Author: aji (あじ)
Translator: sleepingjay
Jill 16
“Commander~ Today is no good too. Can you please bring Lilius already? Otherwise I’ve got no choice but to get the bodyguards and bring the young masters to the town.”
“……What is Andrea doing?”
“Young Master Andrea is training properly.”
“I see.”
Since that night, approximately one week had passed.
There were too many things he had to do, and he couldn’t make any time to get away. Thus, he was unable to meet up with Lilius.
That day he had been cajolled by the youngest twins, and promised them to invite Lilius to the mansion if Lilius was willing.
However, there was no harvest. Far from the promised result, he couldn’t even get the time to talk to Lilius.
Hearing the story, the twins eventually shut themselves in their room.
After Jill and the eldest Andrea, those two had the largest magical reserves in the mansion.
None of the servants could tear down the barrier those two cooperated to create.
Even so, the first day of their seclusion, the people in the mansion thought of it as a cute rebellion. Even the head butler, Belus, thought that they would soon come out when they got hungry.
Jill thought the same.
However, Guy, who was rational unlike the airy Cyril, had collected food in their room within that short time before they went into seclusion.
It was a thorough preparation.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
When Guy informed him of that fact, even though it wasn’t the time for it, Jill had the urge to admire him for a job well done. At four years old, he was already such a clever child.
Next to Jill, who was unintentionally admiring the boys, Belus’s face had changed to look like a hannya. It was something he would rather forget.
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Seth’s left cheek had become painfully swollen.
From generation to generation, Belus had been the chief retainer of the Moorwright household who governed the empire’s guards.
Although he had retired from the front line, if he made a serious effort, he might not lose even to Seth, who was still on active duty.
“It’s been a long time since you last received your father’s fist, it must be a good experience.”
“What’re you saying?! Aah~ No more, no more! You people really got no sympathy at all.”
Squatting, Seth ruffled his hair, messing up the neatly set appearance.
The showy and graceful appearance too, now was just that of an ordinary young man.
“If that’s not gonna work, then why the heck did I have to go and be the cannon fodder…….!”
With a worn-out face, Seth’s real thoughts, which wasn’t aimed at anybody, came tumbling out from his mouth.
“Cannon fodder?”
“……Commander, y’know, for me, I like to watch your back as you take the lead and pull this empire up. When you hoist your sword, stronger and more beautiful than anybody else, you, whose nobility cannot be invaded — I like that. But—”
Seth’s blue-gray eyes frankly looked up at Jill.
“For me, I think of you as my older brother. I’m not chasing after your back for stuff like rank or status. You, who are in charge of our lives, never treat even villains’ lives carelessly. But when you carelessly throw away your own happiness, you don’t even notice it. Looking at you like this, I get irritated.”
Seth lived languidly, as if going with the flow in everything, yet his real feelings were not easily seen.
From Jill’s long acquaintance with him, he knew that the depths of Seth’s character was completely different from the impression he gave others.
These words that were said so seriously by such an aloof man, nothing would be more shallow than treating them trivially.
For Jill as well, Seth was an existence like a younger brother.
However, while that may be true, whether he could give a substantial response to that feeling was another story altogether.
“I will engrave it in my heart.”
“Commander, I know you’re a discerning guy. This thing, if it were true, you yourself would be aware of it. Pretending not to know about it, it’s because you know that if you don’t, you wouldn’t be able to stop. But we are beastmen, not humans. Living while forgetting our instinct is the same as rotting away. —Please show me that you’re a man, Commander Jill.”
Stopping there, Seth turned his away from Jill.
The long eyelashes concealed his blue-gray eyes.
That was to tell him that this was the end of this talk.
After that, in front of Jill was already the familiar young man with a languid atmosphere, who now was getting up to stand.
“I wonder what today’s lunch will be?”
“I wonder~ My old man is upset, so it’s probably what he likes to eat?”
“As always, you’re intimate.”
“Of course~”
Although he was the one that changed the topic, even he himself thought this kind of talk was too banal.
He glanced at the nodding Seth. The red, swollen cheek seemed awfully painful.
“If you’d allow me, I’ll treat that bruise for you.”
“Commander, don’t you have no knack for healing magic?”
“I can do it if I touch you. If we hug I can heal it completely. If you wish it I can even give you a kiss.”
“No, what’re you sad about, I don’t want a guy more burly than me to stick all over me either!”
With a sidelong glance at the shocked Seth, Jill let slip a bit of a smile.
Seth hid his real character like this, clothing himself with a superficial, aloof character. Living like this was something he had decided on.
That was, bowing to this fate — the fate of those born possessing the Kakyou.
It didn’t mean he didn’t feel bitter when he remembered it.
Translator:
Thank you for your patience! This chapter was a pain to translate…. When the author likes to jump around, it’s hard to translate because there’s no context at first.
Also, lmao at Jill and Belus. Guy 100% take after Jill, let’s be real. Poor Belus has had to deal with this brattiness twice.
Psst. There’ll be another chapter today!
The twins are on a strike!! Hahaha. They’re so clever! Jill Will bring Lily over now.
Thanks for the chapter!
thank you for the chapter!
How cute are the twins! Jill needs to make time to invite Lilius to dinner.
Thanks for the chapter ❤
Ohh some depth to Seth’s character?
thanks for the chapter!