CH 164

[Hesitation]

The offer that Jarvis received from the Fontana House, Andrei’s family.

It was to adopt her.

The Lekrust House had been stripped of its peerage.

Therefore, Jarvis was now a commoner.

Jarvis herself didn’t seem to be too attached to her family name, but she was hesitant about the offer from the Fontanas, whom she was on good terms with.

“I’m afraid… I would only be a nuisance if I entered the Fontana House…”

This seemed to be the biggest reason for Jarvis’ hesitation.

What the head of the Lekrusts had committed in collusion with the Halmans almost derailed Raul’s and Eureka’s lives. It was unforgivable.

However, this was done by the heads of both families and Jarvis had nothing to do with it.

Many people at the academy knew what kind of person she was.

So although Jarvis had been stripped of her noble status and became a commoner, she wasn’t expelled. She was talented and popular.

“I don’t think you would be a nuisance.”

Tayte immediately denied Jarvis’s worry.

“We all know how hard-working you are, and I’m sure so do the Fontana House, which was why they wanted to adopt you.”

“Tayte…”

Tayte told Jarvis with a smile.

Of course, I was of the same opinion.

――But I was a little hesitant to say it out loud.

Because… I was also concerned about Andrei.

Finding out that Jarvis was a girl, he became strongly conscious that she was a member of the opposite sex—in fact, he fell in love with her.

However, if Jarvis took on the name Fontana, she and Andrei would be siblings. Andrei would no longer be a brother figure to Jarvis, but her real brother.

In which case… they couldn’t get married.

Well, the possibility still existed, since they would be adoptive siblings—but nobles cared a lot about their dignity and they heavily disapproved of such a relationship.

With that in mind, I couldn’t support the adoption.

In response to the conversation between Tayte and Jarvis, I could only give vague replies like “Yeah” or “Hmm”.

In the end, Jarvis decided to think about it some more and postpone her reply for about a week.

“I’ll think about it carefully in this one week.”

“That’s good♪.”

The two of them were smiling, but I couldn’t.

I had to inform Andrei about this.

Then again, it was a big decision for his family, so Andrei’s parents must have talked about it with him…

I wondered how things would pan out.