Chapter 01 – Parent and Child
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Part 1
The Academy of the Arzel Commonwealth was in the third semester.
It’s still cold season and it’s dim after school.
When the class is over, the students leave the classroom and go home because there are no club activities. All that remains are faculty members and some students.
Meanwhile, I come with Marie to a room that looks like the student guidance room of the academy.
It was Clement-sensei who was waiting for us there.
His body is huge, a nice guy with a full body of muscle armor! Instead, it was a teacher wearing a tight-fitting shirt with an older sister’s tone.
He has a thick beard, and after shaving, it looks blue.
He is a kind teacher, despite his appearance.
“Chi ~ suu. That? Only Clement-sensei?”
Marie greeted Clement-sensei without fear and entered the room, where she was displeased to find that the person she wanted was not there.
Clement-sensei was sitting in his chair with his thick arms crossed.
“Lelia-sama is not here yet.”
A strict teacher with older sister tone is a very strong character.
Marie and I looked at each other, shrugged our shoulders, and sat down in the chairs provided.
I decided to talk to Clement-sensei to kill time.
“More than that, I didn’t know that Clement-sensei was a knight of the Lespinasse House.”
When I broach the subject, Clement-sensei gives me a nostalgic look.
“Noelle-sama didn’t remember either. I’m a little disappointed, but two of them were five years old when we separated. It can’t be helped.”
Marie was slumped against the desk.
“It’s not surprising that she remembers him, since he’s such a strong character. So, what will Clement-sensei do from now on?”
Clement-sensei assured me without any trouble.
“I’ll stay by Lelia-sama’s side and protect her. Noelle-sama ―― will be safe with Leon-kun, right? After all, you are the guardian of the holy tree sapling.”
Guardian ―― It is the title of a person who has the highest level of blessings granted by the Holy Tree.
It is given to those whom the Holy Tree deems worthy to protect itself.
The sacred tree sapling that I got, I don’t know what it was thinking but it chose me.
Originally, one of the targets of the second game was supposed to be chosen as a guardian ―― it was supposed to be tied to Noelle.
Thanks to that, the plan keeps going messed up.
I looked at the clock in the room and saw that it was past the promised time.
Originally, I was here to discuss the future with Lelia Beltre ―― No, now it’s [Lelia Zel Lespinasse].
I was supposed to talk to a girl from my hometown who had been reincarnated in the Commonwealth.
“Is Lelia late?”
When I show my restlessness, Clement-sensei apologizes.
“I’m sorry. Lelia-sama is also busy. The Commonwealth is busy and she has been recognized as the bereaved child of the Lespinasse House. It’s hard enough to make time to talk to you both like this.”
Reincarnated as Noelle’s twin sister, Lelia was a survivor of the former great noble ― Lespinasse House.
Now that it’s known, she’s busy.
Marie is irritated.
“I’m busy too! I want to prepare dinner! If I don’t, Julius will prepare skewers again on his own. We had skewers last time, and I’m getting tired of them!”
Whenever there is an opening, Julius prepares skewers for dinner.
Not just once or twice.
He had become such a picky eater that he wanted to eat skewers every day, and Marie and I were both troubled.
He prepares the meals and even cleans up.
Rather, if I touch Julius’s tool without permission, he will be upset.
Compared to before, when he didn’t do any housework, he has grown up a lot.
But ―― I don’t want skewers every day.
Clement-sensei is confused, but apologizes to Marie.
“I’m sorry. Recently, Lately, Emile-kun has been running errands, and Lelia-sama has been going out more often.”
When Emile’s name was mentioned, Marie let out a sigh.
“Emile again? No, he’s her fiancé, so I can’t help it ~”
Emile, [Emile Laz Pleven] is Lelia’s fiancée. And he was one of the targets of the second game, and even if you failed to capture a target, if you choose Emile, you can still see the ending without game over.
For this reason, Emile was called Safe Tile by the players.
It’s a terrible nickname.
As I continue to wait and talk with Clement-sensei, I hear footsteps.
The door was opened a little roughly, and standing there was Lelia, breathing a little unevenly.
She had the same side-ponytail hairstyle as Noelle, but her hair was silky and straight.
Her hair is all dark pink, and she has sharp eyes, unlike Noelle who has a softer atmosphere.
They are twin sisters, so they look a lot alike, but Lelia is a little smaller (?) in the chest than Noelle. Lelia has a slender figure.
At Lelia’s side, a sphere of a different color from Luxion’s was floating. It’s an Ideal with a blue sphere and a red eye.
When he looked at here, he moved his single red eye vertically as if to greet me.
Lelia took one look at us and then turned her attention to Clement-sensei.
“I’m sorry, but the discussion is cancelled. Emile’s car is waiting at the entrance, Clement should come too.”
“Lelia-sama? I thought you didn’t have plans for today?”
Clement-sensei seems to be managing Lelia’s schedule as if he were her secretary. Is there something on her schedule that Clement-sensei doesn’t know about?
Marie gets up from her seat, points at Lelia, and shouts out loud.
“Don’t ignore us! We have a lot to talk about with you!”
There are many things to talk about.
About the future of Arzel Commonwealth, the stage of the second work.
And about Noelle, and the capture targets.
―― The most important thing now is Serge, who is missing among the capture targets.
The Rault House is one of the six great noble houses.
Serge was their legitimate son, but now he is missing.
There were so many things I wanted to discuss with her about the future, but Lelia had her own schedule and we couldn’t discuss it.
She is also dissatisfied with the fact that her schedule has gone astray.
“I have my own situation! Emile insisted that I participate ――.”
Lelia’s gaze turned to Ideal as she made her excuses.
Ideal looks at me. No ― he’s looking at Luxion, who is hiding near me.
“I deeply apologize, but in order to protect Lelia-sama’s social status, we can’t let this matter go. Can you please understand that? “
Lelia’s social status. It is hard to argue strongly when people say that it is necessary to protect their position in the world in which they live.
