Chapter 475: After the Meal

Because the conclusion was that the two would bring Department Head Garcia over to the Mainz Kingdom side, my feelings became lighter. I’m sure my face is bright and clear. In comparison, Dee and Bill’s faces became serious, and they started a meeting. It’s probably about doing this and that in order to make him betray the Empire, but I started getting sleepy and began dozing off.

"Marie-sama, let’s go."

I was woken by Bill’s voice. Just like that we boarded the carriage that came to pick us up and headed to Department Head Garcia’s house. The air inside the carriage being stiff can’t be helped.

When we arrived at Department Head Garcia’s house, Dee and Bill’s faces instantly relaxed and changed to smiles. They probably put on smiling masks, but seeing this I think both of them do this kind of work.

In front of Department Head Garcia’s house stood a woman who seemed to be the wife and a girl who seemed to be the daughter. I unconsciously look at the two.

"Martina Garcia, 28 years old, Hugo Garcia’s wife"

Only that appeared. There isn’t even the character for Empire. Does that mean they’re unrelated? In that flow I also look at the daughter’s side.

"Alicia Garcia, 8 years old, Hugo Garcia’s daughter"

It comes out. Is this daughter also unrelated to the Empire? If Empire spies are hereditary, will this daughter someday succeed the spy? Will they make this adorable girl shaking her twin tails into a spy? Perhaps the marriage partner will be sent from the Empire? Various things make me think.

"Welcome, thank you for coming. I will introduce them. My wife Martina and daughter Alicia. Please treat us well."

At Department Head Garcia’s introduction, the wife and daughter bow their heads. The wife’s chest is dangerous. The cleavage is clearly visible, but is this normal operation? Or is she servicing?

Such things don’t matter, and lunch started immediately after visiting. Even saying the wife’s home cooking, since they’re welcoming the three of us, there’s no way the mother and daughter alone can handle it, and it seems reinforcements have entered the kitchen.

When we take our seats at the meal, the wife and daughter immediately bring plates. They carry cups. They pour wine. They bring appetizers and portion them out.

Someone is probably struggling in the kitchen, but anyway the wife and daughter move around busily around us.

"It’s tough, isn’t it."

The words came out unintentionally, but the wife,

"I do it because I like it. Guests rarely come, so I’m happy. Please enjoy yourselves."

Answers with a smile that seems to overflow. Receiving that, Department Head Garcia also,

"My work is busy, and I can’t easily invite people to the house. Today there is also the meaning of apology to everyone, and with the pretext of it being part of the job, we can proudly have a meal at home."

Laughs. Seeing this, I feel it’s a happy family of three.

"My husband always says it’s work and is often not at home. My daughter and I are always at home waiting for my husband to return. But today I’m grateful that he brought such beautiful people. Look, my daughter has also been excited and happy since a while ago. If you could play with my daughter a little later, I would be happy?"

The wife says to me with a flower-like smile. So that’s it, the reason this daughter is working hard is because of me. I thought that since I’m popular with mature women I’m not popular with the same age, but it seems that’s not the case.

Lunch ended in no time, and here Dee and Bill invited Department Head Garcia and it was decided they would have a meeting in a separate room. Whether he is anticipating the topic of the meeting or not, Department Head Garcia’s expression has become stiff.

Because the three went to a separate room, I ended up connecting the place with the wife and daughter, the three of us. This daughter, without reserve, inches closer to me and stares intently at my face. This daughter is also wearing clothes with a largely open chest, and when she inches closer to me her budding chest is fully visible. It looks like even the navel will be visible. Is this really okay? Will this daughter also, like the wife next to her, in another 20 years have a chest that overflows? If she marries young, will one obtain the joy of appreciating and experiencing growing breasts? And so on, I end up having indecent imaginations.

But in one corner of the town, there are mother and daughter living happily like this as three, with good blood circulation and looking healthy and plump, while in another corner of the town there are also those where both mother and daughter sell their bodies and make that money their livelihood.

I try asking something I suddenly thought.

"Madam, are you from this town? Did the two of you have a love marriage?"

At my question the wife blushes a little and says nothing, and instead the daughter answers.

"Mom and Dad had a love marriage! You know, Dad came from the Royal Capital to this town to work and joined the security force. Grandpa was, you know, an important person in the security force, and so Grandpa brought Dad to the house, and he got to know Mom and they got married! Amazing, right! I’m also going to marry someone I like like that!"

Listening to this daughter’s explanation, I understood. Department Head Garcia is an adopted son-in-law, and although she says Royal Capital, he surely came from the Empire. The department head’s father-in-law was also an Empire intelligence member, and he made the department head sent from the Empire into his daughter’s husband. Of course there was probably a romantic relationship as this daughter says, but that was probably the predetermined route for Department Head Garcia to become an adopted son-in-law. For this daughter as well, do they intend to welcome an intelligence agent sent from the Empire as a son-in-law and have him do the ringleader of the Mainz Kingdom’s intelligence organization?

Unrelated to my speculations, I got along with the mother and daughter. Anyway, I’m being continuously questioned by the two. These two say that from birth until now they have never gone to other towns, and ask what other towns are like. And they ask root and branch about the Marie Kingdom and the royal palace. Whenever I say something they show admiration one by one.

"I also want to go to the Royal Capital——"

Daughter Alicia says, so,

"If you have your father take you?"

I return, and,

"Dad is busy. Besides, going outside this town is unthinkable."

She says.

"Then in the future if you marry, have that person take you?"

If I say that, she stares fixedly at me. Does that mean become together with me and take her? Girls are precocious, huh.

While doing so, Dee, Bill, and Department Head Garcia appeared. As expected, Department Head Garcia looks quite haggard. Dee and Bill have bright faces, so the objective was achieved. Department Head Garcia is quite haggard, but a relieved feeling can be seen. Does that mean that with the Empire spy matter being exposed, he was relieved by being taken in by the Mainz Kingdom? Even if fleeing to the Empire, he probably couldn’t leave behind such a cute wife and daughter, and I think there was no room for choice.