Episode 57. The Youngest Daughter of the Witherspoon Family (3)
The Witherspoon family.
They were the top of all the wizarding families on the continent. Being a wizarding family in itself was a special position among the nobility, but the Witherspoons were even more special.
‘One of the five families recognized by the Emperor.’
Also known as ‘Imperial Aristocrats’.
The emperor treated the royal families and nobles of other kingdoms with contempt, but only to the imperial nobility. They were treated as if they were royalty, although they were not related by blood.
“Miss, it’s time for breakfast.”
At that moment, a voice came between Rubin and Chloe.
She was a woman with a sharp expression and a cold air. She approached Chloe and quickly glanced at Rubin.
“Tch, even on a boat, you can’t skip breakfast… … .”
“Of course. Even if we are on the sea, we cannot avoid the principles of the family.”
Rubin was silent. She must be the Witherspoon’s maid. She must be a magician of such great skill that the word maid is meaningless.
“Oh, right. Let me introduce you to each other. This is my bodyguard, maid, teacher, cook, and… what else?”
“My name is Celestia.”
“Yeah, that’s right. It’s Selness.”
Celesne nodded. It was an arrogant gesture for a show of respect, but considering the hierarchy of her family, no noble would question that.
“And this guy… right, you didn’t tell me his name?”
“My name is Luden Poinen.”
“Poinen? I’ve never heard of this family before. What’s your status? Third-class noble? Second-class noble? Are you royalty?”
“I’m a third-class noble.”
Then Chloe opened the parchment book she was holding and started scribbling something.
“Po… I… Nen… family… 3rd class noble… characteristics… … .”
“… … .”
After fiddling with something for a while, Chloe soon closed the parchment book and smiled brightly.
“Okay! Okay, Luden. You don’t have to be formal with me.”
“miss?”
If you were a third-class noble, you were at the bottom of the noble classification. Strictly speaking, you had to be extremely polite to imperial nobles like the Witherspoon family. The Witherspoons would also be used to such treatment.
But Chloe smiled brightly and waved her hand. Celesne, who was used to the young lady’s attitude at the same time, didn’t bother to ask any more questions.
“Chloe, didn’t you just say you had to go to bed?”
“Ah, morning! I’m not actually taking a nap. I’m just accumulating mana.”
“Accumulate mana?”
“If it’s an area rich in mana stones, you can use magic whenever you want, but in places where it’s not, you might need to use the mana in your body in an emergency.”
It was a tone that sounded like someone was reciting a passage from a book, but Rubin just pretended not to know. Chloe kindly explained a few more words and then stood up.
“Anyway, it was nice meeting you, Luden. I’m going to go now. Celesne is nagging me. Oh, right. Can I take your cat with me?”
Tina was lying in a corner, yawning and wagging her tail. When Chloe pointed at her with her finger, Tina revealed her mint colored eyes and let out an irritated cry without hiding it.
“I’m sorry, but it sounds like you don’t want to.”
“Really? I had a magic trick I wanted to try on felines, but it’s too bad.”
“Kyaaaaah!”
“… It definitely doesn’t seem like a good cat.”
Chloe entered the room with brisk steps.
After about 10 minutes, Celestia, who had followed Chloe in, came out of the room and approached me.
At that moment, Kuze also came out of the guest room and walked towards Rubin. Kuze greeted the fellow passenger he met in the hallway, but Celesne lightly ignored him. It was the arrogance that was ingrained in him.
“Did you say that you were Prince Luden of Poinenga?”
Celestia stood across from Rubin and asked.
There was no way he didn’t remember, he was just trying to gain momentum by asking again. Rubin, who knew what he meant, just nodded briefly.
“Let’s sit down for a moment.”
Celestia sat down directly across from Rubin. Without hesitation, she crossed her legs and opened a luxurious parchment book on her lap.
“What’s going on?”
Kuze, who was annoyed by that attitude, stepped forward, but Celesne’s eyes were fixed only on Rubin. She fiddled with her pen out of habit.
