038 – There’s ice cream at a friend’s house! # 4

038 – There is ice cream at a friend’s house! # 4

“Ow, shack… ! There is a real cat!”

Naru entered Cecily’s room.

In Cecily’s red carpeted room, there were two cats lying face down, long white cats.

– Hey-Ong.

– Why-ong.

Cecily said.

“It’s a ragdoll cat. Are you gentle like a doll? He has a nice personality, so when you call his name, he understands and follows him around.”

Cecily showed off her two cats to Naru.

Naru, who had been listening for a while, raised her hand and genuinely admired it.

“Really awesome! Then you can breathe fire right out of your mouth?”

“… Naruya, I’m rather curious about what kind of cat you are thinking of.”

“Actually, I don’t know!”

Garrr-.

The women laughed and chatted loudly.

“Can I show you something cool? These are the pebbles I gathered in my garden. It’s not an ordinary pebble, it’s a pebble with magic power. It is my treasure.”

drooling-.

Cecily took out some stones from a box that looked like a jewelry box and showed them to Naru.

It was Cecily’s own treasure, which she did not show to her grandfather or grandmother, the head butler or the maids.

Naru’s eyes widened as she looked at the sparkling stones.

“beautiful… ! The stones are shining softly… !”

“right? But if Cecily’s hand falls off, it turns into an ordinary stone. Naru, would you like to touch it too?”

“yes!”

Naruto also reached out for the stone.

Then the stones shone again, emitting a soft light.

“Even in Naru’s hand, stones shine. Miraculous.”

“Is there anything else fun besides rocks?”

Naru shook her head.

Then Cecily said, “Ah! Anne has a board game board, should I borrow it? It’s good to play games with the maids! Wait here for a second!” and ran away.

Naru was left alone in Cecily’s room.

And Naru, who was seasoned in her own way, was waiting for this time to come.

Shuk-.

Naru took out the Yaluvalu grass from her bosom.

According to Garrot, it was clear that this would be able to distinguish ‘imps’ hiding among people.

“… … .”

As he was about to put it on Cecily’s pillow.

Naru paused for a moment.

“What if Cecily is an imp?”

Naaru had to find the imp.

And Cecily was Naru’s best friend.

What if Cecily was a real imp?

Will I not be able to go to school with Naru from now on?

Will we not be able to play together in the future?

Upon reaching that thought, Naru’s hand did not move easily.

A situation where Naru, who is sensitive, can feel the presence of people walking towards this room from the hallway far away.

-So you want to play Mar Marvel with Anne?

-That’s right! You better call more of the other maids! Naru said that he had never played a board game since he was born, so if possible there should be as many people as possible… .

Naruto closed his eyes tightly.

to find the imp.

Even Naru vaguely remembered that it would help in ‘saving her father’.

That’s why I tried hard to go to school.

time to choose.

“Naru is Molu… I wear it… !”

* * *

“Actually, Cecily is not our granddaughter.”

The old man spoke as if confessing a rather bitter story.

“About four months ago. We brought in a child who was lost in the garden and took care of it. All Cecily remembers is her own name.”

Could it be considered that the child who was wandering around the garden for some unknown reason was adopted as a granddaughter?

It wasn’t common, but it was often the case for older nobles to pick up and raise children.

F-class orphans usually die in back alleys, but should I say that lucky A-class orphans are picked up by rich people and enjoy a happy life?

It was like a cat.

Stray cats are pretty and people follow people well, so people pick them up and raise them.

An F grade stray cat like me would become a thief on the street because no one would pick it up.

Cecily was picked up by good people.

As I discovered that Cecily was in fact an orphan of unknown identity, I began to look more and more suspicious of Cecily.

A kid who lost his memory.

Clover-shaped spots.

The puzzle is getting better and better!

However, the old man’s words were not over yet.

“However, we could sense destiny in Cecily. Cecily is convinced that our granddaughter is right. Because she looks exactly like my daughter.”

It was a confident speech.

Soon, Garot, who had been silent for a while, intervened in the conversation.

“Daughter, do you mean the girl pictured in the frame earlier?”

“That’s right. My daughter, Lione, whom I lost 25 years ago. She was our daughter who didn’t hurt even if I put her in her eyes. It disappeared at some point… .”

The old man kept his mouth shut.

He seemed to have a hard time talking.

The old man’s wife, Manet, soon burst into tears.

“I want to know whether you are alive or dead. If I had been alive, I would have been forty-three by now. Where do you go to live well? Did you get married… .”

Seeing this, the maids and attendants who brought the handkerchief turned their heads or blushed.

“Miss Leone had a really nice personality.”

“You’ve been nice to servants like us.”

“Someone kidnapped Miss Leone!”

“Despicable thieves! Get punished!”

kidnap it

There is always important information hidden in the whispers of the maids.

I didn’t miss that

“Was the Viscount’s daughter kidnapped?”

“It’s just guesswork. A long time ago, someone saw someone like my daughter on 61 Street. Because number 61 is rumored to kidnap young women… .”

“Did someone ask for a ransom?”

