Private Tutor to the Duke’s Daughter: Volume 3 by Riku Nanano

Author:Riku Nanano [Nanano, Riku]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2022-05-26T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 3

It was Waterday, still early in the week, and for once, I had nothing to do. I woke up early as usual nonetheless—habit was a force to be reckoned with.

The young woman beside me was sound asleep; she must have been the cause of the hand pain I’d experienced in my dreams. I gently touched her scarlet hair, then freed my hand and got out of bed without waking her. We’d had a long chat over red wine the night before, so I decided it was best to let her sleep in. It could be her turn to make breakfast next time.

Still, what had made her so insistent the previous night? “I’m sleeping with you in your bed tonight,” she had declared. “If you try anything, I’ll slice you up, incinerate you, and then slice you up again. I mean it!” She was also the one who had clasped my hand. I’d explained the situation with Felicia, but Lydia had ended up demanding affection like a spoiled child and had then fallen asleep before I did.

What made Lydia and Caren so averse to sleeping in the guest room? I’d even made a point of renting a house with space for one. And they were still prone to losing their tempers when I proposed moving to cheaper lodgings. It was admittedly difficult to argue with their position, which was: “That place was practically the haunted house of the working district when you moved in. Why would you move now that you’ve fixed it up?”

I would have liked to send more of my tutoring earnings back home, but Lydia and Caren wouldn’t let me do that either. The pair had forced an allowance on me ever since my return to the royal capital, and they would lecture me whenever I failed to spend it all. I hardly considered that reasonable.

I completed my morning routine of practicing swordplay, unarmed combat, and magic in my small garden. Then, after changing my clothes, I reviewed my current circumstances while preparing breakfast in my kitchen. My job vetting business partners for the new exports was over, and it was a genuine weight off my shoulders. The sums of money that changed hands had been absurd, even at this experimental stage. I did manage a portion of Lydia’s finances, but I was still an ordinary commoner, so the transactions of the two ducal houses were liable to give me a heart attack. For the sake of my future health, I wanted Felicia to fill that role—I would need to make certain that Anna and Mrs. Walker were clear on that point.

Being the girls’ private tutor kept my weeks lively and my weekends boisterous but enjoyable. The approaching end-of-semester exams also helped to maintain a nice feeling of tension. I was hopeful that Ellie would master an advanced spell in time but less confident about Tina and Lynne, who would probably require a little while longer due to their surplus of mana. All three girls were struggling

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