Chapter 176
Translator: Blushy
Editor: SenjiQ
After playing hide-and-seek a lot, they got bored . Then, “Okay, let’s play tag!” it turned out like this . Well, of course . But there was a problem .
The odds of winning at tag are proportional to the speed and nimbleness of one’s feet . This means that the two and three year olds are at a disadvantage . So, I had a strategy meeting with Nico .
“Nico, weth’sh do thhath . ”
“That, huh . ” Nico groaned and crossed his arms . Even at the castle, there were times when we went against Chris, and even if we made Chris our ally, we had to go against Felicia, Nii-sama or Gill, or against other unfavourable conditions . Therefore, Nico and I plan and practice our strategy each time .
“The problem with that is that we can only do it once . ”
“We can’th win againshth big widsh in thag in thhe firshth pwace . ” (We can’t win against big kids in tag in the first place)
“Especially not you Lei . ”
It’s annoying how he made it sound as if I was slow .
I glanced at Lawk and Jeff . They were talking about something . By the way, Nii-sama and the others were looking at us with a smile while in deep conversation . It’s good that they seem to be enjoying themselves .
“I think it’s fine if we have fun even if we lose . ”
How upright is this three year old? But the reality is that it’s not all about having fun . The world of little kids is tough . We have to make a big impact from the beginning .
“Ith’sh noth fun tho woshe aww thhe thime . ” (It’s not fun to lose all the time)
We should still try even if we know that we’re going to lose . It’s important to be acknowledged .
“Jushth once . If we win jushth once thhen ith’ww be oursh . ” (Just once . If we win just once, then it’ll be ours)
“Is that how it is?”
“Yesh . ”
“Then, let’s do it . ”
We had to have special rules for tag to do this . We will definitely lose in an ordinary game of tag .
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“Gib me wong wniththed woow . ” (Give me long knitted wool)
“Knitted wool?”
The maid looked at me curious when I asked for this, but she prepared it for me . Nico and I took that and laid the wool in the shape of a big gourd in a wide area . Everyone looked at us curiously . I had the feeling that Hans, Natalie, Nii-sama and Gill were smiling wryly . Nii-sama and Gill were probably remembering what had happened to them once .
“‘It’ will be outside of these lines, and the others will be in the gourd . If ‘it’ can touch the people inside the gourd then ‘it’ wins . If ‘it’ can’t touch the people inside then ‘it’ loses,” Nico explained .
“Alright, I’ll probably catch the people inside this narrow space in no time!” Lawk, who was ‘it’, said lively .
“Then, we three will be inside . Alright, begin!” At the sound of Jeff’s voice, Lawk ran around the gourd, but I moved in a straight line for the gourd’s thickest part, where he wouldn’t be able to reach me . I did get caught eventually, but the game lasted for a while and it was quite fun .
On the other hand, even if I become ‘it’, I can eventually catch them as they move if I wait at the narrow part of the gourd . It’s a very child-friendly game of tag .
The time had finally come after we changed ‘it’ a few times . As expected, Lawk realised that he didn’t have to run around and just wait at the gourd’s narrowest point .
“Nico . ”
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“Ready?”
“Ai!”
Operation time . Nico and I began to move inch by inch to the thinnest part of the gourd .
“Quickly!”
Lawk grinned, since he was convinced that he was going to win . Nico approached close to him and quickly shifted to the side . Lawk reached out and lost his balance a little .
I quickly got down on all four and crawled past him in a narrow space .
“B-bug . ”
Rude . You’re always like this even though you’ve seen me done this many times . How are you a guard? Honestly, it’s just that I still crawl faster than I run . I didn’t practice crawling just for the sake of it .
“Ah, that’s not fair!”
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“There’sh no ruwe shaying I can’th craww . ” (There’s no rule saying I can’t crawl)
“Ah!”
Nico quickly moved to the thin place while Lawk was distracted by me . He won’t be able to catch Nico now even if Nico just waits there .
Nico and I folded our arms and grinned at the gourd’s thickest place . But we let our guard down and Lawk caught us from the other side . What a shame .
“You guys are good . ”
However, this made Lawk like us, and Jeff also liked us since we gave Lawk a run for his money . Thus, we had to come up with interesting games to play while we were in the mansion .
“If onwy I shthayed quieth from the shtharth…” (If only I stayed quiet from the start)
I regretted it but, “You’re not very quiet in the first place, so what could you have done?”
“Tsk . ”
That’s not true . I am . But it was the winter of my second year when I realised that I might be a little bit competitive .