#349
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349
Perfect!
“Aya!”
The one who got hit this time was Asuka. Xian was unusually angry.
“You crazy bastard, then do you think it would have been better if I had told you not to know you and your mother because you were so irresponsible?”
“You have pretty quick hands. “He might have a talent for swordsmanship.”
Asuka looked surprised. He seemed to feel more attributable to the fact that he had succeeded in hitting him than to the fact that Sian was angry.
“Stop talking nonsense!”
“No, that’s what it says. And if there’s going to be a sense of responsibility, isn’t there a sense of responsibility even though I grew up as a commoner? I was a commoner and grew up as a commoner. But overnight.”
Asuka protested. Suddenly the house changed. Although it is not an imperial palace, it is an imperial mansion. The road to the mansion is extremely long.
Identity also changed. They cannot freely play with commoner children outside.
It is impossible to go out alone. They say to carry around articles one after another. Show behavior appropriate to your status.
Because I am a member of the royal family, there are more restrictions and I am no longer able to do what I was able to do until now.
Mother is busy. She has a lot to learn, too. In order for her Farnese to be recognized as the Grand Duchess, she needs to put in her own efforts.
Asuka’s hardships are trivial compared to that.
He told the younger servants of his age to quiet down and played with them until he got scolded.
‘What did I do wrong!’
‘They are commoners, and Asuka is a member of the royal family. Now you have to accept that fact.’
The butler, my father’s subordinate, was strict. He said that Asuka needed to adapt, and bitten all the young servants and maids around her age.
Now there are only adults around. Not to mention my mother, my father, who is said to be close to the emperor, is also busy.
We’ve lived apart for most of our lives, so we’ve become close friends, and even when we try to talk, it’s extremely awkward.
After she overturned her desk and ran into the garden because she didn’t want to attend class, her father finally paid attention to Asuka.
My father gave me a simple solution. He gave Asuka some suitable children.
‘If it’s because you’re lonely, try making new friends.’
So these three new friends. He speaks politely and respectfully, and his attitude is aristocratic.
He is polite, yet somewhat arrogant. Archduke Farnese would not have given her just any friend.
They are children of high-ranking nobles who are excellent and well-behaved and can serve as examples for Asuka.
Asuka is the only child of Archduke Farnese. They are royal family. There is no way they don’t know what that means.
Nobles grow up learning these things from a very young age.
From the beginning, they met with a fixed rank. Even though he was only ten years old.
‘Asuka-sama.’
‘It’s okay to talk. ‘Why do you treat me with respect?’
‘If you want, I’ll leave it to you. The Archduke wants us to be friends too.’
Those three guys gave Asuka a somewhat uncomfortable feeling. It feels like I’m watching his actions cleverly, and I keep trying to please him.
There are times when Asuka suggests doing something, he follows through, but when it comes to risky suggestions, such as climbing a tree in the garden, he dissuades her, saying, ‘The Grand Duke won’t want it.’
He is the same as everyone else in that he constantly reminds Asuka of what he can and cannot do and tries to restrict his actions. It’s somehow uncomfortable.
I told him to stay friends, but I just can’t think of him as a friend.
But Asuka was lonely, and hanging out with the people who occasionally visited her was her only pastime.
There was a decisive incident. They were gathered in the study and playing chess. Asuka was surprisingly good at chess.
One of the maids who served the refreshments was placing a teacup when she bumped into the hand of a guy who was moving a chess piece. The tea spilled out onto her lap. He immediately screamed.
‘What are you doing!’
‘Yes, master! Are you okay?’
Tea water that is too hot spoils the flavor of the tea. The tea in the teacup wasn’t hot enough to burn me, but it was hot.
The guy whose eyes rolled back immediately hit the maid on the cheek. match!
‘How dare you!’
As the maid cupped her cheek, he picked up the teapot and poured its contents on her head. The maid screamed.
‘Aaaaaah!’
‘Isn’t this too harsh?’
Asuka belatedly stopped him. Asuka, who was naive at the time, was unable to react quickly to the shocking scene.
Only then did he stop when he saw Asuka’s expression. The maid was crying.
He soon became gentle and spoke as if admonishing Asuka.
‘It is a serious crime for a commoner to injure a noble’s body. But since I am your family’s servant, I will pass on this.’
‘Yes, Asuka. ‘The servants who make this kind of mistake with customers need to be punished.’
‘I guess it’s because you have a weak heart, but it would be better to kick that maid out or severely punish her.’
The people around him all took his side.
Of course, even among nobles, no one would pour hot water on someone unless they were someone with a very foul temper.
But what about anyone? The other person is just a maid. It was too much to vent, but it wasn’t enough to cause a problem.
