Volume 2, Act 21: Pameradia House's Eldest Brother

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Time was slowly ticking away in the Pameradia greenhouse, as it received warm sunlight today also.

Cordelia was enjoying her time, while drinking tea, but, as if cutting through her mood, the sounds of footsteps, the door opening, and a cheerful voice following it, echoed in the room.

Ojou-sama, look at this writing tool! I think its become a wonderful writing tool!!

The voice belonged to a small servant of the Pameradia House, Lara. Lara, who had entered the greenhouse while grandly hoisting the pencil, that Cordelia had entrusted her to produce, walked up to Cordelia and presented her with a piece of paper.

On the paper were words written by that pencil.

Oh my, its true. The letters look very clear now.

Lara, who saw that Cordelia was surprised when she had received the paper, put her hands on her waist and posed in a triumph way.

But, that was why Cordelia couldnt help but say, But, your test-writing has some mistakes in it.

Id be happy if you pretend that you didnt see that.

Unfortunately, I want to see it written neat and clear. Also, dont forget to open the door quietly.

Lara, who had already finished Aishas lady training, hadnt behaved like that for a long time, so Cordelia could guess that she was that happy. Cordelia was also happy, and she thought that Laras behaviour was cute. But it was also bad to let the other servants see her act like that.

See, Lara. Thats why I told you to calm down, didnt I?

The next person to slowly appear was the analysis magician of the Pameradia House, and Cordelias assistant, Ronnie Eris. He was a talented person who had gotten excellent results at the Royal Magic Academy, but he was also a frivolous person, who acted as he please, which caused his colleagues to give him candid advice. But, Cordelia welcomed his easy-going personality, so it wasnt a problem at all.

However, whenever Lara didnt behave very well, she would say, 『Its Ronnies fault for teaching me like that! 』, so she often thought, shouldnt Ronnie behave reliably to a certain degree? But, she also thought that it wouldnt be like him.

Ojou-sama, whats wrong? Youre frowning; it would be bad if the wrinkles stay that way.

Right. Just because I thought it, doesnt mean itll work out somehow.

Its nothing.

Cordelia replied curtly to Ronnie, who was looking at her curiously, and once again dropped her eyes onto the piece of paper that shed received from Lara.

If good writing tools can be made like this, then I want some cheaper paper next time.

Once these writing tools were completed, they would be distributed to school children in Pameradia fief, including Caina Village. It would be necessary to develop bread to be used as erasers, but pencils were easier than pens to use as a writing tool.

However, she also wanted to prepare paper next time, if they could erase things and the amount of writing they did increased.

Ronnie, could I ask you to procure paper at the Eris Firm?

I can consult these things with him because hes the third son of an extremely wealthy merchant house, right? Cordelia thought, but Lara was the one who voiced her question.

Say, Ronnie. Eris Firm is that big shop, right?

Oh? Have you never heard Ronnies full name before, Lara?

It occurred to Cordelia, as she looked at Lara, that they hadnt had the chance to tell each other their full names. It was probably because Lara had only stated her name, so Ronnie followed suit. It seemed that theyd lost the chance to tell each other their full names, since they already knew each others first names.

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