Larz finished cooking and Fam carried it to Mireille. Mireille eats it looking delicious.
When I finished eating the food, I drank the liquor all at once this time.
Say hello to another drink.
âYes, sir.â
Larz poured the liquor into the glass and put it out.
âSo? Oh man â where have you been and what have you been doing?
Thatâs what Larz asked Mireille.
âIâve been traveling all over the empire. Went to all seven states and looked around the major cities. When the state changes considerably, thereâs a difference between culture, diet, and language. Well, itâs a different country, naturally.â
âHmm, Iâve never been out of Arcantes, not in any other state.â
âThatâs enough for a liquor store owner like you.â
âSomethingâs wrong with you, okay?â
âBut wherever you went, you didnât hate the nobles who hired Atashi. You donât always have eyes for people.â
âI think itâs better to hire someone who looks like you. Besides, you know how to be polite. Youâve been disrespectful to the nobles, too. Anyway. Arenât you lucky you didnât get slaughtered and killed and vice versa?
âYouâre wrong to look at people with courtesy. If I were a rat, I wouldnât look at anything but ability. You just have to maneuver well, even a guy with a bad personality. The one who canât do that shouldnât stand on top of people. And he didnât get slaughtered, not because he was lucky. He was actually about to be slaughtered and killed, but he was able to drive on the spot.â
âI donât think itâs the kind of thing youâd call prestigious.â
Fam was listening to this conversation from the side and was even more curious about who Mireille was.
Itâs not usually something you can do, such as travel all over the empire and try to serve the nobles.
No nobleman seemed to minister her, but Mireille herself seemed absolutely confident in her power.
âSpeaking of which, you said you were originally a nobleman, but you canât go back?
âIf youâre in a situation like this, you might be able to go back if you say Atashiâs going back. But itâs not like Atashi has no pride in being a minister once he bows his head again to his opponent in exileâ \nâWell, as far as Iâm concerned, I thought it was a lie that served the castle in the first place.â
âThatâs trueâ
(Was serving the castle�)
The fact that he served the castle would mean that he was at Alcantes Castle.
Then it is possible to be somewhat familiar with the inner circumstances of the castle.
I just donât know much about whatâs going on lately, though, because it would have been at least two years ago when they kicked me out.
Because I said so myself before that, it is suspicious whether it is true or not.
Fam wonders if he should get information from Mireille.
âI had quite a bit of money before I left here, but if I was traveling, Iâd be gone, and now Iâm completely unspoken. I donât know how weâre going to live.â
âHeh, no sentence⌠no sentence?
Larzâs expression changes.
âIf you skip the money you pay for this dish, it means nothing, naturally.â
âHuh? Thereâs no sentence, is there? It means I donât have any money. I donât want to pay for this shop. Itâs been a long time since Iâve been here, and itâs been a nostalgic place for guests to cook.â
âRightâŚâŚ itâs been a long time and itâs just okayâŚâŚ or some idiot! Iâll have them pay you exactly the full amount!
âWhat the fuck. Youâre an asshole. You can pay for what you donât have. Iâm sorry I didnât check before I put it out.â
âThatâs exactly what thieves mean when theyâre fierce. Itâs so⌠Heâs lowering it around his neck. The necklace looks a lot higher. So you can pay instead.â
âAre you stupid or what? You think this is the equivalent of what you just cooked and booze? And I canât give you this. If I hadnât put this around my neck, Atashi would just look like a poor wanderer.â
âEven if it does, it just looks like a poor wanderer â of. And if you donât like paying for it, give it back with your body.â
â⌠what the hell, you. Were you looking at Atashi like that? Beauties like Atashi arenât cheap enough to buy at this level of cooking.â
âIt means work and give it back! Donât make a hell of a mistake! \nâAh? Are you going to let this Atashi do his downwork?
âThatâs right. If you donât like it, give me the necklace.â
â⌠ha⌠well, thereâs no place to go and I can work for a while. Totally disastrous. Today.â
âThatâs our line.â
Fam was feeling a little anxious when Mireille suddenly got to work and something strange unfolded.
âHa, Iâm tiredâ
Kentlan A room upstairs. Mireille and Fam were alone.
We both worked in the lodging and because there were no available rooms, Mireille was to spend time in the same room as Fam.
âEr, are you Lynn? For a little while now, I guess.â
âYes, thank youâ
Fam greeted him with a smile.
âShall I talk to you to deepen your rapport?â
âFine.â
âThen the question is, how come youâre such a good fit when youâre a boy?
Fam was rarely upset when asked that question.
I wasnât entirely assuming my disguise would come apart.
I know if youâve been seen naked or anything, but Iâm not being such a jerk.
âWhat do you mean -? Iâm a girl!
Fam swelled his cheeks back like that. It would be too early to admit it because there is also the possibility that you are just joking.
âYou know what I mean. Iâm trying my best to make it worse, but unfortunately, my eye doesnât deceive me.â
\nI have the aim of clearing up doubts by talking about my past, as well as making it even easier to hear stories from Mireille. Fam wanted to know more about what Mireille was like.
âHmm, youâre in trouble, too.â
âAlso, does that mean Mr. Mireille has something too?
âRight. Iâll tell you something special.â
It became a flow of listening to the past in a natural way.
âAtashi was found to be talented by Governor Meesian, although he seems to be dead now, and was to serve with his brother. The eye that sees the Governorâs man is certain, he showed his talent in the battle and his brother got to Basamarkâs right arm, and Atassi got a territory called Pernola in Arcantes County. Thatâs the form you got the land that was originally under the Governorâs family. Youâve been pretty active in the war ever since, havenât you?
âShh, itâs amazing. So, were you a nobleman?
âWell, it will for once. They kicked me out.â
âWhy were you kicked out?
âI donât know. I donât think that was the reason you had a bad bare line or a strange way of doing things as a lord. Well, actually, no.â
âWhat is the real reason?
âSecret.â
âUh.â
Fam listened and wondered what it would be like to recommend it to Ars instead of getting information out of Mireille.
It is possible that he is a competent person as far as listening. Though personality seems a lot more difficult.
If you also become an Als minister, you wonât have to ask because you speak from yourself.
Even if itâs incompetent, it doesnât have disadvantages.
Fam decided to recommend Mireille.
âDoes that Mr. Mireille want to serve somewhere?
âHmm? Oh, if I could. Thereâs no place to go. Even though it doesnât work that well in there.â