Reki-kun’s Daily Life

  I was able to write neatly today as well.

  Knowing that Lily is vexed makes me happy a little bit.

  I can write very well, unlike Lily.

  Lily is tiny, so her letters are clumsy.

  But, she’s great in anything except that.

  Lily is studying by listening to Sani’s extremely difficult to understand speech every day. It’s so difficult to me I have no idea what she’s talking about whatsoever.

  But, just recently, I have become able of doing『Arithmetics』much, much better.

  The number of times Lily praises me has increased by a lot.

  I feel happy from being praised. Praise me more, praise me more!

  Kuti is my rival!

  She’s my rival whom I always play games with.

  But, I have been recently winning a little. Fufun.

  Kuti immediately gets serious, so we play the games over and over again.

  Sani and Lily don’t get vexed that much when they lose. I wonder why?

  But, I don’t win against them much either……

  Today, I’m going to play a game with Kuti too.

  Let’s play lots once the studying is over!

  【Yes, well done, Reki-kun. Let’s end today’s studying here】


  「Wafu! (Kuti, let’s play a game!)」


  「Alright! I will accompany you-!」


  「Wafufu (I won’t lose!)」


  「That’s my line! I will make you cry today-!」


  「Wafufun (Fufun. That’s my line)」


  「Alrighty theeen, it’s the roulette time!」


  「Wafufi~ (One-on-one, come!)」


  「One-on-one, only that is not good-! My God Lily-samaa~!」


  【Ahaha. The possibility won’t change by praying to me~】


  「Wafu (Slash and Slash, is it?)」


  「Oh! I have practiced this sword fight game until passing away the day before yesterday, so I feel like winning!」


  「Wafufu (I won’t lose-)」


  「Come at meee-!」


  【Do your best, you two~】


  Kuti who threw the controller at me after I blocked her low-level variable attack and counterattacked her with an 89HIT got scolded by Lily.

  I might tear a bit just like I did after my 24 consecutive wins in Chinchirorin!

  Even if Kuti throws her tiny controller at me, it won’t hurt.

  In the first place, it’s Kuti’s fault for using a sure-kill combo when I am able of reversal technique.

  Because getting hit by a wall is definite, Kuti wouldn’t live.

  I am not at fault. She’s my rival whom I have to fight with all of my might!

  Ah, but my stamina gauge has been exhausted too, so let’s reflect upon a little on continuing this combo endlessly.

  Lily also warned me not to kick corpses.

  However, this will be 23 wins and 4 losses in Slash and Slash for me.

  It’s my win today as well, Kuti!

  「Goddamit! Goddamit! I won’t lose the next time! I won’t lose-! Oryaa-!」


  「Wafu~ (A wild game of tag is good too~)」


  「Go away, you instigating child-!」


  「Wafu? (Oh, it’s my first time seeing this one)」


  「For real? What is it? Concentration? A game so harsh it involves nerve breakdowns!?」


  「Wafu!? (A somewhat amazing game appeared!?)」


  「Re, Reki…… this must be Lily’s challenge to us, right!?」


  「Wau (A challenge! I will accept it! I won’t lose!)」


  「Yea! As if I would lose! Now, let’s play!」


  「Waoooo~n!」


  Concentration was a dangerous game.

  It was a game in which you had to turn over cards to find two cards with the same picture, but…… once you made a mistake, you had to put the card back!

  I cannot remember so many cards!

  My head got punctured! What a dangerous game!

  Kuti was letting a smoke from her head from the beginning too and I also felt like letting out the smoke.

  In the end, I had four pairs, eight pieces. Kuti also had four pairs, eight pieces.

  The rest was taken by Lily.

  So vexing!

  I was extremely tired after the game ended and had to cool my head on the ice together with Kuti……

  Concentration is a seriously dangerous game……

  【Well then, Reki-kun, see you tomorrow~ good night~】


  「Wafuu…… (You are going already?)」


  【I’m sorry, Reki-kun. I’d like to stay with you longer, but I have to take a bath and go to sleep. It will become tomorrow immediately when you go to sleep, so please endure, okay?】


  「Wauuuu…… (I got it)」


  【Reki-kun is a very good boy. For such good boy like Reki-kun, I shall make an interesting game for tomorrow, how about that?】


  「wau! (Really!? Yaay~! Will it become tomorrow soon, I wonder~!)」


  【Fufu…… good night then, Reki-kun】


  「Waoo~n!」


  It’s very fun when Lily, Kuti, and Sani are here.

  But, I feel lonely when we sleep separated.

  In fact, I want us to stay together all the time, but I have to endure.

  If I behave like a good boy, Lily will praise and reward me.

  I am a good boy, so I will endure!

  But, I won’t sleep yet.

  Mira will come in a little while after all.

  Mira often comes to play when Lily and others go to their room.

  But, it seems she won’t come to play with us when Lily and the rest are here.

  She wouldn’t be Mira if she didn’t come to play today. Look, here she is!

  「Thank you for waiting, Reki」


  「Wafu」


  「Please treat me well today as well, okay?」


  「Wafu~」


  「Then, let’s begin by moving lightly as usual. I’m thinking of mainly training hit coordination today. Reki, just move as you do usually, alright?」


  「Wafu」


  「.…… Alright, here I go!」


  Mira chased me with her arms and legs while perspiring, but she can hardly land a hit on me.

  Although there’s nothing to worry about since it isn’t effective even when she does though.

  But, she occasionally lands a hit.

  Why do Mira’s hits land on me even though she’s much slower than me?

  Even though I see both of her arms and legs, she does something I can’t avoid before I notice. It’s very mysterious.

  But, the number of hits she landed today is fewer than the last time!

  I got praised by Mira too.

  Though I feel a little bit happier when praised by Lily, I feel happy when I get praised by Mira as well.

  But, Lily is much better at combing my fur after playing is over.

  Mira still lacks practice.

  「Reki, did you have fun playing with Ojousama and others today as well?」


  「Wau」


  「I see, I see. If you are a good boy, Ojousama and others will shower you will plenty of affection, so make sure to stay a good boy, alright?」


  「Wau」


  「Fufu…… then, make sure to obediently sleep after I turn the lights off, okay?」


  「Wafu」


  「Alright, good boy. Good night, Reki」


  It became dark when Samantha who brings me food and cleans my room turned off the lights.

  But, the light outside the window is pretty today as well.

  When Lily saw the pictures of the mansion Sani made, Lily taught me what that beautiful ceiling is. Stained glass, was it?

  Even if the lights aren’t on, there’s a plenty of pretty light from the ceiling illuminating the room.

  I am not sleepy yet, but Lily will make a new game for me tomorrow.

  I am a good boy, so I can sleep even when I am not sleepy.

  Will it become tomorrow soon, I wonder~

  idle talk 4 – Voice of Light

  My name is Elliana Lind Museline.

  It’s a story of seven years ago, when I married to Museline house. Him――Joshua Lind Museline, I met him in my student days.

  At that time, he and my elder brother――Aleksander were close friends, often fooling around to the degree that my best friend Claire and I had to scold them.

  Being the best friend of my cheerful, slightly stupid and gentle elder brother, he was also bottomlessly cheerful and very gentle person.

  My elder brother fell in love with my best friend Claire, and the four of us often met, naturally improving our relationship.

  Although I was taken aback by his sudden confession, because he has shown an unusually serious expression with red ears, my ears also became bright while I nodded.

  After that, time passed quickly.

  Joshua and I. Alek and Claire. The four close friends would go on dates and share various things.

  I was surprised at Claire’s pregnancy in the senior high school, but it was a good memory that was grandly celebrated.

  Alek and Claire have already finished the oath of marriage, but I really didn’t think that Claire would get pregnant while attending school.

  Those who attend high school while married, usually plan their pregnancy.

  Therefore, it made a lot of noise around the campus, but what to say, Claire is Claire. Because she is a talented woman gifted with both beauty and intelligence, she continued going to the school even during pregnancy, and she never surrendered the spot of the school’s number one.

  As expected, I was astonished as well, but it was very Claire-like.

  Although Joshua and I have not married yet, I have strongly thought that I would like to in the future.

  Two years after that. Various problems have arisen, but we safely finished the oath of marriage, and it has been decided that I will marry into the Museline house.

  Joshua’s Otousama didn’t seem to like me that much at the beginning, but because of my few achievements at the school, he started looking at me with different eyes, so there was not a problem.

  Rather, he took good care of me.

  Because Mother-in-law-sama is a very warm-hearted person, she took good care of me regardless of my achievements, so there was no problem there.

  My friendship deepened even further as Joshua and Alek started serving in the same 2nd Knights Order.

  I visited Christophe house almost every day and spend fun days with her.

  Soon afterwards, I found employment in the Christophe house as the head educator of the eldest son Theodore and the eldest daughter Ellistina who was born two years after him.

  Claire demonstrated her great ability, and at twenty years old, she was standing at the position that could be said to be the highest peak of the sorcerers, she became the court sorceress.

  Although Joshua and I couldn’t quite conceive a child, we still spend every day happily.

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  An opportunity seven years after the marriage.

  It was several weeks before this year’s long-term clean-up of the 2nd Knights Order.

  My pregnancy was announced, and both Museline and Christophe families were celebrating.

  Those days, Museline and Christophe houses were very close.

  The long-term clean-up is the subjugation of monsters in the Ovent Kingdom’s greatest labyrinth Krishna.

  Because the monsters will overflow to above the ground from the labyrinth if left alone, deep searches of the large labyrinths are done at fixed times.

  The clean-up activity divided into several times a year conducted by 2nd Knights Order is one of the heroic activities of the highly popular 2nd Knights Order.

  It’s duty with many dangers, but without this clean-up mission, the overflowing monsters would ruin the country in a flash.

  It’s one of the great national events.

  This long-term clean-up is naturally a dangerous mission.

  But, many applicants aware of the danger enroll to the 2nd Knights Order every year. Joshua and Alek enrolled in this Knights Order with such ratio of success and high reliance.

  Moreover, Alek is in the vice-commander seat. His swordsmanship and the skill of using elementary sorcery is referred to us the Ovent Kingdom’s greatest.

  Those who can use both the sword and sorcery are scarce.

  Even in the powerful 2nd Knights Order, there are only five people including Alek.

  Joshua can’t use sorcery, but he acts as the captain of the 2nd Knights Order’s 7th unit with a swordsmanship that won’t lose to Alek’s.

  Both of them are a valuable force against the dangerous deep levels.

  Before he went on such dangerous long-term clean-up, Joshua and I had a little quarrel over the unborn child’s name.

  The gentle Joshua immediately backed down, but I slightly couldn’t accept it, so on the day of the long-term clean-up departure, instead of the usual forehead kiss blessing…… I kissed him on the cheek.

  Joshua’s wry smile was the last I saw of him.

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  It was two weeks after he departed on the long-term clean-up that I heard of his death.

