Chapter 86: The Conflict of the Servants
“I’m happy you came, but how did you find this place? Was it a mark?”
“The roses on your hair. One of them is a sacred flower.”
“What?!”
You mean I was wearing such a valuable thing as a hair accessory? That’s like the extravagance of an old queen!
I was surprised and put my hand on my hair, but Kvasir tells me with a straight face, “It’s already gone.”
“I used it to move here with magic when I found you a little while ago. One use of magic makes it disappear, so sacred flowers are really inefficient, aren’t they?”
Kvasir shrugs his shoulders as if to say that money and effort are wasted.
“Hmph, a magician!”
“Wait, Dior!”
Miss Elena’s black-haired servant Dior quickly threatens Kvasir with a knife.
I held my breath, fearing that he would be cut to pieces.
“Easy now.”
With minimal movement, Kvasir dodges it and kicks Dior’s leg, causing him to fall to the ground.
“Catch it.”
Kvasir briefly says and throws the sacred flower, and the small flower falls on Dior’s back and instantly extends its branches like ropes, capturing Dior.
“Ow!”
“Dior! Quickly apologize! You can’t beat a magician or someone with skill.”
It was the servant with golden hair who spoke out calmly.
“These people are enemies of Miss Elena. You better kill that young lady, Ralles.”
“With Duke Svald, the problem is bound to be exposed. We might as well let this young lady run away and mend the surface while we still can!”
“Well, that’s a good point.”
Kvasir had a happy expression.
Actually, if these servants really wanted to save Miss Elena, it would be much better for them to deceive Kvasir and me by saying that they knew nothing and selling us their gratitude.
“If it is revealed that you are keeping demon beasts, you will go to prison…”
The reason Michelia’s father was not imprisoned was because the Lexander royal family wanted to hide the fact that there were demon beasts in the country.
Demon beasts are taboo creatures.
If you possess one, what will other countries say?
Even the belligerent neighboring Kingdom of Leoguard has used demon beasts in such a way that it is impossible to tell that they used it, something they would prefer not to make public.
But it is impossible to hide it when it lives so close to the capital city like this.
The Lexander royal family will fabricate a story that I was sent from another country and try to judge me as a rebel, along with Duke Augren and his daughter Elena.
It won’t be of any help if it comes to that.
“Elena-sama will become the prince’s fiancee. This kind of scandalous incident is…”
Don’t you think this can be hushed up?
The same Miss Elena’s servant , Ralles, bites back at Dior’s surprising statement.
“You’ve been taught to believe only what’s convenient for Lady Elena, so you say such foolish things. Can she really marry the prince after causing such an incident?”
“That’s right.”
Kvasir interjected while scratching his ear.
“I, someone from the royal family, saw it all clearly, and Lars will come soon too. Lars will probably come with the minimum number of people because he doesn’t want Linea-sama’s name to be damaged by the abduction incident. Instead, he’ll thoroughly destroy the Duke Augren family.”
Dior glared at him when he was laughed at by the tip of the nose.
“Even though we’re both Duke families, how can something like this happen…”
“Do you mean to say that Count Elvasti can do something that Lars can’t? After all, Lars is respected more by the house he serves than your own. Unless there is rebellion, the royal family will continue to respect Lars.”
Kvasir’s words make him wear a grim expression.
But even so, he lowered his hand holding the knife, thinking that what Ralles and Kvasir were saying was correct.
“… So what do we do now? I guess I don’t have to ask.”
As Kvasir says this, he looks back.
The carriage that Miss Elena was supposed to be riding in is returning at an incredible speed.
Stopping a short distance away, Miss Elena jumps out of the carriage.
“Wha…”
She widen her eyes and start to tremble.
I can’t blame her for this.
She thought we must have become a pitiful sight, but her subordinates are standing around calmly and Michelia is unharmed. And I’m standing here alert.
I saw a strange flame rising from the forest, so I thought she had returned at this speed because something unexpected had happened. Surely something too unexpected happened.
Miss Elena, who doesn’t know that I’m thinking these things, has a demonic appearance.
“Why aren’t you dead… Why are my servants there? And why are you standing next to the servant girl? Did you use some kind of medicine to pacify her?!”
“Pacify? Medicine?!”
It’s a misunderstanding!
I wanted to say that, but neither her own servants nor Michelia, who should hate me, are trying to kill me.
If I consider my lack of reputation until now, it would be understandable if someone said that I used medicine to manipulate her… I might be able to make some concessions, even if only a little.
