It Seems That I've Slipped Into a Different World. Also, My Gender Has Changed. Chapter 75: The Secret, Confidential Letter

Chapter 75: The Secret, Confidential Letter

Translator: LynneSuzuran

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“Eh?”

The next morning. Taiga-san, who ate his breakfast faster than us as usual, seed to have gone to work.

After the slightly lonely breakfast that went on without the master of the house present was finally ended, I settled in my room. At that ti, Fubuki-san entered while holding so docunts. The docunts seed to be related to yesterday’s incident.

“There was a call from the garrison station so ti ago, saying that the magician had committed a suicide.”

Whoa, the one who had aid from the clock tower? I hadn’t expected that.

Or rather, is it really a suicide, I wonder? The security officer who attacked us at the parking lot seed to play a principal part in the plan, but…

…Well, it’s not like the detailed information will just co to by thinking about such things. I have no choice but to trust in the garrisons who walked those people off yesterday.

Or rather, how do I put it…? I think that my own reaction is too indifferent. It should be shocking to know that soone dies before your own eyes, but… uhm…

“What about the people who attacked us near the carriage?”

While I was busy thinking about many things, Alica-san asked. Which reminds , there were more people there, so I wonder if we’d manage to hear sothing from them. My consciousness was brought back to the reality in a fluster.

“The people who were hired with money seed to have gotten the negotiation from the security officer. The people who belonged to the restructured group also heard the story of Seiren-sama from the sa security officer, as expected.”

“I see… If that’s the case, the investigators deduced that the security officer was the ringleader?”

“There doesn’t seem to be any other conjecture than it. The security officer seed to be shouting about sothing like how the retirent of the previous family head who appointed himself was Taiga-sama’s intrigue.”

Fubuki-san showed a slightly troubled face. Well, certainly.

The security officer that Touka-san counted on held a grudge against the reason behind Touka-san’s retirent. Then, since the successor, Taiga-san seed to be quite difficult to attack, he targeted who was Taiga-san’s fiancee and attacked after gathering up a large number of people, either by money or by sothing else. That security officer, just where did he manage to gather a sufficient amount of money that he took out to that large number of people? No matter how you think about it, isn’t it strange?

The magician who committed suicide also seed to be the kind of a person who’d do anything for money, so I think that it was how he went along with them in that direction.

So I thought, but dead n tell no tales… right? No matter how you put it, there’s no such thing as necromancer over here.

Anyway, the group of assailants that was started by the security officer and their source of funds, huh? This isn’t sothing within the reach of my hands, yup. Let’s leave it up to the garrisons.

“Is that so? Sorry for the trouble and thank you very much.”

“No problem. I will leave the detailed written report over here. Well then, I shall excuse myself now.”

Fubuki-san bowed her head deeply, placed the docunts on top of the table, and exited the room. A short while after the door was closed, everyone including heaved a long sigh. As expected, it seed that we got nervous when Fubuki-san was here. We really need to get used to it, huh?

Putting that aside…

“The previous family head’s retirent, Taiga-san’s intrigue, eh…?”

“The retirent couldn’t be done without any fuss, huh-?”

“That’s right. Though it appeared so in public, but the previous family head couldn’t just retire peacefully.”

At my words that contained an improbable thing, Oriza-san and Minoa-san nodded. Alica-san was silent, but I could see that she slightly nodded. Well, as expected from having the previous family head suddenly retired and then the position of the Shikino family’s head was quickly handed over to Taiga-san, so I think that it’s no wonder people would think so.

…Or maybe the family head succession from the previous head, Touka-san, was seen as a very unexpected thing.

“It might be off topic, but…”

Suddenly, Alica-san raised her voice. It seed that she was silent because she was thinking of sothing.

“But Seiren-sama and Saryuu-sama have finally arrived here with such troubles, and now for you to just remain inside the mansion, it feels a bit… It’s only my opinion, though…”

Ah, that, huh? Certainly, when we wanted to go out today right on the heels of yesterday, Saya-san softly stopped us. Taiga-san was busy with his job as usual and went out flying with Genjirou, but Saryuu also remained in his own room. He likes to run around training himself, so I bet he’s turning sour by this ti, right?

“But, there was that incident yesterday, after all.”

Oriza-san folded her arms and pondered. That’s right, as expected, even if we wanted to go out today, the atmosphere wasn’t so supportive.

“I still want to go to the harvest festival, although it’s not today… Isn’t the security quite tight?”

“Saya-san said that the feudal lords and their relatives often slipped into the mass and Taiga-sama was also used to it, so it’d be fine. However, the problem is located at whether or not the incident like yesterday’s incident would occur again or not.”

Minoa-san seed to have heard those words very firmly from Saya-san. I see, so that was how the garrisons arrived quite fast yesterday.

Or rather, so that person had often go out to play that the surroundings were also used to him, huh? Well, that doesn’t seem to be a bad thing, and that’s why he becos so famous among the fief population. Let’s just consider it as a good thing.

However, putting that aside, I want to at least turn up once again at the harvest festival. Regardless of Saryuu, I want to do that.

“Well, shall we try asking whether we could adjust things sohow, so we could go there? Alica-san, can I ask you to discuss it?”

“Understood. I’ll try asking.”

After all, it seems to be easier for the other party if we were to appear in public.

