Chapter 172
Translator: Blushy
Editor: Sam
Normally, at times like this I would properly say, “Leth go . ” But this six-year-old boy, Lawk, doesn’t listen to what I say at all . Knowing that it was useless to say it to him, I let him catch me like I was dead fish .
“Prince Nico is here too! Let’s get out of this stuffy place and play outside!”
“Lawk-dono . I don’t mind playing outside . But you have to let go of Lei first . We have to take care of the young ones . ”
“Huh? Why?”
Don’t ask why . I became more sluggish . Do children from Farland not understand words?
“Don’t ask why . Isn’t it sore for Lei?”
Lawk probably looked at the caught me when he heard Prince Nico say this, but all I can see is the hand around my stomach .
“Because this girl will run away straight away, right?”
“She runs away because she doesn’t like it . And it’s not this girl . You should call her Lei . ”
A three-year-old treating a six-year-old like this . I feel like Kingdom has a bright future .
“Tsk . Fine . ”
Thank god . I tottered over to Hans since Lawk let go of me . Hans picked me up so that I wouldn’t be caught again . Honestly, my guard shouldn’t be holding onto me because they had their hands full, but in this case, it was the only way to protect me from Lawk .
“Hmph . Annoying . ”
“Lei-sama, I can hear what you’re thinking . Pretend to be a baby, pretend to be a baby . ”
“Hansh . Lei ish a baby . ”
“So you are . ”
That’s not what you’re supposed to say . The people around me don’t do much because they think I’m having fun, so it’s really tiring .
“Lei-sama, you only have smart people around you like Prince Nico . This is a life experience . ”
“Ith’sh noth an experience,” I mumbled under Hans’s chin .
“But you’re getting what you deserve too . You were so into it because you were taught a fun game . ”
“Hmph . ”
I sighed and remembered our first meeting .
We went through a lot before we left Earl Coulter’s mansion, and I had a lot of fun riding the Rug Dragon to Ojii-sama’s mansion . Prince Albert became a little more honest and he seemed to enjoy playing and talking to Nico during breaks . Above all, I’m glad Nico looked like he was having fun .
Won’t you miss having Nico taken away from you, you ask? I had Nii-sama, so I didn’t mind at all . Nii-sama usually stayed in the dormitory, so I can only be with him on the weekends, but I made some reason to be with him and it was fun even if we weren’t doing anything . I don’t mind if we just sing and dance . Family is a good thing .
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“Hmm, hmm, hmmm . ”
“What is this strange movement,” Gill looked at me and mumbled, but isn’t he being rude? I did my best to explain it to him .
“Fun feewing . ” (Fun feeling)
“Fun feeling . ”
“We’re nearwy ath Ojii-syama’s manshion . ” (We’re nearly at Ojii-sama’s mansion)
“Earl Neville’s mansion?”
That was why I showed it with this fun dance . Gill crossed his arms and tilted his head .
“It’s a lovely dance filled with Lei’s feelings . ”
“Is there something wrong with your eyes?”
Compared to Nii-sama’s smile, Gill was a failure . I looked at him with pity .
“Why are you looking at me like I’m the dumbest person around just because I don’t understand your weird dance? I don’t understand . ”
“Isn’t it because you’re not knowledgeable enough?”
“Why?”
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It’s fine as long as Nii-sama is smiling .
But, a fast dragon, instead of a fast horse, arrived from the mansion before we arrived at Ojii-sama’s mansion . They delivered a message that stated that unexpected guests had arrived from Farland .
Honestly, I underestimated the situation . No one bothered me when I was in a noble’s mansion last time, and the youngest was six-years-old . While Nii-sama and Gill were being sociable and everyone was interacting with each other, I thought I would get someone to show me something with Okasama on it . I’m sure they have portraits of her here .
I got off the dragon and went into the carriage since I couldn’t appear on a dragon at the mansion .
“Are dere picthures of Okasyama?” (Are there pictures of Okasama)
“I think I saw several on display when I came here last time . Especially the picture you could see clearly from the staircase, we’ll go look at it first . ”
“I woow forward tho ith . ” (I look forward to it)
What does Okasama look like?
“It’s a picture of her holding flowers and smiling . You really look like her even though her eyes and hair are a different colour . ”
Nii-sama squinted his eyes and looked off into the distance .
“Indeed . She looked very fleeting in that picture holding a bundle of early spring white-bellied cypress, but it’s strange how she now looks naughty once you look at it after seeing Lei . ”
Come to think of it, didn’t Gill also come to Ojii-sama’s mansion last summer? But still, isn’t that comment rude?
While we were talking about such things, the carriage eventually approached a mansion in the middle of the prairie . Looking closely, I could see four towers of some sort standing at equidistant intervals from the mansion . There seemed to be a town in front of those towers .
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“Nii-syama, whath’sh thhath?”
“I’m surprised you can see them . They appear to be watchtowers . They were made to watch over the distance since it’s impossible to build an enclosure on the prairie . Even now, people take turns to guard all directions . ”
That’s cool . There was one wide street leading from the entrance of the town to the mansion . The road was neatly laid out like a grid . There were a lot of houses on both sides, and a lot of people too .
“This is the centre of town . It’s not as lively as the royal capital, but it’s still lively . ”
“It’s because Farland is the transit point for trade . ”
Nii-sama and Gill went out of their way to explain this to help me understand .
“We’re in a hurry right now, but there will be a parade to introduce us to the people while we’re here . Aside from us, it’s rare for the royal family to visit, even if it is unofficial . ”
Nico really has it tough, I thought as if it was someone else’s problem .
We passed through town, and there was a front yard which looked like a courtyard . Ojii-sama’s mansion was there .
“Big . ”
“It’s not much different from ours, no it’s bigger than ours . ”
“It was probably built to protect the fief on the northern border . ”
I’ll probably learn about Kingdom’s history when I get a little bigger . It seems like there’s a lot of history to learn .
Then, Nii-sama got off the carriage and helped me down . People who lived in the mansion, and those who lived in Farland were there to greet us .