Chapter 28

Borussia, the capital of the Dextrin Empire and considered the largest city on the continent.

As a center for art and design, artists and young people gather here to create new trends.

Some nobles even build houses that serve as villas in Borussia and live there.

In my opinion, I wonder if they really need to go that far, but nobles are sensitive to trends.

Anyway, this is the capital where we have now arrived.

“Young Master, let’s get up.”

Yesterday, as soon as we arrived, we rented a room at a hotel and both went to sleep.

Kyle talked nonsense about separate rooms again, but I easily ignored it.

I think he’s had enough of that convenience of separate rooms during our journey.

“Sigh….”

“The sun has already risen. Even though we’ve arrived at the capital, it’s not good to laze around too much…”

“I’m up, so stop nagging.”

“Yes.”

Anyway, our first real day in the capital began.

Since the debutante ball is in three days, we can just enjoy sightseeing today and tomorrow.

“Yawn… Ha… Sofia.”

“Yes, Young Master.”

Kyle calls me after yawning once.

Today he was wearing his upper clothes.

Even though it’s warmer here, I wonder why he wasn’t wearing clothes last time.

“Let’s not go out right away today, but eat breakfast first and then go out slowly.”

“Understood.”

It doesn’t matter.

We didn’t have anything that required reservations anyway, so we can just look around leisurely.

It will be the kind of tourism where we just walk around and observe.

We probably won’t be doing any kind of experiences or such activities.

“Then let’s go eat breakfast.”

There’s one good thing about coming to the capital with Kyle.

And that is…

“This is delicious.”

Unlike usual, I can eat food together with Kyle.

Normally, I always had to watch Kyle eat.

But not now!

Since I had to accompany Kyle, I could eat with him.

Thanks to that, I can eat three meals a day!

“Just as you said, Young Master.”

Indeed, the quality of food in the capital was different.

The food served at Eristirol Castle wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t comparable to the capital.

It was just ordinary sausage, fried eggs, and salad, but it was enough to please my palate.

Plus, I was looking forward to how delicious other foods might be.

“Young Master, here…”

I speared a sausage with my fork and handed it to Kyle.

“Have one more. This is enough for me.”

Not eating much had its advantages in this regard.

I could easily give more food to Kyle.

Kyle thanked me and ate the sausage I gave him, then finished the rest of his breakfast.

I watched him from across the table and thought:

He eats well.

“Young Master, how is it? This is Borussia Cathedral, one of the capital’s landmarks.”

“Hmm…”

Kyle and I went sightseeing.

Due to regional characteristics, the north doesn’t follow the religions believed in other regions.

It’s probably because there has historically been little population flow to the north.

There are religions in the north too.

They didn’t have such large cathedrals, but there were small buildings for prayer.

In that sense, this cathedral must be amazing in Kyle’s eyes.

Because it’s enormously large.

A cathedral that’s comparable in size to Eristirol Castle.

That’s not to say that Eristirol Castle is small by any means.

Rather, it was among the larger castles.

“It’s big.”

“Indeed.”

But it was definitely large.

The roof was a dome, which gave it a somewhat unique feel.

Usually, such buildings had a more pointed appearance.

“Hmm… It might be good to build a chapel of this size in our domain too.”

Hmm…

I didn’t think it was a bad idea either.

Since the domain is large and has a fair amount of money, it might be better to build one large building rather than having several small chapels.

“Young Master, you shouldn’t just build it without consideration. Just because the domain’s people follow the same religion as you doesn’t necessarily mean they would prefer such a large chapel.”

“That’s true.”

In my opinion, though, such a large building seemed better.

Bigger was better than smaller for most things.

“The interior is not bad either. It’s splendid.”

“Hmm… you think so?”

To Kyle, who has lived his entire life in Eristirol, it probably feels that way.

But… this level of grandeur was moderately splendid.

If you go down to the southern regions, there are many lords who diligently extract taxes to build extremely splendid castles.

Borussia Cathedral had a good mix of moderate splendor, beautiful appearance, and design for religious purposes.

