I was protecting Big Brother’s beloved sword rather than Mrs. Vertical Roll’s life. Because this family seemed to have a life force as strong as that of the Yes Trio. If you cut them down, they might split and multiply.
“I’m sorry that we have been so rude to our guests.”
“I see. I see. You have a strong sense of responsibility, but it’s not your fault. You shouldn’t be so worried about it.”
Putting his arm around his sister’s body, Alexei gently soothes her.
…Yes, I caught a glimpse of Forli-san and his wife’s faces, and no matter how I looked at them, they were holding back their laughter. Sorry, I was really sorry that your best friend’s grandchild is like this.
“Aurora, the Lady of the Forest. I apologize for that person’s rudeness, as well as my own.”
Turning to Forli and his wife Aurora, Alexei changed his tone.
The Countess Novadine’s eyes widened at the mention of the word “Lady”.
“My knights have often been welcomed and even assisted by your clan when clearing the forest of monsters and beasts. Grandfather Sergei has always been grateful and called you the Lady of the Forest. He smiled fondly whenever he spoke of you.”
Aurora smiled graciously and gave a noble laugh.
“I wonder what stories he told you.”
Her voice was slightly faint and dignified for a woman. As the head of a family, she exudes dignity.
Alexei smiled back.
“Let me tell you a story about our House’s relationship with your clan. Three hundred years ago, the fifth Duke Vassily, told us that he had granted your family a permit to pass through any part of his territory because Giovanni Dee Santi, an inventor whom he valued, asked for guidance when he investigated the ruins of the Astra Empire, and the permit is still in your clan’s possession today. “
He continued.
“He said that the letter of authorization was to be handed down to your clan. We still have access to the various facilities built by the empire thanks to Dee Santi’s work restoring the site, but it was also only possible because of your clan, who assisted him, according to what I was told.”
Ekaterina gaped.
Big Brother, was that for real! No, of course it was serious.
And they were written with the documents, obliterating what Mrs. Vertical Roll had previously said about Aurora-san, about them being barbarians and outlaws.
In Rome, prehistoric Italy, sewage systems from the Roman Empire were still in use in the twenty-first century, and naturally, the water and sewage systems of the Astra Empire are still in use here and there.
However, many of these facilities were constructed 1,000 years ago, and during the several hundred years of warfare that followed the fall of the Astra Empire, the technology to construct such facilities, or even to repair them, was lost, so many of them were damaged and decayed.
It was the inventor, Dee Santi, who uncovered the structure of the water and sewage systems and re-established the techniques of repair and construction when he was still a young man in his native land, and Vassily the Fifth, hearing of his fame, invited him to the Yurinova territory.
So, it was quite natural that Dee Santi also investigated the ruins of the Astra Empire in the Yurinova territory.
“Yes, I have never heard of such a thing! Why would the wise Lord Vassily have anything to do with such people!”
Countess Novadine wailed, but froze at Alexei’s icy stare.
In addition, the people who surrounded the duke’s siblings began to casually distance themselves from her. A physical separation.
“It is a nostalgic thing. Lord Sergei also added an accompanying note to Lord Vassily’s letter of recognition.”
Aurora’s casual remark firmly puts the Countess in her place.
No, I actually do understand the Countess’s point.
