Young Lady Saelmira and Rabby
“Ehehe. You know, Ed didn’t used to be interested in food at all, and he often got sick. But after entering the knight course, he started putting on muscle, and he told me he finds the classes and training fun. Before I knew it, he was eating this much.”
Count Reluta’s wife spoke fondly while watching Ed eat as though competing with Mr. Gator.
It’s true—back when he was in the general course, he was much slimmer.
And when the weather got cold, he often caught colds, so every year I’d give him honey lemon or shonger tea (ginger tea).
“Mother, the reason I stopped catching colds and got interested in food is thanks to Joan. In the knight dorm, whenever they hear Joan is in the kitchen, everyone naturally gathers in the dining hall.”
“Oh? Young Lady Joan uses the dorm kitchen?”
“Ah—yes. There are only four girls in the knight dorm, and when we hold girls’ nights, I serve food and sweets I made myself, so sometimes I borrow the kitchen.”
“My, girls’ nights? That sounds lovely. Hm? But why do Ed and the others gather?”
“Mother, of course we’re hoping for leftovers!”
Ed… that’s not something to puff your chest out about, you know?
Look, Count Reluta’s wife and my father were both making exasperated faces. Gray had his back turned, but his shoulders were shaking like he’s vibrating.
As we chatted with Tony and Mr. Gator and talk with Count Reluta’s wife about the food…
“Mm… fwaaah, I slept so well. Huh? What? Where am I?”
A cute voice echoed.
“!! Mira? Saelmira?”
“Huh? Oh? Auntie? Brother Ed too? What? Why? I…”
“Mira, you were captured by slave traders in the Ania Kingdom and brought to the Exzaria Kingdom. Don’t you remember?”
Ed asks gently.
“Oh… that’s right. We were thrown into an underground cell… and that day, things got noisy upstairs and a bearded man told us to come, but Rabby and I put up a barrier together… Ra—Rabby? Is Rabby safe?”
I opened the curtain dividing the two beds so she could see, and Young Lady Saelmira looked at Rabby.
“She hasn’t woken up yet. But she’s uninjured—mana depletion only.”
“I’m glad…”
Count Reluta’s wife explains, and Saelmira relaxes a little.
“Young Lady Eden, I am Stanley Lampail, the margrave governing this land. This is my daughter, Joan.”
“Nice to meet you. I’m Joan Lampail. Here, please have this.”
I hand her a cup of hot Aqua water.
Gulp. “… Thank you very much.”
“Mira, Joan is my classmate. And the reason you and Rabby were saved is thanks to the support of Margrave Lampail.”
“Thank you both so much. I am Saelmira Eden.”
After we finish our greetings, I introduced Tony and Mr. Gator. Young Lady Saelmira was startled by their condition.
“Could it be… the soup from that time?”
“Mira? Do you know something?”
“Yes. On the night we were rescued, they served us some kind of meat soup, but Rabby and I didn’t eat it. Instead, we gave it to them. So the reason the two can’t speak… is because of me. I’m so sorry. Truly, I’m so sorry.”
Young Lady Saelmira bowed her head to them. They both shook their heads and gestured for her to lift her face.
“Young Lady Saelmira, the two of them should regain their voices tomorrow. Please don’t worry.”
“R-Really?”
“Yes, that’s what my Search result says.”
“You can learn that much from Search?”
“Uh, well… mine is Search S, so…”
“Oh my, S can tell you that? How amazing.”
“Ahaha… hah… ha…”
Hey, Ed!
Don’t you dare mumble something like “Only because it’s Joan”!
“Mmm… nnnh. Mira? Morning already?”
“Rabby!? Oh thank goodness, thank goodness…”
“Huh? Mira? Are you crying? What happened? Hm? Tony? Mr. Gator? … Huh? Where are we?”
Rabby wakes up from hearing us talk. And with Saelmira crying, she looks completely confused. Father explains everything that happened until Rabby woke up. As she listens, she looks surprised, then pained as she remembers the underground cell.
Once Young Lady Saelmira and Rabby have calmed down, we introduce ourselves again and discuss what to do until envoys arrive from the Ania and Elfa Kingdoms. For now, the two girls are malnourished, and Tony and Mr. Gator should regain their voices tomorrow.
Count Reluta’s wife said the two girls should recuperate at the Reluta townhouse—their residence in the capital.
I asked Tony and Mr. Gator if they’d like to stay at our home, but since they cannot speak, the two of them can’t even discuss it together. So we decided to ask again tomorrow.
We also explained how the incident was discovered and told them about Bass and Toto. At first, they were distressed when they heard the condition in which Bass and Toto had been found, but when we explained they recovered from the loss of voice and their colds at our home and are being treated kindly, they felt relieved.
And so, we return to our estate.
Count Reluta’s wife and Ed say they will return to the townhouse for now and leave through the transfer door.
According to Sarah and Zack, Bass and Toto barely left the guest room, but Mother spoke to them and took them to look around the greenhouse and the training grounds. At the training grounds, the private soldiers were apparently in the middle of exercises, and Bass watched them with sparkling eyes.
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