163. Avoiding the leash (3)
The next day, a small party was held on the grass of the orphanage.
After completing the negotiations, Count Timan sent my sister to the orphanage as promised.
However, only one person came to the orphanage right away.
Once upon a time, when I was applying to knighthood school, my older sister packed me a lunch and bought me a wooden sword.
Elina.
“Veil… !!”
“Sister….”
My voice trembled when I saw my older sister after a long time.
Even though it had been 10 years since she was gone, her face was almost the same.
“How long has it been since this… !!”
No.
Is it because she received luxurious dresses and care?
“She’s been doing well… ?”
In fact, it has become more beautiful than before.
Her dull brown hair was shiny and the freckles on the bridge of her nose had long since disappeared.
“Yes, as you can see.”
“Oh my goodness, look at how much better your body has improved. “Is it really okay to get married now?”
Timan’s sixth wife, Elina, grabbed her shoulder excitedly.
And then, I massaged it to my heart’s content in front of everyone.
“Ah…. “This is the basic level for all knights.”
Is it because the person I miss died in a past life and met again?
For some reason, I was very happy to see her face.
Because it felt as if we had defied fate and met each other.
“But that’s good, I heard that most commoner knights go to the outskirts or become servant knights….”
“You already knew that?”
I smiled at her knowledge of information.
Then, my sister crossed her arms and answered confidently.
“He told her.”
“Is it him?”
I furrowed my eyebrows at the grim face of Count Timan that suddenly came to mind.
Then, Elina smiled brightly as if she had expected it.
“Yes, it’s okay, but please listen to anything I say.”
“It’s unexpected….”
When I made a puzzled expression, the wife of the richest man in Cornell nodded her head.
“I am a good person inside. “He didn’t even do anything to me when he brought me here.”
She placed her hand on her own heart.
And, she spoke with a relaxed expression.
“He gave me a private tutor until I became an adult. Thanks to you, I learned a lot of things I wanted to learn.”
Elina’s goal in the past was to run a large store.
She thought about her feelings and even let her study.
“Wasn’t he a lecher like a beast…? .”
I knew that Count Timan was extraordinary, unlike other nobles.
I never dreamed it would be like this.
“The beast might get hit….”
After listening to me, Elina covered her lips with her palm.
And then, she muttered with a somewhat red face.
“Well, what…” ?”
When I asked again, Elina half closed her eyes.
Her eyes, which have become thinner, have become more mature and feminine than before.
“No-. “Anyway, I’m living well now.”
Elina waved her hand, saying she had said something pointless.
And then, she held my hand again with the same neat look in her eyes as when she was in the orphanage.
“I’m sorry for worrying about our veil and for coming to visit so late.”
“What do you mean, how happy I am to see you again like this.”
We met after a long time and smiled together.
“How will you live from now on? Are you still in the capital?”
You turned your head briefly after hearing her words.
And then I looked at the round table of Leah and her female student Lydia, who were disguised as government officials.
Irina, disguised as a nun, is even seen playing with her children, holding her state documents in one hand.
Everyone came all the way here for me even though they were busy.
“….”
She watched the scene and raised the corners of her mouth.
“Yes. “I don’t think I’ll ever leave the imperial capital.”
Elina smiled as if relieved to hear what I said.
“Come visit often. “I will continue to stay at Cornell.”
“Yes, there are more reasons to stop by my hometown.”
She was having a pleasant conversation with her.
Suddenly, I felt the gaze of the princesses I had seen earlier.
“….”
Lydia looked on with a sullen expression, her fangs sticking out from her lips like a sulking cat.
Leah was also leisurely sipping her tea, but she already knew that her teacup was empty.
Irina also forced herself to look down at the government document, but it was a blank page.
Looking at them like that, I chuckled.
“Sister, just a moment.”
“What’s going on?”
Elina asked me as I headed towards the princesses.
“I also have some people taking care of me these days.”
Covering her lips with her fist, she cleared her throat.
And then, she stood in front of the noble women sitting at her round table.
“Big. “Are you okay with the party?”
In response to my question, Lydia munched on her candy in her mouth with a sullen expression on her face.
