142 – chromel(1)

After class, we met Elena and headed to the mansion.

The first place we decided to go was my family’s mansion, to meet Alphonse and take him to Kromel Street. Since I came to Luden, I’ve only lived in the Edelweiss family, so I’ve never been to it, so I wonder how it was formed and eaten.

In fact, there were several more reasons… but it was none other than Reinhardt’s younger sister Lizerote.

“Lizerote is excellent at immersion.”

“Suddenly, what are you talking about?”

He was bragging about his younger sister, but why is the immersion technique suddenly popping out?

If it was a prestigious martial family like the Kromel family, it wouldn’t be strange if they learned martial arts from a young age, but it was strange that Reinhardt said that his younger brother was good at night swimming, not a sword.

Like most samurai in the empire, the Kromel family is a family of knights.

He is also a swordsman famous for his sword.

Should I say that there is a sense of discord when a child from such a family introduces himself as having excellent immersion skills? It’s not that I don’t understand, but it was a little sudden.

When I looked at what I was talking about, he began to explain why.

“I often played hide and seek with me since I was little, but I kept finding it well, so I started learning it. I had a lot of trouble finding it.”

“I’ll give it to you. Do you dare to beat it? That’s why my younger brother won’t play with you.”

When I hit him with a fact, Reinhardt stopped talking with a gloomy expression for a moment.

Anyway, the problem is that his fighting spirit doesn’t cover the time.

The guy cleared his throat a few times to make sure he wasn’t stung at all, then continued talking.

“…Anyway, Lizerote says you shouldn’t go out of the mansion. She’s a kid who likes to move around, so I heard that even after I came here, she often goes outside. She’s usually a calm kid, but she’s the one who came to Luden. It’s my first time, so I don’t know where I’ll jump out if I give it a little bit of space.”

I pointed at Elena and myself and asked with my face, “Are you still not relieved?”, but his intention was stubborn. It’s quite an exaggeration, but you might understand a little why Lizerote wants to go outside so often.

To be honest, I didn’t say anything out of my mouth because it wasn’t something I was going to say.

It was after Elena came that Alphonse started touring the estate.

Speaking of overprotectiveness, wouldn’t it be similar to me and him? Still, unlike Lizerote, seeing that Alphonse hasn’t said anything unpleasant so far, I can’t help but feel proud of him as an older brother.

“…? Why are you laughing all of a sudden?”

“No. That’s fine.”

I skipped over Reinhardt’s words and turned around.

There must be my sister’s reason for him to go to our mansion first, but I think my father’s existence is also a reason. Just like how excited Noel was when he first came to my house, he’s in a similar situation.

Anyway, with this, our first destination will be the Krause Mansion.

When I arrived, there was nothing surprising, but the appearance of the mansion looked the same as the villa in the main house, so I wondered if it was made by the same person, so I could think of it as the main house except for the servants inside, so steam leaked.

Since I’ve never been here, it’s inevitable that I’ll be meeting the workers for the first time, but everyone seems to know who I am, perhaps because of my appearance. It was only after entering the mansion with a simple proof that I was able to see familiar faces.

“It’s been a while. How has everyone been?”

The first to meet at the mansion were Robin and Louis.

I knew he was coming here, but I was glad to see his face first. The two greeted me with friendly faces, but when they saw Reinhardt behind me, they turned to surprise.

The two recognized Reinhardt at once, but it seems that Reinhardt’s level is higher than he thought rather than why he came here.

I think I wrote it in a letter, but I didn’t believe it. To be honest, Reinhardt was getting stronger than when I first met him, so it wasn’t that I couldn’t understand their reaction.

“Where are you both going?”

It seemed that the two of them were trying to go outside in everyday clothes, not knights’ conquests.

At my words, Robin put on an annoyed face and spoke as if complaining to me.

“Well, Sir Louis is going to meet a friend, doesn’t he ask me to go with him? No, he’s meeting a friend, but why would a third person go there with him…ugh! Why take a picture?!”

“Please be quiet… that’s because of what happened before. To say hello…”

“ah.”

Louise’s words reminded me that she had an appointment in Luden.

