āGeorge, William!! You didnāt leave a word and stayed outside without permission. Of course Iāll be worried!ā
ā āW-Weāre sorry!ā ā
George and William straightened up their backs in panic and apologized.
Leonard approached the two and dropped his fist on their heads. *whack* Emma could tell from the dull sound that it mustāve hurt.
āGood grief, what are you going to do if something happens to Emma?ā
ā āW-Weāre sorry!ā ā
ā āW-Weāre sorry!ā ā
āEmma, too. Donāt worry me too much, okay?ā
Leonard hugged Emma and reminded her softly.
The disparity of treatment between Emma and the brothers is really unfair. The brothers have always thought that their fatherās spoiling is one of the reasons behind Emmaās lack of common sense, but they donāt have the courage to advise their father on that.
āIām sorry, Father. A lot has happened.ā
*squeeze* Emma returned her fatherās embrace.
āAlright, alright, did anything dangerous happen? You didnāt come home last night. I was so worried that I couldnāt sleep. I asked Koumei-san to lead me to you first thing in the morning and came all the way here.ā
Happy from being hugged by Emma for the first time in a long time, Leonard softened. He didnāt notice that Emma in his embrace was grinning mischievously.
āExcuse meā¦ Are youā¦ their father?ā
Harold timidly called out to Leonard.
Blond hair and purple eyes. Harold never expected this well-built, strong-looking man to be the three siblingsā parents. If they were to fight, he wouldnāt be able to win, no matter how it played out.
He has casual clothing on, but the tailoring quality that commoners couldnāt possibly have is particularly conspicuous.
āI am, indeed. It seems that my children have been in your careā¦ Iām Leonard Stuart.ā
Leonardā¦ Stuartā¦
Harold jumped at the name he had heard somewhere before.
āB-By Stuart, do you mean Count Stuart of Palace?ā
āHm? Yeah, thatās right. Our family has moved to the royal capital so the children could go to the academy.ā
Harold, who had been traveling around the country until recently, had heard many rumors about the Stuart Count House.
Immediately after he inherited the lord title, he became the ruler of three territories with frequent monster appearances by an absurd order of the royal family.
In just a few years, he succeeded in manufacturing silk goods and made his territory the wealthiest in the country.
He doted on his daughter to an abnormal extent and used her name for the finest variety of silk produced in the territory. If he remembered correctly, the name of that silk is Emma Silkā¦
That young boy Emma, whoās being hugged by Leonard, isā¦ the Countās beloved daughterā¦ Emma Stuart???
āI-Iām sorry! I-Iāve let your precious children spend a night at such a dirty placeā¦ā
*shudder* Chills ran through Haroldās body.
For noble children to stay overnight in the slums is an unforgivable thing.
āNo, no, the children look fine, so itās alright. Well, itās going to be that if the children arenāt safe, though.ā
āHahaha,ā Leonard laughed harmlessly, but it gave Harold further chills.
āFather, Harold-san makes amazing ink, you see? I want to try using it to dye silk.ā
Emma made a proposition while admiring the handsome uncle who was trembling from Leonardās joke.
As the development for the dyeing process had been in a bottleneck for a long time, perhaps this ink could wield some results.
Bright colors are produced just from dyeing one time, and it also doesnāt fade.
This could cause a revolution from the existing wash-dye-wash repeated dyeing method.
They could even expect a lower production cost as dyeing with this ink doesnāt require water, which is valuable in Palace.
āJust do it if Emma wants to try it. Umm, Harold-san? Would you be willing to sell this amazing ink to us?ā
Leonard accepted his childās suggestion without question and requested the purchase of the ink from Harold. He would buy it no matter the price, so it ended up with him bidding the price until it reached the asking price.
Harold knew now that his doting on his daughter wasnāt just a rumor but the truth.