Yang also leaned. As he glanced through the report written up by Jake, a call was made by Hayden, who returned to the mansion.

I follow a servant who came to get Harold, wondering no way, to Hayden's study.

The unpleasant feeling of seeing Hayden's face waiting there turned to certainty. Because Hayden, who often has a tough face, was in a pretty good mood.

He cut out the story as soon as Harold entered the room.

"Be happy, Harold, I have a good story to tell you"

"Good story?

I know what to say, but I ask back as if it were my first ear.

Vain, but I can't help it.

"I got a report from Lord Tasker today. Miss Erica's staying with the Stokes for a while."

After all, the thought comes to Ichigo's chest.

It seems Erica's residence in Hayden is already a matter of decision. I guess this one was fateful from the start, even as a smeragi.

Still, Ichi tries to resist.

"I don't feel comfortable living with her."

"There's nothing to illuminate. You and Miss Erica are approved by both families."

But Hayden mistakes me for being shy. Is it floating? There was no sign of fitting Harold's words properly.

After that I couldn't overturn my decision, although I tried eating it down, and Ichi ended up reluctantly welcoming Erica in.

The next day, Ichi was headed to the East Gate connecting Stokes territory with the streets to welcome Erica. Apparently we're supposed to arrive in the morning, but I showed up within yesterday, so I probably stayed in a nearby inn as well.

Ichiki is shaken by a pick-up carriage in a dark mood.

(Isn't the schedule too tight?

It's supposed to take six or seven days one way, even in a hurry. Arriving the day after the letter arrives is either unwilling to hear a response, or Hayden knew he would accept. Well, it's probably the latter.

Either way, this is likely a development that wasn't in the original. Because the beginning of the matter is definitely a letter written by Ichigo.

I mean, you deserved it, and when it was dented, it had arrived at the East Gate at some point.

When I got off the carriage with a foothold so heavy that I imagined it might have shackles on it, there was Erica and a strange woman standing behind it on her right hand side.

"It's an honor to have Master Harold pick you up at once."

"Ha, what's not in my mind."

Even today, Harold Mouse takes to destroy relationships.

About three months dating this mouth, Ichi has reached a frontier where she is no longer even impressed with variations of mockery.

While feeling his futile growth, Ichi turned his gaze towards the woman holding back Erica.

Ages range from late teens to twenties. There, I have impressive chestnut hair stretched up to my waist, which is like a room with a large white ribbon near the tip of my hair.

"Who's that guy?

"It's Yuno with you. She'll take care of me while I'm here."

My name is Yuno.

Yuno bows in a slow motion as he stretches his tail. She has a relaxed atmosphere that goes hand in hand with a fluffy smile.

And Ichi doesn't know about her. I mean, it's a character that hasn't appeared in the original.

"I'll advise you in advance, but I don't have time for you. You can sit here on your own, but don't stand in my way."

I'll stab the nail for now because I don't know the purpose of the opponent or who Yuno is.

I want to eliminate uncertainty as far as possible just because of the timing of my visit to start testing the LP farming method.

Two people take Harold's insured words without moving.

"I understand."

Copy that, sir.

(Seriously, if I knew, I'd be back...)

And so on and so on and so on. Erica has come this far without defying the convenience of the house, and I wonder how she will not be driven back.

Then it would be wise to be thorough non-contact.

But the inquisitor didn't wholesale it.

A merciless word strikes Ichi, who returned to the mansion with Erica and the others silently all the time.

"In the meantime, thank you. Tomorrow you'll take Erica and show her around the city. Female escorts are also a necessary skill for the aristocrats. I've never been there to practice from now on."

Needless to say, it is a suggestion from Hayden.

Even though that's troublesome, Erica also answers favorably in Erica such as "Thank you for your concern", so Ichi had to lose her words already.

Ichigo is flabbergasted by a series of Erica-related incidents.

But through a filter called Harold, they convert that into anger.

"You've always looked more and less strange. Well, forgiveness scares me, doesn't it?

Zen, who had visited the room, said so when she saw Harold's face. It is something that can be spoken to without being cowered by a nobleman who often looks like that.

"The forgiveness is the cause. Abominable at all..."

"What makes you so dissatisfied? She was a pretty pretty little girl."

"Well, I see your hobby."

"You have no idea! Because it's a huge misunderstanding!? I prefer Mr. Yuno!

Zen is dressed in wet clothes and desperately denied. I don't care about Zen's sexuality or anything unless it's a shotacon for Ichi.

And why Zen knows this topic is because when Erica arrived, Hayden gathered people from all over the mansion and introduced them to Harold's fiancée and his entourage. I know you want to make it even a fait accompli, but from Ichi's point of view, it's just a public execution.

By the way, 90% of the gaze directed at Erica, who was introduced as Harold's fiancé, was pitiful.

The Stokes family, including Harold, are well regarded there.

"Go get Norman and Jake instead of calling me bye-bye. Adjust appointments after tomorrow"

"Because I really like adult women!?

Erica and Yuno were also haunting their minds when Zen was searching around the mansion after Harold's room while denying it to the end.

The cause of this is no other, Harold.

"I heard you talking, but you were a pretty naughty looking boy ~"

From the age of Yuno, I think it might be a reasonable place to be around small business, but it was Yuno's inclusiveness that would still be done with a word of "Yan".

But the biggest problem is not Harold's hateful words and deeds.

"Your father said Harold might be connected to or used by insiders..."

"You don't seem to honestly listen to someone because of his personality ~"

If so, Harold himself is more likely to be considered a puppet within unaware. It would be extremely difficult to subordinate him.

Conversely, if those words and actions were given to insiders in the act, the task was to say that there must be some means of contact on this side yesterday. I approached Harold in anticipation of a time when the landlord was absent and difficult to get in the way so that I could easily do so, and I was aware of the disrespect and inspired by this sight.

But the results are empty. This was making things easier.

I thought the task was two choices: whether Harold was moving of his own free will, whether it was to harm Stokes or help Smeragi. So I wanted action from the other side because if they were to bring an alliance to join hands and warn me not to disturb them, anything would be fine.

But the opponent is still silent.

You can't just put your finger around it as a smear if the purpose of the opponent is unclear. It can hurt to think you're on your side.

That is why the task sent Yuno in to explore it.

Erica's residence was nothing more than a glare, to say the least, to infiltrate Yuno naturally. Erica understands this.

Erica understands exactly what she's doing and what she's doing.

Only one of them could have been lying down on her. That's the possibility that Harold might be brainwashed regardless of his will and other fine dust.

If that's what's real...

"This could break a little bone ~"

Yuno rattled Cashan the dark vessel that was lurking inside his sleeve with a sigh to keep Erica from hearing.