Chapter 56

Translator and Editor: Effe and Nabi

Chapter 56

As she rolled the candy with the tip of her tongue, the sweet taste spread in her mouth, and her whole body was energized.

Liliana greeted kindly.

“Thanks for your concern, Elliot.”

“What, it’s nothing.”

Elliot turned his head away, pretending to be coy, but that didn’t stop his ears from burning red.

“Thank you, too, mother.”

“Huh? Me?”

“Yes. You gave Elliot advice, didn’t you?”

The eyes filled with a smile looked up at her. Liliana was so lovely that Anriche almost covered her mouth with both her hands.

‘Aww, how cute!’

No, she has to keep her dignity in front of the children.

She beckoned to Jane, as she barely refrained from making silly comments in front of the children.

“Jane.”

“Yes, madam.”

“Bring the kids in. Help Liliana do the laundry and bring her some snacks.”

“I will.”

Jane nodded her head. As if she had thought that they would go back together, Liliana rolled her eyes and looked back at Anriche.

“What? How about mother?”

“Um, I have something to talk to the knights for a while. Would you like to go in first?”

“Yes…”

As soon as she heard that Anriche wasn’t going with her, she got a little disappointed.

“Let’s go, Liliana.”

“Still, mother…”

Looking at the hesitant Liliana, she nodded her head briefly.

“I’ll follow you soon, so go first.”

“Mother isn’t going anywhere, so come quickly.”

Elliot, unable to see that, narrowed his eyes and grabbed Liliana’s hand, and pulled her away.

“Yes.”

So, Liliana, unable to overcome her disappointment, moved her steps as she was glancing behind several times.

Anriche, who was looking at these two children, turned to her knights.

“Hello.”

“Ma, madam?”

“Why are you looking for us?”

The knights who were sitting and resting, each stood up in surprise.

‘By the way, it seems that Anriche in the original story has never interacted with the knights…’

Anriche smiled as innocently as possible on the outside, and a cold sweat broke out inside her. Even though Valois was the best knight family in the empire, the Mistress of that family has never had a proper conversation with the knights.

How indifferent was Anriche in the original work…?

“I have one thing I want to ask you.”

At that cautious voice, the knights looked at each other.

There were rumors that the mistress had changed recently, though to the knights, it was more like a story of another world.

As it is, for the knights, ‘the Mistress… A person called ‘Madam’…’

‘There’s the butler, so why do I have to listen to you personally?’

Three years ago, when the first and last banquet was held in Valois with all the employees attending. When the knights looked for the Mistress to complain about their discomfort, Anriche frowned and answered coldly.

‘I hate knights who are hateful and sweaty.’

Anriche drew the line rudely.

Since that day, there had never been a single conversation between the knights and Anriche. In other words, for the knights, her image was fixed on that day three years ago.

But, did that arrogant hostess, Madame, come and talk to the knights first?

“Yes, feel free to ask.”

“Well, I think Liliana has been working hard on her recent training.”

Anriche, who said so, stared at the knights with her two eyes shining brightly.

“So, how do Liliana’s skills look to the knights?”

At the unexpected question, the eyes of the knights widened.

‘What is this?’

‘Are you asking us directly about Miss Liliana?’

‘Was she this attentive?’

Even so, Anriche, in front of them really looked like a parent who cared about her child. Isn’t she completely different from how she used to treat Elliot…?

They’ve been told that she’s changed a lot, but they really don’t know that she’d show this side of her…

“Well, knights?”

She faced the silent knights with a bewildered face.

‘Oops.’

Only then did the knights come to their senses.

“Hmmm,” one of the knights who coughed in vain opened their mouths.

“That, Miss Liliana is really talented.”

It was the knight who greeted Liliana earlier.

“Perhaps, no one in the Royal Academy of Swordsmanship is more talented than the young Miss.”

“Oh, my God, even in the Royal Academy Swordsmanship?”

Anriche covered her mouth and opened her eyes wide. She knew Liliana was good, although she didn’t know she was this good!

The Royal Academy.

It was an academy that selected and admitted only the most talented students from all over the country. In particular, the Academy’s swordsmanship department filled more than half of the imperial knights, so it was also a dream school for students aspiring to become imperial knights.

Anriche, full of enthusiasm, asked the question again.

“Is there anything I need to pay more attention to for Liliana’s education?”

“Well… Ah!”

As if remembering something, the knight raised a small exclamation.

Her eyes twinkled.

“Anything is fine, so please tell me!”

“The resource she most needs right now is another competitor her age.”

“A competitor of her age?”

“Yes, because having a competitor is a big help in improving.”

It was a sensible thing to say.

For a child with a character like Liliana, there was nothing more motivating than her peers. Liliana was a much more competitive kid than she looked.

The knight blurted out.

“Once or twice a week is fine, so it would be nice to know the swordsmanship of her age…”

“Then, how about sending her on a tour to the Imperial Academy’s Swordsmanship department?”

At the unexpected suggestion, the knight opened his eyes wide and looked at Anriche.

“A tour to the swordsmanship club?”

“Yes.”

Saying so, she nodded her head with a bright face.

“With the permission of the principal, it is possible for students outside the academy to observe the class, right?”

But, the knight looked perplexed and shook his head.

“Oh, that would be a little difficult.”

“Difficult, why is that?”

“Because the swordsmanship club is a place mostly boys go.”

“What’s wrong with that?”

At that, Anriche could not hide her strange face.

‘What the heck does it have to do with what the boys mostly go to, and Liliana doing a tour?’

The knight carefully added additional explanations, “I think the swordsmanship club is the most conservative place in the academy…”

“Ah.”

Only then did Anriche understand what the knight was trying to say.

“Liliana is a girl, so it’ll be hard for her, is this right?”

“Yes, to be honest, yes.”

“….”

Anriche wrinkled her brow involuntarily.

‘It was not a good reason, and simply because Liliana is a girl…?’

After a while.

She twisted the tip of her lips up.

“Well, if it doesn’t work, then I’ll have to make it work.”

When they said no, it made her want to do it more, right? At Anriche’s ferocious smile, the knights looked at her with a bewildered face.

“…Madam?”

“Of course, I’ll have to ask Liliana’s opinion first.”

Anriche, who had spoken like that, thanked the knights with a gentle voice.

“Thank you so much for sharing your valuable opinion.”

‘Oh, my God, the Madam herself says thank you…?’

The Mistress, the Madam, in front of them felt like an unsolved mystery of the century. The knights hurriedly shook their heads.

“No, madam.”

“Oh, and.”

Anriche, who was about to turn her body, spoke to the knights with a rather awkward face.

“I was sorry the other day.”

“…Yes?”

“That… three years ago, I was rude to the knights, didn’t I?”

It wasn’t exactly her, but what Anriche in the original story did. Still…

‘But, now that I’ve possessed this body, I’ll have to organize my emotions properly now so that the future will be easier.’

Besides, her conscience was too prickly for her to wash her hands like this and pretend she didn’t know.

Anriche took a step forward and said her words seriously.

“I am the mistress of Valois, so I must listen to the difficulties of the knights and employees and solve them.”

“….”

“….”

“I apologize for the negligence of responsibility until now.”

It was not even enough to say thank you, so is Madam apologizing to us right now…?

Meanwhile, the knights doubted their ears. And, by politely bowing her back, Anriche proved that the knights’ hearing was normal.

“It will never happen again.”

“No, madam!”

“How could you bow to us…!”

“Don’t do that!”

The gap between the wicked madam up until now and the madam in front of them was so great, the knights went in a hurry without realizing it.

On the other hand, Anriche thought it was a relief.

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