125 Spring inspection begins with jealousy
***[Heroine Oscar]***
Inspections in the spring are divided into east, west, north, and south every year.
Last year I visited the East, this year I visited the West, and the next year I visited the South.
There is a set route each time, and the regions and families visited change every year.
However, it was not possible to visit all the families and regions at once, even if the inspection was divided into east, west, south, and north, because the land mass was so large.
So every year, I move in this direction this year, and in that direction after several years, changing the route of the area being inspected.
This year it was my turn to inspect the West.
In the West, there are exceptionally many untouched forests, and the roads themselves often extend into the forest.
Of course, the time to subdue the demons and beasts was longer and more difficult than in other regions.
It is said that the ruling family suffers too much, and they spend more time eating jerky while riding on a horse than sitting down to eat.
There was an atmosphere of disregard for etiquette to some extent in this area, probably because of spending such a bloody time every day.
Even if the opponent behaves somewhat unbefittingly noble, they are generous, and they often show an attitude that is not very noble.
That must have played a part in the decision made by my mother and the counselor’s wives to send Katrin on a visit this spring.
In this area, any mistakes are tolerated.
Otherwise, it would have been difficult for Catherine, a novice duchess, to accompany her on an official inspection.
However, even if she was tolerant of etiquette and mistakes, it was her official duty as a duchess.
Despite the long-awaited trip, Katrin was occupied sitting in the carriage and reading a summary report on the area she was going to go from now on.
It was a simple document that contained things such as what kind of income the family was going to visit, what the family customs were like, and who the head and successor were.
Katrin grunted and stared at the paper, her brow wrinkled.
‘I must have studied hard until now, but the time was short. This is the first time I’ve seen anything about each region.’
It must have felt like going to play together, but I felt a little sorry.
Watching Katrin stare at the paper until it punctures, I gently hold her finger.
“Catherine, would you like to get some fresh air? A little horseback riding would be a change of heart.”
“… Mr. Oscar.”
Tears welled up in Catherine’s eyes as she raised her head.
“But… there’s so much to memorize…”
“…”
Katrin’s face is like someone who met a glass of water in the desert and couldn’t drink it.
The expression on his face was so desperate and desperate that it made me laugh spontaneously.
“Sit still doesn’t increase your efficiency, Katrin. As for the story of this area, I’m familiar with it, so I’ll teach you.”
“really?”
Katrin jumped up and leaned forward.
He falls half over on the desk and hugs my neck.
However, he quickly realized what he had done and dragged himself back.
My face turned red all over.
“Uh… don’t look. Forget about this… no, it never happened… uh… I want to go back a little while.”
Catherine covered her face with her hands.
Even though it’s not once or twice that the mask came off in front of me, it still seems embarrassing every time it happens.
“But Catherine, wouldn’t it be difficult to do something that hasn’t been done while still lying face down on the desk?”
When I said this with a laugh, Katrin jumped up in surprise.
I think I bumped my elbow on the desk because I was moving so fast.
I fell down again, moaning in pain.
This time I hit my forehead on the desk.
“… it hurts….”
A small voice leaked from the face attached to the desk.
Such behavior is the cause of not being seen as a woman.
I think a little change in behavior appeals to me more than adding bulky fake breasts, but Katrin’s efforts are still going in the wrong direction.
‘Well, it’s still good for me that way.’
If I became a woman too early, I would be in trouble.
Right now, a relationship like a cute little sister is perfect.
I spoke to the back of Katrin’s head, who was lying face down as if she had no intention of getting up.
“Catherine, show your face. Let’s see if there’s a lump.”
“…”
There’s no way I couldn’t hear my voice, but it doesn’t move.
Katrin remained still, with her face pressed against the desk.
It seems he doesn’t know what to do.
Maybe it’s because the tears made my face dirty.
I moved to my seat and sat next to Katrin, pulling out a handkerchief.
When I pulled Catherine’s body, I pretended to be unable to win.
I grabbed my chin and lifted it slightly, barely seeing my face.
“…”
The whole face is covered with tears.
How did so many tears spill in such a short period of time?
Could it be that there is a faucet in the eye?
It is said that the human body contains most of the water, but it may be that most of the water in women is concentrated in the eyes.
“Are you that sick?”
When I asked while wiping my face with a towel, Katrin nodded silently.
Hmm, I think the sound of hitting the desk earlier was a bit loud.
Or it didn’t come out, but the forehead was red.
I reached for the carriage window.
After tapping a couple of times on the window frame through the slightly open curtains, the butler immediately came closer.
While riding the horse, the butler leans slightly.
“Did you call, Master?”
“I want to ride with Catherine, so please prepare.”
“Okay. Wouldn’t it be better to prepare your wife’s horse with rose?”
Catherine’s two horses are prepared for this visit.
One was my horse’s mate, and the other was Katrin’s friend and favorite pony.
When I looked at her, Katrin nodded, still with tears in her eyes.
“Yes. Rose would be nice.”
“All right.”
When the butler left, this time a large face peeked through the window.
No, it’s not the face, it’s the tip of the nose.
The rhinoceros beast Puu is now so big that his face can’t fit inside the wagon.
“Puuu?”
Pooh snorts while making a worried cry.
“Stop it. If you put your face in any more, the carriage will break.”
When I said this, Pooh got a little excited and snorted into the carriage.
It wasn’t that he understood or was angry, but that he was simply happy that I had told him.
Pooh listens so well that he sometimes makes mistakes, but he doesn’t understand human language itself.
