Picking Up
After that, I was somehow able to appreciate the atmosphere of the evening party a bit longer, but thinking that I should be fine by now, I decided to leave the venue behind and went to pick up Allen and Elena .
Of course, I have received Tristan-sama and Matthias-san’s permission .
“”Onii~chan!””
When I entered the room where the children were being taken care of, the two vigorously jumped at me .“”Welcome back~””
“I’m back . Were you waiting for me obediently?”
“Yup, Allen was a good boy!”
“Elena also was a good girl!”
“I see . You were good children~”
Allen and Elena were appealing that they waited while being good kids, so I praised the two lots while patting their heads .
“Huh? That reminds me, where’s Julius-sama?”“It was time for Julius-sama to sleep, so he was taken to his bedroom . ”
Just I found it strange that I had not seen Julius-sama together with Allen and Elena, Isaac-san filled me in .
“Is that so? How unlucky of me . I wanted to meet him…”
“If it’s you, you will definitely have another opportunity, Takumi-san . ”
I was not able to see Julius-sama when I brought Allen and Elena here, but I had not the luck even this time . He’s Austin-sama and Aurora-sama’s child, so I believe that he surely is a lovely child, but… I wasn’t able to confirm it .
“Are you two not sleepy?”
“”Is fine~!””
The time has already reached the time for children to sleep, but Allen and Elena don’t seem to be sleepy at all today .
“Thank you very much for today, Isaac-san . I hope there were no problems?”
“Everything was fine . The two were obedient and looked after Julius-sama . ”
“Eh, is that so?”
Hearing that Allen and Elena looked after a young child, I was surprised a little .
“Yes . Yes they read him a picture book very wonderfully . ”
“Heeh~ you read him a picture book, huh~ Aren’t you two amazing~!”
“”Ehehe~””
Hearing that Allen and Elena were not only obedient but even read Julius-sama a picture book, I was very impressed . When I praised them once more, the two laughed bashfully .
“Rather than that, Takumi-san!”
“Yes?”
But suddenly, Isaac-san looked serious, so I was wondering what he was going to say .
“The children read the book as if acting out a theater performance, was it you who have taught them?”
“…… Eh?”
He was making a serious face, so I was wondering what it was about, but it was about the way they read the book .
As if acting out a theater performance, he said . Isn’t he exaggerating a bit?
“… No, I only taught them how to read normally, I did not do something like that . ”
“Is that so? It was quite terrific, you know?”
“Eh? That much!?”
“Yes, their performance was nearly bringing the scenes to life . ”
“……”
Looking at Isaac-san’s expression, he wasn’t joking .
Watching me and Isaac-san having such a conversation, the two looked up at us as if asking “Are we amazing?”
“When did you manage to learn something like that? How incredible~”
“Obaasama did . ”
“Teach us~”
“”Eh?””
Hearing Allen and Elena’s words, Isaac-san and I raised our voices in surprise .
“Obaasama? Eh, Rebecca-san taught you that?”
“”Yeah . ””
“W, when did she manage that…”
Since living at the Ruven house, Allen and Elena certainly weren’t sticking to me all the time and spent some time with Rebecca-san too, but… it shouldn’t be that long .
In that short time, Rebecca-san managed to teach the two a way of reading that impressed Isaac-san so much?
“To teach them something like that without you even noticing… Madam Rebecca is quite a lady of character, isn’t she~”
“… Indeed . ”
There have already been several occasions Rebecca-san jumped the gun on me . Clothes with animal ears and even the preparations for this evening party . She makes me admire her skills on every occasion .
But well, she’s not a bad influence on Allen and Elena, so… let’s leave it at that .
“So you two are so skillful at reading books, huh~ Will you read your Oniichan the next time?”
“”Yeah, will read~””
“I see . Then, please do so . ”
A way of reading that impressed Isaac-san . I look forward to it .
“Shall we return then? Allen, Elena, give your thanks to Isaac-san . ”
“”Yup, thank you~””
“Thank you very much . I will prepare something to thank you the next time . ”
“Nono, I was just doing my job . Rather than preparing something to thank me with, won’t you visit our home the next time? Elder brother is eager to see you . ”
I see, because of the social season, Cedric-san must have come to the Capital!
What bad luck . I wasn’t able to meet him at the evening party .
“Then, he came with Theodore-kun and Latis-kun too?”
“Yes, the two want to see you as well . ”
Theodore-kun and Latis-kun apparently came with him to the Capital .
“Allen, Elena, Theodore-kun and Latis-kun want to see you! Do you want to visit them?”
“”Want! Tomorrow~?””
“Nono, tomorrow wouldn’t be possible . I will contact them and we will then decide on the day, so it would be a few days later . ”
“”Ehh~””
When I told Allen and Elena that they would be able to see Theodore-kun and Latis-kun, the two were obviously delighted .
However, understanding that they won’t be able to see them today or tomorrow, they got dejected .
“Fufu . I will make sure to let Elder brother know, so let’s see~… how about three days later at the noon?”
“There are no problems for us . ”
“I will tell him that then . ”
“Yes, please . ”
Seems like we will be able to see Cedric-san’s family sooner than I thought .
“Well then, it’s dark outside, so be careful on your way back . ”
“Yes, we understand . ”
Like this, my social debut (?) somehow ended with various happenings and an unexpected reunion .
