Chapter 41: Pay a Visit

Chapter 41 – Pay a Visit

After waking up, I recovered steadily without getting ill.

The food is delicious, and my legs, which were staggering at first, can now walk without problems.

I’m still not allowed to take Violet’s thread off, and it is still in the same state, but it has been a little itchy these days.

Every time I reach out to scratch it unconsciously, Koumei-san‘s paw blocks me.

“Koumei-san... It’s about time...”

“Meow (No)”

Koumei-san doesn’t leave my side for even a moment. When I sleep, eat, and even all the way to the toilet, she is beside me.

As I seem to make her worry very much, she is now more overprotective than Father and stricter than Mother. Her fur feels even fluffier and better to the touch because she takes her most hated bath every day with me. It was a pleasant miscalculation. I can’t stop the fluffiness.

・・・

Joshua comes to visit me, who has been told to stay in bed for a while obediently, these three days without absent.

Koumei-san was wary of Joshua at first, but after he came over and over again, she just stayed quietly beside me.

Between many relatives who treat me like a tumor after hearing my wound condition, it’s fun to talk to Joshua whose attitude doesn’t change at all. The gifts he brings every time are also delicious.

“Emma-sama, I brought baked sweets from the royal capital today. There’s also your favorite tea.”

...I’m being won over steadily.

The state of the royal capital I heard from Joshua is so stable that it doesn’t look like a coup d’etat just happened. The King’s figure who personally fought during the coup seemed to leave a good impression on the people, and his approval rating soared.

“Also, Rose-sama‘s dresses designed by Emma-sama seem to be very popular.”

I’m glad I did my best to make it. When I laugh, ‘Fufufu’ unconsciously, Joshua also smiles sweetly.

“Emma-sama, really an angel...”

He muttered something, but I couldn’t hear clearly.

“Have Joshua been to the royal capital? What’s the academy like?”

I’m curious about what kind of place is the royal capital, where I will live in next year.

If it’s only for the academy, there’s a dormitory, so it’s originally okay if only the children go. But Father doesn’t want to be apart from me, so it’s decided that the whole family will move.

In our previous life, the children couldn’t find a local job because the area we live in was too rural, so we have to leave home every time we found employment.

We always came home during long vacations, but it was still lonely.

I’m happy that I can still be together with my family for a little longer.

“The royal capital? It’s a big academic city. There is a royal castle in the center and schools surrounding it. The Royal University that Arban-sama enrolled in only accepts students with excellent grades, but for the others, you can study in the school you like as long as you are a noble.”

According to Joshua, the entire royal capital is like an academy, so you can reserve and take classes you’re interested in regardless of age and gender.

The test period is set up once a year, and the tests for the classes are assessed for one hour each year. If you get a passing score on the test, you can acquire credits.LaaTest novels on (n)ovelbi/n(.)com

If you greedily take up various kinds of classes, the tests will pile up like a mountain, and you will have a hard time.

When you acquired 100 credits, you will publicly get a graduation qualification. And if you submit one graduation thesis about the field you like and get approvement on it, you can graduate.

I’m a little baffled by the school system that’s different from my previous life.

“Classes like etiquette and embroidery are popular with the ladies. There are about 50 varieties of class just for manner alone... Emma-sama, please don’t make such a disgusted look.”

It looks like my face is clouded by the talk of classes I would never choose. I have to fix showing my expressions so openly.

“Noble men have required subjects. It includes monster studies, economics, and hunters’ practical skills. You will not be able to graduate if you don’t pass these three subjects, and you will not be acknowledged as a noble.”

“But... there are dark circles under your eyes? Want to take an afternoon nap together?”

I peer at Joshua worriedly and trace the dark circles under his eyes using my hand that’s not holding a candy. My bed is big, so there’s supposed to be no problem for two people to sleep together.

“Nee— saa— maa—”

William holds his head. This? Does she really not calculate all this?

“Em— ma—... you...”

George holds his head. She won’t do things like this to all the boys she’ll meet in the academy, right? Joshua is already a terminally ill patient to the point of no saving, but if I don’t stop her completely, the victims will increase. I’m already worried about our school life next year.

Joshua, not bothering he is sitting on a chair, collapses to his knees and tremblingly prays his gratitude to god.

“P...precious! Thank you, god! For such a precious angel by my side... thank you!”

I look at this scene and watch over smilingly while rolling the candy in my mouth.

Joshua is very religious. He gives prayers to god at the exact determined times.

While glancing at Joshua pitifully, William hands the big box to me.

“I brought it secretly like always, so Martha shouldn’t have found out.”

When I lightly open the lid, Violet is there. Because I can’t go out of my room, William brings it over secretly every day to prevent Martha from finding it.

Koumei-san, who is sprawling over my bed, peeps into the box and greets Violet.

“Meow!”

Violet rustlingly climbs onto Koumei-san‘s head.

They have completely become close.

“Is this Violet? It’s a beautiful purple like Emma-sama said.”

Done with his praying (revived), Joshua looks at Violet and talks to me with a smile. He has heard a little about the big spider, but he was inwardly surprised as it was many times bigger than his imagination, though it doesn’t show in his manner.

“Cute, right?”

I happily laugh because Violet is praised.

Joshua desperately endures the urge to offer his prayers again.

“Meow~? Meow?”

Koumei-san is kind of having a conversation with Violet.

So cute.

“Meow~ meow meow?”

She looks at me, then continues the conversation. Koumei-san and Violet, both are so cute.

When everyone is looking at them for a while with a softened expression, Koumei-san turns toward me and says

“Meow!”

, a single word.

“Eh? It’s okay to take this off?”

Somewhat understood it, I point to the spider’s thread covering the wound and ask Koumei-san.

“Meow~!”

It looks like I’m finally allowed.

......probably.