“I don’t know-.”
“I cast a spell to reduce awareness, so it’s okay.”
Lydia mumbles because her mouth is full of candy.
Even Leah with a cold expression.
‘Could it be that he was jealous of me being close to my older sister…? ?’
“You seem quite close to your sister, Bale.”
The same goes for Irina, who approached from behind.
It seems like this is the first time I’ve seen someone talk openly with me.
“This is the first time I’ve seen a woman speak informally to you.”
“It has to be that way. “When I was young, my older sister would wash my clothes herself.”
While we were washing together.
Irina’s thin eyes sparkled at those words.
My eyes were round like a wolf, probably filled with all kinds of delusions.
“Yeah, right…” ?”
The same goes for Lydia and Leah.
Lydia, who had been taking a mixed bath together, cleared her throat and swallowed her saliva deeply.
“Wow, that’s absurd…. Does it make sense for men and women to shower together?”
Leah also put down her teacup and became interested in the story.
Although she pretended to be indifferent on the outside, she was listening to my whole story.
“Probably when I was young, Lydia. “If others hear it, they will misunderstand it.”
Looking at them like that, I opened my eyes like a fox.
“No way, I’m jealous… Are you doing this? ?”
The princesses responded in unison to my sly question.
“What can your sisters who are already married do to you?!”
“No, not at all!”
“That’s a cute provocation, Bale.”
The princesses answered in turn.
As if responding to this, I smiled bitterly.
“That’s right. “How can I now love someone I couldn’t protect?”
I looked at Elina having a friendly conversation with medieval nobles.
At those words, Irina pursed her lips.
“Now it would be better to just watch from afar.”
She had already become a noblewoman who was more suited to social gatherings like this than to an orphanage.
“I wanted to one day repay the favor to my sisters who took care of me like a mother.”
The reason why I worked so hard to earn money.
Among them was paying back favors to those who raised me.
“Seeing as he is living so well, I don’t think I will even have a chance to repay him.”
However, what meaning does my penny have to her as she becomes the wife of a wealthy man, Cornell?
When I realized this, I glanced back at the princesses and laughed.
“I rambled on for a long time, sorry.”
Afterwards, I bowed my head and apologized to them.
“I was not acting as usual with your highnesses.”
“….”
The princesses looked blankly at me apologizing.
When they made no response, I quietly retreated.
Cain is scheduled to arrive soon, so I plan to go meet him.
“Hmm….”
The princesses looked on in silence as the day went away.
They raised their eyebrows as if they were intrigued by my bitter expression for the first time.
As if he wanted to see me like this.
“Veil….”
“Isn’t it cute like that? “You look like a downcast fox.”
Irina had a meaningful expression and Lydia was smiling.
“It certainly seems like that girl named Elina has a special relationship with Vale.”
Leia also raised her monocle and analyzed it coolly.
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“….”
The princesses stared at the elegant Elina.
Even though she was obviously less handsome and noble than them, her presence was quite annoying.
“Hmph, it’s annoying.”
Lydia quietly got up from the round table.
And then, after pinning her pigtails neatly.
I approached Elina secretly.
“Oh, hello. Miss-.”
Is it because I met many nobles with Count Timan?
As soon as Elina saw Lydia, she knew that she was her noble daughter.
“What brings you to me?”
“Follow me.”
“Yes… ?”
She followed her female student to the back of her orphanage.
There was a luxurious oriental carriage parked there.
“Get inside.”
Elina paused at the words of the girl with red eyes and pigtails.
“Uh, where are you going…?” ? Besides, who are you?”
The voice of her who got on the carriage first.
Because I felt some kind of intimidation in her voice.
“I have something to talk about for a moment, so just ride.”
She once felt a similar feeling from her husband, Count Timan.
However, this much momentum from a child who is only in his twenties.
‘Could it be a grand duchess?… ?’
Elina obediently got into the carriage.
Then, Lydia sat across from her seat and ordered her coachman not to allow anyone to come near her.
“I unintentionally overheard the conversation between you and Veil.”
