Chapter 195 - Volume 9 (1/2)

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“So… let’s hear the explanation? Hmm, Yurushia?”

“…Uuuuu.”

I can’t help but wince at the anger in Rick’s eyes.

Rick was definitely angry that I went away without having any sorts of contact with him for two years and causing a lot of people to worry.

Rick had become sixteen years old, with a height of over 180 cm tall and growing. Apparently, he was getting pretty decent. Well. after all, he’s not a boy anymore, he’s a young man now.

Rick’s mother, Elea-sama, said when we were still small that ‘Rick will be like my husband when he grows up’. Though that being said, he has certainly grown big, although not as big as uncle and grandfather.

I think he is about somewhere between uncle and father? It seems that grandmother and his mother Elea-sama’s genes did a great job. Rick became a beautiful and strong man, making those children from our escort knight squealing.

I was wondering while the outer appearance has indeed grown up into a young man, but did the inside also develop as well? Hoh, he didn’t clench his fists forcefully like he used to do when his emotions were running high anymore.

That little brat Rick is actually all grown up! That Rick!

“Why are you looking at me like that…”

“Nothing~? More importantly, how is your father doing? What about grandmother and Lady Elea?

“Did you just change the topic….. Oh well, whatever.”

With a loud deliberate sigh, Rick leaned back against the couch at the fancy inn – it’s a gaudy-looking couch and it creaked- and sat back down again to face me.

“You are also a royal family member. Let’s talk about the details.”

“Wait, Ludrick. If you’re going to talk about that, then Miss Sherlind and I will go out of the room.”

Rick was about to speak up when Noel, who was present, called out to him in a bit of a panic.

Oh, Noel just called him Ludrick when it used to be “His Highness”…

The relationship between the two was still the same, but I can feel a slight difference from what they had before. After all, it’s been two years of sensitive times, so I’m sure things have changed a lot. More fundamentally – how should I put it – the piercing heat I used to feel between the two of them seemed to have subsided a lot.

While the air between them did decrease, I somehow felt that the “heat” from Rinne was getting stronger by that amount. I didn’t really understand what it was though.

“No. Noel, listen to me. We’re going to need your help, too. Countess Allen…..”

Rick looked at me for some reason without looking at Shelly.

“Shelly is … Well, she’ll be fine.”

“Of course, I’ve heard everything there is about Yuru-sama”

“… That’s right.”

“”…””

I don’t understand why, but out of the corner of my eye, I saw Noel holding his head up like he had a headache.

Rick’s story wasn’t much different from the stories I’ve heard so far. I mean, I was already getting tired of hearing about it, but at least this time, I got some new information.

“As a matter of fact, we have information that Lord Christopher is in the vicinity of Royal Capital.”

“What………Who?”

“………Our great uncle, ‘The Royal Brother’.”

“Oh, I see… Wait, why?!”