episode_0143

I smelled the fresh spring scent and felt the warm spring sunlight on my whole body. Food was filling my mouth and laughter was filling my ears.

and.

– Rattling.

This time, unlike in the past, all five were clearly depicted in the family portrait.

The duke’s spring outing ended successfully.

“But… Karsein is…”

Flora, holding the picture frame, felt relieved and anxious at the same time.

Although I was keeping an eye on him, Karssein was blunt throughout the outing.

That’s very unsettling.

In the past, wasn’t there a time when I complained about Karsein not being my family?

I even made a fuss and said I didn’t want to go with him.

In addition, he blatantly showed an attitude that he would not paint a portrait together.

Nevertheless, Carcein acted as if nothing had happened.

Isn’t it strange that you obediently follow your mother’s words?

Starting with a spring outing, we went on a food tour, met nobles, and even completed a portrait schedule.

It was as if nothing had happened in the past.

Well, Flora couldn’t help but be very nervous.

Isn’t there so much I’ve seen so far?

Even when he was subjected to all sorts of injustices, he never cried out that they were unfair.

Although I do not enjoy anything, I have clearly seen with my own eyes that I have no complaints about it.

Despite the deep and vivid wounds inflicted by Flora Bagland, Carcein, as always, silently ignored them as if they were natural.

Did Karsein really just move on as if nothing had happened?

Can we be so sure just by looking at this?

It wasn’t so.

“…need to check.”

Does Karsein really not remember what happened, or does he know but pretend not to know?

I had to know which one.

All you have to do is go to Karssein and ask him if he remembers what happened then.

An excuse to go find him? There are plenty of them.

All I have to do is take this book right in front of me.

Flora rushed to Carcein’s room, holding a large book in her arms.

It wasn’t long before there was a knock on the door and Camilla opened the door.

Inside the room, Karssein was busy playing with his pen.

“What’s going on?”

Flora, who had been hesitant, was startled by Carcein’s sudden question and held out the book she was holding.

“And I want you to help me study…”

If you ask me to solve a problem I don’t know, I’ll be able to have some conversation with Karssein. It was with that mentality that I brought a book called Flo.

Carcein sighed softly and moved to the round table where Flora could sit. He meant that he would teach me without saying anything.

Problem solving and concept explanations began immediately, but Flora was busy looking at Carcein’s expressions.

Then, I muster up the courage to ask.

“Hey… It’s not a problem, can I just ask one question?”

“What is it?”

“My younger sister said that my mother had asked me to stop painting portraits and go back to the Duke’s house… I heard you said it was okay?”

“What is that?”

“I asked because I was curious why you did that! I was injured when I came back… so I thought you might have been offended…”

The words were a bit strange, but I conveyed everything I wanted to say.

All that was left was Carcein’s answer.

Even though he remembers everything that happened in the past, this will be able to determine whether he intentionally overlooked it.

“What else can I say? Did you come here because you were curious about that?”

Karssein treated me like I was not a poet.

“Why are you offended by those who came to pick a fight for no reason? Rather, it doesn’t matter because I’m the one who beat up the fan.”

“Beat it… beat it?”

“I said it wasn’t my blood. ah. Of course, I got hit in the face, but as you can see, it’s all healed.”

…what?

I thought you were upset because of something in the past, isn’t that right?

Karssein was snorting and speaking as if it was no big deal.

‘It’s okay… right?’

Karsein has already stopped saying anything about the matter.

His remarks about not wanting to go on an outing together, his actions such as teasing him when he returned, and even when he drew his portrait.

He seemed to think that things like that were good.

“You haven’t been concentrating since before, so just look straight.”

“Oh, you know?!”

“If you don’t use the formula you told me and you end up making the same mistake, how could you not know?”

With this point out, Flora finally felt at ease.

Karsein did not knowingly ignore the incident.

That’s because it’s not worth worrying about.

“Okay, then tell me again.”

Still, I wanted to spend time with Karssein right now.

“…”

Meanwhile.

Claire closed her eyes tightly as she listened to the conversation between the two people outside Karssein’s room.

The turmus flower fragment held in her hand clearly proves that she was prepared for the situation at the time.

‘Even though I knew everything… on purpose…’

Everything was a trick.

Saying that it was okay in front of her mother, deliberately not telling her this, and even saying that to Flora were all lies from Carcein.

The inside of my chest kept getting tighter.

Every time she felt this discomfort, Claire’s expectations became more and more wrong.

-Tiring!

▶Intimacy increases.◀

[Current figure: 80%]

▶Claire’s intimacy has reached 80%.◀

▶Hidden episode exclusively for Claire. The performance conditions for have been satisfied.◀

▶Automatically plays exclusive episodes.◀

▶This message will not be displayed to the player!◀

“I don’t want you…nothing…”

Claire, biting her lip, soon left in front of Karssein’s room.

***

▶Sub episode. Cleared Flora’s Study (2).◀

“It was a repetitive sub-episode.”

Why did this pop up? That’s what I thought, but I vaguely noticed that the episode’s subtitle was numbered (2).

Sub-episodes usually have a significant impact on the main episode, so they are often one-offs.

