The Marquis’ Eldest Son’s Lascivious Story

Vol.
2 Chapter 218

Children's Party (1) – Candle

Translated by Raizu

 

[Oh, Wilk-kun is here as well?]

In less than 30 minutes on Earth time, I had an emotional reunion with Orshian.

Well, I vaguely felt that way ever since I met her earlier.
Orshian said that someone invited her to the evening party.
I can count the number of people who can bring her over with my two fingers.
Archduke Milendorva or his son…

[Lucia, don’t speak such careless words, will you?]

…the next head of the Milendorva family, Kilorde Milendorva.

[Wilk-dono, I apologize for this.
She must have gotten a little drunk from the fun atmosphere of the party.]

That was the first voice of Milendorva group, the Kilorde-Orshian group who attended the meeting.
Ignoring other families that had already arrived, Kilorde continued to apologize with a tone of restraint in formality.
He should be around 10 years old, and I could feel the childishness in his harsh words that wasn’t even hidden by his high-pitched voice.

[Kilorde-dono.
Everyone is waiting.
Now please, take a seat.]

Sensing the dangerous atmosphere, Prince Dunkel asked Kilorde to take a seat.
The Milendorva family was late compared to others, so there was only one spot left for them.
The table prepared this time was a round table, and the seats were set at equal intervals.
As an image, it will be in the form of each Noble located at the top of the hexagram.
If the upper apex is the Levios family, the upper right is the Adellahan family, the lower right is the Milendorva family, the lower part is empty, the lower left is the Zeldomitra family, and finally the upper left is the Quordenze family.
Prince Dunkel was sitting on my left hand side, and the next head of the Zeldomitra family was sitting on my right hand side.
The space across the table was shared between the Adellahan family and the Milendorva family, but let’s also take a look at Kalmia’s breast too.
Orshian is flat after all.

After confirming that everyone was seated, Dunkel started talking on the spot without getting up.

[I’m grateful that everyone is able to gather like this today.
The next heads of the five major Noble families, who don’t have a lot of chances to contact each other, have taken the opportunity to meet together.
I promise you, I will make this meeting worthwhile.

…..I’m curious about what he’s saying, but it would be rude to suddenly make a retort here, so I decided to keep quiet.

[That being said, I don’t intend to talk too much about formalities.
I would be happy if we could have a fun conversation following the example of the evening party.]

I would prefer to keep things serious, but since it’s held during the evening party, this meeting won’t be kept official.

I’ve been watching the progress for a while, there was no apology or justification from the Milendorva family to those present.
I had heard in advance that the Adellahan family would bring Novalf along as he is Kalmia’s fiancée.
Similarly, I heard that Dunkel would call a special guest.
However, the Milendorva family only informed that Kilorde would be attending alone.

If it was a public event, it would be a complete violation of etiquette and a red card for one-shot expulsion to misrepresent the number of Highlords.
However, in the case of an evening party, it seems that it is allowed to some extent because there are exchanges in the form of “I was invited by the fun atmosphere and ended up coming.
Nice to meet you”.
But even so, I would like you to think a little more about the meaning of bringing the two of us, who had fought a battle of intimidation in the capital a few days ago, together.

Before the Milendorva group arrived, the Prince apologized to everyone for the fact that the number of participants had increased by one, but why is it that the person who brought Orshian did not say anything?
If I stay silent here, the Quordenze family might misunderstand what I can do, so I need to complain.

I threw words at the timing when Prince Dunkel had a brief pause in his speech.

[I am happy to be invited by Prince Dunkel tonight.
However, it would be nice if my body didn’t get chilled by the sudden night breeze…]

It’s invoking a cold feeling to bring such a windy girl here.
No, for real, it’s nerve wracking.
For some reason, my all-out sarcasm landed a critical hit on Dunkel instead of Kilorde.
In contrast to the bitter-faced Prince, Kilorde only showed a slightly irritated expression.

Well, looking at Kilorde, it’s easy to understand why he let Orshian accompany him.
He’s been treating me like an enemy for a while now.
Let’s think about how I should retaliate while talking.

[Kilorde-dono seems to be close to Princess Orshian.]

Then, he happily opened his mouth with an expression that could be described as a winner’s smile.

[Oh, do you see that? I’m surprised by Wilk-dono’s observational eyes.]

