Chapter 233

As soon as the news broke that his daughter had returned, Lord Schrnape, Esbern, immediately came to the farm.

“Father…”

Lilia, who had just washed up, looked surprised when she saw Esbern arriving. And she bowed her head as if she was apologetic.

Esbern strode up to Lilia and asked.

“Lilia, are you hurt?”

“No, I am fine, Father.”

It was a little blunt, but there was a warm feeling in it.

After looking at his daughter’s face, Esbern seemed to be relieved.

He gently hugged his restless daughter in both arms and swept her back.

“I’m glad you came back safely.”

“I’m sorry, I’ll never do such a dangerous thing next time.”

“Yes.”

Lilia, held in her father’s warm arms, had a smile that she had never shown before.

Watching the heartwarming father and daughter, I wanted to quickly go to Earth and see my mother and Speranza.

Other farm members also watched the two with happy smiles.

Except for one person…

“What? How long are you guys going to do that?”

Kaneff, who looked somewhat dissatisfied, barged in.

“Things went well, still, Sihyeon, Andras, and Ryan have been through a lot. Even if you pay off your debt later, how can you forgive that tomboy so easily? When did the Schnarpe family rules bee so soft?”

Andras and Lilia flinched at the words filled with thorns.

“Boss, why are you suddenly being grumpy? We shouldn’t tell others what to do about their family.”

“Are not even annoyed? You suffered because of someone else’s family.”

“No, well, it’s not…someone else, it’s our Andras’ sister.”

“No, Mr. Kaneff is not wrong.”

Esbern agreed with Kaneff, releasing Lilia in his arms.

“I know my daughter has caused you a lot of trouble. This debt will be paid in the name of the Schnarpe family. And you don’t have to worry about Lilia’s punishment.”

“……?”

“My wife has already prepared thoroughly. From basic etiquette class, we also have prepared teachers to build her mindset and discipline as a hostess of a noble family. She’ll be stuck in the mansion for at least a few months.”

“Oh, father?”

“There is also an opinion in the family to find a suitable fiance for her on this occasion and get them engaged. My wife also seems to be thinking positively about it.”

As Esbern’s mouth spilled out the things he had been preparing, Lilia’s face got paler and paler.

She shook off her father’s hand and ran toward me.

“I, I’m not going home. I want to be with Brother Sihyeon. Brother Sihyeon, can I stay here?”

Lilia asked me with a desperate look.

It was a little sad, but there was only one action I could take.

“Lilia. If you do something wrong, of course, you have to take responsibility for it.”

“Ugh!”

“Don’t put the Lord in any more trouble, and just return to the family.”

I thought it was too much to get engaged all of a sudden because of one mistake, but I couldn’t say anything about what the family decided.

As I spoke softly to Lilia, Kaneff looked satisfied, while Lia and Alfred looked at Lilia sadly.

Lilia looked at her brother as the last resort. However, Andras also shook his head and responded firmly.

When she realized that she had no one on her side, she dropped her head and went to Esbern’s side.

Like that, the missing case of Andras’ sister got closed, and I was able to return to my usual farm life after safely returning the tomboy to the Schnarpe family.

If there was one thing that was different from before, it was I sometimes get a call from Lilia, who was stuck in her family’s mansion, and bored.

There was also one more thing that changed, the surveillance of the Angels on Earth had intensified.

After taking Lilia to the Demon world, a couple of Angels frequently came to Ryan’s office.

Ashmir, the Surveillance officer, treated me with a neutral attitude, but the Angels who identified themselves as “Executive officers” treated me with a very coercive attitude.

I felt very bad about the attitude of the Angels, but I agreed to be low-key at Ryan’s advice and I couldn’t help it now.

Sometimes I thought of Bellion, whom I met in a strange world.

There were still a lot of unanswered questions about it, but it got pushed away by my busy daily life, and I quickly forgot about it.

It began to rain on the farm after a long time.

The rain and strong winds were much stronger than I thought, so the farm members moved busily.

It was not easy to check everything around the facilities of the farm.

I checked the Yakums, the barn, and the stable.

Thanks to the usual good management, there was no big problem with drainage, and the barn, which was extended with the help of the Barbatos family, protected the Yakums from the rain.

Lia checked the inside of the farm building. She checked if the windows of the building were properly closed, and organized the laundry.

Andras checked the grain of the farm and the strawberry fields. In particular, the strawberry field was about to be harvested, so it seemed like he prepared to prevent strawberries from being hurt by the rain and wind. Alfred also followed Andras and helped him with the strawberry field.

Now, thanks to the huge increase in the size of the strawberry field, Elden Villagers had to move their bodies restlessly to protect the field from the rain.

“Phew! It’s over.”

I straightened my back after finishing checking the drainage and organizing the inside of the barn.

When I was stretching, Bighorn came closer to me.

-Booo woo wooo.

