Chapter 39
“Since both you and I are attending, things will work out somehow.”
As Agenor became the second disciple and they trained together, he seemed to have guessed the circumstances to some extent.
After all, he was not a brother who lacked intuition.
He said he had been curious from the beginning but couldn’t ask, wondering why on earth she ended up calling Father “Master.”
“Can’t we just tell them everything this time?”
“No, not yet.”
“I see.”
“You accept that easily?”
Agenor smiled brightly.
“Doesn’t my little sister have some kind of plan? Just like when you made Bayan’s nose bleed.”
“I didn’t have any thoughts back then.”
“Then that’s even more amazing.”
That “amazing” again. I shook my head from side to side.
“Anyway, the date has been set, right?”
“Yes.”
While I was recuperating at home, the date for the High Disciplinary Committee was set.
The date was announced three days ago, and it is finally tomorrow.
“It’s a shame. To think the High Disciplinary Committee and the Family Meeting are being held at the same time.”
That was true. Most unfortunately, the Family Meeting and the High Disciplinary Committee ended up being held on the same day.
Therefore, as the person involved who must participate in the Disciplinary Committee, it meant I naturally wouldn’t be able to attend the Family Meeting.
‘Tsk, just as Agenor said, it’s such a shame.’
There were so many rumors I had built up this time that if I had only attended, I would have easily attracted attention.
Even the attention of that Grandmother.
I wanted to clearly show her what kind of person the granddaughter she ignored was becoming, but I missed the chance.
If there’s any consolation, it’s that that guy Bayan, the likely successor, also cannot attend.
Because for him, it will be a matter of wounded pride.
Besides, he must be feeling anxious, fearing he might fall out of Grandmother’s favor.
This is exactly it.
‘If I can’t have it, you can’t eat it either.’
It’s not like I gained nothing.
“Well, tomorrow isn’t the only opportunity.”
“Cool, that confidence! That pride! So arrogant!”
“Why are you bringing up that last word?”
Was the expression “arrogant” supposed to be used at a time like this?
I looked at the beaming Agenor and blurted out.
“Thank you.”
“Huh?”
“Because I don’t think I’ve said it properly yet.”
His blue eyes turned toward me.
I didn’t know I would meet these eyes in this way so quickly, but it wasn’t a bad feeling.
“You helped without even asking why. That day.”
“Ah!”
“You worked hard during the gang fight too.”
“It was fun.”
Agenor thought for a moment and then tilted his head.
“It was my first time fighting while protecting someone.”
“There will be many more in the future.”
“Huh?”
“There will be many.”
At my words, spoken as if giving a definite answer, Agenor showed doubt, but that was all.
Because he soon said this as if he understood.
“I see. You mean you’ll be doing the fighting that protects?”
“Why is it, like that…….”
Before I could even answer, the door opened and Misa entered with the herring maids, pulling a tray.
The maids and Misa seemed surprised to see Agenor, but it was only for a moment.
“Welcome, Young Lord!”
“Oh my goodness, the Young Lord is so handsome too.”
“The two of you look alike! So cute……!”
As always, the excessive praise they gave me moved over to Agenor.
As if this reaction was a first, Agenor was surprised for a moment and then muttered softly.
“This kind of attention isn’t bad either…….”
I ignored it as if I didn’t hear and opened my mouth toward the stew the maids were holding out.
Ugh, there are carrots in it again.
However, conscious of Agenor’s presence, I opened my mouth while pretending not to notice.
I didn’t want to show any weakness to Agenor.
As if noticing my situation, the maids’ smiles deepened.
“Now, say ah, ah.”
“Ah—.”
Agenor, who was observing me intently, suddenly strode toward me.
“Calypso Aquasiadel.”
“What?”
Since he had an unusually serious expression, I blinked my eyes. Why is he being like this all of a sudden?
“Put me to work too.”
“……Get lost.”
“That kind of decisiveness isn’t bad. But a bit more……”
“Misa, the guest is leaving. Please show him out quickly.”
“Ah, okay. Cancel, cancel! It was a joke! We have to talk about our Disciplinary Committee too, little sister!”
Only after Agenor quickly put his back to the floor, lying down and begging earnestly, was he not kicked out.
In fact, just as Agenor said, we did need to discuss the Disciplinary Committee that would take place tomorrow.
It would be closer to a plan than a discussion, though.
“Agenor. Tomorrow, you follow what I say.”
“What is it?”
“That is……”
After listening to the explanation for a long time, Agenor nodded.
However, he did have a half-doubting expression.
But instead of talking back, he seemed to swallow his doubts.
