Chapter 109
Chapter 109: To the Castle
After that, I pointed at various places around town, and it took about 30 minutes to get to the castle . I didn’t think anything of it since it was my first time, but I might get tired of it if I were to visit every day . 30 minutes is a pretty long time for a baby .
“Wow, big!”
It was as big as the castle in Wester . We passed through the large gate without a hitch, since Otou-sama was pretty well-known, and reached a vast garden .
“No Howwowsh come here . ”
“Mm? What’s wrong, Lei?”
“Garden in Sebew wash shmaww, becaushe Howwowsh appear . ” (Garden in Sebel was small, because Hollows appear . )
“Really? Lei knows something father doesn’t,” Otou-sama said a little sadly . Otou-sama actually wants to go to Frontier too . However, just like in my previous world, if you’re going to travel then you should travel in your own country first . Even if he doesn’t force himself to go to Frontier, there’s lots of places for him to visit here .
“Otou-sama, weth’sh thravew thogethher . ” (Otou-sama, let’s travel together . )
“Travelling, huh?”
“You haven’th vishithed pwacesh around here, righth?” (You haven’t visited places around here, right?)
Otou-sama looked shocked as if he had just realised something .
“Come to think of it, I can go anywhere I want as long as I don’t go out to Frontier . Yeah, let’s travel together . ”
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“Ai . ”
“People would probably get fussy if they know we’re visiting, huh . Alright, let’s go incognito . ”
“Ai . Oway . ”
Well, guards will follow us no matter where we go, so it’s impossible to go incognito . But, now I have something to look forward to .
“We should visit the northern fiefs first . Claire’s fief . ”
Otou-sama looked at me, apologetically .
“Lei’s mother’s home . Your grandfather and uncle are there, and it’s close to Frontier . We’ll take Luke with us . I’m sure it’ll be fun . ”
“Ojii-syama!”
I have relatives . I was happy and hopped on my seat . Well, the distance between the gate and castle was that long since we were able to talk like this .
There was a large fountain in the vast garden and neatly arranged plants all over the place . I stared at the scenery while talking to Otou-sama, so I didn’t notice that there were people lined up in front of the castle .
“We’ve reached the castle . ”
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“Ai!”
I could sense that the guard, Hans, had gotten off and was in front of the door, and Otou-sama opened the door before someone else could open it .
“This is…”
Otou-sama stopped for a moment and got off before Natalie, who was nervous .
“Lei, come out . ”
“Ai . ”
I reached out for Otou-sama’s hands, and he quickly lifted me up . I looked up at Otou-sama with a smile, but he had one side of his mouth raised up, and he looked slightly sarcastic .
“Otou-syama, whath’sh wrong?”
Otou-sama looked at the castle with me still in his arms . I also looked over .
“Uoah . ”
“Buufo . ”
“Hans, no . ”
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I turned to look at Hans . This guard laughs too easily . Doesn’t that disqualify him from being a guard? However, he might have guts for acting like that in front of all these people .
Yes, there are a lot of people in front of the castle . Some had nobles auras, while others were retainers and maids . In front of them were one tall and slender civil official, three guards, and a maid who looked around Dory’s age .
Five people came to greet us, and the rest are just curious onlookers?
“Too fwee . ”
“They are . ”
Otou-sama and I muttered, and Hans choked up . He seemed to have just recalled that he was a guard . He placed himself to our left while looking serious . Natalie was to our right .
“You’re quite late, Albans . ”
“It’s not like I’m supposed to be here by a certain time, and I didn’t ask you to come to greet us . ”
Is he a little younger than Otou-sama? The person with straight brown hair tied to the back had a pointless argument with Otou-sama .
“Is that Leilsama? I see, her eyes are violet just like the rumours say they are . ”
He looked down at me as I was being held by Otou-sama . I was used to being told things about my eyes, but it didn’t feel nice . I was a little annoyed . I turned my face away and buried myself into Otou-sama’s chest .
The crowd of curious onlookers started chatting . Most of them liked me because small children are cute . I wasn’t like I was aiming to be cute .
“We’re pressed for time . Now then, we’ll take care of Leilsama . ” The civil official said, and a guard stepped out front . I don’t want to be held by a stranger . I clung to Otou-sama .
“It’s fine . I’ll take her to where Prince Nicholas is . ”
“His Highness is always alone in his study room . It would be unfair on him if his playmate is taken there by her father . ”
“As you said, Leila is his playmate . She can just stay with him when it’s playtime . Babies are noisy, so it doesn’t make sense to separate them from their parents for the day . ”
I also heard that I would be his playmate, so I thought that I would only play with him for two hours or so in the evening, like in Lentforce, or in the morning . And then I would spend the rest of the day with Otou-sama .
“Anyways, we’re going to get them to spend the day together to see how they get along, right?”
“I haven’t heard that . ”
“What?”
There seems to be a misunderstanding . The Prince’s side who were excited that he was getting a playmate, and Otou-sama who was worried about how to protect me . They haven’t reconciled their ideas at all .
I looked up from Otou-sama’s chest in amazement . I saw Hans holding back his laughter with a serious face . Did Otou-sama not listen, or were people at the castle incompetent? Now then…
At that time, a civil official quickly rushed out of the castle . He went straight to Otou-sama . What happened?