m not going to get married!!! I’d rather die than have a child!!! I’d rather bite my tongue and kill myself than become like you!!!”

Brigitte was fuming.

Soon, Brigitte tugged at my arm.

“I was a fool to think I could do something here. Judas, let’s go! We don’t need to waste our time in a place like this!”

Shall we go?

Should I call Naru—I was thinking that when everything was in chaos, the lady said.

“Today, in cooperation with Graham Academy, the prestige of Walpurgis will rise to the sky once again. Brigitte, your role here is somewhat important. We are going to study Homunculus.”

“...What!?”

“Speaking of that, Brigitte, I want to talk about this book. There were quite a few phrases I couldn’t interpret. I’m sure you know, Brigitte. Especially about ‘Aru’.”

Aru?

Whoosh—

The old lady pulled out a book from the bag she was holding.

It was a pretty thick book.

“Well, it’s your diary. It’s about the study of the legendary Homunculus. When I found this, my head and my mind were buzzing with excitement. Beyond the realm of magic, the domain of creation. The hope of our Walpurgis family. If we join hands with the Graham Academy, creating a Homunculus is not a dream─.”

“Hey, give that here!!! Why are you looking at my diary without my consent!!!”

Thud—

Brigitte snatched the book.

Of course, the old lady was relaxed.

“That’s just a summary of the main content. The original is with the head of the family.”

“......!”

Brigitte’s face right now was perfectly described by the phrase ‘silent scream’.

Then she quickly came to her senses, pulled my hand, and spoke in a desolate place.

“This fucking-!”

“Wow. Calm down.”

“I can’t calm down! It’s the worst. Especially.... Judas, we have to steal a book. The book that the head of the Walpurgis family has!!!”

Brigitte was grabbing my clothes.

She seemed to be out of her mind.

This is the first time I’ve seen her this flustered.

She was more composed than this even when we faced the Demon King in his castle.

At this point, I had to ask.

“What the hell is a Homunculus? What is Aru? It sounds similar to Naru.”

A moment of silence filled the space between me and Brigitte.

As the chatter of the people in the banquet hall noisily echoed around-.

“......”

Brigitte took a quick look around.

And then she spoke quietly.

“A Homunculus refers to an artificial creature made with magic in legends. And Aru is... my family. My only family in the world...”

She looked quite confused.

There’s only one thing I should say here.

“My fee is high. After all, I’m the King of Thieves. But you bought expensive clothes for Naru and I, so I’ll let that slide. Okay, I’ll steal it for you today.”

I started to feel strangely concerned.

About Aru and Naru.

And about Homunculus.

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