Leon Greyrat: The Second Son - Mushoku Tensei OC

Chapter 98 - A Princess' Love

— Leon Greyrat —

It was the day after Ariel's... unusual confession, and after a morning that was thankfully bereft of any awkwardness, Ariel then headed out to begin her student council duties with Luke accompanying her as a guard.

Sylphy was also going to join them later, but had to feed Anna first as she still refused to eat puréed foods.

I was also a big fan of Sylphy's breast milk, so it seems my daughter and I already had something in common.

But just as I was about to send her off with a big kiss and a hug, she gave me a request.

"Leon... can you get something from Ariel's room?" she said. "There was something she meant to bring up in the morning, but reading it yourself should be just as effective."

Hm?

Ah, the awkwardness of the morning must have made Ariel forget, which was unusual for her.

So even she was affected by my refusal... it didn't look like it, though.

"Okay... is it a report or something?" I asked. "But even then, I can usually only help with the rare thing or two..."

"It's just something you have to read," she said adamantly as she cupped my cheek. "Okay? Read it for me... please?"

Yeah... this was definitely strange, and I doubted it was a report like I had thought... but I knew I could trust Sylphy.

If she wanted me to read something, then I should do so.

"Alright," I said, leaning in for a kiss. "I'll come by later."

"No," she said, shaking her head after she separated from my lips. "I think you should take today off to think."

Uh... okay?

"Anyway, I should get going," she said, removing her arms from my neck as she went out the door. "And absolutely read it, okay? It should be on her desk!"

"Uh... got it, I will," I said, nodding.

And with that, she departed.

Well... I guess I should read through whatever she wanted me to, just like I had promised.

So, giving Roxy a hug as she prepared to leave for her classes, I then went upstairs before hesitantly entering Ariel's room.

Ugh... this felt a bit wrong, to enter a girl's room like this, especially that of a royal princess... but it was fine, right?

Not only was this a room in my house, but Sylphy had also given me express permission, so this should be fine.

Besides, knowing that Ariel, even if I found something embarrassing, she would probably just get excited from it.

Walking over to the desk, I quickly noticed the book that was resting in the middle of it, a ribbon in the pages which likely signified what I was meant to read.

This... did not look like a usual report.

Sitting down, I opened it to read the first page.

'Today was a meeting with the royal family of Ranoa. It seems that the princess has an interest in adventuring. I was glad to have Leon there to entertain her. He has surprisingly been quite a big help outside his fighting strength.'

Hm? This... did not read like a report either.

Just like I had thought, there seemed to be some ulterior motives in Sylphy's request.

I wasn't annoyed at Sylphy being a little sneaky, but I was confused.

Why should she want me to read this?