How To Save A Time-limited Young Master - Chapter 19

“Oh, he’s my butler! None of the servants remained because my family fell, but Soma remained…”

Sienna replied excitedly, probably because she was very grateful.

“I see. You just said that you have a part-time job, are you working? Already?”

“Yes… hehehe. It’s embarrassing, but I’m in a situation where I have to make money with my father. I mainly work in mines and farms, and I’ve been a maid and a governess!”

“Oh….”

‘So this player is the type to play with part-time jobs…’

There’s a shortage of money when she’s young, so the player got the kid to work blindly and raise her physical strength and muscles, and when she’s older and her circumstances have become liveable, the kid will be sent to expensive dance lessons, painting classes and music classes etc. It seemed to be a playstyle for the sake of watching the endings.

‘You’re a total Korean.’

While nothing could be done about not having money, to make her do nothing but work in a game… how awful.

In any case, perhaps due to that playstyle, Sienna’s [Sociability] stats seemed quite low at the previous party.

In society, the [Sociability] stat was an indispensable weapon.

While [Charm] and [Dignity] were important, the most important thing was [Sociability].

It was [Sociability] that decided how skillfully the conversation would proceed, how quickly she’d become intimately acquainted, and the appropriate timing to get close and leave at.

“Heloise, what are we going to do now?”

As Heloise nodded her head blankly while pitying Sienna slightly, Zenon asked in a slightly discontented voice.

When she turned her head, Zenon asked Heloise without even treating Sienna as a person that’s present.

“Huh? What do you mean?”

“Didn’t you come out to play with me?”

He emphasised ‘with me’ strongly, and he even glowered at Sienna secretly with a very fierce gaze.

But Sienna also didn’t give in to him either.

Sienna, who was clinging to Heloise’s other arm, slowly began to tighten her grip, and she stuck closely to Heloise, as if she would never fall off.

“N–no way. You can’t abandon me. Where are you going? Can’t you take me with you? I won’t disturb you. I’ll stay calm. After the Founding Festival has ended, I’ll return home quietly.”

Perhaps there was someone bullying Sienna in high society, as Sienna looked like she would rather die than return back to the group of flower girls.

Heloise looked at Zenon with a face that said, “What can I do under such circumstances,” but Zenon seemed indifferent.

Heloise looked at him awkwardly, before trying to mediate between them.

“It’s not that we can’t stay together, but we’re going to sightsee the tree-lined street, so if you stay with us like this, you’ll definitely get caught.”

“You’re going to sightsee the tree-lined street…?”

Sienna’s face turned ashen.

The crowd had already been swept away.

While it might be a little callous, Zenon’s words were right.

Since Heloise came out to play with Zenon today, she felt that she should take his discomfort into account.

“Unfortunately…”

Just as she was about to refuse.

“Wait a minute!”

Sienna closed her eyes tightly and blocked Heloise’s path.

“Then, in that case, how about this? There’s a place that’s much better than flower viewing! I know where an important guest who would only come to huge events like the Founding Festival would appear!”

“An important guest?”

“Yes! The genius astrologer of the underworld, Medicis-nim!”

[T/N: ‘nim’ is a honorific for guests, customers, clients and unfamiliar individuals. It’s also used towards someone who is revered and admired for having a significant amount of skill, intellect, knowledge etc.]

“Medicis…?”

Zenon’s face crumpled up, as if he was asking if this was a joke.

That was when he, who had kept holding Heloise’s hand the entire time, tried to drag her away.

Heloise prevented Zenon from leaving by squeezing his hand.

“The astrologer Medicis? Really?”

“Yes!”

Sienna, who was delighted as her words seemed to be well received, was about to open her mouth in order to explain.

Heloise raised her folded arms in order to stop her words.

If it was the astrologer Medicis, she’s an NPC that Heloise was quite familiar with.

She’s a character that, when given gold, could metaphorically tell the attainable endings from the player’s daughter’s current condition by calculating her stats.

After listening to Medicis’ divination, Heloise was able to change the ending slightly by raising or lowering a specific stat.

So if she meets with Medicis now and hands over the money, wouldn’t she be able to infer the ending that Sienna was closest to?

If the extra characters like her and Zenon, who didn’t exist, were excluded, if Sienna’s ending could be known…… It seems to be a hint for the future to come.

“Alright.”

“What?”

When Heloise answered and followed behind readily, Zenon, who was standing blankly, gave her an absurd look.

Heloise smiled broadly and held Zenon’s hand tightly.

“You’ve already seen all the flowers, right? This time, let’s go to an astrologer and get our fortunes told. I really want to see it.”

He looked rather displeased.

“It’s the underworld. The underworld is a state-designated crime zone so it’s not good to approach that place.”

Zenon spoke warningly, pretending to know better despite the fact that he rarely left the Langbert Mansion.

Sienna glared fiercely at him as she was upset that her suggestion was rejected.

