How To Save A Time Limited Young Master - Chapter 23

“Huh.”

Her attitude was quite arrogant.

Sienna, who was next to Heloise, made a fuss over her elegant poise or something along those lines.

“What were you thinking, bringing something like that home?”

“Heloise should be invited over as she’s my friend! You’re the thief that comes to my house whenever you want to either take a nap or steal dinner.”

“You speak exactly like your butler.”

“Excuse me young master, young ladies! Please have some tea!”

Instead of coming out and speaking politely, a husky voice roared piercingly from the kitchen.

Although Soma, who came from the fairy world, made desperate efforts to learn about human culture, details were neglected as he imitated what he noticed around him.

Heloise held back her laughter and followed Sienna, who was leading the way without knowing about it.

“Heloise, I’ll bring the tea, so please take a seat.”

Sienna was probably used to bringing the tea that the butler had brewed as she quickly brought it over.

The small table where Blake, Heloise, and Sienna were seated soon became crowded with the addition of the items of a tea set.

Blake lifted the cup and provoked Sienna with the words, “It’s the first time in my life that I’m having tea in this house,” and started the conversation.

“But I feel more alive after drinking tea. The leisure to drink from a can of tea can’t be afforded in the Northern Forest.”

“The Northern Forest? Did you go to the dungeon again? Isn’t it dangerous?”

Blake shrugged when Sienna asked in surprise.

“Well, that’s all that those at the bottom of the pecking order do. I frequent that place all the time.”

He’s lying through his teeth.

While she didn’t know he was really at the bottom of the information guild’s pecking order or pretending to be one, it was ridiculous to watch a punk that has never, in his life, bowed down to others being overly chatty about it.

“Even so, it doesn’t mean there weren’t any gains. Ta-da!

As the punk said that, he rummaged through his pockets and pulled out a necklace.

It was quite a fancy necklace.

‘That’s!’

Heloise’s eyes grew round.

Sienna seemed to be uninterested in jewellery, and had an indifferent expression.

Blake deflated a little after seeing Sienna’s reaction, but became triumphant after glancing at Heloise.

“It’s incredible, right?”

“What’s that?”

Sienna asked in a manner that showed she was only asking out of courtesy.

“Fairy’s Tears.”

“What?

‘Isn’t that ch11……!’

Upon hearing the words that it was a fairy’s tears, Sienna, who was a real fairy, sprang out of her seat with a yell.

Perhaps to assure Sienna, who was astonished, Blake hung the necklace on his arm and raised both of his hands.

“This is a famous treasure of the queen’s.”

“Tears of a fairy don’t look like that!”

“That’s what I’m saying.”

While Blake and Sienna started to bicker, Heloise’s gaze remained on ch11.

‘How did a cheat item suddenly appear here…?’

“Look at that girl’s eyes. She’s completely out of it.”

Even though Blake laughed, laughter didn’t appear from Heloise.

He exaggerated his gestures with a regretful expression.

“I’m sorry, but this is a fake.”

“Fake?”

“The real thing is enshrined in the palace.”

“In that case, where did you get this?”

Heloise questioned closely.

‘Surely not, there’s no way,’ she thought.

“I heard that it came out of the former site of the Dragon’s Nest. I stole it from the spoils.”

‘Oh my god.’

‘The Dragon of the Lark Valley moved its nest?’

She didn’t really participate in the <Dungeon Expedition> so she wasn’t that aware of the variables, but she knew that there would be many jewellery by-products that would appear when the Dragon’s Lair moved.

Most of the precious items that the door-to-door vendors sold weren’t any different from items that were picked up and brought along with them.

As it was characteristic of the Fairy’s Tears to appear randomly in the Dragon’s Lair or in the possession of the door-to-door vendors, even if it was a fake treasure, the likelihood of it being a real cheat item was high, even if it was a fake treasure.

‘If I had that, I’d be able to control Princess Sienna’s status at will. Then I can change the Episode and Ending as I want.’

Of course, it would be better to not touch on cheats, but… in any case, she’d be lying if she said that owning the authority to twist the story wasn’t tempting.

“As expected of this thief.”

Without even responding to the words ‘dragon’ and ‘queen’, Sienna began to criticise him upon hearing that he stole it.

“If you don’t fix those bad habits of yours, you wouldn’t be hired by any of the part-time jobs.”

“Yes, yes, I understand.”

“Gosh, are my words funny?”

Perhaps because she was feeling anxious, Sienna gulped down the tea and called for Soma.

“Soma, Soma! Ah, are you cooking? I’ll go and get another cup of tea!”

After Sienna disappeared, there was a moderately awkward silence between Blake and Heloise, who met for the first time today.

Heloise was the one that broke the gap.

“About the necklace.”

“I thought that you’d bring it up.”

Blake seemed to have discerned Heloise’s greed, and replied with a snicker.

He has got it all wrong.

While she did have greed, it wasn’t for material goods.

“Are you asking me to sell it? Well, it originally was precious, so I don’t know if I can fix the price…”

Heloise snorted at the appearance of the punk that spoke in an ambiguous manner like a bargaining merchant, before speaking.

