Chapter 55 (1/2)
CHAPTER 55 – SHARK DRIVE
「Veronica-san?」
「As I’ve thought……」
Veronica’s face that was as if she had bitten a bitter bug deepens.
「Seeing her, I thought ‘maybe’, but as I’ve thought, it’s the face when you used magic that time」
She said while looking at Sylvia.
Come to think of it, she saw Sylvia’s face on the video call magic.
「Lucio-sama? Did I, do something wrong?」
「No, Sylvia’s not wrong at all. Anyways, can you take out some tea」
「Yes」
Sylvia hesitantly left the drawing room.
I sat in front of Veronica.
Both of us were awkward; a subtle air flows.
「Uhmm……for the meantime, I’m Lucio Martien」
「I am named Veronica Amall Guernica」
She bowed gracefully.
I could feel elegance with that gesture, elegance that couldn’t be compared to the Veronica I met in the town.
「Uhm, I heard that you’re the queen before」
「Yes, I am the aunt of the current king, Clemente I. He is older though」
A younger aunt huh. A pattern that usually appears with huge families or royalties huh.
For the meantime, to give a pause, I asked a lot of things.
「The reason you were troubled after seeing Sylvia」
「It’s because I saw her on the cafe earlier」
「The reason you wanted to get some air because something bad happen」
「It’s because I was melancholic to go say greetings to Senjukou, Duke Martien」
「I see」
I asked that too, a lot of things had connected now.
「……ahh really, what is this, you, you set me a trap right」
Veronica suddenly got p.i.s.sed off.
「You set me a trap to caught me off right. What a despicable man!」
「No, no, you’re the one who tried to pick me up right? I didn’t do anything」
「Shut up! It’s your fault alright. That’s right, magic. You’re Senjukou right. With your thousand magic, you seduced me」
「I didn’t use that magic!」
……it exists though.
「No, it’s magic for sure. Then, why did a brat like you, look like a man that cool. It’s absolutely magic. There is no other way」
Oi oi……
「That’s too ridiculous」
「Ha〜……」
She said that all at once, then Veronica suddenly drooped.
「It’s all over……the kingdom will fall. It’s because I got caught by a trap who’s younger than me……」
It’s not a trap I’m telling you, also.
「I won’t let it fall」
「That’s a lie」
「It’s true」
Veronica raised her head. She had the face of someone clinging to hope.
「Really, for real?」
「Yes, for real」
「Do you swear on your most important thing?」
「I swear on my two wives, Sylvia and Nadia」
I answered immediately.
Veronica got astonished, and started laughing.
「What’s that. Don’t you have anything else」
「They’re the most important thing for me after all」
Well, they’re my wife. Something like a G.o.d don’t need to come out there.
Veronica looked at me intentlyーーand her expression softens.
「I got it. I’ll believe you. That was my with my own will. With my own will, I saw a good man, and called out to him」
I think that that’s weird too, but I decided to not think about it too much.
「Once again. I am Veronica Amall Guernica. I greet Senjukou, Duke Martien」
She stood up, folded her arms in a unique way, and slightly bent her knees.
It’s a unique bow, it felt like some kind of etiquette.
「I’m Lucio Martien. Nice to meet you」
I don’t know about those kind of things, so I replied normally.
「Rather than too formal, I’d be thankful if you would speak frankly. I’m not too good with those after all」
「Is it alright with that?」
「I’d only loved magic, and didn’t study about those at all」
I shrugged my shoulders, and said that as if to joke.
I said it like a joke, but it’s true.
Veronica looked at me, and laughed out.
「Is that so, then can you excuse me then」
「Yeah, that would be nice. I’ll talk like this okay」
I had stopped speaking in child mode quite a while ago, but I declared for once.
Sylvia entered, and left the tea down.
「Thank you」
Veronica smiled pleasantly at Sylvia.
Sylvia blushed. She hid her face with the tray and left.
Un, how cute, how cute.
「They’re really important to you huh. Your wife」
「Un, yes, that’s right」
Veronica got relieved.
「And you’re having a hard time with your relatives」
About Isaac huh. ……well, yeah.
Somehow, I remembered about King Guernica.
「Don’t you have a hard time with yours too?」
「I do」
Veronica casually answered.
She’s quite frank the way she spoke.
「It just became like that with the ministerial terms, but that isn’t fit for a king」
It’s a pig after all.
「We’re both having a hard time huh」
「I guess so」
We nodded at each other.
「Luccioo-kuun〜」
Nadia suddenly entered the room, and jumped at me.
「Ne〜, ne〜, Lucio-kun, I thought about it you know, from awhile, we flew to the sky with Nadia, the three of us right? And then, we’re always playing on land right? This time, I thought that we should go play under the sea. Right, let’s go play under the sea to the summer place when you used the summer and winter magic you used before. Do you have that kind of magic?」
Nadia said with a machine-gun talk.
It’s her as usual, but.
「Wait, wait, Nadia, wait a minute」
「Eh, why?」
「A visitor」
I pointed to Veronica
「Ah!」
And there, she noticed Veronica for the first time.
「Ah〜, arara」
She made an awkward face.
「Ohohohohoho」
She let out an obvious wife-like laugh, and left the room.
Really.
After the door closed, I faced Veronica, and bowed my head.
「I’m sorry. Nadia’s usually like that. Just like she looks, she didn’t have ill intentions」
「Ahh, I know that. She’s good, straightforward girl」
「It’s nice if you can say that」
「The girl earlier, is she called Sylvia, that girl is also a good and honest girl. I can really feel that the two of them are living happily with you」
「They’re my wives after all」
「Fufu, I also wanted to have that kind of childhood」
「You only need to be a child then!」
Nadia entered the room.
This time, it seems like she was completely eavesdropping.
「Uhh, I’m sorry」
I apologized.
「No, I don’t mind. If you want, she can stay」
Veronica answered maturely.
「Rather than that, what do you mean by ‘just become a child’?」
「You should ask Lucio-kun to make you a child with his magic. Sylvia and I also turns into an adult sometimes, so the opposite version of that」
「Can you do it? Something like that」
「Well, yeah」
I casted magic to Nadia.