Chapter 79 The Beautiful Man In Disguise
Sara woke up in the evening. It wasn't dark yet, but the sun was already quite low. As she lay on her bed, gazing out the window, the 4 o'clock bell rang. It seemed she had slept for about 3 hours.
Her foggy head gradually cleared up.
"That's right! What about the riot?"
The situation before she fell asleep suddenly flashed through her mind.
"Sara, it's bad!"
"The forest is on fire!"
Suddenly, a rift opened above her head, and Mike and Pochi jumped out.
"What's going on?"
"There's someone using fire magic in the forest!"
"But they can't control it, and it's spreading! The forest fairies are in a huge uproar!"
"What's going on?! Which forest?"
"The one humans call the hunting grounds!"
Sara jumped out of bed. Her day dress was wrinkled from sleeping in it, but she didn't care about that now.
"Mike, hurry and tell Miss Rebecca!"
Sara didn't even take the time to call Maria, and rushed to the office. However, when she arrived, Robert and the bureaucrats were there, but the Marquis was nowhere to be seen.
"Ah, Sara, you're awake?"
"Uncle, where is Grandfather?"
"He should be at the knights' headquarters."
"The fairies are causing a commotion. The hunting grounds are on fire due to a magic riot! Please hurry and tell him!"
Robert's expression turned serious, and he asked a nearby bureaucrat to send a message.
"How many people in this territory can use water magic?"
"There's no one who can cast magic to put out a forest fire."
"What about wind magic?"
"Wind magic would just fan the flames. Even if we could control the direction of the fire, we couldn't prevent the sparks from spreading."
'I see. There's no one in this world who can imagine magic that can cut off oxygen supply.'
Just then, Rebecca rushed in, with Maria following behind her.
"Ms. Sara, I heard the situation!"
"Miss Rebecca...if we leave it like this, it'll become a massive forest fire!"
Sara looked at Rebecca with tears in her eyes.
"Does that face mean you think you can erase it, Ms. Sara?"
"Probably possible. But I think it's hard to hide my power."
Robert hastily picked up Sara and hugged her tightly.
"Don't strain yourself. Even if you leave it to the adults, no one will blame Sara."
"That's right. You don't have to carry the burden alone."
Sara clung to Robert, then looked back at him.
"I'm Sara Grandchester. As a member of the Grandchester family, I have a duty to protect the people's lives. Let me go."
"Alright. Then I'll do my best to protect Sara too."
Robert ordered the servant to prepare the horses for the hunt, leaving Sara in Maria's care.
"Milady Sara, let's change your clothes first."
'Huh? Change clothes?'
For a moment, last night's play flashed through her mind. It seemed Rebecca had thought the same thing.
"Ms. Sara, do you need my outfit?"
"Very much so!"
"Let's go to my room first."
Sara and Rebecca exchanged glances, sharing a sly, un-ladylike smile. Maria, watching from the side, couldn't understand, but somehow felt "These two will be alright."
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In Rebecca's dressing room, many dresses were hung. However, Rebecca ignored them and rummaged through a box from the back, pulling out a set of men's clothes that commoners would wear, complete with a wig and boots.
"Miss Rebecca, what's this?"
"Disguise clothes."
"Are you going out dressed as a man?"
"Occasionally?"
"Little Prince Revi is still alive, isn't she?"
"That's me, of course! Now, may I see Ms. Sara?"
"Very well."
Sara received the clothes and grasped their structure, then called out to Mike to make her physical body 18 years old. She put on the borrowed clothes and showed off her new look in front of Rebecca and Maria.
"How's this?"
"Hmm, Ms. Sara, you said you had transformation magic related to wood, but this changing magic has no attributes, right? The boots are made of leather, after all."
"That's true, isn't it?"
"And since you grasped the structure before using magic, I think you're unconsciously using appraisal-type magic with no attributes too, Ms. Sara."
'Wow, it's even more cheat-like...'
"Let's put the confirmation on hold for now. We can't walk around the castle like this, so let's put the clothes away and change back your age."
During this exchange, Maria's eyes were wide open, her soul seemingly sucked out of her body.