“What are you saying? Don’t you know that distributing fake goods is a felony? You should be grateful that I’m not reporting this, Bill. No, Your Highness, Crown Prince Blake.”

Blake looked at Heloise with a puzzled look on his face, perhaps because he never thought that his true identity would be discovered.

“What kind of kid are you?”

“What do you mean, Your Highness the Crown Prince? Ah, should I give my greetings? I see the Sun of the Kingdom.”

“How did you know what I look like?”

The crown prince was someone whose appearance and information were top secret.

It’s because that’s what he wanted, and as such the royal family restricted the information.

Perhaps it was because he wasn’t of age yet, so they accepted his stubborn persistence.

However, Heloise was a player that had already cleared <Princess Sienna> several times.

She has already seen things like the crown prince’s appearance several times as an illustration.

“You didn’t think the nobility were unaware of your appearance, just because you’d never appeared in society, did you?. Obviously, those that should know are aware.”

They didn’t know.

As such, Sienna, who would occasionally attend parties and even the Founding Festival, doesn’t recognise him and remained friends.

“It’ll be quite troubling if the Queen notices that you’re doing something else outside, right?”

Heloise grinned toothily as she spoke, while Blake leaned on the backrest of his chair dejectedly.

“Are you threatening me? It’s so scary.”

“What do you mean threaten? How would I dare to do so to His Highness the Crown Prince? All I want is to dispose of the necklace. I wouldn’t want the Crown Prince to get into trouble.”

“It’s a troubling matter.”

As Blake commented that he was scared with a composed expression, he chuckled and flicked the necklace in Heloise’s direction.

As Heloise received the necklace dazedly, bewildered at it being handed over easily, Blake shrugged.

“Hm, fine. I’m not that interested in this either. But I hope that Young Lady Heloise Lorca of the Lorca Viscounty knows that nothing in life is free.”

Heloise shuddered while clutching the necklace.

‘That punk, does he know my family?’

Then, Blake began to shake his leg with a relaxed expression.

“Why are you making a surprised expression? Isn’t your father working in the administration of the castle? There’s no way that I wouldn’t know, since the castle is my home. I’m someone that has to memorise aristocratic almanacks when I’m seated.”

“……What is it that you want?”

For some reason, the positions have been reversed.

Blake rested his chin on the table and stared at Heloise for a long while.

“Hmm. I should take a long time to think about it.”

“If you don’t tell me now, I’ll take it as there’s nothing.”

“That can’t happen. You’re the one that owes me a debt.”

‘D*mn it.’

If the crown prince says so, the debt would still exist even if she didn’t receive the necklace, as this was a hierarchical society.

Heloise gave up on meaningless resistance and nodded.

“Very well.”

She wouldn’t encounter the crown prince anyways, since he doesn’t appear at parties.

Heloise’ destination was either her classes or Langbert Mansion, so as long as she didn’t go to Sienna’s house, her meeting with Blake seemed to be in the distant future.

[T/N: why are you jinxing yourself like that Heloise XD]

Though it’s a slight problem when it comes to interfering between that punk and Sienna.

“I’ve brought the tea!”

Just as they were about to finish negotiating, Sienna returned with tea for three.

Following behind her was a scowling Soma with many plates of food.

“Are you in the middle of a conversation? Let’s talk over dinner!”

“No, we’ve finished our conversation.”

Heloise shook her head and hid the necklace in her pocket.

Blake looked at her vacantly and only drank the tea that was brought to him.

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A month passed like that, and Heloise got quite used to her previous routine.

However, she felt Zenon’s absence greatly.

She asked her father how did the meeting with Marquis Velks go, but the reply she had gotten was that they didn’t meet, and he seems to be avoiding her father intentionally.

In the meantime, the birthday of the royal family’s second prince, Astor Dalbert, was in ten days.

Astor, a prince of the same age as Heloise, participated actively in external events.

As birthday banquets were never held for Blake, Astor’s birthday banquets were held grandly.

Her father, who has returned from the castle, undid his cravat and handed an invitation to Heloise.

“Yours has also arrived, Heloise.”

“I don’t really want to go though.”

Although she had never met the prince, the invitation was seemingly sent in order to fill a certain number of peers from the aristocracy.

Her mother, who liked parties, looked like she didn’t understand.

“It’s about time for you to gradually be accustomed to making an appearance at such functions, so it’ll be better for you to get used to it.”

“But…….”

In the game, parties can be skipped.

But the reality of not being able to skip parties was annoying.

And Sienna can’t appear at places like the prince’s birthday banquet.

Though Isaac will be attending, to Heloise, who doesn’t have many friends of her age, it was a shame.

“For now, attend the banquet. Alright?”

It’s impossible to refuse to attend, unless there was a special reason.

Heloise nodded and went up to her room.

However, while she was ascending the stairs, she just happened to encounter a maid that was descending from an upper level.

The maid seemed glad to have met Heloise and rummaged through her arms for a package.

“My lady! I was just about to return after visiting your room to look for you.”

“Why did you come to my room?”

“A letter has arrived.”

“A letter?”

“Please take a look at this.”

The item that the maid handed over was a luxurious silver-coated letter.

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