Except for the Imperial language teacher who couldnât come that day, I was able to meet all other teachers on the promised date and time.
Etiquette teacher, Viscountess Lemonica, history teacher, Coyle Veneta, and math teacher, Professor Jean. And my art teacher, Professor Rebecca.
Anyway, both yesterday and today, we just greeted each other and introduced each other for almost 30 minutes.
My Imperial language teacher told Zenda that she wouldnât be able to leave her mansion for the time being.
It seemed like something big had happened.
So I changed to a completely different teacher, and I even heard that she would be coming in a few days.
ThereforeâŠ
âAre you ready-ing?â
âMm, Iâm ready!â
Looking at Serpens dangling from one shoulder, I burned my will with anticipation.
Today is the day for me to finally train my skills!
Serpens naturally became my supervisor.
âWhat did I say-ing? What is the most important thing-ing?â
I nodded and reviewed what Serpens had taught me.
âDonât care about other people. Put myself first, and donât take a keen interest in just one person in particular.â
âWhy must you do that-ing?â
âElse the field of thought will narrow and I canât see any danger other than that personâs.â
âWhat else was there-ing?â
âWhen Iâm in danger, I canât recognize the danger myself, so really big things can happen.â
âAnd again?â
âMy ability only when absolutely necessary. I must know that I canât save everyone, and give up what I canât save myself. Otherwise, it could be very disastrous.â
âGood-ing.â
I wandered through the hallways, looking around to decide on my goal.
âYou have to read the energy well first-ing.â
The reason why I saw the future on my own was because Serpens couldnât wake up, but it said it was because I couldnât read the energy.
Before seeing the future, there is always a premonition, yet I couldnât catch it and I used to see the future at my own pace belatedly.
âEnergyâŠâ
Regardless of the importance, I couldnât see the future I wanted to see, and I saw the future of someone close to me all because of that.
So, in order to read the future of the person I want to save and the future of the person I want to find out, I have to awaken myself from reading the energy.
Serpens said that if this didnât go right, I might not be able to see if something happened to Uncle right away.
I might not see the real danger and end up only seeing, say, his leg slightly sprained while one of the servants near him was emptying the trash can.
âI have to protect Uncle.â
I clenched my fists.
Serpens said that its ability would become useless, and it told me to practice and practice diligently so that my ability wouldnât become a trash.
Then, later, it told me that I can grow my power enough to see the future whenever I want to see only the people I want.
I donât know when that will be.
âMmm.â
I squinted my eyes and checked every passing servant.
âItâs all the same.â
âLook carefully-ing. My eyes can see it-ing.â
âYeah, itâs because you have that ability itself. But why canât I see it?â
Ah.
Even my tone became strange as it kept whispering in my ears.
âMiss, good afternoon.â
After walking around the hallway for a while, Leto greeted me warmly and approached me from the other side.
âLeto!â
âWhat are you doing here? Are you looking for something fun to do?â
âMmm, thatâs not iiit. Where is Leto going?â
âIâm going to put the report on the desk in the office because the work the Master ordered is finished.â
Wearing white gloves, Leto showed me the straight papers.
I donât know what it is, but words such as budget and total amount were written among the densely written letters.
âHuh? My name is also written here.â
âYes. Itâs a budget for you. Itâs still hard for you, isnât it?â
Seeing that there were an unusually large number of zeros next to my name, I sighed.
âI know this too. Uncle says heâs losing his life because of me. Thatâs why there are a lot of zeros, right?â
Letoâs eyes widened, and he burst into laughter.
âPffftâŠÂ cough. The Master has been mischievous. You can rest assured that that kind of thing will never happen. Shall I show you more?â
âMmm, no. Itâs finâŠâ
I stopped talking and blinked my eyes.
Huh?
A red wave arose around Leto, just like red water was draining.
I could see it darkening and then brightening, as if sensing danger.
Startled, I looked up at Letoâs face.
I-I see that?
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That quick?
Serpens clearly already knew Letoâs future.
Otherwise⊠But then, what to do next?
I blinked and looked at Leto, but Serpens tapped my cheek with its cold nose.
âNow, do you see it-ing?â
Ah, w-w-wait! Right now wonât do, though?!
It was hard to see such fantasies in front of Uncle, but I couldnât do that in front of Leto either.
This isnât helping!
âŠOr so I thought, but nothing has changed in front of my eyes.
Huh? Why hasnât it change
Beside me, Serpens whispered softly that Leto was still there and told me to let him go.
âYou donât have to show me! Leto, thanks!â
âHaha, itâs nothing. See you then.â
Leto nodded and passed me.
âNow, look at the back-ing.â
As Serpens said, I turned around and saw Letoâs back.
It was then.
Again, like the last time, the vision began to change, procrastinating to see the illusion.
However, instead of completely changing, Letoâs walking image faded and visions began to appear.
It was an accident happening when Leto was on his way home from work.
Someone wearing a mask was chasing Leto.
He felt just like the man who was going to attack Grandpa.
That wasnât the only problem.
The trail continued to Letoâs house.
Leto entered the house and only noticed it belatedly, but the view changed once more.
The next day.
Maybe his arm was broken, Leto had a thick bandage on one of his arms.
His face was bruised and hurt everywhere.
And the illusion disappeared from my sight.
âGaspâŠ!â
Mom said so.
There are many dangerous people targeting the Valliot family, so we should be twice as careful as others.
There are many people who are jealous, so she said that I should never show off what I have unless theyâre someone trustworthy.
But the future Iâd just seen wasnât the first time.
Perhaps there were more before then.
There must have been a lot of people hurt, and there must have been people who blocked it well even if I couldnât see it.
However, Leto will get hurt if I leave the future I saw alone.
If he doesnât get hurt, thereâs no way heâll appear in my fantasy.
âNo!â
I ran and grabbed Letoâs clothes.
âM-Miss?â
âLeto, are you going home today?â
Then Leto said to me with a puzzled face.
âYes, I suppose so? I have a room here too, but Iâve been busy with work lately, so Iâve been away for a long time. Iâm going to stay for the holiday and weekend.â
âY-You canât, though⊠C-Canât you not go, Leto?â
âYes?â
Leto chuckled.
âPerhaps in case you miss me? When I come, I will buy you delicious cookies that you will like.â
âNo. You donât have to buy it. Canât you just not go? Letoâs house is in danger today. Canât you go with Gerard tomorrow?â
I tightened my grip on Letoâs clothes.
âAh, is it because youâre worried that I might be in danger when I go home from work at night? Itâs fine. Iâll take a good look around so that you donât have to worry.â
âNo⊠Leto, then you donât have to do that, t-take a lot of escort knights with you. You really canât, today.â
How can I tell him the reason?
It seemed that this reckless attitude would only work with Uncle, but not with Leto.
And for no reason at all, he might be suspicious.
Even Uncle wonât listen unless I persuade him.
I quickly shook my head to see if there was anything useful among the things I had seen recently. A grunt sound came out.