Ruijerd had returned a little after noon.
He had an expression more cheerful than usual, and it seemed like he had obtained something that had been made to look like an envelope. But when he saw me sitting on the bed, he frowned.
"Did something happen?" I was asked.
"My father was in this town."
When I replied as such, Ruijerd's expression grew even more severe.
"...Was something unpleasant said to you?"
"Yeah."
"It's been a while since you've met him, right?"
"Yeah."
"Tell me the details."
Without concealing anything, I told him what happened.
Ruijerd briefly said "Is that so?".
The conversation was paused there.
He left for a while.
Part 4[แก้ไข]
In the evening, Eris returned.
Something might have happened because she looks quite excited.
Leaves are stuck to her chest, and there's dirt on her cheeks. However, she looks quite happy.
Considering that appearance, it seems she had a good time goblin hunting.
I'm glad.
"Welcome back."
"I'm back, Rudeus. You know! Ah..."
When I smiled at her, she made a startled expression.
Then like that, she ran over to me.
"Who was it!? Who did this to you!?"
With a frantic expression, she started shaking me by the shoulders.
"It's nothing, you know."
"There's no way that's the case!"
She continued to ask me questions like that several times.
She was persistent, and so without hiding anything, and indifferently, I told her about my conversation with Paul.
I told her about what I had said to him, about what kind of reaction he had, and about what happened.
"What's up with that? That's!"
Hearing my story, Eris became extremely angry.
"To say something so one-sided like that, it's unforgivable! Just how hard does he think you've been working!? For him to say that was playing...! Absolutely unforgiveable! He's disqualified as a father! I'll beat him to death!"
Saying something dangerous, she rushed out of the room with sword in hand.
I didn't have the energy to stop her, and so I saw her off like that.