27 – Daily life before leaving
After Edgar decided to return to Hespania together, Helene contacted the family and delayed the return schedule.
Even though he could return to Ardenum whenever he wanted, he thought that he would need time to prepare his mind as he was leaving the house where he had stayed for 14 years and going to a foreign country.
“Are we going to Hespania the day after tomorrow? It’s strangely tense.”
Edgar, who had been checking the magic operation with Ariel’s help from early in the morning, muttered quietly.
I wasn’t too nervous when I made up my mind to leave for Hespania, but as the day approached, a part of my heart trembled strangely.
Should I say that it is closer to excitement rather than tension?
In any case, it was a very subtle sensation to tickle it as if it were being gently scratched with a feather.
“Are you nervous too?”
Ariel, who had been listening to this quietly, had a doubt in her eyes.
He didn’t show any signs of nervousness, and I thought he didn’t think much of it because he wasn’t as calm as usual.
Besides, Ed, who is no one else, and the word tension were a very inappropriate combination.
“I’m a human too, of course.”
“Huh… that’s interesting.”
We’ve been together for nearly 13 years, but it’s the first time I’ve known this.
Even the tall man who attacked a wild boar when he was 10 years old is nervous.
It was fun to see the unexpected side, but at the same time, I was worried.
“Are you really going to be okay? It’s funny to ask now.”
“Because it’s okay. Hey, I’ve already heard that question over ten times.”
“Know. I wasn’t going to ask any more, but since you’re nervous for some reason, it’s just that I’m anxious.”
Edgar sighed as if he couldn’t help it, jumped up from his seat, and stroked her hair gently.
“Are you so untrustworthy of me?”
“Hey, put your hands on your head and tell me. How much trouble did you have to decorate in the morning?”
Of course, stroking is good… No, it was just not bad, but I was able to get my tidyed up hair messy without borrowing someone else’s hand.
If Shuri, the lady-in-waiting, was by her side, she wouldn’t care too much if her hair would be damaged at least once, but while she was here, she had to do it by herself from head to toe.
“Then you just have to pack up and leave, why are you decorating like that in the morning? Are you going to go out against each other?”
“Chi, do you know who made it to like you!? These are the qualities of a lady!”
Anyway, this stupid guy is real.
He was so keen on pissing himself off that even if he tried to contain his anger, he couldn’t stand it.
what? meet?
Any other word would have been possible at least extenuating circumstances, but that one word was very irritating.
At this point, I wonder if he is scratching his insides knowingly.
“The immature princess sat down and said something like a lady’s knowledge. Even now, they start with their fists.”
“That’s just for you… … !”
Angry Ariel tried to shout something, but realized that it was a rather embarrassing line and hurriedly swallowed her back.
In fact, it’s a statement that can be understood just by looking at the circumstances behind it, but somehow the nuance sounded like a grumble between lovers, so it was awkward to say.
Edgar tilted his head and asked, ‘Only for you?’, but Ariel turned her head away and kept her mouth shut.
There wasn’t even a fairy tale worth of words to say to a man like that.
“Cut off your anger and tell me about the new lady-in-waiting and your friend. Come to think of it, I couldn’t even hear your current situation properly.”
“Is that the attitude of asking for someone’s medicine?”
“Then, how can I get down on my knees?”
I wanted to tell him to kneel, but then I couldn’t bear it because the picture of this man lying facedown on the grass without a moment’s hesitation was drawn.
Phew.
Ariel let out a small sigh and asked her to sit down for a moment, as there was no need to kneel.
“Sit here?”
“Then where is the place to sit?”
“That too.”
Originally, the wooden box around here had just been removed yesterday, so there was no proper place to sit.
In the end, Edgar sat down on a bed on the grass, and Ariel, who was sitting behind him, suddenly put her head on his thigh.
Edgar did it a few times when he was young, but Edgar was dumbfounded because he didn’t know how to ask for it even at this age.
However, without pushing her away, he raised one corner of his mouth and tidied up his disheveled hair.
“Whenever you say your hair is ruined, now you lie down on the bed.”
“It’s already broken anyway, so I should get something in return by telling the story.”
“Can’t you just give a friend a listen to it for free?”
In the harsh reality, the sound of air escaping from Edgar’s mouth was weakly heard.
“I’ll tell you the story, but I know you won’t leave me alone if you’re looking at my friend for no reason.”
“Will you pay attention to me that he is crazy? At least it’s you, so you talk to a guy like me and do that.”
“… Heh, heh. I just need to know.”
