13 CHAPTER XI -- Birthday Party (2/2)

Then my mother took me out of the room.

All right, everybody's gone.

After everyone had left the room, Diorc and Damien stayed behind.

It's been a long time since we've talked alone.

We're all so busy working together.

So why does Leo have so much magic power, brother?

'I have no idea either: .... .because you had more than me when you were three years old.

So you were born with it?

Maybe.

Leo, you're going to have a blast if you keep up the pace.

So I don't tell anyone outside of my family about my magic.

'Well, it's going to be a pain in the ass if you don't.

'So, now that we've talked about Leo, how many nobles are coming tomorrow?

'It sounds like a nobleman with kids as young as Leo's will be there, and the duke will be there too.

That's quite a few.

It's going to be tough for you tomorrow, Leo.

Yeah.

Then they laughed.

＜The day of the party.

It's evening now, and I've been made to wear my formal wear, which is quite awkward.

There are already many noblemen in the hall.

There are three great houses in the empire.

The Lefebvre family of the north.

The Baudelaire House of the South

The Philibert family of the west.

Two of these families are joining us today: .....

Incidentally, the Forster family is also a duke, but they're new, so they're not included.

The east of the empire didn't flourish until my grandfather gave it to me as a fiefdom, because historically it has been prone to disasters caused by demons.

Because of that, the nobles in the east at that time were either crushed or remained poor nobles.

The Baudelaires were my mother's family.

The Lefebvre family was my grandmother's family.

These two dukes are here today.

There are many other noblemen who are also coming .

The thought of having to greet this number of people now makes me want to run away now .....

And as I entered the room while being applauded, the party has begun.

As the party started, the nobles came to greet me in turn.

First up was the Baudelaires.

A red-haired man in his late 30s, with a boy about my age (a redhead).

”Hi Leo, nice to meet you, I'm Kara's brother, Lawrence Baudelaire. Happy birthday.

This guy sounds like my uncle.

Thank you for making it possible for me to meet you.

I bowed and thanked him.

”And this is my second son, Frank, who, like Leo, will be starting school next year.

Then Mr. Lawrence pushed the boy next to him.

Hi. Nice to meet you. Happy birthday.

Thank you. I'll see you at school.

Yeah, nice to meet you.

After the Baudelaires, of course, was the Lefebvre family.

A blond man and his daughter came to greet them.

”Happy birthday. I'm Diorc's cousin Alberto Lefebvre, and this is Josettia, who will soon be your age.

Happy birthday to you. Please call me José.

”Thank you. Thank you, José. See you at school.

Yes, it's nice to meet you too.

Others were mostly noblemen who tried to somehow get their daughters and sons to remember and, hopefully, like them, which was very annoying to deal with .

So, by the time the party was over, I was exhausted and not enjoying it.

＜The next day.

I was exhausted from last night, and I was sleeping very hard when someone woke me up.

Come on, get up.

Hmm.

She'll be upset if you don't wake up.

What's he doing here?

When I woke up, I saw my uncle.

Because the Emperor asked me to smuggle you in.

'Oh, by the way, I had to go to Sherry's.

I was so tired from yesterday that I didn't have any of it left in my head: ....

'Yes, then I'll get dressed quickly and go.'

All right.

Then I finished dressing and was walking out the front door when the guy put me in his arms.

”What's the matter with you?

I don't know what the hell it means to be carried?

”The emperor's orders are to come to me in secret, so I'll use my covert skills and take you there on a super express.

Huh.

I tried to protest, but ....

As if to stop me, my uncle runs at breakneck speed, carrying me through the city .....