Chương 219: Chapter 202. Lucas Arrives

" He's in the Holding Building, Ma- Lord Matthew."" Thank you, Ruby." /GYUUUU! /" What was that?"" It sounded like a dying animal! Lord Matthew, get behind me!"" Relax, Ruby. That would be my stomach you heard. It's been almost 24 hours since I've eaten anything. And since I was about to eat, my stomach's even more upset since my food was robbed from me."" Sorry, Lord Matthew..."" Don't worry, Flare. Technically, this is my fault for accepting this request... Well, I'll need a person like Lucas eventually...

Maybe all of my problems at this point are my fault?"" You're quite negative when you're hungry, Lord Matthew."" Show me a starving man who's happy and I'll pay you his weight in gold, Flare."" Fufufu. I'll be on the lookout for one." I left my house with Flare, she escorted me to the Holding Building at the Northern Gate into Paradise. That was where Lucas apparently arrived.

I was surprised in a way, since I thought it would take about 6 months to get here from Midori Forest, but Lucas seemed to move at almost double time to get here. Either he's eager to work or Anna's Mother hasn't really been able to instill that I'm not a bad guy in the Mori household yet. I just hope Liz doesn't hate me when she comes to visit. When I arrived at the Holding Building, Ruby was standing guard. After our little exchange, I began to enter the room." Wait!" I heard a familiar voice from behind me.

It was Anna." Anna? Oh! You want to speak to your brother as well, right?"" Yeah!" Anna smiled as she answered my question. However, I noticed a small issue with Anna. I took out a handkerchief I had with me." Hm?"" Just give me a second. We can't have you meeting your brother for the first time in a year with a bunch of butter around your mouth. I'm glad you like the buttered rolls though." wipe... wipe... Anna had an outline that looked like lip stick around her mouth.

If I had to guess, unlike me, Anna actually sat and ate as much as she could before she ran out to us. I smiled and chuckled at her as I finished wiping off the crumbs and butter from her lips." What's so funny, Darling?"" Nothing, it's just that you're usually the one taking care of me like this, I usually don't get to dote on you like this... Well, unless we're talking about situations like last night, of course." Anna blushed a little at my words."

Maybe we shouldn't be thinking about that, since we're going to see your brother now. My apologies. Speaking of which, let's just take a minute, okay?" I moved my hands up and down as I took deep breaths and Anna followed suit. In a few breaths, Anna had calmed down. With that, she began to ask me an important question." Why didn't you tell me my Brother was coming here?"" Well, to be fair, I didn't know when he would arrive or even if he would.

Your father sent me a letter asking for me to take in Lucas as a Subordinate. I agreed to the request. The reason why I didn't tell you was simple... I just wanted to surprise you. And that unfortunately failed." Anna looked at me puzzled." I understand the sentiment, but please, don't hide things from Sarah and me. Bringing in someone is a big decision, we're supposed to be "Partners", right?" Anna looked genuinely upset at me after speaking. I think it hurt a bit more because I knew she wasn't wrong.

Hiring a Family Member should be taken a bit more seriously and discussed with all of us there. Stolen from its original source, this story is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings." I'm sorry."" Good." Anna was happy to accept my apology." Here." Anna opened her arms. At first, I wondered what she was trying to do, but after a second, I figured out that she wanted to have a make-up hug. I happily obliged with her request. Wrap... tighten...

After a few moments of hugging my Wife, I heard a voice behind me." I'd hate to interrupt Husband and Wife time... But we do have a job to do, Lord Matthew, Lady Anna." Release. Flare spoke and reminded us that a Family Member was currently waiting for us. Anna and I walked into the building so we could stop having Lucas wait for us. For some reason, when we were moving in, Ruby seemed to want to say something. However, Anna whispered something to her and then she seemed to calm down.

With that, we entered the building to find Rodrick of all people sitting in one of the chairs in the rest area of the building." Rodrick? What are you doing here?"" Lord Matthew, Lady Anna." Rodrick greeted us and then began to answer my question." I'm here to document our Guest as well as making a basic write up of him. You know, stuff like his name, what he looks like. Just in case anything happens. It's just basic procedure. I did the same with that Dartz fellow as well as all of the Humans and Dwarves."

You've been working hard, Rodrick."" Thank you for your praise, Lord Matthew, but from what I understand, no one works harder in Paradise than you recently."" I'm just trying to finish up all the prep work so I can relax in a year or 2 from now." Rodrick looks at me in disbelief." Well, regardless of that, the visitor claims to be Lucas Mori and with that, it makes him Lady Anna's Brother as well."" I'm pretty sure we'll be able to tell pretty quickly as soon as we lay eyes on him.

