「You woke me up so late, iya, evil, so evil!」
「What late, huh. It’s barely morning.」
In front of the horse-drawn carriage was the Academy, I crossed my arms and let out a sigh.
Although we had left a little before it became night, the sky has already begun to brighten up. It should be another hour before the sun finishes rising.
「Seriously──I am a student now.
Since I have a child’s body, I have a duty to devote myself to studies.
I’ll be in trouble if you don’t use your mind a bit.」
「Iya~a, don’t be saying these bad things.
Wasn’t it you who put Cheryl into such a state?」
「….Maa, you’re right.」
Chester’s mansion, it wasn’t so far away from the Academy.
At best, it would take 5 hours when using a horse-drawn carriage. It was a pretty short distance if one used the carriage as a means of transportation.
It was a distance that I could run in half that time, but──for a child and old man to run faster than a horse, it would have caught the eyes of many people.
It would only take around 5 hours when going one-way, and since the distance was enough so that we could go back and forth in a day, it wasn’t necessary to do it. (TLN: Speedrunning)
….However, it was hard to say whether it was possible at this time.
Anyway, the weekly holiday was over and now it was the Academy’s weekdays. Since the date changed, it could hardly be called ‘getting back within a day’. (TLN: Cuz night -> Next morning)
It was also because, the topic was brought up by the granddaughter──Cheryl was the cause.
Finishing a meal, spending the time leisurely, and finally going home──it was finally 7:00 in the afternoon before I got off my ass. (TLN: Says something about waist, most likely means getting up.)
But, the time changed to the next day already, to after 5:00 in the morning.
The departure was delayed 5 hours. What happened──there was nothing to say.
「Such an unmanageable child.
Has there always been this kind of condition?」
When it came to the topic of me returning, Cheryl’s reaction was terrible.
Although she didn’t cry or scream, there was a look as if it was the end of the world, and she grasped my arms and could not be peeled off by force….and so, I was down when that killing blow came. When I returned to my sanity later, I realized she fell asleep while crying during my apology….unforgettable.
It was as if I were going to be murdered, with the amount of noise that was made.
When sleeping, she was like an ordinary girl──apparently, turning back to an ordinary girl, it would take time.
「Unfortunately, it’s time that I leave.
But~a, it’s been like this. He’s extremely reluctant to separate from you, Cheryl.」
「I see….it seems to be a big deal, for you. I’m more tired than I would have imagined.」
Although, Chester has to handle such exchanges daily, I still think that it’s great.
I wonder if that makes children stronger. This is a world not known to me.
「Now then, you should go before the princess wakes up. You must come over and practice with her again.」
「I understand. Since you won’t sleep, be careful.」
「Wha~at, if you look at the face of my cute granddaughter, then all your fatigue flies away~yo.
Ah….whatever, I’ll probably come back to pick you up during the weekend. I don’t know whether Cheryl can endure it until then.」
While waving his hand, Chester returns to his carriage. Although it seems that only I was tired this time….it’s hard on that old man too.
Watching Chester order the carriage driver to go back, I unintentionally let out a yawn.
Before class begins, I’ll take a short nap.
Yareyare, it’s hard to resist sleepiness after I’ve gotten this body. Although I could resist it in my previous existence, I wonder if this is due to a ‘growth period’. ….For the race called ‘Elf’, the growth spurt stops in the middle, but as for the mind, it doesn’t necessarily grow. (TLN: Middle as ‘adulthood’ for humans)
….Is one hour of sleep enough? Thinking such a thing while enduring sleepiness, I dragged my feet towards the dormitory.
Time for lunch.
Due to the loss of sleep time from the vacation, I fought the sleepiness and cut the fried fish with a knife, all the while opening and closing my eyelids.
Seria and Shido were sitting on both sides of me, making fun of the state I was in, laughing.
Although they didn’t mind it so much, it was still disgraceful. For a child, the hours needed for sleep are unexpectedly longer than expected.
I slept just a bit over the time to get up, maa, with this it’s no wonder.
….However, aside from sleepiness, there’s also the problem of training on those days.
Chester’s doted on grandchild, Cheryl, somehow took kindly to me for some reason. He said he would pick me up during the holidays, but I hope he picks me up when it starts, or else it’ll be the same thing as this time, and I’ll be just as tired.