Chapter 158

A, a transfer student? You mean Maya is going to our kindergarten?

I was so startled that I was speechless.

Of course, the other children were just as perplexed as I was.

“He…… was the one we met at the Imperial Palace!”

Cedric opened his eyes and cried.

At the same time, Maya introduced himself.

“My name is Maya Tuitte. I look forward to your kind cooperation.”

After that, Maya found his new seat and very naturally sat down.

It was such a familiar attitude that I thought for a moment he wasn’t a transfer student.

And a short break before class starts.

We hurriedly rushed to Maya’s seat even though we didn’t agree beforehand.

However, I was hesitant and keot my mouth shut, not knowing what to say, but Maya greeted me warmly first.

“Hi, Emir?”

“…… Hello?”

Suddenly, I also had to say hello. Then Maya smiled.

“I said we would meet again.”

Right, he did say that.

‘No, but I didn’t know that that meant transferring to kindergarten!’

As I was perplexed, Maya immediately greeted the other children as well.

“His Highness the Prince, His Highness the Princess. Good to see you again. It’s nice to see Lady Alice, Lord Cedric, and Lord Jake as well.”

“Yes, good to see you again.”

Nicholas replied resolutely.

On the contrary, Cedric mumbled in a voice the size of an ant.

“…… It’s not very good to see you again.”

Then Maya suddenly asked me a favor.

“Lady Emir, this is my first time coming here, can you give me some guidance?”

“…… Guidance? Ah, I will.”

It was a sudden request, but when I thought about it, it was understandable.

Surely this kindergarten was spacious.

It wasn’t enough to make you lost, but it was clear that life would be easier if you knew where the major facilities were.

Then……

“No, wait. Why do you have to order Emir to do it?”

Suddenly Cedric grabbed Maya’s sleeve and asked with a dissatisfied look.

Then Maya shrugged his shoulders and answered.

“It’s not an order, it’s a request. Unlike Lord Cedric, Lady Emir is a kind person.”

“……what did I do? And if you’re curious about the kindergarten, you can just walk around and see for yourself?”

Eeekk, they’re going to start a fight over this.

I rushed to meditate.

“Wait, everyone, don’t fight. Guiding through kindergarten is not that difficult. In that case, let’s all look at the kindergarten together.”

“That would be a good idea.”

Maya nodded his head.

Cedric snorted, ‘Hmph!’ but ended up following after us.

“That building is a kitchen for lunch and snacks. Oh, we always eat lunch in the kindergarten classroom.”

“This is a place to take a nap. Of course, we rarely take a nap in the afternoon because we get together and play every day.”

“This is a warehouse. There is no dust build-up because it was cleaned every day, but we have to be careful not to break things.”

I walked around the kindergarten with the children and explained to Maya.

Maya nodded his head as he listened intently to my words.

And when we returned to the classroom after visiting the kindergarten, he said with a happy expression on his face.

“I think it was a good thing I decided to go to kindergarten. When I was in the castle in the northern part of the kingdom, there were no other people my age.”

“Ah…….”

When I heard Maya’s secret circumstances, I swallowed my saliva.

‘It must have been lonely.’

If it’s me, I have had a close friend of my age, Jake, since I was younger than I am now, but when I first saw the other children I became friends with, they were all alone.

Maybe that’s why, but at first, I remember that everyone was sensitive and couldn’t approach me easily.

“Wh, what? Was it like that? I thought you came to kindergarten because of Emir again.”

Cedric also responded with a softer voice, as if he had even slightly erased his vigilance towards Maya.

“Of course there is that reason.”

“What?”

“I’m kidding.”

Somehow, Maya and Cedric seemed to get along very well.

It seemed that if they did well, they could get to know each other quickly.

* * *

The first class that started after summer break. It was a simple class to learn about the economy of the empire.

At the end of class, the teacher suggested that the next time we did a hands-on experience that looked interesting.

“So, I want to try a simulated market experience.”

“Market experience?”

We tilt our heads.

Then the teacher explained.

“Yes. It’s like buying and selling stuff as if you came to the market with model money.”

So, in a word, it was like playing a market game.

“Wow! It’s gonna be fun!”

The children exclaimed in excitement.

Then Alice asked a question.

“What do you buy and sell?”

“Well, that’s right.”

The teacher paused for a moment.

Somehow, I expected the words to come after that.