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Out-Of-Place Sister And The Solitary Brother
As we busily prepared the buffet party the sky was dyed in deep indigo blue before we knew it and the curtain of the night quietly enveloped the garden. However, the garden never falls into complete darkness. The Misfid house boasts a lot of lighting magic tools installed all over the mansion and the garden, giving off soft, magical lights. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Crystal lamps are positioned along the stone paving in the garden, glowing faint bluish-white, glowing as if stars covered in evening dew had descended to the ground.
The water fountain in the middle is releasing a blue light and perhaps it’s due to the power of the water current control from the magic tool that the shape of the water current changes as time passes. The flowing water reflects the moonlight, it’s beautiful.
A pale, glowing lantern magic tool hangs on a large tree in the back, and warm golden lights shine through the gap between branches and leaves, casting shadows on the ground.
「Being able to handle lighting magic tools this well is probably because they are the Misfid house after all」
「It is a family lineage that is being called the Magic Nobles after all」
「Yes, and not only about handling magic, we prided ourselves on handling magic tools as well」
Schugel and Floria proudly answered the impression I let slip while looking at the garden.
Rather than just simple magic tools to illuminate the surroundings, they are arranged in a way to delight the guests’ eyes.
There are a lot of other nobles who possess illumination magic tools but the only one who could handle them as artistically as this is probably only the Misfid house.
Round tables are set up for the buffet party in the garden, decorated with gorgeous ornaments and lavish food.
Although the purpose of this event is pretty much an unveiling of a new dish called ‘Deep fried skewered food’, there will also be easy-to-eat dishes and snacks to go along with the liquor.
A band was lined up at the edge, playing a gentle melody.
Perhaps a party in the Misfid house’s garden is more extravagant than renting a poor venue in the royal capital.
「Alー! I wear a dress, see!」
Just as I was staring at the mansion, Ra-chan came over.
「Ohー, the dress also looks good on you today」
「Ehehe, thank you!」
Ra-chan was wearing a refreshing mint green dress. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
It pairs perfectly with her platinum hair, creating a delicate yet graceful atmosphere.
「Ohhー! Ranna! Your dress is cute today! I thought an angel――no, a forest fairy had descended to the garden!」
「Papa too, thank you!」
Looking at Ra-chan’s appearance, Shugel had the look of a good-natured old man.
Ra-chan didn’t even get put off by the annoying praise, so she must really be a forest fairy-san.
「Good grief, why should I suddenly attend a buffet party in our garden as soon after I return from school?」
Just when I was admiring Ra-chan’s generosity, Shelka approached from behind her.
「Ah, Shelka. It has been a while」
「’It has been a while' you said, we just met each other the other day so it should not be that long since we met...」
「Was that so?」
I was staying as the guest of honor in Misfid house’s mansion but Shelka attends the Magic Academy almost every day so I surprisingly don’t have that many chances to meet her.
Perhaps the only times I saw Shelka properly were when we had the banquet on the first night and she stepped on a No-Impact Ball mine during my Chant Omission training with Gideon.
That was the extent of our interaction, as I had closer interactions with Ra-chan and Gideon, so I was under the strong impression that it had been a while.
「By the way, this matter with the buffet party was due to your father and Alicia’s plan, you know?」
Originally, I had suggested that it be a dinner party just for the family.
The ones who added their own intentions and curiosity to it were none other than Schugel and Alicia.
It’s vexing that people thought I was the one who caused such a fuss.
「……hmm, fine then」
Well, if it’s fine with yo,u then why did you involve yourself with me?
I couldn’t help but find it strange.
「……hey, you don’t have anything to say to me?」
「Eh, what?」
Was there something I needed to say to Shelka?
Did I do something to make her angry?
「Ah, are you talking about the time when you fell down at the training ground? I already apologized before and to begin with, that was something Ra-chan buried and Gideon――」
「That’s not it!」
When I explained the incident when she stepped on the landmine and conspicuously lifted up her skirt, Shelka cut in and denied it.
「Then, what?」
「I say, you can tell if you saw this right?」
Shelka said somewhat shyly while playing with her bangs.
Looking at her again, I noticed that she was not wearing the usual Magic Academy uniform but a royal blue dress.
Still, if you put it that way then I know what you’re trying to say.
「Ehー? You’re the type who wants that kind of thing?」
「Whether I want it or not, it is a nobleman’s manner to compliment women on their dresses at a party you know」
Do I really have to compliment them each time I see a woman?
Uhehー, nobles are so troublesome. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Hm, I wonder if it is too much to expect such words of praise from a frontier noble like you? 」
「It is the first time I have seen Shelka-sama in a dress, but you look so beautiful, like you are wearing the twinkling stars in the night sky. It is as if a goddess had descended to the garden」
「Hee!?」
Shelka’s face turned red as she exclaimed in surprise when I praised her on the spot.
「How about that?」
「……h, hmm. I guess about 30 points」
「That’s passable, isn’t it」
「That’s a falling mark since the perfect score is 100」
「Ehー, that’s tough」
I used these kinds of words of praise to appease my older sisters back in my previous life but it seems like they didn’t have any effect on Shelka.
I need to increase my repertoire of words of praise to earn high marks from the women of this world.
「Ufufu, Shelka speaks freely when you talk with Alfried-kun, eh?」
「I, it’s not what you think! I, I will go get a drink!」
Shelka retreated as if running away from Floria’s heartwarming gaze.
Although she basically responds confidently against Schugel and Gideon, it seems like she’s weak against her own mother, Floria.
「Isn’t Shelka-sama always like this normally?」
「Yes, that child has a quiet personality」
……Shelka is quiet?
Her words and actions until now were a far cry from that which makes me tilt my head in puzzlement.
Perhaps Floria’s eyes are just bad?
「What Mother said is true. Shelka feels out of place in the Academy because of her Duke’s house background and the fact that she skipped grades」
Just as I was feeling suspicious of Floria’s words and actions, Gideon came over from the side.
「Hmmー, so it is like that. To me, that is a fact that is hard to believe」
「That must mean for Shelka, Alfried-kun is someone easy to talk to, right 」
Rather than confidence in me, isn’t it just because she thought it would be clearly easy for her to deal with me since I have a lower status and was younger than her? That’s what I thought, but as expected, I hesitated to refute that fact on the spur of the moment after seeing Floria’s happy expression.
「So, the older brother who knows her sister is out-of-place in the Academy, you didn’t think of trying to do anything about it?」
「Why should I help my sister make friends?」
「He is also the next head of the Duke’s house, he does not have any proper friends」
Floria said with a lament.
I thought ‘what a cold brother’ but then it seemed like he was also out-of-place himself and couldn’t be of any help to her.
The Misfid house’s lack of communication skills is serious.
Thinking like that, really shows just how outstanding Ra-chan’s communication skills are among her older siblings. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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