Chapter 85

Episode 85. Lucia Everlast And seriously, silence

passed for a while.

Soon after, the person who entered the laboratory burst into laughter.

“Puhaha. hey. Adrias. what’s that look on your face? Is that the expression of seeing someone you wouldn’t want to see? But I passed because I didn’t recognize it like last time!”

“It really was Salem.”

I almost didn’t recognize him because he changed his appearance.

Anyway, how did Salem get here?

Could it be that the person I was talking to first with the top of Everlast... ... ?

“Salem... ... . Could it be Salem Yedidia?”

Then a small voice came from behind me.

I forgot that Lucia existed and made a mistake.

Lucia, who was behind me, stuck out her head and looked at Salem.

“okay. I am Salem Yedidiah. Are you William’s daughter? I’ve heard about it a few times, but it sure looks pretty.”

Salem nodded proudly even though his identity was revealed.

It was definitely like one of the world’s strongest people who had nothing to fear.

At that time, a voice came from outside the laboratory along with the sound of someone running.

“Lord Hagendahl! Please wait a moment!”

Apparently, he used the pseudonym Hagendahl.

Salem went out the door again and turned to Viscount Hollington, who seemed to be running towards him.

“sorry. William. I’ve already uncovered my identity. You don’t have to call me Hagendahl.”

William and I already knew each other.

This is a fact that I did not know even though I played Lucia.

“oh my. Whoops.”

Viscount Hollington, who arrived late to the lab, looked at Salem and us inside the lab with a puzzled look. And in the end, he looked at Salem with resentful eyes.

“You even promised that you would go quietly... ... .”

“haha. sorry. I was so excited to hear that Adrias was here that I couldn’t stand it.”

“Are you acquainted with His Excellency?”

“then! A very special relationship. Isn’t that right, Adrias?”

How should I answer this?

Salem, to put it mildly, is a person in the middle of a love affair, but he is clearly a wanted criminal of the empire. I wasn’t too worried because my relationship with Viscount Hollington wasn’t normal, but it took a lot of work to be positive.

“You are the lifesaver of my life.”

I just want it to end here.

It’s a bit risky if you look too friendly. Not really that friendly.

“what? Are we just that close?”

Today, starting with Lucia, why are you so obsessed with relationships?

I’m kidding, of course.

I was a little embarrassed by the unexpected appearance of Salem, but I was more glad than afraid because he was a person who had a goodwill towards me. In particular, the mana wave he taught me was still useful, so I felt grateful.

“But what were you doing here? What are you two dating?”

“I was doing research.”

Despite my answer to Salem’s words, Viscount Hollington glanced at Lucia with an angry look. Judging from Viscount Hollington’s personality, it seemed that the man he would marry Lucia in the future would have a hard time.

“I interfered with the two enjoying their youth. William. Let’s go out and have a beer with the oldies.”

“Yes yes? I have an appointment with Sir Cromwell... ... .”

“Uh huh. If you’re so careless, you’ll be hated by your daughter?”

“That can’t be... ... .”

The two of you are doing a lot of conte.

Lucia intervened as I looked at it with puzzled eyes.

“Is it really Salem Yedidiah? A devil after the truth?”

“okay. why? Can’t you believe it?”

When I asked if Salem was cute, Lucia said boldly.

“yes.”

“whatever.”

“yes?”

“What if you don’t believe me? Do I have to prove it?”

Lucia still pretended to be asleep and didn’t answer, but it didn’t matter.

I just said it one-sidedly because I wanted you to know my truth.

all over again.

“Sir Cromwell!”

Quite a bit of time had passed before I saw Viscount Hollington’s carriage returning to the castle.

I waved my hand and stood up.

“Lucia. You are also a precious person to me. Just know that.”

* * *

Adrias Cromwell left as soon as his contract was concluded.

As Lucia watched Adrias leave from her room in the castle, she remembered the words he had told her.

‘You won’t leave me alone... ... .’

My face just got hot.

I don’t know how you can say something like that without changing the color of your face.

But because of that, it felt more sincere and touched my heart.

I don’t know what kind of life Adrias had lived before, so he said that, but his words were quite a big comfort.

‘Coming to think of it, I don’t know anything about Adrias-senpai.’

He knew nothing except that he was the Earl of Cromwell and that he had a sister. I hadn’t really been interested in it until now, but this incident made me curious.

How he lived, how he was when he was young, and how he became a count at such a young age.

‘You don’t seem to like sweets, but what do you like to eat? Do you like meat?’

As Adrias’s curiosity burst out, thoughts continued endlessly.

After thinking about him for a long time, Lucia was awakened by the sound of a servant knocking on the door.

“Lady Lucia. The owner wants to have a meal together at the restaurant. How should I tell him?”

Lucia, who always ate in the lab or in her own room, decided to go down to the restaurant after a long absence.

Wouldn’t the father know more about the Cromwell family?

After answering that she would go down, Lucia came down to the restaurant and saw an unexpected guest.

‘Salem Yedidiah.’

You still haven’t left?

Salem was sitting down with her father, thinking he was going to have dinner.

“Lucia. I didn’t think it would come out, so I couldn’t tell you in advance. Hagendahl-sama decided to have a meal with us. Would that be okay?”

“yes. does not matter.”

Even though his identity has already been revealed, he sees his father, whom he calls Hagendahl, and walks to his seat and sits down.

Lucia was thinking in her heart that it was all right.

I was thinking of asking Salem, who seemed quite connected to Adrias, about what had happened to him.

“Lucia Everlast.”

But before she could ask the question, Salem spoke first.

“I heard that you have some talent for magic. Really?”

“not too bad.”

The answer was vague, but she wasn’t really interested in magic.

Magic was a secondary factor because the process of her learning magic itself was to research her own cure.

“Seeing you reminds me of the guy who used to be my student.”

“A disciple?”

“uh. Although he ran away because he couldn’t climb up.”

As Salem spoke, he raised his arm and began to conjure something with his magic.

It was something that looked like a star shining blue.

“iced coffee.”

As if Lucia was bewitched, she couldn’t take her eyes off the magic, and Viscount Hollington just watched with an expression wondering what was going on.

“Do you know what this is?”

“Do not.”

Seeing Lucia answer right away, Salem smiled and tossed and caught the star he created above his hand like a ball.

“ah! Danger above... ... .”

“Do you really think you know what this is?”

Unlike Lucia, who was anxious, Salem looked at Lucia with an expression of interest.

Then he grabbed the star he created, crushed it, and thrust his face into it.

“Lucia Everlast. Would you like to try my student?”