Chapter 2: The Man Called Eld
[space_man][space_man]Eld Faniaal lived a life that seemed straight out of a story.
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[space_man][space_man]The Faniaal family was a distinguished family that had existed since the founding of the Lutodelein Kingdom, and until 150 years ago, they were a lineage referred to as nobles.
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[space_man][space_man]Eld was born as the heir to that family.
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[space_man][space_man]In Lutodelein, where many people have black hair and black eyes, he was born with different colored eyes.
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[space_man][space_man]This occurs because the amount of magic power within the body is high from birth, and also because there is an aptitude for some kind of magic system.
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[space_man][space_man]Furthermore, Eld’s case was even rarer; both of his eyes were different colors. His right eye was green, and his left eye was blue.
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[space_man][space_man]Although his hair color was black, the same as ordinary people, his different colored eyes were often looked at with curiosity.
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[space_man][space_man]This was because, although it has now become completely superstitious, it was believed that people with different colored eyes were cursed.
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[space_man][space_man]A hundred years ago, a wise man elucidated that different colored eyes were due to an aptitude for two types of magic systems, and this idea has become common knowledge. However, even now, a small but certain number of people still believe in the superstition.
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[space_man][space_man]Now, regarding Eld’s parents, his biological mother passed away from a prevalent disease when he was six years old.
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[space_man][space_man]The following year, his father remarried, and the stepsister that came with his stepmother was Sandrea.
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[space_man][space_man]After that, his half-siblings, Millenia and Jaylot, were born.
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[space_man][space_man]Eld’s relationship with his stepmother was good. His stepmother poured affection on him as if he were her own child, saying that his different colored eyes were beautiful.
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[space_man][space_man]It was to the extent that Sandrea would become jealous.
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[space_man][space_man]However, Eld did not take advantage of this and treated Sandrea like his own sister.
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[space_man][space_man]He told his stepmother to also pay attention to Sandrea, and his stepmother began to pour affection on Sandrea equally.
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[space_man][space_man]Eld was the heir, but his father boasted that he would live to be 100 years old and declared that he would remain active throughout his life.
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[space_man][space_man]Therefore, after entering the Central Academy at the age of 15 and completing three years of academy life, he became an adventurer who traveled around the country.
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[space_man][space_man]This profession of adventurer is a livelihood where a nationally operated organization called the Guild collects requests from citizens, and adventurers receive rewards by accepting and resolving them.
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[space_man][space_man]The adventurer is a profession that can be pursued by people from upper-class families like Eld, ordinary families, and even people from outside the country.
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[space_man][space_man]Eld chose the path of an adventurer in order to see the whole country before becoming the lord in the future.
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[space_man][space_man]Eld was not incompetent, but he wasn’t particularly competent either.
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[space_man][space_man]His grades at the academy were above average. His track record as an adventurer was not bad, and he even earned a title.
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[space_man][space_man]When Eld was 22 years old, his parents died in an accident.
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[space_man][space_man]Without even having time to grieve, Eld succeeded his father, and for the next three years, he managed the territory while fumbling his way through.
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[space_man][space_man]Such a man was dismissed as the lord due to what could be considered slanderous nonsense and was driven out of the house where he was born and raised.
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[space_man][space_man]In the first place, although Sandrea seemed to dislike Eld, it was unthinkable that she would do such a thing.
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[space_man][space_man]If that’s the case, there’s a possibility that Rufus instigated it.
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[space_man][space_man]Eld had a gut feeling that Rufus was a bad guy from the first time he met him.
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[space_man][space_man]Originally from a branch family of an upper-class household living in the kingdom’s central capital, he apparently met Sandrea at the Central Academy.
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[space_man][space_man]From there, he quickly and easily moved in as Sandrea’s husband while Eld was away from home working as an adventurer.
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[space_man][space_man]His family was in the central capital, and his main family served as close aides to the king, so it seemed he had a slight connection to the king.
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[space_man][space_man]How he managed to make them believe it, it seemed that he had petitioned for a change of lordship due to Eld’s incompetence.
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[space_man][space_man]”Haa……”
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[space_man][space_man]Eld could only sigh as he organized his belongings in his room, reflecting on his life so far.
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[space_man][space_man]He didn’t particularly have any lingering attachment to being the lord. However, he was worried about his underage half-siblings.
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[space_man][space_man]”Excuse me, Bocchama.”
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[space_man][space_man]”I’m no longer a lord, let alone a member of an upper-class family, so please stop calling me Bocchama.”
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[space_man][space_man]He said to the elderly man with white hair and a white mustache who entered after knocking on the door, sounding exasperated.
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[space_man][space_man]”What are you saying? This Tohlight has been serving since Bocchama’s mother was young. Bocchama will always be Bocchama.”
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[space_man][space_man]”Honestly, I’m not young enough to be called Bocchama……”
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[space_man][space_man]He wanted to hold his head in his hands while tidying up.
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[space_man][space_man]”Tohlight-sama, is it alright not to ask Danna-sama?”
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[space_man][space_man]A maid with neatly tied-up black hair and glasses over her sharp eyes raised her voice, appearing as if she had been there all along.
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[space_man][space_man]”Marie, you were there.”
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[space_man][space_man]”Yes, Tohlight-sama and I are Danna-sama’s personal servants, so we are always by your side.”
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[space_man][space_man]Marie said while pushing up her glasses. Her red eyes watched Eld’s state without missing a thing.
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[space_man][space_man]”So, Bocchama, what should we do?”
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[space_man][space_man]”Hmm…… Ah…… I see…… Because you’re my personal servants, huh. But I won’t have any income for a while, so I’m sorry but……”
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[space_man][space_man]”No, then you mean we are free to do as we please.”
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[space_man][space_man]Tohlight said with a chuckle.
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[space_man][space_man]”Well, that’s right. Aside from Marie, it will be tough for you, Tohlight…… I’m sorry.”
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[space_man][space_man]”No, no, I believe this is also a part of life.”
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[space_man][space_man]”Then, as our final duty, let us help Danna-sama with packing.”
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[space_man][space_man]Marie decided to help with Eld’s packing, which was progressing slowly.
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[space_man][space_man]Tohlight agreed with this as well, and the three of them worked through the night packing.