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Episode 51 - First Tea
Party
“Even so, she’s a
brilliant woman.”
Theo bitterly said.
Theo and Lynn were
talking in their room.
Of course, the topic is
Yuwen’s eccentric attitude at the academy.
“She’s been ignoring
you and harassing you a lot and then when you got invited to the royal party, she
just flirted with you and you fell for it.”
Theo said in a bitter
tone as usual.
Lynn has an ambiguous
smile.
“So what are you going
to do?”
“I’m going to take her
with me.”
“Seriously? Are you
sure about that?”
Theo said in disgust.
“No, I don’t know. I
couldn’t think of any reason to say no.”
Theo sighed as Lynn
giggled.
“You have a weakness
for women too.”
On the day of the tea
party, Lynn was preparing to change into full suit and go out.
“Hey Theo, is this
okay?”
Lynn asks Theo while dressing in front of the
mirror.
“Ah? That’s okay. It’s
pretty expensive clothes, isn’t it?”
“But. It’s a royal
party. I wonder if it’s okay like this.”
Lynn has rented
high-end clothing to attend the royal tea ceremony.
Lynn’s outfit was high
enough, but he wasn’t sure if it was suitable for a royal party.
“I don’t know. I never
went to a royal party.”
“Right.”
There was nothing Theo
could do about this, even if he asked.
“If you’re worried, you
should wear more expensive clothes.”
“This is the limit for
me.”
“Well, it’s what it is.”
“Hah”
Lynn was beginning to
regret his decision to attend the tea party. Not only did he have to worry
about his clothes, but also about his behavior and etiquette at the party.
Even though it was a
fun party to attend, his mood was still very depressed.
However, there was no
way he could be absent now.
He didn’t know what
kind of a threat Yuwen would throw at him if he did that.
“But more importantly, Theo
are you okay?”
When Lynn asks, Theo
looks disappointed.
Lynn wasn’t the only
one going somewhere he didn’t usually venture today.
Theo also has to go to
the association for business. He was summoned.
The reason for this was
unclear, but it seemed that the smuggling case had been exposed.
It was no wonder he was
discovered.
It was obvious from
Theo’s dealings with retailers that he was wholesaling goods, and it was clear
from his exorbitantly low wholesale prices that he was using a different
shipping method than the regular procedure.
“It’s okay. I haven’t
done anything wrong.”
(He’s saying it again.)
“But what if you get
sentenced to some punishment or told to quit the business?”
“Then I’ll get the hell
out of here.”
Theo said angrily.
They both left the inn at the same time and headed
in different directions.
Lynn went to the rendezvous point with Yuwen with a
heavy heart, while Theo walked towards the Mage Association with his shoulders
slumped.
Yuwen looked at Lynn with a frown as soon as they
met.
Lynn laughed in embarrassment.
“What’s wrong?”
“What’s that clothes”
Yuwen took one look at
Lynn’s clothes and seemed to see the worth of them.
“No, this is the only
thing I could borrow.”
Lynn excused himself, feeling embarrassed.
“Do you have any idea
how important this day is for me? What
if I get embarrassed because of you?”
(But, I’m the one who
was invited.)
Yuwen seemed to have already forgotten that it was
thanks to Lynn that she was able to attend the party.
Lynn couldn’t help but
grumble in his mind.
Nevertheless, Yuwen’s attire was quite magnificent.
Her dress was made of smooth black fabric, and it
was obvious at a glance that it was made of high quality material.
The dress made her look even more pretty than usual.
Lynn was glad that he had come just to see this.
“Oh, well. Let’s get
going. Let’s get in the carriage. The most expensive one.”
“What? Can’t we just
walk?”
“Huh? What are you
talking about?
Yuwen’s voice was thick and threatening.
“No, nothing. Never
mind.”
“Damn it. Stop annoying
me.”
When Yuwen said that,
she stood ahead of him and walked forward.
Lynn hurriedly followed after her.
The way she was dressed and her demeanor, it was
hard to tell which of them was the accompanying one.
To the casual observer, they looked like a young
lady and her servant.
They took the academy’s elevator up to the 90th
level of the luxury residential district and then boarded a carriage.
Lynn was almost giddy at the price of the carriage.
It had to be one of the most expensive purchases of his life.
Inside the carriage, Lynn sat restlessly in the
excessively soft seat.
He had already spent an unexpected amount of money.
