A mid-level (middle-aged) office worker's laid-back industrial revolution in another world - Chapter 54

Translator: Darling | Editor: Coming soon…

Earl Elvis was furious.

Fredrick and Frontier Earl Goodwin also read the contents of the letter.

The two of them said together.

“Let’s kill them.”

“Hmm, that’s also an option.”

The 3 of them laughed.

Their opinions seemed to match.

The commander knights present there recalled on another occasion that the room really seemed like a living room filled with demons that day.

“Hmm. Anyway, first we must get Alice out of her room.”

“Isn’t it fine if you go, old man?”

“I think you should go, Lord.”

“Hmm……then I’ll go.”

Earl Elvis headed to Alice’s room alone.

He was thinking about what to say when he reached her room door.

“Ahem, A__, A__……….”

Yosh! Let’s do this.

“Alice, it’s grandpa.

I’ve returned just now. I’ve heard that you’ve been locked up in your room for the past few days.

I’ve thought about it a lot and I can’t figure out the reason for this. But then I got the letter that was addressed to you. Although I know its rude, I wanted to know what’s been worrying you. 

The contents are truly terrible.

Anyway, please come out of the room for now and tell me what you’ve been thinking.”

…………No answer.

What happened?……………

He was thinking about what to do.

“Grandfather, why are you eavesdropping outside your granddaughter’s room?”

Alice’s voice called out from behind him………..

Earl Elvis let out a voice that sounded just like a Buriki toy, “Gigi Gigigi” and turned to look behind him.

Waiting behind him was Alice, sending him a cold stare with her odd eye.

“Hii!” He unconsciously let out.

This would later become Earl Elvis’s trauma.

“I see. I made you worry.

I apologize for that. I have been resting since I haven’t been feeling too good.”

Alice explained to Elvis with a cold stare.

“Sir Goodwin and Fredrick are downstairs, aren’t they?

That’s good. I have been thinking of various things and I wanted to discuss it with everyone.

Then, I’ll change my clothes now so please return to the living room first Grandfather.

…………..If you eavesdrop again then I’ll kill you okay?”

Elvis nodded at a super high speed and rushed back down.

“These people.”

Alice laughed as she watched him leave.

Earl Elvis returned to the living room and quickly propped down on his seat.

Frontier Earl Goodwin and Fredrick seemed a little worried but then Earl Elvis said –

“That was scaryyy.”

He was even trembling a little. With this, the two of them realized that Alice was completely fine.

After a little while, Alice came down to the living room.

She greeted everyone once she entered the room.

Fredrick, Frontier Earl Goodwin, and the two knight commanders couldn’t hide their surprise once they saw Alice.

It wasn’t because of the odd eye.

It was because she seemed to carry herself like a commander of an army.

“Everyone, I deeply apologize for worrying all of you.”

The 5 of them nodded.

“So, I have the letter that was addressed to you here with me.

I don’t want to talk about the contents or even confirm them.

However, the letter is not only addressed to Alice, but it is also targeting the Elvis household.

We must retaliate appropriately.”

The contents of the letter……….put simply, mentioned that the odd eye was cursed. That Alice was a blood princess, a vampire that sucks blood and a lot of other abusive words.

And that she was the reason that the territory was seized.

The closer to went to the Demon kingdom, the more odd eyes you would normally see.

It was considered normal and no one paid any attention to it.

However, this was true for the eastern part of the kingdom. The further you went to the west, the rarer it was to see odd eyes.

It brought negative feelings here and it was discriminated against.

As a country, the discrimination is relatively loose, but regional differences are always there.

“But Grandfather, I don’t know the sender.”

“I see, is that what’s been concerning you, Alice?”

“Yes. If we know the sender, I can ask for help from elder sisters and settle it immediately.”

………Frontier Earl Goodwin started to sweat once he heard that.

Fredrick and the 2 knight commanders made an expression that seemed to say.

‘Well, that’s true.’

The 3 sisters were reputed for their beauty.

But there was something else that they were reputed for. 

The eldest loved tactics and scheming, the middle sister loved gathering information. The 3 sisters were good at exercising their strengths.

“So, what were you planning?”

“We don’t know the sender but there is a wax seal so I wanted to see the senders appearance.

For the time being, the politicians in the capital will not miss the odd eye so will it be a territory call or will it be postponed if there is no activity? I have been wondering.”

“That’s why you’ve been locked up in your room?”

“I was sleeping for the first 3 days. I guess I was overwhelmed or maybe it was because of the sudden odd eye.

Anyway, I slept.”

“……….What did you do for the other 2 days?”

“I tried to control the odd eye.”

“Control?”

Alice got up. She picked up the apple od the table……….it rotted.

“This.”

The 5 of them were startled.

They remembered the soldier chief saying that she could instantly kill 7 goblins in 1 strike.

……….They couldn’t deny……….they had to recognize it.

“I think I could have a good match with Sir Goodwin now.”

She smiled.

“……….Then, shall we think of a way to retaliate?

First, let’s ask the knights that are waiting at the soldier station to return.

Let’s ask our knights to return to their regular duties.”

“Understood.”

Fredrick nodded and got up from his seat.