In the office devoid of his father, Darphy, who was momentarily stunned, collected himself and stood up from his chair.
「H-hold on, please wait. Father!」
Darphy who watched as Dante leave the room happy about his retirement, chased after him upon regaining himself.
Retirement? Change of heads? What is Father saying? Darphy was followed Dante while still trying to fully untangle his thoughts.
The document handed by Prime Minister Balza was a document for a change of head to be submitted to the House of Lords? Eh, me? Succeeding the territory?
Darphy couldn’t wrap his head around the unexpected development.
「Minimal clothing and underwear should be fine. Wait, maybe I should bring Freesia’s ou
When Darphy caught up to Dante and entered his parents’ bedroom, there he found his father muttering to himself as he packed.
「Father!」
「Hm? Oh, Darphy, what’s the matter?」
「Don’t what’s the matter me! What do you mean by change of heads!?」
「Even if you ask me, that’s really all there is to it.」
Contrary to Darphy’s agitation, Dante’s calm response only exasperated Darphy even more.
「No way, the reason you are abandoning this territory isn’t because you want to be by Sister’s child’s side, is it?」
「Darphy, it’s not sister’s child. Address her properly as Etoile.」
「No, that’s not the problem!」
「Don’t yell, Darphy. You’ll go bald.」
「Worried? My worry at this moment is whether or not Etoile has already forgotten my face!」
「It is impossible for a child who was just barely born would remember your face, Father!」
What a foolish remark from a doting grandfather. Every foolish remark Dante yelled, Darphy returned with his own yell.
「Fufu, listen, Darphy. You’re looking down on your own niece. Etoile is a prodigy. Surely she remember her gramp’s face.」
「Gr
Because he was an Elf, Dante looked young, but witnessing him happily call himself “gramps” truly made Darphy wonder if his father really was a different person.
How Darphy saw his father ever since he was young was serious and taciturn. If anything, he thought his father was a humorless man.
His mother Freesia was a calm and graceful mother, but when his sister disappeared after the war, she rarely smiled. Ever since Sophia returned to their territory with a human male, she returned to being the calm and graceful mother, but Dante was still a serious and ordinary lord of a small territory.
That was.........
「I should send Sanctuary wine I brought with me to Lord Balza, His Majesty, and the Knight Commander as a souvenir. I’m sure they would be pleased. Ah, right! I should buy hair accessories for Etoile.」
「......I believe hair ornaments are too early for babies.」
All Darphy could do was make quips as Dante hummed happily as he packed.
It’s a matter of succession for the Chevalier family, but if the Prime Minister and Knight Commandeer acknowledge it and the current head of the family wanted it, there was nothing that Darphy could do.
And so, Darphy was forced to agree.
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