  The 7th unit has been destroyed, the soldier who brought the message informed us that he commanded his subordinates until the end and died an honorable death…… I think.

  I don’t think I heard the soldier’s message until the end.

  Because together with the sound of crumbling, I got dragged into the darkness.

  How much time has passed after that?

  On top of the tragedy that was sufficient to destroy my heart…… another one occurred when I woke up.

  Miscarriage.

  Little by little…… the fruits of that person’s and my love crumbled away.

  My heart couldn’t endure the two tragedies, and it broke.

  I don’t remember well what happened after that.

  I felt like I was in a jet-black and very cold place, I felt like I was in a place in which I couldn’t feel anything.

  The only thing I remember is, that I was angry at Joshua when sending him off and I did not give him a blessing kiss on the forehead?

  Just this continued endlessly tormenting me.

  If I only kissed him on the forehead that time.

  He might have returned home safely.

  If I only kissed him on the forehead that time.

  I wouldn’t lose the child that I had with that person.

  If only……

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  What brought me to being me, was a warm, shining like sunlight voice and the agonizing voice of my best friend that was with me since I was little.

  She who is groaning in pain with a big stomach.

  When did her stomach get so big?

  The last I remember, her belly was of a normal size.

  I remember that a couple of days after my pregnancy was announced, Claire got pregnant as well, and both families held a grand celebration.

  But, it wasn’t time for that.

  This were labor pains.

  My consciousness that should have been in the bottom of darkness has completely reawakened.

  I immediately called my trusted retainer I have raised since child――Scarlet and have her arrange hot water and a midwife.

  Scarlet who heard my voice barged in, immediately guessed the situation, largely nodded and she swiftly took action with tears in her big eyes.

  Many people were delighted that I have been resurrected from the depths of despair, I have heard that I was expelled from Museline house and sheltered by the Christophe house, but although I was sorry, I ignored it because there wasn’t time for it.

  The hectic times passed in a blink of an eye and the midwife wasn’t on time in the end so――I have delivered my best friends child.

  The knowledge of child rearing as well as the knowledge of childbirth I studied for my child, it was really helpful that I studied so much.

  The first noises of the tiny child felt familiar for some reason.

  The newborn child was named Lilianne, and it was immediately ascertained that she suffers from Cloudy Eyes.

  My time that had stopped started moving again with her birth, it was even to the extent that my breast milk appeared right after Lilianne’s birth.

  According to Randolph-sama who examined me, it has stopped because of the shock of losing husband and child, but Lilianne’s birth has revived it.

  Randolph-sama is the Ovent Kingdom’s distinguished doctor.

  And I certainly believe his words.

  A voice that has freed me from the darkness.

  My best friend Claire and that warm, shining voice of light.

  It was Lilianne who was born who rescued me.

  The familiar voice I heard was certainly heard at that time, it was a warm shining sunlight like voice.

  On behalf of that child, I wasn’t able to meet, the precious child that has rescued me…… I swear I will raise her while staking my all.

  idle talk 3 – Silver Demon of Destruction

  Many shadows are moving through a jet black darkness.

  But, it’s difficult to seize shadows that blend into the darkness.

  The shadows have encircled a certain mansion.

  This mansion is a mansion that has been bought by certain nobles several months ago.

  The front gate is grandly decorated. Only two guards at front.

  Having armed guards at the front gate is popular among nobles, but those who wear it are mostly soldiers who just had a general soldier training.

  However, there is no opening, as if seeing well in darkness――the guards are watching the surroundings firmly, even in the darkness where moonlight doesn’t reach.

  There are two shadows who slowly and quietly approach such guards.

  However, the guards have not noticed the two shadows.

  While cutting necks that are gushing out a lot of blood, the two guards guarding the front gate lost their lives without uttering a single word.

  After the two shadows casually murdered the two guards that showed no opening, with a magic tool possesed――the shadows disposed of the bodies――treating them like garbage.

  Darkness consumes two garbages with no sound nor light.

  Even the large amount of blood on the ground was all eaten up by the jet black darkness.

  After dealing with that, the shadows looked at the lock type magic tool, instantly unlocked it with an exclusive magic tool and soundlessly infiltrated the mansion.

  On the contrary to the extravagant front gate and large mansion, a front yard that has not been relatively taken care of.

  The shadows don’t make a mistake such as getting sniffed out by guard dogs.

  They threw out more than twenty iron scraps the moment they entered through the front gate.

  Practically all of them accurately ended the lives of the guard dogs.

  In addition to the guard dogs, other guards and people are going around, but the shadows have turned all into garbage together with the dogs.

  Even at the gate in the opposite direction of the front gate, identical thing happened, and all guards in the garden around the mansion were exterminated. With no sound, absolutely silently.

  There is little light leaking through the windows of the mansion.

  According to the prior investigation with a detection type magic tool, there should be around seventy people.

  Many shadows are encircling the mansion, but only four shadows penetrated the gates.

  It’s not an overwhelming force, but the shadows are not losing their bearings. On the contrary, they continue their silent actions.

  They know it. Even if the opponent has twenty times more people, it has no meaning.

  Today, even if only one person is waiting outside for their signal, even if the opponent has 1000 times the numbers, it wouldn’t matter……

  They are sure of it.

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  The decorated door which perfectly matched the luxurious mansion was thrown open.

  No, thrown open may be a wrong expression.

  The door got broken into two in the center, the hinges got instantly destroyed, and they stopped after crashing into the edge of the entrance hall.

  It can’t be said that they have been thrown open. Destroyed, that’s the expression that fits the best.

  Without glancing at the former door which crashed with a thunderous roar, the two shadows who entered through the front gate and a woman that did not stop smiling even while killing and who kicked the door open slowly advance through the entrance hall.

  When the shadows advanced to the center of the spacious entrance hall, hurried footsteps from all around the mansion targeted the shadows――the garbage has appeared.

  Preys of large and small sizes. Entirely clad in armor or robes.

  Swordsmen, spearmen, archers, on top of that sorcerers, there are people of various occupations.

  But, there’s no confusion among the three people. Rather, it would be disappointing if the information didn’t go around fast.

  The garbage raises its voice and shouts something.

  Due to the soundproofing magic tool stretched around the two shadows, they weren’t able to hear the loud voice.

  The two shadows and the woman thought from the beginning that it’s not necessary to listen to the garbage’s voice. It’s a soundproofing magic tool for a reason.

  One of the garbage on the upper floor who noticed that drew his large bow and fired.

  But, the fired arrow has not reached the shadows.

  The arrow that came flying at high-speed was changed into another garbage by a piece of iron scrap.

  Another piece of iron scrap flew towards the garbage who fired the arrow and turned him into a complete garbage, making it fall downstairs――to the entrance hall.

  Falling on the head, his neck pointed in a weird direction, but it was an unrelated story of a garbage that came crashing into the floor after getting hit by a piece of iron scrap.

  To that sight, angry roars started echoing around the entrance hall after a moment of silence.

  Due to the soundproofing magic tool that is still in effect, the angry roars didn’t reach the two shadows and the woman.

  The garbage flocked towards them all at once.

  Taking the initiative is offensive magic by the sorcerers.

  Flame Arrow, Ice Arrow, Wind Arrow.

  Variously colored arrows rush towards the three, but the two shadows block it all, killing the sorcerers and increasing the garbage.

  Generally, it’s difficult to counter magic attacks with physical attacks.

  It shouldn’t be possible if there’s no difference in skill and precision that exceeds the opponent’s, but the two shadows did it without any fear and took the sorcerers’ lives.

  But, doing such thing was trivial for the two shadows.

  Thus, they intercept the people swarming towards them.

  The shadows are both holding two deep crimson blades in their hands. A total of four crimson blades.

  The moment they grasped the deep crimson blades reminiscent of fresh blood, the shadows’ figures appropriately melted into the darkness.

  The tragedy that began around the woman was caused by the beheading of the four crimson blades.

  The spurting blood, screams, and angry roars tainted the entrance hall.

  In the meanwhile, the woman was like a spectacle in a painting.

  The darkness in the entrance hall is illuminated, revealing red floor and corpses turned into garbage.

  One woman standing in the center.

  Innocent-looking features.

  Her shoulder-length silver hair flickering in the light with the red floor adding a tinge of red oozes with fascination.

  It seems that a woman’s smile has not been affected even by the sight of her surroundings.

  「Great Madam. The disposal of the vanguard has been completed」


  「I see, good work. The people outside will exterminate the escapees, let’s erase what’s left」


  After the four crimson blades had made the entrance hall silent in about ten seconds, one of the shadows kneeled down in front of the woman and quietly informed her.

  Keeping her smile when the planned progress was announced, she began to climb the spiral staircase leading upstairs.

  The shadows disappeared as if dissolving into the darkness.

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  The innermost part of the second floor of the mansion. A large amount of blood and garbage follows through the corridor.

  There are no other wounds besides just one blade cut on the bodies that already extinguished.

  Everyone has their throat cut, having their head separated, dead.

  When the woman gently pushes on the door to a room, although it looked like there was no force behind the push, an unbelievable impact and thunderous roar resounded, and the door was blown away with a tremendous momentum into the set barrier sorcery around the room.

  「As expected of the rumored Silver Demon of Destruction. Even a third class barrier can’t resist」


  「Good evening, might you be Rafflesia’s Boss-san?」


  「Indeed. I’m Rafflesia’s Boss――Gobre Io Odol」


  In the room, there are ten armed garbages and a somewhat odd garbage of garbage.

  The somewhat odd garbage bitterly stared at the door that was blown away, and he spoke his name.

  Taking that as a signal, the armed garbage rushed at the two shadows and the woman, but the shadows easily intercepted them.

  The four crimson blades slashed.

  Many garbage who’s head got separated, lose the command of their bodies, waggle and fall to the ground.

  The blood kept on flowing after death from their wounds.

  There were only four living in the room, but the shadow was unable to attack the somewhat odd garbage.

  They who have shown overwhelming fighting power so far, hesitate to attack for the first time.

  The odd garbage――it’s due to the unusual feeling emitted from Gobre.

  「You guys stand back. That would be too much as your opponent」


  「Ha!」


  Even in the fiendish thirst for blood emitted from Gobre, the woman orders the shadows to step back unfazed.

  One step, two steps, the woman slowly advances.

  Taking the woman’s approach as an opportunity, Gobre draws the sword hanging from his waist.

  The shadows shudder with fright after watching the blade.

  The sword Gobre is holding, the so-called magic arms are widely different from the normal weapon.

  A slash of magic arms cuts rocks like butter.

  It’s a weapon that has turned into a magic tool which is able to hold various special sorcery effects.

  But, the woman’s steps don’t change.

  She knows. You are dreaming if you want to injure me with magic arms of that degree.

  Seeing the slowly approaching woman, a smile of victory floats on Gobre’s face.

