Love Letter From The Future

5. Bread and dagger (20)

In response to Elsie-senpai’s argument, Emma bowed her head without delay.

It was a polite attitude. It was also an example that commoners should take to nobles.

Even so, I couldn’t help but twist my stomach watching that scene.

Emma was a dear friend of mine.

There was a wall between nobles and commoners, but it was a long time since they were together as motives of the academy. I’ve never thought of Emma as my subordinate.

In addition, it was the principle that students of the academy were treated equally regardless of their status.

It meant that there was no reason to establish such a hierarchical relationship even outside the academy.

I couldn’t stand it and was about to say a word when Emma gave me a sneaky glance.

It meant to be patient for a moment.

Unable to ignore Emma’s words, I had to swallow my uncomfortable saliva and look away.

I also understood Emma’s position.

If I blindly took Emma’s side, it would only lead to senior Elsie’s antipathy.

In particular, Elsie-senpai was a car who had been showing goodwill to me for a while.

It wasn’t strange even when I was blinded by jealousy and did strange things. As anyone else might know, nothing was impossible in front of that ‘Elsie Rainella’.

That’s why I decided to pretend to be quiet and distracted.

Of course, this was just a veneer.

My field of vision still included senior Elsie and Emma at a glance.

Secretly, just enough so that the two of them don’t feel burdened.

With arms crossed as if disapproving, Elsie continued to provoke Emma.

“Why do you keep annoyingly babbling next to the master? Oh, I did… You’re the guy. The commoner girl that the master said he spent 10,000 gold to save.”

Snorting, Elsie-senpai pressed her body close to Emma.

Those blue eyes held a fierce light. A cold voice leaked out through Elsie’s tight teeth.

“Don’t get me wrong, the reason why commoner girls like you are given special treatment is because my master is kind. Sympathy and compassion, nothing more and nothing less. Do you understand?”

An annoyed sigh escaped my mouth. The saint and princess were already watching me intently.

Only Elsie-senior didn’t know that the medicine was so high that she would keep Emma in check.

It was hard to listen any longer.

Like Emma, Elsie was precious to me. I hoped that the two would build a healthy relationship with each other.

The moment I was about to say something to Elsie-senpai.

“Lady Rainella…”

Emma put her mouth on Elsie’s ear, who was holding her tiptoe, with her slightly sad eyes.

And a small resounding whisper.

“Anyway, I’m satisfied as a concubine.”

Did you hear me wrong?

I tapped my ears, thinking that there was no way my keen hearing could be wrong. The story was so sudden that the accident could not follow.

This seemed to be the same for Elsie-senpai.

Senior Elsie was dumbfounded and only returned the stupid question.

“……Uh, huh? What?”

“You don’t have to keep me in check, Miss Rainella. I know my subjects best.”

At the same time, Emma smiled bitterly.

“As a commoner, my only ability is to make some potions… How dare I be greedy?

It was Elsie-senpai who was taken aback by being so low-key.

The saint and the princess looked at Elsie with eyes as if they were looking at trash. Then Elsie immediately jumped up and blushed.

It was a very pitiful response.

“Muh, what! Why! Didn’t you guys feel the same way as me?!”

However, the saintess clicked her tongue and shook her head, while the princess cleared her throat and avoided her gaze.

No one took Elsie’s side.

Even I was stunned by Emma’s successive declarations.

In the end, Elsie had no choice but to admit defeat with a tearful face.

It was customary for him to step down if he was pushed back in public opinion this much.

Still, I will protect my pride until the end, said senior Elsie, pretending to be bold.

“That, yes! Well… that, that’s enough to know? Don’t forget that feeling… That, and don’t take my words too much into your heart. I didn’t mean you shouldn’t stay by my side at all…”

At the same time, senior Elsie tapped Emma on the shoulder a couple of times as if she was embarrassed.

It might have meant that he would acknowledge Emma’s existence in his own way.

Considering the culture of the nobility, this was understandable. In an aristocratic society, it was considered shameful for a royal court to keep a concubine from a commoner in check.

In the first place, the class did not match, but the logic was that he should show generosity as an aristocrat by caring for him with a generous heart.

It was one of the conditions for a great wife that had come down from a long time ago.

It could not have been a very unfavorable ethics for women, but the tradition of the aristocrats had such power.

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Just seeing that old Elsie accepting Emma with a bad temper was like that.

Senior Elsie was in a position to confess to me. Of course, he would have wanted to show off as a good bride-to-be.

So, it was difficult for Elsie to touch Emma, who claimed to be her ‘concubine’.

In the first place, it would be funny to see a noble quarreling with a commoner over a man, and there was nothing to say if the commoner had even bowed first.

Be a narrow-minded woman, or accept it.

Only two options remain.

Emma seemed to be aware of the whole situation. And to take advantage of this, he brought out the word ‘concubine’, which he didn’t even have in mind.

Her determination to become the concubine of a man she didn’t even like was surprising.

It seemed that Emma was a master of life beyond my imagination.