“No. If that was the case, I would have paid the ransom and brought my daughter back.”

It was as he said.

Viscount Ragdoll, who now owns this mansion, would have paid any amount to get his daughter back, even if he had to pay a hefty ransom.

Kidnapping without ransom.

From my point of view, as a back alley thief, there was a very high probability that this was human trafficking.

I’ve seen it a lot too.

Among thieves and backstreet criminals, it was an act mainly performed by vicious guys.

The old Viscount sighed and continued his explanation.

“I personally went to 61 Street and searched and looked for people to find out, but there was no news I could find out. Some say he’s already dead… Someone said it was sold somewhere… .”

“It really happened that way. I know what the Viscount was hiding. Did the Viscount want to ask us to find his daughter?”

I asked.

The viscount was hiding something from me, but I didn’t know what it was, so I was worried too.

At this point, I felt like my head was clear.

“… Actually it is. I know very well that asking such a favor to the benefactors who have already saved Cecily is neither shameless nor aristocratic, but… . We want you to find our daughter Leone.”

Shuk-.

The Viscount fell flat in front of me and bowed his head to the floor.

Seeing it, I was a little surprised.

Have you ever seen a tiger lay down and show its belly to a rabbit?

It was as difficult to see nobles armed with morality and pride kneeling down in front of a thief.

That’s why he wants to find his daughter.

A daughter who disappeared 25 years ago.

Do you want to hear even a piece of it whether you are alive or dead?

“As expected, there is no free favor.”

Originally, such a troublesome proposal would have been rejected.

Of course, I am not a volunteer.

If he had given me a lot of money, I would have reluctantly pretended to sympathize.

Finding someone who was kidnapped and disappeared 25 years ago is as difficult as finding an ant on a sandy beach, so I never would have accepted it.

but.

Naru flickered before my eyes.

What if Naru was kidnapped by someone and it was impossible to know whether she had lived or died for 25 years?

It was something I didn’t even want to imagine.

“good.”

I readily answered.

Then, Brigitte, who was watching this conversation from the side, is startled.

“Judas, what are you doing? He never listens to requests to find someone. He said that if you do a favor like this once, you and I will be bothered by asking.”

“It’s just a whim.”

“yes?”

thru-.

Brigitte opened her slender eyes.

It was like reading my mind.

“Ohhh… !”

The old viscount raised himself.

Then, he bowed his head several times to thank me.

I just shook my head lightly at him and answered.

“It’s too early to say thank you. haven’t found it yet Since he disappeared 25 years ago, I’m not sure what–“

In order not to give unnecessary hope, I subtly reflected a pessimistic outlook.

But the old man’s face was certain.

“I am alive. I’m pretty sure it was alive until at least six years ago. Cecily is proof of that. Cecily is Rione’s daughter, no matter who sees it. Rione must have sent Cecily to us.”

“… … .”

It was a reasonable guess.

If I hadn’t known about Cecily’s clover-shaped spots—.

If I hadn’t known that Naru had moved to the past six years ago, of course I would have thought so.

According to my hypothesis, there was a possibility that Cecily and Naru came from six years into the future.

Therefore, Cecily could not prove the assertion that Lady Rione of the Ragdoll family had been alive until six years ago.

But it was also true that Cecily resembled the woman in the frame.

What is the probability that I will find the lady of Rione, marry her and have a child?

A woman who was kidnapped at the age of 17 and turned 42 after 25 years.

A 42-year-old woman and I are getting married… ?

To be honest, I didn’t picture it in my head.

I didn’t have an age preference.

I’m just not attracted to older people.

No matter how you look at it, a two-year-old is the best.

I once met a witch whose actual age was 80, but her appearance stopped at around 17. It looks pretty, but it was also impossible for me.

anyway.

It’s difficult in many ways.

I replied that I would find it for now, but honestly, how can I find a person who was kidnapped 25 years ago and disappeared at 61 Street, which seemed like a dead end?

After thinking for a while, I saw a garot.

“Garot, can you help me too?”

Garot is a hunter.

He must be far superior to me in the act of searching for and chasing people.

However, Garot shook his head.

“It is very likely that he is already dead. As a fellow woman, I know very well what women go through when they are caught in a back alley. I’d rather die early.”

look at what you say

I’m afraid I’ll say it’s not Barbaro, so I’m being very direct.

The atmosphere instantly became gloomy at his story.

When I was all embarrassed, Garot added a comment.

“If there is any chance that he is still alive, he must have been sold. It is common for those who kidnap women and sell them to other countries. If you became someone’s wife in a distant country, there’s a good chance you’ll be alive.”

To be honest, that was a very hopeful story.

So I straightened up the story before Garot said more nonsense.

“If you listen to the words of the Shadow Council, they say that a woman who is called a “night prostitute” is kidnapping young women. If you search there, you will find something.”

Anyway, for Naru’s healthy school commute environment, it was a moment when I tried to shove 61st street.

Do you think you got one more job?

Cecily’s birth secret, in fact, made me die of curiosity.

I’m going to see what happened tomorrow as soon as the sun rises.