Private Tutor to the Duke’s Daughter: Volume 15 by Riku Nanano

Author:Riku Nanano [NANANO, RIKU]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2025-03-11T00:00:00+00:00

The enormous ship sat at anchor off a small island. A procession of masts rose above its decks, and it flew the sword-bearing-dragon flag of Lalannoy. Its sides, gleaming dull gray with armor plate, bore what looked like waterwheels—and at least a hundred spell-cannon ports. The lettering on its body read...“Roman”? Had it been named after a person, perhaps?

Even the league, a country built on trade, possessed only a few of these cutting-edge, paddle-wheel-driven ironclads. Marquess Addison must have placed considerable importance on mending relations with the kingdom if he had sent one to greet us.

Gil and his knights circled warily in the air above, menacing the nervous sailors on the deck below. I flew my own griffin directly above the warship, and the white cat immediately hopped onto my shoulder.

“Tina, take the reins,” I said. “I’ll make first contact.”

“Right!” Stella called, drawing her wand.

“Be careful, now,” Lily added, readying a Firebird.

“Hm? Kifune?” Rill looked up from gorging on desserts to mutter.

Tina, meanwhile, grasped the rod on her back in silence.

I stroked the griffins next and said, “Thank you. You’ve been a great help” before hailing my old school friend. “Gil, I’m going down there.”

“If they try anything even a little bit funny, we’ll sink them to the bottom of the sea!” he shouted back via orb.

With a strained grin, I answered, “Try to keep it within reason,” then stood up in the saddle and deployed an array of spells. I was just about to dismount when...

“Whoa there!”

“Sir!” Tina called, catching at my sleeve. Stella cried out, Lily made a thoughtful noise, and even Rill contributed a surprised “Oh-ho.”

“I want to help you too! I won’t be a burden!” the girl pleaded, right hand over her heart. Her eyes flashed with the same light I’d seen in them when she’d declared her intention to attend the Royal Academy. Innumerable ice flakes arose in answer to her passion, freezing a patch of the lake’s surface. She was a handful, but I couldn’t have been happier to see her grow.

“What are you waiting for?” I said, winking at the girl genius. “Hold on tight.”

“Y-Yes, sir!” Tina’s eyes shone with delight when I took her outstretched hand.

Stella and Lily screamed, and Rill murmured another “Oh-ho”—impressed, this time—as I lifted my pupil in both arms and leapt off the griffin. The warship rushed toward us. On its deck, nearly a hundred sailors raised spell-guns, taking aim. I glanced down at Tina, her face pressed to my bosom, and started slowing our descent. Then I spotted a blond knight standing in the crow’s nest, wrapped in a cloak. His cheerful gaze met mine for just a moment before a combination of wind magic and levitation brought me down lightly in the midst of the naval force.

“Success! It pays to be a girl of action!” Tina proclaimed as I set her down and smoothed out her platinum hair while we waited for the sailors to get over their shock.

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