The Abandoned White Magician’s Tea Life - Chapter 58 :  Amalia’s Disappearance (2)

Translator: Sunnyshies

Editor: Ryuubii

Chapter 58 :  Amalia’s Disappearance (2)

Even in the midst of all the commotion earlier, Yugo was still crawling on the floor of the doorway, not moving an inch. As usual, Leonardo doesn’t understand, but it seems that several of them had some aptitude for magic, and he heard people saying, “Hey, isn’t this strange…?” “I feel a lot of magic…”

For a while now, Yugo was on the floor on all fours. But eventually, he breathed heavily and fell flat on the floor, so Leonardo hurriedly picked him up.

“Are you okay, Yugo?!”

“U-ummm. I knew it would be hard to use magic in the winter.”

His face was a little pale, but he didn’t seem to be in any serious physical condition. 

Leonardo was relieved, but Yugo’s eyes turned severe and he cut in, “About mom.”

“I’ve already read the magic residue, but… the enemy probably used space magic to kidnap mom.”

“Space magic… it’s something that very few people could use right?”

“Ah. However, when my mom is taken away in an instant in front of you, the eight attributes of magic won’t be able to help. Making full use of space magic… moreover, they seem to have traveled a considerable distance.”

Yugo was looking at the western sky with a pained expression on his face. He could probably tell that it was in that direction, but he couldn’t get a detailed location or exact distance.

“Leonardo, do you have any idea what’s going on in that direction?”

“…”

He knew many things about it.

“…over there is the Kingdom of Kyrus―― the country where Alphonse and Princess Esmeralda, Amalia-san’s former companions, are located.”

“Hmmm, I knew it… they must have taken mom to the Kingdom of Kyros with their space magic. Perhaps that’s where the little bastard is, but… I don’t know. My body is really heavy.”

“Don’t push yourself. If you collapse too, Amalia-san will be sad, and I won’t be able to go help her… once again, I’m sorry I hit you earlier. And thanks for investigating that space magic.”

“Mm… sorry, I need some rest.”

Yugo yawned loudly, and in the next moment, he was already fast asleep. His face was as pale as ever, so he hurried to check his heartbeat, and although it was slow, he could feel his pulse.

As he picked up Yugo, Leonardo suddenly realized that the villagers were looking at him with indescribable eyes―― or more accurately, at Yugo in his arms.

“That… Leonardo. Who on earth is Yugo…?”

“…I apologize, but I can’t give you any answers about his identity without his approval. But I am certain that he loves Amalia-san more than anything and wants to help her out.”

Leonardo turned to everyone and bowed his head deeply.

“I know it is very rude of me to say this when we have hidden things from you… please help us rescue Amalia.”

“…”

“Most of the things will be done by me and Yugo. We just need you to arrange the things we need before we go and help Amalia-san. If it is difficult for you to help, we would be grateful if you could just guard the house while we are gone… please, I beg you.”

He turned his face down, and spoke quietly.

If everyone changes the way they look at Yugo, and if they are going to get rid of Yugo, who is clearly not a normal child, Leonardo is going to take that treatment in stride and the two of them are going to help Amalia.

He can’t tell everyone what to do. But even if they are ostracized, even if they are scorned, even if they shout at him like Eva did earlier, he will not say anything back and will accept everything.

Leonardo is not Yugo’s father, but in his heart, he thinks of him as his own son. So, if Yugo was to be estranged, Leonardo was prepared to walk with him.

When Leonardo looked up, there was an indescribable atmosphere among everyone. While they were whispering to each other, Leonardo bit his lip and looked forward with dignity as he waited for the others to speak.

Eventually, Bruno stepped forward. He looked at Leonardo for a moment, then nodded with a slight frown on his stern face.

“…we, too, wish to help Amalia. First, let’s wait until Yugo wakes up.”

“Bruno-san…”

“Amalia was, at least, brought to the west―― probably in the direction of the Kyrus Kingdom, right? Now, let’s gather information from there as well, and make sure we have enough supplies for the long trip.”

…that means that, when push comes to shove, they’ll all go together to rescue Amalia.

Although Kyros is a small kingdom, it has its own order of Knights. Even though there are many skilled people, he doubts that everyone, as mere villagers, can compete with regular knights.

But the decision of Bruno and the others to prepare for a variety of situations and move to deal with them at any time―― Leonardo’s lips quivered and he bowed his head.

“Thank you…!”

“In times of trouble, we have to help each other, don’t we?… we’ve been helped by Amalia. Now it’s time for us to take a stand for Amalia.”

The man who said this was a well-built young man who usually worked as a carpenter. Then a middle-aged woman stepped forward from behind him and held out her hand towards Leonardo.

“I’m going to keep Yugo with me until he wakes up… you can rest assured since he is still Amalia’s beloved son.”

“…yes. I’m sorry, but I’m counting on you.”

Leonardo entrusted the sleeping Yugo to her.

On Bruno’s order, the men were to assemble at the meeting place for a strategy meeting, while the women were to go take care of Yugo and check the supplies.

“…ah, that… wait a minute, Leonardo-san…”

Leonardo stopped in his tracks when someone called out to him in fear. He had somehow felt the eyes on him earlier, so he already knew that he would be stopped.

As he turned around, he saw Eva. The corners of her eyes were blue and swollen, probably because her father had beaten her.

She bowed her head deeply, tears spilling from her large eyes.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry… I didn’t think over it carefully… I did a terrible, terrible thing to Leonardo-san――I’m sorry!”

“Eva, if what you’re worrying about is what you said earlier, then you don’t need to worry about it… I’m sure everyone else wanted to call me out for not being able to protect Amalia. But because you carried all the anger, there was no need to make a big fuss.”

Leonardo stated it plainly, but this is not a consolation for Eva, nor is it a random thought.

Earlier, many of the villagers had glared at Leonardo as if they wanted to shoot him dead. The young carpenter was so angry that if it hadn’t been for Eva, he might have beaten Leonardo to death himself.

On the contrary, because Eva represented everyone’s anger, the others were able to keep their cool. Bruno was able to put the situation to rest, and Yugo was able to calmly investigate the magic.

When he said this, Eva’s pale cheeks quickly blushed and she rubbed her fingertips together, fidgeting.

“…it’s just a coincidence. I’m an idiot, so I just did what I thought without thinking―― ah, yeah, uh, at that time, I was so angry that I said something that I wouldn’t normally say out loud…”

“I know, I know… Eva, please don’t be depressed. I am, as you said, useless.”

“That’s not――”

“…I want to make sure that Amalia-san is rescued, because I once could only watch her being taken away from me with fingers crossed.”

After a few more words, Leonardo bowed to Eva and turned away.

Once is enough for him to be useless.

He’s going to get Amalia out of this.

Leonardo will definitely get back his most important woman in the world, the one who looks better with white Purine flowers than anyone else.

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