Chapter 49 – Bad Guy Theorard (4)
Theorard, who took Esily out into the street, chatted about various things with a bright face.
It was a pleasure to nod her head as I listened to such miscellaneous stories in the magazine, but I felt pity for her when I saw the dark tiredness under Theo Rad’s eyes her.
Before Theorard met the elf, he had a healthy and tall face, but now he looked sickly.
So, I felt something out of place.
“I visited the farm recently, and the breeding of pepper trees seems to have been a complete success. At this rate, the empire might be able to produce pepper as well! If you succeed in cultivating it, send a gift to the Pelgarin family first. I’m sure your father will like it too.”
When they were talking brightly like this, it didn’t suit them because they felt sorry for the blackness of the lower part of their eyes, but when Theorard spoke coldly with a straight face, it suited them very well even if they did.
─ It’s cute. I, the head of the Deharm family.
I would be lying if I said I wasn’t thrilled at that time. The funny cat ears on his head were so good that he didn’t even bother.
“Ah. The shop you visited with Bainen before was here. If you’re hungry, why not settle for a meal here? It’s a pretty good place to eat.”
He had known Theo Rad since he was a child, so he thought he knew nothing about it, but this man was truly charming in many ways.
Even the fact that he himself can’t even figure out what his own charm his is is a little lovable. Enough to understand the elf’s obsession with Theorad…….
“Esily?”
Theorad’s question breaks his thoughts. Esily, who suddenly came to her senses her, innocently blinked.
“Yes?”
“Why don’t you go into the store and have a meal,” She asked.
“Ah. Meal? Yes! Shall we go in?”
The reaction was a bit rushed, but Theorard decided not to mind.
“I will.”
Upon entering the store, the antique interior unfolded.
It was narrow compared to the family restaurant, but it had a cuteness that could be felt because it was rather narrow.
“Wow. It’s a great place.”
“It’s also a good place.”
The two looked at each other and smiled briefly.
Afterwards, a waitress came and guided us to the table, and the two sat by the window and ordered a meal.
“Yes. Order received. I will be coloneled soon.”
Seeing the employee’s casual attitude, Theo Rad touched his headband in wonder.
“This is great.”
The waitress, who had been shivering with excitement when she visited with Bainen the other day, now takes an order in a very calm tone and disappears.
With the arrival of the daughter of Count Pelgaroin and the head of the Deharm family, it would be natural for her to be more nervous than before, but the waiter’s attitude was no different from usual, as if the perception-damping magic was working properly .
“Someone got it.”
Esley said ahem, and spread her breasts proudly. Thanks to this, Theorard intentionally raised his gaze. It was because I was embarrassed to see Eshili’s attractive breasts stand out.
“It’s an item that has been certified as genuine by a prestigious magic house. It is versatile and popular, so they often use it when having a tryst.”
“Meet me. You are not wrong.”
A slightly bitter smile spreads across Theorard’s lips. Esily, who had been looking at her sadly, cleared her throat and changed the topic.
“Rather than that, I have a story to tell you about elves. I hired someone to do my own research, and I found something more interesting than I thought.”
“An interesting fact?”
“Yes. First of all, I haven’t been able to find a single piece of information about the ‘Red-Eyes Elf’ so far. At least it’s clear that it’s not recorded in the Mage Tower’s library.”
What do you mean by that? I don’t understand. If it’s a red-eyed elf, isn’t it right in the mansion?
Having lived for a long time, it must have been observed by someone inevitably, and if so, it is natural that it will remain as a record.
Like a man in trouble, Theorard frowned at him. In addition, a chill settled down on his back.
“Perhaps……. What I thought was an elf wasn’t really an elf……?”
“No. I think the race is elves. It’s not only in the records, but there is information that has been passed down by word of mouth. It’s like a proverb among slave hunters, and there’s a voice saying, ‘If you meet a red-eyed elf, three generations will perish.'”
“It is not in the record, but it is passed down through oral tradition? Is that possible?”
“Not at all impossible.”
After gathering the information, Esily spoke seriously.
“Elfs probably change their appearance when they roam the world. Even if their identities are discovered and remain in the records, there is a possibility that they have destroyed them all. Or that some kind of elf-related group is secretly destroying all records.”
“Anyway, the fact that red-eyed elves have never been recorded in history books-“
“A privileged minority.”
Esily’s eyes lit up after Theorard had stopped talking.
“Or it is more accurate to see it as a mutation. If red-eyed elves were common in the world, there would be records of them in some way. Otherwise, it is virtually impossible to perform the art of erasing all records.”
A cold sweat ran down Theorard’s forehead. It was because he thought that his life was being held by a bigger giant than he thought.
“Then, does the enslavement of the elves have been planned from the beginning?”
“Right. To be more precise, I was not caught, but pretended to be. To be sold to Sir Theorard. There is a high possibility that the slave traders were also threatened by the elves.”
