I Picked Up a Witch With Amnesia

6. Bullshit – 04

It’s always a fact that I feel keenly, but it’s always been my theory that time must be a ruthless woman who is weak to the strong and infinitely strong to the weak. This was by no means an unfounded slander. I had my own reasons for feeling this sentiment.

For example, two months ago, when I was in Lumentium, time passed terribly slowly, as if it really stopped. An emperor who turns people’s clothes upside down with words, a princess who makes my feeble heart strain because she doesn’t know when to raise her fist, or an Ariel who has a seemingly relaxed smile but something gets on my nerves. In other words, time passed slowly around the time when other things were always tightening my heart.

However, after exchanging a secret ‘contract’ with Bianca two weeks ago, the time passed really fast until the time for me to visit the Castana Marquis family arrived. I wanted to prepare myself mentally or prepare various things before visiting the Castana Marquis family, but when I came to my senses, it meant that the time when I was supposed to put on a play with Bianca and the Castana Marquis family was approaching.

And so, the historic moment arrived when the Duke of Estel and the Marquis of Castana decided to end their thousand-year feud and get the sons and daughters of both families engaged. Well, it was only a nominal engagement, not a real engagement.

By the way, the news that Bianca and I were getting engaged was not disclosed to anyone except for a few members of the Estel family. Since it wasn’t a real engagement in the first place, it couldn’t be said to be auspicious, and if you were to be engaged to a daughter of the Marquis of Castana, who was practically an enemy, there was a risk of forming a bad public opinion among people who didn’t know the whole situation. to be.

…In fact, I would never have accepted Bianca’s offer had it not been for the huge stake in this case. To hold an engagement ceremony with that nasty girl. Even though it’s not real, I have to pretend to be a sweet lover. Isn’t it a terrible thing that makes you shudder just by imagining it?

“…It hasn’t been long since I broke off my engagement to Sarah, and then I’m engaged again. Cain. I am really worried about sending you away like this.”

Incidentally, my father was one of the few people who knew why I was visiting the Marquis of Castana.

“…I’m not even a child, so what do you mean you’re worried about me?”

When I asked a question with a look of bewilderment at my father’s sudden lamentation, my father furrowed his brow at me.

“It means that you’re worried about me saying that to me. Maybe you don’t notice why I’m talking to you like this?”

“…..”

“That’s the problem. You’ll only feel sorry for Bianca who tries to set things up with an idiot like you.”

Saying that, my father took out a tie pin from his bosom. It was a tie pin made of platinum, with a large lapis lazuli in the middle, looking incredibly expensive at first glance.

“Look. It’s a tie pin that Bianca gave me as a gift on my last visit. While the one and only son is an unfilial child who would not waste even a penny on my birthday, Bianca said she wanted to give me this as a commemoration of her visit to the Duke of Estelle. Isn’t it a step that really contrasts with the guy in front of me?”

“…..”

It’s really ridiculous. In what gap did he pay such a bribe to his father? No, I wonder why he had paid such a bribe to his father before that. What kind of terrifying scheme is being plotted so that such an expensive tie pin can be casually presented as a gift?

As I pondered over the identity of Bianca’s vicious conspiracy, my father pulled something out of his pocket and handed it to me, as if he had just remembered.

“Oh, come to think of it, I forgot this. Come on, take it.”

“…?”

I accepted it with a bit of bewilderment. It was a beautiful bracelet made of gold. The bracelet was studded with two green peridots, presumably polished by a renowned craftsman.

“It is a gift from Bianca to me. Also, tell it to you. Originally, I was going to hand it to you right away, but I heard that I couldn’t tell it to you while looking at your face because I was embarrassed. Wow, every single thing he said was so cute. The only thing I can think of is how wasteful that child is for a guy like you.”

“…what else is that…”

As I listened to my father’s words, I opened my mouth wide in embarrassment. No matter how much I thought about it, all I could think of was the huge gap between the Bianca I knew and the Bianca my father knew. How long does that woman intend to go around pretending? I thoughtlessly tried to wear the bracelet my father gave me on my right wrist. But at that time, my father quietly dissuaded me from doing so.

“Oh, come to think of it, he asked me to tell him that he must wear it on his left wrist. I’m not sure why.”

“…Left wrist?”

It’s true, she’s a woman who has no place for words to be fussy. I wonder why you’re making such a fuss about having at least one bracelet.

‘…Well, I can wear it later.’

