January 8th
Our family is ruined. But come to think of it, I think the family was already ruined to begin with. They said you're ruined if you don't have money. Anyway, they said today is the day we are officially ruined. Dad isn't coming home today either. So I went to a restaurant and got some stew, bread, and eggs. I think I eat better when Dad isn't around than when he is.]
[January 15th
Dad didn't come home. A stranger came to the house. And they looked at me with pitying eyes. Debt collectors are strangely weak against children.]
[January 20th
They say our family was originally a vassal of the Duke of Resean's household. It was the first time I knew that. I asked Dad why he didn't tell me, and he told me not to say useless things. A passing middle-aged woman told me that we were kicked out because we didn't work. I knew it.]
[February 1st
Dad disappeared. I'm pretty sure he went to prison, but everyone tells me not to worry about it. I was going to say that if they were going to hide it, they should hide it a bit better, but I stopped myself. Still, it was nice that they gave me snacks. It was my first time eating a cream puff, and it was delicious.]
[March 5th
I ended up entering the Duke of Resean's household as a lady-in-waiting. They say the second Young Lady is my age. I asked what a lady-in-waiting does, and they told me to be a conversation partner.]
[April 7th
Young Lady Yujire was a much smarter person than I thought. Besides, she is good at chess too. We played thirteen games; I won only one game and lost all thirteen others. I think she lost one game on purpose because she was worried I'd get tired of it if I only lost.
Then wouldn't it have been okay to lose two games?]
[May 19th
Quite a bit of time has passed since I started working as a lady-in-waiting. Honestly speaking, I think I was adopted rather than working as a lady-in-waiting.
When I said I felt like I was receiving too good of a treatment, a passing Knight Unni cried. She talked about the treatment a child should rightfully receive and so on.
...I was going to say that I don't have a past of being abused and that the Duke of Resean's household is just giving away too much money, but I stopped myself. It's troublesome. But giving a dress worth the price of a villa to a lady-in-waiting is too much no matter how I think about it.]
[January 8th
Dad suddenly came to visit. It was a bit chaotic, but anyway, it seems everything was resolved well.
But I got homework. They told me to think about what I want to do when I become an adult. The Duke asked how about doing vassal work, but I hate reading texts too much. The Young Lady said she would find a solution.]
[April 13th
Do knights not do paperwork?]
[May 13th
Knights do not do paperwork!]
[June 18th
I started knight training. I am only running every day. My stamina definitely seems to be increasing. Now, even if I break a chandelier while playing with Young Lady Yujire, I can run away quickly.]
[June 20th
Come to think of it, it's not enough for just me to run away. It seems difficult with this stamina to run away while carrying Young Lady Yujire on my back. When I told that story to the Knight Unni who is in charge of training, she laughed.]
[October 13th
I held a wooden sword for the first time. It seems bigger than my height. When I told the Knight Unni, she said I have to eat well to grow taller. I am already eating well though. The problem seems to be that I ate only a little in the past.]
[November 5th
I went on a picnic to the lake with the Young Lady.
Is it a picnic?
I fell into the lake about twice, saw a monster living in the forest, sprained my ankle slightly, caught a cold, and even got scolded by the Knight Unni, but anyway, it was fun. The Young Lady got scolded twice, even by the Duke. While watching that, I was misunderstood as envying the fact that the Young Lady has a mother. It was awkward because they kept trying to comfort me. The Knight Unni also didn't know what to do, so it was twice as awkward. I said I wasn't thinking anything, but it seemed like I looked like someone who thought a whole lot. I thought I should just keep my mouth shut from next time.]
[January 10th
It's the New Year! I baked and ate a New Year's cake with the Young Lady and the Duke. Actually, we only did the decorations, the Duke only supervised, and the cooking was done by the Chef Grandma.]
