Chapter 13
TL-Mechatronic
Then Eva remembered what Luciel had gone inside a while ago. The Duke’s gaze was on the hyacinth flower buds, and she replied with a smile as if she knew what it meant.
“It is the flower language of hyacinth.”
“Right.”
The Duke couldn’t help but laugh. Luciel gave him the “joy of the heart’.
That little child was slowly ringing his heart using only petty flowers and notes. But now it doesn’t feel trivial any more.
“Maybe this is similar to the happiness of having a daughter.
It’s about making yourself happy even when it’s nothing special. He was no longer envious of the boring daughter bragging’ talk, which the vassals yapped nonstop.
The Duke tapped the buds of the hyacinth with his index finger. A sweet smell wafted out. It was a break before the long meeting resumed, but the Duke showed up early in the meeting room.
As he expected, today, Count Gillen and Viscount Rufus’ daughter boasting was in full swing.
“Dude, how cute is that? Every morning she always wakes up and while rubbing her sleepy eyes she always says good morning!”
Even Viscount Rufus replied without losing to Count Gillen’s bragging.
“Our Lauren sees me off every time when I go to work, hahaha.”
The Duke, who was looking for an opportunity, thought it was this time. Today seemed to be the moment to show off his daughter-in-law. Louivid gave a slow smile and threw a word.
“I can see why the Lords like their daughter so much.”
“……Yes?”
Then something completely unsuitable for the Duke popped out of his jacket pocket. It was a bunch of small hyacinth flowers and a note.
“What is that?”
The surroundings froze at the behavior of the Duke they had seen for the first time. But the Duke did not stop and continued his speech.
“It’s a hyacinth flower. It has a flower language called “joy of the heart’.”
The flower language was so sentimental that it was hard to believe that it came from the Duke’s mouth.
“My new daughter-in-law left a note with hyacinth in my office. It’s really cute, isn’t it?”
A satisfied smile hung on the corner of Louivid’s mouth while he proudly boasted about his flowers
What do you think? You don’t have this, do you? The vassals did not know what expression to make in front of the Duke’s eyes.
“Haha……such a sweetheart, she’s a very lovely person.”
The tactful quickly adjusted the mood of the duke, and the tactless bragged about their daughter, drawing attention from the duke.
That day, whenever the Duke met his vassals, he secretly boasted of Luciel’s notes and flowers. Now, the note that Luciel had written down was worn out and tattered.
Once he had fun doing something he couldn’t stop, there. He stopped by his father’s office as he went out for a while, and politely asked his regards.
“Did you get the item you wanted?”
“No. The workshop is almost closed, so I couldn’t find
“You can just ask Eva to check it out at the auction house.”
At the Duke’s words, Gillard shook his head, stroking his beard.
“No, I’m done. It’s an item that has meaning only if I get it myself…..”
In fact, Gillard was lying. Hearing that Louivid had bought Luciel the whole clothing store for her, he immediately bought a toy store in town, but had not yet given it.
It was because he heard that Luciel was easily burdened.
The Luciel he had been watching for a while was such a child. She prefers simple and sincere gifts to valuables. A child who appreciates even a cup of milk tea.
So Gillard went to an orchard outside the estate. He was growing a few small Pufu trees. Pufu trees were hard and light, and it was able to make magic wands
and things imbued with magic because it holds mana, well and does not deform.
Whatever it may be, I will give Luciel one of a kind of precious present ever.
Without knowing his father’s intentions, Louivid took something out of the jacket and put it on the table with an indifferent face. It was a memo and hyacinth stored in a small frame.
“……Hmm?”
“It was given to me by Luciel. That child seems to want to follow me quite a bit.”
“Oh, you mean this? I got it, too.”
Gillard opened the chest of drawers, and found the same notes and hyacinths that Louivid had put on the table. Even the contents of the memo were the same. Louivid eyes fluttered for a moment.
“Why is the same thing that Luciel gave me over there?”
“She has a really nice heart. How warm my heart was when I came back and saw this…”
Gillard’s words reminded the Duke of things he had boasted to his vassals without even knowing.
It was because of the feelings of embarrassment with a tingle of disappointment. But something caught his eye. Gillard had seven flowers, his had two more making it nine.
“I have two more flowers.”
The Duke, feeling a little better for some reason, got, up. Gillard, who had been counting the flowers too late, said without losing. “Since ancient times, the lucky number has always been seven.”
“Isn’t it best to have a lot of numbers in anything?”
The two, who were giving and receiving childish puns, coughed at the same time.
“I should get going now. Then rest, Dad.”
“Louis.”
“Yes?”
Gillard who tapped his forehead for a while, said.
