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Nord-tousan's Expectation
Freed from Eleonora-neesan’s Varschell class - which also served as her Mana Control lesson -, I return to my room from the living room. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Thereupon, I could see Nord-tousan’s figure in the corridor, acting as if he were looking for someone.
……I have a bad feeling about this.
「Ah! Al, wait a minute!」
I immediately turned around, but Nord-tousan seemed to have noticed me faster and called out to stop me. Still, I ignored him and tried to escape, but Nord-tousan came circling around me at such a fast speed like the wind.
How strange. How could he have gone around behind me in an instant even though there was a distance of more than 10 meters between us?
「……Nord-tousan, it’s not good to run inside the mansion」
「That’s because Al ran away even though I called out to you」
「So, what is it?」
「It’s about Sylvio’s report」
Ahー, I knew it, it’s about that.....
But, there’s no problem. There will be no problem as long as Sylvio-niisan keeps quiet about it. Let’s feign ignorance here and later remind Sylvio-niisan not to say anything unnecessary.
「Report?」
I purposely pretend as though I don’t know anything and act uninterested, as usual.
「Sylvio finished his corrected report, but it was very well-arranged and easy to read」
「Heee. As expected of Sylvio-niisan. Amazing of him」
「Un, the result of the correction was clearly different compared to before. It’s on the level of the royal capital’s civil official」
Eeh? Really? Having the report praised like that, just how bad are the people in this world at writing a report? www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「I asked him how the quality of his report could have increased so suddenly, and he said that it was thanks to Al’s advice」
That Sylvio-niisan! What an unnecessary thing you were saying!
「……so maybe Al is actually good at preparing a report?」
See, look at this. Nord-tousan ended up having unnecessary expectation on me.
Even though I was trying not to get involved with the territory-related work as much as possible to prevent something like this from happening.
Honestly, I could probably do almost all the paperwork in this world easily, as someone who was a working adult in my previous life. But I’m still a kid. I have no intention of working at all.
「That’s not true. I mean, I’ve never even done it」
「Really?」
Nord-tousan fixes his gaze on me, as if trying to see through my thoughts.
「Really」
I’m not lying. I have never done any paperwork in this world.
When I looked back at him with pure and innocent eyes, this time Nord-tousan showed a somewhat confused reaction.
If it were Elna-kaasan, such a cheap trick wouldn’t work, but it was very effective against Nord-tousan, someone who wanted to believe in his family as much as possible.
「……but, Sylvio said he received advice from Al, you know?」
Hearing what Nord-tousan said, it seemed like Sylvio-niisan didn’t tell him what kind of advice I gave him specifically. So, there is an opening I can take advantage of. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「I’m still a kid, and Eleonora-neesan isn’t good at reading, so I just complained to him and told him to write in a way we can understand」
「……I see. Certainly, the report Sylvio finished was something well-organized that even Eleonora could easily understand」
When I told him that it was all within bounds of playing, Nord-tousan made a somewhat convinced look.
I didn’t think Eleonora-neesan’s slow-wittedness would be useful here.
You never know what would be useful in this world.
「It’s Sylvio-niisan after all, so maybe he was being humble and took our words and actions as advice? Sylvio-niisan is the amazing one, he accepts that kind of advice and could correct his report」
「I see. So that was how it was....thank you」
Compared with the second son - who had never written something like a report before - with the diligent first son, it was clear whose abilities he trusted more. Nord-tousan easily believed it.
Hmーm, he’s too honest, despite being my father, it makes me worried for him. No, should I sigh over the fact that Eleonora-neesan and I don’t usually behave?
In any case, let’s just be happy I managed to win over Nord-tousan.
「Ah, that’s right. Is Al interested in paperwo――」
「No」
I immediately shook my head and replied to Nord-tousan’s crazy proposal. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Okay then, I’m going back to my room now」
「Ah, un. Sorry about that」
When I firmly told him I don’t have any interest, Nord-tousan didn’t show any intention to keep pressing me any further and watched me leave in a daze.
I let out a sigh as I made my way through the corridor climb the stairs.
「……fuuh, that was a close call」
Nord-tousan had a strange misunderstanding because I gave Sylvio-niisan advice on how to make the report, and was about to make me work.
I’m still a 7-year-old kid. Even though this is a different world where the age of adulthood is much earlier than my previous life, I don’t want to work from this age.
I want to contribute to the Slowlett House in some way and be able to earn for myself, but right now, it’s too early.
Or rather, I already earn enough at this stage already, so there’s no need to go to the trouble of doing paperwork.
I’ve decided to live a slow life without working this time.
「……I have to remind Sylvio-niisan not to say anything unnecessary」
I’d be troubled if Nord-tousan came to me again holding some strange expectation because Sylvio-niisan remarks.
So before returning to my room, I headed to Sylvio-niisan’s room.
I knocked on the door and entered, and found Sylvio-niisan sitting on the chair reading a book.
「Sylvio-niisan, don’t tell Nord-tousan some strange things」
「Eh? Strange things? What do you mean?」
Sylvio-niisan looked puzzled at the first thing I said after entering. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Like me giving advice to you on the written report」
「Eeh? But it was true, right? I got praised by tousan for improving my report since Al gave me advice….」
It’s natural for Sylvio-niisan to be confused. I mean, Sylvio-niisan had not done anything wrong after all. But this time, it made things inconvenient for me.
「That certainly might be true, but that would be a problem for me」
「How so?」
「If Nord-tousan found out I can write a report, he might start assigning work to me」
「Isn’t that a good thing?」
「Definitely not! Because I don’t want to work」
In the company of my previous life, the more capable you are at your job, the busier and swamped with work you will be.
Just because you’re good at your job doesn’t mean you can navigate the world successfully.
It might be a good thing to be good at your job, but you can still get by in the world just fine even if you can’t. If people know from the start that you can’t do the job well, they won’t entrust you with the job.
「Ah, I’m not the type who will be happy about being assigned work by Nord-tousan and being acknowledged or about contributing to the family」
Unfortunately, I don’t see any value in feeling satisfied with work, and to begin with, I don’t want to work. There wasn’t any rewarding feeling at all.
「…………」
He probably was just about to say those same words. Sylvio-niisan tried to say something, but then closed his mouth.
Sorry. Sylvio-niisan. I’m already fed up with being forced to work for long hours and low wages just because it was a job I like or for contributing to society. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Well, Al is still 7 years old after all. You want to be free now, right」
「Un, that’s right. So don’t say some strange things to Nord-tousan, alright?」
Nord-tousan - who is swamped with work - might come and bring me some documents if someone were to bring up the topic that I’m suited for paperwork.
「Okay」
Sylvio-niisan nodded as he shrugged when I reminded him for one last time.
Yosh, now there’s no more problem.
「Can I ask for your advice again if I run into any problem with paperwork?」
Just as I was about to leave his room after I finished maneuvering behind the scenes, Sylvio-niisan asked.
「I don’t mind talking and giving some advice about it as a little brother. But there’s no guarantee it will solve the problem」
「Thank you. It’s reassuring to have Al here to give me advice」
That should originally be the role the eldest daughter has to bear, but with Eleonora-neesan being devoted to swordsmanship, it’s probably too harsh to expect that from her.
With Sylvio-niisan and me sharing such an opinion like this, the bond between us strengthened. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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