Chapter 194
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Translator: Yonnee
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I placed my hands on Albert’s shoulders and put on a straight face.
“Yeah, that’s right. ‘Cause you’ll be an archmage even without having to enter a contract with a dragon.”
Hearing my words, Albert pouted and answered quietly.
“Thanks a lot for saying that.”
“I’m being sincere.”
“But how do you know that I can wield magic? It’s amazing how you don’t seem to know me, but at the same time, you know many things about me…”
It sounded like a rhetorical question more than anything. Besides, it was also a difficult question to give an answer to.
We were drawing closer to the town where lights were shining. Albert raised a pouch that was in his pocket and jingled it. Then, he spoke in somewhat of a warning.
“Don’t steal. I brought money this time.”
“I’ve never done that deliberately though? And really, I worked for it.”
I muttered back, feeling unfair that I was being treated as a habitual offender. Albert narrowed his eyes.
“Uh-huh, sure…”
“…Albert, do I look like a liar?”
“Perhaps not a liar, but you keep saying impossible things.”
“Everything I say comes from the bottom of my heart. I’ve never lied about anything until now, have I?”
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Of course, my words were going through one ear and another with Albert.
Anyway, where did he get that money? Was that Albert’s allowance?
Greten’s usual spiel was, ‘We don’t have enough funds to prepare your meal,’ but here Albert was, bringing money from who knows where.
My thoughts were probably clear on my face right now. Albert sighed before answering my unsaid questions.
“Despite everything, I’m still a noble. And I caught Greten siphoning money secretly.”
“Greten did?”
“Ah. I asked her about it because the money she reported to me and the prices didn’t match.”
“…You even know the prices of goods here?”
“It’ll be weirder if I don’t know.”
Albert gave me a sidelong scowl. But I was at a loss for words.
Um, I guess that’s true?
“You know everything, don’t you?”
“It’s not like I’ve risen to the status of the Count’s heir for no reason.”
At my compliment, Albert shrugged. He was trying to hide it, but I could see a blush blooming on his cheeks. Even while he was itching to brag, he’s still so cute.
Still, it’s a bit regrettable. Before me, there must not have been anyone who listened to him.
Before I leave, I have to shower him with all the compliments he hadn’t heard until now.
“If you weren’t here with me on this outing, Albert, I’d have been in trouble.”
I praised Albert even more. In turn, he scratched the back of his head and averted his gaze to the side, embarrassed.
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“Sure, so you can buy anything today.”
“Woooah! So cool, Albert!”
As I enthusiastically answered, Albert was about to react triumphantly as well. However, at that moment.
“…Huh?”
Someone bumped into Albert’s shoulder. It was a child, and both he and Albert fell at the same time. Frowning, Albert rose from the ground first.
“Who are you?”
The child made a fuss, shaking the dust off of Albert’s clothes.
“Oh gosh, I’m so sorry! My eyes are bad. I’m sorry!”
The boy, as he repeatedly said sorry, had a child-like voice that’s still high-pitched. The boy’s face, however, was what surprised me most.
What the?
“Then, I’ll get going!”
As the boy was about to leave in a hurry, his face just looked so familiar to me. His face was giving me the impression that I was looking at a puppy…
Ah, it’s Schubert.
As a child now, he’s got a scruffy face and he was only about half the height of Albert right now. Still, it was difficult to forget a boy with distinct features like Schubert.
Besides recognizing him, I was surprised to hear him speak in a much more polite manner than how he usually was in the future. What in the world happened to this boy? Or, was this an act, too?
“Wait.”
Albert said so and immediately seized Schubert, who was now standing on his feet again. The younger boy’s eyes went wide.
Albert, in turn, stared at Schubert calmly. And Schubert smiled brightly.
“Do you have anything to say to me?”
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“Stealing is bad, you know.”
Schubert was visibly startled to hear this.
“Eyy, what do you mean…”
“Give me back my pouch.”
As Albert murmured, he tightened his grip on Schubert’s wrist.
However, Schubert twisted his wrist away in an instant and escaped Albert’s grasp. Still as ever, Schubert was agile.
After biting his lower lip for a moment, Schubert smirked.
“C’mon, you look like you have a lot of money anyway. Losing just this much won’t put you in a pinch, would it? Just overlook it, will ‘ya.”
