Chapter 7: Duchess Eliana Liberica(3)

Two weeks have passed since Mom recovered.

Our family has changed so much that it’s embarrassing to compare it to the past.

Before then, Dad was handling the family matters as well as his duties at the Duke’s family, so things weren’t going well.

But, hasn’t Mom brightened the faces of the servants as she manages the household?

When I asked Anna what was going on, she said that the servants’ quarters had changed a lot, and the convenience had become great.

And she said that the treatment of the newly hired servants was incredibly good.

“Ahem! As expected of our Mom! This much is nothing!”

“I’m glad you’re happy, Miss. Shall we go for a walk today?”

“…I want to roll around in bed.”

“No. I told you repeatedly that it’s not good for your health to only stay in your room, didn’t I?”

“Hing. Anna is too cold. It won’t work. I’ll make you warm!”

“Wai, wait a moment, Miss!?”

While I was messing around with Anna in a hug, the sound of knocking on the door was heard.

“My daughter! Mom is here because I missed you!”

With that, she came into the room, and she saw me playing with Anna.

After watching the scene, she smiled and was about to leave with a single sentence!

“Oh my, did Mom interrupt an important time? I’m sorry?”

“Hiiiik!? No! What are you thinking!?”

In the end, I thought I was going to the garden to have tea with Mom, but that wasn’t the case.

A carriage in front of my eyes.

“…Mom. Where are we going now?”

“Mom has a cafe she used to go to. Let’s go eat some delicious dessert there!”

“Wai, wait a moment!? You mean we’re going outside!?”

The reason I always asked Anna to run errands wasn’t much.

A homebody has to stay home, right? That’s physically impossible.

But, such a big event happens suddenly!?

“Does our youngest not like going outside?”

Isn’t it against the rules to look at me with those longing eyes?

I can’t say I don’t like it openly!?

“It’s not that I don’t like it, but I’m not ready…”

If I say it like this, she’ll understand.

Mom’s shoulders slumped, and I felt a little bad, but I couldn’t help it.

The moment I was about to go back to my room, Mom pulled me into her arms and put me in the carriage?

“M, Mom? What are you doing!?”

“Our youngest, has Mom kidnapped you?”

“Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiik!?”

‘Our youngest with her pouting lips is also cute.’

I’m sorry for my youngest, but there was a place I really wanted to go with her.

My youngest won’t remember, but there was a place of memories.

As I carefully observe my youngest, I can’t help but find her adorable as she looks out the window, marveling at the scenery.

‘Really, what family’s daughter is this cute!?’

I wanted to hug her one more time, but I held back in a state of training myself, because she might really sulk.

…I held back for about 30 seconds.

“Hiiiiik!? Why are you hugging me all of a sudden!?”

“It’s because our youngest is so cute! It’s our youngest’s fault, not Mom’s fault!”

“W, well, where does it say that in the world!? You shouldn’t blame others!”

A five-year-old child spoke words that I never thought she would say.

It’s strange to others, but it’s natural in our family.

Or is it? Isn’t our youngest a genius, so it’s not the case?

“Our youngest, I think you’re a genius no matter how I look at it. Would you like to enter the academy?”

‘Academy’

Rather than a school like in a modern society, only children with special talents among the nobles were able to enroll.

The advantage is that, if you graduate, your future life is guaranteed.

The disadvantage is at the time of graduation.

According to statistics, the average graduation rate is less than 10%.

“I don’t want to! I absolutely don’t want to! I won’t compromise on this!”

“Oh my, do you have a special reason?”

I looked closely at my youngest and asked why, and her face turned slightly red, and she mumbled in a very small voice.

“Because the academy is a dormitory, I can’t live with Mom and Dad.”

“……”

Which parent wouldn’t be moved to hear such a loving word from their beloved youngest daughter.

“Hiiiiik!? Mo, Mom!? You’re hugging me too strongly!?”

“It’s our youngest’s fault! Are you trying to tempt Mom with such cute words!?”

“Hiiiiiiiiiiiiik!?”

After hugging my youngest, who had been squirming for a long time, and recharging her energy, I finally let go.

