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Why did you become Elin’s tutor?

To explain that, I had to go back four years to the time of the incident.

At the time, I was confused by the fact that I had fallen into an unfamiliar world.

I failed the academy entrance ceremony right away, so how could I be in my right mind?

It was only when I received a letter telling me to come back during the holidays that I realized the existence of my family.

At that time, I thought I should contact you after I became more familiar with this world.

Of course, that idea is still in progress.

“Sorry, I couldn’t contact you because I was busy.”

Instead of giving a lengthy explanation, he bowed at a right angle.

“You must have been busy. Judging from the number of inquiries I receive about space magic, something our family doesn’t even know much about.”

“… … ”

“It’s been a few years since I graduated from the academy. I never thought I’d meet the president again.”

“Did that gentleman come all the way here?”

Somehow, I haven’t heard from you much lately.

It seems Luke has gone to the Bucklin family without any hesitation.

“You came here because you wanted to study the unique magic together. But.”

Ugh.

Victor clenched his teeth.

“Should I hear news about my brother from the president?”

“… I have nothing to say.”

“Hoo… .”

Victor barely managed to control his anger with a sigh.

“I don’t like having to hear from my fellow magicians, but… it seems you’ve created a great unique magic.”

Knock, knock.

Victor taps the desk with his fingers.

“But why didn’t you go to the top or graduate school?”

It was an extension of the question I asked earlier, why did you become a tutor with such talent?

Because I can’t tell the truth.

“I saw potential in the youngest princess of Bertain.”

He made excuses to others.

“For just that reason… .”

Victor frowned.

“It’s not just that much.”

“I heard from Nia. She said she learned your unique magic.”

“Then you must have heard what kind of magic was cast.”

“I heard. Since it’s Nia’s words, I wouldn’t doubt it easily… .”

Victor narrowed his eyes, unlike his words.

“The space is compressed.”

“Yes.”

“Does that make sense?”

“That doesn’t make sense. Since he has no talent, he started a job as a teacher that doesn’t suit him.”

“Yes.”

Victor nodded as if he understood.

“If it weren’t for that reason, I would have already thrown him in the military.”

“Yes?”

Luke grimaced at the horrible sound.

“What kind of army is this all of a sudden?”

“Suddenly? Is it a big deal to enlist as a magic officer in Berkeley?”

If you say that, I have nothing to say.

Of the three great magic families, only Berklin is a practical magician.

The Bucklin family also produced the most magic officers.

“Let me tell you right now: I will never enlist.”

I had no intention of going back to the military where I had already served.

“You seem to hate it strangely. Are you dreaming of a rebellion?”

“Huh? What the hell are you talking about?”

I blurted out vulgar language without realizing it.

“You’re talking shit to me. You’re getting pretty cocky.”

“Isn’t that too random?”

“Just ignore it. It’s just that I think you’ve lost a lot of patriotism compared to before. If you’re plotting treason, I’m just going to execute you with my own hands.”

Victor waved his hands, making a sound that was hard to hear.

“But where are your mother and father now?”

Luke changed the subject to avoid military talk.

I also wondered why Victor was sitting here and not his father.

“is in the north.”

“Are you talking about the wire?”

Victor nodded.

“You’re lucky. I told you that if I ever see you again, I’ll twist your neck.”

The back of my neck felt cold.

I think it would be better to postpone meeting my parents a little longer.

“You better not even think about running away any longer. I might actually tear your throat out later.”

That’s probably not a metaphor.

The scene where I was caught in an accident and had my throat grabbed and I was stripped naked is playing in my memory.

“I will contact you today.”

Luke continued, having revised his plan.

“But isn’t the situation in the north very bad?”

I’ve heard reports of a surge in the appearance of cursed creatures along the northern border.

Duke Bertain was also summoned to try to resolve this.

“Recently, mutated northern creatures have been coming down.”

“… mutation?”

“It seems a little different from the usual curses.”