As soon as Schubert finished saying this, he booked it completely. He ran like the wind and hid in the crowd.
That squirrel-like agility reminded me of how I saw him move back when we went to see Rosteratu at the villa.
Even that seemingly polite yet impolite manner of speaking he had at the end there. It was like the Schubert I knew.
Albert looked up at me. Even though Schubert had just run away with his own money, Albert seemed unphased.
Still staring at me with an aloof expression, Albert murmured.
“Without that, we don’t have money to spend today.”
“If we don’t have any, then it’s fine. We can just look around!”
I took Albert’s side because I was afraid that he’d be upset that his money had been pickpocketed. Albert’s brows knitted together at the center.
“No, that’s not it. I’ll catch him.”
…Then why did you even bring it up like that?
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Perplexed as I tilted my head to the side, I saw Albert starting to go after Schubert.
“Run.”
Albert’s steps sped up as he uttered a spell without the use of a wand.
Without any hesitation, he ran as if he knew where the younger boy had gone. I followed after Albert.
Before long, I saw Schubert’s back.
After passing through alleyways, Schubert was obviously flustered to see that Albert had followed him. The little boy gave out a shriek when he was caught.
Now standing before Schubert, who fell on his backside, Albert stood before him and held out his hand proudly.
“Give me back my pouch.”
“D-Don’t wanna!”
“Why?”
“…If I can’t have this, I won’t have anything to eat today. You can’t take it. Just punish me instead, I can’t stand being hungry.”
Perhaps because he was still a child, but his manner of speaking was going back and forth between polite and impolite speech. Nevertheless, he still had a clever way with words.
Albert stared at the grumbling Schubert. He must be searching through the younger boy.
As if he was feeling stabbed by Albert’s sharp gaze, Schubert lay down and stretched out on the floor.
“Pull.”
With a spell, Albert pulled the pouch from behind Schubert’s back.
Schubert remained lying on the floor, staring in vain at the pouch that had returned in Albert’s hands.
“I even lied down on the floor, so how…”
Schubert sounded as if he had been so wronged at that moment.
Chapter 194
Sponsored Content
Translator: Yonnee
—
I placed my hands on Albert’s shoulders and put on a straight face.
“Yeah, that’s right. ‘Cause you’ll be an archmage even without having to enter a contract with a dragon.”
Hearing my words, Albert pouted and answered quietly.
“Thanks a lot for saying that.”
“I’m being sincere.”
“But how do you know that I can wield magic? It’s amazing how you don’t seem to know me, but at the same time, you know many things about me…”
It sounded like a rhetorical question more than anything. Besides, it was also a difficult question to give an answer to.
We were drawing closer to the town where lights were shining. Albert raised a pouch that was in his pocket and jingled it. Then, he spoke in somewhat of a warning.
“Don’t steal. I brought money this time.”
“I’ve never done that deliberately though? And really, I worked for it.”
I muttered back, feeling unfair that I was being treated as a habitual offender. Albert narrowed his eyes.
“Uh-huh, sure…”
“…Albert, do I look like a liar?”
“Perhaps not a liar, but you keep saying impossible things.”
“Everything I say comes from the bottom of my heart. I’ve never lied about anything until now, have I?”
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Of course, my words were going through one ear and another with Albert.
Anyway, where did he get that money? Was that Albert’s allowance?
Greten’s usual spiel was, ‘We don’t have enough funds to prepare your meal,’ but here Albert was, bringing money from who knows where.
My thoughts were probably clear on my face right now. Albert sighed before answering my unsaid questions.
“Despite everything, I’m still a noble. And I caught Greten siphoning money secretly.”
“Greten did?”
“Ah. I asked her about it because the money she reported to me and the prices didn’t match.”
“…You even know the prices of goods here?”
“It’ll be weirder if I don’t know.”
Albert gave me a sidelong scowl. But I was at a loss for words.
Um, I guess that’s true?
“You know everything, don’t you?”
“It’s not like I’ve risen to the status of the Count’s heir for no reason.”
At my compliment, Albert shrugged. He was trying to hide it, but I could see a blush blooming on his cheeks. Even while he was itching to brag, he’s still so cute.
