
"So you're going with Lisa's madam?" Zack asked Sir Aron in his study.
"Really Duke! It is likely that we will be back next week" Sir Aron said. Madam Lisa and Sir Aron are sisters and they ask permission to return home to their elderly parents.
"Well, for your job and Madam Lisa I'll temporarily switch to Blair" Zack said.
"Thank you Duke! I say goodbye first" Sir Aron said and left Zack's room.
Zack returned to his errands that had been piled up on his desk this morning.
GECK... GECK.. GECK...
THE CZECH...
"FATHER!!"
Zack stopped his job and looked at his two children who were approaching him.
"What are you guys up here for?"
"Eum.. That's.. You're the one talking!" Said Lea.
"Hey! Why is it me?" Said Leo.
"You're a big brother!"
"Guah!"
Zack could only watch his two children's behavior.
"Eum.. Papa! Don't you want to go on vacation with us?" leo said
"With Via too!" Connect Lea.
"Hm.. Vacation huh? In what order did you decide to take a vacation?" Ask Zack.
"Father! Listen us! We know you're in love for the first time, so we'll help you spend time with Via!" Said Lea frequently and excitedly. Leo who heard it only fell silent to Lea's chatter.
"How do you know...?"
"Hehehe of course we know! We're papa's smartest boys..."
"Hey Lea! I mean papa, how do you know about papa's relationship? You've forgotten, don't talk about it in front of papa!" Said Leo furious at Lea who was already flabby.
"Ups! I forgot..."
"It looks like you guys already know... Huft... Its alright. Since you already know this, maybe you can help papa" Zack said.
"REally!?"
Lea and Leo become even more excited to help Zack and Via's relationship.
"Alright papa!"
"We're also going to take Lili and Uncle Blair, Pa?"
"Why are you taking them?" Ask Zack.
"Papa will be with Via, papa don't have to worry about us!" Said Lea.
"Because we'll be taken care of by Uncle Blair!" Connect Leo.
Zack was silent for a moment. "Hm... All right, no problem. Just take them"
"Yeah!"
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"Bah... Long time no see Lucinda..." Say Via while stroking her soft cheeks.
"I'm here to see how you are" said Stella. He and his son Lucinda Elberg visited Effenberg's residence to see the condition of Via.
"I've recovered Stella... Lookie! Now I don't need to wear that 'seat wheel'" said Via smiling.
"Thank God then! But I'm still worried. What if there's a bad guy who's gonna hurt you?"
"No Stella, Duke is with me anyway, so you don't have to worry" Via said.
CZECH....
"Via! Prepare your things!"
"Because tomorrow we're going on holiday-ah?! Stella!" Lea and Leo are shocked to see Stella in Via's room.
"Vacation? Who's holding it?" Ask Via.
"Bahh.. You guys want a vacation, right? Very good for you to go on vacation... Eums.. But tomorrow you're leaving? Why is it with Louis? He said tomorrow he'll escort the Duke. There is work to be done" said Stella, who recalled before going to Via's room, Louis saying tomorrow he would be out of town for a few days.
"Certainly Stella? Maybe that's what Lea and Leo mean" said Via.
"Oh no!"
"Will this holiday be messed up?" Lea and Leo.
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"I'm sorry Duke! I told Stella it was about your job" Louis said.
"But it's not good that it's crowded like this, papa?" Said Lea. They feel guilty about it. Stella wants to be with Via on vacation together.
"Huf... It's okay, just take your wife. But it looks like I'm here" Zack said.
Louis, Lea, and Leo were shocked to hear Zack's statement.
"No Papa!"
"Don't Duke! I'll make sure, your vacation and Miss Via will go well!" Louis.
"All right, let's see it later"
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The next morning there were three horse-drawn carriages ready to go on vacation.
Zack looked from a distance. A horse-drawn carriage will be driven by Lea, Leo, Lili, and Blair. Another chariot will be driven by Louis, Stella, and her son. And the last horse-drawn carriage will be Zack and Via.
"It looks like they prepared it well!" Mumbled Zack. He wanted to approach Via, which was near the horse-drawn carriage. But his steps stopped.
"I forgot to bring my stuff on the table!" he had to go back to his office.
After picking up his things, he saw that everyone had entered his own carriage.
"Father! Hurry up!"
"We're leaving soon!" Lea and Leo alternate.
"Good!" Zack immediately rushed at the horse carriage he was about to board.
"Huh... Sorry to keep you waiting for lam-" Zack stopped saying.
"A-What are you doing here?" Zack said surprised. It was not Via who was in the chariot but Louis and Sir Aron who had been sitting neatly in front of him.
"Good morning Duke!" Sir Aron said politely.
"ahs.. Pa-For duke! Haha... It seems like a little change..." Louis said.
"Look, if Louis were here I wouldn't be confused, but you're Sir Aron, wouldn't you go to your village?"
"Sorry Duke! We missed the horse-drawn carriage that was going to take us home, and it just so happened that you were going on vacation to Southdiff which passed through our village. I hope you will give us a ride" explained Sir Aron.
"Yourf..." I don't know how many times Zack breathed.
"... I-Yes that's okay..." Zack said with his flat face.
"Finally we're going on vacation!" Pekik Lili's.
"Really! Oh yeah, about papa with Via what's going on there?" lea saw the horse carriage behind him.
"What's the Duke and Via one train?" Ask Blair.
"Surely uncle Blair!"
"Hm... I think Via took the train with Stella and Lisa's madam" Blair said.
"Huh, what?!"
"How Can It?"
"Yes, Madam Lisa and Sir Aron were with us, but only until their village"
"What does Papa mean by..."
"... Louis and Sir Aron...?" Lea and Leo alternate. Blair gave an answer with a nod.
"No!"
It's okay Zack! They will also leave after this... Huft... I shouldn't have gone on vacation this time... Inner Zack.
Zack can only resign to his current state. He looked up at the clear sky that morning. He hoped that his heart would also be as bright as the weather this morning.
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