Chapter 353 (1/2)

The meal was eventually finished, and Neon started to tidy up. Reiko decided to help out.

“Thank you, Reiko-san.”

Neon expressed her gratitude, and Belche also bowed to Jin and Reinhart with a smile.

“Thank you for joining me for lunch.”

At around that time, the town of Vanne on the opposite shore could be seen quite clearly. A wide canal continued all the way to the inland.

It seems like in this town as well, the defense against foreign enemies is provided by canals rather than by walls.

After entering the canal, and advancing for twenty minutes, the ship carrying the party on board reached the harbor.

“Reinhart-sama, today my father and brothers are having a meeting.”

Belche said this to Reinhart as the ship was arriving at the dock.

“Oh, I see. You haven’t seen your father or brothers in quite some time, have you?”

The ship was docked. Reinhart quickly disembarked and held out his hand to Belche.

Belche took his hand with a smile, and disembarked next to him.

After seeing that, Reiko anticipated Jin’s disembarking and extended her hand. Although in Jin’s case, it was different. Despite he tilting his head he was pulled out of the ship by Reiko.

At the harbor there were some of Count Randall’s carriages already waiting for them. Jin and Reiko got on a large carriage along with Reinhart and Belche.

Since the vessel prepared by Belche was quite fast, the other large ship where the luggage and carriages were had yet to arrive. The delivery of those carriages and luggage will be duly carried out by the Randall household.

From the harbor, after 15 minutes of travel over the stone paved roads, the count’s residence finally came into sight.

It had 3 storeys, and it was firmly built in stone. It was about a third of Roizart’s Imperial Palace in size.

While the spires on top of each side were greatly different, the rest of the building bore a striking resemblance to the palace.

“Oh, it’s been a while!”

Looking at Reinhart being so delighted about being finally home, Belche smiled as well.

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That night, they celebrated both Reinhart’s homecoming, and his fulfilling of his service as a peace diplomat. Furthermore, they excitedly celebrated a welcome party for Jin, despite his reluctance.

Jin arrived at Reinhart’s house and, much to his chagrin, ended up getting looked after by a maid and a butler. He only managed to put up with the whole ordeal since Reinhart had told him that it was ‘only for tonight’.

“Reinhart, thank you for your service as a diplomat.”

His father, Wolfgang Randall had said this as a toast. He resembled Reinhart in his grey hair and eyes, but he was different to his son because of his solid figure.

Translations by AsianHobbyist Website

“I’ve heard about your deeds with the Schwartz Ritter at Cellroa Kingdom and Lorelei at Elias Kingdom.”