Breaking Off The Engagement… Bring It On! Chapter 154

One week pa.s.sed by quickly.
In the meantime, Sasuke-san brought several letters from Sumire-sama, but all were discovered by grandfather and grandmother and with their content confirmed, they were returned before reaching me.
The two said about it

"Although they are better than before, it's still only on the level of being slightly better. We judged that they can't be delivered to Lillina yet… However, it's amazing she continues writing letters despite them being returned."

Certainly, I also think it's amazing to write so many times without giving up, but I wonder why she would want to write a letter to me.
Honestly, I have no common ground with Sumire-sama.
I vented about it to Sasuke-san once.
Then Sasuke-san

"Hear that, directly, from princess."

No, I don't think we'll meet in person, that's why I asked.
But Sasuke-san didn't return any further answers.

"Lillinsama, please take care of yourself. Ange-san, Allen-san, Lillinsama, honestly, thank you very much! … Ah, after all together with Lillinsama…"

Sana came to see me off, but she's saying something worrisome.
Brother who came with her showed a startled expression.

"Y, you cannot, you absolutely cannot! Sana, you won't go? I, I'm certain I will cry if I'm not with you, Sana!"

Brother, who's already teary-eyed, embraced Sana.
Over this week, he sought any opportunity to cling to Sana.
Sana seems to have conquered her embarra.s.sment and is trying her best to escape from brother.
Well, but as always, the escape ended in failure and she flushed.

"Sana, thank you. But right now, please stay with elder brother. I think it will be a little… no, quite tough, but n.o.body else can be elder brother's partner. Please take care of elder brother, sister-in-law."

Sana became bashful at my words.
Yup yup, she hasn't married yet, but it's only a matter of time.
Somehow, Ange-san also reacted.
She seemed to mutter something.

"Lillinoneesama called Sansan her sister-in-law. If Allen married Lillinoneesama I too… Fu, fufu, Allen, really, do your best~~."

Ange-san suddenly turned towards Allen and said something.
Allen-kun then made a slightly astonished expression.

"Then we will be off. Ricardo, do your job in the chivalric order properly. Alek-dono asked me to tell you directly. If you concentrate too much on Sana… Fu, you know what will happen, right?"

Brother's complexion worsened at what could be considered grandfather's threat.
As expected of grandfather, he won't let brother only pay attention to Sana.

Having been sent off by everyone, we left for the Norther Country.
If it goes well, the Northern Country is about five days away, incidentally it's over twice as much for ordinary n.o.bility.
We're taking the bare-bones course without much breaks, as camping is the usual for us, there's no need to stop in towns to stay at inns overnight.

"Grandmother, do you have siblings in the Northern Country?"

Now that I think about it, I may not know anything about grandmother.
I only learned she's from the Northern Country at that time, so let's ask her now.

"Hm? I have a younger brother. The latest I've heard from him was three years ago, when he reported the current situation in a letter. Because that child would inherit the house, I was able to become a bride with peace of mind. Although we we've been apart for years, he's a reliable child."

"In our past talk you mentioned that physical strength is indispensable for n.o.bility, is grandmother's younger brother… Is granduncle strong?"

"Let's see~, he's strong. In the past, when he competed with me it was enough to end with a draw."

The Northern Country seems peculiar.
It's strange for there to be a lot of people on grandmother's level.
Did she know what I was thinking from my expression, grandmother smiled and explained.

"Ara, my and my brother's strength is top-cla.s.s in the Northern Country, you know? But, that person's was easily beyond that, I couldn't believe it."

By that person grandmother of course means grandfather.

"Then, is grandfather a famous person in the Northern Country?"

Even though I asked jokingly, grandmother returned a serious look.

"… Lillina, you understood well. That person is greatly popular among n.o.bles of the Northern Country. Basically, because it's a country when even n.o.bles are recognized on the basis of their strength, I wonder if you could say the n.o.bles of our generation are something like his fans?"

Yeah~~, that answer was more than I expected.
What kind of country is the Northern Country really?
And I wonder why I become more and more uneasy.
With five days to go to the Northern Country, I seriously considered that I need to gather more information about it from grandmother.