Chapter 141
Chapter 141: Too Many Princes
Translator: Blushy
Editor: Sam
Prince Albert was already gone by the time I woke up from my nap . The only impression I had of him was that he was an Onii-san with short hair, but come to think of it, I feel like Ojii-sama said something about Prince Albert .
“Lei, did you forget? Well, it’s fine to forget something like that . ”
Was it fine to forget it? I tilted my head a little inside the Rug Dragon basket . The next day is a day off, so I’ve been riding the Rug Dragons with Ojii-sama since morning . Of course, Nii-sama is with us .
“Ojii-sama came here for, you know, Lei’s debut as well, but I have also been waiting for Prince Albert to come back from Frontier . ”
“Mawwage intherbiew!”
Isn’t it no good to forget that? I only forgot because I was having too much fun .
“So, you do remember it . Lei is a smart girl . ” Ojii-sama smiled happily on the dragon next to mine . However, cold wind blew straight into my chest . Prince Albert being back means…
“Ojii-sama, going bacw . ”
“Lei, I’m sorry . ”
My small mutter didn’t ride in the wind and echoed around the pasture . Ojii-sama also looked sad .
“I really want to stay in the Albans mansion and spend time with Lei and Luke, but work is work . I have to go back to my fief soon . ”
“Lei and I can visit you at your fief . ”
“Ai . ”
Nii-sama suggested for the future and made me feel happy . That’s right . We might be able to go to the fief in the north for Nii-sama’s spring or summer holidays .
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“Lothsh of dragonsh . ”
“That’s right . There are big and small dragons, and there’s a lot of grassland . ”
I’ll ride my Minnie in those grasslands .
“Minnie? What’s that?”
“Hmm, shmaww one . ”
“You’re calling her Minnie because she’s small? Lei chose a strange name for her Rug Dragon,” Nii-sama said, but it was troublesome to call my dragon small all the time . The problem is, “Minnie!”
“Kyee . ”
“Kyee . ”
“Kyee . ”
When I call Minnie, a lot of dragons gather like this . They leave when they find out that I only need the small dragon, but I think it was pointless to give her a name .
I thought that the only thing that involved me with that short-haired Prince was Ojii-sama… until the second day of the holidays when His Highnesses visited our house .
“You should really be aware that you’re a member of the royal family . You shouldn’t visit other people’s mansions like this . ”
“Albans, I said this before, but don’t the royal family and the Four Marquises have a relationship? Don’t worry about it . ”
Sparks were flying between the adults, but I was overjoyed that Nico had come over to play on a holiday . His Highnesses referred to Prince Lambert, Prince Albert and Prince Nicholas .
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“Nico!”
“Lei! I came to play!”
I also smiled at the smiling Nico .
“Why do I feel like that baby didn’t inherit the cleverness of the Albans’s gold and purple?” Prince Albert blurted out . I don’t mind being told that, but I’m not exaggerating when I say that Prince Albert has turned all the Albans into his enemy . He shouldn’t have said it even if he had thought it . Nico looked at Prince Albert in amazement .
“Uncle, you shouldn’t say this and that about how a person is . What will you do if they get stuck with it? Isn’t she cute?”
“Hish highneshsh Aw gethsh zero pointhsh, you geth 50 pointhsh, Nico . ” (His Highness Al gets zero points, you get 50 points)
“Uncle has etiquette, but isn’t my 50 points low?” Nico seemed dissatisfied .
“You awsho shay a woth . ” (You also say a lot)
“Really? Sorry about that . ”
Nico seems the most royal . It’s fine if he apologises .
“Your Highness Al, are you talking about me?”
“I’m also called Lam-ojisama . Shall we change you to Al-ojisama?”
“No, you don’t have to . Brother . ”
It seemed like they were having fun, but an adult is an adult, and a child is a child . Nii-sama invited us outside without getting in the way of the adults . His face said that he wanted to get away from something annoying .
“Then, Lei and Your Highness Nico, let’s go see the Rug Dragons . ”
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“That sounds fun!”
“Lei wanthsh tho shhow you her minnie!”
“Minnie? What’s that?”
I put my hands on my waist and puffed my chest out .
“She’sh Lei’sh excwushive dragon!”
“What?! I have to see her!”
Nii-sama turned around .
“His Highness Nico wants to ride in Lei’s basket, but what do you think Otou-sama?”
“Hmm, Your Highness, are you alright with this?”
“It doesn’t matter what I say . ”
Otou-sama was talking to Prince Lambert . Nico’s Otou-sama smiled wryly .
“If Lei’s alright with it, then Nico will be fine with it . I’ll get the guards to go with you, so don’t overdo it . Take care of them . ”
“Understood . ”
Us, children, happily headed towards the pasture .
◊♦◊♦◊♦◊ Troublesome (Dean’s Perspective)
My father-in-law honestly wanted to follow Luke and Lei, but he had to entertain the royals who had come to my mansion . Furthermore, he had stayed here so that he could meet Prince Albert, so ignoring him would be mistaking the cause for the end .
I also work at the centre of this kingdom, so I know that the request from Farland is a dangerous one .
The cause of this was Lei being kidnapped, so I can’t say that I wasn’t involved as an Albans .
However, what would Kingdom have done if Lei hadn’t been kidnapped and only the lost child of the Lisburns was in Wester?
I guided them to the room facing the greenhouse at the request of His Highness while thinking over this repeatedly .
I don’t think Stan would have gone to pick him up . He might have sent someone to check up on the boy and then provide aid to Wester . However, he wouldn’t have tried to bring the boy back to Kingdom .
What about the supervision department? They probably would insist that Stan should go pick up the boy and not let him support Wester . Since they don’t understand that the world doesn’t move conveniently for Kingdom .
And, how about the royal family?
I think they would have had a round-table conference about this . And just like what happened last time, people will agree, disagree or be neutral on the matter . What stance would I have taken if Lei wasn’t involved? I probably would insist that the Lisburns didn’t need to pick him up nor provide aid to Wester .
However, the round-table conference isn’t a place where majority rules . It is a place where everyone who governs a fief shares their opinions and effects .
The current royal family values our relations with Frontier more than the past monarchs . So, I think they would provide aid to Wester even if a lot of people approved or disapproved of it .
In other words, it didn’t matter if Lei was involved in this or not, the result wouldn’t have changed .
I thought that much and relaxed .
The problem is Farland isn’t the only place who wants to talk about engagements, Wester is too .
There’s nothing more annoying than this .