That’s why it takes a long time to secure research samples, Victor added.

“The number of creatures that eat mana has increased significantly.”

“… !”

Elin’s curse immediately came to mind.

“Can you elaborate on that?”

“Huh?”

Luke’s eyes changed.

Victor explained briefly, looking puzzled.

“There seems to be a sharp increase in the number of wizards falling before even casting a spell in the North. Upon investigation, it was discovered that northern creatures are absorbing mana from the air.”

The more I listened to this, the more certain I became.

That the northern creatures have the same curse abilities that Elin possesses.

“Then aren’t your parents also in danger?”

But aren’t the Earl and Countess of Bucklin also wizards?

I thought it was okay though.

“If they don’t figure out a way, there’s no future for the practical magician.”

Victor was right.

If the Empire’s best practical magic school couldn’t solve it, then there was no answer.

“So don’t worry about useless things and just contact me on time.”

After saying those words, Victor left the office.

“Let’s have a meal together after a long time. And see the face of Princess Bertha, who you are in charge of.”

“Okay.”

Luke, whose thoughts were growing deeper, quietly followed Victor.

* * * * *

Meanwhile, Luke and Victor’s reunion is taking place.

“Would you like some tea for both of you?”

Nia asked the maid to give Elin and Benna some Berklin’s specialty tea.

“It smells really good, so try it.”

“Thank you.”

“Okay, I’ll eat well… .”

Elin and Bena sipped their tea at the same time.

“Oh my…! This is really delicious!”

A satisfied smile appeared on Nia’s lips.

Nia Bucklin, a promising young woman from the Bucklin family, continues her rigorous training.

This time of drinking tea with her peers was so precious to her.

“Does it suit your taste too, Princess?”

“Yes, it’s delicious.”

Ellen sipped her tea, wondering if it was just empty words.

“Haha, that’s a relief. It’s my brother’s favorite car.”

“What’s your favorite car?”

“Yes. My brother ate only this all day. I didn’t understand it at the time… But somehow it became my favorite tea.”

Memories of my childhood come flooding back vividly.

At that time, I drank it without even knowing what it tasted like.

Now I feel like I can’t live without this car.

I’m lost in memories, touching the teacup.

“Teacher, you don’t like tea very much?”

Ellen made a question mark shape with her hair.

“Yes?”

A laugh escapes Hannibal’s lips as she tilts her head.

You still don’t know much about your brother.

That’s why I had that thought.

however.

“The teacher likes coffee the most.”

The confident fool’s hair stood tall.

“I’ve never really seen you drink tea. Last time I was forced to not drink coffee, my hands were shaking… .”

“… Is it your brother?”

The Luke Nia remembers didn’t like coffee very much.

“Ahaha, I guess you had a change of heart while attending the academy.”

Four years is enough time for things to change, hmm.

I thought about it like that and let it go.

Surely Nia wouldn’t know Luke better than Elin.

It must be like that.

“Your Majesty.”

Nia smiled at Elin, who had already emptied her teacup.

“Can you lend me your ear for a moment?”

“Ear… ?”

Ellen tilted her head and put out her ear.

I want to bite that little ear just once.

With that thought in mind, he whispered in my ear.

“Do you remember what I said last time?”

Nod nod.

Elin lowered her voice as if she had been waiting for those words.

“Is this a picture of you as a child?”

To some, it might seem like a political secret meeting between the young ladies that even the servants shouldn’t hear about.

“Shall I show you?”

“… … Yes.”

In reality, we were just having conversations that were embarrassing to tell others.

“Phew.”

Nia burst out in shock at Elin’s serious answer.

“Ah… I’m sorry. You’re too cute. ”

When I first saw Elin, I thought she was cute.

A small body that makes you think they are only one year apart in age.

Soft, white skin.

Cheeks that look especially soft today.

After countless training sessions, Nia became a young woman who could shed her adult facade.

Actually, she’s just a girl who’s crazy about cute things.