Everyone has a life.
Sacrifice for world peace! ―There are only a few people who can be convinced to do so.
And I and Marie are on the majority side.
We who can’t blame Lelia have no choice but to accept it.
“Be sure to arrange a meeting next time.”
I reminded him, and Ideal affirmed, “Of course!”.
“I will make sure we have a place to talk next time. ― Well, Lelia-sama. Emile-sama is waiting for you. “
At Ideal’s request, Lelia reluctantly obeyed.
By the looks of it, Lelia probably didn’t mean it either.
She looks at us and speaks briefly.
“I’m going to go now, but I want you to look for Serge properly.”
Marie, who had her left hand on her hip, made a gesture with her right hand to pay him to go quickly.
“All right, now go to Emile.”
As Lelia left, Clement-sensei apologized to us.
This is how I was unable to talk with Lelia again today.
The days passed like this, unable to consult with each other.
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Part 2
I took a tram with Marie to go home.
We were the only passengers, and the inside of the car is lit and the outside is dark.
It’s already night.
Marie was upset with Lelia. She seemed to be convinced that she had no choice, but she also expressed her frustration.
“Why do I have to take orders from her! Originally, Lelia’s the one who used to be close to Serge, right? I’m not a servant!”
“It can’t be helped. They’re trying to protect their reputation, right?”
“I understand that, but~”
Appearance is something that cannot be taken lightly, and it is often downplayed in stories, but it is important.
Aside from the main characters in the story, it’s hard for ordinary mob-like people like us to live without it.
It’s the same as in my previous life, but this world is behind the world of my previous life in terms of civilization.
It’s a world where you can’t ignore appearance.
“Doesn’t that piss you off, aniki?”
“Certainly, it’s annoying, but I’m more mature than you, so I won’t show it. Other than that, Luxion is looking for him but he can’t find him, what does that mean?”
Luxion ―― and Ideal are searching for Serge, but it has been a little while since the beginning of the third semester and there is no sign of him.
Luxion joins our conversation, hiding in plain sight.
“We think he’s already out of the country or slipping through our sight.”
It’s troublesome if he is fleeing the country.
But it’s also troublesome if he is slipping through the sight of Luxion and the others.
In the game, Serge ―― is a wild young man who yearns to be an adventurer. Speaking of wild, it sounds good, but from my point of view, he was a rough guy.
He was adopted by the Rault House, but he made a rift with his family.
In the game, Alberg-san, the head of the Rault House, is the last boss, and he distrusts his father-in-law and cooperates with the main character.
―― but from my point of view, if this is a game, Serge’s behavior is a little different.
Alberg-san doesn’t look like the last boss, or rather, he is the most trustworthy of the six great nobles.
And the Rault House was about to accept Serge. Unless it’s harassment without my knowledge, but the probability is low.
Louise-san told me the story, but I can’t say that Serge is not at fault.
Leaving aside the question of who is at fault, what is the cause of discrepancies?
“Why does he dislike his family so much?”
Marie is interested in my muttering.
“What are you talking about?”
“It’s about Serge. If Alberg-san was a bad person and that’s why he was rebellious, I’d understand. But it’s Alberg-san, you know? He’s good enough from my point of view.”
“Your standards are unreliable, but it is definitely weird. I think he is too aggressive. Besides, in the game, he was strong enough to fight, but to lose by aniki’s one punch is so surprising.”
” ―― Oi, how low do your evaluation about me? How hard do you think we poor noble boys have been working?”
Even like this, I have shed tears of blood and worked hard in school.
It’s a monthly event, and I have to give the girls gifts.
The poor noble boys challenge the dungeon to earn money for gifts.
The deeper you go into the dungeon, the steeper and more dangerous it gets, but the more money you can get.
A group of poor noble boys works together to earn money by taking on dangerous dungeons.
It’s all about getting married! I’ve really bled and worked hard for it.
I feel like crying when I remember it.
Wiping the tears with my sleeve, Marie looked uninterested.
“But the girls were pawning off the gifts they got.”
“I know that, and my friends and I have shed many tears over it. Anyway, I’m not like Serge, I’m not an adventurer for fun!”
It’s not for fun. It’s for publicity and marriage!
―― My reasons for trying so hard are also terribly pathetic.
Marie didn’t seem too interested in what I was saying or doing, and she felt sorry for Serge.
“Still, isn’t it cruel, just by one punch? Men have trouble when their pride is broken. After all, they are a creature of pride.”
“Don’t you talk about a man”
“Ara? I’m more knowledgeable than aniki. All the guys had this weird sense of pride that makes them so easy to deal with.”
Has Marie forgotten that she was deceived by such a man?
I look at Marie, who makes a comment that pierces me, and I laugh at her.
Maybe she didn’t like that, so Marie glared at me.
“What?”
“Nothing. I just thought it would be nice to hear from a woman who thinks she knows men and has been hurt by them.”
“You said it, this coward!”
“――― I’ll cut down your living expenses.”
I was tired of arguing with Marie, so I brought up the topic of living expenses as a last resort.
Then Marie collapsed helplessly and got down on their knees.
“Intelligent, brave and wonderful onii-sama! Please don’t cut my living expenses! Please ―― I really can’t live. I don’t want to leave Kyle and Cara on the street, let alone that five! Help me, onii-chan!”
I can’t help but feel weak at the word “help”.
And Marie aside ―― I didn’t want to cause any trouble for Kyle or Cara.
Five idiots? They’re so tough, they’ll live on their own if you leave them alone.
“It seems you understand your position.”
Fufu, when I laughed at her, Marie made a frustrated face saying “Gunununu“.
Luxion, who had been watching our interaction, reacted as usual.
“As usual, Master has a soft spot for Marie.”
“I’m basically a kind person to everyone.”
“A kind person would not go so far as to break the pride of a defeated enemy. I’m sure Serge has a grudge against the Master. “
“It’s their fault to lose to me”
“It’s quite a feat to be able to say that with my help. Don’t you think it’s cowardly?”