Other attendants hurriedly took the maid out. Asuka looked at him blankly and asked.
‘What if I made that mistake? Would you have done the same to me?’
A cold light passed through Asuka’s eyes as she asked that question.
‘Of course not. ‘You’re different.’
‘How can you put your mistakes on the same level as the maid’s mistakes?’
Whether they knew or not, Asuka didn’t know then or even now. Asuka blurted out.
‘I was a commoner too?’
Asuka would never forget the expressions on their faces at that time. From that day on, their shallow friendship ended.
nobles and commoners. Imperial family, nobles and commoners. A world divided like that was something Asuka had never known in her life.
Because in the rural village where he lived, everyone was equal, and the only person who could be called a nobleman was his grandfather.
Although my grandfather was a recognized elder in the village, he was not particularly treated as a nobleman or someone that the village people found difficult.
The new world that came to me was unfamiliar and strange. The nobility of the system were especially authoritarian.
They simply treated commoners as livestock-like creatures separate from themselves.
Being a member of the royal family, it was strange, unpleasant, and sometimes disgusting to see how the nobles treated the commoners.
While he begs for himself as a member of the royal family, he treats and discriminates against commoners simply because they are commoners.
Of course, there were others who were not like that, but they had no particular connection with Asuka.
Asuka rejected all the friends the Archduke introduced her to. If that’s what a friend is, it’s better not to have one.
He also spoke when his father summoned him.
‘I don’t need any friends.’
First of all, I can’t trust my father’s insight. The children of high-ranking nobles he brought in were particularly prone to such tendencies.
Her father made a suggestion to Asuka, who proudly declared.
‘Then how about learning the sword in earnest?’
According to her tutor, Asuka was bright, but had no interest in studying and enjoyed physical activities.
The royal bloodline also has a knack for swords. Asuka was also interested in swords, so she learned basic swordsmanship and received basic training following her grandfather’s teachings.
My father suggested that I learn swordsmanship, improve my skills, and then enter the academy.
‘At Baden’s Academy, you can hide your identity and make friends comfortably. They said that according to academy policy, students should not reveal their identities. ‘Why not make a friend there who suits your taste?’
It was thought that it was not good for Asuka to be lonely and not interact with anyone.
As a member of the royal family, it doesn’t matter if you excel in any area as long as you have certain qualifications, but if it’s not academics or magic, it’s better to stand out at least in swordsmanship.
It also presents him as the legitimate son of Archduke Farnese.
Asuka immediately nodded.
‘Of course.’
Asuka started learning sword skills the very next day. His talent was beyond imagination, surprising everyone.
The desire to escape this stuffy place and go to the academy became a strong motivation for Asuka.
He was a genius who worked hard, and his efforts were such that the sweat he poured out became a river.
Only a few years after learning the sword properly, he showed outstanding skills among the students and succeeded in entering Greta Academy.
That is Asuka’s past before entering the academy. Xian, who had been listening closely, shook his head.
“It’s not as good as Helmut, but your life is really, um, what should I say? “It would be perfect if it appeared in a novel somewhere.”
“What is he saying now. “I am a descendant of a legendary spiritist.”
Not to worry, Sian’s reaction did not change after hearing his story.
He was already the child of Helmut, Charlotte, or Grand Duke Linosa. There is nothing different between them and Asuka.
“Anyway, that’s why you pretended to be a commoner at the academy. “No one found out.”
“Few people know that I am the son of Archduke Farnese. I’ve never been out in social circles. Those three guys must have attended the Imperial Academy at that time? Besides, I was ordered not to say anything about myself.”
“But wouldn’t it be difficult for your mother if you left for the academy? Besides, even after you graduated, you ran away from home because you didn’t like it there.”
“What does running away from home mean, independence? And my mother, she has an optimistic personality, so she adapts well and lives there. The relationship between my parents is good. I think my mother prefers living in the system to living in the village. The system is splendid, and people praise her as Grand Duchess Farnese.
My mother is good at being liked by people, and she is somewhat simple-minded. Because of that, no matter what other people say or do, you only think of them in a positive light. “Even if something difficult or unpleasant happens, you quickly forget it.”
Asuka shook her head, and Xian spoke with admiration.
“You have a good personality to live happily in this world. Oh, I’m not being sarcastic.”
“i think so too. Anyway, my mother has no problem. I don’t have a problem. “I hate this place.”
“I think I know why you don’t like it, but after all, you are a member of the imperial family of the empire.”
At that point, you can’t say whether you like it or not, and you can’t see it as a status that allows you to live a free life.
This was not a problem that could be solved by running away like this.
