CH 10

“I seem angry at you? Without my knowledge, you made me stamp my seal to get engaged, huh?”

“Brother, from now on, you’ll be in big trouble if you just stamp without checking. It’s fine if you’re Julian Cato of the butcher shop, but not if you’re Julian Noart of the County of Noart.”

I patted Julian on the shoulder and spoke as if to comfort.

“I think you’ve learned a lot from this, so I’ll let this off.”

“I won’t be comforted by the problem-giver!”

“Hey, why do you get angry even when I comfort you? Brother, have you lost your social skills as well as your memories?”

Meanwhile, Schulva was muttering with a panicked face.

“This engagement… It’s just a suggestion? It might not work out, right?”

He seemed to have found hope. As expected. It was probably because he had been in the county for a long time, so he grasped the situation very quickly.

“The Duke of Diefenril… There is a high possibility that it will not happen in the end because of various realistic constraints, isn’t it?”

Realistic constraints… Certainly there was.

Ah that’s right… There was still a long way to go. 

I nodded and agreed.

“If you look only at the current possibility, there is a high probability that it will not happen.”

Presently, currently.

‘Well, if I do my best, the future is still unknown.’

At my answer, Schulva nodded as if he was delighted.

“Yes… Yes. That’s right. This is not a child’s joke… I’m sure we’re not the only ones proposing marriage talks… I’m just saying…”

Schulva kept muttering like a madman, going, ‘It’s not going to work out, maybe…’ 

“Schulva, by the way, since my brother is awake, aren’t you going to call my grandfather?”

I asked with a grin, and Schulva finally came to his senses and nodded.

“Yes. Since he will be arriving in ‘Solom’ soon, I would like to send a letter to the communication port there. The count will be very worried about Lord Julian. We need to inform him of the condition.”

Solom was a city my grandfather would pass by on his way to the empire. There was a communication port in each city, so if we could figure out the route, we could make contact for urgent matters.

‘And passing through Solom, Tepan…’

Tepan was the place where a landslide occurred before regression, which held my grandfather up.

I wanted to change my grandfather’s route and get him to come as quickly as possible.

‘But I can’t tell him to avoid the existing route because a landslide will occur…’

Grandfather and I had never even said hello before.

If I sent a letter saying I knew the future, it would sound crazy. So I had to approach it in a different direction.

“Please give my letter to my grandfather at the same time.”

“Yes? To the Count?”

“Yes. Of course, keep it a secret from my relatives, just pretend it’s news about my brother.”

I wrote a simple letter from my brother’s desk and handed it over.

Grandfather, I’m Rosie Noart. I’d like to buy an item from you. Please make a bracelet out of shells on your way back. No matter how you price it, I’ve prepared a payment that you’ll be satisfied with at once. I’ll be looking forward to the day I can see my grandfather.

“Shell bracelet…”

Schulva checked the contents and muttered, frowning.

“Isn’t this the first business item that Count Noart came up with while working as a sailor when he was young?”

“That’s right. Grandfather’s first business was to make and sell bracelets from seashells. So he will never ignore this letter.”

After I explained it succinctly, Schulva tilted his head and asked.

“Then why are you suddenly sending a letter like this? Ah… No matter how much I look at the contents of the letter, I can’t understand your intentions.”

“You’re not supposed to know. Won’t Grandfather be very surprised to receive this?”

I looked Schulva in the eyes and shrugged.

“Doesn’t it have to arouse this level of curiosity for my grandfather to be interested in me?”

“Yes?”

“Let’s see, Schulva. When Grandfather comes back, I’ll definitely be in his eyes.”

Schulva still had a worried expression.

“Lady Rosie… The Count is unrelenting. He is truly a person who will collect the price quoted. He will not see you as a granddaughter.”

“I can give him something he will be happy with. I don’t intend to gloss over it as his granddaughter either.”

