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Translator: Vine
Chapter: 111
Chapter Title: A Flood of Letters
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“What is all this?”
“They are letters for Sir Raymond….”
When she asked again, the attendant replied, looking troubled.
Lellia was bewildered.
She had woken up and eaten breakfast, only for an attendant to arrive carrying a basket overflowing with letters.
Even at a glance, there were dozens of them.
He explained that it was a combination of letters he hadn't been able to deliver yesterday and new ones that had arrived today.
The attendant placed the bundle of letters on the table in the sitting room of Lellia’s chambers and left.
“……”
Left alone, Lellia cautiously began to open the letters one by one.
The letters’ contents ranged from ‘I was impressed by your courageous display at the ball,’ to ‘I would like to build a friendship with you.’
They were all from the noblewomen who had attended the ball.
It seemed that ‘Sir Raymond’s’ act of approaching the solitary Lady Grace had left a good impression.
“Does this make me look like a playboy…?”
She was murmuring to herself as she opened the remaining letters.
*Knock, knock.* A knock came at the door.
When she gave permission to enter, it was Romeo who came in.
“What’s this?”
Romeo approached with a sour look on his face and glanced at the letters Lellia was reading.
Then, as if it were his own room, he sat on the sofa and called an attendant to bring tea.
“…They’re letters. It seems many of the young ladies at the ball saw me in a favorable light.”
Before, Romeo would have snickered and mocked her, saying something like, ‘Wow, you must have played the part of a playboy quite well,’ but now, he could no longer simply laugh it off.
Because now he knew that Lellia was a ‘man.’
That was partly thanks to Calix.
Yesterday, Calix had grabbed Romeo and explained everything in detail while shoving his forearm in his face the entire time.
Because of that, Romeo came to accept the fact quite naturally.
There were other reasons underlying his acceptance as well.
Lellia had no mana, so she couldn't have used illusion magic, nor could she have used an alchemical potion capable of such a feat.
Because no such thing existed in the world.
It might have been arrogance, but Romeo didn't for a moment believe there could be a great alchemist out there that he didn't know about.
And let's say Lellia really was a sorcerer or an alchemist.
That would mean she was skilled enough to deceive the Emperor, who could sense mana, and Calix, who, despite seeming a bit foolish… still possessed immense martial power.
Even if she could deceive the Emperor and Calix, she couldn't deceive him.
Romeo detected no trace of mana usage, nor any hint of alchemy from Lellia.
Therefore, just as Calix had said, he had come to believe that Lellia possessed male ‘reproductive organs.’
“Right, you… right.”
Romeo started to say something, then just nodded his head.
“But where is Sir Calix?”
“Ah, he went out on an errand. Griffith is expected to arrive in the capital within a few days.”
“Really?! Within a few days?”
When Lellia asked, her face lighting up, Romeo’s gaze turned peculiar. Lellia gave an awkward laugh.
“It’s just… he left so quickly last time. My… my brother Leo told me a lot about him, too.”
“Oh, did he?”
“Yes, that he may seem cold on the outside… but he’s a very kind person.”
Listening to Lellia’s reply, Romeo let out a small smirk and thought to himself.
‘She calls him her ‘older brother’… but that’s what a sister would say.’
He couldn’t be sure yet, but if that wasn’t it….
Then you’re either not his sister, or you’re ‘Leo.’