Lydia chuckled and rested her chin on the back of her hand.
“You are the sister who took care of him at the orphanage, right?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
Elina placed her hand on her chest and answered politely.
She instinctively recognized that the woman before her was of higher status than herself.
“If you grew up together and spoke informally with each other, then there’s nothing you don’t know about him.”
“….”
In response to her question, Veil’s older sister pursed her lips.
Because she cared for him, she had no intention of giving any information to this suspicious female student.
“Ho…. “Does she plan to become a nobleman’s concubine and remain loyal to the subject who treats her with favor and pampering?”
“What do you want from me?”
Elina asked with her brown eyes flashing.
Her strong eyes resemble a veil.
“Hmm, well….”
Lydia chuckled at those eyes.
Because I liked her will as much as his.
“Let the carriage start.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
‘Your Highness… ?’
Elina looked blankly at the pig-tailed female student in front of her.
Come to think of it, she heard that there was one princess of the empire with black hair.
“No way, the 3rd princess….”
“It doesn’t matter who I am.”
Lydia cut her off by extending her palm like a haughty empress.
“What’s important is why Bale likes you.”
Just looking at her appearance, she was Lydia, who thought she was much better than Elina.
However, despite this, Elina and Veil are as friendly as lovers.
It stimulated the curiosity of the young Eastern monarch.
“Are you sure the monarch is in love with the veil?”
A sharp question, typical of Veil’s sister.
At this, Lydia cleared her voice.
“I don’t know anything up to that point. Just answer my questions.”
“….”
Elina stared at Lydia’s blushing face.
Then, without realizing it, she burst into laughter, perhaps remembering her younger sisters who loved veils at her orphanage.
“What…?” . “Are you laughing at me now?”
“Oh, no. “I will tell you how.”
Her man’s sister said with a grin.
“First comes friendliness.”
“Friendliness?”
Elina clasped her hands together.
And, she smiled kindly like a kind older sister.
“Bale, did you study well? “Are you tired?”
Elina suddenly asks, saying Veil’s name.
Lydia’s red eyes twitched at that sight.
“I’ll prepare rice first-. “Hurry up and go wash up.”
Family-like like her wife.
Lydia gazed intently at her reassuring mood towards her man with her mature eyes.
“Like this, Bale likes homely sisters. “It felt like she was being hugged warmly when she was going through a difficult time.”
“Yeah, but isn’t that only possible for tall, mature people like you?”
Lydia looked at the mirror in her carriage. The image of herself reflected within her seemed far from her home.
Maybe it’s her younger sister.
“No. Surprisingly, the veil is weak even against petite types like the princess.”
Elina spoke to Lydia with her serious eyes.
“There was a younger sibling at the orphanage who was family-oriented and loved veils. “Her cuteness was so overflowing that Bale always blushed whenever she saw the child.”
Lydia listened to the news that her veil was having a hard time with a type similar to hers.
“That child, like the 3rd princess, had attractive eyes.”
“Hmm, hmm…. That’s quite interesting. So, you mean he really likes that type of guy?”
Elina nodded to her question.
Afterwards, she spoke interestingly with fox eyes as thin as a veil.
“This leads to the second method, which is skinship.”
“S, skinship… ?”
Vail’s first love smiled.
And then, she untied her shoelaces.
She said, “She can ask her man to tie her shoelaces, and she can bend him down.”
Lydia imagined her veil bowing her head before her.
Her fingers twitched as if she wanted to stroke the small top of her head.
“It’s classic, but there’s also the method of drinking her coffee and intentionally dousing it with her foam. “A good veil will definitely clean it yourself.”
Timan’s 6th wife, she was Elina, who shared her affection with him several times.
Every single one of her actions was as expected.
“When our bodies touch each other like this, relationships that never existed before become deeper.”
“hahahaha…. “It’s really fox-like to act out of fear that someone might be Veil’s sister.”
Elina smiled.
And, she looked at Lydia as friendly as if she were her own orphanage sister.
“I’m just telling you because I think the princess really likes my younger brother.”
“Seriously… ?”
The two-tailed girl tilted her head.