"Maria, snap out of it!"
"What did I just see, milady?"
"It's transformation magic."
"That's unbelievable."
"Yes, Ms. Sara's magic is still unbelievable."
Rebecca and Maria's opinions aligned, so Sara changed back to her original appearance.
"But with this, you should be able to hide your true identities. No one would think Ms. Sara is 18 years old, right?"
"Did I look completely like a man?"
"No, because your chest is still visible, you just look like a beautiful cross-dresser."
"That's quite a contradiction, isn't it?"
'Hmm, I guess I should've flattened my chest. Oh well, it's fine for now.'
Sara, who had grown up, seemed to have a slightly larger chest than Rebecca.
Later, Sara changed into the Horseback Riding outfit in her room and rode Robert's horse to the Knights' Headquarters. An hour after Sara's report, news of the fire at the hunting grounds arrived, and the Knights' Headquarters was in an uproar.
In the Marquis's private room at the headquarters, the Marquis and Jeffrey were waiting.
"Father, have you decided to reveal the secret to Jeffrey as well?"
"It's difficult to keep secrets from the Knights."
"That's true, isn't it?"
Jeff floated a puzzled expression, but he didn't say anything unnecessary, objecting to Sara's presence in this situation. As a knight, he had already realized that Sara was no ordinary person.
"Grandfather, I'll go stop the forest fire."
"There's no other way, is there..."
"It's the only way to minimize the damage..."
"I see... Sorry about this."
Marquis explained to Jeff, who was standing beside him.
"Sara has all attributes. Moreover, her magical power and control ability are exceptional."
"What?! Is Arthur's wife a hidden child of the royal family or something?"
"I've never heard a story like that."
It seemed that the content had exceeded Jeff's imagination. His eyes were completely swimming.
"If this becomes widely known, Sara's freedom will be lost. We want to avoid that."
"But isn't it desirable for the royal family? Maybe a queen will come from Grandchester."
"Sir Jeffrey, my social status is a commoner, so that's not possible. Besides, I don't want to live that way."
"But!"
"Enough, Jeffrey. I've given my permission. Don't intervene any further."
"Ah, I apologize for my rudeness, Your Excellency the Marquis."
Jeff bowed his head.
"But Father, if we just go to put out the forest fire like this, it's only a matter of time before it's discovered. I don't want to sacrifice Sara for Grandchester's sake."
Robert looked at Sara with concern, but Sara and Rebecca burst out laughing together.
"Well, I've thought of a little trick. Grandfather, may I borrow that screen?"
There was a screen in the corner of the office for a quick change. Sara walked behind the screen, and in an instant, she transformed into a beautiful 18-year-old man.
"Will I be able to avoid detection with this appearance?"
The men's eyes widened as Sara emerged from behind the screen.
"What is that?!"
"Are you Sara?!"
"Milady, is that you?!"
Sara exchanged a glance with Rebecca and smiled sweetly.
"Uh, my fairy's blessing not only slows down my aging, but it also lets me change my age freely."
"What the heck, that's an absurd ability!"
Then, Mike burst out of the rift, looking furious.
"What's going on!! I'm just controlling time! Don't be rude!"
Sara gently stroked Mike's forehead with her finger.
"Grandfather, please stop. My fairy is getting angry. My friend has a time-controlling fairy, you see."
"I see..."
"And Sara, you're getting really beautiful. Your voice is a bit husky, just like Adelia's."
After Robert said so, then Jeffrey cleared his throat and warned her.
"Milady, it might be better if you didn't go to the knights' headquarters in that outfit. There are tons of young men here, and even Lady Rebecca's horseback riding outfit is enough to make them go crazy. If a beautiful lady like you, dressed as a man, shows up, there's no way we'll get any work done."
"That's an exaggeration..."
"I don't think it's an exaggeration, though."
Marquis also let out a sigh.
"Jeffrey, bring me the knights' hooded cloak. If we cover her face, it might be a bit better."
"Yeah, that's true."
Sara returned to her original form, received the cloak from Jeffrey, and then rode Robert's horse again, hurrying off to the hunting grounds.
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