  Although there were more than ten meters between the woman and Gobre, it’s till the average range of magic arms.

  A released sword flash. The magic arms――The special attack Sword Flash Thorite was extinguished by a high pitched shrill before even touching the woman.

  The sword flash which disappeared before touching the woman destroyed the walls of the room in front of her.

  「Impossible! You have defended against a sword flash!?」


  「What are you trying to say with child’s play of such level?」


  「Ku!」


  Gobre’s surprise is reasonable. Until now, only people who defended against the sword flash were those skilled in barriers.

  Everyone except them has turned into corpses the moment the sword flash touched them.

  The repeatedly released sword flashes all disappear before touching the woman.

  Stepping back while trembling in fear and shock, Gobre was still releasing the sword flashes, but the curtain was lowered with the woman’s little sigh.

  When the woman penetrated through the momentary gap between the sword flash release, it all ended with a sigh and a poke of her thumb on the garbage’s forehead.

  Gobre who had his forehead poked stopped all movements, and his stormy sword flash stopped as well.

  The body of Gobre who stopped inflated from inside and the armor he wore popped off.

  Gobre already lost the focus in his eyes, far from that, both his eyes are separately turning into different directions. Something wriggling like a worm breaks through his skin, there should be a large amount of blood spouting out from the torn skin, but there’s nothing.

  Something wriggling all throughout his body has already protruded, but Gobre is still alive.

  「M, monster……」


  Those were Gobre’s last words.

  Finally, his head has greatly expanded, and the something wriggling exploded Gobre’s upper half of the body.

  After the woman and the two shadows left the room, only the lower part of the body somewhat odd garbage and scattered Sword Flash Thorite remained in the room on the second floor.

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  「Result?」


  「There’s no damage. Everything ended smoothly」


  「I see」


  To the words casually asked by the woman just before leaving the mansion, one of the four shadows following after her answered as if he already prepared the answer beforehand.

  The woman who heard the answer looked uninterested and left the mansion with a few words.

  That day, five organizations were destroyed.

  Several days later, the woman arrived in the Ovent Kingdom’s capital city Ovent. To a certain mansion enveloped by a barrier, where she met her third grandchild for the first time and her smile while exterminating grew even deeper.

  idle talk 6 – Maids’ Conversation

  Sixth resting room for maids inside the Christophe family’s mansion.

  Three maids are having a break between a busy work.

  Even if called resting room, it’s in Christophe family’s mansion. The provided furniture is high-quality, but they are not too gaudy, only things that emphasize practicality.

  The three each sit on a sofa that five people can sit together at the same time. They are installed in a way that two people can pass through between them at the same time.

  There are six sofas around the table in total, but even still, there is plenty of space.

  There are additional nine of such rooms across the mansion.

  The number of servants working at the Christophe house has reached quite the number as can be seen by ten resting rooms.

  Three maids are currently taking a break in the sixth resting room.

  All three of them are carrying bushy animal ears on top of their heads.

  Bunny ears, fox ears, and bear ears. The three are of the same race, but of a different clan, however, the Christophe house doesn’t discriminate against the different clans.

  Clan is a generic term that refers to the type of beast that is characteristic to the beastmen.

  For example, the bunny-eared girl――Lacria, is from a Bunny clan.

  With few exceptions, clans are few in numbers――clans with weak forces are sometimes discriminated among the Beastmen.

  Although the law of the Ovent Kingdom prohibits discrimination against every race, but as expected, it can’t eliminate the remaining deep-rooted customs.

  Bunny clan is a considerably powerful clan, but the fox-eared maid’s――Jenny’s clan――the Fox clan is not.

  Much less the bear-eared maid’s――Nija’s clan. Her clan is scarce in numbers, and they are very often discriminated in many places except the Ovent Kingdom.

  But, there’s no discrimination in the Christophe house.

  Although prohibited by rules, one’s ability is everything that matters in this mansion.

  Prejudice against appearances or race doesn’t thrive here. These girls have also safely completed hellish training in the secondary mansion of the Christophe house located in the Landrish territory in the east of the Ovent Kingdom.

  This hellish training was carried out for four years.

  It was precisely hellish military-like training in which various professional maid ability was drilled into them.

  Of course, battle training was included too.

  To begin this training, you have to write your will first. That’s in case you die during the training.

  In fact, it’s a rigorous training carried to the extremes during which you might die.

  Why is such cruel training in which people die publicly approved? There’s no other reason, but the existence of Landrish’s feudal lord.

  The person who governs the Landrich territory is a person once called the strongest of the Ovent Kingdom, and the accomplishments that this person left behind are such that they remain told as legends.

  The servants who were able to get a job at Christophe house after undergoing such training are all fighting personnel, and they are the talented people who can show more than their profession skills.

  Naturally, even professionals like these girls have to take breaks.

  It’s a break time right now. With a black tea and little of sweets, they have a moment of rest and relaxation.

  「Nee, have you heard? The story about Lilianne Ojousama」


  「I heard, I heard~ but, I wonder whether it’s really the truth~?」


  「.…… Truth」


  After taking a sip of the black tea, Lacria brings up a certain subject, Jenny immediately replied, but she was quite doubtful.

  The silent girl Nija answered with one word and half closed eyes as usual.

  「It appears to be the truth! Because I have heard it from a guy that was directly on the scene, it must be real!」


  「I mean~…… it’s that, right~? look~…… will it really become like that only by burying her face in it~?」


  「.…… Impossible」


  「No, no, Nija’s tail is just too short!」


  While stroking her long, bushy, light brown tail, Lacria tsukkomi’d Nija who was answering her excited colleague, Jenny.

  She said a single word while holding her round tail hiding in her skirt with her eyes half-closed as usual, but there was no change in her expression even after getting tsukkomi’d.

  「But you see~ just by touching the tail~ there’s no way~ it could feel that good, right~? I have never heard of beastmen~ who have a weak point like that, you know~?」


  「Maa, that’s right, but…… the said person’s, Mira’s clan is the Wolf clan, right? Isn’t the Wolf clan incredibly powerful considering they low numbers? Therefore, they surely were something!」


  「.…… Agreement」


  「Right, right! There surely is a girl with a tail as a weak point among the Wolf clan! …… Fufufu…… The・re・fore! Let’s capture her!」


  Lacria vigorously stood up from the sofa, but when she opened the storage room in the inner part of the resting room, there was a gagged little girl, wrapped in cloth on the verge of tears.

  「N~! N~!」


  「.…… What the hell are you doing…… but~ you did well~!」


  「.…… Good job」


  「Right, right! Fufufu. Saa, spit it out! The special secret of the Wolf clan!」


  The little girl on the verge of tears――Mira of the Wolf clan, was saying something with the tears steadily increasing in the corner of her eyes, but nothing was understood because of the gag.

  But, the mastermind and two perpetrators were not concerned about the girl at all.

  「Here, here, I won’t do anything bad so~ spit it out~ how about it~」


  「N~! Nn~!」


  As Lacria was approaching while laughing with an obscene smile, the fear intensified, and Mira who became ghastly pale shook her head left and right.

  「Rather~…… she can’t talk if you don’t remove the gag, can’t she~」


  「.…… Incomprehensible」


  「Oops~ I forgot~ Ahahaha~」


  The two people who tsukkomi’d knew very well the pervertedness of their colleague who doesn’t change even after receiving a tsukkomi. Therefore, tsukkomi are wasteful at her.

  「Puwa…… how terrible! Lacria senpai! What grudge do you hold against me!?」


  「Eh~ I don’t really hold a grudge~ rather, I think that I’m quite affectionate to you~?」


  「W, well I think that it’s certainly true, but! But don’t suddenly kidnap me during the work, please! Making Linda who was working with me faint is going too far!」


  「You have to apologize to Linda later……」


  「.…… It’s better than having her head fall off」


  「Eh~…… I think it’s just as Nija said, though~?」


  「Anonee…… this is not the Prison, you know? As a Christophe family’s maid~ you have to be used to surprise attacks~ but you see~…… don’t involve people who are diligently working! If you have to do it~ do it when Mira is alone~!」


  「Ye~s」


  「.…… Mira don’t escape」


  「Hii!?」


  Prison is the popular name for Christophe’s family’s second residence. It’s abbreviation for the hell-like lodging house.

  While Lacria was getting lectured by Jenny, Nija seized Mira who was trying to stealthily escape by the nape of her neck.

  Nija seized and perfectly sealed Mira who is one head taller than herself from escaping, as expected of the skilled maid of Christophe family.

  She is shorter than Longhairs, but she has the best restrain technique among the maids of Christophe house. That basically means one of the best in the Ovent Kingdom.

  Mira who was seized by Nija can only hang her head down dejectedly.

  「Uuuu…… what do you want from meee……」


  「Ara, ara~ crying will not solve anything so stop pretending to cry~」


  「That’s right~ we will immediately release you as long as you answer our question~」


  「.…… Clumsy」


  「Uu…… haa…… I understand…… so, what is the question? I heard a little a while ago, but my clan has no secrets?」


  「That can’t be true, right? I mean, isn’t there the story of you panting hard after having your tail caressed by Ojousama?」


  「I, I wasn’t panting!」


  Mira sits on the floor in seiza, not on the sofa after getting released by Nija. She’s lower rank compared to the three maids surrounding her, but she doesn’t have to do that really, but she does.

  Mira’s fake crying was quickly seen through, but when talking about something related to that subject, her face instantly turned red.

  「But you see~ the girls around properly confirmed it, you know?」


  「I wasn’t panting! T, that…… it felt really good, though……」


  「Hee~ so it felt good after all~ specifically, how?」


  「E, even if you ask me that…… I, umm…… I don’t really have experience regarding that……」


  「.…… Virgin」


  「W, what are you saying! Nija senpai also has no experience in that matter!」


  「.…… No problem」


  「Gunuuu」


  「Leave that aside, spit it out already」


  「That’s right~ if you don’t tell quickly~ won’t the break time end~」


  「B, but…… umm…… I can only say that Ojousama’s technique was amazing……」


  「Fu~n…… it was that after all」


  「Maa…… I have not heard anything about wolf race’s tail being sensitive, so it has to be that~」


  「.…… Erodog」


  「T, that’s not a nice thing to say! I’m not erotic! I’m not at fault! Ojousama even apologizedmon!」


  「Yes, yes, I understand, I understand. Nija don’t agitate her」


  「.…… Shamdog?」


  「Nugugugu…… is it alright to go already!?」


  「Ah~ yes, yes, sorry, sorry. It’s fine to go」


  「Hmph」


  When Mira with her shoulders perked up leaves the resting room, Jenny turns towards Nija who returned to drink tea expressionlessly as usual.

