Life in Eristirol Castle After Two Months
Life in the Eristirol Castle after two months had passed wasn't bad at all.
It was a bit happy and a bit sad that my workplace and home were the same, but overall, it was good.
The bed in the room I lived in was soft and fluffy, and the warmth inside, different from outside, was nice.
The room was decent, but the best part was separate.
It was food.
The restaurants I had gone to until now were just so-so, at the level of neighborhood restaurants.
But the chefs of the castle were on a level that couldn't be compared to those restaurants.
Was it Michelin-starred from my previous life?
If that were here too, they would give five, no, six stars.
The skill of the castle's chefs was so high that even if it was food I'd never seen before, I could eat it.
"Miss Sophia, would you like just one bite of this..?"
"No, I'm fine."
My thoughts showed on my expression, so Kyle suddenly offered me the meat I was eating.
Although I was his tutor, I was also his direct subordinate.
A subordinate doesn't eat with the employer.
Naturally, I refused Kyle's offer.
It was a bit regrettable, but eating breakfast and dinner was enough.
"Master."
"Yes."
Kyle spoke to me while eating.
But what I was about to say wasn't just my own thoughts, but the words of the Grand Duke, the owner of Eristirol and the actual ruler of the north.
"The Grand Duke said that it would be good for Master to receive magic lessons."
Exactly, not to me, but to the butler.
"I can't use magic, so to learn about magic, I need to invite a teacher from the Magic Tower. What do you think about this."
"Um... magic..."
Even if I could use magic, I was in the category of those who couldn't.
It didn't make sense that I could use mana but not magic, but there was nothing I could do about it.
That was normal in this world.
Kyle was a noble.
Nobles mostly had family members who could use magic.
Just recently, in the story I told Kyle, mages were nobles too.
Even if the title was low.
"The teacher to invite will be a woman, so you don't have to worry."
"....."
Kyle still hadn't completely shaken off the trauma from back then.
Probably because the teacher would be a woman, not a man.
"How about it? You don't have to do it right now. Even if you do it in a few years, it's enough..."
"Then I'll postpone it for next time."
"..Yes."
Is magic not well-regarded among nobles?
If I could really learn magic, I would have learned it naturally.
But Kyle postponed magic lessons differently from my thoughts.
I need to tell the butler.
*****
By the way, a few days ago, I started exercising with Kyle.
Because with my head, I couldn't think of anything other than moving the body outside to make the person lively.
Fortunately, there was a place in the Eristirol Castle for knights' training, so it was perfect for exercise.
"Master, just one more set."
"Ugh.... one set..? I've already done five sets..."
"No. You have to do at least five sets."
"Then at least drink some water..."
"Yes."
In the rarely used training ground, I was pushing Kyle.
If I did this without permission, he would definitely be scolded or fired, but Kyle was okay with it.
No problem.
Kyle himself knew that doing it was good in many ways, so that's why.
"Then I'll start again. One."
"One!!"
"Two."
"Two...!!!!"
Honestly, I was surprised that this was the body of a twelve-year-old.
When I was twelve, I was soft-bodied from reading books all day at boarding school.
But now, the twelve-year-old Kyle had a body that could do five sets of push-ups.
Of course, there would be muscle soreness, but it was just right for the level.
As evidence, in less than a month, his body was already building up.
Once the body is complete, learning sword from the knights...
Since it's a male group, it wouldn't work.
No.
There's no way there's no knight in the knights' group inside the territory.
I could ask the knights for help.
"Thirty...!!"
I was thinking about Kyle's future for a moment, and it was already the last set.
"Well done, Master. Here, drink some cool water and rest."
I gave water to Kyle.
I really drank just a little, but it was a very small amount that he probably wouldn't notice.
No matter how good Kyle's senses were, would he notice that?
"I.. drank a little. Sorry."
"...It's fine. Yes."
"Thank you."
"No... I should be the one to say..."
"?"
The last words didn't come out well because I was small.
Probably because he didn't say it again, it wasn't that important.
Kyle and I got up from the training ground.
No need to keep getting sunlight, and since Kyle had sweated a lot, he needed to wash.
"Master, how is it?"
"...Good."
"Is that so?"
I was massaging Kyle's tired body from exercise.
If I didn't do this, the muscle soreness would come too strongly and interfere with daily life tomorrow, so every exercise day, I massaged like this.
"Ugh...."
"It would be better to do it a little gently, right?"
"..No. It's fine as is."
As expected, he was a man.
Even at twelve, he didn't pretend to be in pain in front of a woman.
After all, there's no reason to gain favor with me.
Ah, next time for exercise, I could gain favor by receiving it a little gently.
By the way, noble marriages are faster than commoners, but Kyle has no women around him.
He's definitely not a bad man, and rather, among his peers, he's one of the best candidates for a husband, but there's no connection with women at all.
Because it's a cold northern territory, there are no noble ladies coming to visit Kyle to play, and Kyle has no meetings with the opposite sex except me.
"Master, do you have no interest in women?"
Even if there are no women to meet around, if interested in women, a man would go meet them directly.
Or, Kyle is gay, no, even if so, it shouldn't be.
"Yes?"
"Master will get married someday. So before that, meet other noble ladies..."
"No."
"Date too.. right?"
"I have no interest in other women."
"Eh...."
Was he really gay?
No, even if so, being a duke's son being gay is a bit risky, isn't it..?
I was shocked to learn Kyle's shocking preference.
I was really shocked.
Gay...
My student is gay...
No, since I'm human in this life from the previous, I can understand sexual preferences to some extent.
A tutor who teaches can't not understand that much.
"Massage is done. Will you bathe?"
"Yes."
After massage, Kyle moved to the bathroom with the bath attendants.
While organizing the massage, I thought about what else to do today.
I had already finished reading in the morning, and exercised, so there was no more to do today as planned.
Until Kyle receives lessons from a knight or a mage from the Magic Tower in a few years, it would be an extremely free time.
Right now, it's too free, but I wanted to do more lessons, but since Kyle postponed receiving lessons from knights or mages for a few years, I had no choice.
I was the tutor, but Kyle was the employer, so if Kyle didn't want it, I couldn't do it, and if he wanted, I would do it.
"Even so, it would be better to learn magic or sword quickly..."
It's not something else, it's learning directly with the body.
The presence of talent is large, but the difference in skill according to the time learned is huge.
Even if a genius rookie mage, he couldn't defeat a great mage who is almost 500 years old with magic.
If that were possible, it would be a real web novel, and this would be a bad web novel.
That's why I recommended both to twelve-year-old Kyle.
Kyle would probably be able to do both.
I brought up magic with the expectation that he could do both, but... he refused.
"At least not to start within 3 years..."
It's not that I'm simply making Kyle stronger, I want him to do it.
There was also the Grand Duke's words, and the nobles of Eristirol hunt when they become adults.
Not ordinary animal hunting, but they go out to catch monsters directly.
I don't know why nobles have to do that.
It was even more incomprehensible that the Grand Duke of the Grand Duchy personally participated.
What kind of hunting is Eristirol's hunting that even the Grand Duke participates?
I wanted to go with him once.
Now, I'm retired and doing tutoring like this, but I was also an adventurer.
An adventurer who roamed freely, caught monsters, and earned money.
Really, there are times when I want to go out occasionally, ride a horse, and run through the snowy fields of Eristirol.
"Um... when Kyle grows up, it would be nice to go hunting together then."
Not a sky-like teacher, but anyway, if the teacher wants to go, I'll do it.