Chapter 52 A Letter? What Letter Was It?
“And then, Young Master pulled that dog out of the ice, shook it a few times, and only gave up when he was sure it was completely still.”
“Pfft. You shook it like a drink?”
“Iaar! I explicitly confirmed it had no heartbeat or breathing before I picked Sanqi up!”
“Oh right, my little maid, let me tell you. Will, he actually sits in the very back corner of the classroom. Normally, when I pass by the classroom door to check the situation inside, he’s usually daydreaming.”
“Young Master, that’s not good.”
“Because I’ve already heard… heard what’s being taught in that class. Besides, if you wanted to look into our class from the window, wouldn’t you need to bring a stool and stand on tiptoe just to reach the windowsill?”
“You little punk, be careful or I’ll dock your pay.”
“Do I look like I’m short on money?”
…
Will hadn’t expected that inviting Liya to his home beforehand, to have a meal and get acquainted with Iaar, her future teammate, would turn out so well.
They would have to cooperate in four years.
That’s right!
He’d already figured it out!
Cooperate to drive the protagonist crazy!
The Iaar and Liya before him had both taken a significant step, and this grand plan was well on its way!
Thinking about it, Will ate even more heartily and drank an extra two gulps of orange juice.
After the three of them had eaten their fill, drunk their fill, and talked their fill, they leaned back in their chairs, spacing out.
On the table were thoroughly licked cakes, cleanly picked turkey carcasses, and other tableware with a few stray leaves clinging to them.
“Hey, Young Master… so this teacher is actually a teacher.”
Iaar suddenly said to herself in a very small voice.
“What’s wrong? Oh, she really doesn’t look like one, especially in terms of height.”
Will even gestured across the table towards Liya.
“No, no, no, that’s not it. The first time I met her, I felt like she had… had that dangerous aura we’ve encountered before… once on the road, and once at the entrance of the Adventurer’s Guild…”
“Uh…”
Will hadn’t expected Iaar to be so perceptive about strange things.
Since their relationship with Liya had shifted from adversarial to friendly cooperation, and Liya had indeed helped him a lot, he didn’t intend to explain things unnecessarily to Iaar.
He really hadn’t expected Iaar to be able to sense it.
Wait, which time was it at the entrance of the Adventurer’s Guild? Did Liya show up then too?!
He never would have thought that Liya was actually a stalker witch in private.
“It was my nose that smelled it!”
She smelled it?!
Is this the super self-confident intuition of a canine Beastkin?
“Well…”
Will was still thinking about how to explain, but Iaar spoke first:
“Looking at it now, it must have been my imagination. Miss Liya is indeed a very good teacher. She helped a lot in the cold storage last time and has been looking after Young Master quite a bit this time.”
“Mhm-mhm, yes, yes, that’s what you should think.”
Will wiped the sweat from his brow.
He had almost thought Iaar had figured it out and would start a fight right there.
“Thank you for the meal. I haven’t eaten such good food in a long time. Not only was the variety abundant, but the taste was also excellent… *burp*~”
“Don’t rush, speak slowly.”
“And… um… uh…”
Liya seemed to have something difficult to say. She glanced at Will across the table, then at Iaar, and surveyed the environment of the second-floor room.
“What’s wrong?”
“Your place… it’s secure and private, isn’t it?”
“This is my home, not a vault.”
“Hmm, I don’t see any listening magic, nor any surveillance magic, nor any advanced things like control magic. It’s safe.”
Liya activated her demon eye and did a mental scan of the room.
Will thought to himself, *What kind of automatic scanner are you? So this is how demon eyes can be used in this world.* He always thought demon eyes in the original work were just a tool for power-level comparisons.
“Is she… yours?”
Liya pointed at Iaar, looking mysterious.
“She’s been my maid since I was little, so she’s definitely trustworthy.”
“No! I am Young Master’s dog!”
Iaar happily wagged her tail and perked up her ears, replying.
Liya gave Will a look of “As expected of someone from the Hysterm Family,” nodded, and gave him a thumbs-up.
“Then… I should be able to explain here. Actually, I brought you the thing you wanted as a gift this time.”
“Oh? What did I want?”
Liya pouted at this statement, annoyed.
“This!”
*Snap.*
She was so anxious that she forgot her prepared profound opening remarks and went straight to placing the letter on the table.
“A letter? Why are you suddenly giving me a letter…”
Halfway through, Will remembered.
Oh right, because he got so engrossed playing the teacher-student game with Liya, and with S’s help, his recovery was so fast that he had completely forgotten that in the original work, there was an important plot related to him.
As the saying goes, pain leaves memories, suffering etches them deep, and scars bear witness to history.
Since there was no pain, no crying, and even the scars were almost healed, of course, he’d forgotten.
“Right, right, I understand, it’s that!”
“That’s right, it’s that one!”
“Okay, you finally brought that over.”
“Take a good look at this.”
Iaar looked to her left, then to her right, her ears shaking like a rattle.
“Which one are you two talking about?”
“The letter!”
On the table with the leftover food, there indeed lay a delicate little envelope that looked out of place.
What was most prominent on the envelope was the rose wax seal with a missing petal at the four o’clock position.
Anyone in the Entak Empire would recognize this postmark. Only the Royal Family used such a seal.
“That’s right. Earlier on the road, I…”
Will sensed that something bad was about to happen. He stopped Iaar:
“Iaar, please clean up first. I… Liya and I will go upstairs to chat for a bit.”
He scooped up the letter from the table and then pulled Liya upstairs.
“Young… Young Master?!”
Watching her Young Master’s retreating back, Iaar felt like he had become a little unfamiliar.
“I-it’s okay. Young Master… is busy… busy with something good.”
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“Whew… you almost let it slip.”
“R-right! It seems… it seems I haven’t told that violent maid about my identity yet… Did I almost get punched into the wall and make a crater just now?”
“I… I don’t think Iaar could do that.”
Will looked at the letter on the table.
“Some things, just like you don’t want me to get too involved, I don’t want Iaar to know too much either.”
“Oh~ so caring. Even though she just said she was your dog.”
“You don’t understand. This dog is not that dog. Let’s get back to this letter. You mean your client behind you is related to the Royal Family?”
“Correct. It’s obvious, which is why I told you not to get too involved.”
Liya nodded.
“No wonder… If that’s truly the case… the waters are indeed deep.”
Will guessed in that direction. After all, the Hysterm Family and the Royal Family were indeed in a situation of potential division and alliance.
From the original work’s perspective… in four years, the emerging Adventurer class, led by the Hysterm Family, would have irreconcilable conflicts with the old Royal class.
For example…
A revolution to overthrow the Entak Royal Family.
Ah, that’s all four years from now, and it will be in the main story then. It’s too early to think about it now.
