I Became A Squirrel Seeking For The Villain [EN]: Chapter 114

When Yurika and Johann entered Trevor’s room, he had just woken from a light nap.

Paul said curtly, “You’ve arrived,” and covered Trevor’s knees with a blanket.

He seemed to have completely lost his fondness for Johann.

Well, Johann had been overly eager to show off, so Paul, who didn’t particularly like people in the first place, had no reason to continue being friendly.

“Um, Baron.”

It wasn’t the first time Yurika had tried to talk to Trevor.

But as always, Trevor couldn’t sustain a proper conversation with anyone for long.

Still, Yurika paid her respects to Trevor and then quietly began to speak.

“Do you remember this?”

Yurika quietly held out the necklace Paul had given her to Trevor.

Paul wondered why she was giving something he had returned to Trevor, but he remained silent, along with Johann.

“I remember, of course.”

Trevor rubbed his eyes and said indifferently.

“Isn’t that Medest’s heirloom? But why do you have it?”

“I wonder.”

Yurika answered, suppressing a smile.

“It seems your son has recognized me as the true Medest.”

Embarrassed by those words, Paul coughed, clearing his throat.

Yurika quietly looked at Trevor and continued.

“So, I’ve learned how to use this.”

“Huh? Really?”

Trevor blinked as if he were doubtful.

“Only the current head of Medest would know that. Are you the head of the family?”

He tilted his head and added.

“Medest has immense authority as the head of the family… Unlike other families where anyone can stamp the family seal, only the head of the Medest Duchy can do it. There are also so many facts that only the current head knows and are passed down through generations.”

“No, that’s not it… Anyway, that’s how it is. So, what I mean is…”

From outside the window, the sound of Meriel arriving could be heard.

She seemed to have come in a carriage with Roimund, following Yurika and Johann.

Yurika glanced at the window once and then asked.

“Would you like to try using it yourself?”

At those words, Paul frowned. He couldn’t understand why Yurika was saying such a thing.

“You said you were going to return this to our family. Even though the ownership has already passed to you, you were worried about the danger to our family.”

“Yes, strictly speaking, it’s mine.”

“So, please resolve our family’s crisis yourself… To honor that mindset. You protected this and tried to return it, so I believe you are more qualified than I am.”

Paul groaned softly.

In fact, when he gave the necklace to Yurika, he hadn’t intended to make a big deal out of it.

*To have his vassal gain the glory of saving his lord like this.* [A vassal is someone who has entered into a mutual obligation to a lord or monarch in the context of the feudal system.]

In fact, it was something that could have been handled arbitrarily without telling them.

“I’m not the head of Medest.”

Trevor frowned and said.

“I don’t know how to do it.”

“I’ve learned it. Just bring this jewel directly to the seal on my father, who has turned into a beast.”

Yurika handed the necklace to Trevor and gestured to Paul.

It meant that Paul should help when Trevor forgot.

“Thank you so much for protecting this heirloom.”

In fact, when Yurika went to the Olteba Baron’s residence, the situation there didn’t look good.

Even if it didn’t look particularly pretty, a jewel was still a jewel. They could have sold it and lived a better life.

But she was very grateful that they had kept it for Medest.

“Thanks to you, we might be able to prevent a lot of things.”

Yurika explained with respect to Trevor, who had an expression that she couldn’t tell if he understood or not.

“There’s a person named Libena Artea, and that person is trying to do a very bad experiment using Medest’s blood right now.”

“Experiment?”

“Yes. An experiment to turn back time and change the present as desired.”

Paul was also surprised by those words.

He knew that Libena Artea was conducting some kind of experiment, but he didn’t think it was related to time.

However, Trevor clicked his tongue as if he were dumbfounded when he heard those words, and said nonchalantly.

“Tsk, there’s no way that would succeed.”

“…Yes?”

Even Yurika was surprised because his voice was so confident.

Trevor suddenly continued in a serious tone.

