Volume 4 Chapter 7 Part 1 (1/2)

Volume 4 Chapter 7 Part 1

Translator: Kurehashi Aiko Editor: Queenie

「Welcome home, Filmina-sa…… ––––.」

The butler wasn’t able to finish the sentence that he started. It was probably because the huge box that we managed to drag back here on the piece of clothing that was left after that man’s sudden transformation. Not only the butler, but every other servant we passed until now were giving us those weird looks. I was painfully aware of them all and just wanted to turn myself invisible so that I could avoid them.

But I couldn’t let them see me shocked or distressed. So just like my Father taught me, I wore a mask of calmness on my face and coughed a few times to diver the butler’s attention towards me again. It was really hard for him to do right now, since he was looking at me and Juri-kun respectively, shifting his gaze every few seconds.

「Filmina-sama, that luggage and that little boy over there……」

「The luggage is full of souvenirs that I have bought. And that boy right here is the one who helped me carry it back here, since I wouldn’t have been able to do that on my own.」

I smiled gently at the butler, telling him the cover story that I had decided upon in advance. To my words, the butler only nodded his head with a really professional expression, raising his hand and calling two more servants to his side.

「I’ll have the luggage delivered to your room right away, Filmina-sama.」

Hearing that my face twitched just a little bit, but I managed to calm myself down in time and give a proper response to that.

「No, that won’t be necessary. This luggage here is full of very fragile things, so I shall bring it to my room myself. This boy here shall help me do it, just as we agreed upon earlier.」

While I was saying all that, Juri-kun kept nodding his head this while time, trying to make my words pass as more believable. The butler’s expression remained unchanged, but I imagine that deep down inside he must have been rather suspicious of me at that point. But it doesn’t matter. Whatever happens, we needed to get the box back into my room as soon as possible.

「I realize that this may go directly against the nature of your job, but I am also starting to feel rather unwell. If possible, I would like to get this box to my room fast and go rest.」

「You feel unwell, Filmina-sama? All the more reason for you not to do that on your own.」

「I appreciate your concern, but it is also for my own good. I was thinking it was right about the time for me to start incorporating some exercise in my life.」

While giggling in a cute way I dismiss any further questions and words that the butler could have had for me, and together with Juri-kun we somehow manage to bring the box all the way into my room at the top floor of the mansion. It was truly a miracle that we were able to do that. Then we gently lower it onto the ground. Then we could finally exhale with relief, as the huge weight was lifted from our shoulders.

「Aaaahhh! That was tiring as all hell!」

Shouted Juri-kun while sitting on the edge of the bed, to which I laughed slightly while sitting on the chair right beside the bed.

「Thank you very much for your help, Juri-kun.」

「Nah, it’s fine. After all, I’m partially to blame for this whole situation.」

Juri-kun shook his head as if it wasn’t that big of a deal, but truth be told, without him being there I would have been stuck in the ruins, not knowing what to do. I then take a look at the young boy that was currently sleeping in bed –– my dear husband, but somehow age-reverted. He was this heavy “luggage” that we were carrying all this time.

After the ruins were wrapped in white light and that man was reverted back to being a small child, we decided that we couldn’t stay there any longer. Together with Juri-kun, I devised a plan and we started to act on it. We then used his cloak to somehow transport the box with that man inside of it all the way back towards the carriage and drove back to the Governor’s mansion. I have torn my dress in many places and my hair was messy as a result, but after many trials and tribulations that involved awkward stares from the servants and lots of stairs to traverse we have finally reached our destination.

While I felt as though I was starting to develop a huge headache, I unwrapped the man from his cloak and had a look at his still unconscious face. It was as lovely and beautiful as I remembered it, making him resemble a fairy or some other fantastical creature like that. What was the meaning of that? Surely it was not a prank on that man’s behalf, for he was way above petty things like that. So the cause must have laid somewhere else, but where exactly?

While I let out a deep sigh, Juri-kun, who was also gazing at the man until now, suddenly looked towards me.

「Missy, so you are the guest of the Governor herself? You must be a really important person.」

Hearing his unexpected words I couldn’t help it but to laugh. The word “important person” sounded rather flat and mockingly in my ears. Seeing my somehow awkward smile, Juri-kun shifts his gaze from me to that man, continuing to speak.

「I’m not the one who’s an important person here. That man is. He’s my husband.」

Hearing my words, Juri-kun blinks rapidly a couple of times. For some reason, as he shifted his gaze towards me and to that man again, Juri-kun’s expression seemed to have grown somewhat darker.

「This little fella? Your husband, big sister? Really?」

「Yes, that’s exactly right.」

No matter how much he would be reverted back in age, I still knew it was my dear husband. What comes to mind right now is the figure of that man as he used to be during his childhood. Now, he seemed to be slightly bigger than how I remembered him from that time, but his unique looks and aura surrounding him were more than proof enough for me to identify him… But it still didn’t change the fact that right now he was nothing but a small child.

But still, why his age reverted like that? It must have had something to do with the ruins he was currently investigating. However, with that realization there also came another one: if the ruins were indeed the cause of his age reversion, there was no way for me to do something about that all on my own. I was at a complete loss of what to do.

Rather than being unconscious, it looked like that man was deep asleep, looking so adorable that you just wanted to play a prank on him while he was still like that… While I was thinking that, I could feel myself becoming ridden with anxiety. What if that man didn’t wake up? When I stood up to try to wake him up forcefully, I could hear the sound of someone knocking on the door.

Startled, my body trembled heavily. I cast a quick glance towards Juri-kun and then look back towards the door again.

「Y-yes? What is your business with me?」