Chapter 95

Translator: NovelMultiverse | Editor: NovelMultiverse

 

Many children showed up to hold a ceremony of blessings at the small shrine in the Albard Kingdom. All of them seemed excited to see what kind of blessings would be gotten. 

Morris of Selin village was talking gleefully with Anton holding his hand. He may have been guessing what blessings he would receive. 

 

While Selesina came here as the lord of the village, she left all the procedures to Anton. All that she needed to do was to watch over. 

 

There seemed to be some time until Morris’ ceremony would be taken place because the small shrine was not so big as the great shrine. 

 

“I hope he will get good blessings.” 

“So do I. The spirit of earth or water may give him the blessings since Morris has been looking after flowers diligently.” 

 

Hisui replied to Selesina with his prediction. 

Either blessing would be suitable for Morris as he was. Selesina imagined either one would be the case now that it was Hisui’s prediction who had the blessings of the God of Guidance Heimdall. 

 

“Why don’t we take a walk while waiting for the ceremony?” 

“That’s a good idea. It would be nice to stroll about the garden.” 

“Let’s do that!” 

 

And when they came to the garden—–, Selesina bumped into Soratek and her heart nearly stopped by the surprise. 

 

‘Wha, wha, wha, … why on earth is Lord Soratek at the small shrine!?” 

 

In fact, she hadn’t seen Soratek since she returned from the great shrine. 

When she left the great shrine, she sent him a letter in which she had written that she had been able to hear about her blessings …. without any details whatsoever. 

 

—–Nor is she going to marry Lucaria. 

 

“Seli! As it’s the ceremony of blessings today, I thought you might come to attend the ceremony for a child from Selin village.” 

“I see…” 

 

That meant he didn’t accidentally run into her but he came over to the small shrine to see Selesina. 

Soratek was in a very good mood because he hadn’t seen her in a while. 

 

“I’d like to talk with you if you have time… How does that sound?” 

“…I’m sorry. Is it all right with you to talk about my blessings after my father’s permission? I can’t decide on my own…” 

“Yes, I understand.” 

 

Soratek agreed right away although she sounded ambiguous. 

 

“Don’t worry. I won’t force you.” 

“Thank you so much.” 

 

While she was relieved by Soratek’s thoughtfulness for the time being, she duly knew a depressing event would inevitably happen later. 

Bethel, the king Lionel, and Asalge had been moving forward her engagement behind the scenes. They would tell Soratek when they thought they were ready. 

 

‘They said that the king has been negotiating about the condition other than marriage tentatively…’ 

 

It would take a little more time for the final decision to be made. 

But they said that didn’t delay dealing with the never-bloomed great tree. Lucaria also needed some time to prepare. 

 

To seize the opportunity, they decided to take a walk in the garden together. 

Looking at some flowers blooming there, Selesina wanted to plant some in Selin village someday too. While she was staring at the flowers, Soratek began, “It reminds me.” 

 

“Do you remember I promised to visit Selin village again at the tea party where Lady Meria invited us?” 

“—Of course I do.” 

 

When Selesina nodded, Soratek’s face brightened up with a smile.  [Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the “Novel Multiverse dot com” website @ novelmultiverse.com]

 

“Can I come soon? It has been on my mind since I heard that the population has been increasing lately.” 

“Yes. There have been not only more people but also more shops.” 

“That’s good news.” 

 

The village that used to be small had been growing steadily. 

Probably it would have already been able to get on without Selesina. While it was a little sad for her, Anton had taken care of the village from the start, and also she was going to assign work for the village to the villagers positively. 

 

“Lady Selesina, it’s Morris’ turn for the blessings!” 

 

When Selesina heard Anton calling and turned around, he was waving in a fluster. He was a little out of breath, which meant he had been looking for her. 

The moment he realized she was with Soratek however, he bowed in a hurry. He never thought that the crown prince was in a place like this. 

 

“I see, I’ll be right there!” 

As Selesina replied, Anton bowed again and went ahead to return inside the small shrine. 

 

“Excuse me, but the ceremony is starting now…” 

“Don’t mind about me and go right ahead. It’s for the precious child of Selin village, isn’t it?” 

“Yes! I will see you later, then.” 

 

Selesina returned to the small shrine hurriedly not to miss attending the ceremony. 

 

Morris’ ceremony of blessings was completed without any problems and the spirit of water graced him with the blessings. He was eager to take care of the spring that had appeared around the great tree. 

 

“So nice to see it done smoothly.” 

 

Selesina stretched herself and looked out of the window in the carriage. As the sun was still high, she could work some more. 

Yet, not so much time would be left by the time she arrived at Selin village. What she could do at most would be to prepare a letter of invitation for Soratek back in her mansion. 

 

She wanted so much Soratek to look at Selin village filled with residents. 

 

In the meantime, with too many things happening around her, she almost forgot about tomorrow — that was actually the day when a specialty of Selin village ‘Honey of the great tree’ would go on sale. 

Although the Month of Water that was the on-sale day’s month had looked far away when she started planning, … it was the next day when she realized it. 

 

Honey of the great tree that had become the purveyor for the royal family would be sold at three places. 

It would be available at the Selin village branch of Picott company, the main store of Picott company in Harmil and the newly opened Royal capital branch of Picott company! 

 

There had been continual requests for the purchase even before it was released although it was quite a high-end product. To respond to that, she had decided to prepare numbered tickets to be handed out from tomorrow morning. 

 

—-While she was thinking about those things, …she saw a certain line of people. 

 

“What is that?” 

 

Since there were various stores in Royal capital, a line could be seen sometimes… However, she had never seen a line of over 100 people before. 

She tried to find out what the line was for and where the start of it was by following the line with her eyes, but she couldn’t see any further because of the corner. 

 

“No—! I’m too curious… What is ahead of it —- um?” 

 

The new branch of Picott company was supposed to be ahead of the corner. 

 

“No, no, no, it can’t be.” 

 

But there was a fact that should have been remembered. 

When the hand cream went on sale last time — a traffic jam occurred by carriages heading for Selin village. Compared to that time, just standing in line was easier for them to buy this time. 

Besides, most of those who wanted to purchase were aristocrats which meant all they needed to do was to tell their servants to join the line. 

 

“Wow, wow! Hisui, Hisuuui!” 

 

Selesina called out to Hisui who was driving the carriage to stop right away.[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the “Novel Multiverse dot com” website @ novelmultiverse.com]