『It’s no good, this kid… he doesn’t notice it at all.』
『I don’t think there’s too much of a problem, though.』
I reassured a worried Novem that nothing was wrongas I waited for my hair to be washed, and put on my clothes after.
I wanted to change them, but I was unable to replace anything but my undergarments.
“Then I’ll be using it next, alright? Umm…”
She seemed to want to say something.
“Y-yeah. I’ll be leaving then. I’m just outside the door if you need me (Why do I have to get out?)”
“I deeply apologize.”
Saying that, I left the room, and found a chair in the corridor. As I sat on the creaking wood, I didn’t hear anyone talking to me.
“Is it really a hallucination? And wait, today’s already…”
As I was sitting, my eyelids began to feel heavy. Like that, I closed my eyes. Perhaps because my body had been cleaned, I felt relieved.
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『Wake up, ‘ya bastard!』
I heard an angry voice, and when I opened my eyes, I was in a different place than before.
“Eh, w… what?”
What’s more, there were people around me. A large, circular table extended before me, and seven other individuals were seated around it…
Each of them held a different shape, and they were all faces I had some recollection of. Where did I see them? As I thought that, I noticed a man wearing beast skins as a vest.
His arms were thick like a log, and his hair was unkempt. Around him were men that seemed to be of better upbringing. All of them ranged from their late twenties to early thirties in appearance.
I turned my attention to the savage tribesman-like man before me.
“Hmm? Could it be that voice was…”
『That’s right, that was us.』
Among them, there was a man I had a clear recollection of. Unlike in my memory, he was quite young. However, his atmosphere hadn’t changed.
『Lyle!』
“Eh? G-grandfather!”
There, was the youthened form of my grandfather. His spine was straighter, and his body was much more firm than I remembered.
『You’ve grown this big… I’m happy for you, Lyle.』
His atmosphere was still that of a welcoming grandparent. The other individuals lined up seemed resentful, or uninterested, or just fed up.
As they looked at me, it seems they each had their own evaluations.
My grandfather spoke up.
『Do you guys have any complaints to voice against my grandson!?』
The one to return an answer was the savage-styled man.
『Of course I do! What’s with this frail pansy!? There’s no way in hell my bloodline would produce a man as wimpy as this!』
“B-bloodline!?”
I couldn’t grasp the situation. And since my grandfather’s here, couldn’t this be a dream? As I thought that, a different one let out their voice.
『No, isn’t it fine like this? And wait, More importantly, there’s something I’d like to ask. Um~ Lyle, was it? I’m your great grandfather.』
“… Eh?”
The red haired, and slightly wild-looking man had a tidy appearance. But his clothing was slightly worn down.
I remembered the portraits inside my own home. Those picture of each preceding generation of family heads were stuck up around the manor. A few of them gave off quite a different impression, but most of them were reminiscent of them.
The irritated savage spoke up.
『You sure are slow on the uptake! Li~sten~ here~. We’re yo’ goddamn ancestors!』
Sitting next to him, a man in hunter-esque clothing softly mumbled.
『You may not want to accept it, but this one’s the provincial nobleman, the founder of the Walt House. Ah, you don’t really have to respect him or anything.』
“… Wha?”
I’ll bet that I’m currently making a quite a pathetic face right now.