  「It would be better~ if you were more kind to her~」


  「.…… That much is just fine」


  「Tch~ as expected, she got angry for being forcibly kindnapped」


  「.…… Lacria overdid it」


  「Bu~ bu~」


  「But~ Ojousama’s technique, huh~ I’m curious~」


  「.…… Super agreement」


  「Right, right~! Would she do it to us as well~…… is it impossible~?」


  「Impossible~」


  「.…… Impossible」


  The noisy chat of the three continued until the break ended.

  idle talk 9 – The Two People’s Dungeon

  I take pride in being a veteran who has kept on challenging the mothers of monsters――Dungeons for many years.

  Dungeons are monsters. Therefore, they are living beings, they have to prey on something.

  Of course, their target is us.

  However, the preying method of the monsters called Dungeons is a little bit special.

  Normal monsters prey by absorbing magical power. Moreover, it’s enough for them to supplement their magical power once every few months.

  That’s because magical power circulates through the bodies of the monsters and they are able to store it.

  Naturally, Dungeons also possess the same function. But, the Dungeons keeps on preying.

  Why is that?

  That’s because the primary purpose of the monsters called Dungeons is to expand their bodies.

  The body of a Dungeon. That’s, of course, the interior of the Dungeon.

  The inner structure of an expanded Dungeon is complicated.

  It continues to expand while becoming more complicated. Almost as if it was instinctive.

  Of course, not everyone can set foot into such complicated interior body of this monster.

  But, the monsters called Dungeons spawn normal monsters in the interior of their bodies. And the things obtainable only after defeating the monsters inside the dungeon can be used to create things that are indispensable for life.

  Those who challenge Dungeons and get defeated are preyed upon by Dungeons. The equipment left behind by those who were defeated is enough of the reason to walk inside.

  There are cases where some of the equipment became treasures with magical power dwelling in them, making them incredibly powerful magic tools.

  These have a value to amass a fortune.

  Furthermore, there’s something called the Heart of the Dungeon deep inside the massive Dungeons. That’s far more valuable to obtain than any monsters within the Dungeon.

  Depending on the thing, it sometimes has more value than a powerful magic tool.

  Thus, people keep challenging the dangerous Dungeons to this day.

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  A silent space where only Young Master’s and my steps echo.

  The 34th floor of the Jizenovi Dungeon, located in the west of the Ovent is our current position.

  Jizenovi means 19th in the ancient language.

  There are many Dungeons in the vast Ovent Kingdom, Young Master and I are trying our skill in this Dungeon.

  The 30th level is said to be the dangerous area.

  This Jizenovi Dungeon doesn’t have atrocious traps, but the strong monsters are its special characteristics.

  There are many powerful things such as “Magic Fragment” obtainable in this Dungeon, but Magic Fragments are not our purpose so we haven’t collected them as they would become baggage.

  It’s truly waste, but it’s a trivial thing because the Young Master is the son of a prominent person, so there’s no problem.

  Rather, the problem is Young Master coming to such den of thieves like this.

  But, Young Master is always saying that if he doesn’t have proper skills himself, people won’t follow him.

  For that reason, he polished his martial arts and sorcery, and now he’s strong enough to dive this far into a Dungeon with just the two of us.

  After passing Jizenovi’s 10th floor, all illumination disappears.

  I thought it was a trap for a moment, but I understood that this is just how the Dungeon grew after a while.

  But, when there’s no illumination, you have to secure the light yourself. Exploring Dungeon in darkness is no different from a suicidal act.

  Even monsters understand that.

  The inside illuminated by the illumination magic tool is no different from the 1st floor.

  It’s also one of the characteristics of this Dungeon.

  A scenery that doesn’t change reduces the adventurer’s concentration, and the monsters aim for that.

  While there are no traps, the entire Dungeon is like a detestable trap.

  「Young Master. We should be able to see the transfer point soon」


  「I see. There weren’t many monsters on this floor, weren’t there?」


  「That’s right…… I feel like the monster became scarce once we set foot on the 30th floor, but I might be biased somewhere. Let’s stay focused. There are monster rooms in this Dungeon, after all」


  「Alright」


  Young Master who was disappointed that no monsters were attacking us tensed up once I reminded him not to lose focus.

  There are monsters in the Dungeons. Because monsters are living beings, they wander around the Dungeon.

  That’s common sense.

  Therefore, there are cases where monsters gather in one place. Places like that are called monster rooms, and they are recognized as traps created by coincidence.

  Monsters here are really strong, even with Young Master’s and my fighting strength, it takes a considerable amount of time to bring it down.

  This is a Dungeon where two monsters rarely appear at once, but there has been no encounter since arriving at this floor.

  But however, although I was more or less careless, I still found the scene before me unbelievable.

  Something was thrown from the opposite side of the wall that can’t be destroyed no matter how powerful magic is used, and created holes on both sides of the corridor.

  There were two clear holes in the empty passage.

  Young Master and I were so surprised we fell on our backsides and stared dumbfoundedly.

  I’m saying this myself, but I’m a veteran who challenged many dungeons. Young Master is also a powerful person who’s equal to the 1st elite of the capital’s Knights Order.

  The innocent girl who slipped through one of the open holes passed without minding us.

  She did it so naturally as if there was nothing wrong, almost as if the hole was originally supposed to be there.

  The floating illumination magic tool illuminating the area around her is the top quality among illumination magic tools.

  The girl’s hair illuminated by the light is silver.

  A transparent-like clear white skin.

  Beautiful amethyst eyes.

  This scene makes me forget that this is the danger area. The girl leaves with three maids following after her.

  They walk brilliantly as if not feeling the weight of the huge, swelled up rucksacks on their backs.

  The maids who noticed us curtsy to us and chase after the girl.

  But, their footsteps are so light, it’s hard to believe they are just maids.

  「Rashigant…… it seems that I have become crazy……」


  「Young Master…… me too」


  I could hear Young Master’s dumbfounded voice after a while passed since the abnormally ridiculous scene.

  I thought the same, so there’s no problem.

  Rather, it’s better like this since I understood that what I saw wasn’t just an illusion.

  No, perhaps the two of us saw the same illusion, but there shouldn’t be monsters with such ability on this floor.

  「What is that throbbing in my chest…… this passionate and painful warmth……!」


  「.…… Eh?」


  When I looked at Young Master, who has blurted out something weird, a scene of Young Master holding his heart with a face of ecstasy entered my view.

  Ah, it’s useless. This fellow has fallen.

  I thought such only for a brief moment. Young Master plunged into the open hole.

  And then, I heard terrifying screams of agony and sounds of flesh and bones getting ground up.

  No one can blame that Young Master soon returned in silence by crawling and dragging his weak legs behind.

  That must be the doing of the sounds I’ve heard a little while ago.

  This was the first encounter.

  In spite of witnessing such dreadful scene which makes you want to pity the monsters, Young Master didn’t give up on the girl.

  Even if he had to crawl after her in such unsightly way.

  Even when met the girl in the Dungeon again thanks to gathering information, and receiving a direct hit to the head from the monster that got blown away.

  Even when he completely lost his minds after seeing the girl leisurely drinking tea in the depths of the Dungeon.

  「You…… aren’t you the one who was making a stupid face after getting hit in the head by the monster I have blown away? What is it today? You are making such face as if you are seeing something wondrous」


  「.…… Ha! I, I’m! I’m Roland Landrish! Please associate with me with the premise of marriage!」


  「Y, Young Master!?」


  I really didn’t think he would suddenly propose in the depths of a Dungeon.

  Certainly, Young Master has been recently gathering information as if obsessed.

  But, I certainly didn’t think he would propose all of sudden.

  Moreover, this is deep inside a Dungeon.

  A super dangerous zone where you could get attacked by a monster at any moment.

  「You are a strange person, aren’t you? Even though the other gentlemen would run away at high speed after seeing my strength」


  「I have fallen for such you! It was love at first sight!」


  「Fufu…… it’s my first time receiving good will so straightforwardly」


  「T, then!」


  「Yes, that’s right. Then」


  The girl matched Young Master’s glittering expression, stood up from the luxurious chair that’s not suitable for the Dungeon at all, and slowly approached him.

  But, I noticed my back running with a cold sweat at that very moment.

  The girl emitted a fiendish thirst for blood.

  Young Master’s expression brimmed over with happiness as if he didn’t notice the thirst for blood.

  Ah, no good. This fellow.

  My expectations, or rather, my intuition was correct.

  I also investigated the facts beforehand……

  「If you win against me, I will happily offer you this body」


  「.…… Eh, guaoaaaaah」


  The girl’s constant smile instantly vanished, and Young Master flew away.

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  The girl’s name is Annela La Christophe.

  She conquered 20th-floor Dungeon for the first time by the age of seven by herself.

  After that, she conquered forty dungeons in just five years, an existence called as the Dungeon eater.

  She continues traveling alone across the brutal Dungeons which take approximately ten years for ordinary people to finish.

  Furthermore, the girl doesn’t have a single weapon.

  She hardly uses sorcery, and she also doesn’t possess any offensive magic tool.

  All is done with her own body.

  That very body crushingly defeats all monsters.

  An abnormal existence that smashes the huge Magic Fragments that hide deep inside――Great Magic Crystals and returns.

  Since that day, Young Master has been enthusiastically challenging her every day.

  Young Master’s screams resound around the Dungeon today as well.

  idle talk 5 – His Daily Life

  When I get up in the morning, I immediately wash my face, fix my appearances and go to the angel’s room.

  At the time I wake up, my angel always shows me her innocent and lovely sleeping face.

  Transparent-like silver hair which is closer to Obaasama’s rather than Okaasama’s.

  Plump and round soft cheeks.

  They are closed right now, but she has beautiful silver crystal-like eyes that don’t seem to be cloudy.

  There’s a feeble power in her little hands when grasping me, but the feelings of wanting to protect her flare up.

  She has recently got good at walking, and she would occasionally call me Nii~ni. Really, only occasionally, though……

  Although expressions rarely appear on her adorable face, but I have become able to read my angel’s expressions considerably well.

  It’s only natural because I have been with her every day for nearly one and a half years.

  While I’m enjoying such sleeping face of my angel, my little sister Ellie also arrives.

  And until the breakfast, seeing this sleeping face which is more wonderful than a painting of the kingdom’s greatest painter is our daily routine.

  After breakfast, I go to care for the trees which are my second point of my daily routine.

  The area I’m in charge of is a corner of the large garden.

  Many big trees and Asherah saplings are planted there.

  Although I was taking care of many trees and decorative plants until around one year ago, I’m concentrating on the single Asherah sapling now. I have been involved in caring for many trees and have obtained various knowledge. However, Asherah trees are truly difficult.

  When I arrive there at the usual time, all the gardeners employed by Otousama are already there.

  If a person is standing above others, he has to learn how to manage people since young, that’s what Otousama said when employing those people.

  I was perplexed at first, but I will be 10 this year. It’s the age I will graduate from the elementary school.

  Christophe house is a family with a high noble pedigree.