“Come to think of it…”
It was definitely strange. Slave trader, as soon as he sells his elven slaves, he hastily disposes of all other slaves and runs away to the principality. Isn’t that the behavior of a frightened person?
“For now, this is all the information I found out. I would like to add one more thing…….”
Eshilly stopped talking and shut her mouth. It was because Theorard’s hands his, which were placed on the table, were trembling ungainly.
It was only natural that he couldn’t calm down when he realized that elves were more powerful than he thought in a psychologically driven state.
If he said anything else about elves here, Theo Rad could have panicked. Not wanting to do that, Silly took a vial from his purse her and held it on his lap her.
“Voila!”
Theorard unconsciously raised his head and looked at the vial. A blue liquid was flowing inside the vial.
“…… What is it?”
“It’s a nutritional supplement with lots of good things for the body. I bought it with expensive money to give to Sir Theorard, who is suffering.”
“Esily…….”
It’s nothing. It was embarrassing because Theorard was impressed.
Esily squeezed the vial into Theorard’s hand and smiled softly.
“Do I have to eat before meals? That’s why it works so well.”
“Can I drink now?”
“It would be nice if you would.”
Upon hearing the answer, Theo Rad opened the cap of the vial and poured the contents into his mouth.
Theorard frowned as if the medicine was a bit bitter.
“The taste is not very good.”
“All medicines that are good for the body are like that. Then I’ll go to the bathroom.”
Theorard nodded, and Essily stood up gracefully.
Afterwards, after urinating in the bathroom and habitually opening her handbag, Essilly was embarrassed without even realizing it.
‘Yes…… ?’
There was another bottle of medicine in the bag.
The contents were equally oozing with a blue liquid, but the lid was light gray.
The light gray cap is obviously a nutritional supplement, but why is it still in the handbag even after giving it?
Esily pondered, recalling that she had received free ‘drugs that amplify evil tendencies’ from Dremeth, who had come to trade with Maldon.
Even though she did n’t want to receive it, he forced it into her hand her, so he forgot to put it in his purse her, but she misunderstood the lid and fed it to Theo Rad.
‘Oh, no…’ … !’
The subject of coming to comfort Theorad, on the contrary, made Theorad difficult.
The medicinal effect should have spread by now, so he must have been corrupting the employees. Embarrassed, Esily hurriedly ran out of the bathroom and, as expected, saw Theo Rad arguing with an employee on the other side of her.
‘It needs to dry…… !’
Even if she is protected by deterrence magic, if the conversation lasts long enough, she will find out who the other person is.
The moment the waiter realized that the rogue customer was Theorad, it was only a matter of seconds before bad rumors spread.
Essilie, who was hurriedly walking towards the table, gradually slowed down at the sound of voices.
“Look at this food you brought.”
On the table Theorard pointed to, there was macaroni steaming hot. If you look closely, you can see that a strand of hair is caught between the sauce.
“Can you see the hair?”
“Ah……!”
The employee who found the hair was started and bowed down.
“I’m sorry!”
“I made this mistake the previous time I visited with a knight, and then I repeat it again. It is natural to wear a hood when cooking with Jagoro. You know the kitchen is hot, but you shouldn’t forget your duty as a cook.”
“I’m really sorry. How to compensate…….”
“Compensation? Do you think I called you to claim your reward? Listen carefully. Next time I find hair on my food, I’ll call the chef at this restaurant an ‘idiot’. Do you understand?”
The waitress, who was bending over, looked at Theorard with a somewhat puzzled expression.
“Yes? What did you just say……?”
“Are you deaf? I would say stupid. Calling a hard-working person a ‘stupid’ is quite disgraceful. Isn’t it?”
“It is, but…….”
“Then go talk to the chef. If something like this happens again, I will call you an idiot.”
Could that be the end? The waitress checked Theo Rad’s eyes, but Theo Rad just waved his hand in annoyance.
“Your business is over, so stop going.”
“Can I really go?”
“Don’t make me say it twice.”
Cheer. Frightened by Theo Rad’s gaze, the waitress bowed his head and moved his steps toward his kitchen her.
Thanks to that, Shili touched his handbag amid indescribable emotions.
‘Uh, um…….’
There is no way that the medicine given by Dremes, who does business based on trust, is fake.
If so, it must have been clear that Theorard had the medicinal effect of the ‘medicine that amplifies the evil propensity’, but looking at the situation just now, it was hard to believe that he had taken the medicine.
His words were more thorny than usual, but wasn’t that a legitimate complaint? On the contrary, when I came to the store the other day, it was surprising that I had overlooked the hair.
No matter how you look at it, the appearance of ‘Theorad with amplified evil tendencies’…….
‘I’m just normally nice…… ?’
It wasn’t too different from usual.