The last time we met him was a year ago after all, I don't think his appearance will change that much in such short a time." With my words, Anna and I walked through the door where Lucas was supposed to be. We entered and we were greeted by the sight of Lucas taking a nap. I guess we took a bit too long for his liking. However, just from looking, it seems like it is Lucas. Same as he looked a year ago. The same light-red hair as his mother and light-green eyes all over his body.

Those eyes being the proof that he was a child to Les and Maria. Now to wake him up. How should I awaken my Brother-In-Law? I would like to make a nice 2nd first impression after all? /Whack! /" Luke! Wake up! Why are you sleeping already!?"" Huh? Oh, Anna. Hey... Give me 5 more minutes... zzz...."" Did... Did you just smack him, Anna?"" Huh? Oh right, you've never seen this. He's a real heavy sleeper. He's been that way since we were kids. If you don't give him a strong enough whack, he won't even try to wake up.

Though there is another way to wake him."" And that would be?"" Oh no! Luke! Selina is coming!"" WHAT! No! I'm AWA--.... Anna... Selina is back in Midori."" And you're here in Paradise! Why are you here?"" Dad wanted me to work under Jo-"" Shut up!" Anna placed her hand onto Lucas's mouth before he could finish saying my actual name. So much has just happened in the span of 2 minutes... So, instead of being a Professional Young Spy... Looks like Lucas is a sleepy.... Young Spy? Possibly...

I've never seen Anna act like this, except a few times with Sarah when she tried to wake her up in the morning... Maybe that's because Sarah reminds Anna of Lucas?" Who's Selina?" I asked a question about the name." Ew! don't lick my hand!" Anna began to wipe her hand on Lucas's sleeve and Lucas turned to me." Selina is a... Friend of mine... She's... Someone I can't get rid of."" By that he means that she's his Future Wife. He's just always been bad at explaining that he Loves her."" Shut up, Anna!"" Oh!

He's angry!" Anna began to laugh at Lucas... Is it possible... Anna's actually the one in charge when it comes to her siblings? I mean... Liz loves her dearly.... Favoritism?" Whether I Marry her or not, is up to me, but that's not pertinent to why I'm here." Lucas reached into his pockets and revealed a stack of letters." There're 2 letters for each of you. One from Mom and Dad. Also, Liz wrote you a letter as well, Anna. So, you really have 3."" She can write now!?"" Yup, favoritism."" What was that, Darling?""

Oh nothing." I reach for the letters and Lucas begins to speak as I rip into the letter that had Les's handwriting on it. Looking at it, Les wrote a matter-of-fact letter. It explained that he wished for Lucas to work under me as a Scout or anything else as long as he stayed on domestic soil. Not hard to complete as I planned on him gathering information on other Demon Nobles. On the other hand, Maria wrote me a letter of complaint. It seems because of my letter that told Liz that she could visit.

Liz hasn't been able to stop asking to visit us. The letter then dramatically became a mother writing about how adorable her 7 year old daughter is. At the end, she said to expect a visit in the spring or summer. Seems I'll need to prepare some special treats for Liz. I'll need to expand the ice cream flavors by the time she arrives. Maybe I'll even let her become a taste tester for something like cookies and cream or cookie dough ice cream? I'm sure she would like that.

I took a look at Anna and her face was blushing hard as she read her letters." Anna, are you okay?"" I'm fine!"

"?" I was confused by her answer. She seems agitated." If I had to guess, Dad has asked for her to visit or to come and visit and Mom is wondering when to expect news about a grandchild. Good luck on that, Matthew..." Lucas looked at me like he wanted to ask if that was okay. I nodded to him." When we're in private, feel free to call me Matthew. When we're in public. Make it Lord Matthew, Lucas."" Understood. Speaking of which, that brings up the 2nd reason I'm here.

Dad already told me I'd be working for you, so... Do you have a Mission for me?" Lucas smiled at me and contrary to what the nap would say about him, Lucas seemed ready for some work. While I had some work for him. I thought the best thing would be to start slow." My first Mission for you is to let Anna and I guide you around town." /GYUUU! /" What was that!?" Nausea... Empty... I grab my stomach to help soothe the empty feeling in it. I look back at Anna and Lucas and begin to speak again."

And as we look, let's find some street food."