“I don’t think so. Someone once told me this. Cowardice is a compliment.”
“When Master says that, the others hated you is something that can’t be helped.”
“Although I’m so kind!”
Marie’s face looks like saying “What are these guys talking about?”, But I ignored her.
We get off as the tram arrives at the station near our house.
Chapter 01 – Parent and Child
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Part 3
The home that we use in the Arzel Commonwealth is a magnificent mansion.
That’s where I live, along with Marie and the others.
With only a few weeks left of my study abroad period, it was becoming troublesome to live separately.
As we entered the villa, Yumeria-san noticed and rushed over to us.
“Welcome back, Leon-sa~a!”
I guess she was in a hurry, because she tripped and ended up head-sliding in front of us.
Her face hit the floor and she looked in pain.
“A-are you okay?”
When I called out Yumeria-san in concern, her face was red and swollen, and her eyes were filled with tears.
“I-I am okhi~yu”
The cute Yumeria-san, who chewed on the end of her words, is a female elf with a small figure and big breasts.
She looks young and looks like us, but she is a mother of one child.
Her long, straight, green hair showed off her long ears, a characteristic of elves. Her calm and gentle eyes were yellow, and a birdbrain and refreshing beautiful girl. No, she’s a beautiful woman.
“There’s no need to panic.”
I said gently, and Yumeria-san thanked me. However, next to me, Marie showed a dissatisfied attitude, saying, “Keh! You’re so spoony* at her”. (TL: デレデレderedere)
Is it bad to be spoony?
While I was making noise at the door, another maid, a beautiful woman with tight glasses who had been sent from Ange’s parents’ house, arrived.
It’s Cordelia-san.
“Welcome back, Count”
“――I’m back”
However, unlike Yumeria-san, this one was really a business relationship.
Cordelia-san doesn’t think well of me, and her attitude is cold.
Marie came back from outside and took off her coat, moving her head to check her surroundings.
“Are, where’s Kyle?”
She was a little concerned because the beautiful half-elf boy who usually greeted her was not there.
Yumeria-san replies while holding the tip of her nose with both hands.
“I think he’s in the back warehouse.”
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Part 4
In the warehouse behind the mansion, a single armor was propped up on one knee.
Armor――A humanoid weapon that flies in the sky, which is also a powered suit.
The armors that had been brought into the mansion was the one that Julius and others had used before.
Arroganz are also included in it.
Since arriving in the Alzer Commonwealth, Leon had been involved in many battles ― or rather, had caused battles ― and had brought armor into the house for defense.
This is proof that they are concerned about the current situation.
But there is a boy standing in front of such armor.
It’s a half-elf, Kyle.
His short blond hair is habitual, and he has the same elongated ears as her mother, Yumeria.
He was a beautiful boy in appearance and had all the features of an elf.
However, Kyle is half elf and half human.
Although he is still young, he is still employed by Marie because he has no place to stay in his hometown due to his position as a half-elf.
Kyle put his hand in front of Arroganz, who was down on one knee, trying to climb up.
Then Luxion’s voice comes from the open warehouse door.
[It’s useless]
“Uwaa!”
Kyle turned around in a panic and broke out in a cold sweat, surprised to see Luxion behind him. He felt as awkward as a child who has been caught misbehaving.
“I-I didn’t do anything!”
[That’s a lie. You were trying to get into the Arroganz.]
As Luxion sees through Kyle’s spur-of-the-moment lie, Leon, Marie, his mother, Yumeria, and Cordelia come up behind him.
Leon looked at Kyle and laughed.
“What is this, you’re a boy, aren’t you? Do you want to ride the Arroganz?”
From the grinning Leon, he could see his intention to tease Kyle.
And Marie has a look of incomprehension on her face.
“Men are so stupid. What’s so fun about riding a robot?”
Kyle straightened his posture, a little flustered when his master, Marie, appeared.
“Welcome back, goshujin-sama.“
“I’m back. But if you want a ride, you’ll have to tell Ani―Leon.”
Marie doesn’t seem to blame Kyle for his actions.
The same is true for Leon, who teases Kyle.
“You have a good eye for wanting to ride Arroganz. Shall I give you a ride?”
He would give him a ride if he asked, but Kyle couldn’t honestly ask for one.
“I-I don’t want to ride.”
However, there was one person who would not tolerate Kyle’s attitude ―― Cordelia, who had a grim expression on her face.
“For knights and noblemen, armor is an important tool of war. It is not acceptable for a servant to touch such a thing without reason. I hope you are prepared for this?”
Preparedness ―― Kyle had no such thing.
Kyle was smart enough to calculate that Leon and Marie would not be angry at him for touching his armor.
In fact, Leon didn’t look angry at all, he was laughing.
“I wouldn’t back down because of that. Wouldn’t it make him feel better if I gave Kyle a ride? Luxion, open the cockpit.”
Cordelia closed her mouth, dissatisfied with Leon’s forgiveness.
She decided that she couldn’t interfere anymore.
Kyle was happy to hear Leon’s words, but he didn’t show it on his face. He didn’t like it because it made him feel like he was losing ―― Kyle is twisted, so he’s going to say something hateful.
“I’m not asking for a ride.”
Maybe Marie sensed Kyle’s feelings and asked Leon to “give him a ride”.
But――it was Luxion who waited here.
[Denied]
“――Eh?”
When Luxion strongly refused, Kyle regretted that he had lost his chance. But he tries not to let his feelings show on his face.
“W-Why?”
When he shakily asked him why, Luxion coldly told me.
[Elves can’t move armor. In the first place, the way they manipulate their magic is very different from humans. Arroganz, and the armor here, are for humans.]
The elves assure him that they cannot move him, but Kyle finds one hope.
“――I’m half”
[It’s the same. No, it will be more troublesome. The flow of magic power is different between humans and elves, so even if you have armor for elves, it is unlikely that you can move them.]
