I lowered my stance slightly and made eye contact. I was shocked by the look in his eyes that seemed to be telling the truth.

“You mean Sir Henry has such a cute younger sister?”

No, but if they’re like Sir Henry, I don’t think they’ll ever be as cute as the little child. Did he pick up one or two, or did they have different parents? Sir Henry seemed bewildered that I could not erase my suspicious glance.

“No. I don’t have a younger sister, but I feel that if I had a younger sister, it would be like Lady Aide. In fact, the fact that I would have an interest in Lady Aide is a perve… Hhmm, by the way, is Lady Aide that cute?”

“Isn’t it obvious? Have you seen someone cuter than the little child?”

“I haven’t seen it, but… But why don’t you honestly tell Lady Aide that she’s cute? I’ve never heard you say anything like that.”

“How can I say it, that’s embarrassing.”

Sir Henry suddenly laughed. If it was a leisurely laugh earlier, and now it seemed closer to a laugh that came out of being unable to hide his surprise.

“Aren’t you able to talk about it properly now? Aren’t you embarrassed?”

“It’s not in front of the person concerned. It’s true that the little child is cute.”

Why are you asking for such an obvious thing? As I looked at him like that, Sir Henry’s expression turned strange. It makes me suspicious when he looks like that.

“Are you really not interested in the little child?”

I scanned Sir Henry’s face to find out the truth.

“Yes. I swear, it feels like seeing a younger sister I want to take care of. Should I swear a knight’s oath?”

The knight’s oath did not have any restrictions. However, if it was a knight who knew honor, he would honor it with his life. Hearing that he even promised such an oath, I decided to trust Sir Henry’s sincerity at this point.

And I changed my impression of Sir Henry from ‘someone I really hate and need to be wary of’ to ‘someone who was sometimes helpful’.

“If you say so, I will believe you. But the little child doesn’t need Sir Henry looking after her. Because I am there.”

As I said it seriously, Sir Henry turned his head to the side and cleared his throat. A very suspicious cough.

“Isn’t there something more important to Young Master Kirsec than that?”

Something important to me? I was confused as I knew nothing of it.

“Now you have to think about how to convince Lady Aide. Even if you say let’s study together, I don’t think Lady Aide will agree to do it.”

Right. I didn’t think of that. The determined and stubborn little child, when I asked her to do something, she would say no unconditionally. By the way….

“If I asked the little child to do something she liked, would she say no?”

“Of course. It’s Lady Aide.”

Sir Henry pretends to be friendly again. He spoke as if he knew the little child well. Reflexively, my mouth pouted. It shouldn’t be like this. I decided not to treat him as the enemy. Again, Sir Henry might have some good answers.

“How do I convince the little child?”

“You have to use the advantages that Young Master Kirsec has. Excellent tutors from the Empire, it would sound enchanting to Lady Aide.”

That’s right, he told me earlier, but I forgot. I should mention the outstanding teachers.

“The important point is! You have to speak gently.”

“Gently?”

“Yes. At that time, you shouldn’t speak bluntly like now, but you should speak gently while watching Lady Aide’s reaction.”

I had spoken calmly, but when I listened to Sir Henry’s words, it seemed that there was something wrong with my tone.

“What’s wrong with my tone!”

“That’s it. Didn’t you just get angry?”

You said something that made me angry! But I didn’t want to admit that I was angry, so I just kept my mouth shut. My cheeks get swollen with dissatisfaction.

“If you say it in anger like that, Lady Aide would object. Think about it. When Young Master Kirsec said something, didn’t Lady Aide first say that she disliked it unconditionally?”

That’s true.

“Was it because of my tone?”

“Yes. Even the etiquette teacher kept pointing out your tone, right? Of course, it is not easy to change. But you will have to change gradually.”

What was wrong with my way of speaking? I felt bad for the comments I received from Sir Henry, he wasn’t even the etiquette teacher. However, I did not open my mouth on purpose because I knew that if I spoke now, the same tone would come out again. And if I continued to use that tone even in the situation where it was pointed out, I would continue to show my shortcomings. Instead, I crossed my arms and glared at him.