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“So.. what do you read this?”

“Um.. So. Sora(Sister).”

“That’s right. Is it because you’re smart that you learn quickly?”

“Ah. Yes, thank you, my lady.”

Zeros, who reads simple words with ease.

A proud smile appeared on Katlena’s lips as she looked at that sight.

I feel this every time I teach him, but his progress is extremely fast.

However, Katlena simply thought that it was because she taught him well… or, as she knew, because this man named Zeros was so smart.

Of course, the reality was that Zeros was simply suppressing his level of knowledge as much as possible and revealing it little by little.

‘Haa… Seriously, what the heck are you doing? Doing such a bothersome thing with things that you already know.’

Zeros let out a small sigh inwardly at the situation that felt like he was being tutored by an elementary school student.

And, Princess Catlena, unaware of Zeros’ true feelings, reached out her fern-like hand and stroked his head.

At this, Zeros felt as if he had become the young princess’s plaything, and he lowered his head in a strange sense of shame.

‘Well, it’s not as bad as I thought, though..’

However, to be honest, contrary to initial concerns, Zeros was not entirely uncomfortable with the current situation.

The things he was learning weren’t all that helpful, but even apart from that fact, he was in a situation where a girl who was objectively the epitome of a pretty girl was sticking around to teach him.

That appearance made Zeros, who was originally in his 20s, think that she was quite cute.

‘If she had a younger sibling, would she have felt like this? To be honest, in the original, I only knew her as a reckless and annoying girl. In this sense, she might be a little cute..’

Yes, thinking back on the future, it is not a situation that can be viewed only positively, but Zeros still goes to class, enjoying small pleasures in his own way.

And, without knowing his true feelings, Princess Katlena smiled happily as she looked at the boy blushing at her caress.

*

“Haa… ”

Katlena sitting at her desk taking a class.

Just a moment ago, she had been diligently teaching Zeros, but now she was in the position of a student and was taking lessons herself.

The position of the third daughter of the Duke’s family.

As a princess of the Duchy of Dragona, which was the most powerful of the empire’s principalities, she had received a considerable level of education in both civil and military affairs since childhood.

In addition to history, geography, and the political situation of neighboring countries, it also includes basic swordsmanship to hone your fighting prowess, and the basic operation of magical power to learn magic.

Even though she was still young and had not yet entered the academy, there were still many things she had to learn, but this in itself was not difficult at all for Katlena, who had been born and raised as a princess.

The problem is that she, who was originally 21 years old, is suddenly receiving the education she had when she was 9 years old.

And this was causing her hardships in ways she had never imagined.

“The next thing I’m going to tell you is the three most basic magics for training magical powers. That’s… ”

“Condensation.. Barrier.. Body strengthening… ”

“Huh? How did you know that? I don’t remember teaching you at all..”

“Huh? Oh.. That.. That’s.. Well.. I just happened to coincidentally..”

“Hehehe, it seems like this kind of thing has been happening too often lately? You even did all the pre-studying that you didn’t do before… Aren’t you studying too hard lately?”

Her tutor speaks with a mixture of joking and seriousness.

However, from Katlena’s perspective, the tutor’s playful words in and of themselves gave her a sense of anxiety that her life was being shortened.

‘This teacher. He’s always been very perceptive. Surely he won’t get caught, right?’

Of course, it was questionable how many people would believe her even if she talked openly about regression and such, but even so, Katlena could not feel at ease for a moment while taking classes like this.

There is also the one in a million chance, and here’s another. There were elements of a problem that could never be overlooked in a realistic sense.

‘Sigh… I’m in a position where I have to be as considerate as possible, so what the heck am I doing?’

In order to completely separate himself from the succession plan and spend the rest of his life quietly and peacefully, it was best to live without any presence as much as possible.

However, thanks to the side effect of returning to the past, Katlena continues to have her tutor say things like she is honest and a genius.

Of course, in order to design a life unrelated to artifice, the more you study, the better, but if you study too much from a young age, there is a risk that you will be criticized for no reason.

If the words “You have the makings of a king” came out of my father’s mouth, it might provoke my older sister for no reason, and since that would most likely be a real headache, a certain amount of tempo control was necessary.

‘Ugh… I wish I was a little more adept at acting in this kind of way. I’m already making a series of mistakes in such trivial details.’

Feeling so frustrated with herself, Katlena went to class trying her best to act as an ordinary 9-year-old girl.

Little did she know that the ‘student’ she had taught was in the same situation as her.

*

“Wow… It’s over.. Thank you for your hard work, Teacher Aila.”

“Yes, thank you for your hard work, Princess Katlena.”

After class, Katlena walked down the hallway, feeling very tired.

At this age, she did not yet have her own room, and was living with Rosetta.

That was also the reason why Rosetta was lying next to her immediately after she opened her eyes.

‘In that sense, there were some parts that were quite uncomfortable, but… it wasn’t as bad as I thought. Sleeping together with my mother was surprisingly cozy.’

Even if she had been dissatisfied to begin with, since she had returned to being a child, there was nothing she could do about it right away, so Katlena thought it was something she had to accept and headed to Rosebetta’s room.

‘Yes, but I’ll have to request a private room soon… so I can spend more time with Zeros.’

As she opened the door with those thoughts in mind…

“!..”

“… ”

The moment she saw the woman facing her at the door, Katlena’s steps stopped.

The person standing there is her older sister, the one who cut off her own head.

It was Princess Elios Northhelat Dragona.

“Ah..hello.. how are you, sis?”

For a moment, she felt as if she had become a rat in front of a cat, and without realizing it, Katlena bowed her head and greeted him with a crawling sound.

And then, Elios slowly approaches her.

Of course, in the current situation, there was no particular reason for her to kill or harm herself.

Because to her older sister, she still thinks of herself as just an awkward younger sibling who doesn’t know anything.

however.

Despite knowing that fact, the fear deeply engraved in her soul automatically made her tremble in fear.

To be honest, she wanted to run away right then and there without looking back, but the weight of fear was freezing even her steps.

Katlena unconsciously shut her eyes tightly.

‘Uh… I’m scared. Did I say hello for nothing? Since I’m in a position where nothing good will come of being involved with my sister, it might have been better to just pretend not to know and pass by like I always did. Ah… If only Zero was here at a time like this…’

With her head bowed like that, Katlena began to tremble in deep fear.

at that time….

“!?…”

The next moment, she felt something warm on her head.

A strangely awkward touch, but at the same time, a touch that seemed to contain some emotion.

At this, Katlena looked up slightly, feeling puzzled.

“… ”

There was my older sister there, stroking my head without saying a word.

At this unexpected turn of events, Katlena looked at her face with a blank expression for a moment.

Her appearance was scary, but at the same time, she was so beautiful that even he, her younger sister, thought she was beautiful.

However, ever since she was young, this appearance of her older sister had given Katlena a strange sense of rejection and fear, and these feelings had worsened to the point where Katlena felt extreme fear after being killed by her older sister.

But now.

In this situation where her older sister was caressing her, Katlena felt something strange.

Other people’s emotions that we may not have noticed as children.

However, with the presence of mind that had survived 21 years, she was now reading emotions from her sister that she had never imagined before.

‘Are you worried about me? Sister?’

The reason was unknown.

However, Katlena could vaguely sense that the emotion her older sister, Elios, was clearly one of concern.

‘Why? Why on earth did my sister…’

Questions about the unknown facts are beginning to arise, but there are still parts that cannot be clearly understood at this time.

Leaving Katlena in confusion, Elios walked down the hallway and disappeared from her sight.