A few weeks have passed since the children arrived.

They were scared at first, but as the days went by, they got used to the village environment.

In the midst of all this, I was still most concerned about Rousset.

She looks just like the Stella of my childhood, and she calls me “big brother”.

Stella used to call me by my first name, so I felt a subtle sense of discomfort.

It seems that Aina was the same way.

“Stella sometimes has a black-hearted smile on her face.”

“Really? I’ve seen her look down on people and make fun of them. I’ve never seen a smile as pure as Rousset’s. I don’t know how she got to be like that.”

A sigh of relief escaped my lips.

“When you come from the humble countryside to the fancy capital, you’re bound to get covered. I was the same way.”

“What? Aina too?”

Aina nodded her head.

“I was plain when I was little, and it was only after I started going to school that I started to pay attention to my appearance.”

“So that’s how it is…”

I lived in poverty and had to go to the guild every day to do requests and make ends meet.

I’ve never experienced the glitz and glamour of the capital, and to be honest, I didn’t like the capital of Levania.

I like the atmosphere of the village better.