Private Tutor to the Duke’s Daughter: Volume 13 [Parts 1 to 4] by Riku Nanano

Author:Riku Nanano
Language: eng
Format: epub

The car carrying my sister and student pulled up to the mansion just after we finished our work. I folded my apron and asked the maids to handle the rest, then raced to the entrance hall with Ellie in tow. We practically flew down the staircase only to find the front door already open. A wolf-clan girl in a cloak and Royal Academy beret stood just inside it, thanking a group of maids.

“Caren,” I called, throwing in a quick left-handed wave.

She turned, puzzled. Then her face lit up. “Allen!” She might have overcome enduring prejudice against beastfolk to earn her place as vice president of the Royal Academy student council, but her tail still wagged like mad as she threw herself into my arms. In her joy, she let slip a crackle of violet electricity that made the mana lamps flicker.

“You’re awfully late,” I said. “Long day?”

Caren removed her beret and placed my hand on her head. “Long, not to mention exhausting,” she groused, pursing her lips. “I might not have made it to Iceday without your old beret. My fatigue knows no bounds, so pamper me. Every brother has a duty to spoil his little sister rotten. It’s an immutable law. Isn’t it, Ellie?”

“W-Well...”

“What am I going to do with you?” I said, rubbing my needy sister’s head while Ellie fumbled for a response.

Meanwhile, our other late arrival stepped inside, dressed identically to Caren. I didn’t see her rapier at her hip. The ranks of Leinster maids stood straighter and bowed deeply at her approach.

“Thank you all,” the beauty said. “You’ve been a great help.”

The maids demurred.

“O-Oh, but you needn’t...”

“We’re h-honored to have been of service to a saint.”

“Simply gorgeous.”

The student council president looked flummoxed—and far more mature than she had a few months earlier.

“I see you’ve been working hard, Stella,” I said by way of greeting.

“Weren’t you cold, Big Sis Stella?” Ellie asked almost simultaneously, clutching the hands of the girl with a snow-white ribbon in her long, azure-tinged platinum hair—Lady Stella Howard.

“I’m fine, Ellie.” Her Highness smiled. “Mr. Allen, I only had a bite for dinner, and I’m feeling famished.”

Little white flashes appeared with each step she took, and I could feel the air being purified. Stella had been struggling with this inexplicable and extreme shift toward the element of light for three months, and it showed no sign of stop—

Hm?

I sensed the faintest trace of another element, but it vanished. Had I imagined it?

“Caren,” I said.

“Oh, all right.”

Once my sister had reluctantly released me, I gave Ellie a wink. “If you’re hungry, we have dinner for you.”

“M-Mr. Allen and I made it together!” the young maid added. “Would you, um...”

“I’d love some.” Caren twitched her ears.

“So would I, Ellie. Thank you.” Stella hugged her younger sister in all but name.

“Oh, Big Sis Stella, you’re all cold.” Ellie let out a bashful laugh but returned the embrace.

The watching maids broke out in grins. Then a sharp clap split the air. I turned and saw Cindy grinning from ear to ear.

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