Around July.

Isaac processed the paperwork as usual.

Next door, Hans sets out the outstanding documents.

Lately, I'm not just telling you to "process it this way," I'm telling you, "how do you think I should handle it?," he begins to ask Isaac questions.

I guess I'm trying to get you to think.

Thanks to this, Isaac felt like he was being offered one homework after another, even though he was not yet a student.

That's the mediocre routine these days.

- But this day was different.

"Supler iz!"

The office door suddenly opens and one man enters the room.

And when he saw his face, those who were in the room froze.

"... that's crazy. Sam told me you'd be surprised."

"My lord, I'm surprised. We're all too surprised to react. So I said stop."

Behind Morgan, who looked strange, Benjamin looked in trouble.

"Why Grandpa..."

Isaac squeezes out his voice.

Morgan laughs niggly when she hears the words.

"Sometimes I try something unexpected because I hear it's good for communicating with my family."

Perhaps you asked Sam - my friend Count Samuel Lancaster.

(This is slipping... No, but I don't know what to say...)

If you're a person you usually joke about, you're like, "What are you doing? I'm surprised."

But I don't know how to react only to people who don't usually do this.

Isaac is confused.

That's the same for the secretaries.

I'm not sure how to react.

"Norman!"

He called Norman's name in such a harsh voice that Hans blamed him.

The lowest of the secretaries is tasked with making sure the visitor hasn't been tipped off.

If Morgan was going to visit the Mansion, he would have had a heads-up.

Hans was staring at Norman with tight eyes.

Because this is the only situation I can think of that I either forgot to tell you or I was cooperating with you.

It was Norman who panicked about this situation.

I haven't heard anything about our Lord's return home.

If you listen, it's an important matter that you can't possibly forget.

Though newcomers, there was no way they could have committed a fatal failure to forget our Lord's welcome.

That being the case, there's one reason Norman's got a tough eye.

"No! I really didn't know! I didn't keep my mouth shut knowing!

- They think he was cooperating with Morgan's surprise.

He noticed that.

However, because I have not done such a thing, I am disturbed by what has been suspected.

"Ha-ha-ha, Hans sounds surprised too. I ordered my servants to keep their mouths shut. Don't blame him for that."

"Brother..."

Hearing that he was sealing his mouth so that it would not be passed on to the secretary, Hans exhales a deep sigh as if he were frightened.

Seeing how it goes, Morgan smiles "do it".

"So, what are you doing here? Whatever it is, you're not here just to surprise those in the key position of minister, are you?

Hans asks Morgan with a smile on his face.

"Naturally it's my job as a minister. I came here to surprise you."

Morgan exchanges his reunion handshake with Hans for a gut, stroking Isaac's head.

"There are no reports of any problems, so I guess the two of you are doing well. Of course, I know it's because of everyone's cooperation. You can count on my bounty this year."

With these words, the expressions of the secretaries who were solidifying are soothed.

Again, it was a pleasure to reward the hard work.

"Eh, I want to ask Grandpa something... Would you like to change the room for now? You must be tired on a long journey."

"Right. Shall I call Lord Claude and Lord Bridget, too? I need to talk to them, too."

"It seems like now is the time to be practicing dance. I'll tell him now."

Norman, who tried to recover his loss, strained out and went out to call.

He wasn't bad in person, but he must have felt awkward somewhere.

"Nevertheless, I didn't know Grandpa was going to do this."

"I'm trying to change the way I deal with my family. I asked Sam what to do."

In one of Nathan's cases, Morgan probably had somewhere to think about.

Maybe he's trying a lot on his own to change the way he hangs out with his family.

That makes my chest hot for the tearful efforts I've made since I got older.

I don't want to waste that effort.

But Isaac also tells the truth that he wouldn't want to hear "That's all I have to say".

"But it...... Maybe Uncle Lancaster made fun of me."

"What the hell!?

It was now Morgan's turn to marvel at the betrayal of his unexpected friend.