All the attendees were looking at the Noble boy who was completely overjoyed with lukewarm eyes.
It was clear to everyone that he was obsessed with Orshian.
It is the behavior of a boy who is completely smitten by someone.

[Then, is it because of Kilorde-dono’s mercy that Princess Orshian also attends the meeting?]

He triumphantly answered that question.

[My father is strict with Lucia, so I thought she needed a break from time to time.
Besides, going to places like this should be important in the future.]

In short, he wanted to show off Orshian, who he was completely in love with, like his fiancée, so he defied his father and forced her to the party.
What’s with this Milendorva family? What about the management of the children…? Please manage your children properly.

[I see.]

[It is most important for you to understand.
It is my role as the next head of the family to take and guide her, who is an important presence to my Milendorva.]

With this remark, I now understand the source of his antagonism towards me.
Orshian might’ve told her about her meeting me here earlier.
Or maybe he heard it from the maid who came to pick up Orshian.
To me, the fact that I held her hand was nothing but safety assurance, but it must have been unforgivable to him.

No, well, if you just look at Orshian’s face, she’s a ridiculously beautiful girl, and I think it can’t be helped to fall in love with her.
If I had met her peacefully, I would have been raping her in my head by now.
Besides, boys around the age of 10 tend to get excited about older girls.

However, when I think about it in this way, I’m the one element that Kilorde dislikes.

The Quordenze family and the Milendorva family weren’t on very good terms to begin with, and I almost crushed the social interaction that was planned for Orshian’s brilliant debut.
Although I’m the victim here.

When I met with the Milendorva family at the afternoon exchange meeting, there were no particular troubles, and he didn’t lose his aristocratic demeanor either.
I never thought that I would be so blatantly exposed to hostility in this place.
It’s the first time that I’ve seen a Noble boy so smitten with love.
But, I feel like he’s a really troublesome existence.
I wonder how it will go if this boy ends up as a favored and spoiled Noble.
I will ask my father later.

[Take my hand, okay.]

If you really want to hold hands, you shouldn’t flaunt it to me.
Trying to poke around here is one idea, but doing so will only increase hostility.
I couldn’t find a way to strike back.
Aside from just talking about Nobles, love affairs are also involved this time, so I feel like they’ll get angry in such a way as to completely destroy the place if I attack poorly.
In that case, Kilorde would be the one to be blamed the most, but even I, who stepped on the landmine, should be prepared to be blamed to some extent.

After the conversation with me ended, Kilorde seemed satisfied and began to introduce Orshian to the rest of the group.
Of course, the introduction is very short because it is not a public place.
Just say your name and you’re done.

[However, is it really okay for Princess Orshian to participate in this event? I think that Archduke Milendorva might have something in mind…]

It was Kalmia who said that.
Kilorde’s face twisted in disgust when he heard those words.

[Except for the sudden participation, there shouldn’t be anything wrong with it.]

Surprisingly, it was Dunkel who objected in favor of Kilorde.

[Kilorde-dono is the one who will be appointed as the next head of the family, so I think it is not necessarily wrong to act for the justice that you believe in.
If you just follow your parents’ instructions, you won’t have the power to stand on your own as a Noble.
I want tonight’s evening party to be a challenging place for those young Nobles.]

“Because it is a place where some mistakes are allowed, I want young Nobles to try various things”.
What he’s saying is admirable, but depending on how you listen to it, it seems like it’s a statement that stirs up a disturbing element in another family.

[Exactly.
We must become independent Nobles.]

When Kilorde said the phrase [Independent Noble], I felt a nuance of contempt that could not be hidden.
It’s like he’s implicitly firing shots at “Kalmia is a defective Highlord by nature”.
Thinking that this was unforgivable, Novalf leaned forward while putting some force into the desk.
The pressure was so intense that I feel like I want to complain if given the chance.

…..I’m not so into Kalmia that I can directly deny Kilorde’s ideas.
I mean, she didn’t even let me touch her butt.
But, I decided that I could use this to my benefit.

[Even a candle’s flame is fragile when blown by the wind.
It seems that the darkness of ignorance is spreading to the east.]

[…are you trying to insult me?]

[Well, do you feel insulted?]

