Chapter 65 – Visitor

After separating from Leticia, Wynn wandered down the main street and before he knew it, he was walking towards the Wandering Bird’s Nest. When he walked through the door, it was full of customers today, as well as those who wanted to have a drink after work.

“Welco… me, eh? Wynn-san.”

Seri came out of the kitchen.

“Good evening.”“Did you come to dinner?”“Yes. Before I knew it, I was here.”

Wynn scratched his head embarrassed and laughed, having eaten here in the morning as well. Then Randall came out of the kitchen.

“Wow, Wynn is here too. Did you come to dinner? Just in time. Seri-chan.”“What? Umm.”“Just in time for what?”“I was teaching Seri-chan to cook, and I was wondering if you could taste some things.”“Randall-san!”“Oh, that’s nice. If it’s okay with you, I’d be happy to.”

What Seri was making was a chiken stew. Although it was a prototype, it was a stew with meat. Besides, it was on the house. Seri’s eyes moved back and forth between the stew and Wynn’s face as Randall served it on a deep plate.

Is he going to eat it or not?

That kind of conflict could be seen in Seri’s eyes.

“Well, thank you very much for the food.”

He took a spoonful of the stew with a wooden spoon and put it in his mouth to eat. Seri looked at the scene.

“Yes, it’s delicious!”

The taste of the meat spread through his mouth along with the chicken floating in the stew and he chewed it in his mouth. As he swallowed the meat, a smile appeared on Wynn’s face naturally from the delicious food.

Seri put a hand to her chest, relieved.

“Good for you. If someone who has already taste it says it tastes good, then it’s worth it.”

Randall said that when he saw Wynn eating the delicious food, and Seri looking at him happily. The meat and vegetables were pretty well cooked. He also chewed the bread he had ordered separately from the stew along with it.

“This reaffirms it, I want a girl who is a good cook as a wife.”“I agree…”“Wynn, what do you think of Seri-chan? She could be a good wife too, huh?”“Bwah!”“W-W-Wait, what are you talking about?!”

In Randall’s words, Wynn choked on the bread he had been eating. Seri also became agitated and screamed with surprise.

“Wy-Wy-Wynn-san has Letty-san, hasn’t he?”“Oh, well, that’s certainly true.”

Wynn was coughing violently. Seri’s long ears moved a little as the thin cloth around her head was shaken by the violent agitation. The tips were slightly red.

Randall looked at the two younglings with amusement.

‘But you know… Letty-chan is obviously the daughter of a nobleman. Is it possible for the two of them to even end up together?’

He had seen Wynn since he was a child. Randall had a desire to see the boy happy, as well as his two children. And since he had known Letty since she was a child, too, he knew that deep in her heart, she would be happier if they could end up together.

But Letty was clearly a girl living in a different world.

Although he also thought that Wynn might be happier with a girl like Seri. He also knew she had those kinds of feelings for him. Randall looked at them as he crossed his arms.

When he finished eating, Wynn was somehow in the kitchen helping to clean up.

“Hey, is there a man named Wynn Bard at this inn?”

A loud voice calling Wynn’s name was heard from the inn’s dining room.

“Wynn-san.”

It wasn’t long after the voice was heard that Seri came calling to Wynn with a puzzled look on her face.

“Wynn-san, you have a visitor here.”“Who is it? Is it from the Order?”“I don’t think he’s a knight.”

For the moment, Wynn left the kitchen and entered the dining room.

“Wow, that was exhausting. It wasn’t The Wandering Bird Pest, it was The Wandering Bird’s Nest, wasn’t it? Running all over the Imperial City has ruined my day.”

He was a tall man in traveler’s attire, with a cape that only looked like a worn-out rag, sturdy-looking thick fabric pants and heavy leather shoes. He wore a leather scarf from his mouth to his nose to avoid inhaling dirt and dust, and his golden, slightly reddish-brown hair was disheveled by his long travels, almost hiding his only exposed eye.

In short, few good things could be said about his physical appearance.

“I am Wynn Bard, but who are you?”“Hey, are you really him?”

