My Beloved Dog is the Strongest in Another World

I was the Duke’s favorite

A child with Ms. Claire… The mere thought was embarrassing and much too soon. Well, at least I didn’t have to worry too much about Tilura… Well, who knew what would happen?

“With Barsler, it has already been decided. Because he only has one daughter. It is best to decide quickly.”

As Ms. Anne was an only child, there was no way that she would marry into another family.

Unlike Mr. Ekenhart, they cared a lot about their status, and so they would only be thinking about finding someone to take her name.

“And we must avoid having you go over there…”

“Uh, what do you mean…?”

“Well…um…”

“You are hesitating. Is there some problem? Well, I’m sure that house will be struggling for a while.”

“Mr. Takumi. His Grace does not want you to leave. Hohoho…”

“Sebastian!”

“Not want me to… I didn’t realize you were that attached?”

“I don’t mean it like that!”

It did feel a little awkward to hear such words from an old man.

“…To have you and Leo go with Anneliese… Of course, we would not want that. After all, there is the legend of the Silver Fenrir and our founder.”

“Ah… It would look like the count stole your emblem?”

“Something like that…”

There was a legend that their founder was able to treat with Silver Fenrirs on equal footing.

And with the help of a Silver Fenrir, the founder had achieved many things and was able to rise to the rank of Duchess.

So they felt a sense of duty…

It was even on the family emblem, and so people would likely spread rumors about why a Silver Fenrir would leave them and go to the count.

However, there was something a little odd in the way that Mr. Ekenhart spoke.

Usually, he sounded very confident, but there was none of that now.

And his eyes were shifting… But it did not look like he was lying either.

“So…”

“Hmm?”

“…What do you mean?”

“It’s very obvious, Your Grace.”

“Tsk! I suppose I drank too much!”

“No…I don’t think it’s the wine…”

“My master has never been good at lying. That is one of the reasons that the people like him… But it sometimes makes my job difficult…”

To me, it seemed like a good thing, but I suppose it could be troublesome when dealing with other nobles and people of the upper class.

Even in business, while not outright lying, such things may be important…

In any case, it was one of the reasons that people followed him, so it was not a bad thing.

“…Hah… Well, then… There are not many people who I can talk to honestly. Of course, the thing about Leo is also true. But…if you were to leave…we would have fewer opportunities to talk…mm…”

“Isn’t it just as I said, Mr. Takumi?”

“Haha, I can see that.”

“Huh? What are you two talking about?”

“No, it is nothing. Don’t worry about it.”

“Mmm…”

Equal. While I had never forgotten that I was talking to a lord duke, apparently, Mr. Ekenhart saw it differently.

Well, even if I was trying to talk politely, I was probably quite rude, considering it was with a nobleman… After all, I didn’t know anything about manners and how to deal with people of the upper class…