CH 3

The characteristic shrill sound of swords clashing against each other passed between the two men.

The two swords that collided continued to collide, pushing and slashing at each other without a single tremor.

Eventually, Lucas, tired of the ongoing power struggle, missed his sword.

And it wasn’t Locus to miss it.

“……!”

The chill of the sword reached around Lucas’ neck.

Lucas instinctively raised his chin, trying to dodge the sword.

Locus, who was watching, spoke in an uninterested tone.

– Give up. Your Highness cannot overcome me.

– Speak as if you saw the future.

Lucas smiled at Locus’ warning.

– But words can’t describe the pleasure when such cockiness is broken.

At the same time, mysterious thunder and lightning began to echo above their heads.

Bang.

Once and twice in succession, Locus noticed a strange gesture and stepped back.

Lucas raised his voice, wondering if he would miss it.

– What are you doing, Easton!

With a shrill sound, the lightning quickly revealed his identity, and the revealed roar made its way to the locus.

And that was the moment.

“Oh.”

What a dog dream like this since morning.

On the second day after Noah came to the duke’s house, I picked up my pen to make plans for the morning.

The plan was about Noah’s life.

From the tutor to the swordsmanship teacher to the handmaiden in charge who will soon have to be attached to him.

Especially since Noah is about to enter the academy, I have to hurry up and start teaching etiquette.

Of course, my Noah doesn’t know about etiquette or anything like that, but it doesn’t matter because he’s cute, but that’s only for me.

Besides, not everyone can be unconditionally kind and to Noah.

At the very least, it would be better for Noah not to be disgraced by others for a minor mistake.

“…….”

I sighed and straightened my posture.

Let’s check Noah’s personal documents from the nursery school again.

I don’t care if I already know my age and name, and I have allergies or not.

Well, luckily, Noah is not allergic.

I’m glad I was able to feed them more evenly.

I inked my pen and wrote down the various necessary lists on the parchment.

First of all, there are no clothes in the house for boys to wear, so I have to fit them.

I would like a red outfit to match the color of Noah’s eyes.

In line with the seasonality, it is also equipped with green and blue… Even a ribbon to tie Noah’s long hair.

Well, he also liked the children’s book I read to him last night, so I should buy a book too, right?

Oh, black tea! I also have to write his favorite lemon black tea…… You almost forgot.

Speaking of which, Locus loved sweet things in novels.

I think I liked it more, especially when the refreshing flavor was added.

Or rather, I prefer sour to sweet.

Lucas, on the contrary, does not like sweet things. Thanks to this, Honey and Locus often share dessert.

Locus is shy every time…

“Mmm.”

I grabbed the pen again, reminding myself of Locus in the novel.

Let’s hire more pastry chef like this.

When you are happy to eat, you enjoy life.

It’s not because I want to see Noah’s shy side again, of course. Period.

“Come on, Annie. Tell them to do it all.”

Satisfied with the parchment, I handed it to Annie, the handmaiden waiting beside me.

Instead of answering, Annie accepted the parchment with a faint smile. Soon, however, she spoke with a small consternation.

“Miss, is this what you mean?”

“Yes, do you have a problem?”

“No, I just thought you liked him so much……”

She smiled a little awkwardly and tucked the parchment into her arms.

Oh, but……. Was it something that made me look like a little brother fool to others?

But it’s not wrong, so you can’t deny it. On the contrary, it is also the image I want…

In the future, Noah won’t be able to escape all the flow of the novel’s “Locus.”

No matter how much I’m in a novel, I can’t interfere with him in every case, every moment.

So the best thing I can do is to instill in his head that he has a back belly like me.

At least so that you don’t get a threatening attack on the people around you…….

“Hah.”

I covered the corners of my mouth with a spontaneous sigh.

I’m also fierce this morning, so I’m more concerned.

I just hope that my efforts will not be in vain.

I think I’ll have to do everything I can for Noah so my intuition will work.

That was the moment when my thoughts turned dark in color.

Bang.

“Oh, lady!”

With the sound of the door opening harshly, a handmaiden with an unfamiliar face ran to me.

Before I could answer, she exhaled harshly and shouted at me in a fidgeting voice.

“It’s a big deal! Forgive me, my Lady!”

“Noah?”

I reacted to the familiar title and stood up. Then the maid cried.

“He cut hair with scissors…….”

She shouted.

“You played with scissors and cut your hair!”

What are you doing? Work?