Everyone in the room, except for Orshian, must have guessed that I was defending Kalmia.
Kilorde’s fault lies in turning his hostility, which he had directed only toward Wilk Quordenze, to others even though he was denied a little.
It’s a strategy to give the surroundings the impression that the Quordenze family has somehow defeated him, by citing his attitude toward the Adellahan family, which had nothing to do with love affairs.
Even if he hits back, the Adellahan family had already been involved.
Fighting one-on-one is foolish, the number of allies is also important in a quarrel.

Putting aside the fact that Kilorde brought Orshian with him, neither the Levios nor the Zeldomitra families could defend his direct contempt for Kalmia.
Kalmia and Novalf, who had been dragged into the fight without permission, looked dumbfounded, but with this, the two-on-one match was confirmed.

[Kuh…!]

He seemed to understand that he was isolated because of his own attitude.
Kilorde clenched his fists and glared at me wordlessly.
Yes.
It’s Quordenze’s victory.
A 3 point score.

And there was only one person who didn’t understand this situation.

[Candles? Speaking of which, Wilk-kun said something like that before too.
Do you like candles?]

[…Lucia, could you be a little quieter?]

Kilorde tried to control Orshian with a few words, but she didn’t try to shut her mouth and instead asked why.

[Ah, that’s right.
Wilk-kun said that the Milendorva household doesn’t have enough candles, but when I asked the maid, there were plenty of them in the mansion’s warehouse, right?]

Kilorde was at a loss for words when he heard that line.
By the way, I was also at a loss for words.

The design of the Milendorva crest, the coat of arms of the Milendorva family, is a double-edged sword pointing to the right with three candles stuck in a five-branch candlestick.
It is said that the source material for this five-branch candlestick was a large number of temporary candlesticks installed at the garden venue.
The Milendorva family, which became independent from the Levios family, is a candlestick placed on the east side.
The three candles on the left represent the bright future illuminated by the Levios family, the hope for the next era.
On the other hand, the two branches on the right with no candles stuck in them represent the dark fate of the Far Eastern Nobles who refuse to cooperate with the founding of the Kingdom.
By the way, the three candles are also said to represent the situation in which the Levios family was dominant at the time.
And the double-edged sword facing the right side, that is, the east side, is a declaration of determination that if the Far Eastern Nobles continue to rebel, they will not hesitate to use force.
It can be said that it is a very easy-to-understand crest that reflects the political situation in the eastern part of the continent at that time.
Aggressionism is at full throttle.

Milendorva’s family crest

In any case, when talking to the Milendorva family, “candles” can be interpreted as meaning the future, hope, and wise choices.
Last time, I sarcastically said to Orshian, who attacked me, [You’re too stupid to have a future].
And this time, I used the word “night breeze” that misfired at Prince Dunkel instead just before, and released a high-level sarcasm that teased Kilorde, who was obsessed with Orshian.

But even so, when she honestly said something like [Yes! We have candles in stock!], even Prince Dunkel was laughing a little.

[Kuku… Ah, well, I think it’s good to have candles.
Brightness is important, isn’t it? Wilk-dono thinks so too, right?]

[Indeed I am.]

It was good to have candles, bright things are important.
I answered with the meaning of affirming the latter, but it can also be taken as affirming that there was a candle, so it’s in the form of depriving me of the grounds to repeat my remarks of zero candles on this occasion.
Kilorde realized that he had missed the timing to complain because of Prince Dunkel’s smooth moderation, so he had no choice but to stare at the inventory check girl sitting next to him with a troubled face.

Unexpectedly, Orshian’s timid actions seem to have had the effect of greatly relaxing the atmosphere of the place.
It is likely that everyone came to this meeting in a tense mood, and from that point on, the amount of words they exchanged suddenly increased, and the number of conversations that used euphemisms gradually decreased.

[…..I heard that this is the first time for Wilk-dono and Kalmia-dono to participate in an evening party, how is it going?]

[I’m having a lot of fun.
It’s very refreshing to be able to dance in a place like this.]

I gave my honest impressions.
It’s a lot of fun to touch fresh butts after all.

[Wilk-dono is good at dancing, Prince Dunkel.
I had the chance to dance with him earlier, and I had a wonderful time.]

[Oh, I didn’t know you two were dancing right away… That’s good.
The evening party is a place where Nobles can deepen their exchanges, so if the next head of Adellahan and Quordenze could get even a little closer, then I’m glad to be able to prepared this place.
As someone from Levios, there is no better story than this.]

