âIn reality, I was planning to have you leave this place soon. I want to succeed the title as soon as possible. Grandfather will worry about your position as long as you remain here and not want to vacate the position. Grandfather is nice, and as a person, very great, but heâs not suitable as the headâ He said, staring at me before continuing,\nâAn acquaintanceâs younger sister was looking for a companion. I was planning to recommend you. Allowances would be supplied, itâll link to you growth too, thatâs what I thought. Grandfather approved to this tooâ\nâCompanion? To whom?â\nâThis countryâs first princess, Angelaâsâ\n\nThe name that popped out took my breath away⌠It appeared! Angela!! This is the character that appears in Meriru and the gate of the palace, the name of the older sister who bullied the heroine. I see... thatâs how Britany became Angelaâs follower. I didnât think the flag will rise this fast⌠what a dreadful world of a shoujo manga. I shook these fat legs of mine and appealed to this cousin.\n\nâOnii-sama, I⌠donât want to go to the capital! If I must leave then please, by some other way!!â\nâButâŚâ\nâPlease. Other than going to the capital, anythingâs fine!!â\nâBritany⌠youâre that against going to the capital?â\n\nReceiving his question, I nodded vigorously with the short neck that I had.\n\nâ⌠That bad? I thought it was a nice opportunityâ\nâI donât want to! But⌠is it hard to refuse now?â\nâThatâs fine. There are a lot of people who want to wait upon princess so, itâs only in the sounding out stageâ\nâIs that so⌠the please tell them Britanyâs too much of an idiot that itâll be discourteous to have her by the princessâs side. Ah⌠but thereâll be a large sum of remuneration if I go to the capital, right? ThenâŚâ\n\nThis area is, already really low in producing income, added to that is grandfatherâs poor management, thereâs only stacks of debts. I wonât be able to get my hands on the money if the offerâs rejected.\n\nâAhh, you donât need to worry about that. Itâs only decided for your allowance, itâll be great if your able to get into a good relationship with the princess⌠something like thatâ\nâIt really wonât become a loss to Ryuze-oniisama?â\nâIt wonât, wonât. The acquaintance I was talking about was the crown prince. I used to get along with him quite well, it wonât be a problem even if I donât reach out for the princessâ\nâIf thatâs so, IâŚâ\nâUn, you donât have to go if youâre against it so muchâ\n\nHowever, if Iâm remain here, Ryuze canât inherit the position. Grandfather will worry about me⌠Thingâs would probably have been different if I had parents. The young heat of the Hakusu household, my father, ran off with a married woman, my mother divorced father and married another guyâŚ\n\nGrandfather is working as the head for Ryuze to inherit but, his parents are a bit greedy, Ryuzeâs obtainable profits as the heir is very limited. Grandfather is worried that theyâll ignore my existence.\n\nâMy thoughts are starting to change too, looking at the way you are nowâ\nâRyuze-oniisama?â\n\nHe looked straight into my eyes, slightly narrowing them. The sky behind him slowly started to change from pale blue to grey.\n\nâLooks like the weatherâs going to turn bad⌠Letâs start heading backâ\nâYesâŚâ\n\nLike how I came here, Ryuze carried me up, went up himself, and headed back. Horse⌠Iâm sorry yet againâŚ\nRyuze continued his talk on the way back.\n\nâIâll reject the offer this time. However, I want to become the head as soon as possible, I canât wait for you foreverâ\nâYes, thatâs trueâ\n\nHeâs quite right about that. He canât become the head as long as I remain the mansion.\n\nâSo, I have a proposalâ\nâWhat proposal?â\nâFor three years⌠until Britanyâs fifteenth birthday, if Britany manages to find a suitable engagement partner, I wonât send you to the capital. Until then, Iâll look after you studying for whatâs required of an earlâ\nâUntil fifteen⌠and if I canât?â\nâYouâll be sent to the capital as planned, to Angela, or another high ranked nobleâs sideâ\n\nMy cousin was looking out for me in his own way. However, cousin, this proposal is almost impossible to fulfil.\n\n\n