Chapter 21. Laying the paving stones for the future. (2)
Surprisingly, the minutes clearly stated what Abel said at this meeting.
Although the bombardment of the lords later in the meeting was somewhat toned down.
“What is this….”
After reading the minutes, Diego felt like his world was turning upside down.
“Are there two Abel Kindreals I know? Same names?”
It was just shocking enough content to make me think that way.
From a long time ago, I thought my son was really good at speaking and had a knack for turning people’s minds upside down – in a bad way.
“You did all this in the first meeting you went to?”
The unresolved question was resolved a few hours later when a servant delivered the news.
“There is no Abel?”
Diego, who had been eating dinner alone without any attendant, looked up.
“What do you mean? Why are only Philip and Jonas here?”
The servant bowed politely.
“I don’t know either. For now, let’s just bring the two of you inside.”
“Tell them to come in right away.”
After waiting for a while, Philip and Jonas, who had changed out of their dirty clothes, entered the restaurant.
“-!”
As soon as Diego saw them, his mouth dropped open.
“No, Philip. What’s wrong with your complexion? It looks like you’re half dead.”
“…I apologize.”
Philip quietly bowed his head. Jonas next to him was in even more serious condition.
“Is that a bump or something on your forehead? Did you hit it somewhere on the way?”
“…I fell out of bed while I was sleeping.”
The answers were unclear, but I decided to move on. Because I had more questions than that.
“What about Abel?”
Philip and Jonas looked at each other at Diego’s question.
A snowball fight broke out, and Philip, who lost, took something out of his pocket.
“Master Abel sent this letter…”
Diego snatched the letter presented by Philip. I roughly opened the envelope and checked the contents.
“…….”
Diego’s expression changed every moment as he read the letter.
widely.
After folding the letter noisily, Diego glared at Philippe and Jonas.
“Tell me what this means.”
Another silent battle of wits took place, and Philip, who had lost again, hesitated to open his mouth.
“That’s true….”
A summary of the story, omitting the story of being captured by bandits, was delivered to Diego.
“No, then…”
After hearing the whole story, Diego couldn’t believe his ears.
“Are you saying that the results of this meeting are really Abel’s work?”
“Yes, I do.”
“Huh, really.”
How could this son of a bitch, who had been a fool all his life, have such a talent?
It was an absolutely unbelievable story.
Diego shook his head and opened the letter again. And he confirmed that the contents of the official document and the letter matched exactly.
“…So this is real?”
When Abel stole the seal and secretly went to the capital, Diego was angry to the core.
But when I saw the unexpected results, I felt my frozen heart loosen a little.
“Hum, hum. This guy, really.”
Moreover, at the bottom of the letter,
[P.s. It was quite fun to make fun of Lord Carlo.]
That sentence made me feel even better. She was glad that she had given that unlucky Carlo a beating.
I felt like we would have to talk in detail when Abel came back.
“So when will Abel return?”
In response to Diego’s question, Philip wiped the sweat from his forehead.
“I don’t know either. Master didn’t tell me in detail.”
“Then what is the lord’s seal?”
Philip’s face turned pale, and Jonas straightened his posture in surprise.
“……You, really?”
Diego’s face hardened.
“I’m sorry, my lord….”
Philip closed his eyes and lowered his head.
Bye!
The fork Diego was holding broke in two.
“Abel, this damn child is really….”
Diego’s deep, deep sigh poured out over the table.
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And now. My office is located on the top floor of the upper Vitoria building.
“It’s going well.”
I quickly went through the pile of documents and made the payment.
These were the documents for the dazzling appearance of Vitoria Sangang. The finest materials and finest jewels are generously administered.
Elise, who was standing nearby, stuck out her tongue at the inhuman processing speed.
“I always see the owner working….”
“Isn’t it amazing? I know.”
Elise smiled brightly at her confident response.
Since recovering from Crudelle’s disease, her smile has noticeably increased. And when she smiled, her people would look at her, mesmerized.
“It seems very popular.”
“…No way. You are mistaken.”
Elise threw up her hands with a red face.
It’s not that it’s not, but I often hear people I meet for business confessing to falling in love with Elice.
Thanks to this, Dexter and William had to watch her surroundings every day with double eyes.
“It seems like the urgent matters have been roughly handled.”
I stamped the last document and put it down. Elice picked up the documents and spoke in a passing tone.
“Everyone was in an uproar about what happened yesterday.”
“What happened?”
When I asked back, pretending not to know, Elice grinned as if she couldn’t stop me.
“The person who was with Princess Violet all yesterday afternoon is my master. Don’t I know?”
Elice’s fingers skillfully sorted out and organized the documents.
“It is said that a significant number of high-ranking nobles who participated in the secret auction yesterday were reported by Princess Violette.”
“hmm.”
“I heard that among them is Countess Barnes…”
Elise smiled faintly.
“It looks like my biological father will be busy for a while.”
Her voice pronouncing her biological father was just cold.
“It is also said that the Imperial Army is moving around trying to find out who organized the auction.”
“Hoo.”
“It’s too bad for the Mare Guild. Even more disaster will come soon.”
“For something like that, you don’t look sympathetic, do you?”
Despite my criticism, Elice looked completely unaffected.
“Even if I cut off all their limbs and cut off their heads, it wouldn’t be enough for me.”
The beautiful face that had regained its age glowed mercilessly. Eventually, Eli Che withdrew her emotions and spoke quietly.
“I think you should go to the inner room.”
“hmm.”
I nodded and left the office. Jack was loitering in front of one of the rooms lining the hallway.
“master!”
