The Northern Duke’s Eldest Son’s Tutor

“Oh.”
When I returned to my room after finishing my duties, there was a letter.
It’s probably a letter from that woman.
My mom doesn’t send me proper letters anyway.
“Let’s see… shall I take a look?”
I tore open the envelope.
It’s not the kind of letter I need to preserve, so it doesn’t matter if I tear it roughly.
“Hmm…”
It’s a letter that looks short at a glance.
Fortunately, the content was accepting the request to teach Kyle magic.
I wasn’t particularly worried, so I just thought, “I see.”
She’s the type of woman who would do anything that seems fun.
“Let me see…”
When will she come to Eristirol…
No matter how crazy she is, I should treat her well when she arrives.
No matter how close she is to me, she’s our Young Master’s first magic instructor.
I should give her a lavish reception once; that would make her teach Kyle better.
She’d be delighted with just a delicious steak, but mere steak isn’t the standard of Eristirol.
“3 days…?”
Only 3 days?
Wasn’t she staying in the capital?
It’s absolutely impossible to arrive here from the capital by carriage within 3 days.
Just recently, it took me nearly 2 weeks to reach Eristirol.
Is she coming using magic?
What kind of magic would let her arrive in 3 days?
“For now… I should inform the other servants.”
Though it’s short, it’s enough time to prepare.
A normal meal like what we usually eat would be sufficient for the celebration party.
“….”
I wanted to give her a lavish reception, but if she’s arriving in 3 days, it can’t be helped.
I’ll just let her have a meal and enjoy herself as she pleases.
*
“So.. someone from the magic tower is coming soon?”
I conversed with a maid in the morning while walking through the corridor.
Anyway, the news that she was coming had spread to some extent within the castle.
Naturally, news would spread quickly about someone who would become Kyle’s teacher.
“Yes. The letter said 3 days, so it could be even faster.”
That crazy woman didn’t write a date in her letter, so I expected her arrival time to be much later.
But thinking about it, it would take at least two days for a letter to arrive, even at the fastest.
Even if using object teleportation magic.
So the “3 days” in the letter would probably be today.
The woman I know would definitely depart right after sending the letter.
“She’ll probably arrive today or tomorrow.”
“Hmm.. what kind of person is she?”
“She’s skilled. She has a generous personality and also pursues fun things.”
She’s also quite pretty.
Overall, it’s a world with a high average in appearance.
Just looking at me, I have a pretty appearance, and Kyle, Catherine, and Elin around me are all extremely beautiful and handsome.
Because of that, I felt relatively unattractive.
Of course, I don’t plan to date anyway, so it doesn’t matter.
“I just hope Kyle dates well..”
Whether it’s Catherine or Elin, it would be good if he dates anyone nice.
By that time, I’ll be living elsewhere, so I won’t see it, but still.
“Ahem..”
Standing in front of Kyle’s door, I straightened my clothes and cleared my throat.
As a personal servant, I naturally had to present a clean appearance.
-Knock knock
“Young Master, I’m coming in.”
I opened the door and entered Kyle’s room as usual.
There was a scent that felt different from usual.
Something sweet..?
I’m not sure.
It was a scent I was smelling for the first time.
A kind of fragrant smell.
“Huh..”
For a moment, I almost lost my senses to the smell.
Rather than this, I drew the curtains as usual and ventilated the room.
It’s clearly a good scent somewhere, but ventilation is a daily task.
“Sniff…sniff sniff…”
But what smell is it really?
“Uh…uh…”
Perhaps because I was ventilating, Kyle woke up.
Since it was time for him to wake up anyway, I didn’t feel particularly sorry.
“Young Master, it’s breakfast time.”
“Yes..”
Kyle got up while still not fully awake.
I changed Kyle’s clothes.
While changing his clothes, I examined his body.
Kyle’s sculptured body shone today as well.
Naturally, his skin would be good since he washes with good medicine.
“Young Master, please stand up as we need to change your pants.”
“Hah….”
Kyle sighed.
Does he find it bothersome to prepare like this just for breakfast?
Since it’s something we’ve been doing for years, I wouldn’t think he’d have such thoughts now.
After helping Kyle take off his pants, I dressed him in the pants I had prepared for him to wear today.
“All done. Let’s move to the hall.”
While moving to the hall, I briefly explained today’s schedule to Kyle.
Kyle certainly had fewer schedules compared to other nobles.
There were times when he would go down to look around the domain, but that was really rare.
