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Story 1: The “Charming Fairies” Inn
Chapter 1
“Alright, starting tomorrow is summer break.”
Louise said, while looking down at the familiar.
“Yeah, it is.”
Saito tumbled on the ground, facing his master.
“How about we have one week of leisure?”
They were at the Austri Plaza. As always, Saito was being stepped on by Louise, and he, once again had to explain his reason for why he was being stepped on by Louise.
“Well, Siesta said that she would go on a trip to Tarbes village. Wouldn't it be okay if I just stayed a little bit and then went back to your territory? Sometimes it's not bad with just your family and no one else around, right?”
But, judging from the look on Louise's face, it seemed that the suggestion was rejected again.
The front gate which was filled with students going home could be seen from the plaza. The students, who have waited days to go home, will ride by carriage. They will go back to their hometown, being encouraged by their parents to return to the capital of Tristania. Tristain Academy of Magic would be on a long summer vacation starting from tomorrow. It would be a two and a half month long holiday.
“You-you know, Miss Vallière. I think Saito-san needs a break as well.”
A flustered Siesta said to Louise, who was bullying Saito. As preparations for returning home, Siesta was not wearing her usual maid uniform, but her casual clothes of a dark green shirt and brown skirt.
Louise threw a glare at her. But... Siesta was also not the same. With the competitive spirit of a girl in love, she glared at Louise in return.
“A-a break is also necessary, right? You-you always work him as you please..., that's horrible.”
“This guy is fine. That's because he's my familiar.”
Siesta seemed to have sensed something in that attitude.
“Familiar? Heh, I wonder if that's the only reason...?”
Siesta muttered. Her eyes glittered, as if she was setting up a trap to catch a rabbit. Girls in love are sensitive to rivals.
“Eh? What does that mean?”
“No-nothing?”
Siesta muttered while playing dumb.
“Say it.”
“It's just that recently, the way you look at Saito-san has been a bit suspicious. That's what I thought.”
Siesta said, finishing by looking to the side. Louise glared at her intensely.
Even a maid is making fun of me. It's Saito's fault. Even though he's a commoner, he does all sorts of strange things. Even the academy's commoners are starting to get overconfident. Louise had heard such rumors before, but this is what it was. The kingdom's authority. The nobles' authority. Well, that doesn't really matter but my authority!
Louise trembled while twitching.
Siesta, who squinted her eyes because of the brilliant shine of the sunlight sighed “fuuh”, exposed her breasts, and wiped her sweat with a handkerchief.
“Really... Summer is so hot.”
Like a flower blooming in the wild, lots of charm poured out from there. Amazing when undressed, the chasm of the two hills flew into her eyes. Louise gave a “Ha-!” and looked at Saito's face. Underneath her foot, the familiar was desperately leering at the gap of Siesta's exposed shirt. Louise was about to snap but endured it.
Like I'll lose! That's right, I'm a noble. Even if I remain silent, nobility will pour out from the gaps of my shirt.
Louise followed suit. She murmurs “Fuuh, it's hot.” and loosened her shirt's buttons. And then she wiped her sweat with a handkerchief. But... what was there was not a chasm, but a refreshing plain that spread out everywhere.
Saito seemed to prefer the terrain with highs and lows and did not move his glance.
Seeing the result of the battle, Siesta let out a stifled laugh, making Louise snap.
“Wh-what! You just laughed right now!”
“What? There's no way I would laugh. No way, right? For me to look at a noble and laugh...”
Siesta said, pacifying Louise with a sparkling face. Then she turned her face away and muttered
“...With such a childish body, a noble? ...Heeh.”
“Kaha,” leaked out of Louise mouth as exhalation.
“What did you just say?! Hey!”
“...Who knows, ...nothing. Either way, it's so hot. Hot, hot. Aah, it's hot.”
Louise trembled all over. Saito whispered,
“Hey, master.”
“What?”
“Is it okay if I go to Tarbes?”
“Kauha,” Louise sighed miserably, and began to hurt Saito with all her might, thinking How many times are you going to ask?
Siesta said, “Calm down! Miss Vallière! Please calm down!” and grabbed her back. While the usual mess was about to begin...
*flap**flap* as one owl appeared.
“Nn?”
The owl stopped on Louise's shoulder and hit Louise's head with it's wings.
“What is with this owl?”
The owl was biting on a letter. Louise took that from it. Recognizing the stamp pressed on it, Louise returned to a serious expression.
“What is this owl?”
Siesta peeked at it.
When Louise became serious, Saito inquired,
“What is it?”
Checking it contents, Louise scanned over the single piece of paper. Then Louise said, “Going back home is halted.”
“What do you mean halted? Siesta even invited me... I'm really disappointed, you know.”
Saito said, seeing Louise go back to her own room and check her luggage that she had packed up for going back home.
Louise showed Saito the letter the owl had brought just now.
“No, I can't read the letters from here.”
Louise sat straight on her bed and began to talk.
“After the previous incident... you know that Princess-sama was depressed, right?”
Saito nodded. It was a tragic event. Her own dead lover... was revived by her enemy and tried to kidnap her. It was obvious she would be depressed.
“I feel sorry for her... but it seems she can't stay sunk in the abyss of sadness forever.”
“What do you mean?”
Louise explained what was written in the letter.
Albion had given up on a proper invasion until their fleet was rebuilt, so they were trying to fight in an irregular way- Is what the cabinet had predicted, with Mazarin on the top of them. They couldn't have them cowardly attack Tristain from the inside by inciting revolt and rebellion throughout the town. Because Henrietta and her men feared such conspiracies, she was strengthening the maintenance of public order...
“It's fine to strengthen the public order, but what does she want you to do?”
“An intelligence gathering mission involving hiding myself. Is there any improper actions going on? What kind of rumors are being spread around by commoners?”
“Uwah, a spy!”
“Spy?”
“In my world, those type of information gathering jobs are called that.”
“Huunn... Anyways, it's basically spying, right...”
For some reason, Louise looked unsatisfied.
“What's wrong?”
“Well... because isn't this plain?”
“No, isn't information important? My grandfather said that the old Japan lost a war because they kept on ignoring information.”
“What?”
“Nothing. It doesn't really matter...”
In Henrietta's letter, there were directions to settle down at an inn in Tristania, hide her identity and do something like flower-selling, and collect all kinds of information being passed around by commoners. A note to pay back the expenses for the mission was enclosed.