Chapter 378 (1/2)

“I don’t know what’s wrong with him getting thinner. He just doesn’t have that much of an appetite these days… Well, that’s not something to be too happy about either, I guess. I think it’s that Elsa who’s affecting his mood. He seems to get crankier when she’s not around. As for me… I’m sorry, but I don’t want her to become my stepmother, it feels weird knowing that my future stepmother is the same age as me.”

Reinhart can’t resist the urge to laugh upon hearing such unrestrained words.

“All of your sisters are married, and if you were to find a husband, Karen… then the marquis won’t be talking about his own new wife, right?”

“But no man will ever good enough for me in my father’s eyes. Reinhart does come from a fine lineage, though…”

The first to react to that is Belche.

“I’m afraid that’s not possible. Reinhart is my husband.”

Belche glares at Karen while holding Reinhart’s arm tightly.

“Hahaha! I know, I know. I don’t go taking people’s husbands or anything like that. The same goes for Jin, okay? Don’t worry Saki, I won’t take him away from you.”

Hearing that, Saki gets unusually flustered in denial.

“Ka… Karen! Jin and I don’t have that kind of relationship!”

“Oh, is that so? Then, won’t you become my husband, Jin? You’d eventually become the marquis’ successor.”

Karen laughs mischievously. It doesn’t look like she’s serious, but Jin still plainly refuses.

“I’m sorry, but I have no interest in political power and things like that.”

“Oh, how rare! If that’s what the Honorary Magi Craftsman says, if he wants to continue to be a commoner, maybe your father can accept him. … Saki, won’t you come back home?”

Karen’s words, calling Saki’s father a commoner, remind me of him.

“This is where I live now. Please tell that to the marquis.”

But Saki doesn’t seem to want to go back to the marquis’ state. Karen looks a little disappointed.

“Right, just as I thought. But do remember that that place is still your home. You can count on us in case something goes wrong.”

“Yeah, I’ll consider it if anything happens.”

Karen rounds up the conversation with Jin and Saki in order to go chat with other people.

“Well then, see you later. Good grief, greeting everyone sure is not an easy task.”

After Karen leaves, Jin asks a nearby waiter for some fresh juice. He then drinks it in one gulp.

“Oh, are you tired, Jin?”

Says a smiling Saki.

“Yeah, I’m a little tired. This many people in one room is too much for me to bear.”

“Hmm, right, right. That’s why I wouldn’t want to become a noble myself.”

Saki gets the same fresh juice Jin had earlier, and drinks it slowly.

At that time, they hear something being said in a low but clear voice.

“Hmph! Even though he’s not a legitimate child, they go and give him territory.”

Upon hearing that, Saki literally flies towards the man who said those words.

“What did you say!? Say that again!”

“Wha… what do you mean?”

The man had been taken completely by surprise due to Saki’s rush attack, but he soon composes himself.

“Hmph! There’s nothing wrong with saying the truth. His three brothers are legitimate children, but isn’t that guy’s mother is nothing but a mistress.”

He laughs scornfully as he replies.

A sound echoes through the room. Saki had slapped the man with all of her strength.