Jack noticed me and started crying.
“What are you doing?”
“I brought you a meal, but you won’t open the door.”
Vegetable soup and soft bread were placed on the tray Jack was holding.
“Give it to me.”
After taking the tray, I knocked on the door.
smart.
“grow.”
Jack looked at the door with a nervous expression. After a short time has passed,
“Come on in.”
Ekarot’s small voice was heard.
“omg…….”
A look of betrayal flashed across Jack’s face.
“He didn’t even answer when I called him more than ten times!”
“Are you and I the same?”
He flicked Jack’s forehead and gestured.
“You’ve worked hard. Stop it.”
“yes.”
Jack turned around, poking his mouth out. Seeing her rushing to her office, it looked like she was about to vent her frustration to Ellie Che.
Sweet.
I turned the doorknob and entered the room.
Furniture such as a soft bed and sofa were brought in, and a thick rug was laid on the floor.
However, Ekarot was nowhere to be seen.
Ekarot was squatting on the hard floor. The small, slender back moved slightly, and the boy’s sullen face turned in this direction.
“…You came.”
It was a tone that could not hide his feelings of disappointment.
“Are you upset?”
I smiled and approached Ekarot. Eka Rot responded, turning her head in the other direction.
“No.”
“It’s true that you’re upset.”
“…You’ve been locked up here since last night.”
“I locked you up. I locked the door from the outside, starved you, and dressed you in rags.”
As I spoke in detail, Ekarot became mute from the syrup.
“You could have gone out if you wanted. It’s not like you didn’t try.”
“…….”
“And I didn’t lock him up, I let him rest. Am I wrong?”
“……No, that’s right.”
Ekarot eventually stopped complaining and turned around to face me.
“Eat it. I prepared it with something that is good for your body.”
Even when he saw the food I offered him, he didn’t rush at me right away. Even though I must have been very hungry because I starved since yesterday.
‘I have a lot of doubts.’
I put the tray down on the floor. I took a piece of bread, put it in my mouth, and took a bite of the soup.
“Okay, okay? I didn’t ride anything strange.”
“-!”
Ekarot’s eyes widened at my actions. Next, Ekarot’s cheeks turned slightly red.
“……sorry.”
“No, doubting is a good habit.”
In the process of being taken to a slave trade, it was natural for people to have doubts about food.
I giggled and tapped the tray.
“Once you’ve checked, eat it quickly.”
Only then did Ekarot rush to the tray. And he literally inhaled the food.
“……I will pretend.”
It was so embarrassing that I was watching it.
‘Did I eat like that too?’
It was a moment when I had a reasonable doubt as to whether I was like that when I was starving because of Requiem.
Yum yum, yum.
Ekarot, wearing neat clothes that fit his body, looked quite different from yesterday.
He even exuded nobility, as if he had been raised in an aristocratic family from birth.
Gulp.
Unless it’s because he looks like he’s possessed.
I waited silently until Ekarot filled his stomach. Because people tend to be much softer when their stomachs are full.
widely.
Finally, Ekarot put down the plate he had finished licking. She glanced at her completely clean plate and said:
“If you’ve finished eating, go.”
“Where?”
“Where you will be staying from now on.”
Ekarot stood up hesitantly.
“I’m not staying here, am I?”
“Yeah, no.”
He grinned and flicked his hand.
“You should go somewhere where your talents can flourish.”
We were planning to head to the Wizard’s Tower, the only residence of wizards in the empire.
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“I’m a wizard?”
While riding in the carriage, Ekarot asked several times.
“okay.”
I nodded leisurely.
“Didn’t you feel it yesterday? It felt like the air around you was rushing towards you.”
“Oh, that’s it.”
Ekarot frowned and muttered.
“…I don’t do that now. I can’t feel anything.”
“I don’t know exactly. I’ve never experienced it before.”
“Then how do you know?”
“I heard something.”
Ekarot was so curious that he started shaking his body as if he was dying, but when I gave him a look, he calmed down.
“Just wait a little while and you’ll find out.”
“yes.”
Ekarot just sat still after that. He was quiet, so it seemed like he was trying to use his power for something else.
‘It’s going to be difficult.’
What happened yesterday was just an unconscious reaction that came out like a prick due to intensified emotions.
More often than not, we are not even aware of that power.
‘You’ll learn it quickly. He was praised as a genius in the original work.’
As long as he received proper training, it was only a matter of time before his talent would blossom.
The problem is whether you can easily enter the Wizard’s Tower, or Magic Tower for short… … .
“Im here.”
The carriage arrived at its destination. Ekarot got off the carriage and tilted his head.
“This…isn’t the tower?”
As he said, the Wizard’s Tower was an ordinary one-story building.
“But it would be strange to call it a wizard’s house or a wizard’s quarters.”
He smiled and gestured towards the guy.
“let’s go.”
“yes!”
A man who appeared to be a security guard was sitting at the guard post in front of the building.
Ekarot’s eyes sparkled brightly.
“Is that person a wizard too?”
“No, just an ordinary person.”
“You’re not a wizard, are you here?”
“Because I only do that job. There’s not much to do in the first place.”
I whispered and approached the security guard. He yawned once and looked at me as if he were bored.
“Who are you? What is the purpose of your visit?”
The wizard group is basically closed, and most of them have difficult and sensitive personalities. So, despite being a nobleman, he was reluctant to be visited by others.
The method of opening their sturdy door was surprisingly simple.
“Food delivery has arrived.”
He shook the basket he was carrying.
‘I can’t stand rice.’
I grinned to myself.
fantasy,