Hearing the rather dumbfounded cry accompanied by the maid’s cry, I got up from my seat and hurried to Noah’s room.

Sure enough, there was indeed in the room where Noah clutched his long brown hair with a whimpering face.

The red lines on his fingers looked like they were scarred.

Still, it was a very small wound, so it was a good thing.

“I’m crazy.”

I let out a small sigh, reeling from this dumbfounded situation.

Oh, why did you cut off the back of your hair even if you cut it……!

How many people would rather castrate an existing long-haired character than make it short!

Whoops. Our Noah cut his own hair.

It’s a short cut.

Our Noah is a short!

I was going to tie his hair up myself! I also filled out the payment form to order the ribbon by color.

I imagined brushing it yesterday……!

“Noah, this kind of thing is dangerous, so be careful.”

Holding back the urge to cry, I snatched the scissors from Noah. Noah then looked at his cut hands and babbled.

“I’m sorry. It’s amazing to cut anything out, so stop……”

Ugh. Cute.

I don’t really have anything to say in the midst of this, but it’s really cute to cry!

It’s easy to see why people are so excited about their favorite crying and love it.

“…….”

I put down the scissors and examined the condition of Noah’s severed hair.

From what I can see, the back of my hair is already unresuscitable, and the side hair has been cut off, so I don’t think this will be covered by tying it with a ribbon.

I think someone made it up and cut it altogether.

“Annie, add hiring a hairdresser to the budget document you filled out earlier.”

“Understood, young lady.”

Aiyo. It’s a pity, but I’m going to have to cut it all off like this, huh.

By the way, I didn’t expect Noah to have such a lack of basic common sense.

That’s enough for one pair of scissors.

Of course, Noah is also a cute little brother to me, but…

As I said earlier, this kind of outburst doesn’t last to anyone else.

A tutor would have to be found as soon as possible, but the image of a child adopted from an orphanage would not be good for anyone other than the duke.

Still.

Speaking of which, I didn’t get any instruction at the nursery school, so I was so curious about one pair of scissors and did something stupid…

“Noah, do you know how to read?”

I asked Noah cautiously, just in case.

To a question that might have been somewhat offending, Noah answered it with a wide smile.

“Nope!”

Kung.

As if someone had hit me on the back of the head, a giddy pain rang through my head.

Unbelievable. Apparently, the personal documents sent by the nursery school didn’t mention that!

Oh, I was in a hurry to prepare the veneer, and I didn’t see the inside.

I was preparing without asking about these basic things… I’m disqualifying my sister!

I bit my lip and placed my hand on Noah’s shoulder.

“My sister will work hard……”

“Huh?”

But Noah, who didn’t know my insides, only put a bigger price on my heart with his pure grunt.

When I heard that Noah was illiterate, as soon as Noah was finished grooming his hair and treating his hands, I hurriedly put him on the stool and handed him pens and paper.

First of all, you should be able to write down three characters of your name.

I can teach you things like letters… In fact, even if a tutor comes, he will only teach you manners and history.

Usually, the child’s mother taught her in advance.

It was my mistake.

Instead of relying on the papers sent by the nursery, the first thing was to watch him more closely and figure out what he needed.

It was my fault for relying on the words of the nursery school that named Noah “Locus” in the first place.

No way…… As for the birthday written on the document, isn’t it a date arbitrarily set by the nursery?

“…….”

I felt sorry for Noah somehow, gently stroking his hair, and then I wrote a small piece on parchment.

<Noah Agrinda>

It was his name.

“Well, write this down first.”

“What is this?”

“It’s your name.”

At my explanation, Noah’s eyes sparkled, and he held up the parchment. Somehow, he felt curious about the letters.

But at that moment, curiosity in Noah’s eyes came to me.

“What’s sister’s name?”

“Huh?”

“My sister’s name!”

Noah’s eyes curled up at me.

“My name?”

“Yes! Sister’s name?”

It’s a question I hadn’t thought of.

Usually, children are interested in their names first…

I was dumbfounded for a moment, then grabbed the pen again and carefully wrote down the letters on the parchment. Noah looked at me as soon as his pen scrawling hand stopped.

I carefully handed Noah a pen, and he mumbled with his little mouth.

“How do you read it?”

“Rosent Agrinda.”

“Ross… Tw?”

Noah hesitated a little at my answer, then looked at the parchment and then carefully wrote down one by one with his small hand.

It was a bit crooked, but I could definitely read it.

<Rosent Agrinda>

It was the first name Noah had written.