C5 Part13

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“Clovis, do you want to be my king?”

The princess’s question was not answered by the aide. Suddenly, there was a scream outside and the carriage came to a sudden stop.

“Forgive my rudeness, Princess.”

“What?”

Quickly, Clovis engulfed Alicia in his arms before she could approach the window to check what happened. The princess sheltered safely in his arms, the aide’s purple eyes flashed dreadfully as he looked warily outside. Robert’s voice echoed from outside the door shortly afterward.

“Sir, it’s Ron. I’ll open the door for you.”

“Alright.”

After a short reply, the door opened slightly, revealing Robert’s face. He decided that this would not be visible from the outside, and he released the act of a squire.

“I’m sorry. There was a kid who was almost run over by another carriage. We’ll be off at once.

“Wait!”

Alicia stopped the knight who had a bad feeling about it somehow and was about to pull her back.

“Is the almost run over kid alright?”

“Oh, yeah, well. He’s okay.”

Convinced by the silver-haired knight, who smiled ambiguously, Alicia slipped out of Clovis’ arms and let Robert open the door completely.

As it turned out, Alicia’s instincts were right.

It was evening and the road was so crowded that they could hardly go on. Alicia and the others’ carriage was still very close to where they had left Edmond. Alicia’s sky-blue eyes widened at the sight of the carriage and the child who seemed to be in trouble.

(That was the church!)

The child shrinking in front of the stopped carriage was not alone. What were their names, I wondered? These were the kids who had come to call Clovis to hear the rest of the story. The three kids crouched on the ground and there was one who hadn’t. He was there and Edmond was standing in front of the carriage with his hands open to protect it.

With a quick glance, I imagine that he has come out to the street to see Alicia and the others off as they are moving away. Before I could see that, an adult from the church ran out into the street in a great hurry, bowed his head to the carriage attendant There you are.

The children are uninjured, and although they are frowning, they are not shouting at each other. It looked like things were going to stay that way.

At that moment, the carriage door opened.

It was Robert who gasped when he saw the person who came out.

“You, of all people. Liddy Sutherland….”

The man who got out of the carriage, playing with his fingers through his familiar reddish hair, was Liddy Sutherland. He is a member of the old mission and heir of the duke’s family.

“I had no idea that the princess was watching the proceedings from afar with bated breath.” Liddy Sutherland huffed and sniffed as he got out of the carriage. Then, fumbling his hair with his left hand, as he stared at the miscreants who had stopped his carriage.

Liddy was very unhappy at this time.

It is not often that Liddy, who is certain to be the next head of the duke’s family, steps foot in the capital. However, today he had to travel all the way in a carriage because he had to go to the Provincial Council.

In spite of this, there were some misunderstandings with the letter and not enough paperwork, which caused him to throw temper tantrums and quarrel with the person in charge of the matter. So, the trip ended up being a complete waste of time.

No matter how outspoken a nobleman’s family is in the Private Council, the bureaucracy of Hiland is not to be taken lightly. That’s why it was very munchy for the kids and for Liddy to be in such state. It was an unfortunate coincidence as well.

“Hey, Al. Didn’t I tell you I wanted to go home early?”

When the next head of the family deliberately shrugged his shoulders in a grandiose, sarcastic manner, he bowed his head in a hurry.

”I’m sorry. We have a problem…”

”Young Master, we are the ones to blame!”

“Hmm…?”

I know I don’t need to be told, but I dare not reply. Liddy, with the cowering, trembling child he looked alternately at the pale, protective-looking woman. He frowned at the fact that only one of them was a child looking up at Liddy stoutly.

I don’t like it. Actually, I don’t like it.

Liddy tapped the ground several times with the gaudily carved cane he held in his right hand. What a bad day this is. You can’t even get back to your domain without being interrupted like this.

So, to him, it was a bit of an outburst.

“Hey, woman. Who do you think I am? From the looks of it, it’s an orphan and his caretaker. That’s the extent of what you’re going to do to the duke’s path?”

“I’m sorry. Please forgive me…”

“Just forgive you? Your status is presumptuous.”

Liddy smiled wickedly as his cane turned up the face of the caretaker who was protecting the frightened children.

“Well, what shall I do? If I let you to listen to my command, the one empty church in town could easily disappear.”

“No.”

“So, what will you do for me?”

Liddy’s mouth hung in the shape of a crescent moon as the caretaker began to pale and tremble. He kept hismockery low so that those around wouldn’t hear it but it would linger in the woman’s ears. He continued stubbornly.

“Do I rub my head on the ground and apologize for my disrespect? Or do you want to comfort me with your body? Hmph. That’s not so bad, just for the sake of looking good. If you want, I’ll play you a little money.”

As the young woman’s ears flushed with shame, Liddy felt a slight sigh of relief.

Of course, there was no way he was going to hold this woman in his arms. It is not likely that the church would sue the Sutherland family if they really messed with them. However, if something happened, It would be troublesome to follow up. Above all, it would not be good for his reputation if he had threatened to bring a woman into his home.

The only limit to the extent of being unreasonable lashing out at him is this much. The next head of the duke’s family surprisingly knows when to back down, sniff once more and then break off the play. Then, he tried to get into the carriage.

“…Ai!”

The boy’s voice was sounded sharp from his back.

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