Chapter 101: 101
About the Private Teacher
After that, we enjoyed the dinner that Milka had prepared .
Milka looked very happy as she started to talk to Nia .
“So, you are going to live with us too?”
“Uh, just until we find a new place . ”
“That’s too bad! Isn’t it, Mister Locke . ”
“Yes . We’ll be very lonely when they leave . ”
“Groof-groof . ”
Grulf also wanted Shia and Nia to live with us .
As we talked about it, Goran arrived .
“Locke . I came here to see you!”
“Ah, thanks for visiting . ”
“Mister Goran, will you eat with us?”
“Oh, really? That would be nice . ”
“Leave it to me . ”
Milka quickly prepared a plate for Goran .
Serulis laughed .
“So you came here to day afterall, daddy . ”
“Well, Serulis . Don’t you visit all the time as well?”
“That’s true!”
And they laughed together .
When we were finished eating, Serulis said,
“Milka, Nia! And Shia . Let’s take a bath together . ”
“Ah, yes . Thank you . ”
“Thank you!”
Shia and Nia wagged their tails . They must enjoy taking baths .
But Milka shook her head .
“I’m sorry to have to refuse your kind offer, but I have to clean up . ”
“I see…”
“I’ll take a bath later . ”
“Alright, I will help you clean then . ”
“No, you’re a guest, Sister Serulis!”
Milka said modestly .
Then I turned to them and said .
“Milka and Serulis . Both of you can go and take a bath . ”
“Uh, but…I have to clean . ”
“I’ll do it for you . ”
“But it’s my job, you know . ”
“Don’t worry about it . Now go take a bath . ”
After they left, I started to wash the dishes .
“Groof-groof . ”
“Cluck-cluck . ”
As I was washing the dishes, Grulf and Lord Gerberga were walking around behind me .
Lord Gerberga was riding on Grulf’s back . It was wonderful that they were such good friends .
Just then, Luchila brought over the plates .
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“That’s all of them . ”
“Ah, thank you . ”
“Now that I finished, I’ll help you wash them . ”
“Yes, that will help . ”
And so we washed the dishes together .
Goran had also offered to help, but I refused, since he was a guest .
“Luchila, do you really hate taking baths?”
“Uh, not exactly . ”
“I see . ”
Milka had said that Luchila hated taking baths .
And that he hadn’t bathed in a long time .
“So, when’s the last time you took a bath, Luchila?”
“Uhh…”
“Have you bathed since leaving your village?”
“…I cleaned myself in rivers . ”
“…I see . ”
It was like the life of an Adventurer on the road .
It seemed that he really did hate bathing .
“Lord Gerberga seems to enjoy being in the water . ”
“He also loves bathing in sand . ”
“Cluck!”
Gerberga clucked happily .
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“Then maybe I will order some nice sand and make a sandbox in the garden . ”
“Cluck!”
“Luchila . Once Milka and the others are finished, we can bathe with Lord Gerberga and Grulf . ”
“No-no! I already took a bath today!”
“It won’t kill you to take another one . ”
“No! I am fine! I am very fine!”
“I see . ”
He must really, really hate it .
On the other hand, Grulf was wagging his tail . He wanted to take a bath .
We finished cleaning the dishes and retired to the drawing room .
Goran was waiting there .
“Sorry that I didn’t help you!”
“You’re a guest, Goran . I’m just sorry that there was no one here to keep you company . ”
“Don’t worry about that . I was helping myself to your wine . ”
“I see . ”
I poured more into his cup .
“Goran . How did you go about Serulis’s education?”
“…Oh, do you really feel like I messed up? Is she bothering you that much?”
Goran thought I was rebuking him over her poor education .
“Sorry . That’s not what I meant . Not what I meant at all . ”
“Hmm?”
“Milka seems to be very smart . But isn’t making the most of it because of her lack of education . ”
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“I see . So you need a private teacher . ”
“Exactly . As long as she is an apprentice here, it would be embarrassing for me if she were not given a proper education . ”
“That is very true . I called several teachers for Serulis . To teach her manners and history or culture, etcetera . ”
“Hmm . Hmm . Would it be possible for you to introduce me to them?”
“Well, most of them were quite old… They are either ill or dead . So that might be a little difficult . ”
“I see . I guess I will have to ask Eric if there are any good teachers available . ”
Luchila, who had been quietly carrying Lord Gerberga on his lap, suddenly spoke .
“A private teacher? Yes, Milka definitely needs one . ”
“She’s not the only one . You will be studying too, Luchila . ”
“What?”
“Of course you will . You are still very young . ”
“Thank you . ”
Luchila said with a bow .
Education cost money . And so he was thankful .
Goran looked serious as he said,
“I thought that maybe you were going to accept little Nia as an apprentice as well . Are you?”
“I wouldn’t mind that, but it is up to her . ”
“I see . ”
It was true that it would be more convenient for her in different ways if she was my apprentice .
It would be like having a guarantor within the royal capital .
However, Nia had a good guardian . So there was no need for me to ask her myself .
Like that, we talked late into the night .