Translator: Jawbrie
Surfania was still playing and seemed to be having fun . She had won several games consecutively and didn’t look like she would lose any time soon . There was even a small crowd of spectators surrounding her table now . Mishuli looked like she had also successfully infiltrated the beginner’s area . Other children that were her own age were there, learning how to move the pieces .
As I was viewing all of this, I hear someone mumble next to me .
“You’re pretty close with Mishuli, eh?”
“We’re sisters . ”
Leon would say the most obvious things, so I answered him in kind . It was the most normal thing in the world for sisters to get along well .
But, perhaps I and Mishuli had been too close . You could say that it was the result of living together in such a small world as the mansion .
A dependence . Or codependence .
We were so close that even such words that came from knowledge from my past life would come to mind .
“We came out here in disguise, so that Mishuli could make some friends . ”
“Ahh . ”
As I really had nothing to do, I decided to talk to Leon a little .
I wanted Mishuli to be able to talk to people other than me . I wanted her to have someone else that she could open her heart to .
It wasn’t possible with nobles . Aside from people that I was a bulwark for, we could not get too close to anyone who was in a position to go sniffing around, once we became well acquainted . It didn’t matter who they were, it was the house behind them that was dangerous . As far as Charles and Surfania, well, they only knew her through me .
And so for Mishuli to be able to talk with someone as herself, she would have to hide her status . But perhaps I was being too simplistic in thinking this .
“…Huh?”
I thought this much, but then suddenly a completely unrelated question entered my mind .
The setting of ‘Labyrinth Destiny’ was eight years from now, at the Royal Academy . The story would begin with Mishuli being enrolled .
But, why was Mishuli able to go to the Royal Academy?
It was not mandatory to enroll . Mishuli was supposed to be in hiding, so why would she be sent to a place where she would be forced to come in contact with so many people–
“You look like your thinking of all sorts of things . That’s unexpected . To be honest, I thought you were just really self-important . ”
My mind was brought back to the present by his words .
But anyway, I didn’t have enough information to answer this new question that had entered my mind . I put it aside for now and answered Leon .
“I am quite important, so you aren’t wrong . I’ll forgive you for that one . ”
“Haha . …But, I don’t think it’s possible for her to make friends in one day . ”
“I know . ”
“So you know…”
Leon sounded exasperated, but there was no way a genius such as me would not have predicted this .
But it was fine as a momentary pleasure . If she could mingle and laugh for even just a short while, in a single meeting, then Mishuli would know something more about others . She would understand that the whole world was more than just me .
This would become a memory and an experience for her .
“But, you… Uh, Christina, was it?”
“That’s right, commoner . ”
“Right . ”
I answered him with a deliberately sardonic tone to see his reaction, but he only laughed wryly .
The fact that he laughed like that, instead of firing back meant that he knew it was a joke, which was something I could appreciate in a person . It was the reaction I had expected, and so I nodded with satisfaction .
“So, Christina . You’re telling me you set up this whole troublesome incognito affair, just for your little sister?”
“Hm? Yes . That is exactly right . ”
“Well then,”
Leon’s black eyes looked at me as he talked . His eyes contained nothing but genuine curiosity .
Ah, they were the same color as mine .
Nothing had led to this thought, it just popped into my head .
Leon’s black eyes looked at me as he talked . His eyes contained nothing but genuine curiosity .
Ah, they were the same color as mine .
Nothing had led to this thought, it just popped into my head .
“Don’t you have anything that you want to do yourself today?”
“Eh?”
The words were so unexpected that I became confused .
What I wanted to do .
Leon saw that my mind had become blank as I was speechless . And so he continued .
“Yeah . Christina . Isn’t there anything you want to do for yourself, and not for Mishuli? I don’t have anything to do after this . I could be your guide, if you’d like?”
“…What is it with you? Don’t you have any friends?”
“Of course I do, idiot . ”
I shrugged as his replies became less and less reserved . I was well aware that I had purposely dodged the question .
“I see . Something I want to do…”
I turn the question over in my mind a little .
Something I want to do without Mishuli .
I didn’t think that I would be able to think of anything, but then one surprising idea came to me .
“I know . I want to walk around and eat . ”
“Walk around and eat… But you could do that any time you want . ”
“No, I can’t . ”
I was dumbfounded by Leon’s negative reply . The only time I had been able to walk around and eat was when I was invited to a buffet . That was completely different compared to what I had always wanted to do .
“That may be, but walking around and eating isn’t special in the least . Today is the festival, why don’t you… Um, are your parents very strict then?”
I was dumbfounded by Leon’s negative reply . The only time I had been able to walk around and eat was when I was invited to a buffet . That was completely different compared to what I had always wanted to do .
“That may be, but walking around and eating isn’t special in the least . Today is the festival, why don’t you… Um, are your parents very strict then?”
Perhaps he had become worried if there were any activities that we were prohibited from doing . But I shook my head .
“No, quite the opposite . I would even say on an unbelievable level . I’m generally allowed to do whatever I want . ”
“Are you serious?”
“Serious . ”
My father spoiled us . He would let us get away with almost anything .
However, he was still a noble first and foremost, and also one with authority . He usually did not seem that way, but that was one area where he could not be moved .
Of course, that had nothing to do with the present .
“I’m sure I’ll find something I want to do as I walk around eating . First things first, take me to a nice food stall . ”
“Aye aye… Wait, just how much money have you brought with you anyway?”
“Money?”
At these words, my eyes began to blink in surprise .
Oh, yes . Money . It was that thing that elevated this concept of finance in the world . It was without a doubt in the top three inventions of mankind . One of the things that were the most highly circulated in this world .
“Hmph . That’s right . ”
I checked inside my pockets just in case, before proudly puffing out my chest .
“I have no such thing!”
“Mmm…”
Leon nodded with a great smile . He seemed happy for no reason at all .
I checked inside my pockets just in case, before proudly puffing out my chest .
“I have no such thing!”
“Mmm…”
Leon nodded with a great smile . He seemed happy for no reason at all .
“So, there will be no walking and eating!”
“Grr . ”
This inhumane rejection of my wishes caused my lips to pout .
I see . You apparently needed this thing called money in order to get things that you wanted in this world . I had never actually held money up until this point, and so I had forgotten about it . This was purely due to a lack of experience .
Of course, if I asked the servants who had accompanied Surfania, I was sure to be given something . But that was most unfashionable for me . They were the servants of House Calibrachoa, and I did not want to rely on money borrowed from a place that had no connection to me .
“Well then . Why don’t you play a game with me?”
“I would get bored playing against someone who lost to Surfania . ”
His sympathetic look had gotten on my nerves, and so I lashed out .
Money, money… So eating and walking required money . I didn’t have any of that, but I didn’t want to give up here either . My eyes wandered about for a way to make money out of nothing, like alchemy, when my eyes stopped in one corner of the game house .
“Leon . Do you have any money on you?”
“Well, I do have a little…”
He had come to enjoy himself at this festival, so of course, he would have some . He clearly thought I was about to rob him because his expression turned sour .
But I wish for none to misunderstand me . I had not fallen so far into ruin that I would use my authority to steal coins from a peasant .
Knowing that we had some capital made me smile mischievously .
“Leon . I shall increase your allowance for you as a favor then . ”
If we didn’t have enough, we should increase it .
I grinned as I pointed over to the gambling corner .
Chapter end
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