Chapter 174
Translator: Blushy
Editor: Sam
“I see . So, it’s true that there’s a Four Marquis girl who has survived Wester,” the boy who had his hand on his chin and was looking at me in amusement wasn’t the boy with the iron fist . Like Gill, his height alone was close to that of an adult’s, but he looked fragile and still had a young face .
Nii-sama stepped out in front of me to protect me .
“Excuse me . I’m Lloyd Stingler . This is my brother, Jeff . Our fief borders Wester . ”
Nii-sama raised his eyebrows, I think . I can only see his back, but it seems like something he would do . I quietly poked my face out from behind Nii-sama .
“I see . So Farland received information that there was a Four Marquis girl in Lentforce . ”
I felt like the cold air got even colder .
“Hey, hey, we’re just greeting each other . You don’t have to take it so seriously . ”
“Haha,” he laughed . I don’t think he’s the type of person Nii-sama doesn’t like . Another pair of brothers came forward in a hurry, probably because they could read the mood . To be exact, the older brother came forward while dragging his little brother along with him .
“I’m Jasper Grayson . This is my brother, Lawk . Our fief is on the northern end of Farland, or the most northern part of this continent . ”
I pictured the map of the continent . If I recall correctly, the northern end was pointed and surrounded by the sea . So that means, “Lothsh of fish,” the fish in the southern port town in Wester was delicious . I’m sure the fishes from their fief will be delicious too .
“That’s right . Fishing is great in the northern fiefs . That’s impressive . You’ve studied a lot . ”
Jasper-kun and his brother smiled admiringly . They have black hair and green eyes . Somehow, they look like they’re Gill and Alistair’s siblings .
“And this is Sienna Helford . She’s the young lady of the fief that borders Neville . And this is…” Prince Al probably thought he should finish the introductions for now . He interrupted and introduced the two women on the side .
“Tessa Farland . She’s the youngest princess of the Farland royal family . ”
I looked at the two of them, a little surprised . Even though his matchmaking partner was from Farland, I thought that she would be a noble, not royalty since we came here carefreely . Nii-sama and the others don’t seem fazed at all .
The lady named Tessa had black hair like the Greyson brothers, and her eyes were a dark blue and looked black . It could be said that she resembled the Lisburns, but those were colours you didn’t see often in Kingdom . Her dark hair and eyes highlighted her white skin and she looked beautiful . Her familiar dark hair and eyes made me feel nostalgic since they were colours, I saw a lot in my previous world .
“Haha! The calmness in your faces doesn’t change even when you hear she’s from the royal family . As expected of the Four Marquises!” But she sounded hearty when she opened her mouth and Nii-sama and Gill pulled back a little .
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“And it’s lovely to see that you’re clearly surprised . Leila, was it?” Tessa looked at me while I was still hiding behind Nii-sama and smiled .
“I’m Leiwa Awbansh,” I greeted her in a small voice . Why can I deal with a crass boy, but get shy because of a beautiful Onee-san?
“You’re small, but you listen carefully . You don’t hide your expression as well as your Nii-sama and the others . You’re probably wondering why a member of the royal family came here, right?”
That’s true, but I’m troubled when you ask me that . I put on a face that said I had no idea what to say .
“The Farland Princess is a chaperon,” Prince Al explained in a tone that made it clear that she wasn’t here for the matchmaking . Not just to me, but so that everyone could hear . Which meant that the silent woman was his partner . However, before I could get a good look at her, Oji-sama said, “Now, let’s go inside the mansion since we’ve all met . You’re cold, right?” so I couldn’t get a good look at her since I went into the mansion . That’s a shame .
When we entered the mansion, we went through a room that looked like the hall, but we quickly passed through it to an even bigger room . This seemed like the real hall . It was much bigger than the one at the Albans mansion .
“It was designed so that a lot of people can gather here in times of emergency,” Oji-sama explained . What could that time be?
“The barrier around Kingdom has shaken in the past . When that happens, this is a safe place for those within the vicinity . ”
“We had fought with Farland in the past . ” I was secretly told the other reason afterwards .
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We decided to go our separate ways for now in the hall since we had to clean up after our trip first, before the warm reception . I loved new places and new people, but I’ve anxiously wanted to see Okasama’s portrait since we entered the mansion and kept looking towards the stairs .
“Come on, why don’t you go see Claire with me?”
“Ai!”
Ojii-sama took my hand and led me up the stairs . The walls up the stairs were filled with old and new family pictures and I didn’t know when they were painted . Among them, housed a brightly coloured frame with Okasama’s picture on it and it could be seen whenever one went up to the second floor .
There was a young woman sitting on a chair among white flowers in the early spring when it was still cold and there were young green leaves visible among the withered grass . Her wavy, light brown hair was swaying in the wind, and in her hands, she was holding a bundle of the white flowers she picked from near her feet . She had a warm coat on, and she was also wrapped in several shawls . She didn’t look fashionable or anything, and looked like a village girl, and yet, she was smiling with joy from being outside .
“I think she was a little over twenty here . She had gotten pretty healthy at that age, but she still fell ill during the cold season . She was finally able to go in spring, so this picture was painted when she went to the prairie out back . ”
Ojii-sama picked me up while I was looking up and brought me just a little closer to Okasama .
“If you weep puththing thhoshe on me thhen I won’th be abwe tho move . ” (If you keep putting those on me then I won’t be able to move)
I’m sure Okasama would have pouted while saying that . The words that had spilt out of my mouth made Ojii-sama twitch .
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“You won’t keep still no matter how much we put on . ” I heard Oji-sama’s voice from behind .
“I said to Claire who pouted as everyone came up to her and tried to put more shawls on her . Maybe we cared about her too much, but she was still like a child no matter how old she got . ”
“But she was hardly selfish . That’s why we let her do whatever she wanted to do . ”
I understood that that was why they had let her go to where Otou-sama was .
“The shun, thhish famiwy and thhe fwowersh are aww warm . I’m shure Okasyama woved everyone . ” (The sun, this family, and the flowers are all warm . I’m sure Okasama loved everyone)
“Lei…”
“Okasyama . ”
I reached out for Okasama’s portrait . I’m sure she would smile at me and reach out to me as well .
“Lei also woves Okasyama . ”
I’m glad I came to the northern fief .