Kyle is a boy, too. He wanted to ride in the armor and fight.
It makes him sad when it is crushed by Luxion.
When he looked down and shed tears, Leon rushed to Luxion.
“You have a way to say it, right!”
[Arroganz is a master’s exclusive machine. Please don’t take others on board so easily.]
On the contrary, Leon was scolded by Luxion.
Cordelia also blurted out, “The sphere is correct.”
Kyle is depressed, and a worried Yumeria approaches him.
“Kyle, let’s apologize properly. Leon-sama was kind enough to forgive you, but if it had been any other nobleman, he would have killed you.”
Yumeria, who is always clumsy, was unusually righteous.
Reminded by the unreliable Yumeria―Kyle turns away with embarrassment.
“Isn’t Kaa-san who’s always making mistakes?”
“Kyle?”
“Don’t lecture me when you can’t even take care of yourself!”
When Kyle raises his voice, Yumeria――just like that gives him a stern look.
“Kyle, this is not about me now. You need to apologize. Besides, didn’t you really think that they would forgive you? I usually tell both of them to not soft on you, but I think that attitude is bad.”
When Yumeria scolded Kyle, both Leon and Marie kept their mouths shut and watched what was going on.
To Cordelia, it must have looked like Kyle was being a spoiled brat.
She closed her mouth and watched silently, but her eyes were somewhat cold.
However, Kyle’s embarrassment and pride in his work prevented him from taking Yumeria’s words obediently.
“You’ll have to wait until you’re better at your job than I am. And can you please not bring the parent-child relationship into the workplace? It’s annoying. “
“Kyle!”
When Yumeria shouted and grabbed his arm, Kyle shook her hand away.
“Don’t scold me like a mother now! You can’t do anything without me!”
“Tsu!”
Kyle knew Yumeria’s weaknesses.
It was a guilt that she had given Kyle a hard time because she was unreliable.
Kyle was smart enough to understand that.
He says to Yumeria, who turns over in silence, in a superior way.
“Do something motherly before you lecture me. I don’t recognize you as a mother right now.”
I don’t recognize you as a mother ―― At these words, Yumeria’s face grew desperate.
The look on her face made his ache with guilt, but Kyle wasn’t mature enough to apologize.
” ―― I’m going back to work “
That’s all he said, and then he ran out of the warehouse as if to escape.
Part 5
As I watched the exchange between Yumeria-san and Kyle, I scratched my head with my right hand.
The conversation between parents and children reminds me of my previous life, and I hate it.
Both Marie and I ―― died before our parents in our previous lives.
I want Yumeria and Kyle to make up for their lack of filial piety on both sides.
And, you know.
“Luxion, I know you’ve complicated things. All you had to do was put him in the cockpit. It would have made Kyle happy.”
If we had just gotten Kyle on the Arroganz as soon as possible, none of this would have happened.
When I said that, Luxion not only refused to admit that he was wrong, ――but also blamed me.
[Are you sure about it?]
“What?”
[Kyle is a child. Even in this world, he’s still a child, a child that should be protected, and you’re sending him to the Arroganz? Have you not forgotten, Master? Arroganz is a weapon that I have prepared.]
Hearing that, I realized how careless I am.
I turned to face the Arroganz and remembered what it had been prepared for.
It’s not just the Arroganz. Armor is a weapon that was prepared for fighting in the first place.
It was not something that a child could easily get into.
[Kyle looks at the Arroganz with the admiration of a child. He is not in a position of nobility where he needs to be prepared, nor does he even need to fight.]
Marie is convinced when she hears why Luxion didn’t give Kyle a ride.
“It’s better if he doesn’t have to fight. I understand. I’ll explain it to Kyle and make him give up. So don’t be too hard on yourself, Yumeria-san.”
When we looked at her, Yumeria-san was looking down and crying, as if she was in shock.
Cordelia-san, who was by her side, comforted Yumeria-san.
“It’s nothing to worry about, it’s just a rebellious phase. He may be mature, but he’s still a kid.”
Cordelia-san was showing kindness as she comforted her colleague.
I want her to show a little of that kindness to me.
However, Yumeria-san shook her head.
“It’s my fault because I didn’t do anything to be a good parent.”
When we fell silent, Yumeria-san burst into tears.
“I am ―― clumsy and often deceived. must have seemed unreliable to Kyle, and I was always a nuisance to him ―― K-Kyle’s fine without me, and he’s better off without me”
Kyle is a problem, but Yumeria is also a problem.
She seems to think that she is disqualified as a parent.
“That’s not true. Kyle was so worried about you, Yumeria-san.”
“That’s why I shouldn’t have been around Kyle. I came to this country but I was a nuisance to him.”
Yumeria came to the Alzer Commonwealth because she was worried about Kyle, but now she felt depressed that she was not needed.
I was a normal kid in a previous life, and I’ve had my share of normal problems with my parents.
Not as much as Kyle, but there is an overlap with myself.
I’d like to solve the problem of this parent and child, but it’s really just one problem after another.
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Part 6
Night.
After finishing her work, Yumeria-san hugged the transparent case containing the holy tree sapling and went out to the garden of the mansion in her nightgown.
She sat down on the bench and reminisced about the events of today.
Ever since Kyle threw her out at the warehouse, she hasn’t been able to repair their relationship until now.
“I’m no good after all”
She smiled sadly, as if troubled, and tears welled up in her eyes.
For Yumeria, Kyle is the only family she has in this world. The others have either avoided or severed ties with her due to her peculiarities.
Humans can’t understand it, but elves sense magic in color.
Yumeria was called by elves a “mixed one” and they avoided her because of the mixture of magic power they felt.
For Yumeria, her only son, Kyle, was an important relationship that she was not alone.
It would have been a shock if Kyle had told her that he would not accept her as his mother.
As she hugged the case and shrunk back, Yumeria heard a voice.
[Good evening]
“Eh?”
