When Leydocks called for Mary to bring tea, he stood up from his seat.

Zermi, who seemed to be enjoying the hot tea, stood up abruptly as if startled.

“Why are you leaving so early? Did you sell me out to the Duke? How much did you sell me for? You must share that money with me later!”

“I’ve done what I had to do, so I’m leaving. I didn’t sell you, so don’t worry.”

“Then why did you summon me?”

“The Duke will explain in due time.”

“Really? In any case, you’ll have to cover my travel expenses later, right? I spent quite a bit of magic getting here!”

“I’ll take care of the money, so just sit quietly.”

At Sicar’s heavy bass, which broke the hurried atmosphere, he looked back at Zermi and smiled awkwardly.

“If you say so, I will do as commanded, Duke.”

As Zermi didn’t hold him back any further, Leydocks seemed to say he would take his leave and bowed to us.

“Then, I will take my leave now.”

“Thank you for today, Duke.”

Instead of responding, Sicar gave a slight nod, and Leydocks gave a calm smile and looked at him.

“You look quite fitting holding a child, Duke.”

Sicar, who had been gruff, finally smiled at Leydocks.

“Go ahead.”

For Sicar, this was the best courtesy he could offer, and Leydocks knew that very well.

The gaze that Sicar and Leydocks had just shared was something only parents struggling with childcare could understand.

For the first time since visiting the Duke’s house, Leydocks left the study with a smile.

After Leydocks left, I, who had been anxious, immediately said to Zermi,

“We called you, Mage, to remove the sentence behind our son’s neck.”

Upon hearing my words, Zermi started counting and drawing something in the air.

“Do you mean a sentence like a tattoo? If so, you might need about 2,000 shillings.”

“It’s not something like a tattoo. Look at this child.”

Sicar held Kian inward to allow Zermi to see the sentence on the back of his neck.

“Remove this sentence.”

Upon seeing the royal sentence on the back of Kian’s neck, Zermi sat stiffly, as if time had stopped and didn’t even blink.

“Duke, why is a child with a royal sentence here? The only known royal in Lecador is King Gillian… is this child really a royal?”

“Your rude friend didn’t explain it seems, ask Leydocks about that later, you deal with this first.”

“If this person is really a royal, how dare I touch this precious body…”

“Let me tell you this. This child is a child of Veronia, the only royal grandson in Lecador.”

“Princess Veronia gave birth to a royal grandson?”

“Yes.”

Zermi seemed quite confused. He wouldn’t have imagined a royal grandchild would be here, so it’s understandable.

Then he quickly got up with an “Ah” face and knelt towards Kian, who was sleeping.

“Oh, your Highness, the royal grandson! I, Zermi Aiker, once a captain of the Royal Guard, greets you!”

Zermi was quite serious when he needed to be.

Zermi, who was a captain of the Royal Guard during the reign of the previous king, left the palace with the position of captain of the guard ahead of him. Now he was living in a small fivestory tower.

Watching Zermi loudly saluting, Sicar frowned.

“He’s asleep, don’t wake him up.”

“Ah, yes, yes, sorry, Duke.”

“We don’t have time, so get rid of this first.”

“As it is a royal sentence, a symbol of the royal family, I can’t remove it, but I can hide it. But it takes a lot of magic to hide a royal sentence, and it will take me a long time to gather that magic again, so I need to drink a potion. So…”

In other words, it would cost a lot of money, and Sicar raised his hand as if to say that he understood and it was annoying.

“I’ll give you 50,000 shillings.”

50,000 shillings was enough to buy 10 of the potions available here. Zermi immediately rolled up his sleeves, as if there was no need to bargain further.

“I’ll start right away.”

“But, make sure you do it within an hour. If you’re late, you’ll leave this duke’s house as a corpse.”

Despite Sicar’s brutal words, Zermi smiled as if there was no problem.

“Don’t worry. It’ll be done in 5 minutes.”

Was it only going to take 5 minutes?

Sicar and I looked at each other as if things were going smoothly.

The blue magic that Jeremy summoned seemed to stick to the sentence on Kian’s neck, and gradually went under his skin along with the sentence. About five minutes later, as Jeremy had said, the sentence disappeared like a dream.

Now it’s done! Now I can safely roam outside with Kian.

“To make the sentence appear again, you can use the same method.”

So, he’s saying he wants me to call him and use it then. Well, I was going to do that anyway.

“Mr. Jeremy Aiker, thank you very much.”

“Don’t mention it. If you need something, please call me anytime. Like a magic lantern, a magic door, etc. The fees aren’t that high.”

Jeremy was not originally the type to be upfront about money, but since running the magic tower alone, he was always short on money while taking care of the small village.

As a result, he almost became a salesperson. His original personality was very active and pleasant, so it suited him well.