Chapter 1 Part6 (1/2)

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Chapter starts here.

I was also able to acquire a certain amount of information on the retainers of the Lockhart family.

Let's start off with Walt. His full name is Walt Basil and it seems like he's been serving my grandfather even before he rose to knight status. He's a master of the spear and has a very taciturn personality. I only heard his voice when he greeted others or trained. Although his son, Enos, also serves our family, he's not very good at fighting. He's always scolded by my grandfather or Walt during training. Enos also seems to be my father's childhood friend and often goes drinking together with him.

Mel's father is Hector Marlon. He's a user of the bow and a member of the village's vigilante corps. Among all the members, he's the most popular because of his cheerful personality. He met his wife, Polly, in this village. She's a whole twelve years younger than him, so you could say that Hector's a really lucky man, being blessed with such a young and pretty wife.

Nicholas Garland is the most intellectual person in the Lockhart household. He wields a one-handed sword together with a s.h.i.+eld and has an orthodox sword fighting style. Nicholas' has a calm and placid personality that inverts into something much fiercer when he wields his sword during training. His daughter, Jean, serves our house as a maid. It seems like they're planning for a marriage between Jean and Enos, Walt's son.

Sharon's father, Guy Jakes, was an adventurer. Drawn to grandfather's charm when they were subjugating monsters together, he decided to serve as his va.s.sal. Guy has a lot of experience with monsters and is able to use both the sword and bow. He's responsible for patrolling the village outskirts together with the village hunters. Because of that, he usually can't be found in the village.

So, the va.s.sals of the Lockhart house are: the Basils, the Marlons, the Garlands, and the Jakes.

In the period of one year, I learned and memorized all of the information above. In order to move on to the next stage, I decided that it was finally time for me to reveal my secret to my family.

I really struggled with this decision.

Personally, I think that I've built up quite a promising relations.h.i.+p with my parents and their retainers. Other than my grandfather, who I don't understand very well, I think that at the very least, my father and mother would be able to accept my secret. But on second thought, no matter how good my relations.h.i.+p is with my family they still probably won’t accept such a bizarre secret. The truth is just too weird, they might think that I've been possessed by a demon or something. When I was in j.a.pan, I remember hearing stories about families who had their close bonds torn apart after being drawn into and deceived by some religious cult.

Even if revealing my secret causes something like that to happen to me, I'm still determined to do it. This is a barrier I will absolutely have to overcome if I ever plan to make full use of my knowledge and abilities. As I said earlier, the worst that could happen is that they treat me as some kid possessed by a demon. They might even try to dispose of me. Since it was G.o.d who sent me here, I think the possibility of that happening is low. However, it's not impossible.

My birthday is on the 25th day of May.

After preparing myself for the worst, I decided that today was the day I was going to tell my family everything.

On the morning of my birthday, when my grandfather, father, and mother had all finished their breakfast, I hardened my expression and said,

”Ojii-sama, Father-sama, Mother-sama, I have something I need to talk about with you.”