  As the eldest son, I will eventually succeed the house. By that time, I have to know how to treat and manage people. I’m also often told that by Otousama and Okaasama.

  Otousama and Okaasama are both kind people, and they take good care of the servants.

  Although I remember resisting the word employment, I have learned that there are many positions and occupations, and gradually came to understanding.

  I think the first time I started understanding was with the gardener supervisor employed by Otousama――Oban’s words.

  「At first, you don’t have to think hard how to manage people. When you want to do something, just inform us of it, and the suitable ones will carry it out. We will raise methods or measurements, and Bocchama will decide. Like that, we will share the workload, increase the work efficiency and smoothly progress」


  I can’t do it all by myself. I can get helped by many people and share the work.

  While slowly being helped by Oban and others, I learned how to stand above people little by little.

  I think I would be still nervous if Oban weren’t here. I’m really grateful to him.

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  After finishing my daily routine, I go to school in the usual carriage.

  Ovent is a peaceful town, but it seems bad people are everywhere.

  Therefore, I always go to school while protected by guards.

  Still, I have gotten used to it because it’s like that every day.

  Ellie is still in the grade 3, so she goes later than me.

  Because fifth graders have two classes in the morning, I wouldn’t make it in time if not going at this time.

  The guards escort me only to the campus.

  The school security system is not as good as at our mansion, but it’s a quite solid system.

  There are four guards at the front gate I always pass through, and guards are patrolling everywhere around the stone walls surrounding the campus.

  I can also see many guards around when I enter the campus.

  A school is a cornerstone of Ovent, a place to produce talents one after another. I have a feeling the King-sama said it like that. I haven’t heard it directly, it was written in the newspapers that are delivered to our house every day.

  There is always one or two newspapers, so I can read immediately.

  But, newspapers appear to be quite expensive, so there seem to be only a few houses taking them.

  The school library has newspapers as well, but it’s quite difficult to apply for the use of the library.

  Because there’s still some time, I leisurely walk towards my class.

  When I approach the class, it’s somewhat noisy.

  I wonder if Pujett and Nicole are fighting again? They don’t get along for some reason. They will start fighting immediately if I’m not there.

  「Morning~ Are those two fighting again?」


  When I enter the class, Pujett and Nicole were arguing as I expected.

  My other classmates are watching from a distance. It’s the usual sight.

  「Morning, Theo. Yes, they are fighting again」


  Some my classmates notice me and greet me.

  It’s the usual sight, but those two stop fighting only with me around, so it seems they were waiting for me.

  「Hey, you two. Why are you fighting this time?」


  「Ah, Theo, hear me out! Pujett’s servant bumped into me, and he doesn’t want to apologize!」


  「Don’t joke around! Weren’t you the one who bumped into him!」


  They are always like this.

  I always mediate between them to calm down the uproar, I play with everyone not to leave them out and try to do my best at getting along well with everyone.

  I’m aware that I’m popular with girls, but there are no girls like my angel, so I don’t mind them.

  I mediate between the two as always, and I encourage the dissatisfied Pujett to mix in the conversation with everyone until the class begins.

  He mixes in immediately as if he was waiting for those words. It’s always like this.

  Although my class fights, we are on good terms compared to other classes.

  It’s a class where both boys and girls get along.

  Because I keep Ellie company, I have learned how to treat girls, I casually help them and move in invisible places to make their burden light.

  Rather, I have grown accustomed to most of it because of Ellie’s selfishness.

  But, because my future objective is to become a knight, I solve the quarrels between boys openly and squarely.

  Although there are quarrels with children from other classes, because I mediate between them, there wasn’t any large dispute yet.

  Naturally, I’m not the only one mediating, but there are quite a lot of quarrels.

  I wonder if it’s because many children are admiring the labyrinth diving adventurers? I admire knights more than I do adventurers, though.

  Because there are especially violent children with big bodies among the adventurer admiring children, many children are getting injured when having a quarrel with those children, so I’m called relatively often.

  I wonder why I am called to solve fights between children from other classes……

  Although I think it would generally be better to call over a teacher, they call me more often for some reason.

  The boys from the other classes were fighting today as well, both their bodies were big, enough to match with junior high schoolers.

  They are showy enough to form a small gallery, but a teacher doesn’t seem to be here yet.

  Because guards are neutral towards quarrel between students, they can’t be relied on as well.

  「Excuse me. Could you let me pass through?」


  「Ah, Theo. You finally came. It seems like those fellows will get injured soon, please stop them」


  「What are you saying, Arges. You stop them」


  「Oi, oi, there’s no way I could stop those guys, right?」


  「Haa…… seriously. I’m going then」


  There’s a classmate, Arges who I’m especially getting along well with among the gallery, but it doesn’t seem like he will lend me a hand.

  I approach the two lively, fighting boys after letting a deep sigh out.

  Because I’m thin with no muscles compared to them, the girls who don’t know me may start screaming.

  Actually, at the time I entered the elementary school, I got injured when interrupting the fight of two larger children than me.

  But, I don’t make such blunders anymore.

  「You two. You will get hurt, so it’s better to stop around here, you know?」


  「Shut up! Be quiet!」


  「That’s right! Go somewhere else!」


  The two who are grappling and hitting each other while pulling on their clothes, spit at me with a perfect sync, but I don’t mind because I’m used to it.

  I also dodge to a position where the saliva doesn’t reach the last moment.

  「Then, you don’t have the will to stop the fight then?」


  The two already ignored my voice and started going at it again.

  There are many children from other classes who know my face because I do quite a lot of mediating between fights, but these excited two doesn’t seem to know about me.

  Haa, I let out a single sigh and decide to use force.

  I’m not that fond of using violent means. If quarrel can finish with a discussion, that is naturally better.

  I grab the wrist of the near boy who is grabbing the collar of the other boy and twist it with a little strength.

  It hurts when twisted where I grabbed him. If not holding firmly, your hand will get removed by opponent’s power, so caution is necessary when the opponent is a big boy. Pain can also be moderated to some extent, but when excited, you will ignore a trifling pain, right?

  Therefore, when fighting in an excited state, I give pain that can be understood well. When I grip considerably strongly, the boy one head taller than me trembles in a startle and tries to shout.

  Naturally, I didn’t give him a chance to scream. While grabbing his hand, I sweep him down from his legs and quickly grab the wrist of the other boy who was dumbfoundedly staring, give him the same pain and throw him down.

  「Damn! This guy!」


  Naturally, their excitement won’t disappear just by making them roll on the ground, but I can make them change.

  After that, I rolled over them using self-defense taught to me by Ena’s personal maid, Scarlet.

  When the opponent is straight and simple like they, I can handle them with closed eyes. Compared to Scarlet or the bear-eared maid of the same height as me who occasionally joins us, it’s simple as twisting a baby’s wrist.

  But, if I twist the hand of my angel, I think that Ena would probably twist my neck at the same exact moment. Of course, I wouldn’t forgive myself as well.

  Rather than me who can’t be caught, the two boys with bigger bodies than me are exhausted.

  Because a teacher arrived the moment their stamina simply run out, my job finished there.

  Although it would be better if a teacher came faster, but I feel like teachers are late every time I mediate in a quarrel.

  I spend my days hectic days in school every day like this, and then I return in haste.

  Because most of the children have to go straight home after classes, there are not many quarrels.

  It happens mostly in the breaks between classes and lunch breaks.

  I also hurry home.

  In order to play lots with my precious angel.

  idle talk 1 – Angel and Me

  My name is Theodore La Christophe.

  3rd year of the Ovent Kingdom’s Royal Elementary School.

  I’d like to become a knight in the future.

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  When the classes end, I walk together with my imouto Ellie straight home.

  When the classes end, most of my friends also go immediately home.

  Because most of my friends must help at home.

  We are slightly different.

  The reason why we immediately return home is to play with our imouto that was born this year quickly.

  When she was just born, I thought she looked like a Rashid Monkey.

  Kaasama and Tousama were praising kawaii, kawaii, but Ellie and I didn’t find her so cute.

  I mean, she looks like a Rashid Monkey, you know?

  I have never found the red-faced little monkies that grow bristles are cute.

  When I talked with Ellie about that, she was of the same opinion as I expected.

  But, I soon understood the meaning behind Kaasama’s and Tousama’s words, such cuteness can’t be described with words.

  Because Ellie is only two years younger than me, when I reached the age I was aware of things, Ellie was not a baby anymore. I have not seen other babies than Lily.

  Naturally, Ellie is the same.

  I have heard from Kaasama that Ena had a miscarriage.

  Because I have not understood the meaning of miscarriage, I have further inquired from Kaasama.

  “The baby died and wasn’t born.”


  Her sorrowful face strongly remains in my mind.

  Therefore, I figured I shouldn’t ask about Ena’s baby anymore.

  I spoke to Ellie about my thought, and we have made a promise never to talk about it.

  Therefore, I was slightly afraid to touch Lily who was a baby for the first time.

  When I timidly and really carefully touched her cheek, Lily grasped my finger into her tiny hands.

  It was tiny and frail, extremely warm and soft.

  This is a baby, I learned with a strong impression.

  At the same time, even though I thought she wasn’t cute just a while ago, I thought that flowers were blooming around my dear, dear Lily like an angel.

  The eight years old I was captured by her in an instant.

  Ellie who always acts like a grown up, an honor student in front of schoolmates and me, had a bigger smile on her face than the smile she has when she takes care of her beloved flower bed.

  Since that day, we are going immediately home after the classes end, and spend time beside Lily until it’s time to sleep.

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  It was on a certain day.

  I asked Kaasama about Lily’s eyes which were different from mine, I noticed that they were white, and looked cloudy.

  I was told that Lily’s eyes are cloudy because of an illness.

  When I asked what illness it was, Kaasama’s expression became very sad.

  I have asked something I shouldn’t have so I regret, but this concerns my dear imouto, so I must hear it properly.

  I fixedly stare at Kaasama and wait for an answer.

  After a while of silence, Kaasama sighed and started talking.

  She suffers from “Cloudy Eyes” which makes Lily unable to see for her whole life, she said.

  I felt a complete darkness appear in front of my eyes.

  “Lily is unable to see for her whole life.”


  Kaasama seemed to still talk about something, but I can’t remember.

  Then, my dear imouto, can’t see mine, Ellie’s, Kaasama’s, Tousama’s and Ena’s faces?

  She can’t see my precious trees I’m taking care in the garden nor the ornamental trees placed around the rooms?

  Many thoughts ran through my mind, but I wasn’t able to think.

  My head became hot, I lost strength in my body, and before I noticed I was in bed.

  According to Kaasama, I went down with a fever in the middle of a conversation about Lily’s illness.

  Even now, my head hurts and my face is hot.

  I have apparently stayed in the bed for a whole day, so I was absent from classes.

  While laying down, Lily’s face floated in my mind and disappeared, floated and disappeared repeatedly.