Since I’m the type of person who doesn’t wear jewelry to begin with, this kind of thing was just cumbersome for me. It’s obviously a nominal gift for her fiancé anyway, so I don’t think Bianca would say anything special even if she didn’t wear it. yeah maybe

But that was the time. I felt a gaze staring at me from far away. Feeling some pressure, I rolled my eyes and looked to the side, but the true identity of that gaze was Arya, who was calmly standing in this direction from the bay.

“…..”

Why is he exuding such an atmosphere? Could it be that I did something wrong?

Tuck, Tuck.

Arya walked slowly towards this side, exuding a truly unusual atmosphere. Overwhelmed by the atmosphere, I unknowingly gulped down my saliva. Before long, Arya’s mouth opened slowly as she approached me.

“…Hey, Duke. I’m sorry during the conversation, but would it be all right if I said something?”

“yes? For what reason did you do that? aria.”

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My father answered in a friendly tone, completely different from when he addressed me. If a stranger saw this scene, it was unfair to the extent that there was nothing to say even if Arya was mistaken for her father’s real daughter.

“That’s me. Do you mind if I take a look at that tie pin from before? Of course, I’m well aware that it’s off topic. But, still…”

When Arya spoke in a hesitant manner, her father nodded in a truly cool manner.

“Is that why Moore is showing that kind of attitude? It’s okay, Aria. I want to take a look.”

Saying so, the father obediently handed over the tie pin to Arya.

“Go, thank you.”

After receiving the tie pin from her father, Arya stared at it without speaking for a while. It was a terrifying look, as if he were an enemy of his parents.

“…Yes?”

However, even for a while, Aria looks at the tie pin with an expression of ‘this isn’t it’.

“…Ugh.”

However, in the end, he gave back the tie pin to his father with tears in his eyes as if he had no income.

“Duke, I’m sorry. I must have been sensitive…”

“Heh heh, it’s okay. aria. I heard that you are focusing on magic these days? Wizards have much more sensitive senses than normal people, so they could be mistaken for that. I understand.”

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My father laughed and comforted Aria, who was downcast. And I didn’t say it either, but I was of the same opinion as my father. It was true that Bianca was crazy, but she wasn’t stupid enough to mess with a gift like this.

“Hmm, but you’re taking Arya with you on this journey after all. Didn’t you tell me at first that you wouldn’t take Arya with you?”

“Yeah, I didn’t intend to take him. However…”

“However?”

“There is no reason not to take him with him when he is strong enough. Crucially, Arya herself had strong hopes.”

I let out a sigh involuntarily as I recalled Arya visiting my room this morning and literally begging for me.

“How can I resist the child’s request when he says so pitifully that he can be of help too? At least I can’t be that cold-blooded.”

“Hmm.”

In fact, even at this moment, I wonder if taking Arya with me is really the right thing to do. For some reason, it was on fire. If, it was only in the realm of what if, but if my predictions were true, having Arya and Bianca face to face would be the worst thing ever.

Of course, the princess and Ariel didn’t show any reaction to Arya, so there was a much higher chance that nothing would happen, but there’s nothing wrong with being careful.

After thinking about it for a long time, I finally decided to accept Arya’s offer. As Arya said, it was impossible to just play around with people who could be of sufficient help here. Especially when you consider that the Castana Marquis family is a dangerous place where there are few people, and you don’t know what will happen.

‘…Then what should I do with that guy?’

I glanced at the thorn-like guy who was staying at the Estel family in the form of entrustment. Even though I hadn’t said anything yet, he came towards me to see if there was something he wanted to say, and spoke hastily as if he was trying to make an excuse.

“…I will make sure that I stay quietly in the Estel duchy.”

Lucian, perhaps realizing what I was about to say to him, quickly jumped before I could open my mouth.

“why?”

I took the guy’s words bluntly.

“…Cain von Estelle. I’m not staying here for free. I’m sure I’m paying you more than a certain amount every month to stay here. Also, I am in charge of training the knights of the Duchy of Estel. I want to tell you that it would be extremely unreasonable to ask anything more of me than this.”

Indeed, I thought that Lucian’s words were reasonable and quite persuasive. The guy’s words had a lot of validity, so I nodded my head unconsciously influenced by Lucian’s speech.

“So what? I’ve heard that there are signs that monsters are coming into action in the northern village. Go hunting with the knights. If news comes that even one bird has been missed and the residents have been harmed, it will be all your fault, so know that.”

“…That, again, is unreasonable. why…!”

Lucian’s face crumpled at my remarks, but unfortunately, it was just unpleasant for a man to frown in front of me.

So, there was only one thing I could say to him.

“just.”