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「Hmm, you looked awfully friendly with him, huh?」
Nagia’s tone was mixed with a bit of teasing. The creepy guy, wealthy merchant from Korapt, Raspe Groovy. Indeed, he was someone I knew. I only explained it since I was asked about it.
Right now, Nagia and I were resting in the waiting room for servants. We would end up sweating buckets if we stayed outside as expected. We would not be able to fulfill our role as objects if we looked uncomfortably hot.
Even so, he remembered me quite well. Even though it had already been 3 months since then. If he were as rich as he was, he should be surrounded by beautiful girls and boys every day. Considering the rank of my body, it was certainly a top-quality item, but there was no need to be so fixated on me. Above all, he had Dona with him.
Also, his tone. His ugliness was beyond help, but his attitude itself was very frank. He may just be feigning friendliness since he was in the Viscount’s residence, but I felt intelligence in his actions.
「Maybe he still wants Fay? Why not accept his affection?」
I could hear Nagia’s persistent voice close to my ear. There was a strange emphasis on the words 「want」 and 「affection」.
「Who taught you to speak like that?」
I asked back, and her expression clearly had a sexual nuance in it. It was far too vulgar for a seven-year-old kid to say.
「No one? Did I say something strange?」
This person.....
「No? By the way, Gruvy-sama also seems to be kind to a pretty girl. So why don’t you try calling him?」
「You’re joking, right?」
Nagia emphasized while scornfully laughing.
「I can’t deal with such a rural merchant like that? I’m not that cheap」
「He is an influential person even the master acknowledges, you know? So, who would be good for you?」
「Of course, it has to be someone from the secretarial section. And I’d be happy to marry someone who will be the next butler candidate. As long as it is someone wearing a noble page’s bracelet, you know」
The highest ranking position in this Viscount's mansion, apart from the Viscount’s family members, was naturally the butler. But, he was not the only one wearing a noble page’s bracelet. The head maid’s husband, who was mainly the leader of the merchant caravan on land, was also given the bracelet. Nagia’s father still had not received the status of a noble page, but if he continued to accumulate achievements, he would eventually receive it someday.
So I decided to be a little sarcastic as well.
「So you like a man who has high status?」
「It’s natural, isn’t it? If necessary, that’s right, being Wym-sama’s mistress is also fine with me」
Even though I was implying that it was fine for anyone as long as they have money and status, it did not faze her at all. She had a point there. This was a different world compared to modern Japan. If you were going to get married, first you have to consider the other person’s fortune and status. That’s common sense here. But even so, I think that was far too realistic and, not to mention, too greedy.
「I’m sure the madam would not allow it」
「Ara, we don’t know about that, do we? It’s about her own son」
Normally, nobles have several mistress in addition to their legal wife. However, there was no woman like that currently in this Viscount Tviety House.
The reason was simple. The current madam heavily dislikes it. She was usually a woman with a somewhat gentle and warm air around here, it seemed she immediately transforms into someone with a fierce personality when it comes to infidelity. I have never seen it in person, though. It was said to be the influence of her mother, who was both from a noble house in Ruin and a follower of Seriphasia’s religion.
However, maintaining their house was a noble’s greatest concern. Should her only son, Wym, not produce a male heir.....well, she might never forgive her husband’s cheating but if it were her son, she could overlook it.
「But it’s a shame. If I had not been transferred to another section, I might have become Nagia’s fiancé」
「Stop it! You, who do you think you are? You’re just a slave, aren’t you? A black-haired slave, Fay!」
She emphasized the word ‘Fay’. She knows I hate being called that name.
Same with my previous world, this world also had discrimination. Many Forestians believe that they were a harmonious race. So, other races and ethnicities apart from them, they begin with the assumption that they were somehow misshapen or inferior.
For example, Ruinian were considered 「country bumpkin」, 「vulgar」, and 「gluttonous」 to them. What about Saharians? The image that had taken root in the people here was negative, such as 「greedy merchants」 and 「violent」. As for the Shurains, who live in the continent further south of the Saharians, they were branded with nothing but insults like 「savages」 and 「dirty」.
So, would they acknowledge if they were city dweller? No. When it comes to the residents of the imperial capital, they were merciless, calling them 「self-centered」, 「sly」, and 「debauched」. Actually, these insults were sometimes brought up when another nation talks about Forestian.
