Private Tutor to the Duke’s Daughter: Volume 16 [Parts 1 to 4] by Riku Nanano

Author:Riku Nanano
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Light Novel, partial, magic, fantasy, comedy, action, harem, maids, academy, royalty, aristocrats, male protagonist
Publisher: J-Novel Club (generated)

“Those are your orders. Levi and I will accompany Cadet Ilaios into the heart of the altar. Zelbert Régnier, I trust you to take command here.”

The voices of the two hooded, gray-robed girls atop the capital’s great clock tower carried no emotion. Behind Her Holiness’s personal attendant Viola and Third Apostle Levi, the new apostle candidate, Ilaios, lay prostrate on the roof.

“Certainly. You won’t regret it,” the new fourth apostle, the white-haired and crimson-eyed Zelbert Régnier, answered with mock courtesy. His gaze never left the hurried movements of Heaven-and-Earther forces on the streets below and the gaping pit in the wreckage of the independence memorial.

I, Fifth Apostle Ibush-nur, hung back with Sixth Apostle Ifur. Her Holiness had chosen us, bestowing upon us new names and the white robes of our order, yet Viola, Levi, and Io—who had withdrawn following the recent battle for the city—belonged to a world apart. Even the new fourth apostle could ill afford to push his insolence too far.

The pair, however, said nothing. They merely took Ilaios, on whom the prime apostle had bestowed the sublime duty of retrieving Blaze of Ruin despite his rat-clan blood, and vanished. No doubt they had entered the pit in the memorial, where I’d heard that beastfolk from the eastern capital were working day and night, steadily dispelling the wyrm’s icy prison. Part of me resented the unclean ones for claiming such glory, but Her Holiness’s will trumped all—even if she had chosen not to share the particulars.

Régnier put his spectacles back on and gave an exaggerated shrug, shaking the dagger on his belt. “Sheesh. Way to put the new guy on the spot.”

Despite his cavalier tone, the dhampir had achieved startling results in the brief time since his arrival in the city of craft. I couldn’t afford to take him lightly.

“You two.” He waved his right hand at us, white robe flapping. “Earl Raymond Despenser of the kingdom and Marchese Fossi Folonto of the league, isn’t it? If you want to take charge, I won’t stop you.”

Ripples of disquiet broke my peace of mind. The left arm I had lost and regrown in the recent battle pained me.

“Ibush-nur and Ifur, Zelbert Régnier,” I said. I would not tolerate abuse, even from a higher-ranking apostle.

“Oh, sorry.” Régnier frowned and ruffled his white hair. “I didn’t mean to offend. Cut me some slack.”

“No offense taken,” I said, while Ifur held his peace.

It seemed that Régnier could be reasonable. Although I’d heard that he had been a “savior of his country” in life, I sensed no loyalty to the kingdom from him.

He snapped his fingers, and chains of blood formed a variety of wards around us.

What unbelievable silence. This man could dispatch Ifur and me with ease if he really wanted to.

“I want to make sure we’re on the same page about our forces.” The dhampir projected a map of the city with allies’ names trailing alongside. The chill I felt never seemed to so much as cross his mind. “The Sa—I

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