「Excuse me〜!」(TL: Tanomou〜)
When I was reading Grimoires in the Grimoire Library, I heard a woman’s shouting voice from outside.
It’s sort of old-fashioned words, and words that have limited uses.
When I went outside, there was one woman there.
It’s a young woman wearing good lady-like clothes, but her air seems to be a little strict.
「Hello, do you need something?」
It’s a person I met for the first time, so I talked to her in child-mode.
「I had heard that His Excellency Senjukou Lucio Martein is here」
「Un, he is. He’s the administrator after all」
「If possible, I want to meet with him!」
「I got it. I’m Lucio」
「Oh!」
The woman stared at me intently.
『There is no way that a child like this is Senjukou. What is he planning? ……I see, the real one who is in the back is testing me huh. Yosh, I should not be fooled by this appearance and act like he is Senjukou』
「Eh?」
I couldn’t help but get dumbfounded.
The girl spoke very quickly with a thinking gesture.
This, is it……
「It was Senjukou, Your Excellency himself huh, please forgive me for not knowing」
The woman took a step back, and half kneeled like a knight.
「My name is Manuela Elise. A descendant of the Elise Family」
「Manuela-san huh」
「It is my greatest honor to meet Senjukou His Excellency」
Manuela said that.
After a leaving a breath of time.
『How’s this. I did it perfectly. The true Senjukou inside should be content with this right』
She said very quickly again, and took glances behind me while bowing down, looking at the back of the library.
This is……is it like that after all?
Is she the type of person who would speak out the things she’s thinking.
……why?
I checked, I haven’t used magic, and there isn’t magic that is cast right here right now.
「Ne〜, ne〜, Manuela-oneesan. Is Onee-san cursed or have a magic casted on, or something like that?」
「Eh? No, there is no such thing」
She answered while surprised, and soon after.
『What is this boy asking me, is he testing me? Ha!! Senjukou who’s inside has casted magic on me without me knowing huh!』
「E〜to……」
「Come to think of it, I feel I feel a little sick a while ago!」
She declared strongly. It isn’t a tone of a person feeling sick.
『How’s that』
It’s a person who’s leaking out a lot of things.
It seems like nothing can be done pointing that out.
I ignored it, and continued the conversation.
「And then, Onee-san. Meeting me, what do you want?」
「E〜to……」
Manuela looked at me, and looked towards the back of the library.
Ah〜, it was like that huh.
「It’s okay」
I said. Manuela made a slightly surprised face.
「Say anything. Senjukou is listening properly」
Manuela came to some kind of realization.
『It was like that after all, huh. He would not go out himself, and would send this boy instead. Yo〜sh, if that is so』
She misunderstood it quite conveniently.
「I want to show you this!」