Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden Volume 4 Part 1 by Umikaze Minamino

Author:Umikaze Minamino
Language: eng
Format: epub

We ended up entering a café to take a little break and look over our spoils.

“Well, um, we...certainly did end up having fun instead,” Neal remarked.

We certainly did.

After riding in Hildetaura’s carriage to town, we ended up wandering around the main street, going wherever we so desired.

We went shopping at the general store, went to the bookstore and browsed what was popular, looked at clothes and little accessories, perused a magic shop... Hildetaura was mainly the one joyfully wandering around, my brother simply tagging along and I the grandma making sure my grandchildren were staying safe.

Honestly, I was content knowing that Hildetaura was having fun; she spent so much of her time at recordings or carrying out her royal duties that I thought it was fine for her to get to play around sometimes. Play was part of a child’s work too, after all.

“We certainly did buy a lot of things,” Hildetaura said.

Hildetaura and Neal certainly bought a lot of things, yes. They both tended to be busy most of the time, so being given the chance to go shopping like this, it appeared they couldn’t help but make a number of impulse purchases when something caught their eye. Lynokis and Lynette helped carry their bags. Incidentally, the two of them were currently having tea at a different table.

“What is that, Neal?”

“It’s a pen. I thought I’d get it for my father’s birthday.”

Neither Lynokis nor I had been aware but it turned out that Ornitt Liston’s birthday was coming up. I usually wouldn’t buy anything on these trips, but I took the opportunity to buy something for him with my brother so we could gift it to him together. As for my mother, Allieu Liston’s birthday was apparently towards the end of winter.

“Oh, for your father’s birthday,” the princess said with a smile on her face.

“Have you ever given anything to His Majesty for his birthday, Hilde?” I asked. Usually, her father was a forbidden topic, but it felt unnatural to not bring him up in this situation, so I decided to give it a shot. I had expected her to brush me off with a cold, negative response and an icy expression, but instead...

What was returned was silence, and much worse than icy, there was a severe hatred in that frown of hers. It was a dark expression unusual for a girl usually so friendly and full of life.

“Just once. He immediately rejected it. I have not tried giving him any more presents since.”

A response even colder than I could have imagined came back. I won’t deny that that did sound like something the king would do. I was starting to feel like I’d be better off not hearing Hildetaura’s stories concerning her father. It’d be best not to bring up the king in such a casual manner. Even Neal looked disgusted.

“Thank you for waiting. Here are your tea and donuts.”

The atmosphere had gotten quite awkward after that exchange, but the waiter arrived with our order at the perfect time.

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