Peace Hunter

News of Duchess Arlet's awakening from her long sleep began to spread throughout the San Lucia residence. The knights, servants, workers, and several members of the San Lucia family who were at Duke San Lucia's residence were immediately shocked upon learning the news. They all rushed to Duchess Arlet's room upon learning the news. Duchess Arlet's room slowly began to fill with people eager to see the awakened Duchess Arlet.

Since the room was already filled with people, I decided to leave, leaving Irene and Duke Louis still in the room. After leaving the room, I decided to return to the banquet hall where the fourth-year students were. As I walked through the hallway, I saw the servants, knights, workers, and members of the San Lucia family running towards Duchess Arlet's room. The reason I knew there were members of the San Lucia family running towards Duchess Arlet's room was because their hair was so strikingly white, like snow. When I saw them running, I turned back. The room where Duchess Arlet was was already very full. Those who had just arrived were forced to wait outside because it was already crowded. After looking back to see what was happening in Duchess Arlet's room, I turned back and continued walking back to the banquet hall.

However, after only a few steps, I saw Leandra and Lily, along with two Demi-Humans and two Elves running. It seemed they also wanted to go to Duchess Arlet's room to see how she had just woken up.

"Rid!!" Leandra said, running.

After that, Leandra stopped right in front of me. Lily, the two Demi-Humans, and the two Elves who were with them also stopped right in front of me. Seeing them stop, I stopped too and stopped walking towards the banquet hall.

"Is it true that the Duchess has awakened from her long sleep?" Leandra asked.

"Yes, I saw it myself. She's awake," I said.

"Thank goodness. This is truly wonderful news, isn't it, father, mother?," said Leandra.

"Yes, you're right, Lea. This is truly wonderful news, Miss Duchess has finally woken up after a long sleep," said a male Elf who was Leandra's father.

"Yes, let's go see her immediately," said a female Elf who was Leandra's mother.

Before they could continue their journey to Duchess Arlet's room, I quickly spoke to them.

"Would you like to see her now? As you can see, Miss Duchess's room back there is already packed with people. You might have to wait in line for quite some time just to see the Duchess now," I said.

"Miss Duchess's room is indeed filled with people. This shows that she is deeply loved and cherished by many. As soon as people learned that the Duchess had awakened from her long sleep, they all rushed to her room to see her awake, and so did we. We didn't mind waiting in line for a long time; the most important thing was that we see Miss Duchess awake. We had to see Miss Duchess and speak briefly with her because she is a very important person to us. She is one of the people who helped and saved us," said Leandra's father.

Leandra's mother nodded in agreement after hearing her father's words.

"What my father said is true, Rid. We must see Miss Duchess and speak briefly with her, even if we have to wait in line for a long time. Okay, since we're in a hurry, I'll be going now, Rid," said Leandra.

Leandra immediately hurried to Duchess Arlet's room.

"We'll be going too, young master Rid," said Leandra's father and mother.

They both immediately rushed to Duchess Arlet's room.

"Oh my, those guys. We have to hurry too, father, mother. We have to see how Miss Duchess is. See you later, Rid," said Lily.

Lily also immediately rushed to Duchess Arlet's room.

"Wait, Lily. We have to hurry too, dear," said a male Demi-Human who was Lily's father.

"Yes, dear," said a female Demi-Human who was Lily's mother.

"See you later, Young Master Rid," said Lily's father and mother.

They both immediately rushed to Duchess Arlet's room. I glanced back to see them hurrying to Duchess Arlet's room.

"It seems Lily's parents and Leandra already know who I am. They even called me 'Young Master Rid'. But I don't know their names yet. Because they were in a hurry to see Miss Duchess, we didn't have time to introduce ourselves," I said.

After glancing back, I turned back to the front and continued walking back to the banquet hall.

-

In the banquet hall.

There were only students and teachers in the room. There were no knights or servants in sight. Well, that was understandable, since they had all rushed to Duchess Arlet's room after receiving news that Duchess Arlet had awakened from her long slumber. Some of the students in the banquet hall were still eating and drinking from the banquet provided. The rest of the students seemed to be chatting with other students.

Meanwhile, I, already in the banquet hall, was looking around for Charles and the others. I finally spotted them chatting on the right side of the banquet hall. After finding them, I immediately approached them.

"So you're here, huh?" I said, walking over to them.

The people who were chatting immediately turned to me upon hearing my voice.

