Chapter 88 (1/2)

Chapter 88: Receiving the Enlistment Request 3

Three days after the envoy left,

When he was ready to leave the lordship, Luke stood in front of the wagon and shook hands before departing.

“Butler Hans. I appoint you to be the lord’s representative, and I ask you to look after the estate while I am gone.”

“Don’t worry, please go safely, young Lord.”, responded Hans.

Hans eyes were red.

He had raised and cared for Luke since his childhood on behalf of the former lords.

He was about to explode into tears as it was like sending his own son into the battlefield.

“Isn’t it nice to take more escorts?”

Rogers was anxiously asking Luke while shaking his hands.

Luke’s only escort had been Philip.

Luke shook his head at the concern of Rogers.

“One more knight in the estate means another person to look after the place. Don’t worry about me, I can take care of myself.”

If he could do what he wanted, Luke would have chosen to leave Philip as well.

However, the retainers would be completely against it, and that was why he decided to take Philip.

Anyway, he greeted the retainers and the last one was Princess Reina.

“I will be back.”, said Luke.

“…”

At the parting statement of Luke’s, Reina’s lips wanted to speak but couldn’t say anything.

She had heard at the Victory banquet that Luke was going to enlist.

However, he himself hadn’t spoken about it and devoted himself to work.

And as she had noticed that Luke had taken his decision to leave, she didn’t want to disturb his time which he invested in planning the estate.

She thought that doing what Luke had entrusted and directed her to do would make her mind feel much easier.

But when Luke was about to leave, her sadness, regret, and unhappiness burst out.

“Young Lord, I actually wish that you don’t leave.”

“Reina…”

“I got a nice life thanks to you, young Lord, a new opportunity as well. And now the young Lord is leaving. If anything goes wrong…”