Price of Management

“Sis, do you want to go boating? ”

“Yes.”

The sheath nods.

“You hear that? Nibble, get ready to sail. ”

“Are you serious?”

Chamberlain Nievel asked as she glanced at John and Mitchell behind Julia.

Julia nods.

“Yeah, no problem. ”

“Phew, got it. Follow me.”

As a result, Julia, Sis, John, Mitchell, and Nibel went together to the basement of the mansion.

You unlock the cellar in the cellar and enter. John and Mitchell wondered why they all came to the cellar together.

“Wow, it's Queens Blood. I have ten bottles. ”

In the meantime, John was amazed by the enormous collection in the cellar. Just like his father, Earl Randall Spay, John was a big drinker.

Even Mitchell, who doesn't like alcohol so much, looks at a bottle of wine and sticks out his tongue.

“You've made it all the way to Thrón Blue. We don't even have enough money to buy a few bottles in our family. ”

Even Earl Rhodeok, a member of Mitchell's household after school, had two bottles of the finest pearl in the Ligand family cellar. Mitchell thinks it's true that the rumors about the Ligand family's wealth almost caught up with the landscape.

“Would you like a bottle? ”

John glares at Julia's question.

“Thrón Blue?! ”

Julia looks at John in a daze. The blood of an alcoholic didn't go anywhere.

“…… No. If you give it to me like you want, I won't be able to take it from you in any country. It must be hard to calm him down because he's so pissed off. ”

We may have to do a poison workshop for a month.

“It's a life-saving collection. ”

Nibel nods and confronts.

John smiles and scratches his head, realizing that he was just a little brazen.

“Then I'll take another bottle. ”

John looks through the wine cellar and picks up a suitable white wine.

“Eat with the student council. ”

“Thank you, Countess. ”

“I'll drink to that. ”

Mitchell and John politely thanked each other.

At that time, Nibel walked the curtain that covered one side of the wine cellar. A hidden passageway appeared in the curtain.

John and Mitchell were surprised to drop their gifted wine.

“Secret passage?”

“How can these waterways flow underground? ”

Apparently there was no river flowing near the Earl Ligand's mansion. However, I did not understand if there could be such a circulatory route underneath the mansion.

“He made it. Did you bring up groundwater?”

“W-water groundwater……. ”

“Come on, you build a mansion overnight. You can't do anything about it. ”

At the mouth of the canal was a ten-square piece of cargo. The inspiration of Nibel unravels one of them. Julia and Sissy rode first, followed by John and Mitchell. Finally, the inspiration rises to catch the paddle.

“I'll do it. ”

John steps out.

“Oh, would you? ”

“I'm full of energy because I've eaten a lot of delicious things. ”

“That's a relief. I've never held a paddle before in my life..." ”

John grabs the oar and starts to swing hard.

At first, the cardboard was shaken, shaken, or blurry.

But John quickly figured out his trick like the genius who became Exporter when he turned 15. I realized the reaction of the shard according to the flow of water and the motion of the furnace, the transfer of force, etc.

The cardboard began to crumble without hesitation.

“Oh, you're good. ”

John grins in amazement of Julia.

“There's a whole other side to swordsmanship. The more the merrier.”

“Hoho, I'd be a genius boatman if I didn't know how to use a sword. Did you see that, Nibel? If you don't hone your rowing skills, you'll have trouble using the secret passageway later. ”

“So you want me to practice as usual? ”

“Why can't you? We can sneak in at night and practice. ”

Nibel sighs.

“You expect me to row alone in the middle of the night with this old man...... and do something about it? ”

Julia grins.

Then Mitchell, who was silent, asked.

“Where does this passageway lead? ”

“If you keep going, you'll end up in the middle of your school. ”

“Old?”

John and Mitchell were startled. What an amazing secret passageway in the middle of their school. I have been living in school ever since, but it was a no-brainer.

Mitchell slaps his knee.

“You're connected to the pond? ”

“Yes.”

“Somehow, I can see why the water level in this canal is fairly constant. ”

“They dug a pond and kept the water level. There was no pond in your school. ”

Mitchell admires the endless canals.

“The power of a single person to do such a thing seems like a tremendous ability. By the way, this secret passageway is the last resort in case of an emergency. Can you show us? Maybe we shouldn't know... …. ”

“I don't know.”

Julia only made a meaningful smile. It was Mitchell who kept people's minds in check as if they were not young, but I couldn't imagine her inside at this point.

“Please keep this a secret. ”

Nibel asked me to take his place. Mitchell and John replied yes.

The cardboard went all the way. John, who is amused by the outburst, stirs the oars with a whirlwind. It wasn't just about empowerment. John was intrigued by the subtle depth of ageing that felt the flow of water and led to the flow of the sculpture.

Thanks to this, the sculptor reaches the exit faster than I thought.

“Stop. Don't go out into the pond. ”

On Julia's word, John stops the carving.

“What time is it? ”

“It's 7: 30. You're not late for boarding. ”

Mitchell picks up his watch and replies.

“Good. Goodbye, then. ”

“…… Yes? ”

“Now go. We're going back. ”

That made Mitchell and John deaf.

Mitchell asked me with no doubt.

“I can't believe I'm going like this.... ”

“Yes, of course I'm going to swim. I can't take you to shore by boat. It's like we show up in a big shard boat in a pond, and there's a secret passageway out here. ”

“Ha, but I can't swim. ”

Then Julia asked John.

“John, can't you hit? ”

“Of course you can. ”

John replied confidently. Excellent for not being able to swim, that's even funnier.

“You're in good spirits. Take Mitchell with you. We have to swim quietly without drawing attention to ourselves. ”

“I understand.”

“But in the water, my pocket watch broke.... ”

“I'll buy you a really good one. ”

“Shi, actually all the water is so.... ”

I remember my childhood when I almost drowned in the Baden River, and Mitchell's voice trembled.

“You like him a lot? Come on, let's go, buddy! ”

John grabs Mitchell's waist with one arm.

I thought about Mitchell's face.

“Now, wait...! ”

“Then I'll see you again, Countess Julia, Countess Sis. ”

“Sure."

Julia insists, and Sis waves quietly.

John puts Mitchell in the water and quietly acquires himself. Then he dives silently like a fish and swims away.

Julia whistles.

“Gasoline, you swim really well. ”

“Fish.”

Sis said something.

Nibel nods.

“I can't believe you left one person by your side and still can't make a sound. Expert's physical abilities must have been great to come. ”

“Come on, then. Let's get Nibbled up. ”

“Yes?”

Julia grins and points at the oars with her jaw. Nibel sighs as he turns the oars with Julia.

The cardboard goes back to the mansion much slower than when it arrived.

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