“I want to write down a few things.”
Rubin knew immediately what that meant. It meant that he was going to find out everything about Rubin and his group. It was a nice way to find out, but it was basically a search.
“Poinenga, Prince Luden, Third-class noble. Where are you from?”
As you can see, this type of procedure seems to be a routine for Celesne.
‘Well, I guess that’s natural, since I’m accompanying the Witherspoon family’s princess alone.’
Finally, Kuze, who couldn’t stand to watch anymore, stepped forward again. Kuze had been in the guest room and didn’t know that these people were the Witherspoons.
“Are you going to do a search and seizure now?”
So Rubin quickly spread the word.
-Kuje. The girl is a Witherspoon. That maid is no ordinary maid, but a great magician.
“Ugh, ugh.”
Kuze, who heard Rubin’s voice, coughed in vain and took a step back. At that moment, Celesne glared at Kuze with sharp eyes.
If this wasn’t a ship, and Celesne was an impatient maid… she might have cast her magic in one breath and taken Kuze’s life.
The gap between the imperial nobility and the third-class nobility is so wide that such a thing can be easily covered up.
“Traveling alone with one servant? That’s unusual. Or maybe you have some hidden ability?”
Celestia smiled coldly, as if to let the rudeness from earlier go by.
It was a valid point. A young lady with a maid, and a young master with a servant. Although they looked the same, Chloe and Rubin’s situations were clearly different.
If it was the Witherspoon family, it wouldn’t have been strange for a princess to travel the continent with only a maid.
Just the family name attached to her name will solve all the problems. No, there is no need to reveal your identity. Celesne will step in and clean up the mess before you get involved in any unpleasant matters.
On the other hand, Rubin’s party was not like that. It was an overly light composition for a noble’s journey.
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When Rubin didn’t answer, Celestia shrugged.
“Well… it’s none of my business. As long as there’s no false information about your identity.”
Was that a casual remark? Celesne didn’t press on at that point.
“Now, let’s try again, Prince Luden. You may not like it, but I would like you to answer the questions I ask. I hope you understand that such questions are a natural right of an imperial noble.”
From then on, Celesne’s questions continued one after another. They were even more detailed than the security check I received when I passed through the Ash Harbor.
In addition to the basic information such as place of birth, year of birth, and destination, I had to tell everything about my parents without leaving anything out.
‘It’s good that you prepared.’
Fortunately, before boarding, Rubin and Kuze had already decided on the details of their disguised identities. After what happened to Jan, they felt the need to organize their disguised identities more systematically.
Of course, I didn’t expect that she would be spouting off all the little details about her undercover identity to the Witherspoon family’s maid.
“What foods do you like and dislike?”
“Do I have to talk about that?”
“This is the final question to determine the authenticity of your identity.”
Rubin pretended to think carefully. It wasn’t wrong to say that you could tell someone’s identity through their preferred food.
Because you might be talking about food that is completely incompatible with that status or that region.
But Rubin had prepared for this, too. Rubin pretended to answer spontaneously while thinking deeply. Only after listing a few foods did Selesne stop asking questions.
“Hmm. I see.”
Celesne nodded slightly after hearing Rubin’s final answer.
“All of Luden’s answers are spot on. They’re so detailed that it’s actually a bit strange, but whatever. Let’s move on.”
At this point, a slight softness was added to Celesne’s expression, indicating that she had passed.
“Now, let me give you some words of advice.”
Is there anything left? Rubin blinked, suppressing the irritation that was slowly rising.
“I will stay with Miss Chloe most of the time.”
“however?”
“I would like to point out that there are many people who wish to marry the daughter of an imperial noble. Although she is still young, if you have any ill intentions toward her… … .”
Celestia stopped talking midway. I followed her gaze, and saw that it was directed at the cat opposite me.
“what’s the matter?”
“Oh, no. Do you know what I mean?”
Was it because of the mood? The cat they brought seemed to be laughing at her words, but that couldn’t be the case. Celesne just tilted her head slightly.