So what about my black hair.....or people from Hanfan? Actually, there was an image of them as 「Funny people」.
Here’s how it came to be. Hanfanian seldom come to Forestia. Most of the merchants were satisfied with making a round trip to the imperial capital. But there was also an exception among this group of people who came all the way there. One example was the group of performers. To put it simply, a circus.
As they were performers, they performed a variety of techniques in front of an audience. The star of the show among them was a young boy. A child with complete makeup while wearing bright, colorful clothes that flutter around him, leaps and spins around in the air over and over again. It may seem to be truly an impressive sight, but the boy’s name.....or the boy’s stage name to be precise, was mostly 「Fay」.
There seemed to be a nuance that meant something like fluttering about like a feather, or something along those lines. In every circus, the boy’s name was Fay. This way, every time the performer’s name was called, the audience could expect what would come up next.
So, in a faraway land of Forestia - located faraway on the opposite side of the Chirem island -, the Hanfanian names have been simplified to the simple ‘Fay’.
Of course, since they were entertainers, they conduct themselves in a flashy manner and on stage and show a comical performance. That was probably not all that was about Hanfanians, but in any case, to the Forestians who do not know them well, they label Hanfanians as 「Funny people」.
That’s why I hate being called 「Fay」. Since one had black hair, they were Hanfanian. Since it’s Hanfanian they were called Fay. Being called ‘Fay’...means people only look at the label instead of the person themselves. It gives a glimpse of that way of thinking, and it was unpleasant since it was a derogatory name.
In other words, Nagia looked down on me, and going out with this funny and strange guy was something she flatly refused.
I think it was immature to fight with a kid, but.....I sighed before I spoke about what I was thinking.
「I had only met him once or twice, but your father was an impressive man. Your mother is, as expected, a very elegant person, as she works as the wet nurse in this Viscount House. Even so, why did their son and daughter end up like this, I wonder」
「What do you mean, ended up like this!」
The moment I brought up her parents, Nagia suddenly showed her anger.
「It’s just as I see it」
「What! What do you know!」
「I know. The adults around you are at fault. And they, themselves, are also swept by their surroundings」
「Wha……」
No matter how furious and angry Nagia gets, I don’t feel any fear at all. I could leave this place anytime I want, but she was obsessed with living in this mansion.
「I don’t say anything bad. Your father is outside the country, while your mother is always working. I understand how lonely it must feel, but you keep doing stupid things to distract yourself, but you might end up becoming someone really vulgar, you know?」
「Wha......thi…..this Fay.....」
Her face turned red and pale as she struggled for words. She was probably self-conscious about this. I stared at her with cold eyes.
Nagia was trying to come up with something to object, but her time ran out.
The sound of knocking rang out against the door.
「Fay, are you here?」
It was the voice of the young man working behind-the-scenes.
「Yes, here」
Well now.
If the guest was going back, I would not be the only one being called but Nagia too.
He spoke without pause as soon as I hurried out of the room.
「The guest, Gruvy-sama, has requested your presence. Normally, you would not be allowed in, but be careful not to make any mistake, alright?」
Five minutes later, I found myself entering the 「Peony」room. But this time, it seemed unlikely I would be able to look around the room casually.
After I entered the room, I bowed to the master and then to the guest, Gruvy. With my status, I could not even carelessly say a word of greeting. It was because it would force other people to listen to me.
「Well」
Upon recognizing my presence, the Viscount turned to Gruvy.
「As you wished, I have called Fay here」
「Thank, guhii, you, very much」
He - who had gained too much fat - turned towards me.
「Then, once again, bufuu, the talk from before」
After he said that, the Viscount’s expression became slightly stern.
「Fay-kun」
Gruvy started calling me with my current changed name.
「Why don’t you, come work for me」
「Ha……」
Even if you say that, I am currently the Viscount’s property.
Wait, no way? Don’t tell me, he deliberately came all the way to Pyris for this reason?
「Your Excellency」
Taking his eyes off me, Groovy spoke in his usual hoarse voice - but with a firm tone - and said clearly.
「Would you be willing, to give him up to me? I can immediately pay you, five times the amount of his successful bid, 30.000 gold coins」 www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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