Three People’s Soliloquies (POV of a Certain Father of a Ducal Household)
Translated by: chocolala
Proofread by: Kitje
In the study of the Minusle family’s mansion, around the time Urschel and Theodore confirmed their relationship.
There was a man polishing his favourite monocle with a spectacle wipe in front of a lot of papers. The man was in a happy mood. He had been humming a tune just a few minutes ago, even though his work was always a chore. When he raised his hand to check the polished monocle, he muttered.
“Well, it’s all pretty much what I calculated, isn’t it?
“I thought it would be a bit earlier than that. Well, it’s almost OK, within a year, we’ve reached a conclusion, so that’s good. Hmmm, everything is going well according to plan.”
The man was in a very good mood because his plan was working.
It didn’t take long to set up, but the rest was entirely up to the people involved, and the only thing the man could do was to give them a little nudge, which was quite a chilling experience to him.
According to his calculations, he knew that he would reach his desired conclusion before Urschel turned fifteen, but still, love and infatuation were beyond his control and it was very much a matter of luck.
“It’s been a bit of a sleepless night for me, Urschel. Your father couldn’t sleep much, he went to bed at nine o’clock at night and got up at six in the morning.”
There was no one to retort him that he was indeed sleeping more than enough. The man was alone in the study. He was alone, but he was muttering to himself as if intentionally wanted someone to hear him.
“So far, we’re on schedule, which is good. There are some things we need to work on and improve, but aside from that… What about a little reward for Theodore? No-no, I’ve given him my cutey-cute Urschel-tan1, isn’t that already too much of a reward already? But that’s how it was planned from the start. Should I consider giving him some special bonus? After all, he’s done more than the job expected of him, hasn’t he? When I took him in, I didn’t even expect him to get this far. And we’ve come to a point where we can just leave the rest to him, right? What’s more, now that Urschel has chosen him, there’s no chance of Urschel leaving the House of Minusle. Doesn’t this call for a reward? Oh, this is my first time rewarding someone else! But it’s a good thing, because thanks to him, everything went according to plan!”
The man had been preparing for this plan for a long time. As far back as the day when Urschel was born. He began to implement the plan in earnest when the prince offered his hand in marriage to Urschel. He has taken concrete steps in the past year, which included the day he took in Theodore. Today, he had finally reached his desired conclusion. But there was still work to be done.
Everything…was devised by this calculating man for the sake of the event that would surely happen four years later.
“Now, now, what shall we do next?
“I really only want one thing in the end.
“…Binding Urschel to our House of Minusle.
“Solely that…
“In the meantime, shall we start by dealing with all the well-bred rats that roam around our ducal house…?”