We Gathered Together On the Night Before Departure
“Mr. Takumi. Dinner is ready. Please come to the dining hall.”
I answered Ms. Gelda, who had come to call me, and I stopped my herb growing.
As I had been able to make about ninety percent of the Ramogi for Range village, this probably was enough for today.
I thanked Ms. Lyra for helping me, and then headed to the dining hall and ate dinner.
“So both Mr. Takumi and Leo will be gone from tomorrow on…”
“Yes. Well, it’s just for several days.”
After dinner, while we were training our swings, Tilura muttered this sadly.
“I will miss you two. …Because I’ve been spending time with both of you so much recently.”
It was just an estimate, but I believed that it would take me a full day to reach Range village on Leo’s back.
So that was two days for a round trip. And I would likely spend a day there as I give them the Ramogi. So the whole thing would be close to three days.
But it would be best to assume that it could be four or five… Besides, I didn’t want to make Leo run for a whole day nonstop.
“Still, Tilura. Just because Leo and I won’t be here, it doesn’t mean that you can skip your training and studies, all right?”
“I wouldn’t do that! You’ll be so surprised once you come back!”
“Yes, that’s the spirit. You should be good enough that I’ll be the one taking tips from you.”
Well, she was not likely to improve that much in just a few days, but she did grow very fast. So perhaps she would be able to do things when I returned that she couldn’t do now.
There was a saying about how boys change after not seeing them for three days…
…Of course, Tilura was a girl… But at that age, girls sometimes grew even faster, so I shouldn’t underestimate her.
“…Can I sleep with Leo in your room tonight?”
“Hmm… I don’t know… If your sister gives her permission?”
“Okay! I’ll go and ask her!”
It seemed like she was really going to miss us. After we finished training, Tilura asked if she could sleep with Leo tonight.
But it seemed likely that the daughter of a duke should not be sleeping in a man’s room… It was definitely not up to me.
At least Ms. Claire would be able to persuade Tilura of this. That was my hope, anyway.
And so Tilura ran off immediately to her sister’s room. Leo looked at her with a puzzled expression.
“Well…this wasn’t what I was expecting to happen…?”
“Did you say something, Mr. Takumi?”
I had gone to take a bath and then returned to my room, thinking that I was about to get a good night’s sleep. But then I saw that Ms. Claire, Tilura, Ms. Lyra and even Milina were there.
They were all dressed in their nightgowns, instead of their regular clothes. I suddenly did not know where to look.
I suppose those were comfortable to wear…but I wasn’t used to seeing such things…
“Leo, it’s not my fault, all right…?”
“…No, it’s nothing… Hehe.”
Milina seemed to hear Leo say something with a sigh. But I just laughed it off.
“Ah, Mr. Takumi. This is from Sebastian. What does it say?”
I took the Sebastian’s letter from Ms. Claire and read it.
As Ms. Claire hadn’t read it, she didn’t know what it said.
Uh… ‘The most beautiful ladies of the mansion. Please enjoy their company. PS… You really enjoy being surrounded by women, don’t you?…
What is that old man saying…!
“…No, nevermind… It’s just about the herbs… Haha…”
I said as Ms. Claire looked at me with a puzzled expression. Then I crumpled up the paper and threw it away.
Sebastian… I won’t deny that they were pretty, but… I wished that he didn’t think that I was some kind of womanizer…
In fact, he probably knew…and was just laughing at how awkward I was feeling right now…
Still, even the master who he served as a butler was here…
It might be his idea of a joke, but… It really wasn’t funny…
“Well, since you will be leaving this mansion tomorrow, Mr. Takumi… I think they are just going to miss you two.”
“Ms. Lyra… That being said…”
As I wondered what to do, Ms. Lyra noticed and approached me.
I understood that they might miss us, but… These women had invaded a man’s room… And did they mean to stay…?
“Of course, I feel the same… Think of it as a farewell party.”
“Well, uh, if that’s what you want…”
In any case, I just decided to accept that they had gathered here to see me off before my departure… I guess.
“So, where are you all going to sleep?”
“I’m going to sleep with Leo!”
“…While it might be rude, I could sleep here…”
“Master, I want to sleep with Leo too…”
While I was fine with them sleeping in the room, the problem was where they would sleep.
And when I asked them…Tilura and Milina wanted to sleep with Leo. They were already being enveloped by Leo’s long fur.
I was glad that they liked Leo so much, and it was sure to be warm even during the night…and Sherry was there too… Hmm, that was fine… Leo didn’t seem to mind…but…