1st Person POV (Ekaterina)
After all the girls had decided on the dresses they wanted, I went back to the garden together with the others to take a break and have some tea. Then the boys came back, and thus we were all gathered together.
I noticed that Alexei and Mikhael were having a practice match with their long swords in the training room near the armory.
It was a great match between two highly skilled people. The tension of the sparks flew as if it was a real battle, and that was irresistible.
Although the match did not conclude with a clear winner, Alexei had the upper hand. He was taller, had a longer reach, and was two years older than his opponent, so it was no surprise that he had the advantage. Mikhael stood his ground toe to toe and kept up against him, which was admirable.
Furthermore, Nikolai lent his support to the underclassmen and trained them one after another, tearing and throwing, then breaking and tossing… I heard that Nikolai trained the underclassmen in such a way that even I, and almost all the first-year boys in my class were completely fascinated by him.
It was now in a state that everyone wanted to just cry out [let us call you brother].
I mean, Prince! What are you doing, keeping Big Brother busy?
I wasn’t planning on letting Big Brother take up too much of his time, and I was going to ask Graham-san to lead the boys on a tour of the armory. But since you showed up unannounced, I had to ask the head of the family to show up, and that caused me a lot of trouble.
“Mikhael-sama, that’s not very nice. It is a great honor to have you here, but my brother works hard every day between balancing his duties as head of the Yurinova family with his studies. Please don’t make him take up too much of his personal time and do something that could be dangerous.” (Ekaterina)
Alexei was no longer there, having already returned to his office. Mikhael held up his hands in embarrassment as an angry me glared with my willowy eyebrows on behalf of my brother.
“I’m sorry, Ekaterina, but Alexei has been my sword training partner for a long time, and he asked me to spar with him after a long time. (Mikhael)
Nn?
“Well, did my brother ask you to do that?” (Ekaterina)
“Yes. He said that since he took over the title, his body seemed to have become stiff. It wasn’t like that at all, though.” (Mikhael)
Oh, shoot.
“I’m sorry, I didn’t know what was going on, and I’m sorry for being so rude.” (Ekaterina)
“That’s okay, it’s good of you to be so considerate of your brother. I’m sure Alexei is lucky to have such a sister.” (Mikhael)
“Oh, I am really flattered.” (Ekaterina)
Really? You really think so?
Big Brother is a Siscon, and he often says that he’s happy to have me, but if it looks like I’m making Big Brother happy from a third party’s point of view, I’m very happy.
“Oh, by the way, you said you wanted to learn rapier from Mother. If it’s okay with you, I can teach you a little sometime. I’m sure Alexei won’t be upset if you can learn to wield it.” (Mikhael)
Wow, I want to try it.
…No, wait. Hold on, myself.
Remember, the prince, i.e. the flag of doom, unless Flora-chan wants to learn together with me, or maybe if she just wants to learn it herself, then she is the one who should personally learn it from the prince.
“Flora-sama, are you interested in rapier?” (Ekaterina)
“Huh? Me, huh? A rapier is a slender sword, right? I’m not really interested…” (Flora)
Well, girls aren’t usually interested in rapiers, are they?
