Book 5: Chapter 14

Book 5: Chapter 14

Holiday at Capital

So troublesome

Eh, why do you dislike it?

Seo got called once more to Leyton Houses secondary residence in the capital in order to accompany Arias holding back training and to see just how much she had recovered from the injury that she got during the outdoor field trip. He reflexively asked back in respond to the mutter that Aria leaked out.

There, an opening.

Uwah

She drew close to him using only a walking technique that didnt cause her uniforms long skirt to sway. Then she lightly kicked the back of his knee and made him stumbled. Seo who was wearing his butler uniform fell on his back on the gardens lawn.

Uu~~

Seo couldnt ask her to go easy on him. Although Aria was an adopted child, she was older than him and a powerful fighter who could even conquer a dungeon or drive away rank 5 assassin, but Seo wished to surpass her in various senses. Because she was a girl who he wanted to confess at when he was able to do so.

Dont lose focus. You will get surrounded by ogre and die on your own like that.

No no, normally you will definitely die when getting surrounded by multiple ogres on your own okay?

Seo felt dizzy seeing just how far he still had to go.

Seo felt like the sense of distance between the two of them had shrunk since they became family, but the gaze that he felt from Aria was just like [a big sister who was warmly watching a naughty little brother]. Seo was dissatisfied by that.

Aria offered her hand to him. He took it and stood up while thinking that he almost caught up to her if it was in height. Just a little bit morehe psyched up himself in his heart.

And, what is troublesome? Itll make it easier to protect her highness as a baron daughter rather than baronet daughter right?

I got pestered.

Aria answered like that as though it was only natural after Seo asked her once more.

Layton House had gotten promoted from being a baronet house which was a low noble rank to baron house which was a middle noble rank.

From the start Aria who had the position as the princesss only attendant despite coming from a low ranked noble house was in a position where she could be easily pestered by high ranked noble. A noble could be promoted in rank by making achievement but, promotion from low rank to middle rank, or from middle rank to high rank was something that rarely happened. The middle ranked nobles who came from noble houses with long history must find themselves offended by it.

Layton House was a house with black ops lineage. Sera was one of the people in charge of the palaces security and she had received very high evaluation for her work from the start. The case with Aria was nothing more than an impetus for the promotion, but to the noble houses that didnt know anything, it must looked like the promotion was because of the princesss favoritism.

And then the most troublesome thing was.

I heard from Sera. It looks like there are several marriage proposals being send my way.

Eh!?

A girl from low ranked noble house serving as the princesss maid wouldnt get that many problems.

Aria was an adopted daughter of a low ranked noble house, so there shouldnt be anyone who thought of using her as political piece. But, with her now coming from a middle ranked noble house, it was only natural that noble houses that wanted to have connection with the upper echelon of the country were having their eyes on Aria who was intimate with the princess.

Perhaps Elena was protecting Aria from that but, the problem wasnt there. The promotion came to be as a reward directly from the king himself because of the incident last time, which made it harder for Aria to stop being a noble easily now.

I dont wanna Aria getting engaged with other noble!

Im not planning to from the start.

Rather, it would be Seo who would have it harder from now on because he was now the heir of a baron house.

He also had good look and personality. Surely a lot of female students would approach him when he enrolled into the academy next year.

It seemed that even now there were already senior female students who got their eye on him despite him not being a studentthat was what Aria heard from Chloe. She thought him pitiful for being distracted by the engagement talk of his big sister and not realizing that.

Although Chloe who was telling Aria about that would want to sigh if she saw Aria not noticing Seos feeling even after he was talking like that.

Anyway, Ill try asking Kaa-san about that-! Also Aria, you shouldnt move too much yet. I have to get back to the academy already but, ask someone to accompany you when going into the city okay?

Got it.

But, who could possibly imagine that such girl was still a kid whose age was around ten years old?

Their encounter was a mistake. He should have noticed it when the playboy Viro was treating Aria as an [immature girl] rather than a [young girl].

The pretty girl who Feld recognized as his equal was a kid, but his first impression of Aria and her sublime strength hindered him to look at Aria as a kid.

In addition the girl side and childish side that she alternately showed to him with randomness were baffling him.

Aria was actually a kid so he tried to treat her like one but, although Aria never loosened up in front of her teacher Viro, the defenseless face as a girl that she displayed in front of Feld easily broke into his heart.

Feld felt relieved when he heard her reason for that was [because he was like her father that made her felt a peace of mind], at the same time it also allowed Aria to break further into his heart. It made him got stuck with even more complicated feeling than before.

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Ooh my, welcome Aria-chan. You have become prettier again. Feld-kyun too, your muscles are always growing to be lovelier and lovelier every time.

O-ou

The rock dwarf Gelf appeared as soon as Aria and Feld arrived. He was wearing a dress that was made from glossy leather. The dress clung tightly on his whole body. The look overwhelmed Feld and he greeted him back falteringly.

The tights you gave me had gotten soaked with blood, so I want to have them looked after. Also the reward from the kingdom has come out so I want to order a spare. Also are the shoes I ordered finished?

Youre really an unwavering child eh.

Yeah really Feld thought while nodding deeply.

For some reason Gelfs expression became like a clown whose performance got ignored by the kids. He accepted the transparent tights that Aria handed to him and started scrutinizing it with a craftsman face.

You had been reckless again hadnt you? Even the mythrils silver string has absorbed too much blood that the black stain remained when it regenerated. Be careful about that, because itll cause the hardness to decrease. As for the academys designated loafers, I have fitted them with magic steel plate and also hidden blades in the heels and front tips. But, the loafers have weaker toughness than the boots you used before, so pick the enemy you are going to use them at carefully. As for the spare tights

Gelf paused there and pondered for a little bit before hitting his palm.

Aa, I have a spare. Its a mix of prototype mythril silver string with magic steel black string. Its magic resistance is a bit lower but, its physical resistance goes up slightly in exchange. I also have a bustier made from the same material, so try wearing them at the back to see if their size fit you. Alsotheir color is black so try wearing a matching underwear. If its black then I have some unused silk products in stock.

Got it.

Feld felt like he had heard some lines that a man shouldnt listen to. He focused on something else while getting cold sweat.

Aria was still a kid sensibility-wise even though she had the appearance of a top class beauty. An earnest people like Feld felt his mind tormented by a strange sense of immorality from listening to that kind of topic.

For now it seemed Gelf was acting like a mother to make up Arias insufficiency in the female sensibility department. In actuality he was a mal, a dwarf, and a person of that type, but Feld turned a blind eye toward that.

Aria looked like someone who knew nothing else except fighting, but surely she would become a magnificent woman in the future if she had that kind of existence at her side.

Until then Feld could just look over her like a father. There was also a little brother who was worried about Aria just like him.

Feld was making that kind of compromise inside himself and felt relieved. Then Gelfs flustered voice suddenly came from the back of the shop that was partitioned using a curtain.

Aria-chan, wait!

Ah, Feld.

The curtain suddenly opened and a voice called his name. Feld turned around and froze.

I think the waist is a bit loose and itll be better to make it a bit more easier to move in, what do you think?

There, Aria was standing while twisting her waist. She was wearing a black bustier, a black short knickers, a black garter belt, and black tights.

Gelf was searching for a cloth behind her in hurry. Feld dropped the thing he was holding after seeing that. Then he raised his voice with various feelings filling it.

W-WEAR SOME CLOTHESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!

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The hardships of the males around Aria including Feld would still continue.