Volume 7 Chapter 2 Part 8
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Editing by Team Foxsunes
「What I realised. In other words, what Young Lady taught me, was that the existence that we call Pure Black……or just Sir Agedilus, was in essence just a child.」
Isn’t something like that common sense? I must have been making quite a puzzled face as I thought that. Her smile turned into a forced one and she continued with a troubled expression.
「You know, from my perspective, the Young Lady who could accept SIr Agedilus from the beginning was a very big mystery for me? Although it might be quite rude to Sir Agedilus to say this, but at that time, I was quite worried that Young Lady had been entranced using some magic.」
「But that’s such an over- exaggeration……」
「Yes, it was an over-exaggeration, wasn’t it? But completely contrary to my worries, Young Lady you were so happy-go-lucky, and Sir Agedilus, ah, he was so very adorable.」
My wet nurse narrowed her eyes as if she were recalling the past. I was in her field of vision, but I was sure that what she saw was the young me when I was seven years old, and that man when he was similarly young. For some reason, I started to get embarrassed. In order to disguise that, I asked her: 「What was adorable?」.「Everything」she replied immediately. 「Everything」 came as a big shock to me. Leaving me surprised, my wet nurse continued to talk as she laughed.
「It seemed that the Young Lady didn’t notice, but ever since then, Sir Agedilus has been doing everything he possibly can for you. It was to the extent that, as a bystander, I couldn’t stand not supporting him. It seemed that he himself hadn’t noticed either. But from Madam’s and my perspective, it was obvious. To Sir Agedilus, Young Lady was more special than anyone else. Seeing Sir Agedilus working so hard for his first love, was more adorable than words can express.」
「I, see」
Was that really how it was? I couldn’t think of words other than those. The impression I had of that man when he was young, was just a doll-like angel or fairy-like being who was always grouchy. But I guess from the outside, that was what it looked liked. To have it pointed out like that really was embarrassing. Watching as my face turned red from her words, she smiled with a satisfied look. FInally, her calm smile returned to her face.
「Seeing Sir Agedilus like that, at some point in time, rather than fear, I started to think of him as idiotic. I became embarrassed that I decided that he was terrifying just because he was Pure Black. That’s why I think that, just because that young man Noct is a demon, it doesn’t mean that I have to fear him. 」
My wet nurse’s views were probably an irregularity in this world. To humans, demons were something to be scared of. They were our natural enemy. It was the unwritten law of this world. As for Pure Black, it was similar to demons. It was not the natural enemy of man. But it was still an existence that we fear instinctively. I didn’t fear that man from the beginning because I still held the same perceptions I did from my「past」world. But my wet nurse was different. For her to have reached this conclusion, she must have undergone quite a bit of emotional conflict. She was able to accept Young Noctーand that man, only because she had overcome that. It felt impudent to be told that I was the reason for her being able to do so. But to have been the trigger for it, I really felt happy. As I started to tremble with emotion, my wet nurst started to giggle again.
「Well, but it would be a lie that I’m not scared at all. But since that individual saved Young Lady, I plan to repay that debt.」
「…….Thank you, Suzette」
「It is fine. But either way, Young Lady……I mean, Young Madam. Think about it. If I were shocked just by some beast-like ears, I would never be able to serve a reckless Young Lady like you and a stubborn, bad-tempered Young Master. Don’t underestimate Suzette like that alright?」
Pat! Seeing my wet nurse pat herself on her chest, I finally started to laugh out loud. That really was reassuring. It was true that both that man and I had constantly been causing my wet nurse to worry. I agreed with what she said completely. I felt bad that I wasn’t able to argue with her at all.
「I’m kind of sorry, Suzette.」
「It’s too late for that. Well then, Young Madam, I will go check on him now. WIll you be alright alone?」
Her eyebrows slanted downwards. It seemed that my wet nurse was worried about leaving me alone in the kitchen. All that was left to do was to plate the vegetables that she had been cutting just now. The soup was already well-seasoned and was boiling well. Looking into the oven, I could see the roast chicken started to get a slightly burnt, crisp outer texture. Having concluded that the only thing I had left to do was divide the bread while waiting for the chicken to roast, I nodded at my wet nurse.