[January 29th
The Young Lady suddenly asked me why I decided to become a lady-in-waiting. Come to think of it, I had never really made such a decision. When I said that was the only option, the passing Knight Unni cried. It seems the Knight Unni has a more tender heart than I thought. Now it's bothersome to even think about what misunderstanding she had.]
[April 5th
The Young Lady said she had a question for me. I wondered what the question was, and it was about whether I became a lady-in-waiting because I was honestly too lazy. As expected, the Young Lady is smart.]
[June 12th
The Young Lady brought in a new lady-in-waiting. I thought I was being kicked out, but it seems it's okay to have multiple ladies-in-waiting. Come to think of it, there are multiple maid unnis too, so there was no reason for there to be only one lady-in-waiting. I felt like the Knight Unni would cry again if I said something like this, so I didn't say anything this time.]
[August 4th
Training was busy, so I barely talked to the new friend today. Her name is Luzea. I thought it was a quite long name for a commoner, but there was a reason. She was originally a noble, but her parents fell into gambling and sold their status because they lacked money. After that, they even sold Luzea, and it was the Duke who brought Luzea.]
[September 18th
I got scolded.
Luzea said she would teach me a card game, but from the middle, cards were missing one by one. It turned out Luzea was siphoning off one or two. She said her parents taught her the method. I was learning it because it was fascinating, but I got scolded by a passing maid unni. It was the first time I got scolded by someone who isn't the Knight Unni, so it was fascinating. Luzea said let's play 'Mahjong' next time. I'm looking forward to it.]
[December 10th
I received a real sword for the first time! The Knight Unnis argued a little bit, but anyway, it's a real sword. It's much heavier than the wooden sword.]
[December 11th
Even knights have to take theory classes, I guess. I heard stories about mindset, but none of it entered my ears.]
[February 14th
The Duke says he never assigned me a swordsmanship teacher. I talked about the Knight Unni, but there was no one who had seen her.]
[February 18th
I found out who the Knight Unni was! Loren Glia. It is said she was the escort knight of the first Duke. ...But it was written that she is already a deceased person.]
Laceil adapted quickly to life at the Duke's household. Although minor problems often occurred, it was still better than living with Dad anyway. The people who were around Laceil during that time.
"I'm telling you a ghost appeared!"
Came to believe in psychic phenomena. It was because things that couldn't be explained unless it was a ghost happened frequently.
"...Isn't it a bit dangerous?"
And the worries about Laceil increased even more. Because Laceil was obtuse, too obtuse. Even though all the psychic phenomena happened near Laceil! She didn't even realize that it was a psychic phenomenon every time.
"...Maybe it's okay?"
Then, after a few more years passed, this conclusion came out. Because no matter what situation Laceil got entangled in, she somehow returned safely. Being too obtuse, sometimes things actually became safe.
"Isn't that Aura?"
Then, Laceil became a Sword Master. The mansion people could only be relieved at this point. Enough to throw a joke that her skills became like a ghost because she learned from a ghost. During that time, Laceil became an adult, received a knighthood, and started working as Yujire's escort knight. She was slowly getting used to the title 'Sir Jaen' as well. Yujire also became an adult, and at the same time received the position of the Young Duke. It was because among the Duke's three daughters, Yujire was the only one interested in the ducal succession.
"Would you like to try doing some Lord's work for a moment? You'll have to get used to this kind of work anyway."
One day, while she was getting used to the position of the Young Duke, the Duke asked Yujire.
"There is a troublesome territory. I mean, I can't just leave it as it is." "Yes?" "The manager quit the job."
He said it was because of reasons like psychic phenomena occurring in the territory, terrible rumors, and so on. It seemed he thought it would be good to send her to study handling work since Yujire was learning the Duke's work just in time.
"It will be helpful if you go down together with Sir Jaen."
Yujire remembered one fact only after hearing that story. The territory they are trying to go to now was the place where Laceil lived in the past. "The period is... right, about one year would be appropriate, right?"
It would have been good if they had known in advance what would happen during that one year.
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