Steampunk Era: Mad Abield
Chapter 726: Section 502: Many Stories from a Small Town (Part 1)_2

Chapter 726: Section 502: Many Stories from a Small Town (Part 1)_2

Being young is wonderful — Gaiate City sighed.

Then he took another bite of his pan-fried bun.

......

Elsa caught the messenger and began reading the letter.

Dear Elsa, I am Daniel. As you anticipated, our parents indeed have issues, just like you said. We are so similar, even a Spell Formation can confirm my blood is of the same origin as yours, yet we have been raised in different families since childhood. If it was Fate that separated us, then who is the mastermind behind the scenes? I’m investigating matters from when I was younger, hoping to find clues, but the prospects are slim because I’ve found that the two Royal Midwives who delivered me, a Royal Physician, and seventeen royal servants have all died, and you wouldn’t guess their oldest age — just forty-one years old.

Elsa frowned — the situation had become tricky since she had just discovered that the two midwives who helped deliver her mother, one family doctor, and four servants had faced the same fate as Daniel’s, and they all had... natural deaths.

Who presided over these natural deaths?

Elsa pondered, but couldn’t figure out what the situation might be.

If one were to speak about it, it would have to start from her encounter with Daniel at a game they watched together two years ago.

At that time, both had ponytails, the same golden hair, the same height, even similar figures and silhouettes. When they wore the same spectator robes, they were mistakenly recognized by each other’s friends and family.

Then, amidst the exclamations of their acquaintances, they approached each other only to discover that there was indeed another person in this world who resembled one so closely.

With the aid of Divine Arts, he and she realized they were actually twin relatives. Therefore, to unravel the whole truth, they feigned falling in love.

Immediately after, Elsa was sent to Carterburg, while Daniel, under the pretense of learning etiquette, was called back to the Northern Kingdom as the Crown Prince.

There was definitely a problem. Otherwise, why couldn’t such well-matched young people come together?

Their parents did not even think about meeting!

The two young people decided they must have a resolution to this, so Daniel decided to go to Carterburg to clear his mind and then unexpectedly met Elsa at the Church. This time, he forced his mother to help him under the pretext of being deeply in love with Elsa.

His mother outright refused Daniel’s request, which confirmed for Daniel that his mother was definitely in the know. Therefore, Daniel and Elsa threatened their families with their own lives — if either of their mothers still refused, it would prove that he or she is definitely not her child.

But what puzzled Elsa and Daniel was that both of their mothers ultimately agreed to plead on behalf of their children.

However, the subsequent behavior of their fathers made it clear to them — there was indeed a problem. Perhaps their mothers were not fully informed, but their fathers truly were.

In light of this, Elsa and Daniel both felt that this could be dragged on — after all, they both had time. To clarify the matter, neither of them minded letting it ferment further.

So they feigned love for each other. On Elsa’s side, Daniel even specifically asked his father to dispatch his most capable men to protect Elsa.

The fact was that his father did send someone.

When Daniel heard that the person sent was Halil Duboa, he became even more convinced there was a problem — being able to dispatch the most wine-loving Halil Duboa from the investigation department proved that his father never wanted him and Elsa to be together.

Letting a drunkard help Elsa? What a joke.

Elsa was also very helpless about this.

She wrote a reply and handed it to the messenger, then watched the pedestrians on the street somewhat aimlessly until a figure caught her attention.

It was Uncle Gaiate... right, why not find Malin and see if he could offer some advice?

This was the esteemed Author who wrote the highly acclaimed Holmes detective series, sharp-witted, and certainly capable of helping her and Daniel.

At that thought, the young lady of the Kwasil family waved to the old man, "Uncle Gaiate."

......

Old Gaiate had just returned from the market, and although he had reached his peak again, he had been living quite an ordinary life recently—just two days ago he had been promoted, and now he heard that his son was on his way back and might return today.

Buy some of his favorite things, make him a nice meal, and then I should continue my own adventures—since I have become a legend, I ought to see the world at least once more before I truly age.

Upon arriving home, he discovered that he had bought a few spices short, so old Gaiate went outside, heading for the market, when he was called by a voice from the roadside, "Uncle Gaiate."

Turning his head, he saw Elsa from the Kwasil family... How time flies, the baby from those days had grown into a young lady.

With a sense of nostalgia for time, Old Gaiate smiled and walked up to her, "Elsa, why are you sitting here today, child?"

"Look, I’m just bored, and by the way, has Malin come back?" This girl’s smile was somewhat shy.

This made Old Gaiate quite wary—his son Malin already had more than enough lovers, one more would not do: "Do you have business with him?"

"Yes, I am right now in a romantic relationship with Daniel Wallace of the Northern Kingdom, I wanted to ask him about fashion matters, after all, he helped his good friend Lord Anthony with his wedding last time. I thought when Daniel and I get married, we could also invite him to lend a hand. I know it costs a lot to invite a legend, but I hope Uncle Gaiate you could put in a good word for me."

Upon hearing this, Old Gaiate’s expression turned peculiar—You and Daniel Wallace?

You two getting married?

This must be the most amusing joke he had heard in his life.

But he mustn’t laugh, in case the child senses something—it was still a great pressure to face the parents of both the Kwasil and Wallace families, even though he had become a legend.

Thinking this, Old Gaiate nodded, "I see, very well, I will talk to my boy for you. He’s quite busy lately, but for my sake, he should come to help you, especially since you are a member of the Kwasil family just like Aemet Sayer."

This sentence made the young girl look very happy, and watching her joyful expression, Old Gaiate suddenly felt a twinge of guilt.

He shouldn’t deceive this child, when clearly she and Daniel could never marry.

With this thought, Old Gaiate decided to listen to her story with him.

So he sat down, and Old Gaiate listened to Elsa telling her story with Daniel. As he listened, he suddenly felt as if it was a rerun of his own story with Sophia, love at first sight during a festival, how lovely... It’s just a shame that the Wallace and Kwasil families would never let these two children unite.

A romance between him and her was never meant to bear fruit.

Engrossed in such reflections, Old Gaiate suddenly noticed a hostility coming from one side, and turning his head, he saw a red-nosed drunk glaring fiercely at him.

"Who is he?" Old Gaiate decided to ask the girl in front of him.

"He is Halil Duboa, the protector chosen for me by Daniel’s family, a very reliable uncle," the child said with a smile as she introduced the man with the big red nose, and knowing his identity and purpose, Old Gaiate became puzzled for a moment—there was something off about this girl.

With her intelligence, could she not see that this notorious drunkard actually lacked any ability to protect her?

Something was fishy; the little princess of the Kwasil family should not be so muddled by love.

Old Gaiate suddenly felt that, in the words of his boy Malin, there was some excitement to watch for.

As a legend of the Truth Sequence, Old Gaiate’s smile became exceptionally bright at this moment.