episode_0038

After enjoying the festival to the fullest, I returned to the castle with Lucille.

The road back to the castle was always arduous. This is because Myer Castle was a mountainous mountain, and each time you reached the top you had to climb a mountain. This was especially true if you had to walk on foot without speaking.

But today was different. As I walked hand in hand with Lucille, the long hiking trail to the castle felt so short.

I thought as I looked at the castle that had already begun to be visible to the naked eye.

‘I want to walk a little more… ‘

Feeling the warmth of family for the first time in a while.

I was so happy to be among people who liked me.

Lucille Meyer. Until I came here, to me she was just a game character.

Georg Mayer. Before coming here, all I knew about him was a few words of information.

But after coming here, I realized. Lucille is smart, but timid and introverted. I like dogs and cats, and I also like plants enough to make an illustrated book. However, he hates peas and broccoli, and is more timid than expected and is afraid of octopuses and squid. However, his expression is so pale that it is not noticeable.

My father enjoys writing and values his brushes as much as his children. He may appear strict on the outside, but when there is a difference of opinion, he pretends he can’t win and loses. He doesn’t express his opinions outwardly and is surprisingly shy, so he feels burdened by being noticed.

These people were not game characters that existed only in data. It was my family. My new family, just as precious as my original family in the original world.

i love them

—–

As I stood in front of the castle gate, I saw a knight leaning on the castle wall. When I looked closely, I saw that it was Asilia. When Asilia found me and Lucille holding hands, she looked surprised and soon came down from the castle wall to the castle gate. Soon the drawbridge came down and the castle gate opened, and Asilia greeted me.

“Meet the head of the family.”

I was puzzled. Last time, even when I said hello to him, he chewed it out, and now he is finally saying hello properly. What’s the difference between last time and this time? I wanted to do this, but Asilia was saying this to me.

“Do you mind if I talk to you for a moment?”

“Yes? Sure. Say it.”

“Only with the head of the family.”

It was a call to Lucille to leave the place. I looked at Lucille, but she naturally walked away without answering, as if she knew. Soon, Asilia and I were left alone.

Asilia and I walked on the castle walls. There seemed to be some secret story.

‘What did you call me to talk about?’

I had never had a personal conversation with Asilia. Asilia was a distant person to me, and I must also have been a distant person to her. She was originally my father’s subject and had never had much of a relationship with me until now.

Even in the game, he is only described as being incredibly strong, but he doesn’t do much. Maybe it’s because of my not-so-active personality. Being that kind of person, I was curious about what Asilia would say.

However, what Asilia suddenly said was completely different from what I expected.

“I’m actually a lazy person.”

huh? What does this mean? I looked at her in confusion at the sudden remark. She was sighing and laughing.

“There are only a handful of times in my life where I have lived diligently. The reason I chose this job is because the pay is high. It was risky, but it paid a lot of money, so I thought I could work moderately and earn a lot. Actually, I am very satisfied because I don’t have to do much work and I get paid a lot.”

That’s it… It’s probably because she’s outstanding. Her strength is 97, and her leadership is in the 60s, which is a bit low, but still about average. Since he is one of the most talented people in the world, we have no choice but to give him a high salary even if he is a little lazy in his work. The reason she can be lazy is because she is already capable.

“I have never lived diligently in my life. I never did anything that wasn’t beneficial to me, and I was careful to only do things that were beneficial in moderation. Because playing and eating are the most fun. But. There was a time when I, too, was immature and made troublesome things. It was when I was 10 years old.”

When I was 10 years old… She’s 28 so she goes quite far.

“Well, did you study at all?”

“It would have been better if that had happened. The immature thing I chose was even more useless. During a bad harvest, he found a starving rabbit on the street and saved it.”

“Why is that immature? I think it’s a good deed.”

There were good times for Asilia too. She wasn’t such a bad girl.

“Because the rabbit died.”

I stopped for a moment. This is a more serious story than I thought. What does Asilia want to say?

“I didn’t kill him. But he died because of me.”

“What did you do?”

“The rabbit died in a short period of time when the rabbit could not be seen for a while while working in the field. I didn’t know until then. I never thought a rabbit would be such a lonely animal.”

“Ah.”

I knew roughly what Asilia wanted to say.

“It’s an embarrassing story for an old maid who is almost 30 years old to tell, but that rabbit still appears in my dreams sometimes. At that time, unlike now, I was an ordinary farm girl, busy working in the fields, but I still had time to come see the rabbits from time to time. Because the house and the field were right next to each other. Nevertheless, I neglected the rabbit, and that small mistake led me to never see him again.”

“… ”

“I just hope that Mayer doesn’t make the same mistake. If that happens, I too will have no choice but to make an annoying choice. This is the end of what I want to say.”

Asilia disappeared among the soldiers with her usual cold expression. Of course, it is just a myth that rabbits die when they are lonely. A myth that many people believe. Rabbits are more sensitive than other animals and are prone to dying for various reasons, but by human standards, they mistakenly believe that they die because they are lonely.

Even if a rabbit is lonely, it does not die. But when humans are lonely, they die. The animals that truly die of loneliness are humans, not rabbits.

Only then did I understand why Asilia was angry at me. This is what she wanted to say.

Don’t leave Lucille alone.

—–

When evening passed and night fell. My father called me and Lucille.