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Gather the people you need in the reception room, and Morgan starts talking business.

"This time, I was sent here as a minister. The reason for this is to call Lord Aloys and Master Mathias on the anniversary of this year's agreement. If possible, because His Majesty told me to negotiate for you to attend the Ten Year Old Ceremony as well. Sometimes this is the year His Royal Highness turns ten, and he wants to make it a memorable ceremony."

Looks like Morgan did come here on a job with the Foreign Secretary.

Exactly, he's not the right reason to come and see his grandson do his job or to surprise him.

But Claude didn't look very good on this offer.

"The village chief will be fine, but what about Grandpa... You don't want to go to Wang Du because you seem to care about what happened last year..."

Not just Claude, but everyone here hasn't forgotten what happened last year.

- Drinking drunk and working disrespectfully on Elias, the king.

- At the ten-year-old ceremony, we talked for a long time, and there were children who fell from vertigo.

This alone should be awkward to go to Wangdu.

Furthermore, Claude said, "I praised His Majesty too much for listening to the direct complaints of civilians. That's what made me do that," Mathias said, knowing that he had created the trigger for the outrage and death of his predecessor, Marquis Wallick.

So I thought you wouldn't go to Wang Du.

"Thank you for your hard work. I will hold on. If anyone else has had anything to do with the Reid Kingdom in the past, they want that person to attend as well, so I'd like many to attend if possible."

(Oh, this is more for me than for my kids)

When he heard the word "others," Isaac remembered when he met with Elias after punishing the Carmine Chamber of Commerce.

"I will not say Master Mathias again, but I would be glad to bring those associated with the Reid Kingdom of the past"

That's what Elias once said.

There will be aspects of it for Jason, the prince, "Isn't it actually to show his authority?," Isaac really thought about it.

Instead of sending the proper nobility, the mood is different at the point of sending the Foreign Minister straight away.

Of course, I wouldn't do anything to put that in my mouth.

Because I didn't mean it on purpose.

"Besides, I let Master Mathias go too free last year. It's been a long time since I've been in King's Capital, so I'm reflecting together that I should have supported you a little more here. I ask Lord Claude to help me convince Mathias that we will do our utmost to support him this time."

"Right...... If it's as good as a mouthful, I can handle it."

Last year, Mathias had a tough time getting his butt stuffed.

I have no complaints about Claude being left to do those things.

Claude thought it should be in the interest of the whole elf to buy royal pleasure.

It would likely have a good impact as exchanges expand in the future.

There was no particular reason to say no.

"Especially this time of year when Isaac will be ten. I also invite Lord Claude and Lord Bridget to attend. Don't worry, it won't happen again next year."

The same thing can't happen.

Because Nathan is dead and Isaac has no reason to take action.

Exactly. No one but the Marquis Welrod family should harm Isaac.

If we do that, we'll have a fight between houses.

No one will know it will crush you and serve it.

Claude and Bridget meet face-to-face and converse with each other about Morgan's offer.

"I would be happy to join you. But you can't say anything very thoughtful."

"Yeah, fine. Thank you very much for joining us."

"Thank you"

Isaac also says thank you because the two of you will be joining us.

It was enough now to say that I don't think they like me, but I'm not determinedly hated.

"Exchange…,"

Isaac didn't miss hearing Hans whine.

"Are you interested in elves?

"Of course there is. Of course, that's not why I want to preach. Pure interest."

The only two elves he met were Claude and Bridget.

In terms of the number of people I've met, the Ice Confectionery Guests are seeing more elves.

I can't help but want to see the other elves.

"So why don't you and Grandpa go to the exchange? I think it'll be a souvenir story when we get back to church."

"Interesting indeed. But what do we do in the meantime? You mean do it alone?

"Yes, the road has been set up, so we'll be there in a day with an early horse to Tilly Hill. We'll be in touch soon in an emergency, so we'll be fine."

Listening to Isaac's suggestion, Hans began to soften up a bit.