“Don’t worry. I’m not interested in Chloe.”
“Well, that’s good. And… while you’re staying on this ship, I’ll be in charge of the ship’s cooking. You need to eat a balanced diet.”
She said she was Chloe’s cook, but that was just a pretense. It was clearly a measure to prevent poisoning.
Kuze, who had been listening quietly, cautiously spoke up.
“But it seemed like there weren’t enough ingredients… … .”
“Don’t worry. There is enough food in the subspace pockets. In terms of quantity, there is more than enough to fill this stomach. I don’t think other people will be disappointed with the taste of the food. If you have any special food requests, feel free to ask.”
Judging from the way they’re talking, this must have already been discussed with the bloodthirsty siblings. Warak and Awook probably couldn’t refuse the imperial nobles’ request either.
“There’s one more thing I want to ask you… … .”
Celestia continued speaking, word for word, with precise speed and precise pronunciation.
“From this moment on, if Miss Chloe asks to talk to you, please do not refuse.”
“Do you really have to? Chloe seems like a talkative person.”
Then Celestia’s eyebrows trembled slightly.
“Miss Chloe is a person who likes to reveal her accumulated knowledge. Please keep that in mind.”
In short, it means that she likes to pretend to know. Anyone who sits across from Chloe for just three minutes will know that she has this personality. She is a smart and proud girl from the imperial nobility.
Rubin thought it would be better to stay locked in his room than to associate with such a person.
“I have a question too. Can I ask it?”
“You may ask questions, Your Highness Luden.”
“Where are you guys going?”
“Are you curious about the final destination?”
“Isn’t Philimond the final destination?”
Celesne was wary of the question, as was her custom, but soon answered. After all, they had already passed the security check.
“No, we are going to Capotini. Our young lady is planning to transfer to Capotini School of Magic as a magic student.”
“what?”
Are you serious? Rubin was as surprised as when he found out the identity of his passenger. The daughter of a wizard family going to the city of wizards. It seemed obvious, but it wasn’t.
It’s even stranger when the family is Witherspoon and the town is Capotine.
The Capotini were located in the western hemisphere of the continent, and the Witherspoon family was a great family that ruled its own fiefdom in the center of the continent, in the land of the empire.
‘Isn’t there a famous city of wizards within the Witherspoon estate?’
The city name is Americmana.
In terms of scale, Capotini was a medium-sized wizard city, while Americmana was a very large one. So Americmana and Capotini could not be compared.
‘The way the mana line is operated will also be different.’
This was the biggest question.
The difference in mana lines. In other words, the difference in the way the lines are drawn to cast magic. The difference in the way the lines are drawn meant that the basis of the magic was different. The way the lines were like the identity and soul of the magician.
‘The wizards from Capotini use the Samhwi (三揮) method, but didn’t those from Americmana use the Wonhwi (圓揮) method?’
Rubin swallowed without realizing it. As soon as he found out that they were going to Capotini, his curiosity began to pour out. He wanted to solve his doubts, but it was impossible right now.
“I see you’re surprised. I guess you have some knowledge of the world of wizards.”
“A little bit. There should be a city called Americmana within the Witherspoon estate, so why are you going to Capotini?”
But of course there was no way she would answer. Celesne only smiled faintly.
‘Why did I have to go to Capotini? I should have been honest and said my destination was Capotini.’
When answering Celesne’s questions a little while ago, when asked where his destination was, Rubin said Philimond.
Of course, that’s a lie. Now that it’s come to this, I can’t help but get involved with Chloe.
“Miss, are you awake?”
Just then, a blonde girl yawned as she walked out from the guest room hallway. Chloe, who had finished accumulating her mana, looked down at the floor tilting with the waves and smiled innocently.
“I’m hungry. Celestia.”
“I will prepare it right away.”
Rubin met Celestia’s eyes as she stood up. Her eyes held meaning. It was a message to the young lady of the Witherspoon family to be accepting of her bragging knowledge.
