Chapter 195

Why didn’t she tell him?

It was a really stupid question.

If Alice had said that she would be playing the piano at the school festival, he would only nod his head and it was obvious that he would immediately forget.

No, maybe he would ask again if she was still in kindergarten.

That’s why Alice didn’t have a presence in this Duchy.

“…… I thought you wouldn’t come.”

At Alice’s reply, the Duke paused, and then shut his mouth as if he had nothing to say.

But that silence was only for a moment.

In the first place, the fact that the school held a school festival in kindergarten was not important for the Duke.

What was important to him was that many nobles, including the Emperor and his wife, attended the school festival as parents.

And, apparently, he didn’t know that such an event existed, so he didn’t attend.

It was most embarrassing for him to hear the news from another nobleman, even unrelated to the kindergarten.

But while he was indifferent to Alice’s affairs, he blamed Alice for not telling him the news, not himself.

“Hoo, what would other people think of us, the Rose family! Aren’t you embarrassed? With all the children of other families together with their family, wouldn’t you be the only one?”

Apparently, the Duke didn’t hear the details of the school festival.

If he had paid a little more attention, he would have even heard that Alice had a strong and wonderful protector named Abish.

Of course, the Duke made the excuse that he was busy with work so as not to show that he didn’t know that there was a school festival to the person who delivered the news.

So he had no choice but to ask such a stupid question.

Of course, the present Alice did not mind hearing such a question.

‘I was not alone. Lord Abish was with me. And in fact…… Father, Mother and Sister. It was better without the three of you.’

It was Alice who spoke the truth only inside her.

It wouldn’t do any good to say that anyway, because she knew all too well that it would backfire.

The Duke, who thought that Alice, who did not answer, was reflecting on herself, said with anger.

“…… In the future, if such an opportunity arises, be sure to talk about it. I don’t want to know about it until late like today. Shouldn’t you protect the face of Duchy Rose?”

After saying those words, the Duke turned around.

Then there was the sound of the door closing with a bang and the sound of rough footsteps going down the stairs.

At that moment, Alice breathed a sigh of relief.

“But it will never happen again.”

Alice muttered to herself.

The kindergarten will be disbanded soon.

Duke Rose didn’t even know that.

He was still indifferent to the end.

But unlike him, Alice knew very well how Duchy Rose was doing these days, even if no one told her otherwise.

Naturally, it was thanks to the fairies, including Abish who delivered the news.

“…….”

Alice smiled silently.

In fact, there is a reason Duke Rose has become so obsessed with his external reputation in recent years.

Because Duchy Rose was in danger of not being a fairy summoner family anymore.

Fairy summoners renew their contracts with their fairies every 10 years or so.

If they are satisfied with each other, the contract will continue, but if either the human or the fairy refuses the contract, the contract cannot be continued.

‘Abish did that. There will be no more fairies to contract with the people of Duchy Rose except for me.’

In addition, Duke Rose was nearing the end of his contract with the fairy.

Still, he didn’t have a good reputation among the fairies who made contracts with humans.

In addition, since Alice signed a contract with the Fairy King, rumors spread among the fairies that Duchy Rose dared to ignore the Fairy King’s contractor.

‘You’re going to be uneasy. Because no fairies could be summoned to make a contract.’

If that happens, there will be only one fairy summoner officially left in Duchy Rose.

It was Claire Rose, Alice’s older sister.

In Claire’s case, she’s only been in contract up for a year or so.

So maybe nine years later, there really will be no fairy summoners left in Duke Rose’s residence except for Alice.

‘And in nine years, I will be of age.’

Of course, until then, Alice had absolutely no intention of revealing that she was a fairy summoner, even the Fairy King’s summoner.

When she came of age, she would leave the family, and after that, she was going to proudly announce that she was a fairy summoner.

If it wasn’t for Abish and Emir, who helped summon him, she would never have thought of this on her own.

Alice was really grateful to the two of them.

Duchy Rose, on the advice of the fairies, became wealthy after purchasing land buried in a vast gemstone mine and developing it.

In addition to that, they were engaged in various businesses with the help of fairies, and maintained a family lineage with the title of fairy summoner.

So the Rose family was nothing without fairies.

So it will be.