No wonder he still goes to bed hugging the big teddy bear he got from Luke for his seventh birthday.

It’s also a picture of Luke as a child.

It was a means to become close with the cute Elin.

“Please wait a moment. Maybe around here… .”

Nia quickly took out an album from the bookshelf.

Gulp.

Ellen swallowed.

“Is this a picture of the teacher as a child?”

“Can you look forward to it?”

At Nia’s request, Elin clung to her side.

“Huh, hm. Can I take a look?”

Benado also came closer without me noticing.

No wizard could possibly stand the sight of the Academy’s head wizard as a child.

“Yes, but you have to keep it a secret, right?”

Nia closed one eye and put her index finger to her lips.

Nod.

Elin and Bena nod their heads solemnly, like special forces dismantling a bomb.

Nia slowly opened the album.

“Okay, then… This is a picture of my brother when he was 13.”

It was a photo with the Bucklin Mansion in the background.

A scene showing a boy and a girl laughing side by side with a large teddy bear in the middle.

“This is a picture from my birthday. That’s when my brother gave me that teddy bear as a present.”

“Wow… … .”

Bena looks at Nia with eyes filled with envy.

“Ah… … .”

Ellen let out a blank sigh.

“Teacher, you were cute when you were 13.”

Of course, I wasn’t surprised by the size of the teddy bear.

From the beginning, Elin only saw Luke as a boy.

A teacher that Ellen knows.

Luke always looked solid and sturdy.

But what about the boy in the photo?

An appearance that is still far from being sturdy.

A young appearance that makes you automatically say, “cute.”

And yet, it was hard to take my eyes off the traces of the teacher that still remained.

“I think it was when I went to the Magic Museum.”

Flapping, fluttering.

Nia flipped through the album and added captions to each photo.

“Ah, at that time, the souvenir my brother gave me as a gift… … .”

Luke and Nia have been touted as geniuses since they were little.

Because we often took classes together.

It was perhaps natural that they would continue to appear together in photos.

“Haha, that was really fun.”

Nia looked at the young Nia hanging on to Luke in the photo with envious eyes.

Nia, who was such a Luke chewer.

But during the exchange meeting, Luke spoke to me politely.

I rushed at Luke with all my might in frustration.

“Oh, this is a picture that oppa still doesn’t know about.”

A single photo placed upside down in an album.

“I secretly took this picture while my brother was sleeping… .”

It was a picture of Luke sleeping soundly.

Nia excitedly talked about how much effort she put into taking this photo, even during their joint training.

“So what happened?”

“I, I’m curious too… !”

As the story reached its climax, the girls became closer.

“Huh, are you curious?”

This time was so much fun for Nia.

Not a prospect for Berkeley right now.

She was a mischievous girl who explained the operation to invade her cousin’s bedroom.

Nia, who was very excited, went about telling stories from her childhood that she couldn’t tell anywhere else.

So I didn’t notice.

“Hmm, there was a way like that.”

“Hinyaak-!”

At one point, Luke was behind me looking at the album.

“Oh, oh, brother… ?”

Nia, startled by the strange sound, hurriedly closed the album.

Of course, Luke is behind it.

Victor and Anne were also looking at the album.

“… … Where did you hear that from?”

“How can I sneak into your bed while you’re sleeping?”

“Ah, ahh… !”

The truth that has been kept a secret for years… …!

Nia, who had lost her language, struggled silently.

Of course, it wasn’t a very exciting story for Luke.

The Luke of that time and the Luke of now are different people.

Because now I sleep with Elin every night.

I think it might be very misleading to say this.

Luke was a man who was quite accustomed to sleeping in the same bed as a girl.

“Enough about the memories, let’s go eat.”

“Yep… !”

At Victor’s words, Nia put the album back in its place and hurried out the door.

“Then I will guide you to the restaurant.”

I’m trying hard to pretend like nothing happened.

Nia’s face turned red as she couldn’t bear the shame.