From the story I heard from my mother, aside from father’s wife and me, there were my father’s children as well. But after all what degree of comprehension does a 3 years old child have!
I who didn’t understand was brought in by lady attendant into the mansion alone, in parlour I was simply standing firm.
In front of me, there is a beautiful fluffy and wavy red hair lady looks at me coldly. At this time, I knew that this lady is Flore-sama. As if to protect Flore-sama’s standing, a reddish brown hair boy same as her is staring at me coldly…he was Geran elder brother. So that to hide Flore-sama’s dress, two strong reddish brown hair young girl…the slant eyes one was Catherine elder sister, the droopy eyes one was Rosalie elder sister.
Father had light brown hair, mother had light blonde hair, I had close to blonde, brown straight hair.
Usually children of my age will not get this kind of opportunity, from the distant I was staring at three siblings since I was curious. Not to mention in the vicinity, I had never seen red head, because of the ill-mannered gaze, Flore-sama was showing displeasure.
「Know your position。」
If I think the red hair lady was approaching me, my body was jumping.
With folding fan, my cheek was knocked down.
My surprise won over the pain on my cheek, I didn’t know what’s what.
When I look at the floor, the broken folding fan is falling down.
When I raise my sight from the floor, the beautiful red hair lady left the parlour.
My father help me stand up from the floor, he said「Just now the one who left is my wife Flore。」. The lady is also not blamed, my cheek is also not treated.
At this point of time, my position in mansion has been determined. And the lowest one.
A room on the first floor at the end of the mansion has become my room. It is not so much s.p.a.cious guest room. 「Education as a n.o.ble」that means the guidance of tutor is received in the study room, with the exception of that, inside the mansion I am to be confined in here. If I have time, I return to the gardener’s work shed, but when I can’t return then I have no choice but to stay here. My mum can only enter the mansion’s kitchen, so I don’t really know about the mansion.
It has been decided that workers in the mansion are not to look after me. It can’t be helped. Well, in order to be able to take care of myself on my own, I had been taught by my mother regularly, after a while I didn’t notice I am not receiving a princess treatment of an aristocrat though. Surely I think I don’t want to get involved. No one even wants to be watched by Flore-sama.
In the interval of the instruction of tutor which is about three weeks in two months, I am to stay in the mansion. During the stay, I am severely trained from table manners as a n.o.ble until dance in addition to study. Abruptly I am being called to the mansion, suddenly I am being returned to the hut. When I am not staying in the mansion which is about three days in a week, half a day throughout the morning was spent studying . This kind of life was occurring again and again.
I wonder whether elder brother and elder sisters also had been learning the same kind of education.
There was a time where we studied together, there was also a time where we did it separately.
Nevertheless because they are older than me, anything can be done skillfully, if there is a trouble, the siblings will help each other on the challenge, it seemed like they were scolded lesser by the teacher. As a child, there was also a time where I was bullied spitefully in collaboration. As I grow up, the ignorance and servant treatment are different though.
I had only need to obey teacher’s instructions recklessly. Only teacher in the mansion came and talked to me. And answered my questions.
I was often told by my mother that she thanked my father for giving me an opportunity to acquire knowledge of 「Education as a n.o.ble」.
Yes yes, certainly if I became a commoner, I could not possibly get this kind of chance.
My mother naturally taught me the way of living as a commoner.
Therefore, I became like this.