Chapter 153: I Got the Call
Translated by AmaLynne
After Sam finished talking with Jonathan, he went to Lise’s room.
He walked down the hallway, thinking about what he could do to cheer her up.
“We can either have a hand-to-hand combat and make a quick change of pace, or we can go out into the castle town at night…and have a drink together, but I’m still a minor.”
As for drinking and smoking, one can enjoy them from the age of fifteen, when one is an adult, but that area is loose.
A child of Sam’s age can drink alcohol or smoke cigarettes and not be caught without being told by the military police, “Hey you, stop!”
Furthermore, there is no such thing as being arrested for walking around town in the middle of the night.
It is a harsh world, not as safe as in Japan in the previous life, and you are truly responsible for your actions.
Just as there are criminals in Japan, there are criminals in this world.
From bandits, pirates, and righteous thieves to murderers, thieves, and even adventurers who try to exploit the weak, there are many.
There are even adults who get involved when children are drinking, accusing them of being cheeky.
In fact, during one of Sam’s adventures with Ur, a group of adults once surrounded him when he showed up at a bar to gather information.
Of course, Sam was a no match for the average adventurer, so he fought them off.
And later, “You have the nerve to pick a fight with my cute little discipline!” and forced them to get down on their knees, were they doing well?
“I have an idea of what would please Lise-sama…but I’m not sure if it’s appropriate right now.”
In the end, unable to think of what he could do for Liese, Sam stopped and began to groan.
“Um, Sam-sama.”
“Yes?”
When he heard a voice calling his name, he turned to see a familiar maid running up to him hurriedly.
“What’s the matter, Marie-san?”
The red-haired, pony-tailed maid was a charming-looking woman of about twenty.
She was also the person in charge of making the bed and cleaning Sam’s room, and they were close enough to have a casual conversation whenever they saw each other.
She is also the person who treated Sam more politely than anyone else as a member of the Count family when he suddenly became a nuisance in Count Walker’s household.
It’s not just his imagination that Marie looks so pale.
“Is something wrong? No way, Lise-sama.”
“No. It’s not about miss. In fact, I received a letter for Sam-sama.”
“Is it from Stella-sama?”
“No, I mean…”
“It hasn’t come from Daphne yet, has it? I just sent the letter, so it probably hasn’t reached the other side yet.”
It is rare for me to receive a letter from someone other than Stella.
Günther sometimes sends poems of his composition, but he reads them out loud in front of him, so he wouldn’t bother to give them to the maid.
“I hate to tell you this, but Julian Michel’s messenger asked me to give it to Sam-sama.”
“ ――Ha?”
“He told me not to let the Master or the Lady know that a letter had come.”
[ TN: I want to use Mistress for “the female head of the house”, but Mistress can have a negative meaning in some cases so I decided no to. ]
.
He never thought he would hear the name again, a name he never wanted to hear again.
And what kind of a letter did he mean to send?
“Okay, thanks.”
He received the letter from Marie and opened it roughly.
“――He talks whatever he pleases.”
The contents of the letter were extremely unpleasant.
In brief, it said, “Lise is mine, even though she was a useless, childless woman. I don’t like the fact that she got engaged to you.”
(――I should have killed him when we met during the day.)
It is also annoying that he disrespects Lise and treats her as property.
He added, “I’ll be waiting for you tonight on the outskirts of Royal Capital. Let’s talk about Lise.”
(I know I should ignore it, but I can’t. Even though my head knows, my mind is telling me to meet. There is no way I can ignore it.)
Even though he knows it’s a cheap provocation, he can’t help but get on board.
Remembering his conversation with Jonathan, the best thing to do is to ignore it.
But there was no way he could ignore it when he treated Lise as his property.
“Um, Sam-sama. This may be a big deal, but I think you should talk to the master or lady. I have not heard good things about the Michels. If they do something in response to your call, it would be a big problem.”
“It’s fine. It says that he only wants to talk, that’s all.”
“However…I probably shouldn’t be saying this as a servant, but no one in this mansion feels good about the Michel family who made Lise-sama unhappy. Moreover, Julian, the person responsible for this, has called me. It is inconceivable that something will happen.”
(I agree.)
Sam is no fool.
There is no way that he would really think that he would end up just talking to them after being provoked so much.
But if he were to mention it, Marie would probably mention this to Jonathan or Lise.
So Sam tries to act like it’s nothing.
“Don’t worry. I’m not stupid. I’ll come back after a little chat.”
“But…”
“So please don’t tell Master and Lise-sama. I don’t want them to worry.”
“But…”
“I’ll be all right.”
Sam feels sorry for Marie’s, but ignoring her pleas, Sam decided to accept the invitation.
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