<<Previous Chapter | Let's Manage the Tower | Next Chapter>>
Translator: Kazumi
Editor: Silavin
Kousuke and his family were having dinner together on the Administration Floor for the first time in a while. It was not only Kouhi and Mitsuki, but Shrein, Collete, Peach, Floria, Sylvia, and their children were also all here.
As the children got older, they were given time for their own studies, so they would not come to the Administration Floor as often.
Kousuke wondered if this was what it meant for parents to eventually have to grow apart from their children.
It had been a long time since the children had all been together for a meal, so they seemed to be very excited. In fact, they were excited from start to finish.
Aside from Floria and Sylvia, the other members of the group were rarely seen together.
Shrein and the others were often away from the Administration Floor to check on the homes of their respective races.
Perhaps it was because of education or discipline, but Towa, who was usually quiet, was unusually excited to join in on conversation.
Kousuke thought to himself and felt a little sad, [As the children grow up, we won’t be able to see this kind of scene anymore…]
“By the way, Mia is entering the school this year, right?”
“That’s right. Father, did you forget about it?”
Kousuke was inwardly sweating coldly when Mia gave him a skeptical look.
She was still a child in stature, but the way she stared at him made him feel that she had the stature of a full-fledged woman.
Kousuke thought that all the fathers in the world who had witnessed this would believe that girls grow up too quickly.
“No, no. Of course not.”
Kousuke waved his hand hurriedly, but the way she stared at him, it did not seem like she believed what he was saying.
“That’s not it, it just seems like a lot happened to Towa, so I’m hoping nothing similar will happen to Mia.”
Floria had told Kousuke that quite a few events had occurred during the first year, when Towa had entered the academy.
Starting with one student’s attitude toward Cecil (a slave), to the jealousy towards Towa’s friends from others around them. There were even problems with some of the teachers, and so on.
It was as if most of the standard ‘events’ that Kousuke knew existed had happened.
Even though Kousuke had heard about these incidents through second-hand accounts, and they could still count them on one hand, there must have been many more of such incidents.
However, Towa overcame them all by his own strength. Even though he had an entourage of people to help, it was more than enough of an achievement for a ten-year-old child.
At least when Kousuke thought of himself when he was ten years old. It was difficult for him to believe that Towa was indeed his own son.
Of course, he would never mention such a thing.
Before Mia could say anything to Kousuke, Floria interrupted her.
“Hmm…Kousuke, when you say something like that, it really sounds like something is going to happen.”
Mia tilted her head at Floria’s words with a ‘huh?’ expression on her face.
Not only Mia, but all the children had the same look on their faces, while the adults looked convinced.
“Indeed, Mia, you must now be careful.”
“Yes, I will. Well, I’m sure it will be fine with Towa around, but if anything goes wrong, I will call the adults I trust or go to Towa immediately.”
“You can never be too careful~”
Mia seemed confused when she saw not only her mother, Floria, but also the other adults were telling her so.
“Well… I’m not sure if I should be happy about that assessment.”
Kousuke, on the other hand, seemed a little delicate when told this.
As if interrupting Kousuke, Collete continued.
“Mia-chan, when Kousuke says something like that, something will surely happen. Remember this. So, you really have to be careful.”
Collete finished, and Kousuke dropped his head in disappointment.
Kousuke could not deny that his bad premonitions would usually come true, especially since he became a living god.
What Kousuke just said was just a casual remark, but the surrounding women did not seem to take it that way.
“Well…. Yes. I will try to be careful.”
Comparing Kousuke’s face with those of the women present, Mia nodded with a solemn expression.
“Father. If possible, I would have wanted those words to be said before I started school…”
Towa, who had been swept up in many things over the past year, let out a sigh as he said this.
♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦
One day, a few weeks after the conversation.
Mia was thinking back to what her father, Kousuke, had said to her while she was walking through a hallway of the school.
“Is this what you call a prophecy…?”
The words came out of her unintentionally, and the classmate in front of her reacted.
Incidentally, the one asking was the one who caused Mia to mutter these words.
“What? Did you say something?”
“Oh, no, nothing.”
To the boy who tilted his head, Mia gave him a smile and some words that seemed to be made up.
Since the boy was a child like Mia, he did not seem to realize the meaning of her smile.
“I see. Then, let’s go home together.”
Mia wanted to ask him in detail what his plans were, but Mia kept it hidden inside and tilted her head with a smile on her face while only responding in a simple manner.
“Why?”
“Because it’s only natural for two people who are promised to be together in the future to go home together, right?”
If Floria was here, she would have laughed her head off.
The boy in front of her is a classmate of Mia’s.
This means, of course, that he was no more than ten years old.
Such a child was making such advances.
Of course, in an aristocratic society, it would be possible for a boy of that age to set an engagement but that was not the case here.
“I don’t remember hearing anything about us being engaged. I believe I told you before that this was the case, right?”
Mia answered, still tilting her head, which was enough to prove her point.
The boys, who had learned that Mia was the eldest daughter of Queen Floria, were posing as her fiancées.
If it had been just one person who had told Mia about this, it would have been quick to be dealt with, but the fact that there was more than one of them made her head hurt.
It was unclear whether they were acting on their own or at the behest of their parents.
All the boys here were poor with words and actions, so Mia sometimes thought that it was likely their parents who were behind all of this.
If the parents thought that they could seduce her with words like the ones the boy had just mentioned, that would be a problem.
Besides, even if Floria complained to the parents about this, it would be chalked up as childish nonsense.
Mia sighed inwardly as she recalled the words of the aide who was attached to her side.
She had been dodging all of this until now, but the boys who had been approaching her seemed to be getting impatient with Mia’s attitude.
In fact, even now, the mask of smiles on the boys’ faces was about to be removed by Mia’s words.
Mia’s thought, [Well, what should I do?] was almost simultaneous with the boy’s attempt to speak. There, she suddenly heard the sound of another voice.
“Hey, Mia, are you home?”
“Oh, brother.”
Mia’s voice was one of relief at Towa’s unexpected appearance. The change was slight though, and was noticed only by Towa, who had been with her for a long time.
“This is… His Royal Highness Prince Towa.”
Towa could only manage a single nod back at Mia’s classmate, who bowed.
“I, too, have finished all my business today. Shall we go home together?”
“Yes.”
Mia nodded in agreement with Towa’s suggestion.
“Well then, good day to you.”
“Yes, to you as well.”
The boy could only look away with his mouth open at the two who had quickly decided without letting him interrupt them.
♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦
“Isn’t it about time you seriously thought about having an attendant by your side?”
Towa suggested to Mia on their way home.
No matter how they look at it, the current situation was not good for Mia.
The situation was further complicated by the fact that the boys who were on the offensive, were trying to force things by creating such situations.
“Yes, but brother, you don’t always have an escort…”
“You and I are in different positions and of different genders. You can’t think of us as the same. In fact, girls usually have attendants by their side to support them, right?”
In the school, not everyone had a personal attendant among the students, but it was a common practice to have at least someone to send off the students to school even to their classrooms, and would also be waiting to bring them back home after school.
No one would make a fuss about Mia having an attendant with her. Furthermore, Towa had shadow escorts around him.
However, because it would be meaningless if he were to reveal this to those around him. He had not even let her sister, Mia, know about them.
Only Towa and his mother, Floria, know that Towa had a security unit guarding him on his way to and from school.
“… I’ll think about it slowly once I get back to the castle.”
“That’s good.”
Mia’s reply made Towa relieved.
<<Previous Chapter | Let's Manage the Tower | Next Chapter>>
