2
Tea Party Room.
Until the year before last, tea parties were held every week with the boys inviting the girls, but now they were used less often.
The frequency of use has dropped drastically, and the decision has been made to reduce the number of tea rooms in the future.
Shisou ―― The principal of the school also lamented that.
As a tea party lover, it’s sad, but I like having a tea party in a quiet environment.
The year before last was a lot of noise.
As I was preparing tea to go with the snacks, Marie took a seat and was enjoying a conversation with Erika.
The composition is Marie, who is excited like a child, and Erika, who is smiling as she listens.
“You’re lying, right? Did that store go out of business?”
“Yes. Because the owner of the store is retiring.”
They were talking about their previous lives, but I couldn’t get in on the conversation because it was a common topic for both of them.
But just listening to their conversation like this made me a little happy.
Perhaps because I was naturally smiling, Luxion speaks to me.
[You are mentally stable. I decide that a weekend tea party with the two of them is what Master needs.]
“Thanks to that, there are rumors that I’m targeting Marie and Erika?” Since I frequently invite them to tea parties, bad rumors are spreading.
I am concerned about that, but it doesn’t seem to matter to Luxion.
[The evaluation within the academy is worthless to me]
“But it worth to me?”
[It is a question of priorities. Instead of dealing with the masses, Master should put your own priorities first.]
“This guy just declared the students of the school were nothing but a bunch of people.”
Luxion treats the students of the academy and others like that, but even this was worse when I first met him, so he has become nicer.
Let the human race that can handle magic――the new human race should be destroyed. I can remember when he said that.
[More importantly, Master should have more people to care about. You don’t have time to deal with all those people.]
“I know”
When I prepared tea and headed to the table, Marie was talking to Erika about various things with gestures.
Erika listens, smiling maturely and nodding occasionally.
Erika said she was over sixty years old in a previous life, so she must be very mature on the inside.
She gives off a calm and mature impression for her age.
Thanks to that, Marie is more childlike.
“I’ve prepared some tea that goes well with the sweets. ――Wait, you’ve already eaten most of it !?”
Looking at the table, more than half of the sweets had already disappeared.
The culprit would be Marie, who is looking away from me.
“You’re really gluttonous.”
“Because ~”
I sigh at Marie, who makes a spoiled voice.
“Why don’t you think a little bit about your real age? You’re not at an age where you need someone to spoil you.
“Most guys are kind to me when I’m spoiled.”
“You’ve grown up to be a bad adult. Why don’t you learn from Erika a little?”
“What! Erika is the daughter I raised!”
“I guess it’s all thanks to the fact that she grew up with you as her bad example? I’m so glad she doesn’t look like you.”
“You dare to say it, stupid big brother!”
Erika looked troubled when Marie and I started cursing at each other as I took my seat.
She’s going to stop our ugly fight.
“Both of you, let’s calm down. The tea is getting cold.”
After being interceded, Marie and I turn away from each other and start drinking tea.
Erika looked at us and let out a small sigh with a troubled look on her face and suddenly started giggling.
What was so funny?
“What’s up, you suddenly started laughing?”
When I ask, Erika straightens her posture and looks straight at me.
Smiling, Erika really looked radiant.
“It was funny to see uncle talking happily with my mom. You really are just like my grandparents told me you were.”
“Grandparents? Dad and mom?”
Erika nodded and we talked about my parents.
“Grandparents always told me stories about uncle. They said that if uncle had lived, he and my mother probably would have argued with each other when they became
adults.”
What are you talking to your niece, dad and mom?
“I don’t know what they are talking about. That should be the part where you tell the story and make it sound like your uncle was a nice person, like he was kind, unlike your mother.”
When I complain about my parents in my previous life, Luxion responds.
[I feel sorry for your parents in your previous life. I can imagine how hard it must have been to have a child like you, Master.]
“Oi, don’t make it sound like I’m a bad kid. It’s Marie who’s been giving the trouble.”
When my eyes fell on Marie, she forcefully swallowed the pastry she was eating with her tea.
She doesn’t agree with what I’m saying.
“I was usually a good girl~. It was aniki who caused the trouble. You’re usually quiet, but sometimes you caused big problems.”
“I’m sure it’s a cute little thing compared to you.”
“It’s not cute! It wasn’t cute at all!”
There seems to be a discrepancy with each other’s memories of the past.
But I’m not wrong, so it must be Marie’s mistaken memory.
I don’t talk back to Marie, but take a sip of my tea and then ask Erika.
“――So how’d they do?”
Erika seems to have guessed my vague question and tells me about the two last days together.
Smiling, but somewhat sadly, looking down.
“I took care of them. Both of them said they were going to scold those idiots.” Those idiots.
It would be me and Marie, a lack of filial piety, who died before my parents.
What does it mean to go and scold us when I didn’t die because I wanted to?
At least there, I wanted two of them to say something like wanting to meet those two. But I guess it’s like my parents.
“It’s terrible that they both want to scold me together. Why don’t they just let Marie be the one to be scolded.”
I tell her with a laugh, and Marie looks miffed.
“Why me? Wasn’t it aniki who stayed up all night playing games and slipped on the stairs? It’s a really pathetic way to die, isn’t it.”
“Because you’re the one who forced the game on me!”
When I point my finger and say you’re wrong, Marie snickers.
“It’s aniki’s fault for not being able to take care of yourself.”
“T-This girl”
When she says that, I can’t say it back.
Even I think it was a bad idea to stay up all night.
Deciding that I was at a disadvantage, I drank my tea and looked up at the ceiling after a short pause.
“They’re really terrible parents. ―― If they said they were going to scold me, they should have come to see me.”
I’d have to laugh if even those two were reincarnated in this Otome game world.
When I say a snide remark, Marie turns her head down.
“I don’t mind if I was scolded, I just wish I could have seen them at least one more time.”
Both Marie and I lack of filial piety.
And I gave my niece Erika a lot of trouble.
“――Thank you very much for taking care two of them. I and Marie were lack of filial piety, so I was relieved to hear that Erika took care of them.”
One of the things that had bothered me in my previous life was resolved, and I felt a little more relaxed.
Luxion teases me.
“Were you worried? I thought you had forgotten”
“I’m a human child, too. ――I cared about what happened to my parents in a previous life. I’m aware of the trouble I caused them. And even more so when I heard that Marie showed up here and died before my parents. “
The siblings all lack of filial piety.
So I thank Erika.
“Thank you so much. I’ll be sure to thank you for this. If you ever need any help, just let me know.”
Erika smiles in a troubled way as she accepts my thanks.
“You don’t have to worry about it that much, though. They are grandparents to me, too. Besides, they raised me gently. So don’t worry about it, Uncle.”
I was so happy to see my niece, who had done so much, that I scratched my head in embarrassment.
Luxion blurted it out.
[It is hard to believe that Erika is a blood relative from the Master’s previous life.] Then, for some reason, Marie puffed out her chest.
“She’s awesome, right? She’s my pride daughter.”
“Don’t you dare be boastful”
When Marie boasts about her daughter, Luxion throws cold water.
[Oya? It wasn’t Marie’s parents who raised her, was it? That’s what I’ve been told?] When told, Marie’s gaze wandered.
“W-Well, that’s true.”
[Then, it’s the result of your parents.]
“That’s true! That’s true! But why don’t you let me be a little proud? She’s my daughter!”
[Now she is someone else’s child. Such a shame]
“Do you have a grudge against me?”
As I was giggling at Marie being teased by Luxion, I saw Erika smiling a little sadly out of the corner of my eye.
No Comments Yet
Post a new comment
Register or Login