A few days after planting the cherry blossom tree at Margrave Volton’s castle, I was having tea with everyone in the Sanctuary mansion like always when Sebastian came up from the basement.
This always happened, but for some reason, I had a bad feeling about it today.
「Master, a letter came from Earl Rockford.」
The young cherry blossom tree I planted in Margrave Volton’s castle had a lot flower buds. And those were likely to bloom in one or two days.
Naturally, Margrave Volton would have seen it when he returned from his trip to the capital. The cherry blossoms in full bloom.
Yep, he must have seen them.
And then he must have bragged about it. Yep, definitely to his friend in the nearby territory.
「I believe it’s contents are similar to that of Lord Volton’s.」
As Sebastian had prompted, I opened the letter to check.
「Yep, no doubt about it. Margrave Volton boasted to Earl Rockford. He said he would like to see me again very soon. Normally, wouldn’t there be an exchange of letters beforehand?」
「He must have been vexed by Margrave Volton’s boasting. You could say it’s very noble-like to jump at new things. Both Margrave Volton and Earl Rockford are very much nobles.」
Sure, I guess the people who are attracted to rare things that they don’t possess is very noble-like. That’s how I imagine nobles to be.
That said, Earl Rockford and Margrave Volton were quite frank with each other, very unnoble-like.
「Eh, it’s written here that it’s unfair that it’s only Margrave Volton.」
「This is more that they want to ask you for a cherry blossom tree than wanting to meet you.」
「Right? ……haa, it can’t be helped. I did want to see how Emilia-chan was doing, so shall we go?」
The letter from Earl Rockford started out with a question of why Margrave Volton was the first I planted a cherry blossom tree for, then he said that he wanted to be the first I contact regarding rare and interesting things, and such things at length.
Among the nobles of Valkyra Kingdom, the nobles I associated with were Margrave Volton, Prime Minister Simon, Knight Commander Galahad, and Earl Rockford. All of them were people who supported me, a commoner, and they were people who said i could always rely on them, so I wanted to do a few of their requests.
After the Soma case, we met Emilia-chan again during the wedding, but because there were many guests, we were only able to exchange greetings.
「Sebastian, could you send a reply to Earl Rockford that we will drop by in a few days?」
「Certainly. It is likely to arrive at Rockford from Volton within a day.」
In situations where letters had to be sent urgently, adventurers employed exclusively by the Adventurers Guild deliver it using flying monster familiars. They often use monster that fly fast, so a day was more than enough to reach Rockford.
The letter from Earl Rockford was probably also delivered in a similar manner. It arrived too fast so I couldn’t think of any other way.
Sebastian bowed then went down to the Teleport Gate room in the basement. Sophia got up from the sofa to check for herself.
「After I speak with Dryas-sama, I will ask the cherry blossom spirits.」
「Yup, I wonder if we could ask her. Ah, and I should think of something to thank the Sakura Spirits.」
「I believe fertilizer, spring water, and your magic power are more than enough, but I will try asking Dryas-sama.」
Sophia stood up to look at Dryas.
Well, the location of the Great Spirits was pretty much set already. It was either my mansion, next door over at Princess Mimir’s mansion, or the brewery.
「Then I’ll go bake some cookies for Emilia-chan.」
Since Maria was coming with us to the Rockford Earldom, she got up from the sofa and headed to the kitchen to make some homemade cookies to give to Emilia-chan.
「Then I shall help out.」
Marnie also left for the kitchen to help Maria.
「Akane, are you coming with us to the Rockford Earldom?」
In the living room that Sophia, Maria, and Marnie left, I asked Akane who was drinking tea in a slovenly posture, and her answer was no. Follow current novᴇls on novel※fire.net
「He~llo. No matter how easy going Earl Rockford is, I still wouldn’t voluntarily associate with nobles. I will stay here and watch the house with the Lulu. Isn’t that right, Lulu?」
It feels like Akane has been more of a slob. But, well, it’s not like there’s anything wrong with that.
Bored alone, I couldn’t help it so I headed to the Spirit Spring to get some water there.