The prince had been visiting my room quite a lot recently but, rarely enough, this time he brought something good with him.
“Here, this is for you.”
He said while handing me over a letter from Rahsa.
Rahsa, the second prince, is a lovely younger brother, unlike his impudent, elder brother.
He yearns to be like me. Ah, how sweet.
I eagerly opened the letter while recalling my memories of him.
It was not a letter for some particularly urgent need.
As we had not met for quite a while, he wrote his greetings and asked about how things were going.
Letters are originally like that so it was actually wrong on my part to think otherwise.
However, there were still three points I was curious about.
‘We have not met for a long time so I feel kinda lonely.’ was the number one point.
Too cute!
Too lovely!
I doubt there are other young kids like him who are this pure-hearted.
Rahsa is probably the only one who thinks of me this much.
I am so profoundly attached to him that I think he is probably the only one who thinks of me this much.
I should also send my thought, that I miss him too. Pipippipiii! ……. I wonder if it reached him.
And the second point was ‘Aniki, the swords you made became really popular in the royal castle.’
This, this is probably because of that.
The one I made for Jeremy-senpai.
Since Jeremy-senpai praised it that much, I had known that it was valued quite highly.
After that, 11 additional requests of production came through Jeremy-senpai, which have already been delivered by this time. It seems like those swords are receiving a lot of love from their users.
To the point of being really popular in the royal castle.
Ah, reading this makes me feel proud.
Moreover, it gives me the confidence that I can really keep on going on this path.
It also seems like my name is getting a little more well-known, so at this rate, in a few years….. fufufuffu.
Stopping my tanuki-like over-optimistic calculations, I shifted my attention towards the final point.
‘Aniki, if it’s okay, won’t you come over to the royal capital during the winter break? You could stay at our house while you’re here.’ this final line.
At a glance, it looks like a pretty frank invitation like ‘Let’s hangout at our house!’.
However, that house, your house, are you aware that it is the royal castle, Prince Rahsa?!
No one goes to the capital with ‘
And like that, there might be a conversation between the king and some mysterious, old man.”
“My father does not talk like that. And also, not some mysterious, old man. There is an old man. As if it would go so smoothly!”
Even though he says that, he is probably having quite the delusion now. It is written all over his face.
Even though he is quite smart, he becomes an idiot and takes things pretty seriously when it comes to love.
Just like they say, love is blind.
“Even still, I do agree with you a little there.”
No, no, no, no, I do not! Even though I was the one who said it but, there is no way a miracle like that is happening!
“I see, hmm, I see, I see. If that’s so then I guess I will make the arrangements. Then it’s that – it’s settled. Let’s do that. I will hire Iris as the temporary cleaner! Kururi, pass it onto her!”
Agree with me a little?
It sure feels like you whole heartedly agree with me though.
The prince left the dining hall, laughing in a lively mood.
He is the type of person who would always laugh while leaving when they are in a good mood.
“Will you be going to the capital for winter break as well, Kururi-kun?”
“Ah, yes. I was invited by Rahsa.”
“I see. It looks like winter vacation won’t be so boring then.”
After saying something suggestively meaningful, Rail followed the prince ouf of the dining hall.
Well, most of the time when Rail says something meaningful, it actually does not mean anything.
Anyway, with this, I feel like I could bring Iris to the capital.
Besides that, I guess I will also invite Toto.
Although he probably won’t go.
I found Toto riding around the field on the dog, Gorou.
Gorou being a large-breed dog and Toto having a small build, it somehow works out.
Leaving that aside, it looked like they were getting along well.
“Toto, it looks like you’re having quite fun.”
“Yep, I don’t know if he got a hunch that Iris will be gone for a while or not but, he came snuggling up to me.”
Clever! You’re too clever, Gorou!
“Well, when he comes up to snuggle like this, he feels surprisingly cute too.”
Skilled! You’re too skilled at making up to people, Gorou!
“Well, winter break is coming up, right? So, I will be going to the capital. Would you like to come along?”
“Ah, no. I will pass. And besides, Gorou is like this as well. He will probably start chasing me around after Iris comes back so I was thinking of passing time with him while he’s being cute.”
Perceptive! You’re really perceptive, Toto-san!
“I-I see. Well, since you are here, Iris can go to the capital in relief too.”
“Yep, have fun. Also, I don’t need souvenirs like the ones you brought last time, okay?”
Last time?!
Ah, that. Hot spring water.
I had thought it had reached the perfect point but since it led to diarrhea so….
But I still don’t want to stop challenging!
“You can look forward to the souvenirs~”
“Are you even listening to me?! I said I don’t need souvenirs like last time!”
“You can look forward to it~”
“You’re not listening to me, are you?! You’re definitely not listening!”
I found a goal for the trip.
Also got a travelling partner, Iris.
And so, that just leaves finishing up on school stuff.
I managed to catch up on my studies before the test.
My preparations for the journey are perfect, and my preparation for the test is also close to perfect.
I am looking forward to the results.
End of term test ranking:
As expected of the strongest three.
The iron wall couldn’t be destroyed.
But still, I should have done pretty good myself.
I looked for my name with confidence.
.
.
I did it! I am above that guy!
Above that cool-type Rail.
I finally won!
With this, I can stay in the ‘A’ class next year as well.
And I can also enter winter vacation mode feeling good.
And behind me, Eliza was being tossed into the air in celebration as she won against her arch enemy.
Seeing that high-class, graceful Eliza in the air was immensely pleasant.