First Of All, Lets Hide My Younger Brother

Chapter 30

Desserts smelled delicious on the tea table biscuits with pink confiture, cakes, raspberry puff pastry with custard but no one ate them.
Lace napkins lay under a cup of tea and a teapot with a pattern of pink flowers, and a
bouquet of wildflowers stood on a white tablecloth.

It seemed as if time had stopped in such a cozy
atmosphere. However, a pale maid stood nextto Asta. The guy was holding a bouquet of
flowers and a gift for the guest, but his hand trembled slightly from the fact that it remained in one position for a long time.

Asta stared at the tea table as if he was about to break it into small pieces. A cup of tea was even prepared for the guest, but he never showed up.

"The tea is cold. I'll brew a new one."

The maid who had been watching Aster while he was in Ayjarah came over and took the kettle. She unobtrusively watched Astaire, whose nerves could fail at any moment.

Astaire's gaze turned to the servant, who took a kettle of cold tea and put it on the cart.

The water boiled again, and the maid slowly put the tea leaves into the teapot. However, she constantly looked sideways at the copper kettle boiling on the stove. If Asta can't control his temperament, can he throw hot water on her face? She had been with Asta long enough not to see him bullying his servants when he was young, so there was much to worry about.

Bells were ringing. The clock struck three o'clock. The meeting was scheduled for two in the afternoon. An hour has passed. In all honesty, the maid did not think that the guest, whom Asta had invited, would come, but the custard had already melted from the warm oven and dripped down the plate.

“I'll take away the sweets and put them on again when a guest comes,” the maid sighed
softly and slowly reached for the table. The moment she grabbed a plate of raspberry
quiche ...

"A-a-a-a-a-a!"

The tea table turned over with a crash.

"What's happening?"

Ritaus burst into the room,
hearing the servant's cry. Tea cups rolled across the floor, and snacks and cakes were crushed in a broken three-tiered dessert tray, staining the floor. The carpet on the floor was covered in
cream.

The maid was sitting on the floor, and Asta, unable to control himself, stood and trembled all over.

"Asta!"

When Ritaus quietly waved to the servant, she got up from her place and quickly left the room. Perhaps she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yes, how is she!" .. - Aster's voice trembled.

“She ignored my invitation."

After Astaire's words, Ritaus finally figured out the situation. The current time is 3 pm.

"Oh, that was today!"

The same tea-drinking day when Asta invited Kayla. For a while, he forgot about it. Ritaustook a deep breath as he scanned the filthy room.

"She didn't even answer."

Kayla had only seen Asta at the train station once during the attack, so it's obvious that she chose to ignore the invitation from a stranger. In addition, the letter was sent on behalf of Ayjar, from the house of Kayla's ex-fiancé. What happened was inevitable.

But we are talking about Aster Litha Elbach. He was a child devoid of common sense.

"Calm down. Lady Kayla was busy with her promotion. She must have been distracted" Ritaus tried to calm Asta down, shielding Kayla.
In the meantime, he knew what had happened at the Kratie Boarding Academy, what had happened to Kayla and what she had been drawn into.

Aster gradually calmed down, listening to Ritaus:

"... has she been in the dorm until today?"

- Yes, I heard that she stayed at the Boarding
Academy for a long time because she was late
for the promotion exam."

“Then... it's understandable why she didn't come,” Astaire's voice was rather soft. "I was hoping for an early graduation, but suddenly
everything goes awry. Now it is clear why she forgot about the invitation."

The floor, spoiled even before Asta had time to notice, was washed by the servants. The table, which had fallen, stood again, and fresh tea was being brewed on it. Aster has already pulled himself together. The seething emotions seemed to calm down.

"What are the names of those who mocked Kayla?" - Asta spoke about the girl with friendliness, as if they already had a strong relationship.

"Why do you need? This is already in the past."

Asta's eyes lit up with a special fire, and for a
moment Ritaus felt creepy.

"I just wanted to find out."

"You don't need to know about this." Ritaus instinctively sensed danger.

"Now everything is fine. Lady Kayla Vesta successfully passed the promotion test. I think she made up with a family with whom they had
disagreements."

Not quite reconciled, but ... He did not know the details, but information reached him that the Chiard family had made an offer to the West family. Apparently rumors of a breakup in the engagement spread pretty quickly.

Ritaus wanted to change the subject to distract Astaire. However, Astaer wanted to hear about Kayla's life at the Academy. If he doesn't satisfy
Asta here, he might hire someone to find out about it. Ritaus told everything he knew, as much as possible.

"Is that all? Keep talking."

When Ritaus spoke about Kayla's personal life, he decided that was enough. But Asta wanted to hear more.

"That's all what i know. And Lady Kayla and i are in different classes, and our engagement has already been broken off. I don't want to talk
about her anymore."

Catching on to a few words, Asta asked enthusiastically:

"Does engagement mean you will get married later?"

"Yes." Asta smiled happily. "But we parted."

What interests him? Ritaus looked anxiously at Astaire.

"But why did you break up? Have you been abandoned?"

“... That's enough,” Ritaus, who didn't want to answer anymore, left. Astaus followed and was there when Ritaus received an urgent telegram
announcing the breakup.

Ritaus still couldn't understand. Why did Kayla
West suddenly announce the end of their engagement? They met when they were young, got engaged and met constantly in accordance
with the requests of adults. The Kayla Westa he knew was an obedient and elegant woman.

"When did it start?"

Kayla West has definitely changed. He did not know when it happened, but from a certain moment she looked as if she saw right through him. Everything that he hid in his heart. He felt uncomfortable because she seemed to notice
all his flaws, so she began to treat him harshly.

"But now..."

He didn't know it himself. Throughout the engagement, he treasured someone else, not his fiancée. The younger brother of his ex-fiancee.

No, at the end of the duel, which was a condition of the break, Kayla Vesta looked
different.

"Why are you doing this now?"

Although he hadn't needed to be in the dorm since the signing of the contract, Ritaus tried to spend as much time as possible in the training room of the Boarding Academy, even if for an hour or two. Just in case they can meet? From the moment he arrived at the Academy, Ritaus realized that he was unknowingly looking for
her.

The despair Ritaus felt was beyond description.

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