When she looked up, she saw that it was not Luxion, ―― but Ideal, Lelia’s constant companion
Chapter 01 – Parent and Child
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Part 1
The Academy of the Arzel Commonwealth was in the third semester.
It’s still cold season and it’s dim after school.
When the class is over, the students leave the classroom and go home because there are no club activities. All that remains are faculty members and some students.
Meanwhile, I come with Marie to a room that looks like the student guidance room of the academy.
It was Clement-sensei who was waiting for us there.
His body is huge, a nice guy with a full body of muscle armor! Instead, it was a teacher wearing a tight-fitting shirt with an older sister’s tone.
He has a thick beard, and after shaving, it looks blue.
He is a kind teacher, despite his appearance.
“Chi ~ suu. That? Only Clement-sensei?”
Marie greeted Clement-sensei without fear and entered the room, where she was displeased to find that the person she wanted was not there.
Clement-sensei was sitting in his chair with his thick arms crossed.
“Lelia-sama is not here yet.”
A strict teacher with older sister tone is a very strong character.
Marie and I looked at each other, shrugged our shoulders, and sat down in the chairs provided.
I decided to talk to Clement-sensei to kill time.
“More than that, I didn’t know that Clement-sensei was a knight of the Lespinasse House.”
When I broach the subject, Clement-sensei gives me a nostalgic look.
“Noelle-sama didn’t remember either. I’m a little disappointed, but two of them were five years old when we separated. It can’t be helped.”
Marie was slumped against the desk.
“It’s not surprising that she remembers him, since he’s such a strong character. So, what will Clement-sensei do from now on?”
Clement-sensei assured me without any trouble.
“I’ll stay by Lelia-sama’s side and protect her. Noelle-sama ―― will be safe with Leon-kun, right? After all, you are the guardian of the holy tree sapling.”
Guardian ―― It is the title of a person who has the highest level of blessings granted by the Holy Tree.
It is given to those whom the Holy Tree deems worthy to protect itself.
The sacred tree sapling that I got, I don’t know what it was thinking but it chose me.
Originally, one of the targets of the second game was supposed to be chosen as a guardian ―― it was supposed to be tied to Noelle.
Thanks to that, the plan keeps going messed up.
I looked at the clock in the room and saw that it was past the promised time.
Originally, I was here to discuss the future with Lelia Beltre ―― No, now it’s [Lelia Zel Lespinasse].
I was supposed to talk to a girl from my hometown who had been reincarnated in the Commonwealth.
“Is Lelia late?”
When I show my restlessness, Clement-sensei apologizes.
“I’m sorry. Lelia-sama is also busy. The Commonwealth is busy and she has been recognized as the bereaved child of the Lespinasse House. It’s hard enough to make time to talk to you both like this.”
Reincarnated as Noelle’s twin sister, Lelia was a survivor of the former great noble ― Lespinasse House.
Now that it’s known, she’s busy.
Marie is irritated.
“I’m busy too! I want to prepare dinner! If I don’t, Julius will prepare skewers again on his own. We had skewers last time, and I’m getting tired of them!”
Whenever there is an opening, Julius prepares skewers for dinner.
Not just once or twice.
He had become such a picky eater that he wanted to eat skewers every day, and Marie and I were both troubled.
He prepares the meals and even cleans up.
Rather, if I touch Julius’s tool without permission, he will be upset.
Compared to before, when he didn’t do any housework, he has grown up a lot.
But ―― I don’t want skewers every day.
Clement-sensei is confused, but apologizes to Marie.
“I’m sorry. Recently, Lately, Emile-kun has been running errands, and Lelia-sama has been going out more often.”
When Emile’s name was mentioned, Marie let out a sigh.
“Emile again? No, he’s her fiancé, so I can’t help it ~”
Emile, [Emile Laz Pleven] is Lelia’s fiancée. And he was one of the targets of the second game, and even if you failed to capture a target, if you choose Emile, you can still see the ending without game over.
For this reason, Emile was called Safe Tile by the players.
It’s a terrible nickname.
As I continue to wait and talk with Clement-sensei, I hear footsteps.
The door was opened a little roughly, and standing there was Lelia, breathing a little unevenly.
She had the same side-ponytail hairstyle as Noelle, but her hair was silky and straight.
Her hair is all dark pink, and she has sharp eyes, unlike Noelle who has a softer atmosphere.
They are twin sisters, so they look a lot alike, but Lelia is a little smaller (?) in the chest than Noelle. Lelia has a slender figure.
At Lelia’s side, a sphere of a different color from Luxion’s was floating. It’s an Ideal with a blue sphere and a red eye.
When he looked at here, he moved his single red eye vertically as if to greet me.
Lelia took one look at us and then turned her attention to Clement-sensei.
“I’m sorry, but the discussion is cancelled. Emile’s car is waiting at the entrance, Clement should come too.”
“Lelia-sama? I thought you didn’t have plans for today?”
Clement-sensei seems to be managing Lelia’s schedule as if he were her secretary. Is there something on her schedule that Clement-sensei doesn’t know about?
Marie gets up from her seat, points at Lelia, and shouts out loud.
“Don’t ignore us! We have a lot to talk about with you!”
There are many things to talk about.
About the future of Arzel Commonwealth, the stage of the second work.
And about Noelle, and the capture targets.
―― The most important thing now is Serge, who is missing among the capture targets.
The Rault House is one of the six great noble houses.
Serge was their legitimate son, but now he is missing.
There were so many things I wanted to discuss with her about the future, but Lelia had her own schedule and we couldn’t discuss it.
She is also dissatisfied with the fact that her schedule has gone astray.
“I have my own situation! Emile insisted that I participate ――.”
Lelia’s gaze turned to Ideal as she made her excuses.
Ideal looks at me. No ― he’s looking at Luxion, who is hiding near me.
“I deeply apologize, but in order to protect Lelia-sama’s social status, we can’t let this matter go. Can you please understand that? “
Lelia’s social status. It is hard to argue strongly when people say that it is necessary to protect their position in the world in which they live.
