Volume 12 Chapter 43:  (Patreon)

Volume 12 Chapter 43: 

"Keith!" Keith turned over to see it was Muriel, 

"Muriel, why are you here? I thought you were going to the other stores?" He had given her some time off as yesterday was a little overkill. And he decided to have them work every other day to have them fresh and 100% all the time! That way, everything would be more efficient. 

"I was. But we wanted something to eat from here before going to the other stalls. Ahh, and I want to introduce you to my family." Muriel smiled as she pointed at her family. Another light bow came from Keith as he greeted, "Hello, my name is Keith Freed, Fourth son of Marquis Freed of the Solis Kingdom." 

"Hello, my name is Virel Aqua Strom." "My name is Arolina Aqua Strom." The two greeted him. 

“I heard you were the one who made all of this.” 

“It wasn’t me. But all of F-class.” Keith grinned, “That’s the only reason why we're here. Muriel was an essential role-player in this as well.”

“...Keith’ Muriel blushed when she heard that.

"But you are. You and Coen were my backup." The two were his troubleshooters in case of emergency.

“These onion rings are quite tasty.” Arolina was savoring an onion ring. The group was walking as they ate. 

“Thank you for the praise.” As they continued to talk with one another, 

“So there you are, you fish!” Someone called out to him. Virel turned his head, “Othinel, you’re here as well.”

“Mmhmm! And a few others. Oh, hey, Keith!”

“Hello, King Othinel.”

“Don’t mind me.” He hooked Virel’s neck, “Let’s go! We’re going to have ourselves a class reunion!” 

“Huh? What?” The mer-king didn’t know what to say as the beast king dragged him off without saying anything.

Arolina chuckled, “Muriel, let’s go after them.”

“Mmhmm! Keith, I’ll see you later. I’ll also grab some intel on the other stores if possible!” They needed to figure out who was on the top and who wasn’t.

“So you know another princess.”

“Huh? Eric, how long were you here?” It was his three brothers with James. 

“His life is a train wreck.” James shook his head. The number of people he knew was just too many to count! It was shocking and dangerous at the same time! 

"Indeed." The three nodded. 

"..." I'm right in front of you guys! 

“Keith!”

Keith smiled. “Ahh, Hazel, thank you for coming.” Perfect timing. 

“Don’t mention-Senior Alvin!” Hazel’s eyes were then locked onto Alvin as her eyes widened. The man smiled, "It’s been some time, Hazel.”

“Y-yeah!”

“Ahh, big brother, could you and Senior Hazel help me with something?”

“Hmm?” “Yes?” The two tilted their heads when they heard that. 

“Can the two of you tour around the section? And can you guys come back to me with whatever you hear? Also, can you rate our stalls as well?”

“Huh? Keith, there’s no need-” “Please, I really need it.” Keith begged, and Alvin couldn’t say no to his little brother, “Okay. Hazel, shall we?”

“S-sure!” The woman turned back to Keith, and he gave her a wink. 

Little brother!

I got you, now hop to. 

Alvin and Hazel walked away from there, one utterly unaware that his little brother was playing matchmaker. 

“Quite the matchmaker we have here.” Three bodies leaned over him as he stared. Keith shrugged, "What? I just saw a chance to reunite as friends with one another." He had Aria send a letter to Hazel, telling her to come here tomorrow. 

Eric nodded, “Keith, you did well. If you didn’t push him, no one would.” It would have been difficult. 

“Indeed.” 

Derek chuckled, “Let’s go have fun!”

James nodded, "Indeed! I want to eat some onion rings!" Those three decided to do their own thing. Keith chuckled as he walked around as well. That was when he saw some kids running around here.

“Mama, look! I won a teddy bear!”

“Huh?” The mother was shocked, “How could you win such a thing?” The teddy bear was pristine, which was soft to the touch. This was definitely not something that could be bought or won.

“Madam, these teddy bears are one of our prized items you can cash in for with our tickets. These are all hand-crafted by our students.” Keith smiled.

“I see.” The mother was a little surprised by this but immediately understood. 

“It’s pretty!” The child looked up at Keith, which caused him to smile, “Thank you for the praise, but you should thank the beauties over there.” He pointed at Vera and the other workers selling their teddy bears.  

“Can I?”

“Go.” The child quickly ran over and thanked them. 

“Come on, Finrandir! Is that all you got!”

“Hahaha, Virel, you suck!”

“...” What is going on? But there was no need to ask as 

“Big brother!” A little shadow hugged his leg.

“Hao Hao, you’re here as well!” Keith grinned as he lifted the child up.

“Mmhmm!” The child giggled as he hugged his hair. 

“Greetings. Everyone!” Zhu Liqin, Long Aotian, Setsuna, and Hayate were here. Beside them were Long Qiqiang and Shinzo. 

“It’s been a while, Keith,” Setsuna smirked. 

“Hmm? Where are Grandpa Cadmus and Grandma Yueying and Yukiko?”

“Ahh, they’re having their own date. No need to talk about them.”

“...I see.” Keith chuckled as he looked down at Haohao, who had a keychain, “Oh, you cashed in your tickets already, Haohao?”

“Mmhmm! It’s a sword!” 

“Nice.” 

“All the good we had was so delicious!” Long Qiqiang rubbed his belly as he filled himself up with a feast. The group continued to do so before he headed out.