I simply feel the tone of the horse.
Whether people are angry or happy, it seems to communicate because they are sensitive to such things and act.
So, in order to properly express your intentions to the guy, you have to show it clearly with your actions.
When I gently pushed the bridge of my nose with my finger, Puu finally realized what I meant, sobbed as if he was a little depressed, and pulled his face out of the window.
“It’s okay, pouu. It hurts, but I’m not hurt.”
Katrin said to Pooh, then suddenly pressed her face against my chest.
“It hurts, Mr. Oscar. It hurts a lot.”
It can’t be helped that face has already been ruined, so anyway, do you want to use this opportunity to act like a child?
Silently laughing at Katrin’s actions of shaving and pushing her hair, I quietly stroked her back.
“Yes, it will hurt.”
“… ho… please do it.”
“…”
No, that’s a little too much, right?
not even a baby
But Katrin seems to be serious.
He closed his eyes, raised his forehead, and waited.
I suppressed my laughter and blew air on Katrin’s forehead.
“… it still hurts… just one more time.”
Katrin said and raised her forehead again as if she were standing up.
‘Hmm, by the way, Katrin, why are your lips sticking out when you ask for a name on your forehead?’
I thought about pressing down on her duck-nosed lips, but I held back because I felt like I would cry again if I did.
Even though she’s cute when she’s crying, she’s the prettiest when she’s smiling.
After that, I had to blow the wind on her forehead three more times.
If the butler hadn’t come, he might have continued to do so.
Unlike her baby-like behavior in the carriage, Katrin riding Rose looked dignified and cool like a female warrior.
‘Lovely.’
I narrowed my eyes as I ran after the well-rounded Rose.
Pooh, who was in the back, waddled and followed closely behind Rose.
Before I knew it, there was a chair for Katrin on top of Pooh.
‘Obviously it wasn’t there before.’
Pooh must have been dozing off when he saw Rose getting ready.
Rose and Pooh run ahead and behind, and escorts surround them.
Catherine burst into laughter from time to time.
Hurry up, come quickly, Katrin’s face as she looked back while saying that was vivid.
‘As expected, sitting down to study doesn’t suit her.’
I’m studying only for myself, which I hate.
That fact warmed my heart.
But the good times didn’t last long.
The forested West has few plains from which to secure a safe sight.
For a while, I ran into an area with few trees and ran, but soon there was a forest.
After sitting back in the wagon, I talked a little about the legends of the region and how the lords of the region rule the region.
At first, Katrin listened with her eyes wide open, but after a while, she began to doze off and fell asleep.
*
If you follow the long road along the forest, you can see fields cultivated along the soft ridge.
If you look farther away, there is a tall stone wall.
“I heard that the city is small, but the walls are very high.”
Katrin gazed out of the carriage window at the city, her face elongated.
“Because this is a place close to the forest.”
But it’s not just to stop the Witchbeast.
Before the founding of the country, this place was a battlefield, and most of the people in the dukedom who have not forgotten that work keep foreign invasions in mind when building and repairing castles.
Although it was absorbed into the kingdom, the events of the war were not forgotten.
It’s not good for Catherine, no matter how much, to put this kind of mindset into her mouth.
I muttered in my heart and smiled.
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Just like her mother, one day Katrin will have a baby and if she stays in this family for a long time, she will automatically know that atmosphere.
As we approached the city, the sentries on the walls began to busily move.
The butler led my horse and came to the side.
I got off the carriage and got on the horse.
Meanwhile, the gates of the city were thrown wide open, and several large men rode out.
The men rushed toward our procession like a charge, then came near me and yanked the reins.
The opponent’s horse raised its body into the air and rolled its legs.
Catherine’s eyes widened at the loud neighing of the horse.
The man lightly turned the horse around and bowed to Catherine in the carriage.
“Welcome, Duke, madam. I’ve been waiting for you.”
These are the lord and his sons who rule this place.
Whenever they visit this place, every time they see my procession, they come running like this.
For that reason, when I come around here, I change from a carriage to a horse.
It would be more pleasing to them to ride on horseback than to meet them in a carriage.
“It’s fine this year too.”
When I said it, the lord laughed loudly.
“I wonder if I’m old and can’t ride a horse. Until then, I can’t just sit and greet the duke in the mansion. I’ve been sleeping on the castle wall and watching him for a few days now, waiting for him to come.”
“Then I get sick.”
“Duke, there is no one in my family who is weak enough to get hurt by something like that.”
When the lord sticks out his chest and says, the sons behind him stick out their chests and smile.
As the lord and the horse head side by side, walking by the carriage, the lord suddenly opened his mouth.
“Ah, Duke, I’m sorry, but could you please visit my youngest daughter this year?”
“It’s rare. But if it’s your words, how can I refuse?”
“hahahaha. I’m sorry. I’m still young, so it’s not the time to put it out in front of other people, but that guy.”
The lord started to laugh out loud.
After laughing, the lord continued.
“I don’t know when or how I saw it, it seems like I fell for the duke. Why don’t you beg me to see you just once? They say it’s okay to risk your life, so I had no choice but to lose because I’m your father.”
“…”
Also, the people of this family are really fun.
The words that I would risk my life came out of the mouth of a young girl.
Hearing a small sound coming from the carriage, he turned his head and Katrin was holding onto the window frame until her knuckles turned white.
Her eyebrows stick to the top of her head.
But Catherine, the youngest daughter of the family, is only ten years old.
Let’s not be so angry when we already know.