When the carriage stopped and the door opened, Claude got off first, lifted Al and me and lowered us down.
We have followed behind Claude as he walked towards the entrance hall. The entrance hall opened and a butler came out.
ăWelcome back, Dannasamaă
ăYeah, has everyone gathered?ă
ăYes. They are waiting in the officeă
ăI see, you two, follow me to the office for the introductionsă
ăăYe~săă
When we follow Claude just as said, we stop in front of a certain room. Claude opened the door and we have walked inside.
There were four people waiting inside, one who was sitting on the sofa stood up after seeing Claude and greeted him.
ăWelcome back, Deară
ăYeah, Iâm back. I will introduce you at once, these two areâŚâŚă
Claude who turned around in order to introduce us creased his eyebrows.
ăOy, whatâs the matter? YouâŚâŚ look as if you have seen a ghostă
ăăAhăă
ăAh?ă
ăăDearâŚâŚ you are married!?ăă
ăWhat do you mean?ă
ăIya~ I somehow thought you were a bachelor you seeă
ăEvan said that you are magic fool, so I thought you didnât have interest in stuff like thisă
ăIâm the head of a ducal house, so itâs only natural that Iâm marriedâŚâŚ seriouslyâŚâŚ once again, my wife Samanthaă
Claude is apparently married, and his wife Samantha is a person with blue hair and light blue eyes. Rather than beauty, sheâs cute.
ăIâm glad to meet you, Iâm Claudeâs wife Samantha. Please treat me wellă
ăHow do you do, Iâm Albert. Please treat us well starting todayă
When Al introduced himself, Claude was staring at him.
To be honest, I also wanted to do that, but self-introductions are important.
ăNice to meet you, Iâm Felice. I will be in your careă
ăMy, I heard from Dannasama, but you are admirable for doing proper greetingsă
While Samantha was interested, Claude addressed Al in bewilderment.
ăOy, Alberta, whatâs up with you? The way you talkâŚâŚă
ăDonât jest Claude-sama, I havenât changed from the usual?ă
When Al stares at Claude while grinning, Claude gave up and introduced the other people.
ăOh well, the one who welcomed us is the head butler Henry, next to him is his wife and the head maid Megană
ăIâm the head butler Henry. Pleased to meet youă
ăIâm the head maid Megan. Please treat me wellă
Henry is a silver-haired, blue-eyed man and Megan is a bright brown-haired, chestnut-color eyed woman, and the two bowed to us with gentle smiles.
ăăPleased to meet youăă
ăNext, the butler guard Riley who will be Albertâs personal butler. And, the maid guard Olivia who will be Feliceâs personal maidă
ăăGuard?ăă
ăIâm Albert-samaâs personal butler Riley. Please treat me wellă
ăIâm Felice-samaâs personal maid Olivia. Please treat me wellă
Riley has white hair and silver eyes, expressionless and handsome.
Both look to be in the latter half of the teens and unwillingness oozed from their greetings.
ăăPleased to meet youăă
ăThere are other employees too, but remember these four for nowă
ăăYesăă
ăThen, I will lead you to your rooms. You may go, Samantha. Henry and Megan, return to your work pleaseă
ăYes, I understandă
ăăExcuse meăă
While walking in the corridor guided by Claude, I felt sharp gazes from behind.
ď˝Say, AlâŚâŚ we are being treated quite vigilantly, arenât we?ď˝
ď˝Yeah. They have been training to appraise me since a little while ago. Itâs making me suspicious insteadď˝
ď˝Me too. But itâs not like I can let them seeď˝
ď˝Nevertheless, just how much did Claude tell them? Our interaction will depend on thatď˝
ď˝Letâs ask laterď˝
ď˝Yeahď˝
After a while of walking, Claude stopped and when Riley stepped forward to open the door we all entered inside.
ăThis is Albertâs room. The furniture has been arranged, but if thereâs anything you need, I will prepare it. Arrange it however you like ită
ăThank you very muchă
ăThen, next roomă
We left the room, Olivia opened the door to the neighboring room this time and we entered inside.
ăThis is Feliceâs room. Please let me know if anything is missingă
ăYes, thank you very muchă
ăAnyhow, this should be enough for showing you the rooms. Is there something youâd like to ask?ă
Because Claude asked, Al asked the question we have been thinking about a while ago.
ăClaude-sama, how much did you speak about us?ă
ăI told them that Iâm adopting you because you are excellent orphansă
ăIs that soâŚâŚ it would be better if these two would be excluded, butâŚâŚ I canât trust themă
ăăWhat!ăă
Riley and Olivia reacted to Alâs words, but Claude stayed calm.
ăMay I hear the reason?ă
ăReason, huhâŚâŚ in spite of the masterâs orders, they display bloodthirst towards the people they should be guarding and fearlessly try to appraise us without permission. To be frankâŚâŚ itâs unpleasantă
ăb.a.s.t.a.r.d! How do you think you are talking to Claude-sama!ă
Riley shouted and Oliviaâs glare swelled with bloodthirst.
(A~h, if you do that, Alâs Ryuu switch will get turned on. Well, they must be aiming for that though)
I nonchalantly approached Claude and he addressed me when I set up a barrier around us.
ăSorry about that, Feliceă
ăWhy are you doing it in such roundabout way?ă
ăThese two have the ability, but their field of vision is narrow. I thought that even if I explained what Kokuryuu is, colliding head on and having a painful experience will make things fasteră
ăPainful experience, you sayâŚâŚ well, Al understands too, so I think he will go easy on themă
While we were talking, the atmosphere in the room became heavy.
The cause is naturally Al.
ăPretentious humansâŚâŚ did you think that you could do anything to us with that meager power of yours!ă
Even though the two fell to their knees after being struck by Al, they undauntedly stared back at him.
ăYou b.a.s.t.a.r.d, what are you! What is your purpose to disguise as a child!ă
ăDepending on the answer, we will kill you even if we have to exchange our lives for it!ă
ăExchange? âŚâŚ Kukku, ha~hahaha! With your strength, you wonât be able to leave a single scratch on me!ă
ăăGuhăă
Al fired even more of his bloodthirst and a threatening dark aura wrapped around him.
While watching that, Claude and I were nonchalantly chatting.
ăAl is in high spirits, isnât he? How long does he plan on continuing?ă
ăWho knowsâŚâŚ it would be better if they surrendered early thoughă
ăCome to think of it, does Samantha-san, Henry or Megan know about us?ă
ăI spoke to them, but Samantha said she wanted to raise you as her own children, so if you guys like, please call her motheră
ăEh? âŚâŚ Is that fine?ă
ăOf course. I also have the same intentions after allă
ăTh, thenâŚâŚ errâŚâŚ ummâŚâŚ may I call youâŚâŚ Otousama too?ă
When I nervously asked, Claude gently patted my head.
ăMmmâŚâŚ As I thought, daughters are nice. Can we call you Feli as well?ă
ăYes!ă
While smiling and delighted of the first existence in this world I could call âfather,â I heard a voice from the side.
ăYou seem to be having fun while forcing the troubles onto me. Feli, Oăťtoăťuăťsaăťmaă
When we turn towards the voice, Al was staring at us.