「It’s alright. Please don’t worry. Most of the preparations are already done. And I also feel quite well today. 」
「Is that so? Please do not push yourself.」
「I know」
My physical condition fluctuated by the day, but I was happy that the smell of food didn’t seem to affect me today. It seemed that going out for some relaxation was important too. But, of course, I would never want to meet a rude reporter like that again.
As I told her that I would finish up myself, my wet nurse left me in the kitchen to pick Noct up from the bathroom. Seeing her back view move into the distance, I continued the preparations for lunch. I wonder how much that boy is going to eat. I really hoped that he would like the food, but I couldn’t tell if he would. We made more just in case, so it’d be great if he ate more.
As those thoughts filled my head, I estimated that it was about time. I took the roast chicken out from the oven and placed it on a plate. I then carried the plated salad, soup, as well as bread on the dining table. Not long after, I heard loud footsteps approaching.
「Hey! Stop right there!」
「I refuse!」
Those were my wet nurse’s and Noct’s voices. I looked out of the door, wondering if he hadn’t cleaned himself properly. Bang! The door was opened with a deafeningly loud bang. Dear me. When I blinked, Young Noct stood in front of me, wrapped in the same rags that he wore when he first came to the mansion. Drops of water dripped down from his hair as he ran into the room with great force.
Hm, what do we have here? Seeing how wet he was, one could probably see that he didn’t leave any place uncleaned. But then why did he run away from my wet nurse? I could guess even without checking.
The footsteps of my wet nurse running with all her might still sounded far away. Although she proba;y was still quite a long distance away, Noct kept turning back to look, seemingly quite concerned. In his bare legs, he quickly came near me and vigorously hid behind me.
What is this? I looked behind my shoulder. But Noct was moving around behind me wit his face cast down, so I had no way of knowing.
「I, I to-, I told you to wait right……」
After a while, my wet nurse finally staggered onto the dining table, out of breath and panting. She was so tired that she immediately sat down just like that, whale Noct lowered his beast-like ears, hiding behind me. Seeing the both of them like this, I couldn’t help but tilt my head. What kind of commotion was this?
「Did the size not fit well?」
My wet nurse held in her hands the clothes that she had prepared for Noct to change into. They were the clothes that that man wore when he was younger. When we got married and moved to this Lancent household mansion, we had brought his clothes from the Lancent household main mansion, so we had borrowed some of his clothes for Noct.
I would think that if my wet nurse had chosen it, the size probably wouldn’t be wrong, but maybe it was too small? Or maybe he just didn’t like wearing second-hand clothing? To be fair, that man wore high quality clothing, befitting a noble, and it was still clean when I looked at it just the other day.
When I turned my head and tried to question him, he just vigorously shook his head. The water from his hair, messy from shaking, fell on his face. Even though the mansion was warm from the effect of the air-conditioning magic stone, that would probably still cause a cold. Ignoring my concern, Noct downcast his eyes.
「It’s not that. ……It’s, I, have a tail too」
As he murmured, an impressive, black-furred, fluffy-looking tail came out from under the hem of his rag clothes. I see, I nodded, looking at that tail of his wag gently left and right.
「Dear me, was that so? Then I guess we need to make a hole for your tail.」
I guess if he had ears like those, having a tail like that wasn’t that surprising. In hindsight, we should have expected that. Seeing how I nodded, accepting it so easily, Noct’s eyes widened again. One could easily see the shock in those yellow eyes of his.
「Y-you don’t have to go that far……」
「Something like this is nothing compared to what you did for me. Hey Suzette?」
「S-she’s absolutely right. W-well then, Young Lady, I will proceed to make a hole.」
「Yes, please. But before that, would you like to drink some water?」
I held up the water pitcher for my wet nurse as she bowed while still trying to catch her breath, but she shook her head.
「No, it is alright. Young Lady, please start to enjoy your meal first. I will take my leave here.」
As soon as she bowed her head down, she quickly left. What a busy person she was. Again, I watched her back view as she disappeared into the distance, before I looked back at Noct.
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