Chapter 49 (2/2)

“Why did people not like him? Are you quite sure about that?”

It was a simple question He hadn't made any mistakes, so what complaints could they have had? As Theo had said, he was calm and level-headed, there didn't seem to be much about him that was detestable

In that case, just why did they dislike him so much?

As Camilla asked him that, Theo looked a little put on the spot

“Hmmm… Well, I don't know if that was the problem per-say Whether or not he was an excellent speaker or flawless at his job, things would be the sain with”

“…So those lines, is it?”

Cah She couldn't sympathize with the townsfolk, but she understood theical rules, people simply disliked whatever it was they disliked To overco ‘excellent' wasn't nearly enough

“But, like I said, things are different now Honestly”

Theo said that encouragingly to Ca board in front of her unwittingly She wasn't actually upset by what he had said, but Theo himself didn't know that As Ca up the potatoes piled up beside her, Theo gave her a sot out of the underground before you did How Alois rushed past us all alone, back through the tunnels”

Back then, Alois who had helped those people trapped underground get towards the surface using histhe relief effort Despite the fear and confusion of everyone around hied to re instructions loud enough to be heard above the din He didn't ave was given with the sole intention of saving ed the moment he saw Nicole escape from the tunnels without anyone by her side It was then that he learned that not just had Cae

Alois split away fro back into those tunnels alone It was obvious how dangerous and reckless a move it was since those tunnels could have completely caved in at any moment

“He completely lost his cool and acted as if he didn't hear anyone around hie like that Everything did turn out alright in the end, but Lord Alois could just have easily been caught up in a collapse and never come back out I don't think anyone else there would have done the same”

“…Is that so?”

Camilla answered cal, cutting up the potatoes even faster and finer than she had before

– Lord Alois did that for uess to make a person like that lose their cool, you must be quite close? Everyone saw hiht”

Try as sheIt didn't feel bad at all Alois was beginning to be accepted by the people of this town Surely, soon enough, Aloisabout that…

– Wait, just why am I so happy about it!?

She swept away the cut up potatoes, which she had accidentally reduced to utterly h her unconscious knife work, off the chopping board with an angry wave of her hand Turning back towards the manservant in a fluster, Theo couldn't help but smile

“Well, that's how it is That's probably why she thought he looked like a prince, too”

“Hey!”

Leon interjected suddenly out of nowhere as if trying to shut Theo up Having been instructed by the head chef in the middle of their conversation to carry his sack of wheat to the back end of the kitchen, Leon rushed over towards Theo as if he were in some sort of panic That rily, Leon grabbed his shoulder

“Hey, that'syou shouldn't”

“No, I don't think I said anything particularly important at all, actually?”

He tried to cover hiaffe had already been made

“What is all this about a ‘Prince'?”

Ca thunderously at Leon and Theo in turn

Edited by: ApoPie