He tends to be strict with table manners, so I couldn’t understand anything at first because his expression didn’t change much.
These days, I have accumulated a lot of data about Alfred, so now I could check his reactions with a small change in expression.
Fortunately, today’s lunch seemed to be to his liking.
Next is Speranza, my lovely girl…
“Speranza, is it good?”
“Un! It’s good, Papa.”
Of course, free pass!
I feel good when other farm members respond that it is delicious, but the best of them was my darling’s response.
Isn’t this why mom tries to feed Speranza?
Next, I turned my gaze from Speranza and turned toward Kaneff.
But, unexpectedly, Kaneff had a very unhappy look on his face.
I spoke to him with a slight uneasiness.
“Boss? Is the food not to your liking?”
“No! I like the omelet rice….”
“….”
“Why the hell is that geezer still here? And why do you keep taking care of his meal?”
The young Kael, sitting next to Alfred in Andras’ seat, who was away because of his work as Vice-chief of Germour, was concentrating on the meal with his eyes wide open as if saying that the Omelet rice was delicious.
Like Alfred, he kept his table manners, but the reaction was clear at the level of Lia, giving me a new sense of pride.
“Sihyeon, this omelet rice is very delicious.”
“I’m glad you liked it, sir.”
I’m now quite adapted to his way of speaking, which felt a little off because of his appearance, and now it is possible to have a normal conversation.
Kaneff, who looked at it as if he didn’t like it, suddenly intervened.
“How long are you going to stay here, geezer? Why don’t you go back now?”
“Why do you care where I am?”
“Of course, I care, because I’m the one in charge here!”
Kael looked at Kaneff with his sharp eyes.
“From what I’ve seen for the past few days, you don’t look like an in-charge, rather like a freeloader, who eats and sleeps here. The farm’s important work is done by Sihyeon, while the works for others is also set, you’ve not done anything more than what I’ve been doing here.”
In fact, Kael helped quite diligently.
He cleaned the stable with Alfred, helped with housework along with Lia, and sometimes taught Speranza and also played with her.
These days, he’s even sparring with Alfred on behalf of me, who hurt my shoulder, so he’s really doing more work than Kaneff.
But would Kaneff’s notoriety have spread this far if he got pushed back just by these words?
“So what? This is my farm. I’d have fun and eat whatever I want.”
As expected of the Boss.
Kaneff replied with a rather brazen face.
But Kael was also a person who can’t be just pushed by words.
“I don’t think anything would change if I stayed here rather than going back to the family and spending the days in a boring way. I’m going to send a formal letter to the Demon Lord in that regard.”
Kaneff’s face distorted when Kael said he was planning on permanently staying on the farm.
“Oh, you really want to play with me, geezer?”
“Do you think that kind of threat will work on me? And from now on start acting like a grown-up. How long are you going to be acting like a spoiled child?”
“This geezer…!”
“Oh, stop it, both of you.”
I intervened as the mood was getting weird.
“Others can’t eat properly because of you two. And Speranza is watching, aren’t you ashamed?”
“Hmmm….”
As soon as I mentioned Speranza, the two lowered their spirits with embarrassment.
Alfred and Lia, who were looking at each other, gave me a weird look for treating the two men who had a great position in the Demon world like that.
I know that they are in great positions, but right at this moment, in my eyes, they are just two people who are interrupting the meal.
When the atmosphere of awkwardness lingered in the Dining room, someone hurriedly opened the door of the Dining room and stepped inside.
It was Andras, who was away because of his work.
I spoke to him with a startled look.
“ Andras. You’re very early, aren’t you? Didn’t you say you’d be back only in the evening?”
“Oh… Yes, I did say that in the morning. But suddenly I had some news to tell, so I came back in a hurry.”
He walked straight up to Kaneff with big steps.
“What?”
“It’s a letter to Mr. Kaneff.”
“Me?”
Kaneff accepted the letter with a casual look, but as soon as he read the name of the sender, his expression became a little stiff.
He tore off the enclosures, took out the contents, and immediately began to read.
He continued to read the letter to the end without stopping, complaining that there was too much unnecessary rhetoric.
Looking at Andras standing next to him with a nervous look, it seemed to contain important content.
The other members looked at Kaneff with a mixed look of tension and questions, similar to mine.
After a while, Kaneff’s expression after reading the contents was full of annoyance.
“What a… bother… Is this real? You didn’t write it, did you, geezer?”
“Me, me? There’s no reason for me to impersonate that person and write a letter unless I’m being crazy, is there?”
“Well…”
I couldn’t resist my curiosity and asked the question first.
“Who is it from, boss?”
“This one? Who’s there to make me bother?”
“……?”
“Of course, it’s from the Demon Lord.”
As soon as the name of Demon Lord was mentioned, everyone’s expressions, except me and Speranza, hardened.
Kael, who had little change in his expression, opened his mouth again.
“What did the Lord say?”
“It seems like there’s someone that the Lord wants to meet.”