It Was The Count’s Daughter
“Master, will the drawing room suffice?”
“Sebastian. Indeed, there is much to discuss. Let us go there.”
Sebastian suggested that we go to the drawing room in order to talk.
At the same time, all of the servants in the entrance hall dispersed.
And the guards also went off to rest.
However…Ms. Claire looked annoyed, and the visitor was still frightened of Leo… Who was she?
Tilura also did not know who this was, and she looked at her with a curious expression, which was a little comforting to me.
“Now, where should I begin…”
In the drawing room, I, Leo, Ms. Claire, Tilura, Mr. Ekenhart, and the woman sat down at the table. Sebastian and Ms. Lyra waited by the door.
The woman was still scared of Leo, and sat as far away as she could.
Instead, Tilura sat next to Leo, and enjoyed stroking her fur, which was now very clean and fluffy.
…It was a good thing she had bathed yesterday.
“…You should start with introductions. Mr. Takumi and Tilura have not met her before.”
Ms. Claire continued to talk in an icy voice.
She knew this woman, but she had not even spoken her name once yet.
And there was something severe in her tone… Like she had very strong feelings towards her.
However, the woman was too scared of Leo to notice Ms. Claire’s attitude.
“Well, introduce yourself, Anneliese.”
“…Yes. I am Anneliese Barsler. But you can just call me Anne.”
After Mr. Ekenhart urged her, the woman introduced herself.
Her bow was just as pretty as Ms. Claire’s, and she spoke in a refined, ladylike manner.
However, her name… To be precise, the family name, Barsler, was familiar.
“Could you be Count Barsler’s…”
“Count Barsler, Halbrecht Barsler, is my father.”
Count Barsler… The person behind the malicious store. The person who placed the glass sphere in Range village and sent the monsters.
Enemies… Well, I didn’t quite know the relationship between the two sides, but they clearly did not think well of each other.
So why was his daughter with Mr. Ekenhart…?
“I understand your confusion. But there is a reason for this. And so Anneliese will be staying with us for a while.”
“You cannot be serious, father?!”
Obviously, anyone who knows of Count Barsler’s deeds would find it odd that his daughter was here…
But now Mr. Ekenhart was saying that Anneliese…Anne, was going to stay here.
Ms. Claire reacted sharply.
“Well, we’ll talk about that later. It involves the incident. Speaking of which, in the reports…there was something about a glass sphere?”
“Yes, Your Grace. Mr. Takumi can explain…”
“Will you tell me, Mr. Takumi?”
And so we set aside talk of Ms. Anne for now, as I told him about Range village.
Apparently, it was related to what was happening, but I didn’t know how… Ms. Claire had entered a sulky silence… She must really hate Ms. Anne.
“Mmm. You explained it very well. And it fits with everything else that I’ve heard.”
Mr. Ekenhart nodded after hearing my story.
Back at my old job, I often had to explain things in an orderly way.
I still remember carefully reading documents and practicing so that I could explain things during meetings without getting stuck…
Because if I failed with presentations, my boss would become furious with me. Especially if it wasn’t my project, but theirs… Damn it, things really were… Well, it didn’t matter now.
“Mr. Takumi. You spoke of being injured earlier… Is everything fine now?”
“Yes. I had some Loe, which I used to treat the wound.”
“I see… That’s good to hear. …Loe really is a valuable herb.”
During my explanation to Mr. Ekenhart, I left out the stuff about Weed Cultivation.
This was because of the presence of an outsider, Ms. Anne.
I had glanced towards Sebastian when trying to decide on this, and he had shaken his head.
Mr. Ekenhart seemed to understand, and he did not bring up Weed Cultivation either.
“Still, to set orcs on the village… Damned Barsler…”
Mr. Ekenhart was particularly angry about the monsters.
While it was not the largest village on his land, it was natural for him to react .
“I had not thought of something happening.”
“…Indeed… Anneliese…while you are cunning, you wouldn’t have been able to…think of this.”
“Of course, not. Father must have wanted the magic tool very badly. It is because of this kind of foolishness that he hasn’t risen up in the world.”
Mr. Ekenhart and Ms. Anne were talking. And it kind of sounded like Ms. Anne had thought of using the glass sphere…?
Not only that, but she was quite harsh on her father, Count Barsler.
“Your Grace, do you mean…Lady Anneliese…”
“Aye, Sebastian. Exactly. This incident…this plan against our house…was thought of by Anneliese.”
“Yes, that is correct.”
Sebastian was thinking the same thing as me, and he questioned Mr. Ekenhart about it.
Mr. Ekenhart replied casually.
Ms. Anne also nodded with an indifferent expression.
Not just me, but Ms. Claire, Ms. Lyra, and Sebastian looked at them, dumb-founded.
Why had Mr. Ekenhart brought the person who could be called the ring leader to this house…