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Chapter 95: The Crisis at Mount Claire

Margrave Heine has a big dance hall. The frontier land is no joke. There is an abundance of land. Therefore, the mansion is large and the rooms are also large. And, of course, the dance hall is big.

The house also includes a dormitory where the knights live, and even after all this time, I still thought it was really big. I am sure the reason I thought that is because we are practicing in such a large dance hall.

“You two aren’t quite in rhythm yet. One more time. You’ll disappoint your partner.”

With that, the teacher began clapping again. This teacher is a Spartan, isn’t he? Maybe the lack of color in Rosalia’s eyes was not only due to the damage from the etiquette class, but also from the dance practice.

I'll do my best to practice, but unfortunately there was no dance event in the game. For that reason, I never mastered any dance skills. I don't think my motor skills are bad. I just can't get into the rhythm at the moment.

We were both squeezed together like that. By the time practice was over, my body and mind were exhausted. I managed to thank the teacher and send him out the door, and we fell into a heap on the spot.

“kyu!”

“What’s wrong, you two!”

Mira and Marth-san who saw the situation, rushed over to us. Mira head-butted me and Rosalia, looking worried. It hurts a little, but I’ll take it as an expression of affection.

“marth-san, we've been a little pressured by our dance teacher. ……”

“I’m sorry from the bottom of my heart.”

Marth-san looked at me with a distant look. This is it. Marth-san is not the type of person who likes to dance. I had left Mira in Marth-san's care during the dance time. As you can imagine, I can’t dance with Mira in my arms.

I went to the salon with Mira and Marth-san. The servants, who knew we were moving to the salon, prepared tea for us ahead of time.

“Ah, I’m coming back to life. Did Rosalia come back to life too?”

“ I am okay.”

She's dead. She is usually brought up in a very pampered environment, so she seems to have taken a lot of damage. Rosalia is already six years old. Maybe it's time to switch from the pampering mode to the candy and stick mode.

“Did you make any discoveries about Mira, Marth-san?”

“Yes, of course. This fluff is fantastic!”

Oh, this sounds bad. He’s totally caught up in Mira’s “Fluffiness that makes people useless”. There will be no way to get out of it. I just hope Mira’s ecological research will be successful. I’m sure Marth-sans’ journal will be full of stories about how fluffy she is.

“ Julius-sama, are you here?”

“What’s going on, Lionel?”

“I have a letter from the manager of Mount Claire.”

“You got it?”

I received the letter from Lionel and cut the seal with wind magic. Slash!　It was just a waste of wind magic. Lionel is looking at me like, “Cut it with a paper knife”. I wanted to Try it once. Forgive me.

“What is it ……  it seems that we can go visit the site. But they’ll tell us where to go. They're hiding something.”

Saying this, I handed the letter to Lionel. Suspicious. This is the kind of thing that people who hide their wrongdoings do. Lionel, who had been handed the letter, looked reluctant.

“It's certainly suspicious. Let’s increase the number of guards when we go to inspect.”

“I agree. Let's put the pressure on. Kukuku ......"

“ brother is laughing evilly.”

“Kyu”

Oh, it might be dangerous, so I won’t take the two of you with me. You guys are the stay-at-home group. It’s enough for me alone to do the dirty work.

After that, I had a meeting with Lionel and we started talking about making magical tools as promised with Rosalia. Of course, the researcher, Marth-san, also joined us. I think we had a meaningful discussion.

During the evening, I wrote invitations to the tea party. We are going to be busy for a while.

The next day, after breakfast, I asked the servants to deliver the invitation I had written yesterday,

I have not written a reply to the letter I received from the other party. The strategy was not to give the other party time to deal with the situation. I never thought it would come so soon.

When I told them that I was the only one going out, Rosalia and Mira voiced their dissatisfaction. However, I managed to convince them that this was also my role as the person in charge of the territory. I don’t want them to grow up to be selfish children. You need to practice patience.

Mount Claire is not far from the capital. It should take about two hours to get there. It is not a very high mountain. Adults can climb it on foot, and it is also possible to go there on horseback.

But still, a mountain is a mountain. There may be materials lying around that can only be found in the mountains. I looked at the ground from my horse with great anticipation.

“Julius-sama, please look ahead, it’s dangerous.”

“But Lionel, something good might be on the ground. ……”

“Julius-sama.”

“Yes.”

It seems that I am in need of discipline as well. But new material… At that moment, I saw an object with sea urchin-like spines ahead of me. It was Chigo!

“Lionel, retrieve that round thing with the spikes on it.”

“Is that it?　I see it.”

Lionel instructed the knight, who picked up a few and put them in a bag. He showed me some of them.

Yes, this is definitely Chigo. The magic potion made from it has the effect of restoring magic power. The effect is low, but it is easy to use. I can grow trees in the garden, so let’s get ready now.

In the meantime, we arrived at Mount Claire. We immediately went to greet the landowner who governs this mountain. And was greeted with surprise.

"Is this not Julius-sama!　Well, you know, we're not ready to receive you yet ......"

“No need for that. I just happened to be in the area this time. So I thought I’d take a look at Mount Claire. Can you show me around?”

“Oh, ……, erm, …….”

I forced the landowner, whose eyes were swimming wildly, to lead us to the summit of Mount Claire. The path to the summit is well  maintained and can be safely navigated by horse. So far there is nothing strange about it. ……

“Julius-sama! Please look at that!”

One of the knights who had been ahead of the others to ensure our safety rushed in. What’s going on?　When I hurriedly ran the horse, there was a bald mountain spread out there.

It seemed that the only part of the mountain that was overgrown with trees was the part that could be seen from the Margrave Heine house.

“Can you explain to me what this is all about?”

The drooping landowner looked down and nodded.

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