Published at 2nd of December 2020 10:11:13 PM
Translator: Blushy
Editor: Sam
Gill’s Otou-sama had been back for a week, and now it was Otou-sama’s turn to leave . He rushed towards Kaylie and will be returning after staying there for a night .
“I think I could stay a little more than ten days with the increase in magic, but we can’t afford to experiment with Kingdom’s barrier, either . ” Otou-sama sighed . But I think we should experiment with it . I counted down the things that could be done on my fingers .
“Firshth, go outh during thhe daythime . Howwowsh don’th shhow up . ” (First, go out during the daytime . Hollows don’t show up . )
“Lei, you…”
“Second, thhe othher Four Marquishesh can do ith in your pwace . ” (Second, the other Four Marquises can do it in your place)
“…”
“Third, puth thhe barrier down during thhe daythime and puth ith bacw up ath nighth . ” (Third, put the barrier down during the daytime and put it back at night)
It’s easy to count this way since I don’t have to hold my hand out to count . Two won’t turn into three . Satisfied that I counted well, I lifted my eyes from my hands and puffed out my chest .
Oh, everyone’s looking at me with their mouths wide open . What’s wrong with Hans?
“How did you come up with that?” Otou-sama uttered . How you say? Rather, why haven’t you thought of this? It’s okay to quickly replenish the magic stones the moment the barrier disperses . Barrier boxes can be turned on and off in the first place .
“Thinw abouth thhe shthructhure of thhe barrier . ” (Think about the structure of the barrier)
“Structure . It’s made to keep the Hollows out, I suppose . ”
“Ai . Howwowsh come ath nighth . Whath abouth daythime?”
“They don’t show up during the day,” Otou-sama was stunned .
“Accidents will increase if you turn the barrier on and off . It is safer to have the barrier on all the time since someone might forget to put the barrier back up . Safety is the only thing that cannot be achieved with efficiency . ”
“Luke-sama, you’re amazing . ”
Hans should always compliment me in front of Nii-sama .
“But that’s an afterthought . It’s possible that the large barrier box wasn’t created to be turned on and off, so that conclusion was made . I’ll research about the history of barrier boxes . ”
Nii-sama put his hand on his chin and pondered .
Small barrier boxes can certainly be turned on and off . But what about big barrier boxes? I recalled the barrier boxes in Lentforce . Also how was it in Wester? Barrier boxes were only used in times of emergencies at Lentforce, and in Wester, I have a feeling that they accepted my suggestion of only having the barrier up when it was a holiday .
So those barrier boxes are designed to switch on and off .
“The barrier box in Weshther thurnsh on and off . ”
“Come to think of it, it does . Then does that Kingdom’s barrier box is the only special one…?”
We all pondered .
“The royal family is in charge of the barrier box, so I should talk to the royal artisans about it . Well, it’s probably a ‘top secret’ matter . ”
“The most important matter is the safety of Kingdom’s citizens, but if things change from how they are, then we’ll have a bit more freedom too . ”
“Ai . ”
I nodded meekly at Otou-sama and Nii-sama . The two instantly erupted .
“Puu . ”
“Hahaha . Lei’s so cute . ”
Weren’t you two talking about something important? Geez .
“Anyway, I’ll be off . I’ll bring back stories from my trip, so look forward to it . ”
“Ai!”
“Safe travels, Otou-sama . ”
Then, Otou-sama was off .
“So, the only Four Marquises left in the city are Lisburn and Molesey,” Nico said after Otou-sama left .
“Remington is here too . ”
“Ange-dono is here, but Felicia isn’t . ”
“But, Nee-sama isn’t working as a Four Marquis . ”
“You could say that . ”
Could you? Or was Chris right? Chris was a bit grumpy .
“I would have liked to go too if Nee-sama was going with Otou-sama . ”
Chris’s Otou-sama is in charge of diplomacy in Easter in place of Ange-obasama . It’s a rare example of a husband and wife sharing the work of a Four Marquis .
Just the other day, I thought it was rare for Ange-obasama to go out of the royal capital, but now it was Felicia’s turn . I glanced at the guards . My eyes met with a young guard . Graces wasn’t here .
“The Captain is with Felicisama . ”
“Don’t say a word!”
The young guard, who had answered the question I had, was being scolded by an older member of the squad .
“Leilsama, you can’t talk to the guards either . ”
“I didn’th . ”
“You can’t look as if you want to ask them anything either . They won’t be able to react if something happens if they are talking to you . ”
“Ai . ”
The sarcasm in his voice when he said that they wouldn’t be able to react if something were to go wrong wasn’t appropriate to say to a two-year-old, so I nodded meekly .
“I want to travel too . ”
“Both Nico and Lei aren’t being fair . I want to go too . ”
“Yesh . ”
I know how she feels since I also want to travel if Nii-sama does .
“Nee-sama said it was her first time travelling too . She said that she never left the mansion when she was Chris’s age . ”
“Buth you wanth tho go . ”
“Of course, I do . ”
“Right?!”
I felt like the people around us were looking at us hopelessly, but I want to travel if I can .
“Uncle went somewhere again . He isn’t in the castle . I wish he took me along with him . ”
It would be difficult for Al to take Nico with him because of security reasons . But I don’t have to bring this up .
“Oh, I haven’th sheen Prince Aw in a whiwe . ” (Oh, I haven’t seen Prince Al in a while)
“He’s really not here . ”
“Nee-sama isn’t here either . ”
It’s quite unmotivating .
It’s best to play at times like this . Can’t I persuade Odds-sensei somehow?
“It would be nice to observe the animals in the garden since the weather’s nice . ”
“Reawwy nice . ”
“That does sound nice . ”
What a difference three people can make . This was the spring day where we put our heads together to convince Odds-sensei to let us play .