Chapter 21: The Tin Knight and The Lions Bloodline (4)
The departure schedule was postponed.
Originally, they planned to leave when dawn broke, but that wasn’t possible now that they had the domain’s heir as a travel companion.
Adel herself insisted it would be fine since she left a letter, but Dorothea knew that if the cherished “young lady” suddenly disappeared while only leaving a letter behind, it would lead to a kidnapping uproar followed by a chase.
The Tin Knight thought such a scenario would be entertaining and lit up at the idea, but Dorothea had no desire to be chased when she hadn’t committed any crime.
An emergency meeting was held to convey Adel’s will, and naturally, it caused quite a commotion in the domain.
It was problematic enough that Adel, who had just returned after being kidnapped, suddenly announced that she wished to leave the domain, but to make matters worse, her travel companions were a duo of unclear origin, and they planned to leave without even a single attendant?
Even with the justification of proving her ability as an heir, the retainers and subjects weren’t naive enough to accept this at face value.
The one who had to deal with the direct impact of this was Giselle, the acting lord.
Rumors quickly circulated that the young lady was being driven out due to the acting lord’s subtle pressure.
For Giselle, this was an unjust accusation.
There was no benefit for Giselle in driving Adel out.