  In the evening, when Ellie returned, Kaasama went out of the room for a bit and Ena came to take a look at my state.

  At that time, Ena and Ellie were very excited.

  Before I tried to ask for the reason, Ellie who normally talks slowly and quietly, told me in a loud voice rapidly.

  Unexpectedly, Lily who normally doesn’t laugh, doesn’t cry nor doesn’t talk, let out a happy voice when Ena was reading her a book.

  Moreover, it was the book I have read her over and over again before.

  “The Complete Works of the World’s Ornamental Leaf Trees”


  It was that one.

  When I heard that, my fever was blown somewhere far away.

  I jumped out of bed with great vigor and shook with Ellie’s shoulders in order to confirm.

  My startled imouto repeatedly nodded with her eyes open wide like a broken doll.

  I couldn’t stop afterward.

  I have disregarded Ena’s words to keep on laying down in the bed, what about this book, what about that book, I have taken out many books about trees, shrubs, and ornamental trees from my bookshelf.

  Ellie who recovered also began taking out books she loves from her own bookshelf.

  This too, that too, we two made a lot of fuss.

  The amazed Ena,

  「I understand your feelings very well, but you still have to get in the bed, you know? You can read her books after you get better」


  With those words, I finally calmed down and returned to my bed.

  It’s slightly embarrassing, but I was so excited it was hard to fall asleep again.

  That day, in the bed.

  「Lily likes ornamental leaf trees just like me」


  I couldn’t sleep.

  I was also absent from the classes the next day, but my fever has gone down, and I was still waiting for Ellie to return from the school.

  I won’t forgive stealing a march! Because I had to promise.

  Ellie also loves Lily.

  I think of Lily as an angel, and it seems that Ellie thinks of her in the same way.

  She talks about her with crossed arms and sparkling eyes as if praising a god.

  I understand very well.

  Ellie is the same as me, I thought.

  I’m not on bad terms with Ellie, on the contrary, we get along rather well, and on this day, I became convinced that we can get along even better.

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  Reading a book to Lily became an important daily routine.

  When we come, Lily immediately strikes her crib and stares at us, telling us to read her a book.

  I didn’t know what she wanted at the beginning, but in case she wanted me to read her a book, I immediately start searching for one.

  Because our angel can’t see, she fumbles around while searching for a book.

  While I’m watching over her, so she doesn’t get injured, she finds a toy but immediately tosses it away without interest and continues searching for a book.

  When she finds a book, she strikes it for a short while then stares at us.

  Kaasama told us that although she can’t see, she’s able to guess a person’s position by sound, the flow of air or presence.

  I think that’s why Lily can grasp our position.

  Wherever I move, she precisely faces me and resolutely requests.

  We have a book reading rotation that changes every day.

  It’s my and Ellie’s rotation.

  When I started reading, I disregard the order we have agreed upon. That was the first time I was slapped by Ellie since she was born.

  She then lectured me how much she was looking forward to reading Lily a book endlessly.

  Because I’m the same, I obediently apologized, and we immediately reconciled.

  After we have made up.

  「Theo has to take a break for one day, okay!」


  She declared.

  It can’t be helped because I’m the one at fault, but I never thought that Ellie was this shrewd.

  Ellie is a scary child!

  It seems that Ena is also reading Lily her favorite books when we are not around.

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  There’s no mistake in saying that we read books to Lily every day.

  It seems she has remembered that we read in order.

  There are any kinds of books, but because I reread books I like many times over, I decided to read her a book I read only once before.

  Usually, when I read a book, Lily silently listens while lively moving her arms and legs, but this time, she waved her arms around largely and struck my hands for a short while.

  I thought about what could she mean, could it be that Ellie read her this book before? I noticed for the first time when I muttered so.

  When I took a different book, she became silent and started moving her arms and legs in a lively manner again.

  It became like this every time I read her a book I read her once before.

  Does she remember the contents of the books?

  Although she’s just one year, I think that our angel is a genius.

  No, she’s a genius!

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  An event occurred where Ellie read a thick novel.

  At the end of the novel, the first friend who joined the protagonist and became companion has died, and everyone in the room cried.

  I cried too.

  Lily has also cried.

  Our angel does understand the contents after all.

  I have asked Kaasama about it, but.

  「Babies will laugh when the surroundings laugh, it will cry when the surroundings cry, so I don’t think she understands the contents of the book」


  You and Ellie have also cried and laughed with your surroundings, you know? She informed me.

  Kaasama is wise and gentle, I respect her very much.

  That’s why I thought a lot about the words such Kaasama said, but I think it’s different.

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  Today, we also read Lily a book.

  Someday, not just books, I would like to expose her to real trees and shrubs.

  I tend the trees in the garden.

  Since Lily was interested in trees and shrubs, I put more effort in taking care of them.

  But, I know.

  Our angel’s eyes can’t see.

  She can touch and smell them, but she won’t be able to see their beautiful appearances.

  For that reason, I have never taken Lily out of her room.

  I understand that there are ways to enjoy trees and shrubs without being able to see them, but I feel very regretful.

  Still, although she doesn’t raise her voice nor changes her expression when we read books to her, I can feel that she’s enjoying it, which makes me delighted.

  Every time, I regret and regret so much that I feel vexed about my own powerlessness.

  But, when I feel like that, Lily would put her hand on my face and gently pat me.

  Our angel is incredibly kind.

  With just a touch of her warm hand, the feelings of sadness and regret disappear.

  Becoming a knight is my dream.

  I have already decided whom I’m going to offer my sword when I become a knight.

  I will read a book to the angel today as well.

  idle talk 8 – Family Get-together

  On a certain day.

  「Fumu, haa, ahbut…… no…… that’s true, but……」


  Sani sensei suddenly started talking to a magic tool she took out from her pocket.

  It’s greatly similar to the communication device I have seen before in the theater. But, I can clearly tell that this magic tool has far more refined flow of magical power than the one from before.

  As the conversation went on, Sani sensei’s expression steadily warped.

  Something must have happened. We were in the middle of a lesson so I’d like to resume quickly, but Sani sensei usually doesn’t make an expression like that, so I’m extremely curious.

  【Say, Kuti…… did something happen?】


  「N~ don’t know. But, Sani makes such expression only when talking with that ridiculous in head fellow who pushes unreasonable demands on her~」


  【Ridiculous in head fellow……?】


  「I know, I understand! I just have to go right, just have to go!」


  Just as I started feeling something uneasy from Kuti’s words, Sani sensei finished the conversation with a grand wrath.

  「How was it~?」


  「Ah…… no good. That fellow is dangerous when talking. It seems like we have to do it. You and me」


  「.…… Do your best~」


  「No, you are going too」


  「.…… Do your best~」


  「I’m saying you are going as well」


  「Do your」


  「You too-!」


  Sani sensei snapped on Kuti who was pretending not to hear by covering her ears.

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  Next day.

  We are observing Theo’s and Ellie’s training in the sunshine, which is hotter than warm.

  Thanks to the shade of the parasol, I’m not directly exposed to the sunlight, but it’s still hot.

  In the position that is much higher than usual, I’m riding on Alek’s shoulders.

  Alek’s hair is considerably bristly and pointed, but I can’t complain about the gripping part. Alek himself told me ‘hold on firmly~’, so I’m holding on without reserve.

  I’m observing the practice of siblings from a height I can’t normally look from, but the high point of view has no meaning to me who can only see magical power.

  Well, Alek looks like he’s having fun giving me a shoulder ride, so I will consider it a good thing.

  Currently, the fairies are not in this mansion.

  Because of their conversation yesterday, they had to, unfortunately, leave for one day. It seems that it was an urgent matter as Kuti had been saying that it’s impossible, and Sani sensei went out with a heavy face.

  Kuti didn’t want to separate from me and was resisting until the end, but Sani sensei took her down with three step feint and drop kick from her heel.

  This is the general outline of the two’s skinship, so I wasn’t worried that much, but wouldn’t Kuti who didn’t want to go wake up in an awful mood.

  「Oopsy, Lilianne. Are you holding on properly~?」


  「Ai」


  (Hai/Yes)

  Alek shakes with my body and adjusts me again to ensure my safety, so I reply.

  An uproar doesn’t happen anymore when I reply.

  My parents somehow got used to it as well.

  「Yosh, your Oniichan and Oneechan are going for a run, let’s follow after them!」


  「Yes, yes, Alek. You have to put a hat on Lily-chan」


  「Oh, right. Today’s sunlight is strong, after all~ If she doesn’t wear a hat properly, she will get a heatstroke!」


  「Besides, Lily-chan’s pretty skin will turn pitch black」


  「I think that a little bit of color is healthy, though~」


  「That’s no good. Even though Lily-chan’s growth is fast, she’s still a baby!」


  「Eh~ I think that tanned Lilianne would also be nice」


  「You can’t. Here, let’s put on this Lily-chan, okay?」


  Claire gave me a broad hat with a big ribbon under my chin and let me wear a thin coat.

  A coat during a summertime might be a ridiculous story, but this coat is actually furnished with a cooling magic tool from the inside, therefore, far from being hot, it’s truly refreshing.

  It also blocks the direct sunlight, so I don’t have to worry about sunburn.

  In the meanwhile, Theo and Ellie started running.

  Alek began to move too and warm; dry wind brushed against my cheeks.

  Because the hat is tied under my chin, there’s no need to worry about it flying away.

  Because I can’t usually move this fast, I could feel such refreshing wind after a long time.

  Just the right speed and oscillation. The feeling of the wind hitting my body is also pleasant.

  An uplifting feeling which I couldn’t sense for a long time.

  I spontaneously separate my hands from Alek’s hair and spread them as if catching the incoming wind.

  「Kyaa~u!」


  「Oh! Lilianne, are you having fun!」


  「Ai! To~shama motto haaku~!」


  (Hai! Tousama motto hayaku~!/Yes! Father, faster~!)

  「Yosh! Let’s go~!」


  Alek accelerates to meet my demand.

  The wind hitting my face increased in strength as if it was a roller coaster. Roller coasters were my favorite in my previous life, so I’m enjoying this very much.

  「Nyawa~i!」


  「Hey, hey, hey~!」


  「Otousama wait~!」


  「Wait for us please, Otousama~!」


  When I take a glance back, my siblings were considerably far behind, trying their best to keep up.

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  After fully satisfied with Alek coaster, it was Claire’s turn next.

  Alek who plentily answered my expectations sat down on the chair dead tired and panting.

  He has continued running at considerable speed for quite a long time, after all. It was fun, but I might have overdone it.

  That’s because he increased the speed every time I said faster, faster.

  At the end, it was such speed that I had to firmly hold on Alek’s hair so I wouldn’t get flung away, but it was ultra fun.

  Although the tremendous momentum has removed my hat, it was fun on its own.

  Indeed, experiencing something which is not usually possible skyrockets the tension.