…That’s why I was told that I brought myself to a tough predicant.

*Ring, ring*

The bell rang. This house uses bells in exchange for knocking. Anyway, Oriza-san vigorously leaped and said, “Yes, ye-s?” After opening the door and exchanged so words, she turned around and called out to .

“Seiren-sama. It’s Taiga-sama-.”

“Eh! Ah, yes-, please co in.”

Whoa, so he has co ho? I stood up in a hurry and brushed off my skirt. No, well, it’s not like there’s so sort of dust on my skirt, but still.

Taiga-san who entered the room seed to have a slightly stern ambience, but after noticing , he relaxed himself. Ah, I’m glad. For so reason, if his face stayed as it was, it seed slightly scary. For a handso man to be making such a grim face, it’s terribly frightening, after all.

“Taiga-san, welco ho.”

“Yes, Seiren-sama. However, I need to go out again soon in order to continue the eting from yesterday.”

“Whoa, you’re very busy, huh?”

Yes. However, I feel energized after looking at Seiren-sama’s face. So, it’s going to be okay.”

“Don’t say sothing like that. Don’t overdo it, okay?”

“I understand.”

Do you really understand? Rather than being similar to his father, Touka-san, Taiga-san seed to have a similar personality with his uncle, the orphanage director. He is the type of person to work too hard without letting it show on the surface.

Taiga-san took out a white envelope from within his mantle which was not too long as it was hanging from his shoulders. He then presented it to with both of his hands.

“That’s right, Seiren-sama. A letter from your acquaintance has arrived. It seems like the sender wants you to read it here with just your maids, with other people cleared out.”

“Eh? Ah, yes.”

After reflexively receiving it with both hands, I pondered about from who it might be. However, it seems that it’s being kept a secret from other people.

Sucha person, I don’t think I know soone who fits the bill.

“Well then, I’ll be leaving. About the harvest festival, I’ll tell the security to make it stricter.”

“Ah, yes, thank you very much. Take care, Taiga-san.”

When I spontaneously sent him off in front of the door, Taiga-san lightly pat my head and said, “Be careful, Seiren-sama,” and went out of the room. Uh, is this the expected treatnt since he’s 10 years older than ?

Well, I will just do exactly as he said… Although I might say, Fubuki-san doesn’t even co inside and only stays outside the door. For the mont, I’ll just shut the door tightly and check the outside from the window.

On the envelope, there is a neat writing that’s different from Taiga-san’s, and “To Seiren-chan” was written there. Oi, I only know one person who’d call like that. Ah-, as expected.

“…It’s from Leo-san.”

“Oh my-.”

“Oh?”

“Oh dear.”

All 3 maids responded in similar connotation although their pronunciations were different. Saying as if it was as expected-.

I wonder what’s so expected of this? While thinking about it, I returned to the sofa. I removed the wax seal and took out the writing paper and spread it out, now then.

“Uhm. I’m coming to visit here right now, and though I am a little bit preoccupied with so feudal lord’s business, there’s nothing else other than that, so rest assured. …No, no, no.”

Before that, there was a normal greeting, [Seiren-chan, are you doing well-?], so I omitted it. Or more precisely, wait a minute.

“He’s going to have so business to do with Taiga-san’s work?”

What’s up with him being preoccupied with another feudal lord’s work? In the first place, isn’t Leo-san going to co here to play?

His identity was unclear from when he first ca to our house, but I beca unable to understand it even more after him saying that he’d co here. Just what kind of person is he?

For now, let’s read on ahead.

“The harvest festival is really fun, and I’ve been having a good ti. Sotis there were so quarrels, but the garrisons are properly doing their work, so it’s basically safe and I’m so relieved… Leo-san seems to be having fun.”

I see, so it’s safe. I was wondering whether the people who targeted and Taiga-san would be coming again or not, but if that’s the case, then it seems to be all right.

“Ah, lastly. This is only a secret between and the feudal lord, and then Seiren-chan, so he said.”

So this is what Taiga-san warned about, huh? I don’t quite understand about the situation, but it seems that Leo-san wants to keep this secret.1

In this case, there are my three maids here, too. They have been accompanying for more than half a year already, so it’s going to be fine. Besides, I also think that Ayato-san and Maito-san are automatically included whenever we’re referring to Leo-san.

“…Which ans, this is also a secret from Saryuu-sama, Saya-san, and Fubuki-san?”

“If that’s not the case, then the letter won’t be handed over through Taiga-sama-, I wonder what kind of a thing it is?”

“After all, he visited us here specially, even when he had to quickly go out again of the mansion.”

It seems that what Alica-san said is right. I also shouldn’t inform Taiga-san’s maids. I don’t understand why, but if Leo-san and Taiga-san wanted it to be like that, then we’ll just have to do so, right?

Yosh, as I was determined, I looked out over the three people.

“Well then, shall I trouble you to do as we’re told to? First of all, this is a secret only known to the four people present here. I think that it might be sothing that Taiga-san and Leo-san didn’t want others to know.”

“Of course. I don’t quite understand, but it seems that Leo-sama and Taiga-sama had their own considerations, so…”

“Understood-.”

“I understand.”

I have beco more or less familiar with my three maids’ differing answers like this. Now then, I wonder what will happen after this?