Chapter 13: A Present for the Young Lady

I sure received a terrible letter.

Oh! That black paper contains a fair amount of dark magical power!Gahaha!

Right?I can feel it all around us.

The letter in my hands started to feel hot.

You must be really happy to receive such a letter, full of Young Ladys magical power! It overflows with the blessings of the dark attribute!

Father, this is what youd call a curse.

Yyes. I must immediately prepare a present and a letter for the young lady.

You should write the letter once we arrive at our house. As for the present if youd like to use gem ores, I have a lot of them. Since youre a light attribute magic user, you could use that to create something for her. You sure must be happy that the young lady thinks so much about you.

The full-plate was nodding in agreement.

Or, it might be that hes scared and this is just his counter-plan

Then I will go with that. Thank you, father.

While we had this conversation, the carriage came to a halt.

It seems we arrived.

I got off the carriage and a splendid western-style house came in sight.

The mansion doesnt look that new, but it sure has personality.

In the entry hall, the maids were lined up in rows. Theres a nicely dressed, handsomemiddle-aged man at the end of the rows.

He must be the butler.

Welcome back, Master.

All the servants lowered their heads simultaneously.

Yes, thank you. Everyone, this is my adopted son, Zest. Starting now, you will recognize him as such. Hes an excellent light magic user, Sonia already gave his approval!

Did Sonia-sama.. That Sonia-sama? A light magic user.

The old mans raised hand stopped the shocked voices in an instance.

Its a pleasure to meet you, Zest-sama. I am Camel and I serve as the familys butler. I am greeting you in the name of all the servants. Please take good care of us!

He said that and lowered his head in a very elegant manner.

It was such a beautiful bow, it charmed me.

Hello Camel, I am Zest. I will strive not to bring shame on my fathers name, on our family honor. I will be relying on you.

Yes, young master.

I would say its enough for the greetings. Zest, you are free to do what you please until dinner time. You will meet my wife then too. I will make preparations for the ore to be sent to your room. You should quickly write the letter for the young lady.Gahahaha!

The full-plate crushed my shoulders and then left.

!? He took Masters attack so calmly! There.theres a crack in the floor Heused recovery magic!

I see.So thats a normal behavior for the full-plate.

After I assured the maid that I was okay, she showed me to my room.

This is young masters room. All the necessary things for writing the letter have already been prepared. The gem ore will arrive shortly.

If I were to compare this room with the ones Ive used in the Frontier Counts mansion, its not inferior to them. Id rather say, its quite a wonderful room.

Who would have thought the young lady was ayandere

I will write the reason I couldnt visit her and Ill apologize.

I really think you are very cute.

I actually like you very much.

I kept on writing, even though my body felt numb.

Its quite harshIf I were to write something like this in Japan, it would only hurt.

With very much struggle I managed to finish writing the letter, put it into an envelope and sealed it.

It seems the gem ore has arrived as well.

Excuse me, young master. These are all the ores we managed to gather for now, which one do you prefer?

There were some rocks lined up on a huge tray.

I just chose one of them randomly.

!? Tthen, I will take my leave now.

For some reason, the maid had a red face while she left the roomwas she ill? A cold, maybe?

More importantly, I must cast all my light magical power into this ore.

I was frantic.

I dont wish to die..I dont want to die at the hands of the young lady.

She has good style, her skin looks so white and smooth, her hair looks so silky.Id rather say shes just my type.

I might like her.I do like her a lot! My feelings, please reach to her!!!

Is this the result of the young ladys curse? That it became like this..

I inserted the resulted pink colored gem in a charming little bag, and I passed it, together with the letter, to a maid in order to deliver them to the young lady.

Fuuu..It should be all right for the time being.

I looked outside the window only to see that the evening was settling down. Itll be time for dinner soonIts time to meet my foster mother.

I sure did concentrate a lot, for the time to pass this fast.

I felt accomplished, and while the fatigue was greater than before, I drank some black tea.

Black tea, huh?..Even though in Japan I was the coffee type.

While I was getting emotional, the butler Camel came to ask for me.

It seems that, during my working, some maids were affected by my magical power and collapsed.

Sorry..I left Camel in charge to apologize to them on my behalf.

Theres no need for the young master to do that. The madam was actually delighted!

Is what he replied. Why would she be happy about it? Ah! Because of the excellent magic user thing?!

The madam said To frantically cast magical power like that in order to make a present for my cute niece, he sure is a charming son, isnt he! She was very happy!

Niece?.The foster mother Im going to meet soon is the old Frontier Counts..blood relative.

Will I be able to survive this?