CH 123

Cylus asked Diana and Il Valeno to sit on the couch, and he himself sat down on the couch across from them, facing them.

“Just in time, so let’s have a useless talk.”

Cylus said as he straightened his back and looked at Diana and Il Valeno. Seeing the two children sit back up straight, he nodded once and began his lecture.

“For an aristocrat, waste is a luxury. As I said before, greetings such as ‘Good morning,’ ‘Good afternoon,’ ‘Good evening,’ and ‘Good night’ are sufficient for business. But in the case of noblemen to noblemen, “Good morning,” “Good evening,” and “Good night” won’t be enough. ‘It is a pleasure to see you on such a pleasant morning’, ‘Good morning’, ‘Good evening’, and ‘Good night’. ‘It’s a beautiful day, isn’t it? Your hair shines in the sunlight and it’s so beautiful. It is fate that we meet on such a beautiful moonlit night. Good night. I hope you have a good dream’. The person with the bad temper will then go on to compliment the other person’s appearance, hair style, and clothing.”

Diana raised her hand after hearing Cylus’ explanation.

“Dear Diana, please join.”

“I greet your father, mother, brother, Il, and Sasha with ‘good morning,’ ‘hello,’ ‘good evening,’ and ‘good night’. Do I need to be more verbal as well?”

Cylus nodded without changing his expression at Diana’s question, saying it was a good question.

“Let’s talk about clothes. If you only want to cover up the parts of your body where you feel shame, underwear is enough. If it is to keep out the cold or to avoid injury in case of a fall, a single piece of cotton clothing made to fit the body shape of a civilian is all that is needed. There is no need to wear two or three layers of clothes, or to wear underwear to give volume to the skirt, or to wear two or three layers of lace and frills. But the nobility still wears such clothes.”

“Is that useless, too?”

“Yes, it is. Diana, what do you wear to bed at night?”

“A long-sleeved shirt that goes over my head and pants that go down my legs. I have a little bow on my chest!”

“It’s just for greeting your family and sleeping at night. In such private places, the aristocrats also avoid wasting money. Because they don’t need it. A small ribbon is not quite the same as uselessness, as it is meant to entertain the wearer’s mind.”

Cyrus stretched out his own lacy collar, pulling it with a snap of his fingertips.

“By wasting words, by wasting gorgeous clothes, by wasting elaborate hairstyles, you show the other person that you can afford it. By doing so, you protect your self-esteem, your rights, and theirs.”

…It’s kind of hard to do.”

Diana lowered her eyebrows and looked troubled. Il Valeno also had a subtle look on his face, as if he understood.

‘Well… Don’t you want to dress up and look beautiful when you meet someone you love?”

“Yes! I will wear clothes that will make my brother say Diana is pretty!”

“Then, on the other hand, what would you think if Cain dressed up to meet Diana?”

“I would be happy to know that my brother was looking forward to meeting Di!”

“Diana, when you are talking about yourself, it’s ‘me’, not ‘Di’. Be careful.”

“Yes, sir…”

Diana, who was so excited by the mention of Cain that she ended up calling herself Di in front of Cyrus, the disciplinarian. Although he gave her a warning, Cyrus did not scold her in depth.

“You can wear such gorgeous clothes, you can be so verbal. In this way, you can show that you care about the person you are talking to. In other words, if you dress inappropriately and only give words of requirement, you may be perceived as disrespecting the other person.”

“Do you dress up to avoid being disliked?”

“To put it simply, yes. There are other reasons, but they are a bit more complicated and will have to wait for another time. Let’s return to your letter.”

Cyrus stood up and went to Diana’s study desk, picked up the book of greetings, and returned to the sofa.

Flipping through it randomly, he looks at the greetings on a single page.

“The greetings in Coco are taken from letters written by famous people in the past. So you must be very careful about which greetings you use when you write to us.”

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Diana raises her hand again to make a statement. She had learned in the previous letter writing session that we should write greetings that are appropriate for the season. She shows that she remembers.

Cyrus raised the corner of his mouth faintly and nodded slowly, “Good,” he complimented Diana.

“Let’s take it a step further. When using this greeting, you should also note who the prominent person referred to was. If the topic is music or dance, by using the greeting of someone who was a famous musician or dance master, the recipient can predict the topic of your letter as they are reading the greeting. On the other hand, if you use the greeting of a famous architect or a man who made his fortune in trade, but the body of the letter is an invitation to a dance party, the letter will sound awkward. This is not a good letter to use, and it may raise doubts about your education.”

“…… This is difficult. Can you tell which greeting is written by which person?”

Diana’s question seemed to have been anticipated, and Cyrus placed the collection of greeting letters open on the table for them to see, and pointed to the last word drawn at the end of one greeting letter.

“Here is the name of the person written who wrote the letter of greeting. Every greeting letter has the name of the person who wrote it.”

“It doesn’t say who that person is, does it?”

Il Valeno looks at the book with squinting eyes. He was not blind, but he didn’t want to look at the beautiful words that were listed in the book.

“I’ll leave that for homework until next time,” he said. “Please find out who the people in the greeting book are.”

“Okay.”

“Greetings are like lace, frills, ribbons, and embroidered collars in clothing. It is a statement that we care about a person. Also, as I explained earlier, it takes education to choose and write an appropriate greeting. You can write a completely original greeting, but it still requires vocabulary and good taste, so you need to be educated. Of course, writing a greeting with a large number of words requires time. It shows how much time and effort you have put into the greeting, and it also makes you look big, as if you have the time to write this many words.”

“…… On the other hand, there might be people who get mad at me because I didn’t have a greeting, right?…”

“Yes, that’s right. Some people accept things that have taken root in their culture as ‘that’s the way it is,’ regardless of their origin or meaning. Those who accept something that has taken root in the culture often feel angry when it is not the case, without thinking about the reasons or the meaning.”

While Il Valeno and Cyrus are asking and answering questions, Diana is pulling the greeting book toward her and looking into it sneakily.

“And one more thing. It can be a bad thing if you don’t know what letter each greeting was for.”

“…… bad thing?”

“You may end up marrying someone you have no intention of marrying.”

Il Valeno and Diana thought they had heard this story somewhere before.

“Is there such a thing as a ‘greeting card language’?”

“A ‘greeting card language’? There is no such thing, but it might be close.”

Cyrus answered Il Valeno’s question with a slight tilt of his head.

“It is important to know what kind of letter the greeting was used for. If it is just a greeting, it is a normal greeting, but if it is a greeting used in a love letter, it has a different meaning.”

Diana and Il Valeno both looked at each other and said, “I knew it.” Iannis’ face was now hovering over their heads.

“Does that mean that we need to study not only who wrote it, but also which letter it was written in?”

“I suppose that’s what it means.”

Diana and Il Valeno could not hide their expression of surprise at Il Valeno’s words and Cyrus’ answer.

Cyrus gave a small laugh and took out another book from his bag and put it on the table.

“It is a collection of greetings used in love letters. For beginners, there are different greeting books for different types of original letters. You can find a complete set in the duke’s library.”

“Good.”

As Diana was relieved, Cyrus clapped his hands.

“Now, let’s write a letter to Mr. Cain. Today, please choose a greeting from this collection of greetings for general letters and write it down. I won’t check the contents, but I will look at the greeting and closing sentences, so please write with that in mind.”

“Okay.”

“Okay.”

Diana and Il Valeno wrote their letters to Cain while Cyrus looked over them.