Chapter 43

Chapter 43

Chapter 43. Time flowed and Valder's alumni meeting day came.

The mansion was noisy from morning with the sound of servants running.

“Is the rose water bath finished? Then bring here!”

“How did the clothes entrusted to the famous tailor go? Wait, here is wrinkled! Bring ironed again!”

“Ruby or sapphire is too flashy so rather buried so let's use the cuffs with pearls.”

“Is the horses' brushing all done? Horseshoes also all changed?”

And finally the completed result was excellent.

I looked at Valder with a dazed face with a satisfied face.

The ordinary impression was unchanged, but well combed hair, high-class clothes flowing with soft luster, even the carriage led by a pure white famous horse like snow.

An attire flowing with richness.

“Th... Madam, what on earth is this?”

Valder asked with a face still unable to know the reason.

“Today is the alumni meeting day?”

“You remembered that!”

“Since a person who came to work in our castle paid a bit of attention. Go today and do well.”

And signaled the servant with eyes and handed a heavy pocket.

Valder who slightly opened the pocket made a shocked face.

“M-Madam. This...! Too excessive...!”

“Haven't even received salary. Since rare treat friends with this money and such.”

“Madam...”

Valder's eyes moistened with emotion.

Seeing that face it seemed no need to worry about the success of the plan.* * *The bar where the alumni meeting is held was a place Valder often went during academy days.

Promised to meet regularly, but for 3 years after graduating the academy Valder never attended the alumni meeting even once.

Because didn't want to show his shabby appearance living as an unemployed.

But today was different.

His appearance dressed up from morning reflected on the glass window.

A clearly different appearance from a few days ago.‘Taking care even of clothes like this, the Valfruga ducal house is really a good place.’ Loyalty toward the Valfruga ducal house deepened more in Valder's heart.

Finally checking the attire Valder entered inside the bar.

“I'm not late?”

At Valder's appearance the alumni looked at him with surprised faces.

“Valder...? Really Valder?”

One alumnus confirmed his name continuously as if unable to believe.

“Haha. Why so surprised? Right, it's been a bit long for us.”

When Valder sat in the empty seat, the alumni's gazes all concentrated on Valder.

“No, why changed this much? What on earth happened in the meantime?”

“What work. Don't do that and order quickly. Today I'll pay so everyone order as much as you want!”

However Valder's alumni were more interested in Valder's change than the bar menu.

“What work are you doing these days? Seeing the appearance seems touched quite a bit of money.”

“Started a business? Did you marry a rich house lady on your face?”

“What marriage. The working family did it. This clothes also Lefer know? Tailored there.”

Valder showed his arm and boasted.

“The working place tailored such expensive clothes? No, what work are you doing there?”

The alumni pressed Valder.

Valder was particularly ordinary even among the alumni.

Okay enough grades and okay enough face.

A guy who had nothing outstanding anywhere suddenly appeared in such a flashy attire, so everyone seemed crazy curious about the secret.

“What talent. Just learned administrator work so doing that. Our mistress knows how to value people.”

Valder grinned and started boasting in earnest.

“Gives a lot of salary too, that carriage also all lent by the family.”

The alumni who heard Valder's boast each made envious faces.

If appeared in ordinary attire would have thought exaggeration is severe, but seeing the well-dressed appearance couldn't not believe.

“Where on earth is the place you work?”

At one alumnus's question Valder answered with a proud face.

“Valfruga ducal house. One of the four great ducal houses.”

Then some alumni made puzzled faces.

“Valfruga that collapsed ducal house?”

“These days succeeded with hair loss medicine so not collapsed they said. No, but did the ducal house even select commoners?”

“Perhaps you didn't hide status and enter?”

At the alumnus's words Valder got angry abruptly.

“What lie! Selected knowing I'm a commoner. There no territoriality toward commoners or such. As expected the four great ducal houses are real nobles.”

Seeing that appearance Valder's alumnus Albert thought.

He had much better grades than Valder during academy days, and did work well too.

Thanks to that now working as an administrator of one baron house, but honestly not quite satisfactory.

Just because commoner gave less salary than other administrators, and also dumped annoying work.

