Another Chance To Bloom

Chapter 10

A week flashed by in the blink of an eye.

I had spent most of my time holed up in my dorm, in the dining area or in Lucius's dorm.

I didn't take the initiative to get to know or even meet any of the other teaching staff.

I wanted to spend those 3-4 days peacefully before class officially started.

On Friday, I went back to the mansion. My parents and brothers were all there to welcome me. It felt wonderful.

My parents enquired about my living conditions and how I was settling in. My father, the Duke, even suggested bringing a bodyguard with me, which I politely rejected.

After all that fussing, I finally had some time to talk to Charles and Caius.

Caius, surprisingly, knew someone who knew all about height increasing insoles and subtly high heeled shoes.

I didn't think too much about it but I did notice that my usually stern second brother's ears were the slightest bit more pink.

I nevertheless asked him to thank that person profusely on my behalf.

Charles, however, was disappointed to say that he was only a tactician and not an inventor, he couldn't solve my heating problem. But he recommended someone whom he had an acquaintance with, who might be able help me.

Next I talked to Mom about the problem with the walls and floor. She excitedly pulled me along to do some shopping for wallpaper and fluffy carpets.

She very emotionally told me that those grumpy men back at home never accompanied her for shopping so it was really nice that Ciel could come along.

I really wanted to say that even though I was previously a girl, I still didn't like shopping in my past life, ah...! QAQ

But for the overall harmony of the family I patiently (not) accompanied my dear mother on a whole shopping spree after buying the rugs and wallpaper that I wanted.

I wanted to ask her about the plants but she said that it would be better to ask our gardener about that. He had been hired at a high price after all and he was one of the best there was. Even better than those at the shops.

So I took the suggestions from the gardener and brought along a bunch of plants to fill up the space in my dorm.

Before I left, Caius brought me the height increasing insoles and a couple of new shoes my size with slightly more raised heels.

They were very comfortable and fashionable, I curiously asked Caius if he was the one who had selected them. Caius softly whispered in my ear that a special someone had selected them.

I looked at his rapidly reddening ears.

"Oho..."

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I came back to the Academy on Sunday. After a day of rest and meeting up with Lucius to make sure everything was ready, I went to sleep.

It was now offically the first day of the new academic year.

I was so nervous yet strangely excited.

I was the first one to reach the classroom.

It was big and could fit around 60 students.

As the teaching assistant I had to prepare the classroom for lessons beforehand. I distributed the textbooks and other materials they will be needing on each table.