Absolutely Do Not Touch Eldmia Egga – Chapter 30

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Yuziro
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The guard unit set off without hesitation the next morning as soon as the schedule was sorted out.

When I asked Lagnis where Gies was, she said that if he went to the capital together right away, he might be targeted by the noble faction and end up in danger.

So they decided to have him stay in Ogwen and prepare a residence for a while.

After all, even if he couldn’t be a witness, he would be able to easily track down a few people associated with the noble faction.

If it was revealed that he was sticking with the royalist faction, he might immediately receive an assassin gift set.

Still, it was disappointing to not see his face before leaving after flying together in the sky, but we would see each other again someday.

“So, what are you going to do?”

Lagnis, who had been giving me a displeased look as I was lying down on one side of the carriage that was excessively wide, suddenly asked.

“Huh?”

In the comfort of not being shaken, I was savoring the lingering feelings of parting that hadn’t disappeared yet, so I failed to grasp the point of her question a beat late.

“Have you decided which one you’ll accept, Sir Ekaf’s proposal or my proposal?”

“Of course I have to stay at Sir Ekaf’s house, what an obvious question… Ow!”

“Why is that obvious?!”

I was kicked in the side by a surprise attack, but it was truly unfair.

No, even if you think about it rationally, if you were given a choice between living in Lagnis’s villa that was about to be gloriously revived while commuting to Sir Ekaf’s mansion.

Or I could choose living in his house as a freeloader, and eating the systematic meals and training that the family’s soldiers eat. wouldn’t you naturally choose the latter?

Just in case, I weighed it again with a cold intellect, but the latter was still advantageous.

“I’m telling you, the levels are different from the start. You’re still young, so you don’t know how much of a significant impact commute time has on the quality of life.”

Having lived in my previous life, suffering from a two-hour one-way commute, I prided myself on being more aware of its importance than anyone else in this world.

However, Lagnis, who had no way of knowing my experience, just inflated her cheeks and kept beating me.

The journey that followed, along with trivial pranks, was definitely smooth.

No matter how many crazy, murderous psychopaths were out there, only a few lunatics would want to rob or attack a procession of this scale.

Moreover, one of the King’s Ten Swords and a battle mage who looked like he could snap a barbarian warrior’s neck were exuding an extraordinary presence at the front.

Even if they were truly a madman of the century, they would have no choice but to politely step aside.

Because of that, the only things we had to do were look at the passing scenery, eat, and sleep, so even Lagnis became very energetic and violent like this.

“Even if you come up to the capital and the interference continues, you might not know, but they might have already concluded that they won’t dare to do anything for a while. So why would I refuse Sir Ekaf’s proposal and live in your house… Ow! Ouch! At least! Let me finish speaking!”

“You insensitive bastard! I’ll! Give you! A beating! A beating!”

It was a miserable day when I couldn’t help but lament the unjust and unreasonable violence, but of course, I never yielded my opinion until the end.

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The capital we arrived at after six days far surpassed my imagination, and was a huge city.

Honestly, with Ogwen and the stories I heard, I lived without any particular expectations for the civilization of this world.

Of course, Ogwen maintained a culture closer to medieval fantasy that you could only see in games, rather than a realistic medieval period, but it was difficult to call it clean and sophisticated even as a compliment.

However, the capital was different. It was so refined, clean, and magnificent that it could be called fantasy anywhere.

It had a grandeur of a different form from modern cities lined with buildings.

In the end, faced with a culture shock I had never expected, I couldn’t help but admire it, taking the typical actions a country bumpkin would take.

However, Lagnis’s entrance into the capital was not so easy that I could stick my body out the window and look around the world.

Because she was not supposed to directly reveal herself until the official announcement, we had to close the windows and draw the curtains so that no one could see inside as we approached the capital.

“This… isn’t the capital sightseeing I had in mind…!”

“You weren’t even that interested.”

“Not… anymore…”

I’m seriously curious about what buildings there are, what they sell, and how much they charge. I heard that adventurers’ guilds also exist in the capital, but I couldn’t even imagine what kind of work they would have for adventurers in such a splendid city.

Would they even have a place to stay?

