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Vacation. That’s a very good excuse. Her employer recommended it first, so there was nothing forced.

They said that the marriage record would be canceled as soon as the results came out, so it will be resolved before the vacation, that was before leaving for the imperial castle. If she run away in time for her vacation, even Adler would not be able to run after me while protecting the prince in the dangerous capital city.

“The conditions for success are…”

“It’s okay for Leone-sama to go for a walk with a stranger.”

“So far?”

“How far were you thinking?”

“To the extent that he doesn’t bark or get angry even though we just see each other from a distance…”

He didn’t have too much greed. Since she decided to make something she was sorry for, she thought she should definitely help Leone and Adler. No matter what happend, she wouldI make the training a success.

“Great. Then look forward to it.”

“Yep.”

She smiled.

After they signed, they shared the contract as they did at the beginning. Twenty million gold… She may not be able to repay it, but she would live her life thinking of it as a debt of her heart. She hid her dark insides and smiled kindly. Adler waved his hand.

“Just get out.”

“Yep.”

She was going to do it anyway. All that was left was to become friends with Leone again. She didn’t know what he was thinking, but if he didn’t avoid her, training and marriage records would be expunged.

Leone…

When she thought of Leone, her heart ached like a choke. To her too, Leone pushing her away must have been quite a shock.

* * *

The face-to-face training was decided to proceed after the progress of wearing a shirt or wearing shoes that Benjamin teaches now. Still, it was because of Benjamin’s opinion that if you want to meet someone, it’s better to be human.

She went back to Benjamin and Leone’s class, and the time flew by. Two weeks out of two and a half months already gone. She had two months left.

“Trixie. Even if you go to the capital, you must stick by Sir Leone’s side.”

Benjamin said without hiding a laugh. That person has always handed her such unintelligible words. According to Benjamin, “since she started watching,” education has certainly progressed. She was not sure if it’s because of her, but from what she could see, Leone didn’t seem to be offended by the class. He still didn’t like Benjamin very much. However, he did not show aggression or refuse classes more than necessary.

“Of course, I would be happy if I could work for the rest of my life. If Sir Leone goes to the capital, wouldn’t naturally the things I can do decrease?”

She didn’t bother to say that she wouldn’t go to the capital, but her conscience pricked her up and she said it differently to say with certainty that she would stick around the whole time.

She could break up anytime.

“Do you think so?”

Benjamin asked in surprise.

It’s true that she said it out of conscience, but it’s also true that Leone avoided her. So she nodded.

“Actually, it is true that Leone is uncomfortable with me right now. I don’t know why…”

She attended classes for two weeks, but Leone didn’t look at her or talk to her first. When class was over, he would leave the room in a hurry. When she spoke to him, he answered and made eye contact, but he never came from the other side first.

Then she got depressed and couldn’t talk to him… Far from getting closer again, they are only getting further apart.

“I think it became more and more like that after Mr. Benjamin came. Somehow, the education I do is not professional, so it seems that Leone realized my limitations and stopped treating me like a teacher or guardian.”

“…Yes?”

“Now that I’ve said it, I really don’t think Leone will ever need me.”

She spent two weeks staring blankly at Leone. Thoughts branched out in all directions. Did he ignore her? Had she been lowered in rank? No, that’s not it. Did that make he like Benjamin more? No, he did well in class, but she didn’t think he liked it…

Heck, that’s it!

After he met a good teacher like Benjamin, he came to think that Trixie was lacking. Like it or not, Benjamin’s classes were so much better that he’s avoiding her… Once she flowed in that direction, her thoughts multiplied endlessly.

Besides, when she asked why he was avoiding her, the word ‘not enough’ did come out first. She interpreted it favorably and worried, saying, ‘Leone, are you lacking?’, but in fact, that wasn’t the case.

‘You’re really good at it. Do you know how great it is to grow so fast? Genius, genius!’

‘Teacher… It’s not enough.’

‘What are you talking about?’

‘More… Well, I have to.’

After trying to figure out Leone’s words from the conversation that night, the puzzle came together.

‘Teacher, lacking, more, must do better’.

Leone wasn’t good at communication yet, so there was a good chance she was mistaken, so she interpreted it in a good way only for her.

‘Can’t you come next to me because you want to do better?’

‘… yes.’

The conversation that followed was also roughly in line. That she was in the way… that’s it Because she was a poor teacher. The gloom grew, grew, and now she was a little liberated. That’s right, she was not a veterinarian or a trainer, so if she had done that much, she had done well.

“I’m sorry that Leone is very uncomfortable with me.”

“Uncomfortable… You don’t think so, do you?”

“Everyone can see that he is avoiding me. Are you sure you didn’t feel it? He avoid me too openly.”

“Rather than avoiding you… Well. Anyway, Sir Leone, you must be having a hard time.”

Benjamin looked back and forth between me and Leone.

“Suddenly Sir Leone must be having a hard time?”

