CH 35

Chapter 35 Loners Can’t Understand Normies’ Feelings

「Esther-sama, we have procured mana potions!」

「We got an accurate map!」

Alright, now we have all the items on the list.

「Thank you for your hard work. I’m going to my brother’s place now, so please carry the supplies you bought. Also, I want you to forget everything you’ve seen or heard about my brother. If you’re questioned by my father, just say I ordered you.」

The fact that my brother has an item box must be kept secret until he leaves the capital.

The old butler is resting because he hurt his back while drawing water… and fortunately, the servants in this house right now aren’t on my grandfather or father’s side.

I went to see my brother with the supplies.

After he made sure that I got all the servants out of the room, he started throwing the supplies into the item box.

Looking at my brother, who casually threw the supplies equivalent to the number of supplies for a troop’s short-term expedition, I felt that he was far better than me as a soldier.

Even without his spear, he can drop a large number of rocks packed in the item box on the enemies, or infiltrate the enemy’s base and steal their supplies… the strategy can be expanded with him alone.

He is more valuable as a soldier than I or anyone else in the Nonland family who can only swing a spear and defeat the enemy, leaving the leadership of the army to another person….

「Esther, can I have a small bottle of your blood?」

「My blood…? I understand.」

What will he use my blood for?

Since it’s not his own blood… is he going to use it for some kind of contract?

…… Well, whatever.

If my brother wants something from me, whatever it is, I have no intention of refusing it.

I went to town for the first time in a while to accompany my older brother to register as an adventurer at the Adventurer’s Guild, but… as usual, the attitude of the people toward my brother was unpleasant.

He didn’t seem to mind about it and went to register as an adventurer and buy meat, but… if I had been subjected to the same attitude, if they were commoners, I would punish them for their rudeness, and if they were nobles, I would slap them with a letter of challenge.

No matter how the people treated my brother, he never actually killed them even though he threatened them.

His personality has changed from the outside, but he remained kind at heart.

Even so, the people were happy about my brother’s banishment.

It’s too cruel….

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「I’ve heard about it. It seems that you did as you please when I was away.」

「………」

「…… You have no remorse, huh?」

「Yes.」

Father came to punish me immediately after returning home.

He arrived on schedule, so the old butler probably reported various things at the front door.

Good grief… he works fast at times like this….

I’m glad I skipped meals.

If I had eaten, I would have been covered in vomit….

But, why did my father only hit my stomach and not my face?

「I’ll give you the punishment of house arrest in the detached house. …… I know that you adore Jink, so I’ll at least let you say goodbye for the last time. After Jink’s departure tomorrow, you’re forbidden to leave the detached house for 50 days.」

「Understood.」

「…… How stubborn. I was planning to reduce it if you apologized…」

「………」

Father has a soft side.

Even though I showed no sign of remorse, he made sure to avoid hitting my face so that I could say goodbye to my older brother without a bruised face.

It’s bad manners to use a potion to heal wounds caused by punishment from your superior… so I’m glad that the bruises are only on the parts covered by the clothes.

「Sigh……」

My attitude seemed to give him a headache, so my father left the room while holding his temples.

「Esther-sama, 50 days of confinement is too harsh. It’s not too late to apologize to Master…」

「What’s so harsh about it? I’m just going to spend 50 days in the slightly old detached house. Fortunately, it isn’t overlapped with the date for the exam, and I can do spear training in the garden of the detached house. There’s no problem.」

The maids will bring food and water regularly, so I don’t have to worry about starving to death.

My brother also said that it’s a meaningful period to concentrate on training and studying, so why does everyone think that it’s a harsh punishment…?

Esther has a diligent personality and a high social status, and because many people approach him to flatter him, the adults think that he has a wide range circle of friends.

However, having admired Jink since he was a child and practicing his spearmanship whenever he had free time, he was used to being a loner.

That’s why he couldn’t understand the pain that normies were most afraid of (if the period of confinement was too long, they wouldn’t be able to hang out with their friends, and as a result, they would be left out).

In addition, the true loner <Jink>, who didn’t even have friends other than his spear, misunderstood the punishment of house arrest as a way to tell him to work even harder… and he taught that to Esther.

「Onii-sama, take care. …… I sincerely wish you a safe journey out of the country.」

「Thank you. …… Esther, I will give you this. Open it after I leave the country.」

My brother gave me a small box.

Is it something that I shouldn’t see right now…?

「…… Yes. I will see it after you leave the country.」

Being exiled from the country, no one has ever left the country alive so far.

But… why do I feel that my brother would be able to get out of the Rosalta alive…?

Maybe it’s because I feel a strong will in my brother’s eyes, which were gloomy before he was exiled.

「See you!」

As soon as the gate opened, my brother ran down the road.

I am the heir to the Dukes of Nonland.

Even if my brother manages to escape from the Kingdom of Rosalta… I probably wouldn’t be able to see him again for the rest of my life.

Even so… he’ll always be my older brother whom I love and respect.

On the morning of the fifth day after my older brother left the capital, the Adventurer’s Guild announced that he was in fact an <Enchanter>… and the shocking news shook the Kingdom of Rosalta.