Chapter 50
Omen of Battle
“Grandfather, may I have a moment to discuss something with you?”
In the Royal Capital of the Kingdom of Cleydale, in the Prime Minister’s office in the Royal Castle, Bert Fa Melrose, the owner of the room, stared at his grandson who suddenly requested a visit with him.
The boy with faint reddish honey-blonde hair, who was not afraid of the intense gaze from his grandfather, who was the current Prime Minister, had a smile on his sweet face that matched the color of his hair.
Mikhail Melrose, the first child of the Melrose family’s legitimate son, had turned ten years old this year, and his physique had grown to the age of a commoner’s thirteen in the past few years because of his strong magical powers, and had become the talk of the young maids working at the royal castle with his grandmother’s sweet face and devious smile.
Bert’s son and Mikhail’s father, his legitimate heir, was ruling over the Melrose fiefdom in place of Bert, who could not leave the Royal Capital because of his vizier duties. Mikhail was in the Royal Capital because he was a friend candidate for the Crown Prince’s entourage.
Just like Clara, the daughter of the Countess of Dandol, was Elena’s playmate. Several children of good family backgrounds who would be the next king’s friends were gathered as the Crown Prince’s playmates. I was told that both of them had a good relationship with the Crown Prince.
“You really are an incredibly difficult child to grasp…”
“I’m used to Grandfather’s eye, you know. In the first place, people of the Melrose family are not likely to be excellent at looking people in the face.”
“…I suppose so.”
Bert’s mouth twisted as he understood his grandson was also the similar kind, and he quenched his dried mouth with the tea that Oz, the butler, had brewed for him.
As a former royal family of a country, the Melrose family had that side of them, for better or worse. That was why they could express their opinions to the royal family without fear, and it was also why they were sometimes favored by the royal family, like Bert and Mikhail were.