Thereupon, Dunkel made a gesture that said, [Speaking of which, I remembered].
Acting, I guess.

[Speaking of getting closer, I’m actually inviting a special guest today.
…..Fufu, I don’t want you to yell too loud.
Like Kilorde-dono did, I actually also invited this person in secret without my father’s knowledge.]

When Dunkel raised his hand and gave a signal with his finger, a civil officer standing nearby retreated.
Apparently, the special guest was already waiting nearby, so they arrived in no time.

[She was on stage in the morning, so everyone should already know her face, right?]

[I’m Rona the Holy Maiden.
Thank you for inviting me tonight.]

With a gentle smile on her face, she sat at the bottom of the hexagram.
I was sure that it’ll be for Dunkel’s sister from the same mother, Princess Ena, so this sudden appearance was actually quite unexpected.

[Oh? I think I heard during the day that Rona-dono won’t be attending the evening party, but maybe I’m misremembering.]

When I spoke with Rona this morning, she said she would not be attending the evening party.

[Ah, I’m sorry about that.
Just like Kilorde-dono, my father objected to this, so the invitation was carried out in secret.
It wasn’t Rona-dono’s intention to tell a lie.
]

Is it only because it’s the evening party, or Kilorde and Dunkel pushed the boundary a bit too daringly here?
Or is it normal for the next head of a Noble family to rebel against their parents this much? I’ve heard that it’s not uncommon for Highlord children to clash with their parents.

This kind of story is troublesome because even if I ask my knight, the answer is not very reliable, such as [It’s only natural to disobey your parents! Young Master, let’s rebel!]. My father and I are basically on good terms, so I feel like the knights are hiding information that could lead to unnecessary sparks.

While I was thinking silently, Rona’s greeting ended.

[A priestess?]

It was Kilorde who spit it out.
I couldn’t say it’s a bad attitude, because it’s a common reaction for Nobles.
In fact, I could see that Kalmia and Novalf didn’t look very favorably on Rona either.

[Even though she’s a priestess, she was exiled from the Holy City, so please don’t be too hard on her.]

Then, the Prince began to talk about the purpose of inviting Rona this time.

[It may sound a bit rude to say this in front of Rona-dono, but it can be said that priests are the common enemy of the Nobility of the Kingdom.
However, we don’t know much about priests.
A long period of warfare caused by priestly pride has driven the relationship between priests and Nobles farther than the distances on the map.
…..But, no one holds a sword without knowing the enemy.
Don’t you think it’s our duty to know about our enemies, the priests, as we, who will eventually take the throne of the family?

Even with Rona right in front of him, Dunkel calmly said enemy, enemy, enemy.
But, she didn’t look particularly angry or uncomfortable.
The same goes for the low-ranking priest-like woman who stands diagonally behind Rona as her attendant.

[Certainly, I don’t even know if the priestess sitting there is a real Holy Maiden.]

Novalf’s remark was meant as a joke.
But in a sense, it was correct.
Just because the people of Levios family said so, doesn’t mean it’s the truth.

However, I had heard from Cynthia about the appearance of Holy Maiden Rona.
The image of Rona that Cynthia talks about is heavily beautified, and it was extremely difficult to extract and summarize the elements, but in conclusion, I think the possibility that the black-haired beauty here is Rona, the Holy Maiden, is close to 100%.

[Hahaha, that is indeed a problem.
It was my family and Marquis Zeldomitra who helped Rona-dono’s escape, so I couldn’t help but to believe it…]

Both families will lose face if this Rona is a fake.
They would never make such a mistake.
However, there was one thing that piqued my curiosity.
I thought that if it was the current atmosphere, I might be able to make a small request.

[I don’t doubt Prince Dunkel, but doesn’t Rona-dono have at least one way to prove her origins?]

It seemed that she listened carefully even though she had such a carefree expression on her face.
Rona reacted swiftly to my question and asked for permission to speak.

[I indeed have a few.
Is that alright?]

The words were directed at me, but all the attendees other than me were subject to confirmation.
After confirming that no one would deny anything in particular, Dunkel agreed to summarize.

[Then, Wilk-dono, what shall we do?]

[It doesn’t matter which one.
Let’s leave it to you.]

[Very well.]

Rona stood up without a sound on the spot.
When the low-ranking priest behind her moved her chair to the side, she slowly took one, two steps backwards to gain some distance from the round table.
I could even feel the elegance in her sophisticated movements.