It was an absurd answer to jump out of the conversation they were having now.

“Is it me who is having a hard time?”

“Trixie would be able to spot it right away if she looked right into Sir Leone’s eyes.”

Benjamin’s speech was always so puzzling. It was obvious that he wouldn’t explain it anyway, so she adjusted it without thinking.

“Yes. Looking at his eyes now, it seems that the shirt is very uncomfortable.”

“That… I didn’t mean to read it like that, but… Well, that’s not wrong either.”

Leone sat in his chair with his shoes folded and his shirt buttoned. For almost a week, they didn’t give Leone any help. They didn’t chase after him with his shirt or put his shoes down and drag Leone’s feet.

It was based on Benjamin’s judgment that he was not ‘put on’, but ‘should be worn’. It is said that the resistance will be reduced if you repeat what you wear rather than what others wear. That was right.

“By the way, can you give Leone an easy way to button up?”

Leone lowered his hand as if he had buttoned up his buttons. Again, it was a mess. Even putting his arms in his shirt became quite natural, but it still seemed difficult to fasten the buttons. Leone’s bare chest and abs could be seen little by little between the shirts that were opened due to the staggered buttons. It was a sight to see every day. Even so, today, as expected, she felt like she had witnessed something very impure. More than when Leone just took off his clothes… A little bit to keep an eye on. It was as if she had become unscrupulous…

“I have a desire for Leone to lock the buttons well…”

As she let out a sigh in despair, Benjamin replied casually.

“He will learn it gradually.”

She raised her head and looked at him. How could that person look at that perfect body and be so calm. Even if he was a man, that body was a body that people of all ages would stare at, right?

“That… Mr. Benjamin.”

For some reason, she called out to Benjamin, trembling with resentment and he glanced at her. Benjamin standing right next to her met her gaze in midair. Surprisingly, they seemed to be standing quite close. It seemed to touch right in front of her nose.

“Closer.”

At that time, Leone said something. But she did want to see him at that moment. When she saw him, she felt like she had done something wrong.

But isn’t it the teacher’s job to listen to the students when they say something? She turned her head to Leone with a hard worker’s smile.

‘That’s a dog, not a man. That body is not a man’s body, but a statue. It is just a work of art. It’s just a strange sight where art works come to life, Trixie.’

“Leone, what did you say?”

Leone, who strode in front of her, bowed his waist. Then…

“Oh… !”

He hugged her.

The familiar scent of leaves emanated from the firm arms that had been bumping into each other for the first time in a long time. What’s wrong with the kid she hadn’t seen for 2 weeks all of a sudden?

“Leone, why, why?”

She was embarrassed and stuttered, but there was no answer to her question.

“Teacher.”

It was a sharp voice. Leone was looking at Benjamin. No, was it right to look? It looked like she was staring.

“Yes, Sir Leone.”

Benjamin was smirking at his menacing glances. Yes, it was that smirk.

“Street-.”

“Of course.”

The two men sometimes talked about things she couldn’t understand but they seemed to know. At first, she was curious and asked, but she quickly gave up on finding out because Benjamin smiled with an uncharacteristic grin on his face.

That face didn’t really suit Benjamin. He was a man with a sensitive impression, as if he would be stabbed just by touching him. With that kind of look, greasy smiles would only make her look shady.

“I promise to keep it. I did it.”

Two weeks. In just two weeks, Leone’s language skills developed very quickly. To the extent that she wondered if he had pretended not to know how to speak even though he knew how to speak. He understood most of the words he knew and he quickly absorbed words he didn’t know.

Now that he had reached the stage of combining words, he had come up with quite plausible sentences.

“Of course. My mistake is correct. So, let’s go.”

“… damn teacher.”

Leone’s swearing toward Adler continued on to Benjamin as well.

‘Hey, hey!’

“Leone. cursing is bad You can’t.”

“…”

She gave a firm voice. Leone looked down at her with eyes that made it hard to understand what he was thinking.

“Cheer up and come. Sir Leone.”

Benjamin opened his mouth again as if he didn’t pay attention to the chanting of Leone, who had acquired the damn teacher following the damn knight.

“Eh-.”

“Leone. You can’t use the ‘unwise’ method.”

He was used to fighting that was difficult to understand. What the hell was going on between the two of them? She didn’t think she would be able to hear the answer, so she gave up on asking questions and left it alone.

‘But I hate this.’

She was suspended in the air in Leone’s arms, caught between the two of them fighting hard. It was not a pleasant location to watch a fight.

“It doesn’t matter if you two talk, Leone. Can you drop me off?”

As she sighed, Leone’s gaze reached her.

“… Sorry.”

Leone handed her an apology, as if he knew she was in trouble, even if he didn’t understand it perfectly.

“There’s nothing to be sorry about, just let it go-“

“Let’s go.”

“No, come down-”

“Come on, Leone. Trixie.”

Leone hugged her and left the mansion.