Letter From Bram
The next day, I headed to see a large amount of dried slimes.www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Leaving the entrance, there was the refreshing morning air blowing, with the dried slimes fluttering in the air as if blending in with the clear blue sky above.
I take the dried slimes while thinking that this sure is a really surreal scene.
「Un, they’re dried alright」
They have become as dry and crisp as the slime I made the other day. If it’s like this, they won’t have any problem being made into fish scoops. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Excuse meeー!」
Just as I was collecting the dried slimes like that, I heard a voice calling out coming from the mansion’s gate.
「I come to deliver a letter from Toriela’s company」
Hmm, a delivery, huh. Then it won’t be good if it’s not received properly. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
I put a stop to my slime collection and headed for the gate, there I saw a man I had seen before waiting.
If I remember correctly, I talked with him a few times when we were on the ship heading to Kagura. But, I don’t know his name.
「Ah, Alfried-sama. I’m sorry to have you receive the letter yourself」
「No, it’s fine. By the way, who is the letter from?」
Since I don’t know his name, I ask that in order to avoid saying anything careless.
Even after I turn the letter over and see the crest, I don’t recognize this crest. They are different from Eric’s house crest, or from Earl Melna and Viscount Yurina.
Just who is this from?
「It’s a letter from Bram Bamlar」
「Sorry, I can’t accept this letter」
A letter from Bram only smells troubles.
If it wasn’t for the fact that I received the letter directly like this, I could just make some excuses later.
「Ueeeh!? Wait a minute, what’s that supposed to mean? Toriela-san will get angry at you if you don’t receive it, and I’ll be in trouble y’know!?」
「It’s fine it’s fine. I’m not scared of Tori」
There’s nothing to be afraid of when Tori gets angry.
「Err, it’s true that Toriela-san is not scary, but his secretary is scary you know」
「You said it. I’m going to tell Tori next time」
「Uwaaaaa! Please, please stop it!」
「Then, in exchange for not telling that to Tori, you take the letter back and return」
「Uuh, that’s unfair! Just like Toriela-san said, Alfried-sama is friendly but will be merciless if you show him the opportunity」
What the heck. So he always thought of me like that, huh? www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
I’m going to use that line as a shield to negotiate next time. I’m sure I should be able to get a good condition in our negotiation.
「Anyway, that’s why you should bring the letter back with you」
「No, I’ll be in trouble since we already received the money from Bram-sama, please receive the letter」
「I’m going to call for the guard if you don’t do it, y’know?」
We actually don’t have guards in our house, but I’ll try to intimidate him for now by saying that line.
Then, I received an impact on the back of my head.
「We don’t have something like guards in our house, you know. Just what have you been doing being so loud in front of the gate in the morning?」
「Aah, Elna-sama! Alfried-sama would not accept the letter! 」
「Letters are important, why are you refusing them」
Elna-kaasan properly receives the letter the man presented despite being shocked.
「Thank you very much! Now that I have handed the letter over, I will excuse myself!」
As soon as the man from Tori’s company handed the letter, he left in haste and starts running off.
Aah, the letter has now been officially delivered to the destination.
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After collecting all the dried slimes, I was dragged to the living room by Elna-kaasan.
I don’t know whether the timing is good or bad, but there was also Eleonora-neesan - someone who has a real connection with Bram - inside sitting on the sofa.
「Ara? The crest looks like they are from the Bamlar family」
As soon as she sat down at the table, Elna-kaasan looked at the crest on the letter and muttered.
Even when I casually glance at Eleonora-neesan - who seems to have something to do with Bram -, the person herself doesn’t appear to have any reaction.
Maybe she had already forgotten about the name of Bram and he came from the Bamlar house, but even she remembers she probably wouldn’t be interested in him.
That Bram guy is so pathetic.
「Eleonora, does the Bamlar house name sounds familiar to you?」
「Bamlar, not Vermillion?」1
「That’s a fallen blacksmith noble house, you know. You surprisingly remember that house quite well, have you not?」
The Vermillions is a noble house that rose up suddenly due to their blacksmithing skill, but since the war had ended, the number of occasions where they could play an active role has decreased and they declined, thus their house had been demoted to commoners. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「I use a sword, so that’s common sense. The swords from the Vermillion family are sharp and durable after all」
It appears that Eleonora-neesan has extensive knowledge when it has anything to do with a sword.