Still, it’s a bit regrettable. Before me, there must not have been anyone who listened to him.
Before I leave, I have to shower him with all the compliments he hadn’t heard until now.
“If you weren’t here with me on this outing, Albert, I’d have been in trouble.”
I praised Albert even more. In turn, he scratched the back of his head and averted his gaze to the side, embarrassed.
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“Sure, so you can buy anything today.”
“Woooah! So cool, Albert!”
As I enthusiastically answered, Albert was about to react triumphantly as well. However, at that moment.
“…Huh?”
Someone bumped into Albert’s shoulder. It was a child, and both he and Albert fell at the same time. Frowning, Albert rose from the ground first.
“Who are you?”
The child made a fuss, shaking the dust off of Albert’s clothes.
“Oh gosh, I’m so sorry! My eyes are bad. I’m sorry!”
The boy, as he repeatedly said sorry, had a child-like voice that’s still high-pitched. The boy’s face, however, was what surprised me most.
What the?
“Then, I’ll get going!”
As the boy was about to leave in a hurry, his face just looked so familiar to me. His face was giving me the impression that I was looking at a puppy…
Ah, it’s Schubert.
As a child now, he’s got a scruffy face and he was only about half the height of Albert right now. Still, it was difficult to forget a boy with distinct features like Schubert.
Besides recognizing him, I was surprised to hear him speak in a much more polite manner than how he usually was in the future. What in the world happened to this boy? Or, was this an act, too?
“Wait.”
Albert said so and immediately seized Schubert, who was now standing on his feet again. The younger boy’s eyes went wide.
Albert, in turn, stared at Schubert calmly. And Schubert smiled brightly.
“Do you have anything to say to me?”
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“Stealing is bad, you know.”
Schubert was visibly startled to hear this.
“Eyy, what do you mean…”
“Give me back my pouch.”
As Albert murmured, he tightened his grip on Schubert’s wrist.
However, Schubert twisted his wrist away in an instant and escaped Albert’s grasp. Still as ever, Schubert was agile.
After biting his lower lip for a moment, Schubert smirked.
“C’mon, you look like you have a lot of money anyway. Losing just this much won’t put you in a pinch, would it? Just overlook it, will ‘ya.”
As soon as Schubert finished saying this, he booked it completely. He ran like the wind and hid in the crowd.
That squirrel-like agility reminded me of how I saw him move back when we went to see Rosteratu at the villa.
Even that seemingly polite yet impolite manner of speaking he had at the end there. It was like the Schubert I knew.
Albert looked up at me. Even though Schubert had just run away with his own money, Albert seemed unphased.
Still staring at me with an aloof expression, Albert murmured.
“Without that, we don’t have money to spend today.”
“If we don’t have any, then it’s fine. We can just look around!”
I took Albert’s side because I was afraid that he’d be upset that his money had been pickpocketed. Albert’s brows knitted together at the center.
“No, that’s not it. I’ll catch him.”
…Then why did you even bring it up like that?
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Perplexed as I tilted my head to the side, I saw Albert starting to go after Schubert.
“Run.”
Albert’s steps sped up as he uttered a spell without the use of a wand.
Without any hesitation, he ran as if he knew where the younger boy had gone. I followed after Albert.
Before long, I saw Schubert’s back.
After passing through alleyways, Schubert was obviously flustered to see that Albert had followed him. The little boy gave out a shriek when he was caught.
Now standing before Schubert, who fell on his backside, Albert stood before him and held out his hand proudly.
“Give me back my pouch.”
“D-Don’t wanna!”
“Why?”
“…If I can’t have this, I won’t have anything to eat today. You can’t take it. Just punish me instead, I can’t stand being hungry.”
Perhaps because he was still a child, but his manner of speaking was going back and forth between polite and impolite speech. Nevertheless, he still had a clever way with words.
Albert stared at the grumbling Schubert. He must be searching through the younger boy.
As if he was feeling stabbed by Albert’s sharp gaze, Schubert lay down and stretched out on the floor.
“Pull.”
With a spell, Albert pulled the pouch from behind Schubert’s back.
Schubert remained lying on the floor, staring in vain at the pouch that had returned in Albert’s hands.
“I even lied down on the floor, so how…”
Schubert sounded as if he had been so wronged at that moment.
