On the way back, Otto rode the Earth Dragon on the familiar road, and the great forest behind him hidden the Sanctuary pulled farther and farther as they advanced.

"Mr. Natsuki, you don't seem to be in a good mood. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Otto, who can easily drive the earth dragon with his voice alone, leisurely looks at the Nagetsu Pleiades who has been silent since he set off. The look on the other party's face is like a changing cumulonimbus cloud in the sky, containing complex emotions.

"Do you even see that? It seems that my face is really ugly. Cai Yue patted his cheek, he had a full understanding of his appearance, and those inverted triangular eyes would have a vicious feeling no matter which angle they looked at.

"I'm a person who aspires to be a big businessman, how can I not even have this eyesight. Otto nodded triumphantly, and the green square hat on his head, with a feather stuck in the brim, swayed up and down because of his movements, and looked a little funny.

"You don't need to stress enough about your ambitions. Caiyue, who was in a slightly better mood, stretched her waist and continued, "Sometimes I feel that I am really useless, and the more I want to help, the more I find that I can't help anything." ”

"Suddenly, I felt like a very heavy topic had opened. Pulling the reins casually, Otto looked strange, "I'm not very good at comforting people, but what kind of things does Mr. Natsuki think can call for help?"

"What do you mean?" Nanatsuki frowned, "Of course, it's all ......"

"Do your best...... Otto interrupted Natsuki with a smile, "It's a word that makes people feel hard to hear." But there's an old saying in my hometown that probably means it's best to go with the flow. ”

These two sentences don't mean the same thing at all, okay. ”

"Eh, is that so? I'm not very good at comforting people!" Otto laughed awkwardly, and turned to the earth dragon, "Hurry up, Fruff, we can still make it to lunch time in the mansion." ”

"It's really ......" Looking at Otto, who had already changed the topic, Caiyue complained, and simply crossed her legs and began to nap, enjoying the silence of the journey.

After several hours of trekking, Delon Fruff did as Otto had said, arriving at the mansion by lunchtime. Fredley, who was cleaning the courtyard, spotted them first.

"Where's Mistress Emilia?" the blonde maid who walked up to the two of them looked curiously at the empty carriage.

"There was a little accident. Holding the document that Emilia handed over to her, Natsuki looked at the other party and said, "Where's Rem, ask her to come along, I have a letter from Emilia to you." ”

Because there were no outsiders, Fredrica, who understood the situation, welcomed the two directly to the tea table on the first floor. A small meeting inside the mansion was finally held after Rem and Petra arrived.

First of all, he handed the letter written by Emilia to Rem and Frey, which was already explained in great detail. After the maids finished reading, Nanazuki continued to take out the order signed by Emilia.

The general content is around the reconstruction of Alam village, but compared to the last hasty explanation. This time, the process of the matter was explained in detail, as well as the list of people who need to be contacted and the authority of funds that can be used.

At the end of the order, the names of Emilia and Rozval are signed at the same time, and the family crest attached to it also indirectly confirms the authenticity of the order.

"Sister, are you alright?" Rem asked Natsuki about his family's situation when everything was done.

"Well, pretty good. Cai Yue gave her a thumbs up and said with a smile, "Now I am called 'Miss Ram' and 'Miss Ram' every day, and I am enjoying the passionate pursuit of my admirers." ”

"From the words of the Pleiades, I didn't hear my sister's joy at all. Rem, who stood up, looked at Frey beside him, "I'm going to prepare lunch first." ”

"Okay, I'll help you in a moment. Frey nodded, continuing to inquire about the situation, "That guy Garfield, did you cause you any trouble?"

"If it's troublesome, it's a little bit. By the way, Frey, what is your relationship with Garfield?" remembering the first time they met at the gate of the Sanctuary, Natsuki couldn't help but cover her forehead.

"Can't you see it?" said Frey, who looked equally wild and vicious, revealing a mouth full of sharp canine teeth, "He's my brother." ”

Caiyue, who heard the news, suddenly didn't know what to say. Although it is indeed somewhat similar in terms of appearance, considering Garfield's self-proclaimed 'uncle's character as a thief, I am looking at Frey as an older sister. I can't help but sigh at the miracle of its fate.

Frey, who chuckled at the little teasing, straightened up and chased after Rem, who had already gone to the kitchen, with her body slightly taller than Natsuki's Pleiades.

The first night after returning to the mansion came faster than expected. Natsuki Pleiades, who helped the new maid Petra with her housework, was strolling alone in the corridors of the mansion.

The mansion without the owner is a little too quiet compared to the past. Since the moon came out, Frey and Rem had not been seen, and they did not know that they were busy in that corner.

With the idea of saying goodnight to each other before going to bed, Natsuki wandered around the mansion. But this time, the search process was not as smooth as expected. Frey and Rem seemed to have disappeared from the mansion, and no matter how much they searched, no trace of them was found.

Although it is not ruled out that the other party has returned to the room to rest, Cai Yue, who faintly felt a little strange, began to carefully push open the closed doors one by one.

There is no room on the first floor, nor is there a room on the second floor, and all that remains is the master bedroom and study on the third floor. When Caiyue pushed open Rozval's study, she found that the secret passage that had appeared in her memory had been opened again.

The last time I saw this secret passage was a few days ago when the Witch Cult attacked, and I remembered a bad memory about it. Caiyue immediately clenched the ore lamp in his hand and walked into the aisle that impressed him.

Passing through the long dark passage, the biting chill did not appear, except for its own shade, at first glance it was an emergency escape route specially built by the owner.

"Frey!!"

The cautious exploration was finally halted by the appearance of the corpse, and Natsuki, who threw down the miner's lamp, ran like crazy to the maid who was lying in a pool of blood, and he couldn't believe what he was seeing.

Obviously, we just had dinner together not long ago, and everything seems so normal and ordinary, why did the accident come so suddenly?

"Oh, we're meeting again, little brother. This time, I'm going to cut open your intestines!" )