Then, she raised her right arm to an angle of about 45 degrees and stopped for a moment, attracting the attention of all the attendees.
Perhaps because she works as a Holy Maiden, she seems to be accustomed to being seen.
When she raised her arms to 90 degrees and 135 degrees, she activated magic by shaking the magic inside her body.

[Oh.]

[That is…]

In the next moment, Rona’s right arm was covered with white crystals.
A cluster of crystals that looks like it’s 5 or 6 meters long, it looks like an angel’s wing, no, it could be described as a giant sharp fingertip.

[…This is the secret art handed down in the Holy Cattlearch family, the White Hand.]

When I said that, Rona canceled the magic as if she had understood.
Almost all of the white crystals turned into glittering particles of light and disappeared, but a small portion remained where they were.

[That is the miraculous art awarded to our family’s ancestor Saint Cattlearch, by the Founding Father Zeth… Feel free to check this if you don’t mind.]

She pointed to the crystal left in her right palm.
The low ranking priest that accompanied Rona received the crystal with clean cloth before I knew it.

[Let me confirm it.]

As soon as I called out, Kalmia and Novalf followed, and in the end everyone confirmed.

The low-ranking priest approached me to hand over the crystals to my maid.
I wanted to confirm the crystal, but I had another purpose.
This low-ranking priest seemed to have a good body, so I definitely wanted to take a closer look.

From a closer distance, I could tell that she has a very thick butt and thighs.
She has that so-called perfect body shape to give birth…

Rona has a model-like slender body.
The female knight who served as Rona’s bodyguard in the morning has a tall athletic body.
This low-ranking priest is super easy to deliver and plump.
While Cynthia’s breast size is probably second to none.
What is this group of blessed bodies? Is the food in the Holy City mixed with some mysterious hormones or something?

[Young Master.
Here.]

My maid put the cloth on the desk.
There’s a pinch of white crystal on it.

[…..this is fine salt.]

[Certainly, it looks a lot like the fine salt that can be harvested in our territory.]

Both Novalf and Kilorde made the same comment.
I pressed my index finger against the crystal and confirmed what was attached.

[It does look like salt…]

It’s a beautiful white color like salt, and it’s smooth.
As a former earthling, it looks like familiar salt.
The plump priest put this crystal in her mouth earlier, so it’s already been confirmed that there’s no problem eating it.
Well, if it’s just poison, I, a Highlord, shouldn’t die from it.
I tried licking it, and it tasted salty.
It is salt.

[…it tastes like salt too.]

The family established by Zeth’s biological children, the Sacred House, has inherited several magics directly passed down from Zeth.
The magic Rona just showed was one of them.

White Hands.
It is the magic that materializes salt crystals that has been protected by the Cattlearch family for a long time.

The magic that produces salt seems to be very useful, but it seems that this magic is very fuel inefficient.
It is said that if it’s used by someone with no Highlord-class magic power, even if it is activated, it will all turn into particles of light and disappear, leaving nothing behind.
The Highlords are extremely useful in whatever period they’re in to be strictly confined to the work of making fine salt endlessly.
That’s a lowly job.
This kind of magic is meaningless if only a Highlord can use it.
Even if it’s materializing something from nothing.
By the way, the magic inherited by each sacred family is different, but all of them are useless.
It can be said that only useless magic was inherited from generation to generation, as magic with good performance quickly leaked out.

On the Eruo continent, useful magic is readily available.

For example, let’s say that the Quordenze family developed sex magic that makes semen regenerate and flow out.
It’s a very useful spell.
If possible, I would like to keep it a secret from other families, and only the Quordenze family would like to receive its benefits.
However, it would be a great waste if we narrowed down too many magician to master it and accidentally lost them.
Magic cannot be preserved in books, and can only be preserved by passing it on from person to person, so it is easy to misrepresent.
And once lost, the exact same magic cannot be used again.
Considering the risk of deception, it is necessary to teach it to quite a few people, but if you do that, the risk of outflow will increase.
If other families knew of the existence of energy magic, they might consider kidnapping magician who master it in order to steal the magic.