It felt as if he was saying [good job].

I smiled and slapped him on the side.

“I’ve done everything I can. I’ll leave the rest to you now, Leader.”

-Boo Woo wooo!

“I should go rest now. Don’t overdo it and rest properly.”

Even in such bad weather, Big horn never stops being wary, and I said him to rest with a little concern.

As if my emotions got conveyed, Bighorn nodded a little.

I felt proud of the reaction of Bighorn. Once again, I hit him on the side and smiled pleasantly.

I left the barn by saying goodbye to Yakums.

The rain, which had slowed down for a while, was about to pour down heavier again.

I had been walking around in the rain since morning, so I was soaked even on the inside of my raincoat.

I finished almost all my work roughly, so I thought of going in and washing up quickly.

I wanted to change into neat clothes and relax a bit.

“Papa!”

– Biip biip!

– Biip biip!

I heard Speranza and baby Griffins calling me from behind.

It’s not much different from usual……but the sense I learned as a guardian of the children warned me of something.

With a slight tremor, I slowly turned my head back.

“Papa! Are you done with your work?”

“Uh… yeah, it’s over. But Speranza seems to have had a lot of fun with Grify and Finny.”

“Un! I had a lot of fun. Right guys?

– Biip! Biip!

Biip!

The Griffins, excited by Speranza’s question, answered by flapping their wings.

“……”

Normally, I would have laughed together at the innocent appearance of the children, but now I couldn’t laugh sincerely.

No wonder I had a chilling sensation…

Speranza and Griffins in cute raincoats were all covered in mud.

When I removed the mud from Speranza’s silver hair, she smiled as if it felt good.

“Phew… Let’s go in and wash up before you guys catch a cold. How about everyone taking a bath together?”

“Yay together.”

Biip!

– Biip biip!

The children jumped up and down and rejoiced but I couldn’t.

Looking at the mud between Speranza’s hair and Griffin’s hair, a helpless smile came out of my mouth.

“Oh, Sihyeon and Speranza”

“Senior, are you ing down now?”

Lia and Alfred, who were in the living room, came out to greet us, who came after washing up.

I nodded with an exhausted look.

“It got a little late while giving a bath to Speranza and Griffins.”

“Oh my! Did you bathe the kids by yourself?”

“You should have asked for help. I could have helped you bathe the Griffins.”

“It’s okay. You worked hard on the strawberry field. The same goes for Lia, you had your hands full .”

To be honest, I thought about asking for help, but I just washed the children alone because I felt bad since everyone was having a hard time because of the things I started.

Thanks to this, it took an hour and a half just washing up.

At least I was skilled at giving baths to the children, so it did not exceed two hours.

“Sihyeon, wait for a little. I’ll get you some hot tea and snacks right away.”

Lia quickly went to the kitchen and prepared tea and snacks.

I leaned on the cozy couch with a cup of warm tea.

The fort of the sofa, the tiredness accumulated from moving busily since morning, and the freshness after washing added to it, I felt a strange pleasure.

Speranza, who also seemed to be infected with a drowsy feeling, stuck tightly to my side and made a fortable expression.

At that time, when we were enjoying our healing time without any conversation, Andras and Kaneff appeared in the living room.

Andras looked as if he had washed himself out, just like us, and Kaneff… as usual had his disheveled appearance.

“Thank you, Andras, for taking care of the strawberry field. You must have had a hard time since this morning.”

“No, not much as Sihyeon’s.”

While greeting Andras, Kaneff naturally went to his usual seat and flopped down.

“Haaaa…. Did you guys done preparing for the storm?”

“I’ve done everything I can. Later, when the rain and wind subside, I want to make sure the situation is okay.”

“Hmm. Really?”

“By the way, what brings you here, Boss? You don’t e out of your room at all in this weather.”

Normally, Kaneff was lazy to e out of his room, but he didn’t want to e out even more in bad weather. In particular, on a stormy day like this, he stayed in his room, and even refused to e to the dining room to eat.

Other farm members also had a similar question and waited for Kaneff’s answer.

But he brought up something that had nothing to do with the question.

“Then everyone is going to stay inside all day today, right?”

“Perhaps? I’ve finished the urgent work early in the morning, so if there’s nothing special, I won’t go out to the stormy place.”

Kaneff smiled strangely, while his eyes shined.

“Huhu. Then it’s not fun if you just space out all day, right? It’s rare for everyone to get together in such a relaxed manner, so shouldn’t we do something fun to enjoy the time together?”

‘Hmm… What is he trying to do this time?’

Everyone couldn’t hide their confused expressions because it was pletely different from the usual Kaneff who was bothered by everything.

“But it’s not fun if we just do something. I think it’ll be fun to make a bet. For example, the person who wins the bet….”

“……?”

“……?”

“Gets the chance to go out to the other world together with Sihyeon on his next vacation…”

“……..!!”