“Today, after breakfast, there’s tea time with Lady Catherine, morning lesson, lunch, and then there’s the swordsmanship lesson with Sir Elin scheduled for after that.”
“I see.”
Except for the tea time with Catherine, it’s a schedule we’ve continued for years.
The swordsmanship lesson with Elin wasn’t much different from the exercise he did before.
After all, they both involve moving the body, so there’s not really a big difference.
Just a difference in difficulty.
“And today, it seems the instructor who will teach you magic will arrive, Young Master. Probably.. around the afternoon. When she arrives, I will welcome her first.”
Since that woman and I know each other, it was natural for me to welcome her.
Other people would be seeing her for the first time, so I should take care of her.
The time is shorter than expected, so I can’t give her a perfectly splendid reception, but I can make her feel somewhat good.
“Young Lord Kyle, good morning.”
“Lady Oldenburg, good morning to you too.”
By the way, how long are Sebastian and Catherine planning to stay?
I couldn’t even understand their original purpose for coming to Eristirol.
Kyle didn’t explain it to me.
“Young Lord Kyle, I hear you’re learning swordsmanship these days? There’s talk around the castle.”
“That’s right.”
So the news that Kyle is learning swordsmanship has already spread.
I wonder if it leaked from the knighthood.
It’s not particularly problematic, but it was a bit surprising that Catherine knew about it without anyone mentioning it first.
“Hmm… then can I come and watch you learn swordsmanship next time?”
“…..”
Kyle suddenly looked at me.
Ah, it seems he was uncomfortable with me being there yesterday, and if Catherine is there, he’d be even more uncomfortable, so he’s asking me to resolve it.
It seems he still needs me.
For Kyle who can’t even speak such simple words, I opened my mouth.
“The Young Master has only just started learning the sword. If Lady Oldenburg watches from the side, he might make mistakes, so it would be better to watch later.”
“….In that case, it can’t be helped. Young Lord Kyle? Next time… please do let me watch.”
“Yes.”
After that, breakfast continued without much conversation.
Sebastian and I weren’t in positions to speak first, so we kept our mouths shut quietly, and the two of them were just focusing on their meal.
*
“Miss Sofia, a guest has arrived.”
“Ah.”
When I briefly stepped out for Kyle’s swordsmanship lesson, one of the servants informed me about a guest’s arrival.
The only guest now would be that woman.
“Thank you.”
I thanked the servant and moved to the reception room.
I wonder how many years it’s been since I saw her.
About 4 years now?
It seems like a long time has passed.
When I opened the door to the reception room, there was the lavender-colored hair I was seeing after a long time.
And those peculiar eyes.
“Sofia!”
“Long time no see.”
“What’s this, why is your hair so long!? You’re not Sofia!??”
“What are you saying.”
It hasn’t been 30 seconds since we met, and my head already hurts.
Crazy woman, can’t she speak more quietly?
“Anyway, it’s really been a long time! Is this the first time since we worked as adventurers?”
“Yes. It’s the first time.”
As Louise says, it really has been a long time.
Since we didn’t contact each other much, it feels even longer.
“Wow… living in Eristirol must be good, huh? Your skin has gotten better than 4 years ago?”
“What are you saying….”
She’s even prettier.
Isn’t this what they call fishing for compliments?
She’s a crazy woman, but having lavender-colored hair is already a cheat.
Lavender is prettier than very common black hair, isn’t it?
Her eyes are a bit strange, but peculiar.
How can a person have concentric circles in their eyes?
A circle within a circle, how is that possible?
When I first met Louise after starting as an adventurer, I was so surprised by those eyes that I fell over.
I’ve met many people in my life, but would anyone have circles outside the pupil like that…
“By the way, where is that Young Master or whatever? If he’s no good, I’m going back right away.”
“He’s in another lesson now. Just wait a bit.”
“Really? Then let’s have coffee together after a long time.”
“Sure.”
During adventurer days, we used to drink beer a lot, but now I’m on duty, so alcohol is not allowed, so we have to drink coffee at least.
Coffee isn’t a problem at all.
It might make it a bit hard to sleep at night, but I can just lie down for about an hour and count the patterns on the ceiling.
“Oh, right. By the way, how much does this place pay? I just gambled and lost everything recently.”
“…You’re really crazy…”
What kind of mage gambles with the salary they receive from the magic tower?
Most normal mages use it all for research expenses, but this woman is really…..
“Puhaha… but if I had won there, it would have been really fun…..”