“The history of the Artea barony is immense. After receiving Medest’s full support all this time, and they couldn’t succeed in experiments about time, and now they will succeed? Absolutely impossible. Time is not something that can be manipulated at will.”

He even used honorifics.

It was a different tone from before when he spoke informally to his granddaughter.

“I think I heard about such experiments in the past… I guess it was concluded that it wouldn’t work. No matter how much of a genius Artea is, that won’t work, of course.”

“…Is that so?”

“That’s right. So, the new head of Medest doesn’t have to worry about that.”

His eyes, which had called Yurika the ‘new head of the family’ in the meantime, became blurred again. Then he sighed and continued.

“I hope the mushroom soup continues to be delicious… Ah, how about selling stew together? This restaurant will definitely be successful.”

That’s how their conversation ended for the time being.

She already knew that it would be difficult to continue having a serious conversation with Trevor.

“Then wait. I’ll tell my sister to bring Father.”

Yurika smiled and stood up.

Then, only Trevor, who had started dozing off again, Paul, and Johann remained in the room.

Johann watched Paul carefully covering Trevor with a blanket again and quietly asked.

“I have a question.”

“Yes?”

Paul glanced at Johann and answered awkwardly.

“What is it? Savior of my life.”

It was a slightly sarcastic remark to Johann, who often showed off his good deeds, but Johann didn’t care. He asked with a blank expression.

“Do you like your father so much that you take care of him like this until the end?”

“Well, that’s part of it. Of course, taking care of a senile old man isn’t always pleasant.”

Paul answered, embarrassed, as if it were an unexpected question.

“But… my father was quite good to me when I was young, and he’s precious because he’s family.”

“Family…”

The words that family is precious were like pie in the sky to Johann.

Johann muttered with thoughtful eyes.

“Yurika doesn’t even have memories with her father. But why does she cherish him so much?”

He stared intently at Paul as if he were genuinely curious.

“Even though those family members couldn’t protect young Yurika.”

“Um.”

Paul had a very troubled expression and was lost in thought for a moment.

Anyway, he was over 70 years old, so he wanted to give some mature advice.

But no matter how he thought about it, it was difficult to explain human emotions to a wizard. It was when he was struggling like that.

“If you’re curious, why don’t you try it once?”

Trevor, who had been dozing off, opened his eyes wide and said.

“Have children later and create a family-like family. Then wouldn’t you know? Don’t make my son work his butt off for nothing, and experience that much yourself.”

At those words, Johann and Paul could only blink with blank faces.

* * *

“Really? Is that so.”

Meriel, who had heard everything from me, nodded with a determined expression.

“Then let’s do it.”

We met the tiger in the backyard like that.

It was just in time that Sienna had gone to meet Renart, saying it was time for treatment.

Meriel easily engraved Medest’s seal on the tiger’s chest.

“Medest is a bit closed off.”

Meriel said quietly while watching the seal being engraved.

“The authority given only to the heads of the family is greater than other families. For example, only the current head can stamp this seal.”

“Ah… that’s right.”

It was a pity that if all Medests could stamp the seal, my birth would be naturally proven. Meriel continued slowly.

“I inherited the position of head of the family too early. In fact, it was like receiving it when I was a baby.”

Her eyes calmly sank.

“So, my father probably couldn’t tell me the things he wanted to tell me. I heard that there are knowledge that is passed down only to the heads of the family, and all of that was almost forgotten in my generation.”

I quietly looked at Meriel.

The weight of the head of the family that she had carried on her shoulders since she was a child could not have been light.

“But Yurika, thanks to you, Medest will be able to know and live with a little more. Thank you so much. I hope everything goes well.”

She smiled brightly.

“Actually, I… was too burdened by the head of the family.”

For Oscar Medest to return means that Father will become the head of Medest again.

Father was still young enough.

“Okay, Father. Shall we go then?”

Meriel and I headed to Trevor’s room with the tiger like that.

Now, the last step in returning Father was to be done by Trevor.