Vol 2 Chapter 33 (1/2)
Sevens: Prologue
Having lost a duel withbeen kicked out ofaround a table with tomen
(I-I can’t taste anything)
While we ate a slightly-late dinner, I started to worry about just hoe got into this situation
By the heir of the Count’s House, I was thrown out with nothing
I lost everything, and so, I thought I would beco, and left my homeland
My former fiancée,【Novem Forxuz】, had continued to follow hter of a Baron House and an acquaintance from my childhood
She was a well-put-together former fiancée, and also one I couldn’t think of myself as on equal terms with
It wasn’t that she was scary, or evil, or anything
She sold off all the furnishi+ngs she had prepared for her wedding to me and used the funds for my sake
She even looked after me when I proved too oblivious to face the world
She was kind, and yet, so beautiful
Her bright-born hair was done in a side ponytail, and right now, she was quietly eating The spoon touched her light pink lips
Her violet eyes were locked on the food she rilled meat, was set atop the table
“Lyle-sama, is it not to your taste?”
Perhaps noticingat her, Novem directed a worried look
“T-that isn’t the case!”
Saying that, I returned to my meal
And I also looked at the wo across from Novem
Red hair that grew to her back, where the tips of it curled out of habit Her violet eyes didn’t seem to be able to settle down, as they incessantly moved around
【Aria Lockwarde】 was a woman driven out of her home
Of course, her reason was fundamentally different from mine
It was because her father had connections to a bandit troupe The bandits that drifted into Dalien hold in a nearby abandoned mine, and a few of them infiltrated the town
The one who aided them in all of that was her father
She was from as once a Viscount House, and a notable faovernment
This girl… Aria’s father was able to crush all that history in his single lifetime
What was more, he even sold off the family heirlooms
Having been tasked with subjugating those very bandits, I played the part of a foolish son driven out by his fa out to reclaim that heirloom
“Ah, this is good”
As Aria said that, Novem looked happy
With a smile, she went into an explanation about the dish
“I used sake when I tenderized the meat I’m happy it is to your taste”
Take it from me, by no means did I assist Aria because I had fallen for her
That was definitely wrong
There was also a deep reason as to why she was in my and Novem’s house
Aria’s father, who sold a 【Gem】 that contained multiple Skills to the bandits, was currently in the feudal lord’s custody
And she was forced to vacate the house she was using
Originally, the path of a harlot had been prepared for the girl But somehow, it ended up that I had defeated the bandits because I had fallen for her…
“It’s better than when I make it…”
When Aria looked a little sad, Novem consoled her
“If you’d like, I’d be more than happy to teach you”
“I-I’ll leave it to you”
… The feudal lord Ventra-sama didn’t want to deal with her, so he pushed her onto me
(Like this, aren’t I looking like trash!+?)
Novem prepared the necessary funds to turn me into a first-rate adventurer and even looks after me now
Even so, the situation suggested that I had found another girl I liked and let her live in our house
Of course, I didn’t save Aria out of a guilty conscience or anything
I had a prim and proper reason
When the situation cas to Novem But it wasn’t just Ventra-san who recommended that I take Aria in
Novem also expressed her approval
Right after I had finally resolved myself to confess…
“I aet married to Lyle-sama, I do not think this will become a comfortable place to live for Aria-san By the time Lyle-sama becomes a first-rate adventurer, if you receive us both…”
… She said so like that
(Even whenpoint? And wait, I never i a Harem!)
It looked like that trigger for that were my words as well
When I was leaving my homeland, I said them to make Novem return to her home
【I’ to become an adventurer, make a harem, and live a life of leisure】
I ended up saying so like that
And from that, Novee a harem must be first class And to live a life of leisure, they have to be the very best of the best
As such, 『reatest adventurers』 was how she understood it
That was a mistake
She was usually quite a perceptive girl, but I can’t even comprehend how she made a mistake there
(I thought that if I o home Even so, she followed me… served me, and took my words to heart)
Even when I had forgotten them, she faithfully remembered
But if I may, I’d like to say it…
I really have no such intentions
(Right, I have these guys… this 【Jewel】…)
A Jehat could be called the complete form of a Gem
A gem was a tool that recorded the Skills which individuals only possessed one of
They weren’t theSkills like that, they would becoht
Froem, it would become a Jewel
My own Skill, whose effects I have yet to determine, and the seven other ones froes by the blue Jewel
However, the problem was…
『Aria-chan sure is cute… She was tormented by her shi+tty old man and driven out of shelter What a poor child』
An audacious voice emanated from the Jewel
It was the voice of the Walt House’s founder, 【Basil Walt】
『How about you look in a mirror! You’ll see the face of another shi+tty old ht back!』
A voice as if to pick a fight with the First Generation Head rose up
It was the Walt House’s Second Generation, 【Crassel Walt】
Wearing the garb of a hunter, the Second Generation was quite a plain existence in the Walt Family history
The First Generation led a force to reclaie, where he became a feudal lord and a provincial noble Thus started the Walt House
Then the Third Generation spread his na’s arn powers
What was more, he even died in the process, so even nohen stories about those tih Walt】’s name often pops up
Being stuck between the two of them, the Second Generation was inevitably quite plain
… But the truth differed
Haphazardly expanding his land, the First Generation persuaded barbarians to join him with his fists
And the Second’s unreliable-looking, aloof son only gave a light reaction to everything
Forced in between the two, the Second Generation went through quite a bit of trouble to harden the foundations of the Walt House
Even so, it was a little pitiful that he was never evaluated by history for that
(… The Second’s being especially hard on the First today)
When it became a Jewel, the recorded Skills developed a personality
Those were based on the recorded memories of the ancestors that used them