As soon as we entered the mansion, we were met with a large hall. I didn't know exactly where to go, so I looked for someone to ask.
Luckily Lina was waiting for me in the lobby. As soon as she saw me, she ran to me.
"Why are you so late, Count-sama has finished his dessert and he is waiting for you. Follow me immediately."
"I'm sorry Lina, I had an unexpected situation"
" You don't need to tell me that. Let's go now."
With Lina running ahead, my parents and I followed her up the stairs to the upper floor of the mansion. After passing a few rooms, we stopped in front of a door bigger than the others.
Lina checked all our clothes before opening the door and letting us in. I put on the clothes I had to wear and so did my father. We both had the suits we had been given for our future work here.
It was difficult to convince my mother to change from the seductive dress of her youth, but somehow we succeeded and she ended up wearing a light pink dress that looked pretty and innocent, not sexy. Personally, I was still worried that she would make the Count fall in love with her.
Lina beat us to the double doors at the same time and led us inside.
In the middle of the large hall was a long dining table, above the dining table was a chandelier with strange shiny stones attached to it, like the light bulbs of my previous life, but powered by magic, not electricity. Around the dining table were many identical chairs, distinguishable only by careful eyes. Only the place facing the door to the room had no chairs at all. It was probably not the first time they had met someone while at the dining table.
At the head of the dining table sat a handsome man with silver hair, but at the same time with defined muscles and scary eyes. To the right of the man, whom I assumed to be Count Karl, a woman with bright pink hair and a slightly pale complexion, like that of sick people, was playing with the food on the plate in front of her without any interest. Even with her pale skin, the woman had a recognizable beauty. Especially her breasts, which were as big as my mothers...
On the left was a woman who looked a little older than this woman and was watching me intently, her slightly curly red hair gathered on her head. I guessed that these two women must be the count's wives. When I saw the woman on the right, I felt that I didn't have to worry too much about my mother. Of course my mother was more beautiful, but since the count was married to this woman, he would not look at my mother like a wild beast.
Next to the pink-haired woman on the right were two girls, one about 10~12 years old and the other 5 years old. The older girl had silver hair like her father and pink eyes like her mother, and at first glance I realized that she was Shizune's older sister. The younger girl was also Shizune herself, and she looked clearly worried.
The woman on the left had a 4~5 year old boy sitting next to her. Strangely, the boy had orange hair and orange eyes, unlike his mother or father. The moment he locked eyes with me, he was frightened and looked away.
"You must be the butler my little daughter told me about. I think your name is hud..."
"My name is Yuto, si..."
As soon as I opened my mouth, the count frowned and interrupted me with an angry expression and a louder voice.
"Don't ever cut me again, Yuto. You shouldn't cut a noble off until he has finished speaking."
Bastard
"Yes, sir."
"That's better. Now let's get to the real issue. HOW DARE YOU KEEP ME WAITING FOR HALF HOUR!"
Ahh well, I can't argue with him about that...
What's going on? I feel like an elephant has climbed on top of me. What's this weight? Is it gravity magic? But I don't feel any mana...
Hardly lifting my head, I looked up at the count and saw that he was also looking at me like he saw something interesting. But for some reason there seemed to be more contempt in his eyes than interest.
"Father, stop it!"
"Stay out of it, Shizune. You've already been spoiled enough by hiring someone of your own accord."
Immediately after the Count refused Shizune's request, the pressure on me increased exponentially. Until just now I had been able to resist the pressure with my physical strength, but this time the pressure almost brought me to my knees.
Just as I was about to stop resisting, I remembered that my parents were behind me and turned around, fighting the pressure as best I could.
Fortunately, my pregnant mother did not seem to be facing this kind of pressure. My mother looked at me and my father in amazement as we tried to resist the pressure. So the bastard is testing my strength. If he had dared to do to my mother what he did to me, I would have teleported to him in an instant to rip his head off.
I saw Lina stop my mother who was about to run at us and whisper something in her ear, and my mother calmed down but still looked at us nervously.
[Seeing you fighting back with the sword intent - THE INVISIBLE SWORDMANSHIP OF THE SWORD EMPERATOR - is showing signs of improvement]
Sword intent? I think I understand it. That's what Shizune was talking about when she said her father was the most powerful person in the family.
When I realized that this was some kind of test, the anger that was building up inside me disappeared. After I closed my eyes, I began to feel the sword intent that was bearing down on me more clearly.
Hot? No, not hot. Cold? No. Sharp? No. Predatory? A little. Merciless? No. Merciful? Maybe...
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As Yuto tried to come up with a solution to resist the sword intent, he unwittingly began to understand the sword intent that was bearing down on him.
[You have begun to understand the sword intent - THE INVISIBLE SWORDMANSHIP OF THE SWORD EMPEROR - lvl 5 --> lvl 6]
[You have begun to understand the sword intent - THE INVISIBLE SWORDMANSHIP OF THE SWORD EMPEROR - lvl 6 --> lvl 7]
[You have begun to understand the sword intent - THE INVISIBLE SWORDMANSHIP OF THE SWORD EMPEROR - lvl 7 --> lvl 8]
Interesting... A swordsmanship devoted not to killing the enemy, but to protecting the Lord.
[You have begun to understand the sword intent - THE INVISIBLE SWORDMANSHIP OF THE SWORD EMPEROR - lvl 8 --> lvl 9]
[You have begun to understand the sword intent - THE INVISIBLE SWORDMANSHIP THE SWORD EMPEROR - lvl 9 --> lvl 10]
Count Karl stood up from his seat in amazement as he looked at the boy who was beginning to more and more easily resist his own sword intent, even though his father had already fallen to the ground and was gasping for breath. He felt the sword intent that had fallen on the boy in front of him begin to dissipate over time.
"Shizune"
"Yes, father."
"Well done."