But, the leak isn’t all bad.
It is quite conceivable that the sex magic that was passed on to another family would be improved and re-imported to the Quordenze family.
The more humans come into contact with magic, the more chances there are for improvement.
The people of the Eruo continent know from experience that, aside from offensive magic used in warfare, it would be better to actively spread magic that enriches people’s lives.

A specific example would be healing magic.
This magic has existed for so long that we don’t even know who first developed it.
A large number of wizards continue to share it across the ages.
This can be said to be a manifestation of the value of the people of the Eruo continent towards magic.
Healing magic has been handed down from person to person for at least 1,000 years, and still continues to this day.
Of course, when communicating, it should be brushed up little by little, becoming more efficient and effective.
Healing magic can be sufficiently effective even with the magic power of the Lord-class, and it is an outrageous magic that can regrow a missing limb if it is used by a Highlord class.
The desire to help others transcends time and passes from person to person… In the books I read, there were phrases written that made me want to believe in the goodness of humanity.

Compared to that, White Hands is a useless magic.
It’s only worth, which is making salt, is only available for Highlords, so no one will use it even if they try to spread it.
It’s much more efficient to just pay some commoners to dig rock salt.
In the end, they had no choice but to survive within the framework of the traditional performing arts of the Holy Cattlearch.
For the time being, the effects of sacred magic are widely known, so it can be used as an identification like this time.

[I heard that this salt is also used in Zethism rituals, is that true?]

Cynthia didn’t know the details about this either, so I decided to ask Rona.

[You know very well.
That’s right.
If a Cattlearch person like me becomes a Holy Maiden, we will use salt made with White Hands to perform the ceremony.]

[What if someone from another family becomes a Holy Maiden? Only the sacred Cattlearch can make salt that way, right?]

I’ve never heard of other magic that could produce fine salt.
The White Hands may have the worst fuel efficiency, but it is the only salt-making magic that humanity possesses.
Or is there a similar system of salt-making magic that I just don’t know about?

[In that case, the ritual will be performed using Holy Salt.
Holy Salt is the salt created by the White Hands cast by founding father Zeth.
Naturally, the number is limited.]

[So, it’s like Zeth’s legacy.
There’s something like that in the Holy City]

[…are you interested to know more?]

I don’t know how much Zeth’s salt is left, but since the number is limited, few believers would want to use it for rituals.
The Cattlearch family has a family lineage that has produced many successive Holy Maiden, including the first Holy Maiden, Saint Cattlearch, but perhaps it is intentional?
White Hands is a relatively useful magic for priests, isn’t it? …..No, since it is recognized as one of the sacred magics, I feel that if other people use it, they will be treated as heretic.
The position of the Cattlearch family in Zethism is solid.

[Somewhat.]

I’m a little interested in the traditions of the Zeth religion, which only holy priests would know about, as well as the murky political struggles of the priests.
But, I don’t think it’s worth hearing about right now.

Rona was staring at me, perhaps unsatisfied with my reply.
There’s no way I could say I’m interested in the Zeth religion in a place full of Nobles like this.

[Pardon me for interrupting.
It looks like the tea is ready.
I’m sorry to keep you waiting.]

With Dunkel’s voice as a signal, the Levios family’s maids approached in droves.
Everyone understood the intentions of this event, so I have no complaints about the late preparation of the tea.

[As the host of this event, let me give you a brief explanation.
First of all, the tea leaves…]

This mini-exchange event also serves as a slightly unusual tea party.

The attendees, Quordenze, Adellahan, Zeldomitra, Levios, and Milendorva each brought their own items for the tea party.
The Adellahan family brings tea leaves, the Zeldomitra family brings sugar, and the Milendorva family brings baked goods.
It’s a play that can only be done by Nobles of the Eruo continent, where the act of poisoning doesn’t exist.

[…And finally, the tea utensils are provided by Wilk-dono.]

The Quordenze family brought in tea utensils.
According to the Prince’s assumptions, the Quordenze family was supposed to be in charge of baked goods, and the Milendorva family was supposed to be in charge of fruit.
However, I decided to bring in the tea utensils instead.
The delay in preparing the tea was most definitely caused by the tea utensils brought in from outside.
The servants of the Levios family must have prepared carefully.

[Hmm…is it alright to pour tea into antiques like this?]

[Beautiful color.
It’s shiny.]

[Ah, Lucia.
Be careful when you touch it.
This is a very precious thing.]

