Chapter 31 – Flowers of the North Sea (3)

“How about this?”

I couldn’t help but be amazed when I saw Adela arriving with the princess.
Is this really the girl I knew?
Just by putting on makeup and dressing neatly, she felt like a living goblin, but it disappeared.
If you think about it, you might still maintain the ratio of 5 humans to 5 beasts, but it was a remarkable development.

“What… It’s not bad. “Let’s give him some light work first.”

I prepared a teapot to make tea. And I ordered them to make the most basic milk tea.

Clatter, rattle.

A fragrant scent lingered in the cafe along with the light friction sound of porcelain.
Liv also said that tea ceremony is included in liberal arts. Adela heated the teacup and steeped the tea leaves quite skillfully.
There were no basic mistakes that even my non-expert eyes could see.
As the warm milk was covered with an oil slick, lightly brewed tea water was mixed to create a beautiful color.

This is the finished cup of milk tea.
Hergé Bet took a sip of tea and nodded his head.

“It’s delicious. Thank you, Adela.”
“Let’s see.”

When I reached for the teacup, she got scared and backed away.

“W-what are you doing!? “This is what I said!”
“Are you holding a poison capsule in your molars? “I’m not going to die, so give it to me.”
“Oh, no! Make sure to get them separately! Pee! “Ask!”
“Pee—!”
“Aaaaah! Why are you attacking me! Pee! Are you out of your mind!?”

Is it a skit? To prevent Erzébet from spilling her tea as she was being attacked by her own familiar, I took her tea from her and took a sip.
It’s pretty good, isn’t it? It wouldn’t be a bad idea to sell just a few types of tea and bread this way.

I turned my head to Adela, who was smiling brightly and looking at me with her bright eyes.
I was doing her request with my whole body, ‘Please praise me because I did this well.’

“It’s not bad. Good job.”

So, the moment I was about to stroke her head, Erzébet stopped me next to her.

“What are you doing to make your hair, which has been set so well, become matted?”

Ah, I see. Up until now, he was so attached to me that I didn’t think much of it, but it seems like I definitely lacked consideration.
When I took my hand away, Adela had a sullen expression on her face.

“So you’re hiring Adela?”
“First, let’s open a cafe in the evening when regular classes end.”

Adella was a freshman, so she had a lot of lectures to take, and on top of all that, she didn’t have time to pay attention to her cafe as well as the crowded cafeteria at lunch time.
Ergé Bet also nodded her head in agreement. She then motioned to me and moved inside the counter.

“Louis. “I hope Adela has a little more culture and common sense.”
“Yeah, well that’s… “I feel the same way.”
“I can’t help but deny that I need your help, even though it’s shameful to do so.”

Are you saying it’s necessary or not?

“What do you want to say?”
“Give me your hand for a moment.”

Erzsebet looked at my hands closely. And then she looked again and again at the ever-present polar hue on her shoulder.
Ah, I see. It seems that during the last magic battle, I touched this guy and 〈 Magic End 〉 was activated. Fortunately, she turned it off right now because she was meeting two people, so Ergé Bett couldn’t find any traces.

“That’s strange. Have you dabbled in any kind of dark magic recently?”
“The only thing I touched was the tea cup the princess drank from.”
“… Forget about that. Anyway, for the time being, Phi will come into the canteen around the time Adela is working, so leave the window open.”
“Aren’t you coming in person?”
“Sometimes I’ll come and see it in person. But if I stay here, won’t the other students only care about me?”

The interior of the wall, which holds arrogance, becomes pale. Erzsebet, who was glancing in this direction, held out her bright colors to me as if showing off, and gave me a request.

“I am very concerned about what you can trust and entrust Piy with, but please know that I will endure it this once for Adela’s sake.”
“Pi—.”

I actually want to ask Adela what she believes in and what she entrusts to me. No matter how much I think about it, she seems like she’s just processing it for a while…

“Let’s do that.”

Well, I still need some help, so it would be great if I could find an employee.
If it doesn’t help, I’ll make the coffee and tea. Isn’t it possible to serve something? Having two such pretty employees in each canteen is a profitable business for the employer.

“Hehe, teacher, teacher! Am I pretty? Did you pass?”

Adela laughs at being banned from saying hehe. She is definitely not a candidate for marriage, unlike me, who is confined to a cafeteria until her old age.

“Yes, I passed.”
“Wow~!”

However, I felt a little pity for the nobleman who would mortgage her life just by looking at her appearance.

***

Everett Windguard was a knight with an excellent career who served as a knight of the kingdom’s guard, but at the end of the Great War became a knight of the Hooksclaw and was dispatched to Helzeb.
In her appointment, Wivlett’s influence was strongly influenced by the idea that she needed a person who knew about Helzeb, not a royal guard, to escort the princess heading to Farencia.

