Chapter 180 – Dead Poets Society (4)
“Why can’t I just live a simple life?”
I rode the carriage to the academy. This time, I was on my own. As always, the people of the capital did not accept the mermaid wife, and they felt sorry for leaving Eve and taking only Sieri with them. Robin gave me a pink gift box to give to Rosalyn Yuba. The box was quite large, as if to symbolize the distracted size of Robin and Rosalyn Yuba. I asked the coachman while fiddling with the gift box.
“Yes? What are you talking about?”
The coachman turned to me and asked. I said again.
“Why can’t I live a simple life? Why do I have to care so much? Yeongju thought it was a comfortable job, but there are too many troublesome things.”
“Is the position of the lord really that hard?”
“It is more complex than difficult. It’s a position where my wives’ species should also be concerned. Every time I think about it, my heart gets frustrated, but it’s hard because I don’t have a solution.”
“If it wasn’t for the lord, you might not have been able to get married. The Grand Duke of the North, where I lived, was extremely averse to interspecies marriage. He couldn’t understand the humans marrying the goats he raised, and he formally protested against the Daecheon Shinkyo, saying that he was grieved to hear that the lord had married a mermaid.”
“You mean I was able to solve it comfortably because I am the lord.”
“Yes. That’s how it is.”
That was also true. So I decided to stop confiding my concerns of this kind to the coachman. I asked the coachman another question. It was because I was curious about how the bestial caterpillar got permission from the grand duke who hated marrying a goat.
“By the way, did the Grand Duke manage to give you permission to marry a goat?”
“The married farmer was quite wealthy, but he hired a wizard and used animal interpretation magic. Hearing the goat exclaim, ‘It’s good to mate with the master!’ The old grand duke passed out.”
“Fuck you.”
I shook my head. A town where even the children roast and eat goats. The northern part is a demonic realm. Once again, I began to understand why the Grand Duke of the North had such a fiery personality. At first, he might have been a weak and timid human like Emilia. However, they lost their reason to the barbarism displayed at the end of the barren northern part. Said the coachman.
“Since that happened, the Grand Duke has entrusted the marriage license to the adjutant.”
“It is a scary story. It is fortunate that there are no such people in our estate.”
Yeongji’s permission to marry is supervised by the lord. Fortunately, no one has yet come out of our estate to marry a goat or a hen of their own house. As I let out a sigh of relief, the coachman glanced at me and rode off again. What? What’s with that fucking gaze? Does that mean I’m on the same level as the goats and the chicks?
“Coachman. Do you want to go behind?”
“Oops, I’m sorry.”
Still, our coachman did a good job and usually had no complaints, so I decided to take care of it just once. It’s true that I’m a human similar to a bestial bug by this worldview standard. When we entered the border of the territory, we could find a suspicious group camped on the border. I stuck my face out the carriage window and observed them.
Three men with spears. Two knights with swords at their waists. And a luxurious carriage. Our soldiers stood in front of it holding their spears. I said to the coachman.
“Coachman. Please stop the wagon.”
“All right.”
After getting off the carriage, I checked the faces of the party standing across from me. The wagon they were escorting had the mark of the Delmon estate attached to it. I took out my mace and cautiously moved forward. What? You don’t think you had a bad relationship with the Delmon estate?
When I came from behind, the soldiers held their spears properly and stood at attention. I patted the soldiers on the shoulders and came forward. The driver got off the driver’s seat for a moment and fed carrots to his horses. I asked.
“What are you doing? Why are envoys from other territories armed at the borders of my territories?”
I asked while shaking my mace. The knights and soldiers looked at me and bowed their heads.
“Oh, sorry! Please don’t misunderstand! We are not here for hostile purposes. When I heard that he was going to the capital academy this time…”
“I will tell you myself.”
The man in the carriage opened his mouth. He was the newly appointed lord of Delmon Manor. What was his name? I blurted out and said. It was annoying to open the status window to find out the boy’s name his. He had a solemn expression on his face and was holding a rather large gift box.
“Younglord. So what are you here for?”
I looked at the box and asked. The box was wrapped in pink gift-wrapping paper, and on the outside was a note that read, “To our dear Miss Mathilda.” The aristocratic and elegant handwriting added charm to the plain packaging box.
“I heard that you are going on a business trip to the Capital Academy this time.”
Rumors spread farther than expected. I also didn’t particularly care about security in this part, so it wasn’t strange that the lord of the neighborhood next door knew about it. Rather, it was closer to the appearance of me taking the lead in spreading rumors. I was so excited about becoming an academy teacher that I used to say it a few times. I nodded and said.
