Private Tutor to the Duke’s Daughter: Volume 13 [Parts 1 to 3] by Riku Nanano

Author:Riku Nanano
Language: eng
Format: epub

I spent a little while walking Tina through the spell and putting Ellie and Lynne through their paces. I was sitting back in a chair, watching the girls throw themselves into their drills, when a male voice said, “A little late for exercise, isn’t it?”

Its owner, a young man with curly red hair wearing a somewhat battered white uniform, settled into the empty chair beside me.

“Long day, Richard?” I asked.

Lydia and Lynne’s elder brother, Vice Commander Lord Richard Leinster of the royal guard, took the teapot from the antique wooden table and turned a cup right side up. The knight who had done his house proud fighting in the eastern capital gave me a weary grin as he poured his own herbal tea.

“Hi there, Allen. I realized I haven’t been able to make time for a talk with you since you got back, so I snuck out tonight. Anna told me where to find you. She seemed to be in good spirits.”

“Did she really?”

Anna ought to be as busy as any of us. Maybe she’s looking forward to Lisa’s visit?

“We’ll conclude formal peace with the Yustinians,” Richard said, watching the girls practice in a field of flowers. “No monetary reparations. They’ll cede us an out-of-the-way border region called Shiki. We’ve got our hands full planning security for the signing ceremony.”

After suffering a major defeat at Rostlay in the kingdom’s far north, the empire had reportedly fallen into civil war as the emperor initiated a purge. If it had gotten around to signing treaties, then he must have more or less finished “cleaning house.”

“I hear the League of Principalities is still in chaos. What about the eastern border?” I asked, taking a sip of herbal tea. It couldn’t hurt to compare notes.

The kingdom had dealt blows to the Yustinians and the league, achieving stability in the north and south. The western demonfolk staring us down across Blood River posed a serious threat, but they didn’t want total war. The real problem lay eastward: the Knights of the Holy Spirit who had used the Algren rebellion to invade the royal and eastern capitals. I grimaced, recalling their war cry: “The Saint and the Holy Spirit wish it so!” I had met the girl who called herself the Saint in the city of water, but I couldn’t fathom what she was thinking.

Richard’s youngest sister carried on a heated argument with Tina until a hug from Ellie calmed them down.

“The church hasn’t made any moves within our borders yet,” he said evenly, watching her with a fond look in his eyes. “Anna, our own Earl Sykes, and the western House of Checker are putting everything they’ve got into intelligence. What we need to worry about”—he pulled a map of the continent’s western regions from his pocket and tapped a country northeast of the kingdom—“is Lalannoy.”

A young nation, the Lalannoy Republic had been the empire’s northeastern tip until half a century ago, when a marquess wielding the supreme light spell had led it to independence.

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