episode_0188

As I took a deep breath, the refreshing night breeze filled my lungs.

One of the things I like about Nara is that the nights are this cool. Well, I haven’t experienced all four seasons near the royal capital, but I wonder how much the temperature will change within the country. Anyway, all cities are by global standards. If you look at it, it’s all a country in the north.

As if Amelia had asked her brother for a favor, there was a horse nearby. It was the horse we rode when we left the royal capital.

There were three horses. Adele was with us when we went.

One of them was handed over to Becky and the guild leader.

The guild leader showed great resistance to entering the battery at first, but when he saw my face, he reluctantly went inside.

To be honest, anyone could see that there was a corpse or a person inside, but it still looked like a piece of luggage when it was placed roughly on the back of a horse.

The two were sent to the remaining guild headquarters.

The Count would know what Becky looked like. If he were to take her to the royal capital carelessly, something big would happen. The two of them headed to the guild headquarters, escorted by fourteen wolves.

At that time, I felt like I could see a little bit of how the remaining guild members who were unable to escape would react when they saw the guild leader who took the lead in escaping, but that was none of our business. If we hadn’t stuck with the Count in the first place, we wouldn’t have suffered like that.

No, the first step was to be commissioned by a foreign power to monitor me, so in fact, by the standards of those gentlemen, you could say that things were screwed up from the beginning.

Considering that we couldn’t find the location when we first tried to find it ourselves, it was a really serious setback.

“Phew.”

Amelia, who was riding next to me, also exhaled lightly.

While I was looking at this with pleasure, Amelia suddenly asked with an expression that seemed to have reminded me of something.

“But, is it okay to leave that vine there?”

“But there is no place to put it in the mansion. If the thick vines were cut into pieces, the garden of the mansion would be full. And considering their height, they might cover the mansion building.”

Having said that, I thought for a moment and said.

“But it would be impossible to grow that much without my abilities. Isabelle also said so. It wasn’t a plant that grew that big in the first place.”

After hearing what I said, Amelia nodded.

“Why are you afraid that it will destroy the ecosystem?”

“What… … It’s not that I didn’t think so, but.”

Amelia finally spoke with a cool expression on her face.

“It’s just that I’m the type of person who likes to point out problems one by one and move on.”

“If you tell the people at Magic Tower later, they will get excited and go into the forest. Even if we don’t tell them the location, won’t they find it and take it back?”

Amelia laughed when she saw me answering that with a sour expression.

“Why do you hate the people of Magic Tower so much?”

“If you think about it, everything that’s happening now is because of those guys. If you hadn’t called me to the Magic Tower, Diane wouldn’t have had to break down so suddenly, right?”

“If you look for the cause, it is not like that.”

We said nothing for a moment.

Tap, tap, tap. The sound of the hooves of the two horses we rode rang out.

Now, no matter how hard I listened, all I could hear was the sound of the horse the two of us were riding.

Diane and Adele are really far away now.

… … Saying this makes me feel a bit nostalgic, but in fact, it was worth it. The four of us met face to face almost every day as if it was a given. The thought of not being able to see the two of us for a while already made me feel a little empty.

Well, if the way back like this were to be the way it was, the four of us would have taken it together.

“Oh, by the way.”

Suddenly, I remembered something I hadn’t heard yet, so I opened my mouth.

“Where are you preparing in advance?”

“Ah, there.”

Amelia said with a chuckle.

“Gratton Mount Territory is wide, right? I have a mansion I own in a quiet place quite far from the city center. There is a field nearby. The river is a little far, but the underground water flows below and there is a well. Originally, I was a distant relative. It was a place where one person lived, but when he moved to a house somewhere else, I inherited it.”

“It was passed down to you?”

“To be honest, I asked for it.”

Amelia smiled and answered my question.

“The size of the field is actually not large enough for one person to work. It was originally a manor with a small village where tenant farmers lived nearby, but Gratton Mount’s industry tended to lean toward the mining industry, and the crops produced due to the climate I guess it was meaningless because it was small compared to the labor. Well, it was built at a time when the war was active, so it must have become useless after the economy improved.”

aha.

So, it was a similar situation to the Carlins family.

During the war, there is not enough food for the royal capital. You have to feed the troops, but the troops are a group that is not productive and consumes resources such as food indiscriminately.

Naturally, the amount of food coming from the south decreased and became more expensive, so they tried to supplement the amount by producing it in the north somehow.

But after the war ended, it became a place of sorrow.

Why did Amelia get such a place—

—There was no need to worry too deeply about the reason.

In the novel, Amelia willingly gave up the male protagonists because she judged that her life would be ruined if she became involved with even one of them.

Since she wanted to live without being influenced by anyone, without any intention of marrying a man or inheriting the family, she would have needed a quiet place to spend her final years, whether that was alone or with another loved one.

In the novel I read, Amelia and Adele give up everything together and leave, just like Diane and Adele here.

Since ‘Amelia’ herself escaped, she may have lived in that mansion. The novel ended there.

But if Amelia is thinking of spending the rest of her life there, I would be happy to go along.

“If.”

Amelia opened her mouth and I stopped thinking for a moment.

“If you want to try growing crops in the north, why not try it there?”

“Huh?”

“No, well, there is a large field there. Even if it is not a field, the land itself is large, so you can live while exploring various things. There is a forest nearby, and a good place to let wolves loose.”

“Oh, really?”

“Yes… … If you don’t like it, there’s nothing you can do.”

Amelia said a little uncertainly.

Amelia’s reaction was refreshing. The Amelia I knew always had a confident appearance. So, it means that she was a person who fully suited the status of ‘Grand Duchess’.

But you look so embarrassed.

“Good.”

I answered coolly. Amelia’s eyes blinked.

“Really?”

“I also like quiet places. I lived in the royal capital, so I know. These complicated places are fun, but they are not places worth living in. After all, I guess I like being buried in nature. I’m from Heaven Del Kishi.”

Amelia let out a short laugh as I called myself from Delquish so naturally.

“So, yes, I like it. Since it is in the north, it is easy to go to Del Chisi often, the climate is suitable, and there is nature nearby, so I have no reason to refuse.”

Above all, because you will be there.

“… … .”

Amelia smiled silently at me.

Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da.

The sound of the horse’s hooves was heard again.

Silence does not mean awkwardness between us. It is not uncomfortable, so there is no need to change the atmosphere by forcing words.

I was rather hoping that this time would continue. This moment where it felt like just the two of us had fallen out of the world.

Slowing down the horse’s walking speed was intentional.

Amelia was looking up at the starry sky, whether she knew it or not.

“You two had a good time, right?”

Amelia’s expression as she said that was a bit dreamy.

A great escape story about two people who are in love that cannot be allowed.

It was a romantic enough story to stimulate the girl’s heart.

And to stimulate my heart.

“You will definitely be safe because you are here.”

“Well, anyone who is with someone from Delki City will be safe.”

Amelia said with a smile.

“I hope you two are doing well.”

“Yes.”

Both Amelia and I knew for sure that it would be ‘safe’.

Of course, saying that you want to be ‘well’ has a slightly different meaning.

So to speak, it is a ‘relationship’.

I hope that you will be truly happy until the end, rather than having your face turn stiff after running away like in some movies.

… … okay.

I may be projecting my relationship with Amelia onto their relationship.

Hoping for two people to be happy probably means hoping that Amana and Amelia can be happy together.

I really hope so.