Everyone has a life.
Sacrifice for world peace! ―There are only a few people who can be convinced to do so.
And I and Marie are on the majority side.
We who can’t blame Lelia have no choice but to accept it.
“Be sure to arrange a meeting next time.”
I reminded him, and Ideal affirmed, “Of course!”.
“I will make sure we have a place to talk next time. ― Well, Lelia-sama. Emile-sama is waiting for you. “
At Ideal’s request, Lelia reluctantly obeyed.
By the looks of it, Lelia probably didn’t mean it either.
She looks at us and speaks briefly.
“I’m going to go now, but I want you to look for Serge properly.”
Marie, who had her left hand on her hip, made a gesture with her right hand to pay him to go quickly.
“All right, now go to Emile.”
As Lelia left, Clement-sensei apologized to us.
This is how I was unable to talk with Lelia again today.
The days passed like this, unable to consult with each other.
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Part 2
I took a tram with Marie to go home.
We were the only passengers, and the inside of the car is lit and the outside is dark.
It’s already night.
Marie was upset with Lelia. She seemed to be convinced that she had no choice, but she also expressed her frustration.
“Why do I have to take orders from her! Originally, Lelia’s the one who used to be close to Serge, right? I’m not a servant!”
“It can’t be helped. They’re trying to protect their reputation, right?”
“I understand that, but~”
Appearance is something that cannot be taken lightly, and it is often downplayed in stories, but it is important.
Aside from the main characters in the story, it’s hard for ordinary mob-like people like us to live without it.
It’s the same as in my previous life, but this world is behind the world of my previous life in terms of civilization.
It’s a world where you can’t ignore appearance.
“Doesn’t that piss you off, aniki?”
“Certainly, it’s annoying, but I’m more mature than you, so I won’t show it. Other than that, Luxion is looking for him but he can’t find him, what does that mean?”
Luxion ―― and Ideal are searching for Serge, but it has been a little while since the beginning of the third semester and there is no sign of him.
Luxion joins our conversation, hiding in plain sight.
“We think he’s already out of the country or slipping through our sight.”
It’s troublesome if he is fleeing the country.
But it’s also troublesome if he is slipping through the sight of Luxion and the others.
In the game, Serge ―― is a wild young man who yearns to be an adventurer. Speaking of wild, it sounds good, but from my point of view, he was a rough guy.
He was adopted by the Rault House, but he made a rift with his family.
In the game, Alberg-san, the head of the Rault House, is the last boss, and he distrusts his father-in-law and cooperates with the main character.
―― but from my point of view, if this is a game, Serge’s behavior is a little different.
Alberg-san doesn’t look like the last boss, or rather, he is the most trustworthy of the six great nobles.
And the Rault House was about to accept Serge. Unless it’s harassment without my knowledge, but the probability is low.
Louise-san told me the story, but I can’t say that Serge is not at fault.
Leaving aside the question of who is at fault, what is the cause of discrepancies?
“Why does he dislike his family so much?”
Marie is interested in my muttering.
“What are you talking about?”
“It’s about Serge. If Alberg-san was a bad person and that’s why he was rebellious, I’d understand. But it’s Alberg-san, you know? He’s good enough from my point of view.”
“Your standards are unreliable, but it is definitely weird. I think he is too aggressive. Besides, in the game, he was strong enough to fight, but to lose by aniki’s one punch is so surprising.”
” ―― Oi, how low do your evaluation about me? How hard do you think we poor noble boys have been working?”
Even like this, I have shed tears of blood and worked hard in school.
It’s a monthly event, and I have to give the girls gifts.
The poor noble boys challenge the dungeon to earn money for gifts.
The deeper you go into the dungeon, the steeper and more dangerous it gets, but the more money you can get.
A group of poor noble boys works together to earn money by taking on dangerous dungeons.
It’s all about getting married! I’ve really bled and worked hard for it.
I feel like crying when I remember it.
Wiping the tears with my sleeve, Marie looked uninterested.
“But the girls were pawning off the gifts they got.”
“I know that, and my friends and I have shed many tears over it. Anyway, I’m not like Serge, I’m not an adventurer for fun!”
It’s not for fun. It’s for publicity and marriage!
―― My reasons for trying so hard are also terribly pathetic.
Marie didn’t seem too interested in what I was saying or doing, and she felt sorry for Serge.
“Still, isn’t it cruel, just by one punch? Men have trouble when their pride is broken. After all, they are a creature of pride.”
“Don’t you talk about a man”
“Ara? I’m more knowledgeable than aniki. All the guys had this weird sense of pride that makes them so easy to deal with.”
Has Marie forgotten that she was deceived by such a man?
I look at Marie, who makes a comment that pierces me, and I laugh at her.
Maybe she didn’t like that, so Marie glared at me.
“What?”
“Nothing. I just thought it would be nice to hear from a woman who thinks she knows men and has been hurt by them.”
“You said it, this coward!”
“――― I’ll cut down your living expenses.”
I was tired of arguing with Marie, so I brought up the topic of living expenses as a last resort.
Then Marie collapsed helplessly and got down on their knees.
“Intelligent, brave and wonderful onii-sama! Please don’t cut my living expenses! Please ―― I really can’t live. I don’t want to leave Kyle and Cara on the street, let alone that five! Help me, onii-chan!”
I can’t help but feel weak at the word “help”.
And Marie aside ―― I didn’t want to cause any trouble for Kyle or Cara.
Five idiots? They’re so tough, they’ll live on their own if you leave them alone.
“It seems you understand your position.”
Fufu, when I laughed at her, Marie made a frustrated face saying “Gunununu“.
Luxion, who had been watching our interaction, reacted as usual.
“As usual, Master has a soft spot for Marie.”
“I’m basically a kind person to everyone.”
“A kind person would not go so far as to break the pride of a defeated enemy. I’m sure Serge has a grudge against the Master. “
“It’s their fault to lose to me”
“It’s quite a feat to be able to say that with my help. Don’t you think it’s cowardly?”