However, it wasn’t just a one-off sub-episode.

Just like my play in the game, where I had to periodically exterminate demonic beasts when I was in charge of the Rusmire territory, there were also repetitive sub-episodes.

“If this appears, it means that some trigger has been activated…”

The problem is, you have to know what you touched to turn it off, right?

However, there is no way I could know where the trigger for this repeating episode, which I have never seen before, came from.

“Well, that’s okay. Even if I teach that kid how to study, it seems like he doesn’t even listen properly.”

In the game, there was a repeated episode where you defeated the demonic beasts of Ruthmire’s territory.

But compared to that, this is like new blood. It’s not a particularly dangerous case, and at most you can just pretend to teach it a few times.

So let’s move on.

It seems like this is more important than that right now.

『I have received your letter well. However, considering the situation, we would like to move the location as much as possible.』

As I got into the carriage, I looked at Tasha’s letter, who was currently in charge of the Ruthmire territory, and the map it contained several times.

“There’s no way Tasha doesn’t know about my situation. But even so, they chose this place.”

The marked point on Tasha’s map was Shatrene, not Ruthmire.

In this game, Tasha has never betrayed Karssein.

The story behind how his life was saved by Camilla is known now, but considering that, the possibility of betraying Karssein is close to zero.

However, the fact that he asked to meet me within the Chatrene Territory meant that there must be a reason.

Also, there is one more strange thing.

“ Coachman. wait here. You must not leave this area until I return. Got it?”

“Yes. Master.”

The request was that the Duke of Bagland’s carriage not be seen here, and in addition, I was asked to wear a hood to hide my appearance.

You have to go first to find out.

I followed Tasha’s directions and moved to the indicated location.

‘I think it’s roughly here… Is Tasha still there?’

I look around, but I can’t see Tasha. Instead, there is only one carriage that looks somewhat noisy.

“These guys! Are you doing something like this again?!”

“I absolutely have to catch it today. These guys!”

“Let’s run away!!!”

Near the noisy carriage.

The children appeared to be running out of the carriage with something, and the adults seemed to be chasing them while swearing at them.

however…

‘Something is strange.’

If you chase it right, you can chase it, right?

Soon, the adults who could not handle the children’s quick escape gathered in the carriage one by one.

And then he said strange things.

“…Is this enough to eat?”

“I guess so. Don’t worry too much.”

“How did it happen like this? My nose is all sore.”

Because this carriage was a carriage for peddling, transportation, and trading.

It is also a carriage that must travel along this road from Ruthmeyer according to my instructions to distribute goods to other places.

However, even though the goods that were supposed to be sold were stolen, I actually ate enough. Don’t worry too much. My nose is sore.

It was a ridiculous scene, and it was nonsense.

“Did you want to show me this, Tasha?”

When someone started appearing behind me, I turned my back and asked directly.

Tasha did not deny it.

“…Yes. Master.”

-Tiring!

▶We have caught the strange behavior of the residents of Ruthmeyer Territory! How will they react?

[ 1. What is the purpose of showing this? Tasha. ]

[ 2. Take those guys and beat them right now. The losses are taken directly from the guys’ salaries. ]

[ 3. Did they commit this kind of thing in the Chatrene territory? It’s tempting to feel weak, but this isn’t possible. Catch those kids and punish them as an example. ]

[ 4. Was it your intention to capture the scene? I understood well. Let the duke family know about this. ]

…

…

Have I been left with an option I’ve never seen before?

In fact, it was not surprising that a choice appeared; the current situation was a very serious matter for the permanent representative.

The people of the Ruthmire estate are giving away goods to the Chatrene estate for free without even mentioning to me, and the loss will appear in the ledger.

If you try to handle it normally, you have many choices.

Whether it’s Ruthmire or Shatrene. Either way, it can be easily handled by inquiring into the causal relationship. In any case, the power of the dukedom could have been used up. That means the situation is in my favor.

However, there must have been a good reason why he went out of his way to show me a situation in which it would not have been strange to stop him in person.

Adults’ tears.

Children’s dirty hands.

It was a scene that was never contrived or anything like that.

-Tiring!

▶Sub episode. A reversed situation (1) has occurred.◀

‘Is this a repeating sub-episode here too?’

This could also be information.

This can happen again and again.

Accordingly, repetitive sub-episodes may appear.

then…

These options need to be approached more realistically.

[ 7. I want to hear the details. Tasha. ]☑

“I will not ask who the culprit is. But, I’d like to hear the details.”

Let’s listen first.

You need to know what happened so you can deal with it properly.

***

‘also.’

Tasha smiled faintly as she looked at Carcein, who prioritized understanding the situation.

This allowed me to speak without hesitation.

no. I was prepared to take even more risks than this.

Although he may seem cold, he must be an infinitely warm and merciful person.

“In the past, when he was desperately poor, Ruthmire received help from the Chatrene fiefdom.”

This is a story that could never be told to another lord. However, Tasha takes it out without even suspecting anything.

Because the target is Karssein.

So I was able to take out as much as I wanted.

-Tiring!

▶Tasha’s intimacy increases!◀

[Intimacy value: 60%→65%]