“Yes, no matter how much she is the princess, if she had tried to use my younger brother as a plaything, she would have kept quiet. But….”
Elina remembered Lydia, who blushed shyly when asked about her veil.
She realized that what she felt was genuine affection rather than mere possessiveness.
“I am telling you this because I think you will cherish Veil just as my husband treated me with care.”
“….”
Lydia glanced at Bale’s half-sister.
Then, she immediately raised the corners of her mouth.
“Your friendship is much better than relatives trying to kill each other.”
The two women acknowledged each other.
I realized that it would be safe even if I left it next to the veil.
―――――.
And, just in time, the carriage stopped.
“We have arrived, Your Highness.”
Elina looked at the window with curious eyes as to where she had gone.
However, it was obscured by a curtain so I couldn’t tell where it was.
“Let’s get down.”
Lydia took her with her and got out of her carriage.
Soon.
“… !”
I showed the magnificent new city construction site to Elina, who was surprised.
“Although it is only the 4th day of construction, the speed is fast with a wizard.”
“Wow, that’s amazing. Majesty….”
Lydia put her back behind her and pointed to the first floor of a huge shopping mall.
There was only one door, perhaps because there was going to be a spacious restaurant there.
“I heard you are learning management.”
Elina glanced at Lydia.
She was obviously looking down because she was tall, but her strength was so great that it was as if she was looking up to her.
“I’ll give you the first floor, so you can run it yourself.”
“Yes, yes…” ?! “Are you sure?”
Elina’s eyes flashed like a startled fox.
Then, Lydia turned her head and answered quietly.
“It’s just that I’m annoyed at being stuck with Bale, so I’m just trying to separate them. So, just work there for the rest of your life.”
The princess walked with her back to her, perhaps intending to look around the construction site.
Elina stared at the princess and then hurriedly followed her.
“Go, let’s go together, Your Highness!”
「――――――」
While Cornell’s urbanization is progressing rapidly.
Cain also arrived at the orphanage.
“Wow…. What? The atmosphere has changed in the past few days….”
Cornell’s nobles crowded around the grass of the orphanage.
In addition, the young children changed into clean clothes.
The shabby orphanage began to look like an old-fashioned mansion depending on the people inside.
“All the nobles with money have gathered at Cornell.”
Thanks to being a technician stationed near Cornell, he was able to recognize everyone’s faces.
But.
“Yes… ? But who is that….”
A saintess sitting in a remote corner of the party hall.
Her outstanding appearance made me frown.
“….”
Cain slowly approached them.
Finally, the moment we made eye contact with them.
“Three, oh my… ! Her Royal Highness… ?!”
“Cain, please be quiet.”
Irina quietly placed her finger on her lips.
Then, Cain hurriedly nodded her head.
“I was using an awareness-lowering spell, but I managed to recognize you.”
“After all, I am also a knight….”
The knight who had been trembling during the appointment ceremony now skillfully bowed his head.
“But what happened here…?” . Could it be that the princesses were behind the huge power that invested in Cornell?”
As expected from the Strategy Department, she was a quick-witted Cain.
“It is a virtue of our royal family to take care of underdeveloped areas.”
Irina answered him with a grin.
Then, the knight of the frontier responded by agreeing.
“So you came dressed as a nun to do volunteer work?”
“Thank you for noticing.”
2 The princess nodded her head gracefully.
“Are you here to see Veil?”
“Yes, actually….”
Cain scratched the back of her head.
And, she carefully explained the reason.
“There is a ‘story’ I told two days ago. After hearing that, his face got worse. “I came because I was worried about that.”
Story.
Irina showed interest in those words.
“What are you talking about?”
“That…” .”
Cain cleared his throat and hesitated in her answer.
As if it wasn’t something to talk about in front of the princesses.
“Let’s talk comfortably, Cain.”
Veil’s classmate pursed her lips for a moment and turned her head.
That moment.
“Yes, I am also interested.”
She was startled by the sight of Leah coming next to her.
“1, 1St Princess… ?”
Cain swallowed deeply at the sight of the princesses approaching either side of her.
She was beautifully surrounded.