Private Tutor to the Duke’s Daughter: Volume 9 by Riku Nanano

Author:Riku Nanano [NANANO, RIKU]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2023-09-14T00:00:00+00:00

“So, you didn’t realize it was Atra?” Lydia pressed. “But it’s so obvious. Just feel for her mana.”

“I thought something was seriously wrong,” Lynne added reprovingly, at almost the same moment that Caren chimed in to say, “You need to be more observant.”

“L-Listen, Tina...” Stella faltered from her seat beside me.

Tina’s hair drooped in the face of this criticism. “B-But I couldn’t help it,” she whined, taking another bite out of her breakfast toast.

We were eating outside, since it was a beautiful day and we had so many guests in the house. I found it particularly delightful sitting under the tent that the maids had kindly put up for us. Everyone had finished dressing before coming to breakfast—perhaps because they didn’t want my parents to see them eating in their pajamas.

Ellie was dressed in her maid uniform and energetically portioning out the salad. But she paused and blinked in surprise when she saw Atra perched on my lap and wolfing down freshly baked bread.

“St-Still,” she mused, “I never knew that great elementals could look like people. Do you think that Frigid Crane and Blazing Qilin can do that too?”

“I’m sure they can,” I replied. “In fact, they looked very much like Atra when I saw them.”

The child looked up, nonplussed. She must have thought that I had called her name. I heard a cough from one of the Leinster maids waiting on us, followed by a flurry of activity from her colleagues.

“M-Ma’am?! O-Oh no! She overdosed on cuteness!”

“Medic! Medic!”

“Are you recording this to a video orb?”

“Naturally!”

I reflected, not for the first time, that the Leinster maids seemed to enjoy every day to the fullest.

Still, I haven’t seen Anna this morning. I wonder if something’s the matter.

In the midst of it all, two women remained utterly unperturbed.

“Lisa, once things settle down a bit more, how would you like to go shopping together?” my mom asked in her usual singsong. “The healers don’t need my help anymore, and the shops seem to be slowly coming back to life.”

“Yes, I’d like that.” Lisa paused before adding, “Assuming you don’t mind, Ellyn.”

My mom let out a musical laugh. “I’d never mind doing anything with you.”

There followed a belated “Thank you.” To my astonishment, Duchess Lisa Leinster looked bashful.

My mom was a force to be reckoned with. And my dad, who sat calmly watching the pair, was no slouch either.

I shot a look at Caren, and she shrugged. We were evidently in agreement.

Someone reached over me to set a bowl at my place. The beautiful amber soup within stirred my appetite.

“This is a local vegetable soup!” Lily cheerily informed me, wiping Atra’s mouth with a handkerchief. “I made it myself!”

“You don’t say,” I replied, scooping a spoonful into my mouth. I couldn’t suppress an exclamation: “Delicious!”

“I’m so glad you like it! And what about you, Atra? Is it tasty?”

“Tashty,” the child answered haltingly. “Atra like Lily.”

Tina, Stella, Ellie, Lynne, and Caren reeled in shock, while Lily pressed her hands together in delight.

Glare at me if you like, Lydia, but I don’t see how this is my fault.

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