A Tale of the Secret Saint ZERO Vol. 1 by Touya

Author:Touya
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: light novel
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Published: 2024-10-10T00:00:00+00:00

Point of View: Sirius

The Tragic Tale of the Nutshells

WHEN YOU’RE THE VICE-COMMANDER of the knight brigade, you get your share of paperwork duties. And since Commander Wezen never did his part, it resulted in twice the workload on an already stacked plate.

To make matters worse, my daytimes were hectic, leaving me no time for sifting through documents. This meant that it was now my habit to take the paperwork home with me in the evenings.

Oh, and speaking of habits, I munched on nuts from a crystal container on my table during those nightly workouts. They were covered in stiff, hard shells, but they were easy enough to split open when they ripened—you just had to dig into the little slits. So I developed a routine: read a document, crack open a nut, and put it in my mouth as I signed off on it.

That night, I was going through the motions when a visitor came knocking on my door. Given the late hour, there was only one person who would casually show up to my room. As soon as I heard the knock, I stood up and opened the door myself.

There stood Serafina, dragging Canopus behind her, just as I expected. “Listen to this, Sirius!” She gazed up at me with sparkling eyes. “I might be a genius!”

Serafina genuinely was a genius, but she only called herself one in situations where she was anything but. Just the other day, she put the finishing touches on a magic formula that no one else could conceive, and it never even crossed her mind that this was an incredible feat. Meanwhile, the word “genius” flew off her tongue whenever she did something pretty much anyone could do, like telling the difference between an embroidered rose and a real one, or skipping on her tiptoes. I put this down to her long years of living in a forest.

Okay, what’s she calling herself a “genius” over this time? I wondered as I gave her a curious expression.

Serafina thrust a plate at me, a proud grin on her face. “I wrote with sauce, Sirius! See?!”

Wordlessly, I looked down at her hands. The plate was stacked with vegetables with melted cheese and sauce on top—a simple but readily digestible meal. Upon further examination, there was indeed something resembling writing on the plate. The words were almost impossible to decipher, but if you squinted and relied heavily on guesswork, then it came out looking something like…“You do great work.”

Warmth pricked my chest. “You came all this way at night just to show me this?”

Although we both lived in the castle, our rooms were on different floors. The distance to my room would have felt like a marathon to her little legs. And besides, I never had any problems doing paperwork at night—I had the ability and stamina to do the job well. Nobody would have thought to fuss over me like this…

But I don’t think Serafina quite understood what I was asking. “Yup!” she responded with a sunny smile.

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