Translator: Blushy
Editor: delishnoodles
I rested the day after my debut and rode on the Rug Dragon with Ojii-sama and Nii-sama . Nii-sama also took a day off from the academy since Ojii-sama was here .
“Kyee . ”
The little dragon became completely familiar with the group . She ran with the other dragons and helped look after the smaller ones .
“Dragon!”
“Kyee . ”
She still ran to me when I called her .
“Kyee . ”
She put her head closer to me when I reached out, so I rubbed her big head . However, another dragon approached and poked my body .
“Hahaha, the dragons love Lei,” Ojii-sama laughed, but the dragons probably did like me . But, the dragon, who was poking me, looked at me meaningfully . I suddenly realised this, and pulled out the dragon whistle .
“Kyee . ”
So, you get what I mean? The dragon said .
“Bwow?”
“Kyee . ”
“Puu, puu . ”
“Kyee, kyee . ” The dragons sang happily and ran around energetically .
“I wonder why they react to the whistle . ” Ojii-sama put his hand to his chin and pondered .
“Soundsh wike da wind . ”
“The wind? I wonder if they remember the wide prairies . ”
“Kyee . ”
I don’t know what they’re thinking, but they look like they’re having fun, so it’s okay .
Otou-sama said that the Rug Dragon couldn’t run while we were riding her, but Ojii-sama said that it would be fine if she jogged, so Nii-sama and I rode her around the ranch with a fair bit of speed .
“Lei, why don’t you come to Ojii-sama’s place the next time you have a big holiday?”
“Oway!”
I was happy with Nii-sama’s proposal and Ojii-sama was delighted as well .
“Yes, come, come . ”
“I didn’t get to enjoy my time there last time because we moved around a lot and I had to train my sword skills, but it’ll be nice to stay there for a while and take rides on the Rug Dragon . ”
I heard that Nii-sama went to Ojii-sama’s place, but I didn’t know that he had such a hard time there .
“Buth, Awishthair thoo . ”
“Hmm?”
“I wanth tho meeth Barth and Miww thoo . ”
We had only just separated, and they were probably busy with their studies, but it’s alright to want to meet them .
“Those guys will surely come to see you even if you don’t do anything . ”
Those guys, that doesn’t sound like words Nii-sama would use .
“You’ll need a big holiday if you want to go see them . We’ll talk to Otou-sama about it, but we have to visit Ojii-sama first . Then, we’ll think about going to Wester after . ”
“Ai . ”
We’ve made plans for a trip .
“By the way, how long will you be staying here, Ojii-sama?”
“Well, actually…”
Ojii-sama looked at the ranch after picking me up when Nii-sama asked him this question .
“You probably heard about this Luke . Nobles from Farland are pushing His Highness Albert to marry . ”
“Albert-sama… Yes, I’ve heard . But, I’ve heard that no foreigner has ever married into the royal family, so they probably won’t go through with it . ”
Who is Prince Albert? I listened to their conversation while looking at the ranch and Rug Dragons .
“He’s the second Prince, Lei . In other words, Nico’s uncle . ”
“Oji-syama . ”
“He’s about 20 years old, so he’s around the same age as Marcus Molesey . ”
The Molesey House is part of the Four Marquises, and they have wintery-sky eyes . If I remember correctly, the oldest one is Har-ojisama . And, “Marw . Grey-oniisyama . ”
“That’s right, but…”
Nii-sama, what’s wrong?
“The only one who you can call Nii-sama is me . You can call Mark Oji-sama . Yes, that’s good enough for him . ”
“Yesh, around shame age ash Barth . ”
“Same as Bart? Then, Bart is an Oji-sama too . ”
So overbearing . Ojii-sama held me as he laughed, and there was nothing more unstable than this .
“Lei, you only need one Ojii-sama too . You can call me as much as you like . ”
“Ojii-syama . ”
“What is it, Lei?”
“That wasn’t what we were talking about, Ojii-sama . I asked you how long you would be staying here . ”
“Hahaha, oh yeah . ”
Ojii-sama put me down since I got tired of being held, and went back to the topic at hand .
“Since people in Farland are pushing for it, they decided that the two will at least meet face-to-face . ”
“Farland…”
Nii-sama frowned . I listened as I gathered some kind of fluff that had been mixed in with the dead winter grass .
“Wester and Easter won’t remain silent if the royal family has a connection with Farland . They will probably remove him from the royal family and turn him into a normal noble, but what is the King thinking?” Nii-sama sometimes says things that a 12-year-old wouldn’t .
“Surprisingly, it might just be a mere miai1) . ”
“Miai?” Nii-sama asked back .
“His Highness Lambert happened to find the woman he loved from a lower-ranked noble family, but His Highness Albert patrols around the country, so he doesn’t have that opportunity . He might not want to make connections with powerful nobles in the country . ”
“If that’s the case, then it would be troublesome if he marries a noble from Wester of Easter . ”
“Well, the royals can’t leave the Kingdom . It’s obvious that they would invite the young lady to the royal capital . So, they’ll be meeting in Neville . ”
So, Ojii-sama is…
“Ojii-sama, you’re thawing him thhere?”
“That’s right . It’s a hassle . ”
It seems like the Albans aren’t the only ones who say unnecessary things .
“Of course, my main purpose was to meet Lei . ”
“Ai!”
It’s fine since he can finish what he has to do .
“I think he went to the south on an inspection, but he should be back soon, so we’ll go to the north together . Until then, well, I’ll be staying here . ”
Then, I realised that I never met His Highness Albert even when I was with Nico . The Prince should take his time to return so that Ojii-sama can stay here for a long time, I thought as if it was someone else’s business .