CH 9

«Did everything go well?"

As we walked toward the carriage in the villa, Rubens called out to me with a worried look on his face.

“She was more pleased than I had imagined, and I'm looking forward to working with the Christie Trading Company on a variety of things from now on.»

“Oh, that's good. I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to get a good result.”

Well, I can't afford to get carried away because we are still in a difficult situation.

If I don't do anything, the future that lies ahead of me will be exile, execution, and the horror of it all.

As the worse possible future flashed through my mind, a shiver ran down my spine and my body trembled a little.

"What's wrong?　Is something wrong?"

"No, I'm fine".

“Well, the sun is setting a little, so if you're chilly, just let me know.”

“Thank you, Deanna."

They thought my shivering was due to the chill, so they called out to me.

They were kind escort.

I was walking down the street when I saw a girl a little smaller than me in front of me.

From the way she is dressed in expensive-looking clothes, I think she is a rich noblewoman from somewhere.

The girl was looking around a little scared and I could feel her nervousness in her look .

Maybe daughter of noble got lost?　

Either way, I couldn't just leave her alone.

As I approached the girl with my two escorts , I asked her, "Are you okay? "

She looked at us in surprise , she had brown skin, dark blue hair, and red eyes that seemed to absorb her.

If to look closely , she was a very pretty girl.

“Oh ......"

“I'm sorry, I know it's scary , when someone is be approached out of the blue before you , right?”

". It's okay. ......"

I could see that she was very scared.

She was rather wary, but I told her that we were from ta frontier territory .

Do I really look that scary?　If I had a mirror, I would want to take a look in it.

She was quite wary, but I told her that we were related to a knighthood that belonged to a frontier county.

I explained that I wanted to help her if she was in trouble.

She looked nervous and told me what happened to her .

She told me that she was separated from the people she was in town .

We decided to came to the place where she had been separated from the people .

Fortunately, we soon found the people who were separated from her.

They were probably from another country and were her guards .

All of them were brown-skinned like her.

When I saw her standing alone in the town, I became concerned and called out to her.

When I asked her about the situation, she told her that she could not leave her alone and that I was worried about her, so I was searching all around while escorting her.

Then the girl moved to me and thanked me, with bow

"Thank you. You really helped me out."

"No. Please raise your head. It's normal to help a people in need. ......"

Hearing my words, the lost girl blushed and turned her head down.

The lady who had been bowing to me raised her head, turned around and approached the lost girl, and with a stern look on her face, she began to speak in a strong voice.

"I'm sorry. ......"

The lost girl nodded at the girl's words as she "shunned" them.

The two exchanged a few words, and it seemed that the lost girl was definitely a young lady from some other nation .

"Well, I'll see you later. Be careful on your way .:

"Yes. Thank you very much."

After bowing to the lost girl and o another girl I said, "goodbye !" and parted with us .

This time I walked back to my carriage and headed home.

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As they made our way back to the mansion by carriage, we saw Roubaix.

On the way back to the house, Rubens called out to Rid.

"Master Rid, did you not ask the lost girl's name?"

When Rubens saw the exchange between the lost girl and me , he felt that he was going to be a very handsome man in the future.

Perhaps Rid himself has no intention of becoming one.

However, Rid's face is very HANDSOME and well-defined to others.

Depending on HIS clothes, she might even look like a girl.

That kind of thing, when Rid is so close to you and says, "Are you okay?" any kid around his age would freeze up.

Rubens thought about this and waited for Rid to answer him , but there was no answer.

"...... Huh?"

Rubens was curious, and when he quietly peeked inside the carriage, he saw that he was sleeping

Rid’s defenseless sleeping face was very cute.

Deanna seemed to have noticed this too, but her eyes were blazing as she hold her mouth with her hands and said, "so , cute ".

Seeing her and her expression, Rubens muttered in his mind, "Hey, hey.

“I guess We will go back to the mansion while ...... Master Rid is sleeping."

Rubens said and ride the carriage back to the mansion.