I was amused by Theodore's reaction, so I deliberately put my hand on Caliphe's head and pretended to touch his hair.
"Yes. Thank you, brother."
Caliph smiled softly.
Theodore, who was watching from afar, put down his fork as if he saw something he couldn't see.
"Huh... Something... while I'm away, I think you've changed a lot."
He said nervously, and Caliph readily admitted.
"Oh, that's right. I saw you again, Theodore. My youngest is the best of all you have picked up."
"...Can you tell me that you got it? Brother."
Caliph looked at his brother as if wondering what the difference was between the two.
Shion chuckled.
"Brother Theo, last week, my eldest brother made a snowman and we had a snowball fight together".
That's it... Did you have a snowball fight together?
I had a different opinion, but it was Shion's interpretation.
Theodore briefly admired it.
"Wow..."
Then he turned his attention to me and laughed.
"You can see how great Meridy's little magician must have been."
Alseid intervened.
"Oh, Liana."
"Yes, father."
I just answered the call, but there was laughter here and there.
"At the welcome banquet, I would like to announce that I adopted you from a distant relative. I also changed the color of your hair, so it would be more convenient for that. Would you be okay?"
"Yes."
When I replied again, Alseid looked around at his sons and the servants around him
"As it was with that, Meridy's name should not go outside the castle. Everyone will understand."
It was hard to see it as a question, but everyone answered in unison.
"Yes."
The dinner ended like that.
***
"Liana just chanted a spell in the ancient language, how cool was that..."
Shion has already said the same thing several times.
I was so bored that I memorized the back story one after another
"The knights made a followers' group and made a fuss."
Shion was hot.
"Oh, why! I'll keep going. Brother, the escort knight was supposed to protect Liana, but he fell immediately after a few shuriken. It's shameless to call it a follower gathering..."
"They're a paralyzed thief, so it's a slap in the face."
When he intervened again, Theodore tilted his head.
"That group of Edipa uses paralysis polson?"
This time, Shion explained.
They used a lot of poison during the last invasion. I heard that there are various types of exploding, inhaling, etc. I think there was something on the knife that stabbed Caliph. He didn't get better for a long time, so he called the counselor several times.
Theodore let out a weak sigh.
"You worked hard, Liana. I'm sorry for the trouble."
No one knew how hard it was to buy it.
Yet it is impossible to continue to be praised.
"I'm okay."
After responding as if it wasn't a big deal, Shion began to leak the secret.
"Brother. Liana has been secretly practicing with fireworks since then."
"Hey!"
I screamed, but he didn't budge.
"Brother Theo, it's okay anyway. It's going pretty well. It's amazing when the flames appear later..."
However, contrary to his words, Theodore's face was very dark.
"Shion."
"...Yes, brother?"
"And if there is an accident, can you protect Liana?"
Protect.
I have to protect Shion, What do you mean?
As someone who knew Shion in a previous life, it was obvious that I would have to protect him for the rest of my life.
He didn't have any special skills other than using his brain.
Theodore's words were nothing but nonsense, and Shion was quickly depressed.
"I'm sorry, brother. I just... Liana is so cool and amazing..."
Theodore was quite stern.
"No matter how wonderful and amazing she is, she's still a baby and your sister. You should never do such dangerous training without a guardian."
"...Yes."
What, then, can't I practice with Shion anymore?
Ha, but it would have been better if there was someone like him and let him watch it rather than alone.
I sighed heavily, frustrated that Shion had revealed my secret.
Theodore chuckled.
"Because you want to practice, Liana?"
I nodded.
"Woo..."
Theodore pretended to be a little worried and nodded, surprisingly.
"Yes. I'll look at it from time to time, so practice. Not often, you don't know how much stamina you have yet."
"Thank you, brother."
I resisted my joy and answered meekly, but the answer I received back was cold.
"And I need to tell my father and call a teacher. There is nothing more dangerous than a sorcerer without knowledge."
A sorcerer with no knowledge.
I admit that it was I in my previous life, and it was literally dangerous.
I nodded, unable to refute him, and Shion came back to life, his eyes sparkling.
"Can you learn with me? I know how to write anyway."
Oh, no...
I don't take the same class as a super genius like you...
But I'm the only one who shakes my head, and Theodore is listening to Shion seriously.
***
A week later, Alseid opened the castle and held a large banquet to which the surrounding nobles and fiefs were invited.