My father hadn’t called us once since he retired, so I headed to the family conference room feeling a bit nervous.

“Father.”

“Did you come?”

Lucille and I sat across from my father. My father was writing.

“What’s going on?”

I asked on behalf of Lucille. Then my father suddenly made a shocking declaration.

“I plan to return to active duty.”

“Yes?”

“I feel a bit dizzy trying to read quietly in the back room. I feel like I’m getting older day by day. I think I need to work a bit to make life enjoyable.”

“But, you’ve already retired… ”

“Please take a seat. It would be nice to be the head of the family.”

weird. My father is not the kind of person who would do something unreasonable like this. What on earth happened to you?

“Why do you look at it that way? Isn’t this a strange thing?”

That’s right. It was not uncommon for a retired head of a household to return to active duty, and even more often than not, a retired head of a household would reign supreme. Therefore, even if my father came back, it would not be particularly criticized.

However, the problem is that my father is not the type of person to make such claims due to his personality.

“Father. As you know, the current head of the household is Lucille. Lucille was already doing well. But if the head of the household suddenly changes again, wouldn’t politics become chaotic? There will be people who are confused about whether they should follow their father’s policy or Lucille’s policy.”

“That’s something I can do if I follow Lucille’s policy.”

“Father’s health is also a problem. No matter how much your health has improved, it can deteriorate again if you overdo it. The Meyer family is currently expanding. If you specialize, you will receive more territory, but can you handle that much work?”

“We will conduct internal affairs as passively as possible. By doing only what is necessary and not expanding the business.”

weird. Why do you want to be the head of the family so badly? Is it really just a prickly itch? So, isn’t there a lot of administrative work even if you’re not the head of the household? It felt strange to see such a rational person suddenly make such unreasonable claims.

“Lucille, please say something too.”

“… ”

Lucille made eye contact with her father. Father also looked at Lucille. However, the exchange of glances between the two was strange. For some reason, it seemed like they recognized each other’s intentions… And before long, Lucille opened her mouth.

“I think what your father said is right. Even though my brother and I became the head of the family or the acting head of the family, we can never ignore the experience and achievements of my father, who has run the family for a long time.”

Lucille said. With confident eyes and a determined voice. what is this? What plot have you two planned without my knowledge?

“Then what about Lucille?”

“You and Lucille are both adults. It is up to you to decide your own path. There is no need to ask this father one by one.”

“But… ”

“Then that’s it. Son. I know that and ask you to take good care of me.”

“Please take care of me, brother.”

“What, what? father! Lucille!”

The two people ran out of the conference room. I had no choice but to open my eyes and listen to the two people’s unreasonable claims, feeling like I had a cut on my nose. The parties say they will do that, so what can I do?

Lucille handed over to her father. From the internal affairs he has done and his own unique method of document classification to the ongoing projects at the family level. The two quickly switched roles, as if in a hurry.

When two weeks passed like that, I was finally able to realize what the two people were thinking.

“Father, I will soon return to Torgenberg Castle. My lord will be waiting for me.”

“It was fun so far.”

“But what about Lucille?”

“I don’t know either.”

I was puzzled as I saw my father say that and clear his throat as he entered, but I was soon able to find Lucille’s whereabouts.

When I opened the carriage door, I saw Lucille reading a book inside the carriage.

“Lucille? Why are you here?”

He asked with a blank expression, but Lucille maintained her usual expressionless expression and answered like this.

“I was kicked out of my position as the head of the household. Now that I am unemployed, I think I will assist my brother for a while until my next job is decided.”

Only then did I begin to understand the full story of the whole incident. Lucille had wanted to follow me from the beginning, so it seemed like she had conspired with her father and even put up a strange play to hand over the position of head of the household. Because I can’t go anywhere as long as I’m acting as the head of the household.

‘Was I the only one who didn’t know from the beginning? ‘

My head started to hurt. No matter how much he likes his brother, does he like him so much that he even throws away his own work? This guy is truly a pain in the ass.

Of course, Lucille is a cute little sister. Although I liked Lucille, I felt that she liked me a little too much. Relying too much on family wouldn’t be good considering Lucille’s future…

Because of this, even though I sighed, I couldn’t even hide the smile at the corner of my mouth.

—–

3 weeks ago.

Myer Castle was much colder than usual. It was because of the chill coming from Lucille’s room.

Lucille only came out to the office briefly when she was working, but otherwise stayed in her room all day. Moreover, food and drink were completely cut off.

Lucille’s father, Georg Mayer, personally went to Lucille’s room with food.

“Lucille.”

“… ”

“Please open the door. I have to eat.”

“I ate.”

“When did you eat it?”

“Two days ago in the morning… ”

“… ”

Doesn’t that mean you haven’t eaten anything since?

Georg sighed as he looked at Lucille, who looked very haggard because her brother had not come to visit her.

‘Franz and Lucille are both outstanding children. So much so that it can’t be compared to someone like me.’

Georg thought. He says Franz and Lucille are children who are too much for him.

‘I’m worried that my younger brother seems to be following me too much, but what can I do? They are excellent kids, so I just hope they can take care of it.’

Lucille and Franz were both saints. Therefore, he would take care of his own affairs. Above all, they were outstanding children who could be proud of no matter where they were presented.

‘I trust you guys will take care of it.’

Therefore, Georg decided not to bother stopping the two.