Then, he hesitated and asked cautiously.
“But little sister, are you really not going to call Father? Is that really okay?”
I also hesitated until the very end.
But.
I shook my head firmly.
“It’s okay.”
* * *
The next morning dawned.
Calypso Aquasiadel was surprised that her condition was perfectly clean.
‘I knew I had recovered, but for some reason, it feels like my recovery rate is even more superior than what I had in the previous round.’
In fact, this was because not long ago when she met Pierre, he had secretly breathed the power of water into Calypso Aquasiadel.
Calypso Aquasiadel, who had not yet awakened and found it difficult to notice such things, simply thought it was an illusion.
The High Disciplinary Committee was held at the Primary Institution.
It seemed they went through several meetings with the Intermediate Institution regarding the location, but they seemed to judge that the place where the incident occurred was appropriate.
Calypso Aquasiadel took a look at her attire.
‘I’m not used to this.’
These were clothes made by the herring sisters.
Calypso Aquasiadel did not have any decent clothes.
After catching the eye of the Head of the Family, her living environment had improved, but even so, it was not to the extent of living affluently.
Especially in the case of clothes, they were limited to garments that could be worn for activities.
“No, My Lady, My Lady, this cannot be!”
“A suit, we need a suit!”
“No, wait, it’s not that kind of occasion……”
“Clothes are a weapon, My Lady!”
The ones she was wearing now were also clothes the maids had stayed up all night to make, saying that wearing them neatly to such a place would give her strength.
Somehow, the words that clothes were also a weapon played a part in Calypso Aquasiadel being unable to dissuade the herring maids.
“As your Master, I have the right to rebuke you for neglecting your weapon.”
She had not met Pierre since that day. It was also intentional.
She would face him again only after the Disciplinary Committee ended.
Thinking about it again, it was a good thing she didn’t bring up the matter of the parental summons to Pierre.
Calypso Aquasiadel did not have the confidence to handle the consequences regarding the play, nor the background of why Pierre gave such an order to Laila right now.
As Pierre said, the relationship between master and disciple was one that inevitably parts.
It was a relationship thought up as a makeshift measure, but looking back, she wondered if her deep inner thoughts included the judgment that they would eventually part in the end.
Because Calypso Aquasiadel was a calculating person.
At any rate, the clothes the maids made were a child-sized suit that looked like a sailor uniform.
A blue jacket and a white blouse. A cute necktie embroidered with an orca and a blue skirt.
Added to that, even socks they had knitted themselves.
Each and every item was filled with sincerity, so it felt as if her heart was becoming warm for no reason.
Not only that, but the sight of Calypso Aquasiadel, who had even pulled on a beret made in the same color, was truly a cute appearance that looked like it would appear in a children’s pictorial.
Thus, when she finally arrived at the meeting hall where the Disciplinary Committee was being held, everyone who saw Calypso Aquasiadel could not help but be surprised.
“Oh my goodness, that person right there is……”
“No, someone that tiny involved in a gang fight?”
“I heard she fights that well.”
“As expected, Pierre’s blood……”
The High Disciplinary Committee was something that rarely happened even in educational institutions.
Because of this, there would normally have been more people, but unfortunately, the Family Meeting was being held elsewhere today.
Even the times overlapped.
‘It’s strange. Laila wouldn’t handle work this way.’
Laila was a woman who was perfect at handling work, if nothing else.
If it was likely to overlap with the Family Meeting, she was someone who had the authority to move the date of the Disciplinary Committee altogether.
“Hello, My Lady.”
“Yes. Hello.”
Calypso Aquasiadel happened to run into Laila.
“You look different than usual today.”
“Right? The maids worked hard. How is it, am I pretty?”
Calypso Aquasiadel smiled playfully.
Laila hesitated for a moment.
“Hmm, yes, it’s fascinating.”
Laila was engaged in a profession related to children, but she was a person who was surprisingly uninterested in children.
Because of that, she was also a person who could be fair.
But how should she put it? The existence called Calypso Aquasiadel before her eyes was like a large stone that came in and shattered her indifference.
An extremely pretty and cute orca-shaped stone at that.
‘Lord Pierre’s appearance is exceptionally striking, but this person is also brilliant in a different sense. Did she take after her mother?’
“You are pretty.”
“Huh? Uh-huh. Thanks.”
Calypso Aquasiadel greeted her dazed by the unexpected reaction.
Because of that, she missed the timing to ask Laila what she was curious about.
She really wanted to ask why on earth the schedule was set like this.
Looking around, it seemed that roughly everyone who was supposed to come had arrived.
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