Because I brought more tea utensils than the stipulated number, one found its way to even Orshian.
I remembered that when we gathered at this place, the Prince asked me many times in a euphemistic way if it was okay to serve tea utensils to Orshian.

[Kilorde-dono, this is a new vessel made in Quordenze.
It’s best to be careful when touching it, but don’t worry, there is no problem with pouring tea into it.
…Isn’t that right, Wilk-dono?]

It’s a question to re-inform everyone, so I honestly affirm.

[It’s not an antique? But newly made in Quordenze? Ha, no way.
That’s impossible.
The white vessel is a beauty lost in the past.
Prince Dunkel can also see it yourself.
Such a luster.
Is it possible to make such a bright white.]

Kilorde’s lines were lively at first, but the volume gradually decreased.
Seeing the reactions of those around him, he must have realized that his estimation was wrong in judging that it was old pottery.
At the end, it was already a tone of voice to make excuses for Orshian.
Perhaps because the effect of his loss earlier still lingers, he became quiet almost instantly.

[For highly praising its lustrous whiteness, thank you very much, Kilorde-dono.]

[I didn’t mean it that way!]

I don’t want to be seen as being overly hostile to the Milendorva family.
It’s not like I’m doing it because I want to.
If I don’t speak back and stay silent, the Quordenze family could end up being underestimated.
So, I’m just reluctantly returning with sarcasm.
In other words, it’s Kilorde’s fault.

[This is different from the tea utensils that came out at the afternoon exchange meeting.]

[Indeed it is.
The one I will be giving to Kalmia-dono and Novalf-dono is also a different set.]

When I looked around while appealing that I wasn’t reusing it, I noticed that Rona was staring at me.

[Rona-dono, it has a different flavor than old pottery, how do you like it?]

[It is mind-boggling.
Will this vessel stay as white as the white vessel we all know now after several hundred years?]

I didn’t really understand the meaning of that question.
The antique whiteware called “Furuyaki” is made in a completely different way from the one made from thick-haired rabbit bones.
perhaps.
Even if the color changes over time, it will not be the same as old pottery.

[Well, let’s see.
The best answer I could give you is; only time will tell.]

There’s no point in answering that it’s a different manufacturing method, so it’s best to keep it wrapped in a smokescreen.

[Is that so? The Quordenze family must’ve had the lost magic… the magic of whitening.
That magic could only whiten vessels made using the soil of St.
Navempos.
However, is it that it has changed in quality after such a long time being away from the Holy City and has become compatible with the soil of Quordenze?]

Don’t tell me that the whiteware made in St.
Navempos in the past was colored white with magic…? Rona said it as if it were a matter of course, but for me it was a surprising piece of information.
Even so, whitening magic is a magic that is ridiculously difficult to use.

[…..Considering the ancestors of the Quordenze family, there must be wisdom that has been handed down uninterruptedly.
I think it’s wonderful that a lost art can be resurrected in today’s world.
Yes, we must correctly inherit everything entrusted to us by the Founding Father Zeth and pass it on to future generations.
That is the only way to maintain true faith.
I’ve always thought that I could get along very well with the Quordenze family…]

[Priestess Faith.]

Hearing Prince Dunkel’s embarrassed voice, the easy-going priestess rushed over.

[Holy Maiden-sama, please calm down.
You mustn’t, Holy Maiden-sama.]

[Priestess Faith, listen to me.
I would like to speak with the Quordenze family once.
I can’t help but think that all of these tours are guided by the spirit Zeth.
The final momentum to correct the current distorted world may be approaching.
It’s not just the birth of the new Progenitor, Orshian.
Ah, what can I say, now here I am left by the Quordenze family from the Holy Order Pruotista…]

[HOLY MAIDEN-SAMA!]

She smelled eerily similar to Cynthia.
Of course, it’s not the smell of boobs, it’s the smell of a dangerous fanatic.

As soon as the priestess with the big ass called Faith got permission, she went in to reign Rona in.

[…Rona-dono is usually a calm person, but sometimes things like that happen.]

Judging from Dunkel’s way of speaking, it seems that the Levios household has already done this several times.
I don’t think anyone would want to believe in the religion of Zeth after seeing that.
Is it really okay for someone like that to be the leader of the religion?

As if to represent the hearts of those of us left behind, Kilorde spat out in an exasperated tone.

[Is that what a priest is? She’s out of control.]