I only swung my wooden sword in practice anyway, so I don’t really know about that kind of knowledge.
Oh well, I don’t need it anyway, and I never come across any instances where I need it.
「We are not talking about swords right now, we are talking about noble houses. You really don’t remember about Bamlar house?」
「I don’t. Which house are they?」
Eleonora-neesan immediately replies without showing any behavior that she remembers them.
Even though Bram is one of the few men who showed interest in Eleonora-neesan.
And Elna-kaasan seems to also have a headache over this.
「It’s that boy, Bram’s house」
「Bram? ……aah, that weak and annoying guy!」
When I told her his name, it finally seemed like it registered in Eleonora-neesan’s mind as if a search result had been found. Although calling it a ‘search result’ is terrible for him.
「Could it be, that’s a letter from Bram? Why did you accept it?」
「Err, I was refusing to accept the letter, but Elna-kaasan accepted it」
Eleonora-neesan looks displeased as she scowled at me so I desperately make the excuse.
「Mou, anyway it’s just another stupid letter, right? Give it to me, I’ll burn it」
「Wait a minute. Apparently, it is addressed to Al」
Just when Eleonora-neesan approached me and was about to take the letter away, Elna-kaasan stopped her.
Eeeh, what do you mean it is addressed to me?
When I try to look at the letter handed over by Elna-kaasan, the name written on the letter is certainly my name.
「Try reading it」
Being told that by Elna-kaasan, I reluctantly opened the letter. Then I continue to read the characters written inside.
As I read the characters written there, I became fed up.
「What’s written there?」
「Bram will also come and participate in the Harvest Festival」
「Ara!」
「……so?」
Elna-kaasan seems happy to hear the news of a visit from a strange guy who likes her daughter. However, the person involved didn’t look happy in the slightest. She clearly dislikes the idea. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「He says that he’s going to challenge me to a duel again since he can’t accept the duel at the royal capital」
Right, this is the most annoying point.
If he just has the aim of enjoying the Harvest Festival for Eleonora-neesan, then there is no need for me to guide him around.
As he hoped, I will leave him to Eleonora-neesan and just play around with Eric and Ra-chan.
「He said ‘he can’t accept the duel’, just what kind of sneaky magic did you use to defeat him?」
It looks like, in Eleonora-neesan’s mind, my defeating Bram using sneaky magic is already a settled matter.
Well, it’s natural for me to use magic, it’s mostly correct but I won’t say it honestly. Although I set him up, in the end, Shelka attacked Bram with her magic.
「Err, I beat him one by one properly, you know. It’s just that Bram self-destructs by himself」
「It is said that the duel was invalid because of a third-person’s magic attack, though?」
So I tell her calmly, but Elna-kaasan peered into the letter and said something unnecessary.
「Hey, don’t look at other’s letters without permission」
「Don’t you think it is weird there is a third-person’s magic attack in a one-on-one duel?」
「I didn’t ask for help from a third person or something. I just used my resourcefulness to create an advantageous situation ending up like that. I mean, come on, didn’t Nord-tousan tell us to create an advantageous situation for ourselves?」
That’s why I said, that’s not my fault, and I’m not guilty.
「And so we will have Eleonora-neesan to entertain Bram, okay」
「Haa? Why me?」
「To begin with, it’s Eleonora-neesan’s fault to push that matter with Bram to me」
「That’s right. It is Eleonora’s problem, I think it’s strange to let Al deal with it」
「Even kaasan!」
Maybe because Eleonora-neesan’s future is at stake now, Elna-kaasan is on my side.
That’s good, it would be a good idea to use this year’s Harvest Festival as an opportunity to let them get closer.
While watching the sulky Eleonora-neesan, Elna-kaasan and I mysteriously smiled at each other. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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TL Note :
1. Bamlar and Vermillion sound a little similar in Japanese, Bamuraru & Bamirion.
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