Chapter 113
Chapter 113: Looking Forward to Tomorrow
But, the people at the castle are horrible at arranging things . And, it’s not about me .
“Otou-syama, worw withh thhe barrier . ” (Otou-sama, work with the barrier . )
“That’s right . Lei’s smart . ”
“You worw withh thhe barrier shomethimesh . Buth why are you bushy?” (You work with the barrier sometimes . But why are you so busy?)
“Hmm . Otou-sama does other work as well . Domestic affairs, ah, how should I put this? I have to decide a lot of things . ”
He doesn’t just work with the barrier . And, because other people can’t do his work for him, he has to rush in the morning . But, if I were someone from Kingdom, then I wouldn’t even leave important work to influential people, because that’s too much power for someone to have, right?
What I derived from this is that Kingdom is a peaceful country, but it is full of incompetent people .
I finished my food while I was thinking . It’s fun to eat in the carriage . Natalie wiped my hands and continued to hold my hand as she gently stroked my palm .
“Nathawie?”
“Leilsama, I’ve been worried . Does it hurt where you were hurt?”
“Oh, ah . ”
So, she’s talking about that?
“Ith’sh oway now . ”
“Don’t be reckless . Hans and I were both surprised,” Natalie said, and she really did look worried .
“What are you talking about?”
“Mm, she protected His Highness and got hit by a branch . ”
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“What?!”
Otou-sama took my hand, stared at it and sighed in relief .
“There’s no mark . By a branch… So you’re saying His Highness was being beaten by his tutor?”
“That’s right . The teachers at school also hit boys who skip class, but I’m surprised that someone would be that strict on a three-year-old . Leilsama saw this, and she protected him . ”
“Ai . Hurth, no good . No hiththing . ”
People don’t remember stuff even if they’re hit .
“If I recall, he was Prince Lambert’s tutor . People say that the royal family’s education is strict every generation . Ridiculous . ”
He gets straight to the point .
“Otou-syama, were you hith?”
“I never did anything for me to get hit . If I did get hit, then I would’ve struck back with a swift attack . ”
Otou-sama will do that .
“Otou-syama, throubweshome . ”
“What Lei? Sympathy can turn to love . That damn Lambert, he better not be thinking that he could take advantage of Lei’s kindness to sympathise with Prince Nicholas to win favours . ”
“Otou-syama…”
I don’t think those people can think up something like that . And, can you stop calling a member of the royal family without their title? But, you also call the Prince, Nico, you say? It’s fine since he’s my playmate .
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“I’ww go thomorrow thoo . Then, I’ww pway in thhe garden . ”
I didn’t get to play today after all . Otou-sama watched me expressionlessly as I bounced on my seat, but then he smiled . Nii-sama was really annoyed when he heard about this afterwards .
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A Stormy Child (Linus’s Perspective)
“I’m late . ”
The door opened without a knock . The two children didn’t move an inch at the sound and were leaning against each other on top of the sofa with a picture book in their laps . It wasn’t lunchtime yet, but everyone was flustered and wondered what they should do about the two sleeping children on the sofa when Albans-dono entered the room .
“This is… She must have been exhausted . I came to take her to lunch with me, but this is good . I’ll take her home like this,” he whispered and picked up Leilsama without looking at His Highness, then he started walking away . The maid and guard quickly followed after him . We, who remained, were stunned .
“Albans’s selfishness…” I couldn’t help but mutter . However, His Highness, Nicholas, woke up because Leilsama was gone . He doesn’t usually take naps . He might have fallen asleep because Leilsama had .
“Where’s Lei?” His Highness immediately said when he looked next to him and noticed that no one was there .
“Albans-dono took her home because she fell asleep . ”
“I told her I would play with her after I finish my studies, didn’t I?!”
That’s true . He studies in the mornings and trains in the afternoon . Playtime is between that . This is how His Highness’s life is like . Of course, His Highness would be angry since he was made to study even though he was excited to have a playmate .
“Leilsama is younger than you, so I guess she got tired,” I said, and His Highness seemed to be thinking about Leila . He agreed that she was younger .
“Then, what about tomorrow?! Is she coming tomorrow?!”
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“She should be…”
This depended on Albans-dono, so I couldn’t say anything . Even if the tutor hadn’t meant to, if he knew that Leilsama had been hit with a branch, then he might not let her come to the castle anymore because he treasures her .
“Then, that’s alright . ” His Highness said and handed the picture book to the maid without losing his temper .
“Your Highness . ”
“What?”
The tutor, Odds, called out to His Highness . His work was supposed to end at this time .
“Let’s try writing the letters from the ‘a’ line again . ”
“Study time is already finished . ”
“Leilsama will definitely be surprised if you show her what you wrote . ”
“Hmm . ” His Highness thought a little, then sat quietly in front of the desk and held his pencil .
“You turn the pencil to write ‘a’ like Lei’s hair,” he whispered as he moved his pencil . Then, he finished within a couple minutes .
“That’s right . Your Highness, you wrote everything correctly . We’ll finish here today . ”
“Hmm . It’s pretty easy . ”
His Highness nodded in satisfaction, stood up from his chair and went to dinner with his guard escorting him .
“Odds-dono . ”
“Linus-dono, there’s no doubt . He learnt how to write the things he couldn’t for a few months in just a day . ”
Odds’s hands were trembling .
“I know he just memorised them . But, he didn’t want to learn properly and didn’t care about how he wrote . I wanted to motivate him somehow, so we could move on to the next part, but I couldn’t . ”
Odds grasped his hands tightly .
“He learnt it in only a few hours . And, that one-year-old baby knows how to write better than His Highness . She didn’t get fed up with His Highness, and got him to memorise it properly while stroking his ego . ”
“No way, that’s a coincidence . ”
“You think so? She told me that the branch was forbidden . She seemed older than me…”
“That’s impossible . In any case, it would be nice if she could study with him as well as be his playmate . ”
She didn’t get in the way of his studies in the end .
“And, I wonder if His Highness can keep his temper in . ”
“I don’t know when he’ll flare up next…”
The biggest problem remained . Even so…
“Fu, fufu . ”
“What’s wrong, Linus-dono?”
“She’s not shy and was like the storm . ”
“Ah, you’re right . ”
For some reason, I was looking forward to tomorrow .