"Rid, where have you been? Oh, by the way, did you hear the news that Duchess San Lucia, Irene's mother, just woke up from her long sleep?" Charles asked.

"Yes, I already know. Irene and I were in Miss Duchess's room earlier and saw her awake," I said.

"So, you and Irene were in Miss Duchess's room. No wonder I didn't see you and Irene in this room. Earlier, Lord Duke San Lucia was looking for you in this room," Charles said.

"I've met Lord Duke because he also came to Miss Duchess's room earlier. Lord Duke and Irene are still in the Duchess's room," I said.

"I see. Well, that's only natural. They'll both want to accompany Miss Duchess, as she's just awakened from her deep sleep. I already knew that the Duchess was in a deep sleep due to using a forbidden technique of the San Lucia family. Thankfully, she's now awake," said Charles.

"Yes, I'm grateful too, brother. Mother will surely be happy to hear this news, as she and Miss Duchess of San Lucia are quite close," said Chloe.

"Yes. Perhaps Mother will come to this residence today or the next day to check on the Duchess," said Charles.

Charles and Chloe continued to talk about their mother, who might come to the Duke of San Lucia's residence to check on the newly awakened Duchess. Meanwhile, while they were still talking, I fell silent until I thought of something.

"It seems they don't know yet that I woke Miss Duchess from her deep sleep. Oh well, I don't really care whether they know I woke her or not," I thought.

-

20 minutes later.

The students who were still eating and drinking from the banquet had finished. Currently, the students were just chatting with each other in the banquet hall. I wondered how long we would have to stay in this banquet hall. So, I walked over to Mr. Alan, who was in the center of the banquet hall, and asked him.

"Mr. Alan, how long do we have to stay in this banquet hall? We're supposed to be touring the residence for the next session, right?" I asked.

"Yes, we were supposed to tour Lord Duke of San Lucia's residence after this banquet. However, Lord Duke isn't here; he's currently in the Duchess's room, where she has just awakened from her long sleep. You know about that, right?" asked Mr. Alan.

"Yes, I know about Miss Duchess's awakening," I said.

"Therefore, while Lord Duke is still in Miss Duchess's room, we cannot tour the residence without him accompanying us. Moreover, the servants and knights are also away, so we cannot leave this room as we please," said Mr. Alan.

"I see, I understand," I said.

After I said that, the door to the banquet hall suddenly opened. The others and I immediately turned to the open door. From the open door, I saw Commander Mina and several knights starting to walk into the banquet hall. Commander Mina continued walking to the center of this room until finally she stopped right in front of Mr. Alan.

"Mr. Alan, Lord Duke sent a message to you. He wanted to apologize for not being able to accompany you and the students to tour his residence. Instead, I was appointed by him to replace him in accompanying you and the students to tour this residence," said Commander Mina.

"I see, so Lord Duke cannot accompany us to tour this residence. Please tell him that there is no need to apologize to us. We understand that he cannot accompany us because he is currently accompanying his wife who has just woken up from a long sleep. So he doesn't need to apologize," said Mr. Alan.

"Okay, I will convey your message later. For now, I will accompany you and the students to tour this residence," said Commander Mina.

"Okay, please help, commander," said Mr. Alan.

After that, we all left the banquet hall to tour all the places in the Duke of San Lucia's residence, accompanied by Commander Mina and several knights.

-

After touring Lord Duke of San Lucia's residence, we decided to head to the inn where we would be staying in San Lucia City after saying goodbye to Commander Mina. Since we couldn't meet Duke San Lucia, who was still accompanying Duchess San Lucia, we only said goodbye to Commander Mina and a few knights accompanying us.

Upon arriving at the inn, we were all given keys to the rooms where we would be staying. As usual, I shared a room with Irene. From my first year to my fourth year, I had always been assigned the same room as Irene when I stayed for the fourth exam.

After receiving the keys, I went straight to the room where Irene and I would be staying. Since Irene was currently still at the Duke of San Lucia's residence, I went and checked the room alone. After that, I successfully found the room where I was staying.

Then, I entered the room and checked it. After checking, I immediately put my belongings in the room. Then, I left the room to meet with Charles and the others. They all intended to explore San Lucia after dropping off their belongings in their respective rooms. After meeting them, we immediately set off to explore San Lucia.

However, before we left, I left my room key with the innkeeper and told him to give it to Irene when she arrived. Since Irene was the daughter of Duke of San Lucia, the innkeeper would surely know who Irene was. After leaving the key, I immediately set off to explore San Lucia with the others.