“Come to think of it, I thought it was really strange, Did you come here to brag that you received this from Luciel?…..”
“What nonsense are you saying?”
The Duke turned away dismissing it, but Gillard’s eyes narrowed as if he was suspicious.
“Somehow, I thought that some strange wind blew this kid into my room.”
The Duke looked at his flower again with an indifferent look, and spread out two of his fingers.
Gilliard resisted the urge to shout for a moment Looking back, it was a strange thing. Louivid was not originally friendly with children. He used to fight like a dog with his own sons, but…..
“Well, I guess it’s a good thing.”
‘Joy of the heart’.
After Louivid returned, Gillard went to Luciel’s room, There was no child, only Betsy, who was organizing her clothes. “Elder Master.”
“Where did Luciel go?”
“She went to see the castle for a while. I will deliver your message to her as soon as she returns.”
“No, it’s fine. We’ll see at dinner. I’ve heard that Luciel needs a lot more stuff…..”
Saying that, Gillard glanced around Luciel’s room.
“No, it seems she already has enough clothes and items to use.”
Bessie shook her head because Luciel had left a request that she no longer needed anything.
“Then how about a toy store?”
“Well…… That’s good, but I’ve found one thing she likes.”
Gillard’s eyes widened as Bessie spoke with a soft smile.
“One thing Luciel likes? What is it?”
“It was a very ordinary thing.”
Bessie smiled and held up a small pair of socks.
“The Miss says she likes socks.”
“Socks……?”
It was such a simple and mundane thing, but it was just like that child, so Gillard laughed.
“Right. Thanks for the info, Bessie. It is a secret from the Duke.”
“Yes, Elder Master.”
Bessie let out a chuckle. After Miss Luciel came to the castle, the two masters, who used to be scary and difficult, became more gentle.
It would be good if this bright energy from the young lady reached the young masters as well. The master’s letter must have already arrived to Young Master Kizef at the academy.
May the loveliness of the miss touch his heart. Bessie hoped that Luciel’s changes would continue with the engagement.
A small change that will warm the cold and dreary Bellstein.
She definitely had a good feeling.
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At that time in the capital, Arte.
The sunset pouring by the window shook his reddish and fluffy, short blonde hair. His milky skin and straight and neat features was akin to watching a living and breathing masterpiece.
The boy rolled his blood-red eyes in boredom,
A letter with the seal of a black dragon used by the main family arrived. Anxiety spread for no reason even before opening it.
If it was an emergency call, he probably would have used a communication channel, and he knew well that his father wasn’t the kind of person who was friendly enough to ask him how he was faring out of nothing.
‘What’s going on?’
The boy cut off the envelope with a paper knife, immediately took out the letter and began to read it. His dark golden eyebrows rose as he read.
His eyes fluttered at the unexpected content.
(The partner of your contract marriage has been decided. It’s a cotton ball-like little girl from Count Orbia. I’ll be there to show her face soon, so you can
know that.)
“What kind of messed up behavior is this……Father.”
You suddenly decided on a marriage partner without telling me anything? Besides, what does a contract marriage mean?
A look of embarrassment flashed across the face of a 13-year-old Kizef.
What do you mean a little girl that looks like a cotton ball?
I wondered what kind of child she was, but to me, marriage was a luxury. Kizef bit his lip and decided to write a letter of refusal straight away.
“This evening you have dinner in the hall, Miss Luciel.”
“Yes. I know, Bessie. I’ll be back in time.”
After answering that, Luciel wrapped a small carrotshaped bag around her back. It was made with knitting by Bessie, saying that it would suit Luciel, who resembles a snow rabbit.
It was a treasure trove of three chocolates, one milkflavored caramel, and five strawberry-flavored candies to keep one’s mouth busy while in the library,
The bag consisting of loose knitting rooms showed all the contents through the holes.
‘It’s cute, but I can’t use it for secret purposes.
Thinking that I should get another sturdy bag later, Luciel put on fluffy white slippers.
Byon, byon, byon, byon.
I was reluctant to wear slippers because they made sounds every time I walked, but I couldn’t give up this pleasant warmth.
The library was located in an annex away from the main building. Originally, if you went back through the garden, you had to wear outdoor shoes, but if you took the shortcut that Luciel found out, you could go through the interior of the building to the library.
After going up from the east building to the fifth floor, going around the pillar in the hallway once more, then going around the pillar in the hallway on the third floor, returning to the first floor and going outside, it was the library.
It was clear that someone had enchanted the castle as a joke.
Byon, byon, byon, byon.
So Luciel ran to the library one step at a time,
It was then. A small child suddenly jumped out of the corner of the hallway and threw something.
“Shoes?’
It missed Luciel’s body and rolled over.