The Mansion Awaits Spring — Chapter 16

THIS IS FUN.

I AM GLAD I TRIED RIDING IT.

TO BE HONEST, I WAS HOLDING BACK ON PURPOSE.

BECAUSE I THOUGHT I MIGHT GET TOO EXCITED.

THERE WERE SO MANY THINGS I WAS SEEING FOR THE FIRST TIME.

I SOUND LIKE SOMEONE WHO JUST CAME UP FROM THE COUNTRYSIDE.

IT SEEMED LIKE NOTHING SPECIAL,

YET I BECAME STRANGELY EXCITED.

I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER IT WAS BECAUSE THAT MAN TOLD ME HIS KINDNESS WAS NOT PITY,

OR SIMPLY BECAUSE THE RIDES WERE FUN, BUT...

RIGHT NOW, I WANT TO ENJOY THIS HAPPINESS TO THE FULLEST.

AFTER SPENDING SUCH SPECIAL TIME AWAY FROM EVERYDAY LIFE,

WE COULD HAVE PLAYED MORE...

WE RETURNED TO THE MANOR, DRAGGING OUR TIRED BODIES ALONG.

NEXT TIME, SAVE UP YOUR OWN MONEY AND GO.

AWW...

SO STINGY...

MNYA...

IT WAS FUN...

WHEN I WAS LITTLE, I USED TO SAY THINGS LIKE THAT TOO AFTER COMING HOME FROM PLAYING HAPPILY.

I SUPPOSE ALL CHILDREN ARE THE SAME.

OVER THE PAST SEVEN YEARS, I HAD TO DESPERATELY SUPPRESS MY MEMORIES OF THE PAST.

BECAUSE SIMPLY RECALLING THEM WAS PAINFUL.

BUT AFTER LAUGHING JOYFULLY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SO LONG, THEY COME BACK TO ME NATURALLY.

THE HAPPY DAYS AT THE MANOR,

AND THE JOYFUL MEMORIES WITH THE PEOPLE OF LUNOS.

TO PROTECT THIS MANOR LEFT TO ME,

AND THOSE PRECIOUS MEMORIES,

IT IS TIME FOR ME TO ACT AS THE HEAD OF HOUSE LUNOS.

WHAT?!

WHY ARE YOU SUDDENLY STICKING YOUR FACE SO CLOSE?!

UGH...

I KEPT CALLING YOU, BUT YOU DID NOT ANSWER.

YOUR RIBBON IS UNDONE.

AH...

AHEM...!

WHAT WERE YOU THINKING ABOUT THAT YOU DID NOT HEAR ME CALLING YOU?

...NOTHING.

I WAS JUST THINKING THAT TODAY WAS FUN.

I SEE.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE AGONIZING OVER

WHETHER OR NOT TO SAY THANK YOU.

YOU ARE USUALLY BAD AT SAYING THINGS LIKE THAT.

ONLY TO YOU. BECAUSE YOU ARE ANNOYING.

GO HOME.

AH, YOU ARE SENDING ME AWAY ALL OF A SUDDEN? HOW CRUEL.

THE MANOR WAS QUIET FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A WHILE,

AND IT OFFERED EVERYONE A GOOD CHANCE TO SORT OUT THEIR THOUGHTS.

IT WAS ALSO A NIGHT WHEN THEIR WORRIES AND UNDERSTANDING OF ONE ANOTHER DEEPENED.

THIS MANOR IS ALWAYS TANGLED WITH COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIPS,

BUT AT LEAST TONIGHT, WHEN A JOYFUL MEMORY REMAINED,

I HOPE THEY CAN FULLY ENJOY THAT HAPPY FEELING.

DIEUS TOWN HOUSE.

WHAT IS THIS? COMING AT THIS HOUR WITHOUT EVEN CONTACTING ME?

YOU SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST CONTACTED ME FIRST.

I DID CONTACT YOU SEVERAL TIMES.

YOUR ANSWER WAS ALWAYS THAT YOU WERE BUSY AND WOULD SEE ME ANOTHER TIME.

UNLESS I VISIT YOU SUDDENLY LIKE THIS,

IT IS HARD TO MEET MY YOUNGER BROTHER.

IF A MEMBER OF THE GRAND DUCAL FAMILY HAS COME TO THE GRAND DUCHY, HE SHOULD STAY AT THE GRAND DUCAL RESIDENCE.

WHY DO YOU KEEP STAYING AT A TOWN HOUSE?

STOP NAGGING.

This is exactly why I do not go there.

YOU DRANK QUITE A LOT BY YOURSELF.

THIS WAY, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO KICK ME OUT RIGHT AWAY.

I HAVE TO GET YOUR CONSENT TODAY, NO MATTER WHAT.

CONSENT...?

ARE YOU GOING TO ASK ME FOR SOME KIND OF FAVOR?

I AM THINKING OF HOLDING A PARTY

UNDER THE NAME OF YOUR SISTER-IN-LAW, HEIDI.

IT'S ABOUT TIME YOU GOT MARRIED TOO.