Note: While I’m at it, TPE will still be translated, however it won’t be daily. Hence, the semi-hiatus status.

[Unnamed Young Boy]

“Get up, there’s a meeting.”

The voice of the Old Geezer woke me up early in the morning. Even though I’m currently in a bad mood, why do I have to look for a missing kid?

“His appearance?”

I only asked shortly for the necessary things.

“He has a small stature and silver hair. You go search inside the residence.”

“That’s it?”

“The other members already went. Go move.”

“Yeah, yeah.”

I gave a short response while yawning, and then disappeared.

Matthias made use of everyone to search for that lost brat just because it’s his master, isn’t he a bit strange in the head? Still, the Old Geezer trained me.

While thinking about those things, I went around the residence by quickly moving through the air.

The Prince seems like he had silver hair. No, it’s not Prince but El-sama, was it?

It’s that quiet Prince . Ah, was it because he was almost killed by his father? I remember being told that when I returned from my mission. I didn’t know that His Majesty’s secret son was supposed to be disposed by the Old Geezer. I wasn’t told that much.

Because I knew about it, I stealthily examined him. I was bothered about it, why would a guy who had a blessed circ.u.mstance purposely refuse it?

“Not here, too?”

I’ve search all the rooms inside the residence but I didn’t see him. However, there’s also the possibility that he left the estate. I can’t find him no matter how much I searched for him in my a.s.signed area.

Let’s quickly end this.

Stifling a yawn, I turned towards the room where many of the servants worked.

“Even so, no matter how much I look at it, it’s a ridiculously large estate.”

h.e.l.l, how much servants do they have?

Because of my work, I’ve seen lots of residences in lots of countries, but this is still the largest when it comes to size.

“Keh, just because it’s big, doesn’t mean it’s good.”

I cursed without n.o.body hearing it while slipping out smoothly from the fourth laundry room.

And then I stood in front of the last room, which is the kitchen. I didn’t just chose this place to end by chance. I personally turned to the last place.

“Let’s go!”

Rotating my shoulders around, I who became fired up, relaxed myself and entered after erasing my presence.

The interior of the kitchen was still as hot as usual. It’s not hot because they use fire for cooking. It’s because the people inside are energetic. Unlike me who’s been irritated since this morning.

I went around the room from along the wall. The variety of dishes being prepared were placed in a high dish stand.

Seeing that made me hold my empty stomach, and then I looked inside when I felt as if something was moving quickly.

The pots piled up blocked my view from this place. Was that a cook? Even if there’s a suspicious guy here, this is the West Vern House’s kitchen. There’s nothing here particularly so it’s fine.

Should I confirm it?

Honestly, it’s a pain. But I feel like I should check it out somehow.

─── Your perception is quite reliable.

The words that Old Geezer at that time during my training came into my mind.

Let’s confirm it for the time being, and then leave.

I decided as I turned around greatly and then searched for the thing that was moving quickly once again.

There! Something is certainly squirming.

“It’s hard to see, eh?”

I clicked my tongue in irritation for being unable to catch the target.

It might be perhaps because of the distance. I palmed the knife from my waist as I approached.

As I approached, what I saw was a kid with a silver hair.

“A kid… it’s him!”

I relaxed and lowered my hand with the knife. He had a small back and it was as if he was a.s.similating in the white wall that no one noticed him.

But, why is he in such a place?

If he got lost, just raising his voice is fine. If it’s because he’s playing… choosing this place is weird.

For a brief period, I thought about it.

Either way, let’s return after I see what you are doing.

I moved forward step by step and stood behind him so he won’t notice.

When I saw the spectacle, I immediately pinched my cheek as hard as possible just like that.

I must wake up immediately from this dream and answer the summon of the Old Geezer! No, in the first place the summon was clearly a dream. No doubt about it.

It’s understandable that the I would think it was like that. The kid didn’t get lost, but it’s not like he’s playing either. He was was.h.i.+ng the dishes.

If it was only that, then I can accept it with my open-mindedness.

But, why was that so?

Why were there be many transparent small birds near the child who had fluffy bubbles in his both hands?

Were those little birds standing in a line to support the dishes with white bubbles and then alternately was.h.i.+ng them?

And lastly, why do I recognize those little birds?

I continued watching the dishes being cleaned one by one in utter amazement. And at alst, I noticed that the last one was finished being drained.

At that moment, the big plate made a sound while being placed, the little birds diappeared and I came back to my senses.

I’ll be noticed if he turned back around!

I hurriedly left the kitchen and run to report that I found the lost child.

The young boy who finished reporting ran to the kitchen where he came from, faster than everyone.

He greeted the cook holding a knife in front of a big piece of meat. While there are a lot of fat cooks, he had a remarkably good physique.

“Oi!”

But the cook kept swinging the knife innocently. Although he was cooking, he idly made big movements and the kitchen almost hit the young boy several times. The young boy avoids it with agility and finally successfully suppressed the cook’s hand.

“Wait, there’s something I want to talk about!”

He pull him outside the room while saying only that. The meat which did not become known of the true shape was left on the kitchen table and the ‘weapon’ made a loud sound after falling into the floor. But the two figures already disappeared at that time.

“What is it!? Just now, all my efforts… Madam and the others’ breakfast…”

“Haven’t you notice!?”

“Notice what?”

When the cook returned an answer that says he knew nothing about it, the young boy gave up telling it to him.

There’s no way this guy didn’t notice.

The cook stayed silent for a while and then he raised his voice.

“Ah! I noticed, I noticed!”

“Why did you stay silent!?”

As expected, he noticed. If this guy reported it to the Old Geezer, I could have slept more.

“It’s interesting! Every morning is fun!”

“Every morning? It’s not just today?”

If his whereabouts was unknown every morning, how come there wasn’t a search before?

“Usually, always!”

“It hurts!!”

He laughed a ‘gahaha’ while violently patting the young boy’s back. He twisted his body to escape, but a dull pain remained.

“He’s an apprentice in an exchange for helping out, youknow? I save some trouble and he did seem to enjoy it. What about it? Were you worried about that child? Weren’t you looking just a while ago?”

“That’s not it!”

The young boy understood when he entered there, this guy is had bad tastes.

Piett. One of Matthias’s shadow, a guy with a large build who resembles a woman. He usually works as a cook. He didn’t know whether he was a cook before he became a shadow or he became a cook after he became a shadow, but he’s one of the members who always meddles with the young boy.

That’s why the young boy didn’t want to enter the kitchen.

“It’s disappointing that that child is a boy, isn’t it?”

He laughed aloud again, and strike the young boy’s back with his idiotic strength again.

“I get it!!”

He thought while rubbing his aching back.

He is certainly interested about him. However, it was because he wants to know about that.

The bird figurine which melted when he arrived home.

To check that, just a little…

I’ll go see him.