Private Tutor to the Duke’s Daughter: Volume 5 by Riku Nanano

Author:Riku Nanano [NANANO, RIKU]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2022-10-27T00:00:00+00:00

“Good morning, Lady Lydia,” Anna cooed. “Now, it’s time for breakfast.”

“What about the letter?” my dear sister asked slowly.

“It hasn’t arrived yet. Perhaps later today.”

“Then I don’t need breakfast today. And bring me lunch in my room.”

She’s so quick to indulge her lazy streak.

Anna winked at me. I took the hint and ostentatiously said, “I’m thinking of writing to my dear brother. I’ll tell him, ‘Day after day, my dear sister lounges in bed well into the afternoon. And she never even changes out of her pajamas!’”

“L-Lynne?!” she cried, her eyes widening. “I’ll a-admit that I’ve been, um, a little bit lazy, but I am on vacation. A-And he’s not around, so I want to spend all the time I can in the pajamas he gave me, so... Oh, fine! I...I’ll change into something else! You just want me to get dressed and go to breakfast, right?!”

“I’m glad that you’ve seen reason,” I said.

“Indeed! Now, let’s get you ready to face the day!” Anna chirped as she pushed my dear sister into her room and shut the door behind them.

We won! But has there ever been a victory so hollow?

If my dear sister was to be believed, then all the pajamas she had worn over the past few days were gifts that my dear brother had picked out for her. How dare he play favorites.

The maid in training still had her hands planted on the floor as she grumbled, “O Great Moon, you’re such a bully.”

“Come on, Sida,” I said, seizing one of her hands. “Stand up. A delicious meal will make you feel so much better! We still have our whole lives ahead of us! The best is yet to come!”

✽

Early afternoon found me seated in a wooden chair in the inner courtyard, reading a letter from the north that had come by the swiftest of red griffins. I wondered if my own missive had reached Tina and Ellie yet. Regrettably, I had yet to receive a letter from my dear brother. Mail griffins were rarely late, but they were still living creatures; it was possible they were suffering from foul weather.

Although I was out in the courtyard, I had a roof over my head, and the ice and water spellstones worked into it kept me from sweltering. But I would still burn if I left my skin exposed to the sun, so I wore a light, white, long-sleeved shirt and white skirt that I’d purchased in the royal capital with Tina and Ellie. I was also using sunscreen. The sun’s rays weren’t terribly strong in the royal or eastern capitals, but this was the south. I couldn’t be too careful!

I could practically hear a giggling Tina saying, “Why, Lynne, y-you’re well done!” Ellie would no doubt follow with “Y-You look quite, um, charming...” and my dear brother with “I see you’ve done some tanning.”

I’ll never, ever allow that to happen!

I renewed my resolve even as I perused the letter. The notebook that my dear brother had given me at the station in the eastern capital rested on the chic little table in front of me.

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