Saving 80,000 Gold in an Another World for Retirement
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Engagement 2

(Wha…! How could Mitsuha be able to talk like that so nonchalantly?

Wasn’t Mitsuha on good terms with Alexis?

The man closest to Mitsuha is Alexis, and there shouldn’t have been any shadows of other men at all…)

Of course, there are many who target Mitsuha.

However, Mitsuha had no desire for such a thing, so even when she was approached by a young man at a party or something, she would only have a casual conversation and interaction on the spot, and she would never make an appointment to meet him at a later date, nor would she make a personal connection with him.

The ones Mitsuha would seriously talk to at parties and such were the lords of places that might buy the Viscount Yamano’s produce, or older people who could tell her interesting stories and useful things…… In other words, those who were not eligible for marriage.

In addition, Marquis Bozes and the king’s faction prevented young men from getting too close to Mitsuha. The restraining battle between young men also prevented Mitsuha from having a specific man.

In the first place, Mitsuha thought that all the men who approached her did not like Mitsuha herself, but came to her only for her use value as an angel, the Hime-Miko of thunder, the sister of the king of a great country with superior technology, a military weapon capable of calling forth divine soldiers with sacred weapons, etc.

Besides, Mitsuha knows that around here she is seen as around 12-13 years old.

That’s why she avoided men who approached her like that, thinking that they must be lolicons or people who wanted to take advantage of her.

If it’s an engagement proposal, she understands. As an aristocrat, it’s not strange to seek connections between families for utility value, and it’s also quite normal to make an offer to someone who has not yet come of age.

……However, those were crushed by Marquis Bozes and the king.

After all, the application for engagement has to be made to the parent or guardian, not to the person herself…

Yes. There was no way that a nasty bug could get on Mitsuha, under the watchful eyes of the Marquis Bozes and co.

（Why does she show no emotion toward Alexis’s attachment to Her Highness the First Princess and simply talk about it as if it were a given?)

He and his wife’s hope that Mitsuha would become the daughter of the Boses was about to be crushed.

Marquis Bozes couldn’t hide his upset about that, but…

(No, but the fact that Her Highness the First Princess and Alexis are getting married is a good match.

…Besides, Mitsuha likes cute things.

Then why not have her marry Theodore instead of Alexis? They are close in age after all…

If she becomes our daughter-in-law, the wife of Theodore, who will succeed the marquis, Iris and I will be able to live with her together forever.

For Mitsuha, who lost her parents and can’t meet her younger brother, shouldn’t we become her new parents, younger brother, and husband? Theodore is older than Mitsuha, but since he’s gentle, a little petite, and has a baby face, he’ll be able to be the recipient of Mitsuha’s feelings as her younger brother.

Yes. That’s right! What a brilliant idea!!

I must discuss this with Iris immediately…)

Unbeknownst to Mitsuha, a disturbing conspiracy was brewing right in front of her.

And……

(Immediately get her engaged to Theodore, and when Mitsuha comes of age… Are?)

Marquis Bozes felt uncomfortable.

(……How old is Mitsuha again?)

And then, Marquis Bozes tried to recall the memory.

(Mitsuha looked around 12 years old when I first met her.

……Of course, it’s outrageously rude to ask a woman her age, no matter how underage a child she is, so I didn’t check her age, but……

Nearly two years have passed since then, and in all that time, Mitsuha has never mentioned her age or birthday to me.

And now, Mitsuha… She looks like she’s still around 12 years old.

Two years is a lot for a child.

In that time, aside from Alexis, who had already grown to his full height for his age, Theodore and Beatrice have grown considerably.

And yet, Mitsuha…

She still looks around 12 years old, she’s the same as she was back then……

And Mitsuha said that it costs life force, when using the secret art of “migration”.

Then later, she said that her lifespan would not be shortened, and life force is not something that’s related only to lifespan.

…For example, the vitality of the body, the ability to grow…

……Oi.

……Oi oi.

……Oi oi oi oi oi oi oi oi oi oi!!)

Marquis Bozes seems to have finally noticed.

“Mitsuha, how old are you now…” (Marquis Bozes)

“……Eh?” (Mitsuha)

Mitsuha received a fierce blow!!

“Ah…, etto, that’s…” (Mitsuha)

“……” (Marquis Bozes)

“Th~, that’s not a good question to ask a lady……” (Mitsuha)

“…………” (Marquis Bozes)

“There are things like the dignity of a maiden……” (Mitsuha)

“………………” (Marquis Bozes)

“”……………………””

The room was enveloped in silence.

It’s not a serene and tranquil silence, but a silence filled with a heavy atmosphere.

……Tarari.

Mitsuha was sweating bullets from her forehead.

(It’s bad, it’s bad… This is bad! They finally realized! I haven’t grown at all…

I thought that if I saw him often, he wouldn’t feel any different whether I had grown up or not, but I guess there’s a limit to things……

Since child vampires don’t grow up, humans immediately feel uncomfortable, so it’s hard to have to move frequently. This is probably it…)

Mitsuha noticed the hardships of Edgar’s family, the Portsnell family.

(Come to think of it, a short, baby-faced Japanese woman in her twenties, who came from a foreign country, could cause a rumor like “That girl won’t age at all, no matter how many years pass”, and “She must be a fairy”…

It’s one thing to be worshiped, but if I’m called a witch or a vampire, I’ll be persecuted…)

Mitsuha was concerned about such things, but in Mitsuha’s case, the suspicion was bound to be, “Isn’t she the messenger?” or “Isn’t she favored or blessed by the goddess?”…

(No way, I can’t escape!!)

And so, Mitsuha finally gave up.

“Ah, umm~, that~,…I, I just became an adult…” (Mitsuha)

Unlike in Japan, the age of adulthood in this country is 15 years old.

So, putting it that way, Marquis Bozes, who doesn’t know the age of adulthood in Japan, would think that Mitsuha had just turned 15.

Mitsuha’s words have “no extraneous information included”, so she wasn’t lying.

When he first met her, she looked like she was around 12 years old, and it’s been less than two years since then, so there’s no contradiction. In her home country, she was cherished, and a user of a rare power of “migration”, then when she came to this country, she looked somewhat small for her age… There’s nothing strange about that though.

(Alright, I managed to survive with minimal damage!)

With that in mind, Mitsuha was relieved to see that……

“…and how old are you?” (Marquis Bozes)

(You’re being a pain in the ass, you know that?)

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