“I don’t think so. Someone once told me this. Cowardice is a compliment.”
“When Master says that, the others hated you is something that can’t be helped.”
“Although I’m so kind!”
Marie’s face looks like saying “What are these guys talking about?”, But I ignored her.
We get off as the tram arrives at the station near our house.
Chapter 01 – Parent and Child
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Part 3
The home that we use in the Arzel Commonwealth is a magnificent mansion.
That’s where I live, along with Marie and the others.
With only a few weeks left of my study abroad period, it was becoming troublesome to live separately.
As we entered the villa, Yumeria-san noticed and rushed over to us.
“Welcome back, Leon-sa~a!”
I guess she was in a hurry, because she tripped and ended up head-sliding in front of us.
Her face hit the floor and she looked in pain.
“A-are you okay?”
When I called out Yumeria-san in concern, her face was red and swollen, and her eyes were filled with tears.
“I-I am okhi~yu”
The cute Yumeria-san, who chewed on the end of her words, is a female elf with a small figure and big breasts.
She looks young and looks like us, but she is a mother of one child.
Her long, straight, green hair showed off her long ears, a characteristic of elves. Her calm and gentle eyes were yellow, and a birdbrain and refreshing beautiful girl. No, she’s a beautiful woman.
“There’s no need to panic.”
I said gently, and Yumeria-san thanked me. However, next to me, Marie showed a dissatisfied attitude, saying, “Keh! You’re so spoony* at her”. (TL: デレデレderedere)
Is it bad to be spoony?
While I was making noise at the door, another maid, a beautiful woman with tight glasses who had been sent from Ange’s parents’ house, arrived.
It’s Cordelia-san.
“Welcome back, Count”
“――I’m back”
However, unlike Yumeria-san, this one was really a business relationship.
Cordelia-san doesn’t think well of me, and her attitude is cold.
Marie came back from outside and took off her coat, moving her head to check her surroundings.
“Are, where’s Kyle?”
She was a little concerned because the beautiful half-elf boy who usually greeted her was not there.
Yumeria-san replies while holding the tip of her nose with both hands.
“I think he’s in the back warehouse.”
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Part 4
In the warehouse behind the mansion, a single armor was propped up on one knee.
Armor――A humanoid weapon that flies in the sky, which is also a powered suit.
The armors that had been brought into the mansion was the one that Julius and others had used before.
Arroganz are also included in it.
Since arriving in the Alzer Commonwealth, Leon had been involved in many battles ― or rather, had caused battles ― and had brought armor into the house for defense.
This is proof that they are concerned about the current situation.
But there is a boy standing in front of such armor.
It’s a half-elf, Kyle.
His short blond hair is habitual, and he has the same elongated ears as her mother, Yumeria.
He was a beautiful boy in appearance and had all the features of an elf.
However, Kyle is half elf and half human.
Although he is still young, he is still employed by Marie because he has no place to stay in his hometown due to his position as a half-elf.
Kyle put his hand in front of Arroganz, who was down on one knee, trying to climb up.
Then Luxion’s voice comes from the open warehouse door.
[It’s useless]
“Uwaa!”
Kyle turned around in a panic and broke out in a cold sweat, surprised to see Luxion behind him. He felt as awkward as a child who has been caught misbehaving.
“I-I didn’t do anything!”
[That’s a lie. You were trying to get into the Arroganz.]
As Luxion sees through Kyle’s spur-of-the-moment lie, Leon, Marie, his mother, Yumeria, and Cordelia come up behind him.
Leon looked at Kyle and laughed.
“What is this, you’re a boy, aren’t you? Do you want to ride the Arroganz?”
From the grinning Leon, he could see his intention to tease Kyle.
And Marie has a look of incomprehension on her face.
“Men are so stupid. What’s so fun about riding a robot?”
Kyle straightened his posture, a little flustered when his master, Marie, appeared.
“Welcome back, goshujin-sama.“
“I’m back. But if you want a ride, you’ll have to tell Ani―Leon.”
Marie doesn’t seem to blame Kyle for his actions.
The same is true for Leon, who teases Kyle.
“You have a good eye for wanting to ride Arroganz. Shall I give you a ride?”
He would give him a ride if he asked, but Kyle couldn’t honestly ask for one.
“I-I don’t want to ride.”
However, there was one person who would not tolerate Kyle’s attitude ―― Cordelia, who had a grim expression on her face.
“For knights and noblemen, armor is an important tool of war. It is not acceptable for a servant to touch such a thing without reason. I hope you are prepared for this?”
Preparedness ―― Kyle had no such thing.
Kyle was smart enough to calculate that Leon and Marie would not be angry at him for touching his armor.
In fact, Leon didn’t look angry at all, he was laughing.
“I wouldn’t back down because of that. Wouldn’t it make him feel better if I gave Kyle a ride? Luxion, open the cockpit.”
Cordelia closed her mouth, dissatisfied with Leon’s forgiveness.
She decided that she couldn’t interfere anymore.
Kyle was happy to hear Leon’s words, but he didn’t show it on his face. He didn’t like it because it made him feel like he was losing ―― Kyle is twisted, so he’s going to say something hateful.
“I’m not asking for a ride.”
Maybe Marie sensed Kyle’s feelings and asked Leon to “give him a ride”.
But――it was Luxion who waited here.
[Denied]
“――Eh?”
When Luxion strongly refused, Kyle regretted that he had lost his chance. But he tries not to let his feelings show on his face.
“W-Why?”
When he shakily asked him why, Luxion coldly told me.
[Elves can’t move armor. In the first place, the way they manipulate their magic is very different from humans. Arroganz, and the armor here, are for humans.]
The elves assure him that they cannot move him, but Kyle finds one hope.
“――I’m half”
[It’s the same. No, it will be more troublesome. The flow of magic power is different between humans and elves, so even if you have armor for elves, it is unlikely that you can move them.]
