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Chapter 34: Pitiful Father (Second)
Chapter 34: Pitiful Father (Second)
Chapter 34: Pitiful Father (Second)
With the new medicine in hand, I ran to the mansion.
Everyone should become happy with this.
Passing through the gate by recognition only, (Or like, the gatekeepers bowed their heads. Along with a ‘please.’) I entered the mansion and went into the reception room from earlier.
“Elaine….”
The Lord is still on the sofa, clutching his knees.
It looks like Elaine’s every word is very effective.
Seeing him in this state is quite pitiable.
– Is what I think, but boldly looking at your daughter’s drying panties is ‘out’ no matter how you think about it.
While he’s in such low spirits, I set the bottle with the body soap in it on the low table with bang.
“Lord, if you use this medicine, Elaine won’t say you stink or anything like it!”
“…? What is this?”
“It’s called body soap; please use this to wash with when you’re washing your body. Just by doing that, the so-called bad smell that’s the aging odor you’re emitting will disappear, Casty-sama. That is the source of the smell that Elaine dislikes.”
Hmph; the Lord disregarded it.
“I’ll be loved by Elaine just by washing up? Hah, impossible.”
“Now don’t say that.”
I took the lid off the bottle and flapped my hand wafting it towards the Lord.
“How is it? Don’t you think it’s a nice scent?”
“Umu. It’s a very refreshing, pleasant scent.”
“Try pretending you’ve been fooled and use it. It should bury the trench that’s dividing you from Elaine.”
“Alchemist Reiji, I despise being tricked!”
Eh~~.
Like I knew.
It’s not like I’m actually tricking you.
“Then what should we do? Are you okay with being hated like this?”
“-….”
As I thought; the ever-doting on Elaine Lord Casty’s weak spot is ‘Elaine will hate you.’
In actuality, Elaine doesn’t even really hate him deep inside.
It’s just a question of feelings.
“It’s unfortunate, but the reality is that right now, Elaine hates you, Casty-sama. To be blunt, the gap between you is gradually widening and deepening.”
“The gap, widening, deepening…”
The Lord shivered in despair.
“And eventually you will have a cold, cut-off relationship where you’ll never speak with each other again…”
“A cold and cutoff, relationship…”
Did I threaten him a bit too much?
The Lord is practically crying.
“However! You can still make it now…! Casty-sama, will you wash your body with this medicine? You won’t have another chance to bury this gap between you and Elaine- – -!”
“I wiiiiiiiilll, I’ll waaaaaash!”
The Lord began to seriously cry.
It’s a bit unbearable to watch an ossan sob with all his might….
Wiping his tears with a fist, the Lord clapped his hands.
When he did so, two maids came.
“I am going to bathe. Make the preparations.”
Yes; with that the Maid-sans bowed their heads and left the room, returning bearing towels and whatnot.
“Casty-sama, the preparations have been made.”
Rising, the Lord looked back at me.
“Alchemist Reiji, how about you?”
“I’ll refrain.”
I refused immediately, since it seems like it’ll become a development no one will want.
Finally, I told the Lord the places he should pay special attention to while washing and then saw him off.
After about an hour, the Lord returned to the reception room.
That was a really long bath.
I guess that’s just how carefully he was washing.
“Alchemist Reiji-”
When I lifted my head in response to being called, the Lord was sitting opposite me in a bathrobe.
His countenance had become clear and proper, to the degree that the sound effect ‘glint-’ would be suitable for it.
Huh? … strange… did he become a metrosexual…?
<t/n at end>
It didn’t change even after I rubbed my eyes.
Glint.
Tilting his head, he looked at me.
Glint.
He crossed his legs.
Gliii-nt.
Giving me a sideglance, he narrowed his eyes a little.
Huh… strange.
His character has changed.
“How is it? I, who have been reborn.”
Even his tone of voice has chaaaaanged!?
It’s completely at the level of, who are you!?
“With this, even Elaine – …. won’t hate me …. – I guess.”
Glint.
He looked at me coolly.
Anyway, adding spaces between his words is annoying.
He’s become a hot guy character that carries flowers and gives kisses, and misunderstandings.
“Uum, well, she won’t hate you, is it…? Ah, well, I wonder.”
“Your medicine is perfect…”
He took a single rose from his breast pocket.
“You really have one!?”
What is this feeling of disappointment?
This would be fine if he was in his teens, or at least early twenties, right?
Even if he’s misunderstanding things, let’s just finish this up and don’t worry about it.
This person is around forty, right?
If anything, it feels like Elaine would dislike him more this way…
I think it would be better if he acted like a sophisticate rather than a metrosexual, personally.
Not that it really matters, but I want him to stop striking a pose and looking at me every time he moves.
Clap clap; a Maid-san appeared when he clapped his hands.
