Volume 12 Chapter 3 Part 3
That is definitely not something that I would call a good thing.
God damn it!
Suddenly I no longer feel all that eager to go meet her.
「This way, please.」
However, it would seem that our time of waiting is now over, and the person whom we came here to meet seems to have arrived.
When the door to the room at the far end of the passageway opened, someone came out and welcomed us
For us, well, the main character of this meeting is definitely Rutina, so wouldn’t it be better if she were the only one to enter there?
「Aunt Cassandra.」
However, right now it is already too late to run away either, so without any other options left for me, I entered into another room together with Rutina, who then greeted the old lady who was waiting for us inside respectfully.
I was expecting someone who would look like a typical shaky or wobbly old lady, but when I first saw her my initial impression of her was that she looks like something completely opposite to what I have expected.
I used 「Identify」 to see exactly how old she was, and one I finished, it was revealed to me that this lady is actually 107 years old, which means that my impression of her wasn’t wrong.
107 years old, huh?
That’s amazingly old.
She probably can be considered energetic for someone who’s 107 years old though, because she still seems very lively.
On the other hand, being 107 years old, no matter how lively she is, her body will still show her real age.
She became quite small, so much so that she would be similar to a borrowed cat if she remained silent.
That’s the reason why despite being seemingly vigorous, I thought that she was also shaky and wobbly, but I guess something like that is going to be inevitable once you reach the age of 107 years.
It is an age where how she is still able to breathe like a normal person should be considered a mystery, but at the same time she should probably be considered a living legend if she managed to live this long.
When you live to be that old, it is a small wonder that she was able to become the elder of the Elven clan.
「I am glad you are in good health Rutina. It would seem that this snot-nosed brat Brocken has caused you a lot of trouble, did he not?」
So for someone like her, a forty-five years old man is still little more than a snot-nosed brat, huh? Just how long are you going to make the God of Death wait for you so that he can finally claim your soul?
「W-Well…」
「Do not worry, the next time I see that perverted brat, I am going to give him a piece of my mind that he won’t forget.」
「Yes.」
So first he was a snot-nosed brat, and now he’s a perverted brat as well?
「Hmph. Even though he was still not cured from his bed-pissing at that time, he was still peeping on the family’s young girls bathing and pretending it’s a prank, so that definitely makes him a perverted brat.」
I thought that her calling the Duke like that was pretty strange, but then Cassandra gave a perfect explanation that cleared all of the doubts that I had.
It seems that she was observing this situation without fail and reacted to it accordingly.
As expected of someone who’s practically a living legend.
「Hou?」
「And when he was caught peeping so awkwardly, was it not my kindness that allowed him to get off the hook with just a spanking on the butt?」
「Ehh?」
「Hee?」
「And afterwards his buttocks were so swollen and red that he cried a lot about it.」
「Oh, oh…」
So the Duke of Hartz got his ass spanked by her for peeping, huh? Since it is the impatient Duke we’re talking about, I am sure he hardly made any plan at all before he jumped into the action.
I now get why the Duke didn’t want to come.
It is said, a Hero won’t become a hero in his hometown. No matter how admirable he grows as an adult, in the viewpoint of the person who changed his diaper or saw him playing as a kid, he will not look great no matter what kind and how many great achievements he’s going to accumulate on his name.
It is probably the same kind of situation as with Tokugawa Ieyasu, man who was declared the Shogun upon birth, who probably wasn’t able to raise his head in front of his wet nurse Kasuga no Tsubone and look her in the eyes at all.
That’s how the Duke and this old lady right here has to be either something exactly like that, or something extremely similar to it.
Yeah, I totally understand why the Duke didn’t want me to come here. He probably knew that I was going to learn all these incriminating facts from his past.
And it isn’t like she is even his actual grandmother. With the wisdom of being 107 years old though, how different is that to Gozer, I wonder? Just how far ahead this elderly woman is in terms of knowledge in comparison to him?
「Well, all that being said, your father was not exactly an ideal of a man either. I won’t do this, that is wrong… with an attitude like that, it was obvious that sooner or later he would have to reap the whirlwind after sowing the wind for so long, so you cannot be too hard on the little Brocky boy for doing what he did, you understand?」
「Yes.」
「It is a noble’s duty to subjugate the Labyrinth that are located in their territories, and your father has willingly chosen to neglect that duty while being fully aware of the consequences of his actions.」
「Of course, I understand that.」
Oh. She’s admonishing Rutina properly like a decent figure of familial authority. As expected of a living legend.
Since they’re not talking about me right now, I simply stand in place without interfering.
「Now then, about this young man right here…」
But then suddenly, she threw a sharp glint towards me.
Until a moment ago she wasn’t even looking at me and it was really hard for me to deduce where she was looking at all, so this sudden change in her behavior has threw me off guard.
I got careless around her, and now that is the result of that.
The eyes on her wrinkled face are staring at me as if she wanted to make a hole in my body and see directly into my soul. Up until now I didn’t even notice that her face is wrinkled, but now I can see each and every one of them perfectly.
Could it be that this woman also possesses the 「Identify」 Skill, and that’s why she’s staring at me so intently? Most likely not, but it still looks like those eyes of hers can literally see through everything.
「Y-Yes?」
What is she going to do now? And most importantly, what is going to happen to me?
「……」
「……」
There was a moment of extreme tension between the both of us. No, it was actually much longer than a moment. That entire time, she was just standing there, staring at me, so instead of looking away ans showing weakness, I decided to stare back at her.
If she really has the power to see through everything, then it won’t make much of a difference whether I’m going to be looking back at her or not.
This continued in absolute silence for a while that was long. Too long in my opinion.
「Hmph. It would seem you are not as spineless of a man as I thought you were..」
Whoops. If this was some sort of exam of hers, then it seems that I have successfully passed it.
I passed it.
Not that there was ever any doubt that I wouldn’t be able to do that..
「Ha…」
「Rutina, could you please introduce me to him?」
「Yes, aunt Cassandra. This person here is Michio Kaga, who is currently my master. Lord Michio, this is Lady Cassandra. She is the youngest child of my great great great grandmother’s little sister. She is considered a motherly figure for every woman in my clan.」
Ignoring the thing with the Duke completely, Rutina introduced me to Cassandra just like she asked her to do.
The youngest child of my great great great grandmother’s little sister, that’s definitely amazing, but it also means that she’s totally a stranger to her.
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I may not be very knowledgeable about Japanese history, but it’s a well known fact that Tokugawa Ieyasu only became shogun in his adulthood, after Nobunaga ousted the Ashikaga shogunate and Hideyoshi ruled as Toyotomi. I believe the one referred to here is Tokugawa Iemitsu, grandson of Ieyasu?