She doesn’t know what the captain was thinking when he sent her, but she didn’t have much confidence in Averett’s ability to protect her.
Although she had been told by Hubblet that if anything major happened to her, she should be the first to report to him, in her eyes Farencia was just a peaceful halfway house.

So most of the time, except for her time teaching her boy named Karl, she just sat by her Erzébet’s side, watching her.

Erzsebet Brunhart de Bahor. The only heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Penheim.
The daily life of a princess with beautiful blonde hair was very busy, in complete contrast to her being bored all day long.

Erzsebet, who woke up early in the morning at the royal family’s private villa located on the outskirts, started the day with light tea and a newspaper covering the international situation.

She read the morning newspaper before classes at her academy began, and then she sat down in her study to write letters and catch up on some backlog of work.
Most of them were sent in response to requests from nobles or to keep an eye on the current situation in Thessalon.

“Hello, princess. “I was really impressed by the book you recommended last time.”
“If you don’t mind, would it be okay if we had lunch together? “There’s a great restaurant on Teser Street!”

From the moment she entered her classroom, she was constantly interacting with other students.
In fact, the main purpose of Erzébet’s admission to Parencia was to strengthen her royal power by fostering friendship with the nobles.

“I’m sorry I have a prior appointment for lunch, Miss Upsilon. Rather, did you know that there is a newly opened cafe next to the store? “Next time, let’s go together.”

The next queen of Penheim, who is like the sun with an elegant appearance and never loses her warm smile to everyone.
Even during lectures, she clearly answers her professor’s questions with her excellent insight.
Herzé Bet’s evaluation of her students was top notch.

‘But why do you do that to that man…? …’

Within her academy, the only person she disapproved of was Lewis.

“Adela, are you going to work now? “We don’t have much time, so come here.”
“Si, I don’t like it! “I’m going to leave with my hair like this!”
“Don’t be stubborn and come quickly. “Why do you dress well, but your hair always looks like that?”

After her classes ended, she divided her time to teach Adela her basic knowledge and culture.
He taught her how to greet her debutant, how to greet her, her little habits, and even how she walked, gradually transforming her into something closer to her nobility.

Even after Adela headed to her stall, maintaining her somewhat brisk pace, there was no time for just herself.
The academic load at her academy was considerable, and especially during her freshman year, many of the classes focused on theory, so memorization and review were essential.
Until the bell tower rang ten times, Erzsebet studied the contents of today’s lesson and future lessons in the library.

Rattling, rattling… !

On the way back to her villa, her only rest was to catch a glimpse of snow in the rocking carriage. At this point, she even held her breath so that Averett could rest as comfortably as possible.

And when she finally arrived at her house, once again there were piles of letters from all over Fenheim, delivered through her butler.
Read them one by one, think about the issues until the next day, and then write a response in the morning.

This was Erzsebet Brunhart’s breathtaking daily routine, repeated every day.

“Tsk… ! “Sigh!”

But today something was a little different.

She would normally sit quietly and not say a word, but she kept making strange nasal sounds when sitting across from me.

“Haha…”

Even crossing her legs and biting her lip made it clear something was wrong.

“Have you caught a cold, princess?”
“Yes!? Oh no! Ugh, it hurts or something… Because no…”

Is it a secret attack from another force? Was there something poisonous in the food I ate that afternoon?
Although many speculations were running through her head, Averett found it difficult to properly deal with the situation.
Even the familiar that was always by her side was temporarily left at Adela’s canteen to check on her condition…

‘It’ll be okay. ‘You may feel bad for a day.’

She was a princess who never got angry except in front of Louis, but even so, she had better not go against her will.
The moment Averett adjusted her posture and lowered her gaze ——

“Kyaah — !!!?”
“Wow, princess!?”
“Hey, this pervert man!!! Lord Everett! Hey, turn the carriage! No, go right now and get the stall owner’s head!”
“Yes? What on earth is that… !”

Erzsebet, whose skin, which had once shined like white jade even under the light of the night, had turned red from the neck down, rolled around in the carriage.

***

“Teacher, teacher~. “Why don’t you look at me and just play with the bird?”
“The rumor hasn’t spread yet so there aren’t many people. “Do you need help?”
“No, that’s not it… “Do you like animals?”
“It’s because he’s a bit unusual. Would you like to touch it too? Breast meat is the same as leg meat. “That’s why it’s so soft.”
“Pi—.”
“Really?”
“Uh. Look at all the fuss. In fact, it tastes the same…”

I want to try it sometime later. Louis said and tasted her.