「Okusama… the former Okusama had some kind of purity. One could even say it was childishness, but I saw that childishness bringing Okusama misfortune. Therefore, the loose… excuse me, the free Okusama looks happier, is what I think」
Berta looks straight at me and says calmly.
I see, Amalie looked like that to Berta.
Certainly, I think that Amalie was someone who would injure herself by holding a knife.
Not sly, just good at raising her for surroundings.
Just like a child.
If she were a bit more able at calculating, her reputation wouldn’t become so bad.
「Berta, thank you」
「No, I’m sorry for saying something so uncalled for」
Fuu, it would be nice if Berta opened her heart to me more.
Amalie doesn’t have any friends, after all.
「Well then, shall we take a break soon?」
When I stood up from the sofa, Berta asks as if she remembered something.
「Okusama, which reminds me, why fifteen years old?」
Ah! I forgot! I was going to probe about schools of magic!
I had sunk to the bottom, but…
N~ what to do?
「Berta, I… I want to learn magic, if possible in secret so I don’t alert my surroundings」
Indeed, I have no choice, but to consult with Berta.
I think that even if I deceive others, I won’t be able to escape from Berta.
Therefore, collaborating is the best option!
「Magic in secret, is it… tte, eh? Fifteen years old, so that means, was Okusama possibly planning to enter a school?!」
That can’t be?! Berta looks at me dumbfoundedly.
「Well, yeah… is it no good, after all?」
「This is not even the problem! I don’t understand how you could even consider it! You are the wife of a Duke, a mother of one child, you know!」
Berta looks furious.
Y, you are scary, Berta-san.
Y, your eyes are too fierce?
「B, but, you have said it yourself, Berta. That the free I looks happier」
「There is a limit to being loose!」
Berta, you have said loose at last.
You trying to compliment me feels very nostalgic now.
「Berta, however, it is not easy for me to learn the magic now. If I call for magic tutor, rumors will inevitably spread around. Saying it myself hurts, but my reputation is so bad, people might regard me as dangerous when I start learning magic. It is all right if it is only me, but I do not want to roll up people of the Flaksburb house into this」
「Okusama… however, if exposed that you are in a school, it will become even more terrible」
「Well, do you know of any other place besides school that teaches magic?」
「Perhaps the Cooperation Union…… the Cooperation Union holds classes for the beginners. However, the Cooperation Union is not a place where Okusama can go. It’s a dangerous place where various people gather. I can’t recommend it」
The Cooperation Union, this may work!
It seems freer than school, and the age also doesn’t matter.
I want to take a look!
「Should I disguise myself? Should I use a mask?」
Un! Let’s do that!
「Okusama… isn’t it all right to learn from Dannasama?」
「It is not. Dannasama is busy with Imperial Guards, and it is not different from hiring a tutor. It will leak out immediately that I am learning magic」
「However…」
Berta frowns in worry.
「I want to learn magic. I do not know when Wirbel or the people surrounding me will encounter danger. If I learn magic, the means to protect Wirbel will increase」
「Okusama…」
Berta sighs in defeat.
Yosh! It’s decided!