Chapter 13 – Baron Leon (2)

His mind was slowly leaning towards what Carlton had said because he felt the same way and did not want to die.

He had sided with the second prince to get promoted, not to get himself killed.

‘There is no compromise. That’s for sure. If that’s the case….’

Although he had never been strong, his family line had been loyal to Paulstein’s king from generation to generation.

Of course, they were in their current situation because of his ambition and lack of judgment, but he did not want to obediently die.

“This is our chance and the timing is just right. They might be thinking that we know what’s currently going on through our magic communication system, or at least obediently waiting for them.”

“Alright. Let’s leave at night. Can you get everything prepared?”

“I was just waiting for your decision father.”

“You were planning on leaving by yourself it seems.”

“There’s no way.”

Carlton firmly shook his head.

Nobody in Teron would welcome him into their home as he wasn’t the Baron.

It might be different if he were a Master, but it was obvious that he would just get ignored.

That’s why he definitely needed his father with him.

“M, my lord!”

“What is it?”

As Belis made his decision he heard urgent footsteps and the voice of his butler.

However, as the butler had served the Baron for many years, Belis could tell his voice was unusual.

It was filled with nervousness.

“A guest has arrived from the Royal Palace! However, the person named Jade and the leader of the War Elves, Arelia is also with them!”

“Huh?”

Although he was in a rush, the butler carefully opened the door and delivered his message to Belis. And, after hearing the message, Belis’ brows furrowed.

It made sense that a guest from the Royal Palace came to visit out of the blue.

However, it was strange to hear that Jade and Arelia were also with the guest.

Of course, it wasn’t that he didn’t know the two people, but they didn’t have any sort of relationship with the Baron.

“Who’s the other person? Who seems to be the executioner?”

“There are three people who have come to visit. Jade, Arelia, and court mage by the name of Steven.”

“……only those three?”

Carlton also looked on with a blank stare as he really couldn’t understand the composition of the group.

That’s why he stared at Belis with a blank expression.

“Where are those three right now?”

“I escorted them to the drawing-room for now.”

“Did they give you a reason as to why they were coming for this visit?”

“I asked them, but they said they would speak to you in person my lord.”

“MMmm!”

Belis’ expression became complicated.

Of all things, they happened to come visit when he had made the decision to seek asylum and for some reason, he kept getting a queer feeling about the situation.

“Isn’t Jade that high-ranking summoner?”

“Yessir.”

“Plus, the War Elf huh. What kind of combination is this?”

“I’m not too sure with that either, sir.”

The butler lowered his head in response to Carlton’s statement.

Although he did his best to find out, the visitors made it clear that he shouldn’t ask any more questions.

“If the summoner wasn’t there, we wouldn’t have become like this.”

Meanwhile, Carlton was clenching his teeth.

He became angry the more he thought about it.

If the high-ranking summoner wasn’t there, they would have been able to win the battle and Baron Leon would’ve been able to promote.

“Let’s go and talk to them for now.”

“I will escort you, sir.”

“I would like to go as well.”

“Hmm. I’m sure it shouldn’t matter.”

Belis did not refuse his son’s request.

This visit wasn’t arranged to begin with, so he believed it was fine to take Carlton with him.

Instead, he sent his butler to send a message to his Knight Commander.

In a short amount of time, Belis has a written a short message for the Knight Commander.

“Let’s go.”

“Okay.”

Watching this, Carlton made a meaningful expression.

He understood what was written in the letter even if he didn’t read what was written on it.

“This is Baron Leon’s place.”

“Have you heard anything about this place?”

Although the servant poured tea for Jade, he did not touch it.

It was completely in contrast to Arelia and Steven who were drinking it without any thought.

“Of course. Do you really think I followed you hear without knowing anything?”

“I wanted to finish this as quietly as possible.”

“I don’t plan on doing anything. I’m just going to watch from behind you, and I also get to see the Great Forest. I’ve lived a good while but coming to the Great Forest is a first for me.”

It was quite a shabby drawing room when compared to the one in the Royal Palace, but Arelia did not mind such things since they had a different goal to begin with.

“There’s nothing special about the Great Forest. It’s just a forest with a lot of monsters. Only, theere’s quite a bit of monsters here and the forest is quite big.”

“That’s why it’s so interesting. For an elf who loves forest, it feels like the forest was just thrown away and cast aside. I feel like there’s a possibility for Dark Elves to be here, but I’m not too sure.”

“Now that you say that I don’t think I’ve seen any Dark Elves yet and I’ve lived in the Great Forest for quite some time now.”

“They’re a race that like to keep to themselves, but mister Jade.”

“Yes?”

Jade smiled as he stared at Hwid who was excited for coming back to its birthplace.

However, he did not turn his head.

It was just too cute watching Hwid fly around in an excited manner.

Especially when it was trying to sniff the air around it, it would crunch its nose and shake it side to side in a cute fashion.

“Aren’t you going to shave your facial hair? I think you would look much better if you just trimmed your mustache and beard.”

“It’s quite comfortable keeping it like this though.”

“Hmmm.”

Arelia furrowed her brows as Jade completely refused her words.