Still thought better than farming or doing other work, but seeing the appearance of Valder thought worse than himself being treated the thought changed.‘Wait. If treating the Valder guy that much I also can receive at least that level of treatment?’ Come to think of it seemed also saw the notice of the Valfruga ducal house selecting people.

At that time also thought the conditions are okay, but the cold and far ducal house was unpleasant so didn't apply.

Seeing Valder doing that the thought of ‘Shall I also once?’ arose.* * *“It's a success.”

Treon said putting down the plate piled full of letters.

“All letters wanting to work in our territory?”

“Yes. This time also Madam's plan succeeded. Never thought of appealing in this way, as expected Madam is intelligent.”

“As expected showing with eyes works well. But many commoners?”

Asking while opening the letters, Treon nodded.

“Anyway the point of not discriminating commoners either seemed attractive.”

“What, we as long as work well regardless of status. Still with this level no need to worry about Naul striking.”

Thanks to that the heart became much lighter.

“By the way the territory's scale will grow more but if continuously hard to find people like this it will be troublesome.”

“Ah. So speaking butler, how about building an academy in our territory?”

“Academy? But in our territory there are no nobles worth attending.”

“Not nobles, an academy that commoners can also attend.”

I recalled the elementary school experienced in Korea before possession.

“When reaching a certain age send all children to school so can read and write letters, and if wanting to learn more the family gives scholarship and sends to university, no capital academy. If there's a specialty can also revive that.”

At a matter never imagined even once Treon fell into thought.

“From now our territory will need more people. Not only administrators but also pharmacists or mages are needed.”

“But time...”

“Of course will take a very long time. Will take 10 years. But butler, think. The appearance of people born and raised in our territory learning in our territory and working for the territory.”

Whether imagined that appearance Treon made an excited face.

The glorious days passed, and everyone left the Valfruga territory.

Farming was also hard, and rather than becoming a hunter risking life becoming a mercenary was better.

Probably Treon is imagining a much more future brilliant scenery than now clearly.

Whether the throat choked he slowly opened his mouth.

“That... would be a really wonderful scenery.”* * *Also obtained the administrator, and with the leisure that arose for the first time I held hands with Lus and headed to the dessert shop in the capital.

The cake with soft fresh cream on top, and decorated with refreshing fruits shone like jewels under the lighting.

“Lus, ah-.”

I cut the cake largely and gave to Lus first.

Lus opened his small mouth and received the cake I gave like a baby bird.

“How is it? Delicious?”

I checked Lus's expression with a face full of expectation.

Well, Lus this is the first time eating cake or something!

Thinking I also never ate cake even once after possession.‘Until now was also poor to the extent no money to buy bread, and in the territory no decent patissier so unavoidable...’ Lus's mouth moved munching.

Every time the white cheeks flushed, and the eyes sparkled.

“Delicious?”

At my question Lus tightly closed his mouth and nodded.

“Melted in the mouth.”

“Right? Want to eat one more bite?”

“No, because delicious older sister also has to eat together.”

Then this time cut twice as large as what I cut and gave to me.

“This time is older sister's.”

“This is too big?”

“Then I'll cut smaller.”

Lus carefully cut so the fruit decoration placed on the cake doesn't fall.

Blackie stretched long on the table shook his tail dissatisfied.[Master, I don't know well what meaning that action has.]

“The meaning is that our cute Lus is cuter.”[I can't understand where that is cute.]

“Talking with Blackie?”

Lus handed the small cut piece to me and asked.

I received and ate the piece Lus cut and nodded.

“Yeah. Was talking that you're cute.”

Lus supported both palms under the chin making a flower calyx and looked up at me.

“Am I cute?”

“Right! The cutest in the world!”

Lus smiled brightly.

At that appearance the people glancing at us from around let out sighs like sighs.[...]

Blackie looked at Lus with a face of absurdity.

Of course reptile expressions are all similar so this is my feeling.

Also seeing something strange in the shadow, still Blackie seemed quite unpleasant about Lus.

“But I'm already worried. This time if going to the meeting older sister being a spirit beast's contractor will be revealed. Will it be okay?”