Chapter 15 (1/2)

Chapter 15 – Father’s Ho＊

It eeks after that when Luru’s father returned home

Around noon when the sun was high, his father as riding a carriage fro neither sword nor arer so frolance you could not really tell that he was a skilled swordsman

He had a gentle and cale were a nu the Magus Tool that he always put on when he did so Because of that, rather than a knight, he seemed more like a scholar

Alighting froe, with a few books and a large-ish bag, he noticed Luru who had come to meet him and leisurely waved his hand

“Hey… It’s been a while, huh, Luru Have you been well?”

His father spoke in a kind tone, befitting of his appearance, and though it wasn’t as though they hadn’the missed

“Yeah, I’ve been well… It’s been a while Will you be able to stay a bit longer this time?”

His father, Patrick, worked in the royal palace in the royal capital, so he didn’t have that much leave That’s why Luru asked what he did

Norether in the capital, but his e, and his father didn’t want to take Luru and his mother to the capital either

It seems that his mother had lived in the capital in the past, but after e, and she had lived here ever since

Perhaps it was because the two of them didn’t like metropolises, or perhaps there was some other reason they didn’t mention so Luru didn’t know, but anyway, because of their circue city yet

“Let’s see… This tih it’s not like I have to go back ih time to train you and Rusty”

Said Patrick with a smile

Each time Patrick came home, he would teach Luru and Rusty

There were quite a few people who had learned swordse, but the only one as skilled enough to teach people properly was Patrick

Because of that, he would often teach the children of the village swordsmanshi+p when he came home

While he was in the village, Patrick was co else to do, so he had a lot of free time

Having said that though, there was no way that a knight could let his skill decline, so he trained in the sword every single day, and it seems that the children who saw hian

There were a few children who learned under Patrick, left the village, and beca hard to be the same

“I think Rusty’s burning up this ti his best, so… could you tell him not to overdo it?”

“Mn? Did so happen to him?”

“We’ll tell you about that later… There are a whole bunch of things we have to tell you, after all”

“I see… Speaking of which, where’s Medea?”

“Ah, she’s inside e would arrive, but she was here up until just a o”

Saying that, Patrick nodded with a ‘hmm’

“Iris huh? I read the letter but, adopting her, huh? The letter wasn’t detailed, but just why are we adopting somebody…?”

He was probably talking about a letter that Medea sent

It was a letter that she sent regularly, that detailed the things that happened in the village, and the conditions of the family and estate

It took a week at the least to reach the capital, but it seems that this time it had arrived relatively quickly

But even so, it seems that she hadn’t had time to write about it in detail

“Iris herself said that she’d be fine being a maid but… Mum[Okaasan], you know…?”

Luru’s tone suggested that he had sos he wanted to say about it, so Patrick made an astonished expression

However, it seeainst it, and asked Luru a question

“Medea is being unreasonable again, huh… Well, that’s fine though Are you all right with it as well, Luru?”

He was probably indirectly asking to see if Luru was in shock about a stranger suddenly beco family

From Patrick’s point of view, Luru was a small child

It was obvious concern for him

However, that was completely off the mark

Iris was the daughter of soo, and as for Luru hih personality in his previous life that he would be fine with living with a stranger

That’s why there was no issue at all

“I don’t irl…”

It see other than just simple approval from Luru’s lasses glittering,

“My, irlfriend?”

Mixed into his words were a bit of teasing

It was a bit of bonding between parent and child

However, Luru had already passed the age at which he’d be taken in by such teasing in his previous life, and so it probably couldn’t be helped that he just replied in an astonished tone,

“A person who’s going to be er or older sister froirlfriend, right…?”

Not only that, but speaking frankly, she was the daughter of his friend

The h

However, Patrick rebutted with a reasonable argument

“Marriage between non-blood related siblings is not forbidden by law, you know Well, in those cases they becoh”

It was the truth

This ritten clearly in the laws of the kingdom’s charter

However, that wasn’t the problem

That’s why Luru said,

“It’s not a ality…”

And after all of this, seeing that Luru didn’t see of her romantically at all, perhaps Patrick finally understood because he said,

“Hm… From what I can see, the possibility is low, huh? It feels like you really see her as your little sister…”

They were sohtful words

After that, Luru took a few books off Patrick’s hands, and started walking towards the Cadisnola residence

Patrick followed after him, and after a while, they arrived at their home

When they arrived at ho Patrick

Patrick greeted theed them

The maid as well

Was it because he was a lower class noble, or was it just unique to him? Luru didn’t know because he hadn’t really met any other nobles, but Patrick treated people without much distinction, and he was social and open with both the villages and the maids

It was enough that he even said it was fine to address him without honorifics