“Yes. Somehow, I was given an undeserved position. So, did you come to give me a congratulatory gift?”
“No. Actually, I wanted you to give this gift to my daughter Matilda…”
“Can’t you tell me directly?”
“There are circumstances.”
“And you are single.”
If my memory is not wrong, this lord was unmarried. Does this bastard have a daughter? Is he married? Obviously, I hadn’t heard that he had a wife when he first took office.
“So, there is a situation. She is a child who thinks like a daughter.”
“Ah yes…”
There was no reason why I couldn’t do it when I asked for a gift. I couldn’t refuse because I was talking with such sad eyes. I nodded and accepted the gift. After letting the wagon go, I sat down and picked up the box. I felt a strange weight. I asked the coachman.
“What is this?”
“Since it’s a gift for your daughter, wouldn’t it be something like jewelry or a small doll?”
“It is a cute present.”
I put the box down behind me and lifted the box Robin had given me. It felt quite heavy. I asked the driver again.
“What kind of gift did our knight commander give to Lady Rosalind Yuba?”
“They seem to be a very well-suited couple, so why not give them flowers or jewelry? Didn’t the knight commander say anything?”
“Did you say that you made a handmade order while remembering Lady Rosalyn Yuba? I would have.”
I also decided to pile up the presents for Lady Rosalyn Yuba behind the trunk. Interestingly, the two boxes were similar in size. The wagon passing through the unpaved road rattled incessantly. When allocating a new budget to the territory, I thought that I should pave the roads in collaboration with the Delmon territory.
The roads periodically rocked, so we periodically re-stacked and organized the gift boxes. I changed the order a few times, and when I entered the inn in case I didn’t know, I packed a gift box and went to bed. Until we arrived at the capital, the coachman and I took the gift box with us as if we were honored guests.
I said that I would take care of the delivery work without much thought, but it was much more annoying and annoying than I thought. It was only natural that they drove the wagon during the 15 days that they arrived in the capital, worried that the box might be damaged. The coachman joked that it had been a long time since he had taken on such a heavy responsibility.
It was natural for us to head straight to Rosalind Yuba’s mansion after arriving in the capital. Because I wanted to throw this damn pile of presents right away. When we stopped in front of the mansion, the guards asked our identities.
“Who are you?”
“This is Peta Lucius from the Peta family. I heard that Lady Rosalyn Yuba has a gift from Robin, her fiancé her and leader of the Peta family knights, so I came to deliver it personally.”
“Oh, could you wait a moment?”
How much time has passed We could see Lady Rosalind Yuba running with her socks on her. She smiled happily and ran towards us. The white forearms of her were swaying like waves. I said as I got out of the carriage.
“Long time no see. Rosalind Yuba. Have you been well?”
“Yes. Priest Lucius. He, my boyfriend sent a present…”
It’s ‘he’. Neither the coachman nor I could bear the twitching of the corners of our lips. It seemed that Robin was really sweet to her own woman. I never thought Rosalind Yuba would make people fall in love with her in just a week at her estate her. The coachman covered her face with his palms so as not to commit the rudeness of laughing in front of the nobles, and I quickly turned back.
And I opened the trunk to take out the present.
“Yes, I have to give it right away. Where…”
Opening the carriage trunk, I froze. They were both pink gift boxes, and I couldn’t remember which one was Robin’s. I hurriedly looked for the note, but couldn’t find the note from where it had been spilled. I looked at the coachman. The coachman also shook her head.
“Priest?”
Rosalind Yuba looked at me and tilted her head curiously. What to do I decided to give anything at once. If you want to open it here and the contents are strange, you can give me another one. I handed the box above to Rosalind Yuba.
“Oh, size up too…”
“Would you like to open it here?”
“Yes…!”
Rosalind Yuba opened the wrapping paper as if she had waited. The shredded pink wrapping paper flew through the sky like cherry blossoms. Both her coachman and I focused our attention on the contents of the package. A white box caught her eye in her. Rosalind Yuba carefully opened the box.
“Uh?”
“Gosh…”
“Oh…”
Rosalind Yuba her daughter her covered her mouth and blushed. Both the coachman and I were taken aback and froze.
“Give me all of this…”
It was lingerie. It contained black fishnet lingerie and a small ring. Above the lingerie, in elegant handwriting, ‘Wear this and think of me. Our cutie.’ What? Did you give it wrong? No, is it right that I gave it to you?
What?
“You are so passionate!”
Rosalind Yuba was delighted as she hugged her lingerie and ring. Maybe it’s because she’s happy? I decided to just assume it was Robin’s present. It’s okay to take it away when you like it like that.
