Chapter 198
Shia laughed and said,
“Though, this mansion has never been attacked by vampires before . ”
“That’s preferrable . ”
I said and Danton nodded .
“It would be a very dangerous situation if the vampires had gone far enough to invade the house of the chief . ”
“We must do our best so that doesn’t happen!”
Nia said with a smile .
“Oh, right . I forgot to give you the gifts . ”
“You really shouldn’t have troubled yourself . ”
Danton said modestly as I handed them to him .
“It’s nothing special . But at least there is a lot of it . ”
“Thi-this! Why, it is from that famous store in the imperial capital! Thank you!”
“Woah!”
“Yay!”
Danton and the children who were there were very happy .
I didn’t think they would care so much about some sweets .
But I was glad that I had bothered .
At the same time, I wondered who these children were . Were they brothers and sisters to Shia and Nia?
As I wondered this, Danton explained it to me .
“These are not my children, but they are being raised in this mansion . ”
“I see . So they are like your apprentices?”
“Close enough . For beastkin wolves, the entire tribe works together to raise the children . ”
As we talked about this, Kathe stepped forward .
“I have also brought you all a gift . ”
“Your Majesty, you are much too kind to us . ’
Danton said gratefully . Kathe was the wind dragon ruler .
“I want you to take it since I worked so hard on it . ”
Kathe said as she took out the mysterious statue from her bag .
She must have completed it yesterday . It was very good in quality .
Apparently, Kathe was good at sculpting . It was of a very handsome man .
But I didn’t know who it was . He looked a little like Eric, perhaps .
“Thi-this! Thank you so much! It will be our treasure . ”
“Cluck! Cluck!”
Danton was very happy . And Lord Gerberga was excited for some reason .
Kathe nodded with satisfaction .
“Yes, yes . I am glad that you like it . ”
“Kathe . Who is this anyway?”
“Hmm? Isn’t it obvious? It is the hero Ruck . ”
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Kathe said with a smug expression .
It was even more handsome than the one in the city .
“…But that doesn’t look like me at all?”
“What? That is not true . It is my masterpiece, you know?”
“Cluck! Cluck!”
Lord Gerbera flapped his wings happily as Luchila carried him .
Kathe had only recently learned how to tell humans and goblins apart .
So it could not be helped that she had made such an unrealistic statue .
“Wow!
“It’s so cool!”
“Miss Kathe, that’s amazing!”
“Yes . You are very talented . ”
The beastkin children were also happy . Nia patted them fondly on the head .
“Oh, well . ”
At least most people would not recognize who this statue was supposed to be .
I was hiding my identity, after all .
So it was preferable that the statue was a little bit different from reality .
And so I pushed thoughts of it aside and gave Danton the most important gift .
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“Here . This is from Princess Leea of the water dragons . ”
“What! From Her Highness?”
“It’s water from the water dragon settlement . Drinking it helps heal wounds . There are also some fish from their lakes . ”
“How wonderful! We will accept them gladly . …Please take them away . Be careful . ”
“Understood . ”
Young men of the tribe came and carried the water and fish to the kitchens .
“I will help too!”
“Me too!”
The children went with the men to help them .
“Father, you must be so happy . ”
“You must thank Leea later!”
“Aye . But, Nia . Shouldn’t you call Her Highness by her title?”
“It’s because we are friends . ”
“I see… I suppose it is fine then . ”
And then Danton looked at me .
“That is what Nia says…but is it true? Perhaps it is rude?”
“Leea seems to enjoy it . If anything, I think she would be sad if everyone only called her Your Highness . ”
“In that case… But to think that my daughter would be friends with the princess… I don’t know what to say . ”
Shia looked at him with exasperation .
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“What are you saying, father? Nia is the apprentice of Mister Locke . ”
“…Indeed . Is it not exactly odd that the apprentice of Locke could befriend a princess . ”
Danton said with satisfaction .
And then he led us to our rooms .
There were lots of young people in Danton’s house, and they carried our things for us .
When that was finished, we moved to the drawing-room .
The chiefs of the beastkin were waiting there .
“Are you having a meeting today?”
If they were, I had chosen a bad time to come .
If they were busy, I should hurry up and return to my room .
“No, that’s not the case . They just came because they heard you were here . ”
Danton said with a laugh .
The chiefs all stood up and gathered in front of us .
I bowed my head .
“Thank you for your help earlier . ”
“We are so incredibly grateful that you have visited us, Mister Locke . ”
They smiled happily .