Chapter 96: Carlos is Leaving

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I thought this guy would use some underhanded tricks to force me to comply. I had already prepared my defenses, but I never expected him to say something like that. I looked at his face in disbelief, feeling puzzled instead.

“Not going… is okay?”

Carlos laughed.

“Do you want to go?”

“No.”

“Then how could I let you meet the Queen with such a sour face? I’ll go by myself.”

“Is that… no problem?”

“Even if there are problems, I’ll have to find a way to make sure there aren’t any. What else can I do?”

“Oh.” I nodded, thinking that I wouldn’t have to see that woman again made me feel somewhat happy. “Good luck.”

“Thank you very much.”

Carlos looked at me with annoyance and stopped talking. I sat quietly on the sofa, and after waiting for a while, I hesitantly spoke to him again.

“Carlos… are you leaving?”

“Yeah.”

Carlos leaned back on the sofa again, hands behind his head… this seemed to be a gesture he often made.

“You probably won’t have to see my annoying face for a long time. How about it, are you happy?”

“So happy!” I immediately raised my arms and cheered, trying to make my smile look more radiant. “Go quickly, go quickly! It’s perfect that you’re leaving. Then I’ll be alone… and can do whatever I want.”

“Don’t you already do whatever you want now? The moment I’m not careful, you dare to break into the Queen’s private residence.”

“That’s because I didn’t know!”

“You don’t know and you’re still so self-righteous… don’t do anything stupid again.”

I rolled my eyes at him again.

“You’re the one who does stupid things.”

Actually, thinking about it now, I know what I did was pretty stupid. At the time, I was attracted by the singing and didn’t think much about it. As a result, I broke into a stranger’s house for no reason and tried to pry into their privacy. This was already terrible behavior. Whether the other party was rich or poor, I shouldn’t have done that.

Although I knew I was wrong in my heart, I would never admit it verbally.

I pulled my legs up, wanting to change to a comfortable sitting position, but suddenly realized I was still wearing a skirt. My heart jumped and I quickly put my legs down, sitting properly like a lady. Then I pretended to casually glance at Carlos and found that this guy had started eating sausage again and hadn’t noticed what was happening here.

I tilted my head.

“Carlos.”

“Mm?”

“Where are you going?”

Carlos slowly swallowed what was in his mouth, then said: “Back to Winter City.”

Only then did I remember that before Carlos left, he seemed to have said to the madam… to mother that he would be back soon.

“Is it because of The Gate of Truth?”

“Yeah.” Carlos wiped his mouth with the back of his hand. “The situation there is quite severe and complex. Apart from the Wintermoon matter…”

“Don’t wipe your greasy hands on my sofa!”

I saw Carlos about to put his greasy hand that had just wiped his mouth on the sofa. I couldn’t care about what he was saying anymore and quickly stopped him. My soft voice shouted at maximum volume, scaring Carlos so much he almost threw the half sausage in his other hand.

He raised both hands above his head, looking at me with a bewildered face, his direct gaze making me feel somewhat shy.

“…Under the tea table, there are napkins. Please wipe your hands…”

“Why are you yelling so loudly, trying to scare someone to death? I thought monsters from the abyss were coming… Actually, legally speaking, this mansion temporarily still belongs to me, you…”

He stopped mid-sentence, Carlos looked somewhat dazed, then suddenly realized.

“Ah, sorry. I’m not talking about you, I…”

I shook my head.

“It’s okay, I know.”

Then I smiled sweetly at him to show that I really didn’t mind.

Seeing that I really didn’t seem to mind, Carlos felt relieved.

“Anyway, I hope that after I leave, you can get along well with the Queen. She’s actually a very good person… if you can ignore her temper…”

“Mm, I know.”

Seeing me agree so readily, Carlos looked at me with considerable doubt.

“Really?”

“Hmph, anyway, you’re leaving, so why care about me so much.” I deliberately acted disdainful, turning my head away from looking at him. After a while, I asked again: “When are you leaving?”

“In a couple of days, after all your enrollment procedures are completed.”

I touched my nose, grumbling complainingly: “Still have to wait two more days… it would be good to leave now…”

“You really can’t stand the sight of me that much.” Carlos smiled bitterly.

I secretly turned back to glance at him.

Although I knew he was joking… I originally wanted to continue badmouthing him, but the words changed direction when they reached my lips, becoming soft murmurs.

“No… I don’t…”

After saying that, I felt so useless and immediately lowered my head. Carlos seemed not to have expected such a reaction from me. After being stunned for a moment, he probably found it very interesting and immediately burst into laughter.

“Hahaha! Little Syl, what kind of reaction is that? Can’t bear to see me go?”

I immediately raised my head to glare at him.

“Who would, that’s really disgusting.”

“I remember there’s a saying, how does it go? Women are all creatures who say the opposite of what they mean?”

“I’m not a woman.”

“Yes, yes, yes, I know. You’re nowhere near being a woman, at most you can only be called a girl.”

“I’m a manly man.”

“Pfft— where’s the manliness?”

“My whole body is muscle.”

“With such thin arms and legs… don’t you look in the mirror when you lie?”

“I look every day, if you can’t see it, that’s your problem.”

“Nonsense…”

Later, Carlos forced himself to finish the sausage.

“Don’t expect me to buy you food again next time.”

He said this with a pained expression as he walked toward the guest room on the first floor.

Hmph, trying to scare me?

You’re leaving anyway.

……

Nothing happened that night.

The comfortable and familiar room let me sleep well, and I woke up early the next day. I originally wanted to make some Captain Grey dish to let Carlos taste my cooking, but when I ran to the kitchen, it was empty with nothing there. Then I knocked on Carlos’s door and found he was already gone.

I found several Kanri coins he left behind on the tea table, along with a note.

[There’s a market west of the street, go see what you want to eat yourself.]

He probably already set off for the royal palace.

So I had to get ready by myself and went out, walking to the big iron gate of the mansion at 2 Londor Street and looking inside with my head tilted.

The mansion was quiet, with nothing but flowers, grass, and wind.

After taking a look, I lost interest.

I went to the market to buy sweet cakes, and after that I went to the Winter City branch of Saint George Bank to exchange all the Valen gold coins in my money pouch for Kanri coins. When I came out, I found many tailor shops along the street, with dresses displayed outside the counters that were all bright and beautiful. You could tell from the fabric that they were high-end goods. Then I couldn’t resist and after browsing around, 30-something of the 40 gold coins in my money pouch had disappeared, so I had to go to the bank again.

When I came back carrying clothes, the sun was already high overhead, and Carlos had already returned, which surprised me.

“So fast?”

“Should I have stayed to enjoy lunch with those fat-headed nobles?”

“…That’s true.”

He didn’t say whether he encountered any trouble, but judging from his expression, it should be pretty good.

The new home still needed many things, like charcoal, candles, tableware and such, very troublesome matters. So in the remaining time, Carlos and I were busy with these things, especially the kitchen, we bought everything we needed.

The honey and sugar here are much cheaper than in the Valen Empire, so sweets here won’t be prohibitively expensive, and buying them no longer hurts.

This was the happiest thing today.

Next came the day of school enrollment.

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