I ignored the anxiety on Schulva’s face and stamped my fingerprint on the letter. I couldn’t help it because Julian’s expression was that he would never give me his seal again.

Then, after handing over the letter to Schulva, I turned my head towards Julian.

“Brother, anyway, stop caring and go to sleep. I’ll come over during lunch!”

Julia , who seemed uncomfortable with my words, asked bluntly.

“Why are you coming again?”

“Are you asking because you don’t know?”

I widened my eyes and answered.

“Because I miss you! It’s fun just to see your face!”

The door closed with Julian’s embarrassed expression.

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At that time, on the road near Solom.

Caliburn was riding on his horse. The empire was still a long way off.

“To think that Julian was beaten… It must be the work of the temple bastards.”

Caliburn Noart.

He was a handsome, energetic old man with gray hair and big green eyes.

As if to symbolize the hardships of his youth, his bronzed skin was covered with scars here and there.

Although he was dressed extravagantly, he looked more like a pirate boss than a high-ranking noble.

A former slave of the temple, he lived his whole life with a vengeance against the temple. And he did everything for money and status.

Marriage was also carried out with a thorough calculation of gains and losses, and after the death of his wife in his youth, he did not remarry and tried only to increase his business.

Of course, it was because he needed money to deal with the temple of enormous power.

As much as his rough life, he was as strict and merciless to his children.

All four of his children were pathetic, but fortunately Vallia’s son Julian was of great quality. So much so that he overthrew all of his children and designated him as his successor.

“Hurry up, hurry up.”

He was abroad on business, but as soon as he heard the news that Julian was seriously injured and was struggling between life and death, he immediately set off for the empire.

He was worried about Julian, and he had to fill the vacancy because they had a lot of work in the empire.

“Lord Julian is a strong person. Don’t worry too much, Count.”

Next to Caliburn was his aide, who tried to comfort him. 

“Soon, we’ll reach Solom. There may be good news from the count’s residence. Perhaps Lord Julian has come to his senses.”

Actually, the fastest way to get to the empire was by sea.

However, the only way to be contacted from the far away county residence was to stop by the communication points in every big city.

So, Caliburn’s party was moving around large cities with a communication port.

“…I wish it’s the case.”

Caliburn tutted and clicked his tongue.

“He has to come to my senses at least. He should think of his little sister, whom he worked hard to raise.”

Last year, Julian brought back Vallia’s other child from the temple.

Saying that he couldn’t trust the others in Noart, he left her in the annex and didn’t even introduce her to the family. And she was thoroughly protected by layers of escorts.

“My Rosie Rosie is still too young. I can never let her go through half of half the humiliation I went through.”

Julian had many enemies. It was natural for the strongest. So he deserved to be overprotective. Caliburn didn’t even bother to say hello.

He had only seen the child once from afar.

She was a small child with a fair face like a fluffy rabbit.

Perhaps because Vallia was the daughter who most resembled him, Julian and Rosie also inherited his silver hair and green eyes.

“To him, his sister would be everything in the world, tsk.”

Did he say that she was an apprentice mixed with the priest’s blood?

Julian thought Caliburn would hate Rosie and hid her, but he was not such a senseless old man.

‘It’s not that Rosie wants to be an apprentice, so…’

It was just that Caliburn was always busy, and since her brother was so thorough, he just didn’t pay much attention.

“If he doesn’t come to his senses by the time I’m back, I’ll have to shout through his ears that Rosie has a papercut.”

Caliburn sneered as he rode away.

“Then he’ll jump up wide-eyed and cry out to all the doctors, won’t he?”

With that said, he began to gain more speed.

When they arrived in Solom.

Caliburn received a letter saying that Julian had woken up safely, but was severely injured and had partial amnesia.

And… 

“What is this?”

He gazed with interest for a long time at a letter from his granddaughter, whom he had never spoken to before.

Credits goes to Ame for raw providing and translating, and Tassie for proofreading.