“Eh?”
The sudden reply not only made Shien stop for a moment, even Airi and Lasha ended up showing surprised expressions.
However, at this point, the girl who called herself Beatrice stopped talking and instead simply blinked her big eyes while quietly watching everyone else again.
Shien’s party of three exchanged another glance.
This little girl called Beatrice seem to be somewhat unbelievable.
Shien attempted to communicate with her multiple times afterwards, but other than when he asked about her name, where she could reply “Beatrice. My name” with difficulty, the girl wouldn’t respond to anything else.
She was practically like a newborn babe. It was very puzzling.
Shien thus stopped trying to communicate anymore.
“Well that’s a fine mess. Other than her name, we know absolutely nothing about what’s going on here.”
Shien acted like he had completely given up.
Airi and Lasha didn’t have anything to contribute either.
It’s only natural. They suddenly got a little girls stuffed into their care, and the people who started it all committed suicide. Plus, the girl in question wouldn’t say anything other than her name and won’t even respond to anything else. Anyone would be useless here.
Airi did say one thing.
“We might as well just toss her out.”
Her completely nonchalant tone made Shien feel for the first time that she really is a Demon Lord. That was quite cold-hearted.
“If we were to abandon her now, she wouldn’t have a very high chance of surviving ouit there. Even if she does manage to survive, she’ll likely end up falling into misfortune.”
Lasha stated the most worrisome result using the calmest tone.
Shien was unable to retort to that.
Never mind this girl who can’t even speak, even if the person in question was completely healthy, at the girl’s age, they’d probably have a hard time living on all by themselves outside, right?
Plus, this girl called Beatrice is so cute as well. One can tell with just a look that she’d grow up to be a great beauty. If they really do just leave her alone or even loss her out, then her chances of being targeted by human traffickers are a hundred percent. The chances of her being thrown into a whorehouse or ending up as some perverted noble’s plaything is also near a hundred percent.
In this situation, Shien was not so cold-hearted that he could simply leave her alone.
Although Shien was unhappy about this situation being something forced upon him, the entire matter has already reached this point. Thus, all he can do is just deal with things as they come.
“Let’s just keep her here for now.”
Shien made his decision, let out a sigh, and spoke thus.
“We’ll go ask that Captain Terrance and see if we can get some information from him to figure out this girl’s identity and history.”
The guy in question is the governor of this city, so he should know something, right?
At least, that was Shien’s hope.
In response to that…
“Since this is Mister Shien’s decision, I will of course obey.”
Lasha didn’t have much of a reaction. She seemed like she didn’t care one way or another.
“As you like. So long as you can take care of her anyways.”
Airi acted like she wasn’t interested in this matter at all.
It seems that although Beatrice was rather unbelievable in a lot of way, it still wasn’t enough to arouse Airi’s interest. Thus, this Demon Lord was acting standoffish.
That girl was just that way when it comes to things she’s uninterested in. She just can’t muster up any energy for it. Plus, she was not exactly any kind of Good Samaritan, so she naturally wouldn’t show any sympathy just because the other party looked young.
Thus, Airi just returned to her room while yawning and went on back to sleep.
Beatrice was taken away by Lasha, who will be preparing some food for the girl as well as helping her take a bath.
Thus, Shien was left by himself in the living room.
“Seriously…”
Shien scratched his head. He felt like he was getting dragged into something troublesome again.
“Lucy really did end up hitting it on the head, huh.”
This trip was certain to not go all that smoothly.
At the very least, they had ended up with a troublesome mystery on their hands as soon as the entered the Stalim dukedom.
“Here’s hoping that hey won’t waste too much time.”
Shien doesn’t want to waste too much of his energy on something strange either.
That said, Shien had a kind of feeling.
“That little girl is probably no ordinary person either.”
With that final through, Shien went back to his own room as well.
Only after he laid down on his bed again did Shie suddenly realize something.
“Wait, I was obviously trying to find someone to sleep with me here.”
Instantly, he snapped right back up.