Chapter 3.3
3-3: You’re Not A Familiar?
TL: Krrizis
Editor: Momielxai
First published on Ainushi
That very night, although I would be writing in my diary at this time after putting Jill to bed like usual, I was summoned by Leonard-sama . More precisely, Leonard-sama came knocking at my door .
As I was dressed in my nightgown with a large warm shawl wrapped around my top, I hesitated to follow Leonard-sama dressed in that . But it would be poor of me to wake Jill up from her sleep because of the commotion from changing my clothes . So inevitably, I left without doing so .
The place he led me to was his workspace .
「Here」
As soon as I set down on the sofa, he presented to me several documents . When I took it and glance at a sheet, the very first thing that caught my eye was the name「Giselle Croze」 .
「What’s this?」
「It’s a summary of Jill’s personal history」
「Jill’s real name is Giselle?」
Leonard-sama nodded his head at my question . ‘Jill’ was just a pet name . All things considered, why was he showing this to me now? When I expressed my discomfort, Leonard-sama opened his mouth .
「I thought it’ll be fine even if I told you . I’m sure once you’ve learned the truth, you’ll continue to be Jill’s mother」
For now, as he told me to read everything, I looked over them .
Born to a viscount family, she was a noble . That’s why she has mastered etiquette . However, because she had a sickly twin older brother who was the heir to the family, her parents had never paid any attention to her since she was born . Alas! Even in this world, twins were thought of as ominous . I don’t really know many that think that way though . So, they preferred their son, the heir . Yup, how I’ll like to slap them .
「They are a failure as parents」
「So you agree?」
Leonard-sama looked relieved as I grumbled . Huh? Wouldn’t you usually consider this immoral? Why should there be a distinction amongst the children?
When I continued reading, I found out that Jill started to show signs of her powerful mana around the age of three and ended up being shut deeper inside the mansion .
In those three years, her mana went out of control several times hurting people but her father would sweep it under the rug every time . But eventually, it became impossible to keep these incidents hidden and the court magicians learned of Jill’s existence, and came to take custody of her . However, her parents continued to feign ignorance for a while .
Eventually, it was too expansive to keep Jill’s magic under control as normal magicians had to work around the clock to prevent it from running wild . Hence, they entrusted her to the foremost magician, Leonard-sama .
The rest is what I learned along the way . Well then, there’s just one more thing .
「Was she not even fed properly by her previous family? She’s too thin」
Furthermore, she looked very starved . When I looked at Leonard-sama, he shook his head .
「It seems they only gave her the bare minimum . On top of barely getting any food, she also didn’t get enough sunlight which slowed her growth」
Even though Leonard-sama’s reply angered me further, I scanned the rest of the information .
By the time I finished reading the documents till the end, I smelled a nice aroma in the air .
「Tea」
「Oh…Thank you」
When I raised my head, Leonard-sama handed me a steaming cup of tea . Eh? Ah! Leonard-sama made it!? Aaargh, that’s supposed to be my job!
Feeling guilty, I received it and I smelled an aroma that was new to me .
「What’s this?」
「Have you never had elderberry tea before?」
「No, this is my first time having it」
Timidly, I tried it . Not only did it tasted great, I felt a wondrous acidity spread in my mouth . Even so, it was delicious .
I felt my stiff body relaxing .
「It’s delicious」
「I’m glad to hear that」
Leonard-sama sat in the opposite chair, smiling while drinking the same tea . And then, all of a sudden his expression changed .
「What do you think of Jill?」
「Huh? I love her」
When I promptly answered, Leonard-sama stared at me wide-eyed .
I don’t understand what he might have been thinking but it was impossible for me to hate her after reading that . Instead, it makes me want to cling to her and spoil her more than anything . As long as it’s good for her .
But I just want to hold her tight and keep telling her how much I love her . When I said that, Leonard-sama smiled again .
「That’s a relief」
「Just what were you worried about?」
If that was all it took to get me flustered, I wouldn’t have come here in the first place . There was always a chance of some incident caused by mana after all .
「Mm . Sorry . But, I’m glad」
「Honestly!」
People like me with no mana often feel nauseous and collapse from a headache around people with strong mana . Previously when I worked with some magicians, they had to temporarily erect a barrier around me lest I come into contact with mana . Though now, I’m being protected from mana by the magic divested into the bracelet that Leonard-sama gave me the other day . As I pondered over it, Leonard-sama spoke to me .
「Also, I’ll be on leave tomorrow」
「Is that so?」
I’m fine with it but will it be alright with work?
「There’s a few things I need to do at home and Milis is coming home」
「Oh, I see . May I ask, who is Milis-san?」
Well, I vaguely anticipated it to be Leonard-sama’s contracted spirit .
But judging from Sid-san’s previous behavior and the way Leonard-sama spoke, that was very likely .
「Milis is a water spirit . Very strong-willed and strict on the same gender」
「So spirits have genders too?」
「Normally, spirits are born from places where mana gathers so they have no gender . However, the stronger ones amongst the spirits gain a gender . If spirits of different gender get together, an even stronger spirit will be born from their union . When spirits join together on the night of a full moon and offer a prayer, a new spirit will be born . No one has actually seen it, so we don’t know if it’s true but Milis was apparently born that way」
「I see」
「Mm . Milis can control not just water but ice too . Spirits born from nature cannot control two elements」
It’s really complicated . Even if we label them as spirits, they’re vastly different…
「So, I’m guessing that Milis-san is a girl?」
「You figured it out?」
No, that’s just cause Amdo-san had wondered whether Milis-san knew if Jill and I were living here now . If she’s strict on the same gender, then I can only conclude she’s a female .
「She might come at you or Jill」
「I’m sorry for troubling you . Does that mean that Milis-san doesn’t know that we’re staying here?」
「Mm」
So he hasn’t informed her . I could only let out a sigh when Leonard-sama nodded his head . I’ll be fine but I feel more reassured if Leonard-sama was by Jill’s side .
Oh, that reminds me . There’s just one more question I have right now .
「Are there any more spirits contracted to you, Leonard-sama?」
「No, just three . The wind spirit Amdo, the water spirit Milis and the dark spirit Sid」
I think I just heard something I shouldn’t have …
「Sid is … a dark spirit?」
「Mm . You didn’t know?」
「Sid-san, himself, didn’t really want to talk about it…」
「… Hmm」
Among the many attributes, there are six great spirits that are very popular and highly powerful – fire, water, wind, earth, light and dark spirits . Light and dark are the rarest, and rarely make an appearance in front of humans . By the way, there are other elements besides the six like snow, ice and lightning .
Humans can only use the elements of the six great spirits . However, there are rarely many who possess the same light and dark attribute . There are many stories in this world where the dark attribute is tied to the villain, which is why people don’t have a good impression of it . I wondered if Sid-san thought if he told me he was a dark spirit, I would be afraid of him .
Oh, as to why I know about this, I read several books on spirits when I was dispatched to a mansion previously .
「As he’s dark, does that mean he’s really strong and highly-ranked among the spirits?」
「Mm」
「Then, I can only recognize Sid-san as nothing more than an impressive spirit . If there was no darkness, we would never be able to sleep peacefully at night . That’s how it is」
Really, Sid-san . There was no need for you to be so worried about this .
「Oh, but please keep the fact that I learned this a secret」
「Mm」
Leonard-sama nodded his head in approval . I’ll just pretend not to know anything until the day Sid decides to tell me about it himself .
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