  「Fufu…… you have worked hard, Dear. Lily-chan looks extremely satisfied, you know?」


  「To~shama, ariato~」


  (Tousama, arigato~/Tousama, thank you~)

  「O, ou…… leave it to Otousamaa~」


  I thank the worn out Alek who’s unsteadily raising his hand to give a thumbs up with a bright smile.

  It appears that Alek had no room to look my way, but Claire, Obaasama, and Ena noticed my smile and their eyes started sparkling.

  「Seriously~ Lily-chan is so adorable……」


  「Yes…… it makes you feel like you could do anything just for that smile, right~」


  「Lily, shall I give you a shoulder ride next?」


  Ena asked with a serious expression, but I was sufficiently satisfied with Alek, so I declined.

  Besides, it looks like it’s Claire’s turn next. I wonder what she wants to do?

  「Now then, Lily-chan, let’s go~」


  Saying such, Claire holds me up in one hand and activates a magic tool in her other hand.

  After she inserted the magic tool in the pocket on the inside of my skirt with ribbon, she tightly closed it with a button, and my body began floating.

  Claire grasped both of my hands at the same time I started floating, so I didn’t fly off, but my skirt and coat are fluttering, I have never been there, but it feels like I’m in space.

  「Fufu…… how is it? It’s a floating magic tool I have specially ordered just for this day」


  「O~」


  When I flapped with my unsteady legs, they started immediately floating as well.

  I tried to correct the direction in a panic, but it didn’t go smoothly, and I ended up floating upside down.

  Claire magnificently matched with my thoughts, and I was guided into an entire turn.

  After completing the turn and returning to the original position, I was guided into a horizontal rotation next.

  I was turned and spun around by Claire in the buoyant, light zero gravity.

  I can tell my tension tremendously increasing because of the mysterious experience I can’t usually do. Rather, I have been unconsciously making merry in a loud voice.

  「Wa~u! Kiyawa~!」


  「Yes, vertical rotation is coming next~」


  「Hiyafu~!」


  Claire spins me around happily.

  She turns me around, moves me across the air as if I was gliding, I was able to enjoy the zero gravity space to the fullest.

  After a short while, Theo’s and Ellie’s practice ended, and they came to guide me together with Claire.

  With the guidance of the three, it was as if they were freely playing catch ball with me in the buoyant, light space.

  After enjoying the swimming in the air for a while, the magic tool inside my pocket made a sound. It was a sound as if it was cracking.

  Together with the sound, my family members suddenly became more distant.

  I understand that I suddenly soared into the sky, but there’s nothing I can do.

  「Lily-chan!?」


  「「Lily!」」


  「Not good!」


  The whole family went into a panic, but I was suddenly wrapped in something soft the next moment.

  And then, the sense of floating disappears, and the feeling of a rapid drop appears. I understood that we safely returned to the ground.

  「That was dangerous. Lily-chan, did you do something?」


  I knew that the usual soft feeling was Obaasama.

  I think I was quite high from the size of my family from up there, but as expected of Obaasama.

  Because I don’t remember doing anything, I shake my head left and right in reply to Obaasama’s question.

  「Lily-chan!」


  The family gathered around me simultaneously with Claire’s anxious voice, but I don’t have any injuries, so there’s no problem.

  Obaasama carefully handed me over to Claire who hugged me close, but if I have to say myself, the free fall with Obaasama was also quite enjoyable.

  I thought that I would like to do it again if not for worrying my family.

  When I spoke about it to Kuti and Sani sensei, I found out that the magic tool cracked and ran rampage because it couldn’t withstand my magical power.

  It also apparently happens to others with a nonstandard amount of magical power like me.

  I was reminded that my magical power is amazing once again because of this event.

  idle talk 10 – Personal Maid’s Secret Challenge

  Jenny.

  She’s one of Lilianne La Christophe’s personal maids.

  Jenny belongs to the fox clan, but she hardly interacts with them.

  Before she was able to understand what’s going on, she was in an orphanage living with many orphans like herself.

  The children in the orphanage were culled by the men of the procurement staff at fixed periods.

  She was also culled when she was five years old.

  But, she was lucky.

  No, the beginning might have been cruel as cruel can get. But still, it can be said that she was lucky overall.

  The place of her culling was a facility where maids and butlers are reared.

  When she was in the orphanage, she wasn’t able to eat until she was full. She just wasn’t starved.

  The first thing that happened to her in the facility was a thorough washing.

  It was definitely nothing simple as washing the body. She and the other children have been thoroughly washed off all disease-causing germs, it was equal to torture.

  However, there was no guarantee for her life in this facility, rather, the life of Jenny who was sent here for culling was a trifling thing.

  After being washed thoroughly for several days, she has been immediately imposed training.

  It wasn’t a classroom lecture, but a harsh torture for her small body.

  Tests were held at fixed periods, and those who didn’t pass them were further tortured with training.

  Those who have passed are forced to watch the training imposed on the people who failed, thus engraving in their hearts that failure is not an option.

  Those were truly hellish days.

  But, Jenny discovered a pleasure in this hell-like every day.

  In the orphanage, she was given just enough tasteless meals not to starve.

  But, this place was different.

  She was properly given three meals per day that were properly considering the nutrition balance and had a world of difference in taste compared to the meals in the orphanage.

  It was enough to make her think that she was glad that she came to that place.

  There’s was another reason besides that.

  Her abilities boasted of top class among the dozens of people training together with her.

  She has never failed a test, and at eight years old, she was given a private room as a reward for good achievements.

  She, with her slow way of speech, possessed unthinkable physical abilities and her special skill――stealth abilities, thus not only the instructors but even those above them also recognized her existence for her abilities.

  At ten years of age, she displayed her stealth ability to its fullest, and she was scouted by an elite group called Shadow.

  But, she rejected them.

  That’s because she wanted to go to the same place where even more supreme existence is.

  That person casually smashed Jenny’s arrogantly raised nose, trampled her down, and even thoroughly burned her until even charcoal wasn’t left.

  The fact that she was smashed up by a girl with half-open eyes from a minority clan like the bear clan, her junior at that, she had made a decision on her future direction.

  And now, she successfully found the same employment as that existence, and because of turns and twists, and after talking with fists many times, the two have now become close friends.

  Jenny, who became Lilianne’s personal maid like her, is now trying to accomplish one mission with the full use of her stealth abilities.

  That mission is to touch Lilianne.

  That’s right, just a touch.

  Just a small and light poke.

  If possible, she would like to touch with her whole palm.

  She’s not making light of it.

  Lilianne is living in a room with the strongest being on the Lizwald continent besides her, in a mansion where security is so strict to be called severe.

  She leaves her room only to watch her siblings’ training or to have a meal. She spends most of her day in that room.

  Moreover, only the family and the personal maids can enter inside.

  In case this rule is broken, the strongest existence in the room will immediately snap necks.

  No, this rule was already broken by a being from the same clan as Jenny who was on a stand by in front of the room before her.

  But before that, it’s not even possible to invade the mansion, though.

  All servants of the Christophe House know this rule.

  And if broken, they will be too.

  Jenny got such highest honor of being able to go inside, but after going inside, she wasn’t able to touch her master even once.

  The work Jenny was given is basically to be Ena’s assistant. Except that, she has to stay on alert in the corner of the room.

  Of course, she was interested in what kind of existence the Christophe House made such precautions for even before she was chosen as the personal maid.

  The rumors were about doll-like beauty that doesn’t show a glimpse of emotions.

  In Ovent, dolls are fundamentally extremely high-class items.

  Supreme masterpieces made by craftsmen with god-like skills. They are famous for often appearing in old tales, but it’s really rare to see one in person.

  Even the stuffed animals, which are relatively inexpensive, are priced at a monthly wage of a common level family. Dolls which are priced far higher are no longer even comparable.

  The appearances of her master were swelling up in Jenny’s fantasies, but when Jenny saw her master for the first time, she came to understand the meaning of ‘beautiful as a doll.’


  She was much more beautiful than in Jenny’s imagination.

  Jenny became her master’s captive at first sight, but immediately after thinking she’s happy just by watching, her feelings changed to the feeling of wanting to touch her.

  Jenny who had never thought that her feelings would be seen through by the strongest existence which is always in the room was given an interesting proposal.

  「If you make a good use of the stealth abilities you are so good at…… let’s see, I won’t mind if you try to touch Lily-chan while standing on the alert in the room, you know?」


  She wasn’t certain why she was proposed such, but it was the best she could ask for, so she naturally accepted.

  At first, she thought it would be a simple mission since the strongest existence is not going to get in her way, but the strongest existence added one rule which became the biggest obstacle.

  「Right, right, if Lily-chan notices, that will be an out. You will immediately return to the standby place, all right? It’s fine to resume if Lily-chan loses interest when you return to the standby place, but to keep on going just like that…… that’s no good?」


  That’s no good, Jenny clearly understood that such words meant that her head would separate from her body if she continues while Lilianne is interested.

  Thus, Jenny continued her challenge for a few days.

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  「So, another failure today?」


  「.…… Ojousama is amazing」


  「That’s right~…… enough~ to make me think~ whether she has eyes on her back~……」


  「No, but is that really true? I mean, isn’t Jenny an amazing fellow that can blend with background right in front of your eyes?」


  「.…… I won’t notice if I lose interest」


  「It should be~ like that, but~」


  「Then, as expected…… Ojousama is incredible?」


  「.…… Affirmation」


  Jenny crestfallenly falls onto the bed, but that is not her bed.

  As usual, all personal maids gather in Nija’s room before going to bed to talk about Lilianne.

  「T, that…… I certainly think that Ojousama is incredible, but…… Is Jenny senpai’s stealth ability really that amazing?」


  「Are? Mira has not seen Jenny’s ability before?」


  「Ah, no. I didn’t」


  「.…… Should show」


  「Nu~…… so troublesome~」


  「Isn’t that fine? Just show it to her」


  「U, umm. You don’t have to push yourself?」


  「If you say it~ like that~」


  「.…… Ue!?」


  Jenny who face planted onto the bed gradually disappears.

  Mira who was firmly looking had to rub her eyes to make sure she sees right.

  And just a little while after, Jenny completely vanished from the bed.

  「W, what is going on!?」


  「.…… Sorcery combination」


  「Yup, Jenny is able to use sorcery at incredible speed. Only from the stealth system, though. Well, that’s not everything, though」


  「I, I see…… they occasionally appear right, people with tremendous affinity to a certain system of sorcery and people with extremely short chanting」


  「.…… Jenny is that specialized type」


  「Right, right. They occasionally appear, but there’s no doubt that there’s not anyone with such good affinity as Jenny in Ovent」


  「T, that much, huh~…… well, it certainly is amazing when used right in front of you」


  「Right~…… I don’t understand how could Ojousama noti~ce~」


  「Uwaa…… you have moved over there…… I couldn’t tell at all……」


  Jenny who disappeared from the bed reappeared on top of an available chair.

