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

Author:Riku Nanano
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf

The first thing I felt, upon waking with a muted groan, was the warmth of another person. Still, I didn’t think that anyone had snuck in after my conversation with my dad the night before—although Lily had deposited Atra at my feet.

I slowly opened my eyes...and immediately beheld a young fox-clan girl with long white hair and a white dress. She was sound asleep and seemed totally at peace. I almost blurted out her name in surprise but covered my own mouth in the nick of time—I wouldn’t want to wake her. Instead, I placed a hand on her little head.

Pale mana shone as the sleeping child grinned contentedly and rubbed her head against my stomach. She was Atra the Thunder Fox, one of the Eight Great Elementals, and until the day before, she had taken the form of a fox cub. I had lost her once already, when she had shielded me in battle with the inquisitor Lev. And although the great elementals within Tina and Lydia had helped to restore her, the intense drain on Atra’s mana had confined her to animal form.

“Is she feeling a little better?” I wondered aloud as my mind came awake. “But this seems like Stella’s mana.”

I reached for my watch—and then remembered that I’d given it to my dad. But even without it, I could tell that I had woken up at my usual time.

If only I knew how to lie back and take it easy.

Birds twittered in the cool morning air. Inside, the house was quiet—even the maids still seemed to be sleeping. The way the mist in the courtyard caught the sunlight was simply sublime.

I raised my right hand and studied Linaria’s ring on its third finger. According to the officious witch, I would be able to remove it if I surpassed her skill. And I would certainly need to do something about it, considering how seriously Lydia and Stella had discussed the possibility of cutting it off.

The child stirred and looked at me. She had gorgeous golden eyes and a bad case of bed head.

“Good morning, Atra,” I said. “Did I wake you?”

“Allen!” she cried, breaking into a smile. Although her voice was musical, she sounded as though she didn’t quite have the hang of speaking yet.

I sat up in bed and began, “I’m getting up now, but—”

I never got a chance to say, “you can go back to sleep if you like.” My eyes had met those of the girl peering into my room. She was clearly fresh out of bed herself, and her gaze was fixed on Atra.

Oh dear.

“Tina, it’s not what you think,” I ventured.

“What isn’t?” the young noblewoman demanded sullenly.

“You see, this girl is—”

“I don’t want to hear it!” Tina rebuffed me, a lock of her platinum hair standing to attention. Then she brought her hands together, drew in a deep breath, and bellowed, “Wake up, everyone! We have an emergency!”

Every bird in the courtyard took flight.

So, it’s come to this.

Atra blinked, startled by Tina’s shout.

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