The man looked closely at Wynn from the top of his head to his toes as he stepped forward, calling his name.

“I see… you look like someone else.”“Do we know each other?”

He didn’t know anyone nearby who would travel a long distance to visit him. If possible, it would be people related to the adventurers who came and went when he was a child, but from the tone of his voice, it didn’t sound like anything. Even by the voice, he still seemed young.

“No, we have never met before. I heard about you from a little acquaintance. And I wanted to meet you at least once.”“An acquaintance?”“I guess so. There are reasons why giving my real name can lead to trouble… but you can call me Lowe.”

He may have thought he was whispering quietly in the first half, but he was heard loudly.

‘It’s a false name, isn’t it?’

Wynn thought, but nodded.

“Oh, sure, you’re Wynn. By the way, do you have any rooms available at this inn? Do you think I could stay here? I need to sweat a little for now. If you have a room, I’d like it to have hot water. Also, please get me some food.”

Lowe realized that Randall owned this inn, and when he approached him, he spoke right up.

“There are rooms available. I can get you hot water too, but you have to pay in advance.”

Hannah, who had been watching a bit of a retreat, responded to Lowe.

“Oh, yeah. Well, that’s a relief.”

Lowe said and was about to follow Hannah, who urged him to approach the inn’s counter, but suddenly stopped.

“Oh, right. Wynn-kun, I heard you were living at this inn, is that still true?”“I now live in a dormitory at the Knights’ School.”“Oh, so it’s true. I saw you come out from the back of the kitchen, but for some reason you didn’t look like an employee…”

Lowe scratched his disheveled and unkempt hair.

“Hey, you, stop scratching your head or it’s gonna get all dusty! Why don’t you go take a hot bath or something?”“I was allowed to use hot water in the house I stayed in yesterday, but… well, I’m sorry.”

Lowe answered Hannah’s complaint honestly and rubbed the stubble on his chin.

“So, can we have some time tomorrow or something? Actually, I’d like to ask you to do something for me before my acquaintance finds out.”“What do you want me to do for you?”“Yes, yes. I want you to fight with me. A fight.”

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The next morning. Lowe, who spent the night at The Wandering Bird’s Nest, visited the school as soon as he heard that Wynn was living in the Knights’ School dormitory. It was early in the morning when the morning fog was still thick.

“Hey, who are you? This is a restricted area, you… that is! Uwaaa, I-I’m sorry!”“No, no, thank you for your service. Don’t say anything about me, okay? Please? Haa, so this is the famous Simurgh Knights’ School in Lemmrousell.”

Lowe, who showed a small piece of paper to the guard at the front door of the Knights’ School, who at first saw him as a suspicious person and raised his spear and shouted, looked at the huge front door and exclaimed in admiration.

“The last time I came here, I never left the Imperial Palace, so I could only see it from a distance. As I remember, they are using the ruins of the old Imperial Palace as a school?”“Yes, that’s right. We also have other facilities such as the Knights’ headquarters. And by the way…”“Hmm? What is it?”“Oh, do you mind if I shake your hand?”“No, in fact, I couldn’t be happier.”“Thank you! Oh, and here’s your pass. Please show it every time you visit one of the facilities.”“Thank you.”

He stuffed a palm-sized wooden tag with a red stamp, a permit, into his pants and grabbed the hand offered by the guard at the door.

“Yes, I’m not going to wash my hand for the rest of my life.”

Lowe shook the hand of the whispering guard slightly as he walked through the door. The path that extended from inside the door was not as crowded. And that’s the way it should be. It was still too early for the church bell to ring. At this hour, many students were still sleeping, as were the people who lived in the city.

In the silence, all you could hear was the sound of Lowe’s footsteps as he walked down the cobblestone path. Several buildings could be seen as black shadows among the trees planted on the ground.

“Yeah! That’s what made the whole trip here worthwhile!”

Wynn smiled at Lowe, who was so happy he could clench his fists and start dancing. Wynn was also, in fact, a little overheated with excitement.

Lowe was definitely a first-rate swordsman. He wanted to test him to see how well his sword skills worked.

Wynn was also a knight and a swordsman at the same time.