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Chapter 114: This is a correspondence.

　In my free time in the afternoon after lunch, I would normally make additional magic potions, take a walk in the garden with Mira, or read a book in the library, but from today on, I shall be making the cold/hot air blower magic tool.

　Although my father told me, “It’s fine as long as you have time,” it would indeed be bad for me not to touch it.

　When I went to the workshop, the room for making magic tools, which father had prepared for me, I found Rosalia there. Could it be that Rosalia is always here?　If so,  mother is going to get mad at her one of these days.

“Rosalia, what are you making?”

“ Brother!　It’s so unusual. I can’t believe you came to this room. I’m making the chime magic tool that Melissa asked me to make when I saw her the other day.”

“I see.”

　Come to think of it, Melissa came to visit our house the other day. Did she brag about the chimes then?　It seems that the chime magic tool is steadily spreading. This might be a good time to sell the blueprints to the magic tool makers in the territory. Though it might only be in demand by nobles.

“Have you come to make magic tools too, brother?　Perhaps a new one?!”

　Rosalia gazes at me with sparkling eyes. I’m the one who pulled her into the swamp of magical tools, but I may have made the wrong choice. But there’s nothing I can do about it now.

“No, no. I just came to check on you.”

“I see.”

　Rosalia looks a little depressed. I don’t want to come to the workshop carelessly. I told Rosalia not to get hurt and left the workshop.

　I can’t use the workshop for this. I would have to make it in my room. I asked a servant I passed by to bring the materials needed to make a cold/hot air blower without telling Rosalia.

　Materials arrived one after another. My room was getting smaller and smaller. As the son of a frontier count, my room is large. Even so, there is a limit. I looked at the crates that were packed in a corner of the room and sighed.

“How did this happen? I should have specified the number of crates and asked him to bring them to me.”

“kyu!”

　Mira happily climbs in and out of the crate. She seemed to think that she had just found a good athletic activity in her room. I have to do something about Mira because Rosalia might notice if I make too much noise.

　Thus I began to make the cold/hot air blower that my father had asked me to make. I decided to make two units a day.

　The rest of my time will be spent as usual, making magic potions. I don’t want to spend the whole winter just making cold/Hot air blowers.

　A few days after I added making cold/hot air blower magic tools to my daily routine, I received a letter. The sender was from Chloe, who lives in the royal capital. I wonder if it’s okay for a princess to send a letter to a nobleman’s child so casually. I hope she doesn’t get into a lot of trouble later.

　There was nothing urgent in the letter. It seems that she just wanted to give me an update. Why did she write me such a letter ……? I wonder if brother Alex has received letters from the ladies as well?　I’d like to ask him, but I’m afraid it would be a dead end if I did, so I won’t.

　So far, the poisoning fiasco that occurred during this year’s social season seems to have died down. Although the mastermind remains unknown, no new victims appear to have been reported. The royal palace is still on emergency alert, and food and beverages are being strictly checked.

　This means that there will be no problem for a while. Then the problem will be next year when they start to relax. I’ll have to make an extra supply of the panacea before then.

　The other thing she wrote was that she misses me and Mira. She didn’t write it clearly, but apparently she sleeps with Mira’s stuffed animal.

　I wonder if that is allowed. Is it allowed for an eight-year-old girl, even if she is a princess, to sleep with a stuffed animal?　I hope no one finds out and it doesn’t become a problem. She also wrote that she was depressed by the incessant visits from aristocrats living in the royal capital.

　That’s not good. Sales smile, sales smile.

“Chloe seems to be having a hard time. Well, I guess it can’t be helped, she’s royalty. I don’t want to be royalty. I bet they don’t have any time for themselves. Oh, scary.”

“Kyu?

“Oh, I wasn’t talking about you, Mira.”

　Well, I have to write back. I wish I could write that I’m being forced to build a cold/hot air blower by her father. As expected, I can’t write that, can I? I don’t think it would be good to write about the Chime magical tool either. She might ask me to send it to her.

　Since I can’t help it, I decided to write about Mira’s recent situation. I’ll let this soothe her thorny heart.

　When I sent a reply to Chloe’s letter, a letter came from Caro. What is this feeling of mutual understanding? Could it be that Caro is staying in the royal capital instead of returning to her territory?　As I recall, Caro was Chloe’s close friend, or rather, a potential friend of the same age. If that’s the case, then maybe there’s a possibility that she’ll continue to live in the Royal Capital during the winter.

　I cut the seal of the letter from Caro. The contents of the letter were about events in her family home, Marquis Mulan. Apparently, she is returning to her estate for the winter.

　If that is the case, why are the letters coming in succession, as if they had been arranged?

　It’s possible that Chloe sent a letter to Caro as well, and in that letter, she wrote that she had sent a letter to me as well.　Caro read it and sent me a letter in rivalry with Chloe. ……I think that is a possibility, yes.

　The letter from Caro said she was sleeping with other stuffed animals. It’s a heartwarming sight to imagine, but wait a minute.

　There was also a stuffed toy that was modeled after me, wasn’t there? Could it be that they are sleeping together?　If so, and if other people saw this scene, it would not be very good, would it?

　I didn’t make the stuffed animal look exactly like me, but you could tell that it is someone’s boy somewhere. I could only hope that Caro’s friends would not find out about it.

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