Chapter 39
Chapter 39: Lei’s Request
When I woke up the next morning, I was sleeping on Alistair’s bed . He wasn’t there but the warmth he’d left still lingered next to me .
“Yosh . ”
This isn’t the sound of me getting up, it’s the sound of me getting down from the bed . I had a low bed at the mansion so I could get down easily, but Alistair’s bed was for an adult, and it was a bit high for me .
But, infants have their own way of doing things . If I carefully stretch my legs off the bed, then I’ll be able to get down somehow without falling . And the door was opened a little, probably for when I woke up, so I left the room .
I heard everyone talking in the dining room . Looks like I can climb down stairs if I put my hands on the wall . Now then .
“Awishthair!”
“Ah, Lei? Mornin’ . ”
Alistair ran up the stairs, held my hand and slowly guided me down the stairs . I tried my best to not do anything dangerous . Everyone greeted me, as I was handed my breakfast . I chewed on the thin slice of bread that I’d received right away .
“Lei, you’re coming with Alistair and I to the magic stone shop,” Bart said seriously .
“Aai . ”
“So, I want you to promise me something . ”
“Whath?”
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I wonder what he wants me to promise .
“Don’t let anyone find out that you can channel magic into magic stones . ”
Why? Even though it can bring in more money .
“Having magic means you’re of use . People can probably tell straight away that you’re related to the Four Marquises in Kingdom because of your hair and eyes . And arseholes will come looking for you just because they think they can take advantage of your hair and eyes . I’m asking you to do this so you don’t add more value to yourself . I’m trying to say that if you don’t want to get kidnapped again, then do what I say . Okay?”
“Aai . ”
Kyaro burst into laughter near us .
“There ain’t any babies who could understand that . Lei act more like a baby . ”
“Ai . ”
Everyone probably dealt with it like this because they knew I’m a little weird for a baby . Thanks .
But there’s something I would like to ask when we go to town . Alistair said when we’d first met that I would have to marry someone or follow them . That was the only thing he’d told me at that time . But I think there’s still something I can do since I’ve seen how town is like .
“Lei hash a requeshth . ”
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“What is it?” Bart looked at me in surprise . He probably thinks that I don’t have anything I want to do .
“Lei wanth tho conthacth Otousyama . ”
“Conthacth? Oh, contact?”
Bart made a face that said he never even thought about that .
“Contact, mm . Letters aren’t reliable . There is a messenger, but they’ll have to travel to Kaylie . Then they could probably give the letter to a Kingdom merchant, but it’ll cost . But Lei, you don’t know your surname or address, right?”
A one-year-old baby doesn’t know their surname . So that’s probably why he won’t ask me it . I shouldn’t announce it heedlessly . But I already trusted these young men .
“I wnow my shurname . ”
Bart widened his eyes in surprise .
“No way . I don’t want to ask, but just say it once . ”
“Lei Awbansh . ”
I heard someone gulp . Kingdom’s Four Marquises is famous after all .
“D-don’t tell me your pop’s name is…”
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“Dween Awbansh . ”
This time, everyone went silent .
“I can’t believe we have two kids from the Four Marquis’ lines . Just how high is their fertility rate? This house-…” Kyaro muttered while everyone was silent . Alistair bit his lips and looked down . Ah, so Alistair was also born into the Four Marquis Houses after all .
“Giww Lishburn,” Alistair lifted his face in surprise when I said this .
“Giww ish wiwe Awishthair . Shame cowour . ”
“You said Gill first . Is he someone you know?”
I nodded .
“Niini’s fwiend . Otousyama’s fwiend . ”
But, Mill cracked up laughing while everyone was being serious .
“Ha, so funny . I’ve never heard ‘fertility rate’ before . Fertility rate . Hahaha . ”
“Miww . ”
He’s so useless . But everyone’s calmed down thanks to him .
“Well, Alistair has his reasons for not wanting to go back to Kingdom . Lei wants to go back . You can’t achieve your goals together . Anyway, there’s nothing we can do . There’s nothing we can do now, so I’ll talk with the mayor about this later . Is that fine?”
“Ai . Pwease . ”
Would it have been better if I’d told them this sooner? Like when I’d first met them? But I didn’t have room to tell them then . I wasn’t sure if I could trust them or not anyway .
“It’s fine, Lei . ”
Bart stood up and patted my head . They probably got what I wanted to say .
“I do think about what could have happened if we went to Kaylie at that time . But if we had taken you there as hunters, then we would’ve been framed for kidnapping, and you probably wouldn’t be able to get back to Kingdom . The border guards do whatever they want in Kaylie . ”
Is Kingdom and Frontier that divided?
“Now, I’m sure the mayor will contact us . Until then, live a proper life in Lentforce . ”
“Aai . ”
It’s time to go to the magic stone shop .
Translator: Blushy
Editor: HSM