  Excluding Jenny, two out of three people in this room are experts, but the two also can’t perceive Jenny’s stealth abilities.

  「Seriously~ Even Nija can’t perceive it, so how does Ojousama do it?」


  「.…… Because she’s Ojousama」


  「If you~ say it like that~ there’s nothing I can~ do~」


  「T, that’s right……」


  Jenny who returned to the bed let out a miserable cry, but Mira couldn’t do anything, but to smile wryly.

  「But, since it’s something Great Lady brought up, didn’t you consider something like this could happen?」


  「I did, but~…… I didn’t~ really think that someone besides Great Lady~ could perceive me~」


  「Couldn’t you ask Great Lady about that?」


  「.…… Already asked. The answer was no」


  「I, is that so?」


  「Did Great Lady do that in order so we would understand Ojousama’s power?」


  「.…… I already knew」


  「I, I also knew」


  「Mira knows~…… because she was pleasured, right~」


  「Tha! That’s……」


  Looking at Mira who hung her bright red face down in shame, Jenny sighed and thought about today’s failure.

  She looks back at the moment where she was completely in a blind spot and discovered on the third step.

  When Ena took her into her arms and sang a song, she was discovered on the second step.

  She challenged many more times, but today’s most regrettable result was the third step.

  「Haa~…… when will I~ be able to~ touch Ojousama~……?」


  「.…… I didn’t touch her yet as well」


  「I’m the same, you know~」


  「I, I……」


  「Uwaa~ what is this, are you boasting?」


  「.…… Unforgivable, Mira」


  「This~ needs a punishment, right~」


  「.…… Eh!? W, wait a moment, please!? I, I’m not at faultmon!」


  「It’s futile to resist~!」


  「.…… Guilty」


  「Resign~ your~self~」


  The friendly chat of the four, no three people continues today as well.

  idle talk 7 – Personal Maids – 1st Secret Talk

  The place is a plain room with only minimum furniture.

  The land of the Christophe House boasts of a vast area next only to the Ovent’s royal castle.

  A portion of such vast land is filled a large number of buildings.

  The room is in a building for high-rank servants in which only women allowed.

  Currently, there are two people eagerly waiting in the room for another person.

  「Still not yet, still not here~ she should be here soon, right~?」


  「Yeah~ she should be here soon~」


  One is sitting on a bed while restlessly watching the clock on the wall, while the other one is sitting in a chair in front of a dressing table――there are nearly no cosmetics there, though.

  Another simple round stool is prepared for the person they are waiting for.

  Originally, this room is used as a waiting room for visitors, but there two are using this room as their own.

  「Nevertheless, no matter when we come here, this room is always cold」


  「Your room~ I think it has too many stuffed toys~」


  「Y, you think so…… I think that much is normal for a girl!」


  「Even I~ don’t have so many~ Besides~ I don’t name them~ one by one~」


  「I, I mean! All of them are my family, you know…… it would be strange if my family didn’t have names, right?」


  「If they are family~ it can’t be helped then~」


  「That’s right, it can’t be helped. Un, un」


  「Impossib~le」


  「Gaan」


  Kufufu, the one laughing at her coworker hanging her head down is one of the personal maids of Lilianne, the second daughter of the Christophe House――Jenny.

  The other one who hung her head down with a loud sound effect after being made a toy of time killing is also similarly a personal maid――Lacria.

  「.…… It’s finemon, it’s finemon…… It’s fine because Alessio and Lakis will comfort memon……」


  「The two you brought~ the other day~ when you had a day off~」


  「That’s right! Alessio’s tail angle is very cool, you know! The density of cotton inside Lakis is incredible, you know! The two are treasures, you know!」


  「Yes, ye~s. I know~ I understand~ it’s fine for~ the cute~ adorable~ Lacria-chan~ to get healed~ by the stuffed toys~ I will~ have a fun talk with Nija~ about Ojousama~ alright~」


  「That is that! This is this! I won’t forgive you if you leave me out of the Ojousama talk, alright!」


  「Really~ Lacria too~ has become~ Ojousama’s~ captive~」


  「That’s only natural, right? I’m that person’s personal maid, you know! What~? Is Jenny saying that you are not a captive?」


  「Fufuu~…… isn’t that~ obviou~s?」


  「Right~」


  The two think about their master while broadly grinning.

  The two, to that person――several months have passed since the two became Lilianne’s personal maids.

  In the meantime, from the information and experiences the two…… no, all four have already become her captives.

  A delicate beauty as if molded by elaborate craft and clear white skin. The absence of fluctuations in the facial expressions, fine, silk-like hair that has the gloss, volume, and beauty that can’t be imitated.

  The two think that it’s not an exaggeration to say that her hair is the supreme masterpiece.

  She’s the granddaughter of Annela, the Great Lady of the house they respect and daughter of Claireteal, the champion of this year’s team and individual Magic Battle.

  The descendant of the two strongest people on the Lizwald continent, an existence that did greetings on her first birthday in front of many people all by herself.

  Not only the four personal maids, everyone from the Knights of the White Crystals who witnessed that greetings with their own eyes recognized her as their master.

  It’s not like other noble houses can’t match the Christophe House and the four personal maids and twenty knights for their two years old. However, it’s rare for all to accept the child as their master.

  Those who witnessed her greeting understand how special she really is.

  The blood flowing through her veins is that of the Christophe House.

  And above all, the belief that the existence which is Lilianne will grow into a great master is enough of a reason to recognize her as their master.

  Especially the four exclusive maids who are in a special position that allows them to enter her room.

  When excluding Lilianne’s appearances, she’s no different from a normal, obedient child.

  But, the girls know. No, they know it exactly because three of the girls acquired their positions as personal maids with their own abilities.

  Lilianne occasionally shows ‘that’ something.

  The sharpness to perceive all of Jenny’s prided covert actions all the time.

  The fact that Nija, the top among the Christophe House, personally recognized her as her master.

  The three personal maids understand that their master holds power they can’t possibly reach at that age.

  About the last one…… she was only chosen because she’s Lilianne’s favorite.

  Her ability is perfectly fine since the Christophe House employed her, but she’s kind of a fledgling when compared to the other three.

  But, that is that. It’s not possible for bullying or excluding to happen among the personal maids. Rather, the girls are very affectionate towards the last maid, Mira.

  But, the last Mira is currently down because of rigorous training.

  「.…… Thanks for waiting」


  「Welcome back~!」


  「Welcome back~ so~ how was it~?」


  「How was it!? How was it!?」


  「.…… Calm down. First, this」


  「Uooooooooo!!!」


  「T, this is~」


  「.…… From friend who works with remodeled magic tools」


  The thing that Nija took out of her pocket was a black and white picture.

  But, a figure of their little master wearing cartoon-character-like clothes was drawn on it.

  「H, how did you get this!?」


  「.…… It was terribly difficult」


  「How did you get it~ do you have more~?」


  「Right! Do you have more!?」


  「.…… Only one was successful. …… Remodeled magic tools are like that」


  「T, that can’t be~」


  「But~ even this much is incredible~」


  The main body of the magic tool Nija showed was carried on her back and connected to her arm, but it already broke.

  Nija’s friend is someone who’s magic tool remodeling master, but remodeling common magic tools is strictly forbidden. This magic tool is a remodeled short distance magnifying magic tool, a magic tool that transcripts on paper as a medium.

  The remodeling of the magic tool basically tends to be unstable because it forcibly overwrites its original use. Remodeling magic tools take considerable skill, but because of its instability, it has a tendency to run out of control easily. Therefore it’s prohibited.

  But, Nija has used remodeled magic tool for her master. She naturally trusts the skills of her remodeling friend, but she has been quite smitten with her master in the short period of time of being a personal maid.

  To the extent, she couldn’t help it but want her portrait. But, if this gets exposed, she will have no choice but to compensate with death.

  Even if it possess so much danger, Nija carried this out because she wanted to feel closer to her master.

  「C, can I have this!?」


  「Hey~ you can’t have it~ I will take it~」


  「.…… Not allowed」


  「Ehh~!」


  「Eeh~」


  「.…… Troubling. Possible only because Ojousama doesn’t move much. …… Wasn’t found out by Great Lady as well. If found…… don’t want to think about it…… …… Impossible for you」


  「U…… th, that right, but」


  「So nice~ so nice~ this~ probably~ if auctioned~ to the Knights Order~ there will be~ fellows~ who would go bankrupt~ for this~」


  「.…… Affirmation」


  「That’s right. Great Lady won’t let a painter near Ojousama, after all」


  「You are right~ when taking that~ into consideration~ this is……」


  Jenny’s appearances suddenly changed with sharpness and instantly became blurry, but Nija bound her arms behind her back in the next moment and dropped her on the floor.

  Nija’s restrictions technique which allowed to bind Jenny with one hand and one leg is prone to admiration.

  「.…… Amitabha」


  「Jenny did something stupid…… there’s no way you could win against Nija」


  「.…… Incidentally, copying is prohibited」


  「Gu…… no good, huh~」


  Lacria who surprisingly has artistic inclinations hangs her head down in disappointment.

  The portraits in the Lizwald continent are usually painted over a few days by a talented painter with sponsors or patrons with considerable financial strength.

  Even if there’s talent, it would be difficult to draw for work without funds.

  The magic tool Nija used is what makes it possible to do in tens of minutes. However, the premise is that the target hardly moves.

  Therefore, under normal circumstances, it would be close to impossible to use on a child. But, the target was Lilianne. On top of having almost no expression, she hardly moves.

  But, there’s still the problem of time, even if Lilianne stands still, there are existences that will interfere.

  Nija was able to complete only one in the period of several days. No, just one is a good bargain.

  And then, the overworked magic tool broke just after several days. Just the paper used for the remodeled magic tool was considerably expensive.

  But it still was something that can never be replaced by money or anything else for Nija.

  The one picture she has is a cherished gem that can’t be handed over to anyone else.

  「.…… Fufu…… Ojousama is dreamy」


  「Right~ especially this pajama she’s wearing, it’s amazing how angelic she looks, right?」


  「.…… Super affirmation」


  「.…… M, me too~ I, I want to look~……」


  「Indeed, I think that bunny pajamas are the best」


  「F, fox are better~」


  「.…… I agree with Jenny」


  「But, Jenny’s ‘this’ is not like that, right~」


  「H, how rude~…… Gaku」


  「.…… It’s the best because it’s on Ojousama」


  「Ah~ I understand that~ it’s scary how much I understand~ Ojousama would be cute in anything…… how mysterious」


  「.…… Devilish woman」


  「Bufu! D, devilish…… s, she may be……」


  「.…… Nod」


  A certain false conviction appeared in the half-closed eyes of the girl thumbing up Lacria who burst into laughter.

  「P, please move away soon~ Nijaa~…… I, I will breaaak~」