-

That evening, 6:30 PM.

After touring San Lucia, we immediately returned to the inn and went to our respective rooms. I went straight back to my room without taking the key I had left with the innkeeper. Since I had already made a duplicate of the key, I didn't need to retrieve it.

Then, I returned to my room with many items from San Lucia. The items I brought were gifts from the merchants in San Lucia. As I suspected, being Irene's boyfriend, even if only pretending to be, made me popular in San Lucia. Merchants immediately offered me free goods as soon as they saw me wandering around.

While wandering around San Lucia, I overheard the townspeople talking about how they already knew about Duchess San Lucia's awakening. However, they didn't yet know that I was the one who awakened her. If they knew, they would probably give me even more goods than they already had. I was grateful that they didn't know yet.

After walking for a while, carrying a lot of things, I finally arrived at my bedroom door. I sensed someone in my room, so I immediately opened the door, as it was unlocked. After the door opened, I went straight into my room, and sure enough, someone was already there—Irene.

"So you're here, Irene," I said.

Irene immediately turned to me.

"Rid, why are you carrying so many things?" Irene asked.

"Earlier, when I was wandering around San Lucia with Charles and the others, the merchants suddenly started giving me these items for free. It seems they were giving me these for free because I'm your boyfriend. You often get free things yourself, right, Irene?" I asked.

"Yes. Every time I go to San Lucia city, I'm always given a lot of free things," Irene said.

"Because of that, as your boyfriend, I'm also given a lot of free things. It seems I've become quite popular in San Lucia," I said.

"You'll definitely become even more popular in San Lucia if the townspeople find out you woke my mother from her long sleep," Irene said.

"Yes, I've thought about that too. It seems like it would be quite troublesome if they found out I woke your mother from her long sleep," I said.

"Speaking of my mother waking up from her long sleep, I forgot to thank you, Rid. Thank you for waking my mother up from her long sleep, Rid," Irene said, bowing to me.

"Yes, you're welcome, Irene," I said.

Then Irene stopped bowing and stood up straight again.

"Earlier, I said I'd do anything if you managed to wake my mother from her deep sleep. Since you've managed to wake her, is there anything you want me to do, Rid? I'll do anything because I promised," Irene said.

Irene looked serious as she said that, while I quickly responded.

"Nothing. I didn't cure your mother just to get you to do whatever I asked. So you don't have to say things like that," I said.

"I knew you'd say something like that, Rid. I told you I'd do anything because you woke my mother from her deep sleep, but you don't seem interested. You're very kind, aren't you, Rid? You've always helped me all this time, even though what you did was probably part of a partnership between us. Even so, I'm impressed by your kindness. Not only that, you're also very strong and you're very cool," Irene said.

Irene smiled faintly as she said that. I was a little surprised to hear her say that, as it was the first time Irene had complimented me so much.

After saying that, Irene fell silent. After a moment, she took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. Then, she spoke again.

"Hey Rid, how about we turn this fake relationship we've been having into a serious one?" Irene asked.

"A serious relationship? You mean..." I said.

But before I could finish, Irene cut me off.

"Yes. This time, I want us to have a serious relationship, not just a fake one anymore. I like you, Rid. I want you to be my boyfriend. Not just my boyfriend, but I want you to be my partner for the future," Irene said with a serious expression.

-

The next day.

Diganta began publishing newspapers reporting the awakening of Duchess San Lucia from her long sleep. The newspapers immediately circulated throughout the San Fulgen kingdom. Not only that, the newspaper also stated that the person who awakened Duchess San Lucia from her deep sleep was Rid Archie.

-

Meanwhile, at the Duke of San Quentine's residence.

Duke Remy was seen reading today's newly published newspaper in his courtyard.

"Rid Archie, he's done something truly troublesome this time. How could he awaken Lady Arlet from her deep sleep, a result of using a forbidden technique possessed by the San Lucia family? This has somewhat disrupted my plans. I never imagined that Lady Arlet would awaken just as I was preparing to assassinate Her Majesty the Queen and the entire San Lucia family. If Lady Arlet still possesses the same strength as before her long sleep, then she could be quite a troublesome opponent for my pawns who want to kill the entire San Lucia family later. That's because Lady Arlet is the strongest Duchess in this kingdom," said Duke Remy with a serious expression.

-To be continued

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