PLEMF - Chapter 53

"Big brother!"

Theodore sent me out of the library under the pretext that he had to write a reconnaissance report, and I went to Caliph with an ominous premonition.

"Huh?"

The moment I saw him I regretted it.

Caliph was surrounded by papers like the usual Alseid, and he barely lifted his eyes to look at me.

I couldn't make any unfounded claims that Theodore had picked up a mammoth cub.

So I openly said something he would never allow.

"That... There is a big brother. My brother is busy, so should I practice with Theo?"

There was no way Caliph would allow it.

If he leave it to Theodore, It is obvious that the two of us will do something dangerous.

I think so.

Sure enough, the obvious refusal came back.

"No. I'll have time to watch you practice."

"Uh... Yes, take care of it."

I greeted him moderately and tried to get out, but Caliph seemed to misunderstand my hesitation.

"Do you want to practice with Theo?"

No, you can't do that.

"Huh? No, It's just... Because my eldest brother is busy. Even now, you don't even look at Liana properly."

I added a word in a charming way, and it immediately backfired.

Caliph laughed and pulled his chair back.

"Come here, Liana."

I couldn't help but approach him as he patted me on the knee.

Reluctantly, I stretched out my arms, and he lifted me up and sat me on his lap.

I didn't really want to peek at it, but I saw a few sentences of the unfolded documents.

...The reinforcements sent have calmed the chaos in the strait to some extent, but we would like to give tax cuts only to fishermen whose livelihoods have been damaged...

Chaos in the strait?

At the unexpected news, I quickly lowered my gaze and confirmed the sender.

"With respect and loyalty, Philip."

Stone Age Lord, right?

There is Lausanne in the nearby strait, and I have always listened to news from Lausanne, but I have not heard anything for a long time.

As Caliph folded the letter as if conscious of my gaze, I quickly took out the four-year-old child's mask that I used whenever necessary.

"Who sent the letter?"

When I asked naturally, he stroked my hair and retorted.

"Rather than a letter... It was a report sent by my uncle, the lord of Stone Age. Originally, it was something that my father had to check."

"Alas..."

I asked again, recalling the word "chaos in the strait."

"How are you, uncle?"

Caliph smiled softly

"I'm sure you'll like him, but you haven't seen him yet. Uncle is busy In the strait. There are a lot of troublesome things."

"Straits?"

Pretending not to know, Caliph drew a map on a blank piece of paper.

"When there is an ocean between land and land like this, it is called a strait. There is such a place on the continent of Viante."

"Oh, aha! Sea of wind!"

Caliph grinned.

"That's right, Liana."

"Then why don't you trouble yourself?"

When I asked him again, pretending not to know, he hesitated a little.

"That..."

But In the end, he picked up the pen again and drew something over the sea.

They were large and small islands.

"Here on the islands of the sea, there are lands that do not belong to the kingdom. Because they do not pay taxes, they are far from benefits, and there are bad people who try to use poverty as an excuse to plunder other people's things."

"Oh, I know them too."

"Really?"

I lowered my voice and whispered as if I was acting.

"Pirate!"

He chuckled.

"My baby doesn't know anything anymore."

Then he added a brief explanation.

"The pirates have been strangely on the rise for a while, but it seems that my uncle has successfully suppressed them. It's okay now."

"Really?"

When asked for confirmation, Caliph nodded.

"Yes, really."

Actually, I wanted to ask more about Lausanne, but I can't find a way to bring it up.

There had never been a time in my previous life that the terrifying Philipp Halias could not manage the pirates.

I continued without forgetting what Caliph had said earlier.

"Liana, pyromance is only practiced with you. Theo... Because he's so adventurous."

"Yes. Theodore will definitely try to test my limits at least once."

To be honest, It's not that I don't want to, but there's nothing good about openly rebelling against Caliph.

"Yes, big brother."

I returned from the castle lord's room, which Caliph had temporarily occupied, with only unexpected information.

Big brother...

Didn't our second brother bring a mammoth to our castle, right?

A strange sense of anxiety was only buried in my heart.

***

Theodore was locked in the library the next day, and my anxiety actually grew bigger.

'I can't bring in to Caliph because of uncertainty.'

With that in mind, I decided to meet Aaron, the commander of the knights.

'If I do well, he might vomit the words. First of all, he like me very much.'

It was not difficult to meet Aaron and other scouts on the north face because they were on daytime duty.

I found him in the hallway in front of my room and rushed to the moon.

"Aaron!"

The leader's eyes widened and he knelt down on one knee in front of me.

"Baby! You know my name!"

"Of course!"

I said that and stretched out my arms naturally.

Aaron asked back, helpless.

"Oh, can I hug you...?"

Even though I nodded, he asked again.

"If my lord knows..."