“Hmm… It would be good to visit other regions in the south next time. There are many things to see there as well.”

Of course, given Kyle’s position, it might be a bit difficult.

If they suddenly learn that the young lord of the Northern Duke’s family has arrived in their domain, they would surely be frightened.

I would be too.

“By the way, weddings are often held in the cathedral.”

I just mentioned it because I had nothing else to say.

Since outdoor weddings are common in Eristirol, I thought Kyle might not know.

“In the beautiful cathedral hall, the bride wears a pure white wedding dress, and the groom wears a stylish tuxedo.”

It’s definitely different from Eristirol.

To be precise, it would be more accurate to say that only Eristirol is different.

When I was invited to a wedding of close maids who were getting married during my five years there, I was a bit surprised by the different culture.

Since the wedding was held in summer, it wasn’t really cold, but having a party outdoors was a shock to me, who had lived below the north for 18 years and spent nearly 20 years in my past life.

Northern people seemed not to feel the cold.

Just to be sure, I asked another maid nearby.

Whether they always held weddings like this.

And the answer was yes.

That meant they did this outdoors even in winter!

I had a strong thought that if one were to have a wedding in a wedding dress in winter, wouldn’t they freeze to death?

But I was relieved to hear that northern people are adapted to the cold from birth.

It was just a thought out of concern for people, as I wasn’t going to get married anyway.

“I was surprised that Eristirol is different from other regions in many ways.”

“…I see.”

“Yes, that’s correct.”

And then we resumed our sightseeing.

We looked around places that could be visited immediately, such as the massive Brandenburg Gate or the Great Museum of Borussia.

After all, tomorrow we would need to start preparing for the debutante ball.

We needed to try on the clothes we brought once more and manage our condition.

Although Kyle dislikes uncomfortable clothes, he would understand this much.

Even Kyle understood that the debutante ball was an important event.

“Young Master, how was today’s sightseeing?”

“…It was fun. As you said, it’s definitely different. There were also things worth referring to for our domain.”

“I’m grateful you say so. After the debutante ball ends, let’s look around better places.”

There were still many places to tour.

Borussia was an enormous city, so it was natural.

For example, stores large enough to be called department stores, zoos, and so on—there were many places.

Kyle would surely enjoy it too.

By the way, Kyle’s face had been red since noon.

It started exactly when we were at the cathedral.

I asked if he was sick in the middle, but he answered that he wasn’t.

“…Young Master, are you really all right?”

So I asked once more.

If he caught a cold just two days before the debutante ball, it would be really dangerous.

“No. I’m fine. I just have something on my mind.”

What could he be thinking about that would make his face red?

Hmm….

“Are you having lewd thoughts?”

“What?!”

“If your face turns red while thinking, there’s only one possibility, isn’t there?”

Come to think of it, Kyle is at that age now.

He must have already properly awakened to sexuality.

Is that why he was undressed with Elin like that before?

The heat might have been an excuse, and this could have been the real reason.

“I understand. At your age, it’s natural to have lewd thoughts.”

“No, that’s…”

“But you mustn’t lose control and do bad things. As I warned before, men must be careful of three things.”

“I’ve heard it several times already, so it’s fine. Let’s stop talking about this now.”

“Yes.”

What’s there to be so embarrassed about having some lewd thoughts?

At his age, I had so many strange thoughts.

In both my past life and this one, I really had many.

Of course, the subject wasn’t any specific person.

Rather than focusing on a person for my imagination, how should I put it… I focused on the act itself.

There was no one around for that, and I also had some aversion due to my past life.

“Everyone is like that at that age. You don’t need to think of it as strange. Even I was like that at your age, so it’s really normal.”

I reassured Kyle.

Children at that age often think that sexual things are bad.

They tend to think that way even if others tell them otherwise.

Sexual things aren’t bad.

Rather, they’re good.

“Sigh… Let’s stop this…”

“Sure.”

However, our little one doesn’t seem to understand properly yet.

I wonder if he’ll be able to do it properly with his wife when he gets one later.