We pulled up early after the escort meeting. The reason why the hurry came and the Count summoned me.
Though I was wondering why Mr. Etan's escort waved at me, I didn't have a chance to talk to him because the meeting time was over and he was pulling up soon.
Returning to the mansion, the Count looked difficult.
"Captain Maxim, Mr. Reggie. Good luck with the meeting."
"It's a hell of a thing. It's my job."
Mr. Maxim kneels in front of the Count, but it was usual for me to remain standing. I'm hired, but I'm not swearing allegiance...
Making a report about today's meeting, Mr. Maxim left the room when he told me to stay alone.
Rarely do I have a butler...... what is it?
"Mr. Reggie, there are two things we need to talk about in a hurry today"
"Hurry...... are you talking about the award ceremony the day after tomorrow?
"No.... I am in a relationship, but not directly"
I don't know. The Count glowed the Eye of Hearing once at me.
"How far do you know about this eye (...), Mr. Reggie?
"Yes. Eyes that exert special powers when passed through magic, right? It is handed down from parent to child by blood muscle and may also be expressed in ancestral return even if the parent does not have it. Some ancestral returns just don't occur like the 'holy water colour' of the Holy King's house..."
"Exactly. I told you about Eva's eyes, right?
"Yes." The Encouragement Eye. "
It should have been like motivating those with eyes to fight. I haven't actually seen where I used it, so I don't know how effective it is [Mori Rawan].
But if you're a lady, you don't have to use those magic eyes to motivate men to fight before breakfast... if you grow up to be a beauty after a few more years.
"What happened to those demon eyes?
"activated earlier"
"Activated… You've been able to do this for a long time"
"I could do it, but the effect was faint, and it even drained a lot of magic. 'Cause I've asked a famous sealer to seal my eyes."
"Sealed?"
I don't know what that means, it's my first ear. [Mori Luo Vientiane] Then I think I know about the seal -- I've seen the lady's eyes many times.
No, maybe he hasn't hung a sealing ritual on his eyes for a second. If it was the magic supply part of your body or something, you wouldn't know [Mori Luo Wan] unless you looked at it fairly carefully.
"... you never talked about Eva's mother"
The Earl says in a painful tone. —— I honestly thought you didn't want to hear it. I can't believe you're talking about your daughter's mother at this time.
But I'm sure that's necessary. Because the Count hates waste the most. At this time, the Count decided I had to listen to the lady's mother.
"Eva's magic power is extremely high compared to that of the common human race."
"Huh."
I never felt that way. Of course I didn't see the lady use magic.
Still, people like the warlike wizards in the Adventurers Guild and the veteran wizards belonging to the Knights of the Holy Kings have enough magic to leak out, and that can be clearly perceived in [Mori Luo Wan].
"That magic was enough to activate Eva's demonic eyes, not long after she was born. As a result of uncontrollable magic flowing into the eyes of the devil -- she inspired the closest human, the willingness to fight."
No way —— it is.
I didn't want to speak of speculation. Because I knew it would lead to a bitter end, ahead of this story.
"... Mother, is it"
The Count nodded. I have spoken to the Count alone many times before in a "debriefing" - I have seen the Count nod many times. But today, I was so tired, so tired, so angry, and sad that I'd never seen it.
"Adele... My wife was so confused that she lost consciousness by 'The Encouragement Eye' that she was beaten up by a doctor who came to see her. That's when I threw out Eva, who was a baby. Fortunately, the doctor had a minor injury, but Eva broke her arm bone."
"It was an unfortunate accident."
"Yes. It's an accident. It's not anyone's fault. Those with demonic eyes, like me, are not affected by demonic eyes, and Eva slept to pass out because she ran out of magic. … but my wife disturbed me when she returned."
The Count hung up his words once, and then —— he just said that he didn't want to talk about everything at once.
"My wife was a fine woman. So he couldn't forgive himself and left the mansion."
"Oh no... didn't the Count call you back?
"I've called you many times. But even though the seal stabilized her eyes, she never came back."
"How about we call it this gifted pearl award ceremony"
"... I wish I could have done that"
Oh, you mean--
The Earl shook his head sideways without power, so I understood.
She said she wasn't in the world anymore.
"... My wife, who returned to her parents' house, was sometimes postpartum and seemed greatly ill. Then three years later, he died. He seemed to regret the way he'd treated Eva until the end. We should have used the power of the aristocracy, but we couldn't help but call it back -- it was all a later festival."
"Was the opponent a nobleman with a lower character?
"No, I'm a civilian."
Pure surprise struck me. I can't believe someone who could walk across a noble society as perfectly as the Count had a civilian wife.
"I wanted to avoid the useless confusion caused by pointing noble family personnel to civilian homes, and I was urging Adele to come back voluntarily, but that was the failure.... I never told Eva about my wife's identity. So I thought Eva would stop breathing when she said," An equal society for both civilians and nobles. "If it was such a society, I feel blamed for saving Adele... of course, it's just a thought..."
The Earl laughed —— I had never seen such a lonely smile.