Impressed with admiration, I secretly confided my reasoning to Yuren. However, Yuren looked at me with eyes that looked like an idiot rather than admiration.

Rarely did contemptuous accusations escape from his mouth.

“… … Are you stupid?”

It was an outrageous accusation.

I shut my mouth with a sad expression. No matter how much it was, ‘stupid’ was a rough word for someone from a holy country.

If I had known this would happen, I would have brought Leto.

He must have given me more practical advice.

But regret, no matter how fast, was too late. Leto had already rejected my request to accompany me with a single stroke.

I don’t want to go to a dangerous place.

It was a very reasonable reason, so there was no room for objection.

Nevertheless, I was determined to send a letter to Leto in the near future. When conducting an investigation in the north, there would surely be times when Leto’s brain was needed.

Because Leto, who read all kinds of books in the library, was well-informed.

He must have known something about the relationship between the North and the Elves.

While going through the warp gate like that, some kind of transaction was being made between the women.

After the previous conversation, Elsie was strangely kind to Emma. Between the two women walking side by side, endless whispers could be heard.

Mostly, it was about Elsie-senpai persuading Emma.

“Hey, commoner. Do you know how important it is to stand in line?”

“……That, well?”

Every time that happened, Emma only broke out in a cold sweat with a puzzled look on her face. However, Emma’s feelings didn’t seem to be of interest to Elsie.

Elsie-senpai did not give up and pushed Emma to work again.

“You’ll know now when you enter aristocratic society, how important it is to hold the line well… So do it well.”

Emma secretly averted her gaze, perhaps feeling burdened by Elsie’s subtle proposal. Regardless of whether or not, senior Elsie poked Emma’s side with a proud expression.

“I’m the one who’s ahead right now. The rest haven’t even lined up properly.”

“……Let’s listen to it, so the pet dog keeps barking out of habit.”

It was then that the saintess suddenly joined the battle.

She must have been unable to hold back her emotions at the moment, and she spoke her true feelings, forgetting even to tremble.

Of course, no one was surprised.

Not only Nana and Yuren, but also senior Elsie and the princess were people who had seen the true face of a saint at least once. There was no reason to be surprised now.

Only Emma, her eyes wide open, did not understand the situation.

The saintess fiercely shot senior Elsie as if she were her friend.

“Don’t you keep talking nonsense? Gee, I asked Ian what he said last time and he said it wasn’t a big deal! It’s okay to be mean like that?!”

She seemed very resentful of being tricked by Elsie-senpai last time.

According to Yuren’s testimony, it was strange that the saintess even cried.

If there was an unfortunate fact, it was that senior Elsie was not one to blink an eye.

Rather, senior Elsie even showed a more triumphant smile.

“Yeah, it’s so good? Who wants to be late? Ah, that’s right… She’s the most beloved maiden of the heavenly gods, but it has to be a ‘virgin’.”

As if those words had hit the mark, the saintess’ body trembled.

Seeing as no objection came back, it seemed that no objection had come to mind. The position of a saint in the Catholic Church was so great.

She was the one who abandoned her life as an orphan to live as a saint.

She wouldn’t be able to recklessly abandon her duties as a saintess.

Senior Elsie was intoxicated by the one-sided victory she hadn’t tasted in a while.

“But why do you look like a ‘slut’ instead of a virgin? Huh?”

“Joe, be quiet…”

As always, I shook my head as I watched the two arguing.

I had forgotten about it for a while, but Delphine was the originator of my bad relationship with Elsie. When I arrived in the north, I was already worried about what kind of front would be formed.

One more drink, taking advantage of the gap between the saintess and senior Elsie, the princess sneakily approached Emma.

“Me, senior Emma?”

“Yes Yes?!”

It was a yard where even the princess of the empire, following the lady of the Rainella family and the saintess of the holy kingdom, intervened.

Emma, who was only a commoner, had a face as if she had lost her soul before she knew it.

The princess, who had been wiggling her fingers for a while, finally opened her mouth.

“I-I have a lot of money!”

“…?”

Emma’s eyes went blank at the sudden declaration.

Regardless of whether or not, the ignorant princess just closed her eyes and clenched her fists tightly.

“That, and also has the power… Please note, that. Standing in line…”

At the end of those words, the princess seemed to be ashamed, so she quickly turned her back and spread the distance.

What the hell is the declaration to be my concubine, why are they fighting so hard?

I was dumbfounded, but since I had long given up on understanding the ecology of women, I decided to stop thinking about it.

At least when I heard the squeaking, the time passed quickly.

Time passed like that, right after passing through the warp gate.

I welcomed the chilly climate of the northern part of my body that I had only heard of.

A knife-like wind blew. The dry air delivered a sharp pain to the lungs with each inhalation.

And beyond that, stood a woman with hair shining like the sun.

“Long time no see, master… no, Ian.”

As always, with a confident smile.

It was a reunion with senior Delphine.

It was a little more emaciated than before, though.