While I was pondering such things, we first stopped at Sir Ekaf’s mansion.

As the carriage stopped in the training ground attached to the huge white mansion that gave off a feeling similar to a Greek temple, Lagnis, who was very dissatisfied, said,

“Get off. You’ve arrived at your destination.”

“Why are you sulking again? We’ll be within spitting distance anyway.”

“Hmph! Go suffer with Lady Ogatorf and regret it!”

Lagnis roughly pushed me out, harshly closed the carriage door, and left the Ogatorf mansion like that.

Before I could even be dumbfounded after being suddenly left alone, one of the mounted knights who had joined the guard unit approached me and spoke.

“Follow me. The head of the family told me to explain about you to the family members and servants and give you a room.”

Judging by the fact that he referred to Sir Ekaf as the head of the family, he must have been a knight belonging to the Ogatorf family. Since he didn’t seem to have any intention of introducing himself, I just nodded my head without saying much and followed him.

As we entered the mansion, an atmosphere flowed as if the grass and the servants would live quietly and calmly so as not to tarnish the family’s honor.

An old gentleman who was the very embodiment of a butler greeted us.

“You must be tired, Sir Randa.”

“This is just the beginning, head butler. Are the madam and the young lady here?”

“They are currently out attending a tea party hosted by Viscountess Aridene.”

“If it’s that person’s tea party, it will take some time. Then, could you prepare a room for this boy to use for now?”

Randa, the knight, pointed at me while turning his body, as if he intended to slack off for a while.

When the old butler silently asked with his gaze, he shrugged his shoulders and answered.

“He’s a child the head of the family has taken an interest in and brought. For now, just treat him as a guest.”

“I see. I will guide him right away.”

Randa, who lightly bowed his head in greeting, turned around and strode out of the mansion.

Judging by his appearance, he wasn’t just slacking off, but rather didn’t have enough time to wait for the lady of the house who had gone out to play, so he had just handed me over.

“I am Yan Gridsea, the head butler of the Ogatorf family. May I ask your name?”

A mustached head butler who uses honorifics even to a boy. So such a person really exists.

“I am Eldmia Egga.”

There was no need for me to explain in detail, and it was awkward to say nice to meet you in advance when I didn’t know what I would be doing in the mansion from now on, so I just introduced myself and closed my mouth.

Nevertheless, Head Butler Yan, who smiled faintly and bowed slightly, said to me as he climbed the stairs of the central hall,

“Please come this way. I will guide you to your room.”

The room I was guided to was so nice that I really wondered if it was truly a guest room.

Yan gave me freedom by closing the door and leaving with a brief greeting without saying much, but I couldn’t even bring myself to sit on the fluffy and extremely sophisticated-looking bed and sofa with my not-so-clean appearance, feeling like I was doing a tap dance on a bed of thorns.

In the end, unable to do either, I went into the bathroom in the corner of the room and crouched down in the bathtub.

“This… this doesn’t seem right.”

But it was certainly better than dirtying those expensive pieces of furniture.

Strangely feeling stable amidst a storm of emotions, I fell asleep while blankly sitting there without any thoughts at all.

How long had I been asleep like that? I unknowingly woke up to the sound of rough footsteps coming from afar.

-Bang!

“Young lady! Why are you doing this…!”

For a moment, forgetting even where I was, I almost drew my sword from the sleeping bag I was holding.

Only after my half-asleep mind belatedly realized that the loud noise I just heard was the sound of the door to the room I was in being kicked open, did I hear the voices and assess the situation, barely able to put down my luggage.

“Oh my, young lady! The head of the family said to treat him as a guest!”

I couldn’t guess at all why she made such an intense entrance.

In the midst of such an incomprehensible situation, while I was confused for a moment, the presence-filled footsteps approached, and the bathroom door was roughly opened.

-Bang!

In front of the door that opened like that, a person who was clearly the one who kicked the door open with her foot stood proudly, looking down at me.

With long platinum-blonde hair that had a deeper golden hue than Asirye’s, and purple eyes that resembled her father’s, the girl revealed who she was.

“I am Cheryl Tzin Ogatorf.”

What?

Is she also the owner of a belief similar to mine?

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