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Death’s Daughter Chapter 162

Author: “FoodLovingPanda”

CHAPTER 162: DON’T CALL ME NAO-CHAN

“My dearest Naoko, I have longed to see you. You are even more beautiful than when I last saw you. Come, let us return to Kapitalia. There is so much to prepare and many more things to undertake.”

Why on earth is he here? How did he get his hands on an adult wyvern to carry him here in the first place? I thought he had no taming skill. This really sucks if he gained one in the meantime, but why come here of all places.

“I’m busy, I don’t have time for parades and festivities. I’m afraid I will have to decline your invitation.”

I knew there were other people present here, but I couldn’t care less. He no longer deserves any respect coming from me at all. If he loses face in the public I wouldn’t be bothered. Neither would I be bothered if some of my many admirers think badly of me for acting like this.

“Don’t be so cold to me Nao-chan. I thought that picking you up personally would be romantic. I didn’t think you would be this shy when in public. You don’t act like this when we are alone.”

Shy? Who, me? I do not feel even one ounce of shyness, only annoyance.  Also don’t call me Nao-chan, it’s disgusting coming from you.

“Vitou, Naoko-chan, let’s move your discussions to my mansion. You are gathering quite the crowd. Umm… the wyvern, what does it need?”

“Just some water, he already ate before.”

The two of them began walking towards the Earl’s Mansion and I followed. At least for part of the way. Byakko and I had a different location to go to. The two old friends were happily chatting among themselves when I separated and headed towards the guild building. I didn’t even get a hundred meters away before I was stopped.

“Where do you think you’re going Nao-chan? I thought we agreed to move to Toriwa’s house.”

“You did, I said I was busy. That is why you can go ahead and chat with Earl Orzak and I will continue to do what I need to do.”

As I said that I urged Byakko to start walking again, but this time the wyvern was the one that completely blocked the path to the guild. I could not go and do something as building could easily end up being destroyed considering both monsters present were huge.

“Come on Nao-chan, don’t be so stubborn. Let’s talk this through. I will even let you ride the wyvern with me. This has to be your first time to ride one, isn’t it?”

“First of all, don’t call me Nao-chan, second, talking won’t solve anything and third where did you get an adult wyvern? Even I cannot be sure to be able to tame a grown one.”

It was really bothering me. Grown monsters tend to be tricky as they already have developed strong malice towards others. Triton and Byakko are both special cases as they both ended up being willing to be tamed by me, one because I set him free and the other one because he liked being beaten up by me.

“Come on, just a bit. I will tell you about Sharpbeak over a nice cup of tea. Look, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. It depends on you whether I will call your brother or not.”

“Fine, I’ll do it.”

The Crown Prince was only second on my list of who I don’t want to meet and since he is threatening me with the person number on my list I guess going along isn’t the worst thing. If that bastard appears things are bound to go for the worse.

I told Byakko to wait outside and entered the Earl’s Mansion. We sat down in the garden and were served tea. I decided to not say a word in protest.

“Well first of all, congratulations on reaching A-rank Nao-chan. I was happy to learn you were able to reach it safely. I was certain you could have reached it sooner if you tried your best.”

I did try my best. At avoiding ranking up that is. But someone just had to come and destroy all my efforts. I merely nodded and that was all.

“Naoko-chan I didn’t know you were raking up contributions at the guild. I must say I was really angry when I first heard that you weren’t clearing the dungeon, but I realize it now. The requests, the wyvern transactions, I see you have been quite busy.”

“Oh, that’s right, you asked about Sharpbeak. He is the first wyvern that we were able to obtain by ourselves. He was not fully grown, but upon asking I was able to get Nakamura to come up with theory for accelerated growth. Once we applied it the wyverns were able to grow up extremely fast. You should be able to do it since this belongs to Dark Magic.

Accelerating the growth of babies, that is simply cruel and inhumane towards them. Poor Sharpbeak, he must be utterly confused and disoriented. I must absolutely forbid my guys from using this type of magic. What I want is the bond between the wyvern and rider to be strong and long lasting. Who knows what kind of side-effects this type of magic use can have on them in the long term.

“…”

I simply stood in silence and waited for them to continue talking.

“Well that’s that, now I need to inform you. You need to come back to Kapitalia with me. There is a matter of your presentation to the people as well as nobles and the engagement ball that will need to be held. There will also be an official trip to Vilikis and introducing them to their royal family. It is a tradition since both houses are quite close to each other.”

How troublesome. I don’t want to deal with all that. If only I could get a replacement or a stand in that will do all that for me. Something like how actors have their stunt doubles. I need to go and find my doppelganger.

“Do I have to, I am a busy woman. I do hope you realize that. I don’t have time to attend parties.”

“Yes you do, don’t forget your status now Nao-chan. Or do I have to call your brother here. He did promise that you will go through the ceremony and these are all necessary parts of the royal engagement and wedding.”

“He promised that, I never said anything. And once again, don’t call me Nao-chan!”

“So what is it going to be? Are you really going to make me involve that person? You should know that when he decides to meddle things turn out much bigger than they originally were.”

I sighed and nodded. I definitely need to be strong enough to go against him one day. I will get my revenge and one day, both against him and the father-son duo. Maybe even the Guild Master, no I will definitely do that.