The person who helped with Eltman’s work last time was Lewis’ classmate, and while he was helping with his work, he asked me to contact Lewis to come and visit him. Of course, it was not forced to make an appointment, but it was only if Louis’ intention was confirmed.

If you think about it carefully, I remember that I once hinted in a letter.

In a way, he’s the person who made me make an appointment, but I forgot this. It seems like this happens because I’ve had too many things lately. I nodded in agreement to Louis and looked at Robin once more.

It’s a face that doesn’t really understand why he has to go with him.

What should I do with this brother?

I shook my head and let the two go.

In this case, I knew that it would be better for me to realize it myself than for the third person to tell me, so I didn’t say anything. Instead, I didn’t like Robin’s face, so I sent him away and gave him a few pats on the back.

“Aww! What’s wrong?!”

“Just don’t say anything and follow me quickly.”

I hit it with a lot of force, so it must hurt a lot.

‘I’ll have to ask what happened later.’

After sending the two of them away, Reinhardt, who was behind me, stood next to me and started talking to me.

“Are those two family knights just now?

“Of course. It’s not like anyone can become a knight.”

He paused for a moment and looked at me. There was something I wanted to say, but it seemed like my mouth couldn’t come out. Did you feel anything from the conversation between the two of us earlier?

Reinhardt, who had been waiting so long, spoke to me as if he was envious.

“…they seemed very friendly.”

Siri out of the blue

It can be misunderstood just by hearing the word, but the person he envyed was me, not those two.

It was a little out of the blue, but I thought I knew why he said this. It seems that he is envious of being close with the knights of his family. Well, considering this guy’s usual mood, it wasn’t that I couldn’t understand it.

At first glance, he looks blunt and cold.

In addition, there was Reinhardt’s unique sharp-edged aura, so it would have been a little difficult for even a knight to deal with him. More than anything, he’s the son of his boss, and he’s going to be the owner in the future. If that person just stared at him with cold eyes without saying anything, that would have put a lot of pressure on him.

It would be okay to some extent if the words were opened, but the problem is that it is very rare for this guy to open his mouth first on his own. They talk to each other first, but this is because they need to be friendly to some extent, so you have to see that they don’t open their mouths first.

I tapped him with my elbow and said.

“Don’t worry. Maybe it’s because you’ve opened your mouth a lot lately, the atmosphere has become more hostile than before. People around you won’t be so hard on you now.”

“is it…”

“Yes, and if you want to get close, talk to me first. Don’t wait. You didn’t say anything when I first met you.”

“It was. Yes, I got it.”

Reinhardt smiled and nodded as if my words reminded him of that time.

Seeing him smile like this makes me feel that he has changed a lot, unlike the original. In the original work, it wouldn’t be strange if Reinhardt’s dialogues were all covered with ‘……’ like some old-generation Pokemon protagonist.

Come to think of it, I think the reason why I thought of him as a male lead was because that aspect overlapped with Elena.

Because both of them had incomparable talent and the atmosphere was similar. It’s different now, but in the original work, Elena was at a slightly better level than Reinhardt, so he might have thought that such an overlapping part was a strange fit.

‘Well, unlike what I read in the book, in reality, they must have been walling each other up.’

Now that I know about the two, I understand what the scenes in the book were actually like, and now it’s just funny.

‘Come to think of it, Elena too…’

“What do you two enjoy talking about so much?”

It’s a surprise.

Elena cuts between me and Reinhardt.

Elena immediately crossed her arms and took the seat next to me as if it were her own. Since this was not the first time, Reinhardt naturally gave up his seat as if he was accustomed to it.

“I was talking about the two people I just met. They seemed like excellent knights.”

“ah.”

Perhaps he was embarrassed to tell the other kids yet, he turned around a bit. I nodded my head in line with him, and Elena agreed to some extent because she knew that Reinhardt was crazy about swords.

“…..”

Reinhardt seemed to have been hurt by Elena’s easy excuse for a hastily made excuse.

He said he was such a troublesome guy.

I don’t usually show interest in anything other than martial arts, so I think it’s a natural result.

I guess I’ll have to make a hobby later.