Since I'd arrived in a carriage emblazoned with the imperial crest, there was no way the Obiedo household didn't know who I was, but I was anxious all the same.
“Arti~!”
There was one voice that could melt away the unease of an unfamiliar place in an instant, and when had he returned to the family estate? Terni came running toward me, shouting at the top of his lungs.
“Arti, welcome! It's been a while since you've been home, hasn't it?!”
No, it's my first time.
I smiled awkwardly, conscious of those around us, and Terni grabbed my arm and called out in a booming voice to the people standing at the entrance.
“Mama! Papa! Arti's here~!”
In the distance, I saw Marquis Obiedo wave in time with Terni's gushing.
I'd felt it before at the party, but His Excellency the Marquis Obiedo seemed to be a genuinely…
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