‘Ugh, I almost died.’

While we were going into the city, Mom kept hugging me and repeating the words “recharge,” and I was really suffocating.

‘No, more than that, where even are we!?

The scenery outside the window was completely different from before.

We had entered a huge commercial district, and there were various general stores selling various items, and I could see children playing.

The carriage kept running, leaving the commercial district, and entering the inside, where there was a check!

The carriage’s seal was confirmed, and the door opened, allowing us to pass, but if we went inside, it was a civilian-like scenery. If we were to talk about what we saw.

Noble ladies were seen going out, and there were shops that made me feel ashamed to compare them to what I saw before.

Perhaps, this is the ‘special commercial district’ where only nobles can use.

As the speed gradually slowed, the carriage stopped in front of a store, and the door opened.

“We have arrived.”

The head of the Red Knight Order, who was guarding us, opened the carriage door and helped us.

There are four knight orders in the Liberica Duke’s Family.

Among them, the Red Knight Order, whose main purpose is to escort, is all women, so the head of the Red Knight Order who is helping me right now is also a woman.

“Ah, thank you.”

“You’re welcome, Miss.”

Leaving the Red Knight Order’s head, who has an impressive red hair, and holding Mom’s hand again, we entered the store, and there was no one…?

“We were waiting for you, Duchess. I’ll guide you to your seat.”

At that moment, a distinguished-looking gentleman, who seemed to be the owner of the store, came out and guided us to our seats.

We were guided to a window seat on the second floor, and after a while, various snacks were set on the table.

I couldn’t help but be drawn to the snacks that looked delicious at a glance, but when I asked Mom why we were here, she was lost in memories.

“You see, this is the cafe I visited when I first went out after being pregnant with our youngest.”

“……”

“At that time, I was suffering from morning sickness and couldn’t eat anything, but when I ate the dessert here, I could feel it in my stomach, you know? That our youngest loved it.”

“D, do you feel that?”

“Of course. Mom can know everything.”

With those words, Mom fed me a chocolate cake, and I was truly surprised.

The chocolate cake I had eaten until now was also delicious, but this taste was…well, a taste that’s hard to describe.

The taste of eating food I’ve been missing…?

I was eating the chocolate cake without paying attention, and our Mom was looking at me and laughing.

I had finished eating all the snacks in front of me, and I looked at Mom with a slightly sad expression, but she was firm.

“No more. It’s not good for your health to eat too much.”

“Hing, Mom is too strict. She’s a pumpkin.”

“…I, I won’t fall for those words!”

It seems like if I just do a little more, she’ll fall for it? She was trying to hold back a laugh with her mouth twitching.

“Mooom, won’t you let me eat one more?”

“No.”

‘…She’s not falling for it.’

I tried to look at Mom with a sad expression, but it didn’t work at all.

I gave up in the end and followed Mom to the next store, and it was a clothing store…?

“I checked our daughter’s closet, and I couldn’t say anything. I’ll buy all new ones for you this time, Mom!”

If she had seen my closet before, she would have been shocked…?

My closet, which only had one pink dress, was filled with clothes that Dad had given me, but because Dad’s tastes were 100% applied, they were all black clothes.

If she had seen that closet, our Mom wouldn’t have just stood still.

I thought I was going to be shopping for clothes with Mom at the clothing store, but that wasn’t the case.

Three hours.

For three hours, I became a doll to change clothes.

“Oh my, this is also so great!? Isn’t there a single outfit that doesn’t suit our youngest!?”

“…Mom. It seems like it’s been three hours, can’t we go home now?”

“Last one! Wear just one more!”

“……”

In the end, I was caught for another hour, made to wear clothes, and then I was finally released.

I thought I was finally free, but the carriage was heading in the opposite direction of the house!

“M, Mom!? Where are we going again!?”

“Oh my, didn’t Mom tell you? Today’s purpose was to go see the third sister!”

“…Eh? You’re going to see the third sister!?”

My third sister, who is already running a trading company at the young age of 12.

‘Th, that’s what you’re saying now!? I didn’t prepare anything!?’