Volume 9 Chapter 8: Heading Home
<span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:400">Volume 9 Chapter 8: Heading Home
<span style="font-weight:400">"Yeah, we will be staying at your mansion for the entire break."
<span style="font-weight:400">"..." Keith paused before questioning, "Does Uncle Julius know about this?" He might actually go crazy if Carolyn went solo on this. The thought of it made him shiver. The king nned to kill him when he heard about how the two kissed. And the look he made as he pecked her forehead was just...frightening.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Rx," Carolyn waved, "Here''s a letter from my father. He told me to give it to you."
<span style="font-weight:400">"Here''s one from my father as well," Krystal also had one from Edmund. Keith opened the letter from Julius first.
<i><span style="font-weight:400">Kid. My daughter is going to stay in your region for the break...</i>
<span style="font-weight:400">Are you kidding me?
<span style="font-weight:400">The writing at the end of this sentence was jagged. Clearly, he didn''t want to do this! Okay, at least he wrote it clearly in the following sentence.
<i><span style="font-weight:400">After what urred, I need to do some cleanup. And don''t you dare flirt with my daughter! I don''t ept this rtionship! </i><b><i>DO IT, AND I WILL END YOU!</i></b>
<span style="font-weight:400">"..." This was totally expected from a doting father. Keith then opened the other letter.
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<i><span style="font-weight:400">Keith, my daughter will stay in your region for the rest of the break. Because of what happened at the duchy, we still need to take out many people. I don''t want my daughter to see that. I''ve discussed this with the Marquis Freed, and he said it was fine. Please take care of my daughter. And you don''t need to worry about the bakery and merchant shop; I will look after it.</i>
<span style="font-weight:400">"..." There''s such a difference. Both messages were telling him they would stay together. Yet, the feeling was so different; it was just drastic.
<span style="font-weight:400">Makes sense. Reading the contents, it was unsurprising that they would send their daughters away. Both families needed a cleanup. The Rustchil duchy had Rodrick Rustchil, who tried to upset the grand duchy by poisoning the grand duchess and then recing critical figures with his people.
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<span style="font-weight:400">They had resolved a good amount. But that didn''t mean there were no traitors left; it was time for them to take out the stragglers.
<span style="font-weight:400">The same thing was going down in the royal family. Felix and Doyle. These two guys needed to be taken out as well. Felix had basically made a deal with Alger to sacrifice Carolyn to be the crown prince. Doyle was also found to be involved. That was why he wasn''t in ss anymore.
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<span style="font-weight:400">Yeah, both needed to do a lot of cleanup.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Sure, you two can stay at my home." They were more than wee. Hearing all of this, Carolyn and Krystal''s expressions brightened tenfold. Well, even if Keith said no, they would still do it.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Let''s go!" There was no point in waiting here as the group was ready to set off. But as they did so,
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<span style="font-weight:400">"We''re not going to go through the teleportation gate?"
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Nope. Waste of coins."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"…" You know you can''t say that, right? It didn''t make sense after how many coins he had thrown away.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"I''ve already told my family about it. It would be pleasant to go on a camping trip with the five of you," Keith grinned, "And we''ll be passing by the Stillword territory first." Jack and Sarah nned to take the carriage to their home. That was why the two hitched a ride with him.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Keith, you didn''t have to."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"It''s fine. And besides, I hate the idea of going through the gates all of the time," It ruined the fun of adventuring. And like that, they were off. The marquis knights had surrounded the area.
<span style="font-weight:400">After some time, they had stopped to take a break,
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Alright, I guess I''m on cooking duty." Keith cracked his neck back and forth. It was time for him to do some cooking for all of them. As he did so, the knights were smiling,
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<span style="font-weight:400">"It''s so great to have the young master''s cooking again!"
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Indeed!"
<span style="font-weight:400">"I couldn''t forget about it!"
<span style="font-weight:400">This taste! It had been so long since they had something as tasty as this. However, Keith tilted his head, "Didn''t you guys have Gus cooking for you?" He learned most of his techniques.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Of course! But it''s nothingpared to your cooking, Young Master!" One knight sounded.
<span style="font-weight:400">That was when the other knights chimed in as well. It was quite a predicament. After the group had finished their meal, they decided to go to bed. Keith and Jack were in one tent while the rest of the girls were in the other.
<span style="font-weight:400">"How about we add the bow onto his neck? That would definitely make him cuter?"
<span style="font-weight:400">"If you add this one to the tail, it would be great as well."
<span style="font-weight:400">"Hah! Can you guys not talk so loud?!" Keith groaned. These tents were not soundproof. With those words, the man returned to bed. That was only for a few hours before he woke up. A sigh came from his mouth. He walked out and saw the knights on standby.
<span style="font-weight:400">That was when the knights nudged their heads to one side. Going there, he saw Carolyn using magic. She had been channeling mana into her hand.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"How long has she been at it?" Krystal and Sarah with her.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"…3 hours," Sarah frowned.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"You know doing this while you''re all tired out is only going to do worse," Keith called out to the girl.
<span style="font-weight:400">Carolyn sighed, "But I need to get used to celestial magic." That was a must. Celestial magic. This magic was quite powerful, and the Philosopher Kingdom wanted to use this power to cement itself as the strongest kingdom.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"I''ve been listening to all of Alger''s words when using it. But that was the wrong way. I need to relearn everything from scratch." Alger had taught her the spells. However, it was a rush job. She had learned everything so quickly that she couldn''t control any of them. That would do more harm than good.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"…" Keith sighed as he patted the girl''s head, "There''s no need for you to overwork like this. You already have an understanding of it." Yes, Alger had rushed her, but she had a foundation. Weak, but they could add more to it.
<span style="font-weight:400">"…You always say these things."
<span style="font-weight:400">"Just calm down and do so," Keith sighed, "Come on, you three. Drink this; it''ll help you sleep. We have a long journey ahead of us."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Thank you," It was a ss of warm milk.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"By the way, where is my brother?" Sarah tilted her head,
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Oh, he''s sleeping like a log."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"…" Sarah held her head, "That blockhead could sleep through anything."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Pff,"
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