However, Zenon had only snorted, as if a dog was whining somewhere.

Then, Heloise opened her mouth.

“But you’ll protect me if anything happens, right?”

“What?”

“No?”

“……”

As if he had heard something unexpected, Zenon’s eyes widened.

And his red lips moved slightly, as if he wanted to say something for a while.

Just then, Sienna spoke cautiously.

“That person? Does that person have some sort of power? It doesn’t seem to be the case…”

Heloise frowned at her remark.

“Does it look like that? How worrying.”

‘Should I feed him healthy foods…?’

Heloise looked at Zenon objectively.

Dark eyebrows, sharp and narrow eyes, dense black eyelashes, and blue-gray eyes that looked like dots of blue ink were spreading out against a gray background.

Although he looked beautiful, at first glance Zenon was a handsome man with thicker lines than his peers.

Sienna was unaware that Zenon was ill and would experience side effects when he used magic, and as such, he shouldn’t have left a weak impression on others just from his appearance, thus making it worrying.

“You’re so eloquent, even though you’re the one cutting in my outing.”

When Zenon’s expression gradually disappeared and he gave off a chilly atmosphere, Sienna made a surprised sound.

“I–I’m hanging out with Miss Lorca! It has nothing to do with your outing!”

It was obvious that she was scared, but it seemed as though she didn’t want to show it.

In any case, they would be moving together, so Heloise didn’t want them to fight.

“Stop joking around and let’s have our fortunes told. I want to see that.”

“It isn’t a joke…!”

“Lead the way.”

Sienna was about to vent her grievances, but Zenon shut her mouth. He was cold and expressionless.

As such, Sienna stopped chattering and led the way obediently.

The underworld was located behind the square, and it wasn’t far from the market.

Just like how a slight deviation from the straight and bright street would lead to a dark alleyway, the underworld was also the case.

However, it wasn’t evening or late at night, so it wasn’t as dangerous as Heloise had thought.

It was like the scene she witnessed on the game screen, a dull sign was attached and the surroundings had trash scattered all around.

Zenon, who was born and raised as a young master, had an unexpectedly indifferent face, and Sienna, who had been trained through her part-time jobs, wasn’t unfamiliar with this road.

Just when the trio had walked for a long time and stood in front of the <Tent of the Astrologer>.

“Hey. What are you guys doing there?”

“Why are there kids here?”

Zenon was the first one to react to the voice.

Zenon turned and hid Heloise behind him.

Heloise, who lacked crisis awareness, only thought that such a kid was impressive.

“Miss Lorca! I–It’s a gangster! A gangster!”

Sienna shouted fearfully.

She seemed to want to whisper to Heloise, but her voice became too loud as she was too agitated.

“What? I’m not a gangster!”

Originally, when gangsters hear that they are gangsters, they’re bound to get very angry.

The gangster got angry.

“Do you want to die?”

In the face of this life or death question, Heloise poked her head out from Zenon’s shoulder and spoke.

“We’re just trying to enter this tent. We didn’t mean to interrupt you, so please don’t mind us.”

“Why do people like you want to enter there?”

“What?”

When Heloise repeated his question with a puzzled look, the gangster’s brow furrowed and he threatened.

“It’s not a place for kids to enter. Get out of here!”

“But…”

“I said get out!”

“Don’t yell at her.”

Zenon warned quietly.

The gangster remained in place and Heloise gulped.

She knew what would happen if Zenon exploded here.

Perhaps the underworld would be in shambles, the gangster would be seriously injured, the incident would be reported directly to Marquis Velks, and Zenon would faint in the aftermath.

It’s terrible.

Even so, just because they had met a few times in person, Zenon reacted sensitively to the gangster who treated Heloise roughly.

She didn’t know what would happen if she let the gangster open his mouth again.

‘But why is the gangster initiating a conversation?’

Heloise had also met the astrologer Medicis when she was playing <Princess Sienna>.

A few times, only when certain conditions are met.

“Oh, that’s why.”

The [Evil] stat.

As befitting of its reputation as the underworld, this place would be blocked by gangsters if her [Evil] stat doesn’t reach a certain level.

As such, when she was going through the clergy route, she couldn’t get any help from Medicis.

If one of the trio met the conditions, they would have let that one person in, but from how all three of them were stopped, it seemed that all three of them were less infected with Evil as they were young.

‘Well, what kind of evil could Sienna, who was digging in mines for hundreds of days, and Zenon, who remained sickly in his mansion, accumulate?’

That goes for Heloise Lorca, a beautiful young lady of the Viscounty of Lorca.

Therefore, the three of them couldn’t see their futures yet. It was a regrettable matter.

While Zenon glared at the gangster silently, Heloise quickly made up her mind.

It can’t be helped if it’s a stat problem. He’s also doing his job, so how could she allow Zenon to mess it up?

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