If he tried to do something stupid without knowing his level, he was going to punish him with magic right away, but fortunately, it didn’t seem like that.
Ariel snorted with a somewhat satisfied expression and soon began to recite one by one about the new human relationships.
“First of all, Shuri, the maid, is the daughter of Sheppy, whom you know well. It hasn’t been long since you came under my exclusive jurisdiction, but you’ve been working for our family before then.”
Whenever she visited the Billhark family, she always left Shuri at her parents’ house, so she never had a chance to introduce her.
Edgar had only heard the name, but since he knew nothing about his personality or age, he became interested in it.
Not in a rational sense, of course.
“Are they the same age as us?”
“You are one year older. But when I see her, she’s more like a younger sister than an older sister. There are many tears.”
“I think I know what it feels like.”
It probably means that he has a lot of aegyo innately and expresses his emotions clearly.
Edgar knew that Ariel was quite blunt towards others other than himself and his family, so when he drew an imaginary picture of a person named Shuri, he wondered if they would be a good match.
“Your personality seems to be quite different from Sheppy.”
“yes. To be honest, I didn’t even think about it until I said it was a mother and daughter relationship. According to Sheppy, it’s because Shuri resembles her father a lot. They say her hair is the same color as her father’s.”
“Hoo.”
You inherited a lot of your father’s lineage.
Edgar had heard many times that he looked more like his father than his mother, so I somehow felt a sense of kinship with him.
Come to think of it, somewhere in the past, I heard a superstition that a woman lives happily only when she resembles her father, and a son lives happily only when he resembles his mother.
If that statement is true, then Shuri’s future is guaranteed.
Anyway, I wanted to meet you at least once.
“Who is your friend?”
“Sylvia? He has a good personality and likes to play pranks. Worse than you?”
“Ooh, is that a bit harsh?”
Edgar was also the type to boast that he was second to others when it came to jokes, but he’s even better than that. It seemed that everyday life could be considered a joke.
“Anyway, being together is tiring. Because I have no mind.”
Ariel shook her head in disgust and buried her face in Edgar’s thigh.
But even so, Edgar could tell that the girl named Sylvia was a close friend of hers.
That would also be the case, since her lips were drawing a faint arc the whole time she was talking about Sylvia.
However, there was one stumbling block.
“Aren’t you being swayed by a friend named Sylvia and taking out your anger on your lady-in-waiting?”
Edgar, who was listening carefully to the story of the two, decided to poke it just in case, thinking that the front and back fit oddly.
How did she find out that Shuri, the maid of honor, cries a lot?
Ariel, who was played by other people’s pranks, would not be able to easily hold back her anger with a moderate amount of anger, so where did she vent her anger?
And as if to prove this, Ariel turned her buried face in the opposite direction and avoided answering with her mouth closed.
“… … .”
“… Hey, don’t avert your eyes naturally.”
This bitch is real.
Ever since I was young, I had been asked not to treat people under me like that, but as soon as I got an exclusive lady-in-waiting, it seems that she became the owner and behaved very well.
There was no way a 15-year-old girl who had just become a maid could endure it.
“I’m done talking, so I’m going to take a nap. Don’t wake me up.”
“If he doesn’t wake up, grab him and throw him into a tree?”
“Try it. I will tell my mother everything.”
Edgar’s point of view was predicted to be the most lethal counterattack, and eventually he hid his hands behind Ariel’s back and let out a deep sigh.
“What would you do if I asked your lady-in-waiting and got the answer I expected?”
“What, what are you going to do? Because I didn’t do anything.”
“Say it straight. Otherwise, I’ll risk reaching Madame Helen and throw it away right away.”
As time passed, I thought I had matured a bit, but somehow the contents inside were the same as before.
She kept her innocence as it was. Even if it was good, there was no need to change the core of being an immature princess.
“At that time, I will receive all the punishment you ask for. Is that okay?”
“Okay, then let’s move on to this for now.”
As Edgar gritted his teeth and reduced his fighting spirit, Ariel glanced at his expression and laughed inwardly.
Anyway, the owner of Shuri is himself.
Even when Amman Edgar asked Shuri to tell the truth, she couldn’t carelessly say anything because of the time she had to spend with him.
‘It’s my victory.’
Imagining Edgar’s face wet with a sense of defeat, Ariel smiled as if flirting.
I feel a little sorry for Shuri, but it’s okay to apologize later or give her a present.
Took.
An amaryllis fluttered in the wind and tumbled across the floor.