CH 58

Dad announced that he was declining his position as lord. And Hauzen-san, who was watching him, smiled fearlessly and stood up.

”Fufufu, don’t worry about that!”

“What?”

I replied back in a dumbfounded voice, and he continued.

“I have ten million beryls! Including the amount we scraped together from the townspeople and Brao’s share with the damn doctor. It was right there in the hospital vault, and I went through the formalities to get it back!”

” “Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!?” “

Really!? No, it’s true that there’s a possibility that you’ll get your money back since you were scammed, but I didn’t know it was still there ……

“That doctor saved up quite a lot, you know? …… I hear that many doctors are rich, but that’s too many. He’s so uninterested in money it’s almost creepy.”

“He was a strange guy, after all. He said he liked to watch their faces twist in pain.”

“……”

The room fell silent at Tigre-sensei’s words. To be honest, I don’t want to deal with him more than once either. The king speaks again after regaining his composure.

“That’s why Hauzen-kun insists that it should be you. Of course, the townspeople have given their consent.”

“But …… I threw away my private fortune for the sake of my child and stepped down as lord, remember? I know that could cause pain for everyone in the town ……”

“Not to mention that it has passed, though. It is natural for parents to do what they can for their own children, right? …… The people who took care of you don’t think that way. The Bryon Chamber of Commerce also helped out.”

“Solio has ……?”

I think Bryon …… was Luciel’s house. Her father, his name is Solio, huh? I felt like he was avoiding my dad, but he gave us money ……?

“He confessed that Brao had threatened him to buy your vegetables. Maybe he’ll come back later to apologize. Well, I guess Lars saving the sisters was a big part of it.”

“I see. Solio ……”

Maybe there was something going on between Dad, Brao, and Solio. He nodded vigorously when Hauzen-san smiled at him.

“…… I understand. I’m not so weak that I’m going to sit back and let that happen. I will do my best to contribute to my country.”

“Honey …… I’m glad for you, Lars.”

“Yeah ……”

If I could, I would do it with my hand. That’s what I used to think so, but then I realized that there is a limit to how much I can do all by myself. Even though I’m older on the inside, I didn’t think that my previous life of being alone would have an impact here.

From now on, I’ll rely on the people around me more, I promised to myself.

“Now that we have the details out of the way, I have a favor to ask you, okay?”

“You want to ask to do? You mean for us?”

“Close, but not quite. The one next to your mother …… she’s called Verna-san, I think?”

“Wa-. wahi!?”

(T/N: Verna-sensei is so surprised that I can’t understand what she’s said anymore.)

When Verna-sensei, who looked a little sleepy at the sudden call of her name, jumped up and shouted, Tigre-sensei smirked at her.

“Don’t fall asleep.”

“I’m not asleep!”

“You were asleep!”

“P-Pervert!”

“Verna, don’t fight in front of his majesty.”

“Tigre-sensei, you should watch your mouth too.”

“I-I’m sorry ……”

The two of them were stunned by the headmaster’s scolding. The headmaster coughs and continues to speak.

“Well, Verna-sensei. I was wondering if you would be interested in working as a teacher at our academy? Of course, I’ll pay you a modest salary, and if you want, I can provide you with accommodations within the academy.”

“What!?”

“Fueeeeh?”

I don’t know how many times I’ve said “What!?” today. Of course, Verna-sensei hadn’t heard of this, so she stood up and shouted. 

“W-What, me? I’m only good at herbs and magic, though ……”

“No no, the magic you showed me back then was perfectly capable …… I’ve also heard that you’re Lars-kun’s magic instructor. I’m sure it’s thanks to your teachings that Lars-kun is able to use magic as well as he does.”

“It was thanks to Lars’s [Super Jack-of-all-Trades]. I was just giving him a little push ……”

Oops, I thought she was getting more confident lately, but she’s back to her old way of speaking. As expected, you would be nervous in front of the king ……

“Super? I know that Lars-kun’s skill is [Jack-of-all-Trades]. I think it was his own effort and his teacher’s help that helped him train myself to that level, even though it was said to be a failure. What do you think?”

“U-Uhhhh ……”

I said to Verna-sensei, who moaned, her face turning red.

“Verna-sensei is a good teacher, and she makes teaching fun. I think that If it wasn’t for Verna-sensei, I might not have been able to work as hard as I have. I’d be happy if the academy have Verna-sensei too, you know?”

“Lars-kun ……”

Verna-sensei heard my words and closed her eyes, and we all went into a position to watch. After a while, she slowly opened her eyes, and instead of looking confused like before, her eyes had changed to a determined look.

“I, I understand. I’ll take it!”

“Ohhhhh! Thank you! We’ve got an excellent wizard! Well done, Tigre-sensei.”

“N-No ……”

“What? Y-You did?”

“I said I would love to. It’s true that I also thought it was amazing when I saw it. Tigre-sensei asked mother to bring you here.”

“Ahaha, I actually knew that!”

“Mom ……”

When I was dumbfounded, Verna-sensei bowed to Mom and Tigre-sensei and sat down. She want to keep the mountain house as it is, and she are going to commute from home. Then the king took charge again.

“Now, let’s take care of the other two matters. The first one is Brao, but because of Roen’s kindness, he won’t have a capital punishment. He will spend five years in a prison in the capital. Ryuuze will be taken in by his mother and moved from the lord’s mansion to a residential area. He will continue to attend the academy.”

“……!　Thank God!”

If it was a capital offense, I was going to advise against it, so I guess this is what you call good fortune. I want Brao to pay for his sins. But most of all, for Ryuuze’s sake.

When I was crying a little bit, the king said something that retracted the tears, and the place became quiet.

“The other matter is …… Lars, will you come to the capital?”

I don’t know why, but last time I was writing an afterword and it fell through, so it’s still there!

Thank you for reading!

[Afterword Theater]

“The first case settled, well, I don’t think that will happen?”

That will happen if you’re strong …… is what I’m talking about.