Chapter 106
Chapter 106: Easy to Handle Child
In the end, it was still too early for Nii-sama to be back even if I went to the entrance, so I ended up tottering back to my room .
What should babies do at a time like this? I have the building blocks I brought from Lentforce . But, I only had one set, and it was more interesting at Brendel’s shop because they had many pieces of wood .
I’ve finished reading all the picture books . And since I haven’t moved that much, I wasn’t hungry, nor was I sleepy so I couldn’t take a nap either .
I ended up holding the barrier box in my lap until Nii-sama came back . I turned my back to Natalie and secretly practised changing my magic .
“Lei!”
“Nii, Nii-syama!”
I was held by Nii-sama, who had just returned, and he spun me around .
“Lei, you can just call me Niini . You can always call me Nii-sama when you get older . ”
Yes, I decided to properly call Nii-sama, Nii-sama when I returned home .
“I’m finally back . Why do I have to stay in the dormitory? It doesn’t take much time to get to the academy even if I commute from here . ”
“Ai . ”
I feel like I could finally take a deep breath .
“There seems to be a lot of purposes for getting nobles from the same generation to dine together and learn rules in the same dormitory . ” Otou-sama, who came back together with Nii-sama, tried to pacify him .
“So, did you get along with people in your generation, Otou-sama?”
“Well…”
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Otou-sama looked pensive .
“The same generation… Stan?”
“Weren’t you alone?”
“Others were, oh, I can’t really remember them . ”
“Then, the rules?”
“What’s the point in rules created by people?”
Nii-sama shrugged his shoulders .
“See, dormitories are pointless after all . ”
“Hmm . Now, let’s have dinner . ”
Otou-sama changed the subject when it got troublesome for him . I didn’t participate in the conversation, and just let Nii-sama hold me as I listened to my close family . This is quality time .
After dinner, we played and talked in my room . I was finally able to sleep at ease when Nii-sama put me to sleep .
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Lei is weird ~ Otou-sama’s perspective
How relieved was I when Lei finally returned to the mansion? I gave her a room without a balcony and assigned a guard to her so that she wouldn’t be taken again .
I had to give her an exclusive maid too since she didn’t have a mother . It was difficult to choose someone that didn’t look like Hannah and was also superb at their job . I ended up hiring a maid who looked after the youngest daughter of the Remingtons .
Remington’s daughter is five years old, but I’ve heard that she’s very active . One maid wasn’t enough to look after her, so she had a few, and I was able to hire the calmest one .
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I was also planning to increase her maids if it was necessary . Luke hated having servants, so only one was assigned to him after he turned five, but at least he had Claire .
I hoped to have everything perfectly set up, but Lei started acting weird a week after Luke went back to the academy .
I heard half a year is long for a baby . She could speak a lot more fluently, and she had also grown taller . Still, the charming way she reaches out to her Otou-sama hasn’t changed .
But…
Was she such a quiet child?
Well, she was quiet . I hardly ever saw her cry . Still, she was interested in a lot of things . She laughed loudly when Hannah teased her, tried her best to crawl, tried her best to walk when she finally could, and when I thought she was behaving herself, she would catch insects . I’m sure that was how she was .
But, Lei isn’t like that now . At dinner time, she eats happily and talks about how her day was . However, she keeps her distance from her maid, Natalie, but towards the people in the mansion, and Luke and I, I feel like she’s holding back .
I couldn’t conclude this alone . I waited until Luke came back from the dormitory and listened to what the maid and guard had to say .
“She’s finally asleep, but it’s weird . Lei usually sleep well, but she didn’t . ”
“Isn’t it because she’s excited that you’re back after a week?”
“Excited? She didn’t look excited . She looks like she’s holding something back . ”
“So she is?”
I looked at Luke .
“How was she in Sebel?”
“She was very lively . Her eyes sparkled, and she looked like she had a lot of fun . ”
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“Hmm . ”
I put my hand on my chin and looked at the guard and maid .
“Natalie, you’ve been with Lei for a week, how has she been?”
“Umm…”
Natalie, who was usually lively and calm, looked puzzled .
“Umm, Ojou-sama is calm, and she’s easy to look after . ”
“Hmm . She was a handful to Hannah . She didn’t give you lizards or anything?”
“Ojou-sama doesn’t do that! She always reads picture books, plays alone with blocks and toys, sometimes she demands to go outside, but she doesn’t cry or make a fuss . ”
Natalie looked confused .
“The Remington’s Ojou-sama is very active, and can’t stay still for very long . She runs around, throws a temper when she doesn’t like something, and uses her maids to her whims, so I don’t know how to treat Ojou-sama since she’s quiet and I’m honestly confused . ”
“I, I see . ”
“She eats slowly by herself even when I try to help her, she wakes up before I come to wake her up, and she gets changed by herself if she can . She doesn’t make any mistakes . What can I do besides watch her?”
I should be listening to how Lei is, but the maid ended up talking about her troubles .
“How about you, guards?
“Well, it’s our job to keep an eye on her, but honestly, I thought we had to keep watch on a lively child . ”
The escort moved as if he was embarrassed .
“Nothing . She doesn’t cause any trouble . A child that old would probably get someone to hold her when she’s tired . But, she tries to walk by herself even if it takes a lot of time . She doesn’t get upset even if she’s in a bad mood . Honestly, I think she’s an odd child . ”
Luke listened with a gloomy face . Luke probably didn’t need to stay in the dormitory and could commute from home . But, Lei will still end up spending the day alone .
“It’s because I forcefully separated her from the Hunters… . ”
“But, if you bring them here, then you’ll take away their futures . ”
Our hatred for the kidnappers grew stronger . If it hadn’t been for them, then she could be at ease .
“I don’t want to accept it, but I have to…”
“Otou-sama, what’re you talking about?”
“It’s probably not good for her to be alone during the day . The Prince wants Lei to be his playmate . I don’t want her to go out, but then she’ll be able to go to the castle with me . ”
“I refuse,” Luke yelled .
“I’ve heard about him in school . He’s a year older than Lei, but he’s naughty and violent . That’s why he doesn’t have a playmate . ”
I resented that I had to give my important Lei to such a person .
“But, I can’t think of another way to cheer up Lei . ”
“That’s-!”
Luke doesn’t know how to either . Even if she was by my side, it didn’t mean that everything would go well .
Translator: Blushy
Editor: Sam