Of course, there were a lot of knights in and around the castle.
"Now that we have gathered together with good news, please welcome all the new Princess of Halias."
I slipped into his arms and waved awkwardly from the table.
When I was cheered by the people of Halias, I felt like hiding in a rat hole.
I had never experienced such an embarrassing thing in my previous life.
I always hid in his cloak.
While I was doing that, I was surprised when someone suddenly approached me.
The couple said with a face they had never seen before.
"Princess, can I pray for you?"
Do so.
After receiving Alseid's permission, the seemingly devout peasant couple folded their hands and prayed for me.
Verbti and Pravasi blah blah blah blah blah....blah.
While mentioning the names of our ancestors.
When I rolled my eyes in confusion, I met the eyes of the servant carrying the wine with the tray.
'Huh?'
The servant, or rather, the knight commander disguised as a servant, grinned and nodded to me.
No, if you disguise yourself as a big man and taller, you become a servant...
However, there are not many people who think that way, and no one has ever looked back at the Templar Commander twice.
If Alseid is so thorough, even if he is forced to announce the existence of his youngest daughter, he must be trying to protect me.
Of course, it would be more important to be the youngest daughter adopted by Halias than to be a child who doesn't even know exists.
It might be harmful if he revealed my existence later, but he was doing his best.
With gratitude, I gently hugged Alseid, greeted him, and received it again.
Meanwhile, a group of children came up to me, and when I couldn't see because Alseid was holding me, I raised my eyebrow and snooped.
However, I still couldn't see it, so I tried to sneak away.
"Father."
I patted Alsaeid on the shoulder and went down to the floor for a moment, and the children gathered their courage again.
Shion quickly came over and grabbed my hand, standing in the way quite defensively.
"It's my sister."
The children asked politely.
"Hello, the youngest master. Can I come close and see her?"
Shion replied with a smug expression.
"Yes, but I can't allow you to touch her."
How could such peasant children dare to reach out to the Grand Duke?
I felt sorry for myself and reached out my hand first.
"Liana...."
And before Shion could say anything, I looked at the children and said quickly.
"I'm Liana.."
I was nervous and my pronunciation was twisted, but one of the children mustered up the courage to hold my hand.
"Hey. It's an honor, Princess Baby. Your eyes are so beautiful."
For a moment, I held his hand, and the eyes of the Haloas everywhere turned to me.
I smiled and let go of my child's hand.
"Hmph, you're pretty."
Then the child smiled brightly.
A child nearby whispered something that everyone could hear.
"It would be nice, Princess says I'm beautiful too."
"You think you're glad you came here with your hair tied, right?"
I looked at them and smiled brightly since I came to Halias Castle.
***
Soon, I found myself in the same class as Dhion.
It seemed that Alseid accepted Theodore's suggestion that it would be okay to take classes with Shion.
In the first hour, Isabelle asked movedly.
"Do you already understand this, Princess? Oh my God, you're so clever. I've heard of master Shon's cleverness, but I'm amazed at the extraordinary nature of House Halias."
I'm not a real member of the Haliad family, and I just knew it rather than understanding it.
I have all my memories up to the age of nineteen, but I can't help but distinguish between subject and verb.
However, when I was asked something, the problem was that I couldn't say I knew it from the beginning.
Then it would be completely suspicious, so if I pretended not to know, a storm of compliments would soon follow.
Because I understood the words too quickly.
I didn't know before that it was so hard to pretend I didn't know something.
For a while, I felt sorry for Shion, who was just six years old, taking classes with me, but like a famous genius, he memorized everything at once.
'It's completely different from me...'
However, Shion was so impressed by my academic achievements in every class that he couldn't brag about it to anyone.
"Brother Theo, she already knows the word 'reasonable'?"
Oh, I'll pretend I don't know.
I didn't think that was such a difficult word...
"My eldest brother. Liana memorized all the names of the Kings of Jantar in one day!"
No. I just tried to pretend to be confused!
I didn't know you were listening!
"Oh, I can't lose to my sister, so I have to work hard too."
No, no,
You can't push yourself any harder.
If you study without sleeping from the age of six, you won't be tall, you!
My class with Shion was full of regrets, but I was mistaken for "the third genius of Halias."
"I don't know!"
When they made such claims, I was misunderstood even more unjustly.
"Oh, humility. You will become a talented person in the kingdom."
That's not it, Professor...!
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