The thought of what was yet to come made him feel uneasy.
(I don’t think they
will charge me for the party, right?)
Just getting Yuwen to the venue was such an expense.
If they were to ask for an inordinate amount of money at a royal party, he
might go bankrupt if he wasn’t careful. Lynn looked at the invitation again to
see if there was anything written on it.
Lynn and Yuwen walked
into one of the largest buildings in the upscale residential area.
It was a tall building, with elevators despite the
fact that it was a separate structure from the public facilities in the tower.
The lobby was filled with a large number of people
from all over the world.
It seemed to be a facility that was used by people
from many different countries besides the royal family of Wyngarde.
Relying on the information on the invitation and the
bulletin board in the lobby, Lynn looked for the elevator that led to the venue
of the Royal Wyngarde Tea Party.
“That one.”
While Lynn was wondering which one to take, Yuven
quickly found the elevator with the flag of the Kingdom of Wyngarde on it and
walked ahead.
Lynn once again hurried to follow behind her.
The elevator arrived at a dimly lit space.
As they stepped out of the elevator, a flash of
orange-ish light illuminated their feet and their path.
It seemed to be a system that automatically turned
on the light when someone approached.
The light was a unique glow, different from the
light of a lamp or the white light of a sunstone.
The light seemed to have been specially processed by
light magic.
The indescribable color of the light made Lynn feel
dreamy.
If this was the case in the corridor in front of the
venue, how many more beautiful scenes could be seen at the tea party?
“It’s a beautiful
colored light. Is every nobleman’s tea party like this?”
Lynn spoke to Yuwen, but received no answer.
He looked at her and saw that her lips were tightly
pressed together.
She seemed to be getting tense.
It seemed that Yuwen
had never been in such an atmosphere before either.
As they walked down the corridor, they came to a
door that seemed to be the entrance to the party.
There was a sign on the door that read in both
Wyngarde and Magical Script.
It read, “Royal Tea
Ceremony Venue, Wyngarde.”
A counter was set up
beside the door. It looked like a reception desk. A pleasant old gentleman with
white hair was standing at the reception desk.
“Welcome, sir. Do you
have a ticket?”
The old gentleman spoke to him.
Lynn presented the ticket he had brought with him.
“You must be Mr. Lynn.
We’ve been expecting you. Who are you?”
The old man said, looking at Yuwen.
“I’m Lynn’s friend. I
came with him.”
“Hmm... But the ticket
is only for Lynn-sama, isn’t it?”
(Eh, you can’t
accompany someone?)
Because Yuwen demanded
to be accompanied, He thought it was normal to be allowed to enter any tea
party without a ticket if you were accompanied.
However, as far as the
attitude of this old man is concerned, it seems that is not the case.
Lynn was upset.
But Yuwen didn’t flinch.
Lynn was shocked.
But Yuwen did not
flinch.
“He can’t do without me.”
she said.
“If I’m not around him,
he becomes mentally unstable and has terrible seizures.”
“Oh, he’s sick?”
“Yes, he is.”
(What the hell is she
talking about?)
Lynn was embarrassed,
but Yuwen continued.
Lynn was baffled, but
Yuwen continued.
“It’s especially easy
to have seizures at this time of day. It’s not easy. If you have a seizure in
the middle of a party. The worst that can happen is that he might die. A happy
tea party can turn into a wake.”
(How can someone say
something like this......)
Lynn was a little
disappointed.
For a while, the old
gentleman looked annoyed, but eventually broke under Yuwen’s push.
“I understand. Please
wait a moment. I’ll talk to Illywia about the current situation and ask for her
opinion.”
“Oh, and make sure you
don’t tell anyone at the party what I just said.”
Yuven also said this avoid
making themselves look bad.
In the end, the two of
them passed together.
When we passed through
the door, there was a kind of waiting room and rest area.
There were lockers for storing temporary luggage, a
door leading to the changing room, a place to fix your makeup, and a table and
several sofas for resting.
There was a young man sitting alone on the sofa,
puffing on a cigarette.
Lynn gave a nod, but he
looked at him with a scornful look.
“What the hell are
these guys doing here?” He seemed to be saying.
Lynn and Yuwen passed
through the waiting room and passed through a large door that probably led to
the party’s main venue.
Lynn takes a breather
at the sight and jumps in.
Another world was waiting
to be explored.
Next time: Episode 52, “A
Glittering World”
Oh she's good
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