Kyle is a boy, too. He wanted to ride in the armor and fight.
It makes him sad when it is crushed by Luxion.
When he looked down and shed tears, Leon rushed to Luxion.
“You have a way to say it, right!”
[Arroganz is a master’s exclusive machine. Please don’t take others on board so easily.]
On the contrary, Leon was scolded by Luxion.
Cordelia also blurted out, “The sphere is correct.”
Kyle is depressed, and a worried Yumeria approaches him.
“Kyle, let’s apologize properly. Leon-sama was kind enough to forgive you, but if it had been any other nobleman, he would have killed you.”
Yumeria, who is always clumsy, was unusually righteous.
Reminded by the unreliable Yumeria―Kyle turns away with embarrassment.
“Isn’t Kaa-san who’s always making mistakes?”
“Kyle?”
“Don’t lecture me when you can’t even take care of yourself!”
When Kyle raises his voice, Yumeria――just like that gives him a stern look.
“Kyle, this is not about me now. You need to apologize. Besides, didn’t you really think that they would forgive you? I usually tell both of them to not soft on you, but I think that attitude is bad.”
When Yumeria scolded Kyle, both Leon and Marie kept their mouths shut and watched what was going on.
To Cordelia, it must have looked like Kyle was being a spoiled brat.
She closed her mouth and watched silently, but her eyes were somewhat cold.
However, Kyle’s embarrassment and pride in his work prevented him from taking Yumeria’s words obediently.
“You’ll have to wait until you’re better at your job than I am. And can you please not bring the parent-child relationship into the workplace? It’s annoying. “
“Kyle!”
When Yumeria shouted and grabbed his arm, Kyle shook her hand away.
“Don’t scold me like a mother now! You can’t do anything without me!”
“Tsu!”
Kyle knew Yumeria’s weaknesses.
It was a guilt that she had given Kyle a hard time because she was unreliable.
Kyle was smart enough to understand that.
He says to Yumeria, who turns over in silence, in a superior way.
“Do something motherly before you lecture me. I don’t recognize you as a mother right now.”
I don’t recognize you as a mother ―― At these words, Yumeria’s face grew desperate.
The look on her face made his ache with guilt, but Kyle wasn’t mature enough to apologize.
” ―― I’m going back to work “
That’s all he said, and then he ran out of the warehouse as if to escape.
Part 5
As I watched the exchange between Yumeria-san and Kyle, I scratched my head with my right hand.
The conversation between parents and children reminds me of my previous life, and I hate it.
Both Marie and I ―― died before our parents in our previous lives.
I want Yumeria and Kyle to make up for their lack of filial piety on both sides.
And, you know.
“Luxion, I know you’ve complicated things. All you had to do was put him in the cockpit. It would have made Kyle happy.”
If we had just gotten Kyle on the Arroganz as soon as possible, none of this would have happened.
When I said that, Luxion not only refused to admit that he was wrong, ――but also blamed me.
[Are you sure about it?]
“What?”
[Kyle is a child. Even in this world, he’s still a child, a child that should be protected, and you’re sending him to the Arroganz? Have you not forgotten, Master? Arroganz is a weapon that I have prepared.]
Hearing that, I realized how careless I am.
I turned to face the Arroganz and remembered what it had been prepared for.
It’s not just the Arroganz. Armor is a weapon that was prepared for fighting in the first place.
It was not something that a child could easily get into.
[Kyle looks at the Arroganz with the admiration of a child. He is not in a position of nobility where he needs to be prepared, nor does he even need to fight.]
Marie is convinced when she hears why Luxion didn’t give Kyle a ride.
“It’s better if he doesn’t have to fight. I understand. I’ll explain it to Kyle and make him give up. So don’t be too hard on yourself, Yumeria-san.”
When we looked at her, Yumeria-san was looking down and crying, as if she was in shock.
Cordelia-san, who was by her side, comforted Yumeria-san.
“It’s nothing to worry about, it’s just a rebellious phase. He may be mature, but he’s still a kid.”
Cordelia-san was showing kindness as she comforted her colleague.
I want her to show a little of that kindness to me.
However, Yumeria-san shook her head.
“It’s my fault because I didn’t do anything to be a good parent.”
When we fell silent, Yumeria-san burst into tears.
“I am ―― clumsy and often deceived. must have seemed unreliable to Kyle, and I was always a nuisance to him ―― K-Kyle’s fine without me, and he’s better off without me”
Kyle is a problem, but Yumeria is also a problem.
She seems to think that she is disqualified as a parent.
“That’s not true. Kyle was so worried about you, Yumeria-san.”
“That’s why I shouldn’t have been around Kyle. I came to this country but I was a nuisance to him.”
Yumeria came to the Alzer Commonwealth because she was worried about Kyle, but now she felt depressed that she was not needed.
I was a normal kid in a previous life, and I’ve had my share of normal problems with my parents.
Not as much as Kyle, but there is an overlap with myself.
I’d like to solve the problem of this parent and child, but it’s really just one problem after another.
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Part 6
Night.
After finishing her work, Yumeria-san hugged the transparent case containing the holy tree sapling and went out to the garden of the mansion in her nightgown.
She sat down on the bench and reminisced about the events of today.
Ever since Kyle threw her out at the warehouse, she hasn’t been able to repair their relationship until now.
“I’m no good after all”
She smiled sadly, as if troubled, and tears welled up in her eyes.
For Yumeria, Kyle is the only family she has in this world. The others have either avoided or severed ties with her due to her peculiarities.
Humans can’t understand it, but elves sense magic in color.
Yumeria was called by elves a “mixed one” and they avoided her because of the mixture of magic power they felt.
For Yumeria, her only son, Kyle, was an important relationship that she was not alone.
It would have been a shock if Kyle had told her that he would not accept her as his mother.
As she hugged the case and shrunk back, Yumeria heard a voice.
[Good evening]
“Eh?”
When she looked up, she saw that it was not Luxion, ―― but Ideal, Lelia’s constant companion