I finally made a clear decision.

"So, hurry up! Give me a hug quickly! I have a place I want to go!"

Aaron was so moved that he hugged me, almost with tears in his eyes.

I was afraid that I would slip because I was holding on to it so gently, but the Knight Commander easily succeeded in landing me on his thick arm.

"Where are I going to take you, baby?"

"Stable."

His affectionate eyes faltered slightly, but soon he regained his composure.

"Yes? Oh, you got a pony as a gift for your birthday, didn t you?"

Cream is good, but cream is not the problem right now.

I was hugged by the captain and asked again as I walked down the hallway

"And what about the animal kennel again? New room."

Aaron replied with a slightly sullen face.

"Livestock. There is a hunting dog kennel."

"I'll go to the stable, and I'll go there too!"

"Baby..."

I wrapped my arms around Aaron's hesitant neck and whispered in his ear.

"Captain, do you know I've manifested?"

But Aaron unexpectedly stopped.

"Manifestation... What do you mean?"

"Don't know? I'm going to manifest as a pyromancer!"

"Yes? Already? Is that true?"

It seems that the lips of the Halias soldiers are really heavy.

Since there were knights on the night I met Direwolf, I thought that the leader would naturally know about it.

Well, it doesn't matter if he didn't know.

"Don't you wonder if it's real or not? Wanna see it?"

Aaron gulped.

"Of course I want to see you, baby!"

"Hmm, my father told me to use my abilities only when I am alone with my eldest brother, but if you show me the animal pen, the leader will be rewarded?"

The leader's face suddenly turned white.

"No, baby. As the commander of the Knights of Halias, that Aaron Eckert will never protest to you."

I muttered to myself in surprise and untied my arm around his neck.

"What is a protest? When I saw the dog, it was so cute that I drew a heart-shaped flame, but I didn't mean to show off, so I meant not to misunderstand it."

I straddled Aaron's arm and shook my legs urgently.

Soon, he made a complaint.

"Can you really draw it in the shape of a heart?"

Poop.

I shrugged my shoulders proudly at Aaron.

"Halias doesn't say things he can't keep."

He smiled and began to walk slowly again.

"Seeing that you want to see animals, you are the Princess of Hallas."

Yes, I'm trying to see the animal pen because of the Halias in question.

I need to make sure there are no strange monsters I've seen in the castle before.l

***

I looked around the animal pen with Aaron, but nothing special happened.

All the horses in the stable were healthy, and the clever Creamy recognized me and welcomed me.

Some of the cows in the barn actually gave birth!

I did a lot of animal viewing, but I couldn't see anything like an unidentified big furry dog.

After showing the heart-shaped flame to the leader as promised, he was so moved that I hugged him again, who was in tears.

There was only one way to learn about furry beasts.

"Aaron, you had a hard time on the north wall, didn't you?"

He replied as if impressed.

"It's touching that you know. Ha, everyone will not want to go on reconnaissance or expeditions with the second master anymore."

"Is my brother being mean?"

"Mean? No way, what kind of person is Theodore? Rather, it's the opposit ... Because he is so good..."

"...Yes?"

"That... Is it a month when things keep increasing? Haha."

When Aaron smiled awkwardly and was about to end the conversation, I naturally spoke.

"Yes, taking care of young animals is not normal."

Aaron's face was crumpled.

"Did he tell the baby? The master? No, what should I do..."

You mean it? Really?

Theodore Halias!

I wanted to cry, but I tried my best to smile at the leader.

"Don't worry, Aaron. I don't tell my eldest brother."

But Aaron seemed to be in shuddering pain just thinking about the mammoth cub.

He shook his head and frowned.

"Ugh, how terrible and dirty it is... What's so cute about a horse cub and a beast like it? Honestly, I don't want to go near the North Wall again."

I kept thinking about the decoration.

"Uh... They said you could train it?"

Honestly, I was expecting it to be funny, but Aaron sighed.

"Theodore might be able to do it. Whether it's a duck that has lost its mother, an injured deer, or even the most ferocious horse. To be honest, I haven't seen any animal that he can't tame."

Was that much...

"So he can train mammoths..."

"Even though it acted like a maniac, it calmed down when he touched it."

I muttered to Theodore, feeling betrayed.

"The smell of monsters bodily fluids was the smell of mammoths..."

"Yes?"

"No, Aaron. You really worked hard."

I felt sorry for Aaron and hugged him sincerely.

Aaron was overjoyed, but he didn't forget to add.

"Please keep it a secret from the Eldest master. After completing it's treatment, it was also sent back into the north wall, so you just need to listen carefully to Theo's words not to come down again."

Did you even send it back up?

Have you ever seen such an absurd man?

No, what if it comes down again after it gets bigger?

What would be better if we went and hunted again?