“Would you call Elaine here?”
Bowing neatly, the maid left.
The Lord stood and started posing for some reason.
Ah-. I hope the effects of the body soap run out soon-.
“-Wait, the medicine doesn’t have this kind of effect …”
I muttered, then a knock sounded.
“Father, it’s Elaine.”
“I bid you enter.”
“Okay…”
Elaine and the Lord haven’t seen each other since then, I bet.
Entering, Elaine had a bit of a stiff face and was tense.
“Elaine-”
Elegantly twirling, the Lord approached Elaine.
Enough, just walk.
Glomp; he suddenly hugged her.
“Heh…?”
“Elaine, it is I, Casty -”
“- KYAAAA!? Who is this, what is with this gentlemaaaaan!?”
Struggling, Elaine hit the Lord’s chest.
She super hates him…
I peeled the Lord, who had stuck to her, off and the Lord fell to the ground, hitting his bottom.
“Ouch. – what are you doing, Alchemist?”
Good grief, Elaine’s crying…
She must have thought some man she didn’t know forcibly hugged her.
“Are you alright, Elaine?”
“- Reiji-sama.”
She grabbed onto me, so I patted her head, calming her down.
“Th,this isn’t what you told me, Alchemist Reiji!”
“It’s not a medicine that allows you to do perverted acts. Why did you hug her all of a sudden?”
“Get away from my daughter, Alchemist Reiji-!”
Oof; Elaine fell on her bottom and stared at the disappointing Lord.
“That voice … Father…?”
“You are correct, Elaine, it is I!”
His lines feel like they’re from a D#sney production.
That’s fine.
I’ll make use of this.
“Fufufu, then, I’ll be taking your daughter, Casty!”
I suddenly made an evil face and sneered.
“Bastard – it can’t be … that medicine you made me use was for this…!?”
“Hahahaha, you realized it too late! It’s been so long … if I can get involved with your daughter, I can enter the echelons of nobility.”
“G,get involved…? S,so you mean, me, and R,reiji-sama will…!?”
“That’s right. If I become the son-in-low, the Vargas House will immediately become mine, and I will be the ruler of this town -”
“I’m so happy-”
Wai- this isn’t supposed to be a heart-throbbing event!
There’s a bad guy trying to take over your family! You’re supposed to hate it! Because I’m playing the villain!
Hey, don’t hug me!
Puush; I keep Elaine’s head at a distance with my hand.
“Nnngh, wh,what are you doing, Reiji-sama?”
“Alchemist Reiji, I won’t forgive you…! Toying with my daughter is a sin worth certain death!”
“If you hurt Reiji-sama, I won’t forgive you!”
Don’t be my ally!
Elaine is already like this, so the plan’s gone to pot…
“I’m already prepared for this. If Father doesn’t give his approval, then Reiji-sama and I will elo – ngh.”
I cover Elaine’s mouth.
“You’re making things worse when you talk. Be quiet for a bit.”
The conversation won’t go anywhere.
“Now, what will you do, Casty? You’re hated by your daughter, right? She called you stinky, gross, a perverted old man, and a stinkworm.”
“No – she didn’t say all of that.”
“I didn’t.”
Ahem; I cleared my throat.
“Isn’t it better if you don’t have this kind of a daughter? That’s why I said I would be taking her.”
“… I have never thought such a thing! Never!”
Oh. His tone went back to normal.
“Father…”
“She’s my precious, precious daughter. She’s my child, and I’ve always, always loved her ever since she was born. It’s not like I won’t be hurt with whatever she says. But, so what? I will believe that she’ll only dislike me for a little while.”
The Lord smiled sadly.
“… I, no matter what you may do, Elaine, I will always be on your side. Elaine, I love you.”
At that moment.
Elaine suddenly parted from me.
“ – Fatheeeeer! I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’ve been saying all sorts of horrible things to Father…”
Elaine sobbed into the Lord’s chest.
As she apologized again and again, the Lord stroked her back and smiled gently.
Alright, my job is done here.
“Eh – Father, this scent…”
“Aah, it’s the smell of the medicine Alchemist Reiji gave me to wash my body with. …. Is it strange?”
“No. Not at all. It’s the same scent as the perfume I use…”
It would be boorish for an outsider like me to remain here.
I slipped out and left the reception room behind, exiting the mansion.
Two days later, a letter from the Lord arrived at Kirio Drug.
The contents were words of gratitude, as well as saying he won’t give me his daughter.
He had written that one bottle of body soap wasn’t enough, so I should send some through his messenger.
“ – Reiji-sama, I came to buy bo-dee soop!”
The vertical curls have invaded.
For my reply, I wrote that I was acting the other day, so he should rest assured since I don’t intend to take her.
After that, the body soap became a product backed by the Lord, and it became a big hit, reaching record sales.