Chapter 303

T/N: Back to the main story

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As I Have Previously Explained [Part 1]

“Uh... Yeah. As I have previously explained, participants will have to sleep in a carriage or tent prepared individually. As you can see from the surroundings, there are no residential houses near the barrier, let alone a lodging facility. We asked you to be accompanied by your guardians... a servant to take personal care of you and a guard to deal with monsters in case we encounter them... with that reason... but... um, uhh, pardon me... Count Stuart?”

All was well and good until the first day of the extracurricular lesson when (the fierce-looking) Monster Science teacher and (the stern) Practical Skill of Hunters teacher held a meeting with the students and their guardians to give an overview of the activity.

The students and the accompanying guardians were noisily talking among themselves.

Even the experienced teachers were also bewildered.

“Hm? Is something the matter? Mr. Wolfgang?”

Leonard looked up in confusion when he was suddenly called out in the middle of the briefing.Expplôre uptodate stories at no/vel//bin(.)com

“...Excuse me for asking, but if I’m not mistaken, is your whole family participating?”

Although Wolfgang couldn’t believe his own eyes, the guardians standing behind the three Stuart siblings were, without a doubt, their father, Count Leonard Stuart, their mother, Countess Melsa Stuart, and even their uncle, Arban Stuart themselves.

“Uncle, Uncle, look! Everyone is surprised because you are here.”

“Uncle Arban is surely a celebrity in the Royal Capital because you graduated from university with exceptionally excellent grades!” Emma chuckled to Arban as she looked at the other participants, who were chattering while repeatedly glancing at them.

“...Nee-sama? That’s not it, okay? The rumor that Nee-sama is on the verge of death has spread everywhere in the academy, so everyone is... greatly shocked, like they’re seeing a zombie, okay?”

With a sigh, William reminded his carefree older sister.

“Hm? The other guys’ guardians... How come many of them look like maids and guards? Ah, so they weren’t referring to parents when they said ‘guardians’...”

George realized the difference between the teams of participants around him and his family.

“Oh my, did I misunderstand the definition of a guardian? What should we do, Dear? We will end up standing out... I’m sure everyone is wondering about either one of the things our children said.”

“It’ll be bad if we stand out...” Melsa put her hand on her cheeks and turned to look at Leonard with a troubled face.

But as the children of a borderland lord, George and William cannot possibly skip out the extracurricular lesson.

If that’s the case, Emma-sama made up her mind to participate in the extracurricular lesson by exerting her weak body so she can spend what little time she has with her family...

Oh no. We can’t. We mustn’t cry. We will only throw a wet blanket over Emma-sama and her family’s efforts to face their situation courageously if we cry...’

The participants desperately sniffed as they held back their imaginations and tears from overflowing.

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Readers’ Corner:

[Reader A’s comment]

I thought Uncle Arban was a relatively normal person, but he’s been a true Stuart all along...

[Author’s reply]

The curse in their blood is too strong.

‘Emma will definitely come because she will be on summer vacation for two whole months. What should I do? What should I buy for her? How should I respond if she says she wants to have a sleepover in my room?’ Arban had been counting down the days in anticipation for Emma’s return, y’know.

[Reader B’s comment]

To think that not the whole family but the WHOLE CLAN dotes on Emma... Ah, but maybe because she recovers their financial situation through her extreme modification of silkforms, the clan treats her like their savior.

Emma starting a fire and cooking rice...

In other words, “Emma’s home cooking”!

I can smell the impending bloody battle already (lol)

[Author’s reply]

Miss Emma is the first baby girl born in the clan after a very very long time, so they dote on her like crazy.

The Stuart clan mainly consists of a bunch of muscular, rough men. (Arban and William types are rare)