Chapter 318 - Ralmet Famliys Regards (2/2)
The two of them fell silent before Mercury muttered
”I bet the past me could cure it… But how..? Need to meditate on that later..”
The crusader sighed before she reached up and took off her helmet before she put her hand forwards and spoke
”Tea”
”Sure”
Mercury handed the cup of tea to her and after making sure she had gripped it probably he let go of the cup and watched how she sipped the tea with practised movements, being careful not to burn her lips on the hot tea, Mercury then asked again
”Have you known Julia long?”
The crusader nodded before she spoke
”Since childhood”
”I see… Do you want to eat with us?”
”No…”
The crusader showed a tiny smile before she spoke
”Thanks for the offer though, I'll wait here until Lady Judicator returns”
”Okay… I'll go wake her up”
Mercury walked back into the store and further into the private area living room before he walked upstairs and found that both Julia and Marie was already awake and was chatting, he knocked on the doorframe to get their attention before he looked at the two of them as he sipped his tea, then he asked
”Is it demeaning to call you 'my women'?”
Marie looked at Julia that looked at her, the two of them exchanged looks for a bit before Julia spoke
”I don't think so?”
Marie nodded
”Yeah, we're yours after all”
Mercury nodded before he asked Julia
”Do you want some breakfast before you leave?”
”....Yeah, though I wish I didn't have to leave…”
”Me too”
Marie picked up on the slightly sad atmosphere before she asked
”Then want to go drinking tonight? Just the 3 of us?”
””Yes, definitely””
”Geez the two of you sure love beer…”
Mercury looked over at Julia, then both of them showed a smile and spoke
””Yes, definitely””
Marie sighed before she stood up and walked out of the room as she spoke
”I'll get breakfast ready”
”I'll help out”
”Me too~”
As the four of them were eating Max suddenly asked Mercury
”Dad, who's that?”
Mercury knew he was referring to Julia and spoke with great pride
”She's my woman, her name is Julia”
Julie quickly nodded her head and spoke
”It's nice to meet you Max~”
Max nodded rather innocently and spoke, equally innocently
”Nice to meet you, new mother!”
After eating Julia left for work in the carriage along with her two crusaders (one of which was still passed out) and Max ran out of the house saying he would go play with his friends leaving Mercury and Marie alone, Marie asked Mercury
”Want to help me out at the forge?”
”Yeah, let's get started”
Around noon the store opened when the cleck Annette arrived, though after an hour she went out back and spoke to Mercury and Marie, Mercury narrowed his eyes before he asked
”What do you mean there are no customers?”
”It's as I say… There hasn't been a single customer yet…”
Mercury and Marie found this odd and Mercury quickly put on a shirt before he grabbed his cane and walked out the font and found two men standing on either side of the store scaring away customers, Mercury narrowed his eyes before he asked
”Can I help you?”
The two men remained silent before one of them spoke as he took out a club
”The Ralmet family sends their regards”
”Oh… I see”