It is true that I am interested in the exchange.

"What's going on?" I can't contain my interest beyond that position.

"Surely Hans might want to go for a go, too. It would also be a good experience as a church official to look at the exchange, which is at the forefront of human and elf exchanges"

Morgan also invited Hans.

The Church has a side as a hospital.

This is caused by the war that took place two hundred years ago, when humans and elves separated.

Humans can no longer rely on the magical treatment of elves.

It was the church that organized and acted at that time.

In the midst of the confusion of the ceasefire, the Church gathered together those who could use therapeutic magic in the name of protection and medicines.

That was not a bad thing because it had a good medical impact, such as making it easier to inherit the knowledge necessary for therapeutic practices.

And the monopoly of medicine will greatly reinforce the Church's position.

Instead of just preaching God's teachings, he took the time to imprint the therapeutic act on the "mercy of God" and ignorant common people, which allowed them to increase their faith and establish the Church's position in human society.

But this is made up of a dangerous balance where humans and elves resume interactions and if the elves begin to perform therapeutic acts, they may collapse.

What is actually the relationship between humans and elves?

Is the elf willing to aggressively engage in magical therapeutic behavior?

You have to make sure that someday.

Instead of reassuring you that you have reached an agreement, there is no harm in checking your actual awareness on the ground.

"Surely we can't leave this to the bottom end. Besides, if I go, I can do anything other than collect donations for the reason I came to Wellrod territory. It might not be too bad to think about the future."

Hans also rethinks, "Maybe this is a good opportunity".

Besides, someone at the church in Tilly Hill will be confirming it, but the title confirmation is more convincing.

It wasn't a bad story.

"I have a grandfather, so it would be helpful if you could finally talk to Baron Olgren about the Tilly Hill expansion"

"So is that. Big jobs like the expansion of the city should be talked about when there's a chief executive."

The important case has been put on hold and only contacted Wang Du.

To get Randolph to decide if he will handle it after he returns.

Morgan was giving instructions for what had to be processed immediately.

The Tilly Hill expansion is a pending case, so we should be able to take this opportunity for Morgan and Hans to talk to Baron Olgren.

To that idea, Morgan also agrees.

"I'm back in Wellrod because of you. Sometimes it's not a bad idea to have a meeting locally. But Isaac's not going? It's okay to be away for a little while."

"Yes, I'll leave a message this time. Lords surrogate, albeit decorative. I'm going to do my part first."

I reply yes, but the truth is I wanted to go with you.

Just for a moment, so much so that I wanted to visit the village of Elves.

But that's why I put up with it.

Isaac thinks what he needs now is "immobility".

He thought we had to be able to stand the behavior we left to the sentiment of "going because I want to go with you".

I dared to leave a message to build my immobility.

"Well, that's a fine idea..."

But Morgan seemed a little lonely.

- Go out with your grandson.

Next, he may have been trying to fill a hole in something he had never looked at home before.

Isaac, who felt his grandfather's thoughts, got awkward and tried to distract himself from the story by telling him what he was concerned about.

"Speaking of which, how's your father doing? Has it gotten any better?

"Oh, it's getting a little better. Now instead of eating in the room, I started eating in the dining room. I hope he's comfortable enough to talk to you slowly before the 10th."

Morgan looks away thinking about Randolph.

If it was meant to be, I should have responded to it before there was a case that made my mind sick.

As the Lord, as the Father, he also seems to reflect on various things.

Morgan laughed.

"Surprise is not just a sudden visit. I'll surprise you when you come to the king's capital."

"No, I'm not surprised anymore..."

"Don't say that. It's not too late to try."

That's what I say and laugh at Morgan, and Isaac gets anxious.

(Maybe it doesn't suck to surprise people...)

My grandfather is just a little worried that he understands the addition and subtraction of jokes because it was a life he couldn't afford to joke about before.

Isaac resented Count Lancaster for blowing into his grandfather.