Chapter 7 - Olivié Alwei’s Reasons 1

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After about 15 minutes travel from the school by horse-drawn carriage, we reached a residential area in the center of the capital city.

“This is where Olivié-sama (オリヴィエ) and Madam live, an Alwei (アルウェイ) ducal house’s secondary residence. Please do enter.”

I felt a little carsick, but entered as Treiné said. (トレーネ)

It’s not uncommon for a duke to have a secondary residence, but this is clearly smaller than my Baron family home. Passing through the unguarded gate, there was a well-kept garden. The flowers characteristic of this season were in full-bloom, and the sweet smell tickled my nose. Same as the courtyard, the mansion is small and is only two stories tall.

It’s a simple building with no luxury, despite being a duke’s villa. By comparison, a merchant’s home is quite large and flashy.

Treiné opened the front door and beckoned me inside.

“Ara ara~, do we have a guest?”

With those words, a woman who looked mid-thirties, with wavy blond hair gathered in a barette, was smiling with a bouquet.

“Ha, Hannelone-sama!” (ハンネローネ)

” ‘How vexing’ huh… as I thought, you are not thrilled with the engagement?”

“Isn’t that a matter of course! Imagine if you were told that your father suddenly chose a fiancé, and when you investigate them, it turns out they’re a virgin boy ten years younger than you! ‘Not thrilled’ is merely the start of it!”

There are unbefitting words such as ‘virgin boy’ coming from this noble daughter’s mouth, but I’ll pretend I didn’t hear them. I’ll hide my annoyance deep in my heart.

She’s not as bad as the rumors say, but it seems there was some basis to them.

“Well, you must feel troubled for being engaged to a ‘left-overs’ woman like me. Baron Daum seems to be pretty close to my father, so the Baron couldn’t just refuse the engagement. I’m sorry, you must have gotten the short end of the stick as well. ” (Olivié)

“I was amazed since I only heard about it yesterday. As you might know, I was going to be an adventurer and travel the continent, so all my future plans were thrown awry with that. That said, it was a pleasant surprise to hear that I became a court magician candidate. ” (Jared)

“I’ve checked your achievements as a magician. What can I say, I was surprised. Even a court magician couldn’t defeat that demonic beast (魔獣) alone and the knights order would have to be dispatched. I don’t really understand because I don’t have even a fragment of magic power, but I’ve heard that you hold a special power even among magicians.” (Olivié)

“That’s right. The composite attribute of Earth (地), Fire (火), and Water (水) attributes form my ‘All-encompassing’ attribute (大地). To further explain –”

“Ah, I’m fine without details. I’m fine just hearing that much.”

‘You bastard…’ — I’d like to praise myself for not voicing those words out loud.

If you aren’t interested why make it seem like you are. Even if you are not in the least interested, would it hurt to listen to me for a little while?

“There are a lot of things to talk about, but there’s something I absolutely need to hear from you now. May I ask?”

“I don’t mind, please.”

“Then speak frankly. Jared Murphy, do you really want to marry me, Olivié Alwei?”

Translator’s Corner:

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大地 literally means ‘Great Earth,’ but is closer in meaning to ‘the vast land’, hence ‘All-encompassing’. It was translated as ‘Great Earth’ before, but with this chapter’s explanation it seems to be an All-attributes type. If someone has a better name please post below!