Sadie is in a great mood these days. She always has a melting smile on her face like this. I ask her if something good has happened to her, but her answer is always the same: nothing.
I have asked Rico, Mei, Soleil, Matocal, and others, but they have no idea what she is talking about. I wondered if she might have given birth to a second child, but she said that was not the case.
"What's wrong, really? What are you so happy about?"
"Uh-huh, it's a secret."
When he told me it was a secret, I became even more curious. I know I shouldn't do that, but I always end up invoking my appraisal skills.
I looked into Sadie's past and was astonished. To sum up, she had been confessed to me by another man. He had proposed to marry her.
But don't worry. Probably, there will be no NTR.
Because the man she was with was a man named Karname, the third son of the King of Riosenthal. He was a student at Agartha University and was only 13 years old.
It is common for students in their early teens to enroll in Agartha University, especially royalty who have received gifted education from an early age, and many of them have the academic ability to keep up with university education even at the age of 13 to 14. In addition, among the royal family, many countries have a policy that the second and third sons, in particular, should be given higher education as they are responsible for the country rather than succeeding to the throne. For this reason, the age range of students at the University of Agartha is quite wide.
This Karuname, as usual, had come to Agartha with the expectation from his home country that he would be a suitable person to be in charge of his country. Nothing happened to him. He had assumed that Sidi was a girl of his own age.
My name is Karuname, and I am studying at Agartha University. Where are you a student?"
These were the words of Karuname when he first spoke to Sidi. As a man, I know exactly what he means. He had the courage to talk to Sidi. He spoke with such conviction that it was hard to believe that he was thirteen years old.
They met in the hallway of Agartha College. Sadie had been visiting the university from time to time to research with May and Serloitte on how to eradicate the Friendship Flower. She is not interested in the glittering costumes of royalty and prefers to wear rough, easy to move costumes when she goes out, like an adventurer. Moreover, even though she is a dwarf, she has made various efforts to straighten her hair and wear it in a ponytail. For this reason, the students apparently had no idea that Sidhi was a princess. In fact, when Karnamet talked to her, she was wearing pants and a shirt, which was in a sense a student's casual style. It was not hard to understand why Karnerme mistook Sidi for a student.
At first, however, Sidi did not know what he was talking about. She just smiled at him and left the place at a quick pace. After that, whenever Karuname saw Sidhi, he would greet him with a "good morning" or "hello". However, Sidi seemed to think that these were just greetings. No, as a boy, he was trying his best to shorten the distance between them. .......
Finally, three days ago, Karnerme gave Sidi a letter. Please read this," he said, his face turning red, which was very cute. And in the letter, there was a sentence like this.
I have fallen in love with you. Please marry me in the future."
...... sweet and sour. It's sweet and sour. I was so happy to know that there are boys who do this kind of thing nowadays. If my sons have a girl they like in the future, I highly recommend this kind of behavior. I don't know if girls will accept it or not.
When I asked Sadie about it, she blushed bright red and shook her body.
"That's right. ....... I never thought I would be mistaken for an early teenager. ....... What should I do? Do I look that young?"
I think you mean younger than young. Such words almost come out of my mouth, but I swallow them with a desperate effort. The day I say such a thing, he will probably not speak to me for a while.
"By the way, what are you going to do? About the boy."
What do you mean?
"We can't just leave it like this."
"Uh, ......, I know, right?"
He was so happy to be mistaken for someone his own age that he had no idea what would happen next. It was decided that some sort of response would have to be given to him, but even Sadie's brain could not come up with a good answer.
"I'm sorry. My name is Considie, wife of Linos, King of Agartha. I am just before fifty years old.
If I told him that, his heart would be shattered. Don't say such a thing. Then what should I say? As we were thinking about it, Gon came to us. When he heard what we had to say, he said something like this
"It would be better if you didn't show your face at Agartha University for a while, Sidhi-sama. If you don't see him, you'll forget about it, I'm sure.
No, that's not good enough. A boy who has gathered up his courage must be given a proper answer. Otherwise, he may distrust women. I ask Sadie to somehow make a good rejection.
"...... Hmmm, that's a tough one. I have to say no without saying < and without hurting his feelings, don't I? Hmmm, let me think about it for a while."
Sadie said and went back to her room.
It was the next day when Sadie came to me saying that she would give me a reply. She seemed to have reached a consensus in her mind on what to say. After breakfast she left the house with the same expression on her face as usual.
"Don't worry. Sadie will do fine.
Rico smiled at her, as if he had seen the worry on her face.
"It's still a wonder, isn't it?"
"Strange? What is it?"
"It's strange that Linos would be so worried about a boy like that."
"I don't know."
"You are not related to me. ....... Even though he is a child, he is right to be angry. ......"
"I don't know if it's like that. I just can't seem to let it go."
I was remembering my first love in a previous life. When I was in the fifth grade, I had a hard time telling the girl I liked how I felt about her. But the boy who told Sadie how he felt must have really liked her. It would be difficult to respond to his pure feelings, but somehow I wanted to leave him with good memories. Well, I am willing to forgive her if she goes on a date with me at least once.
While I was thinking about that, Sadie came back. It had been only about thirty minutes since he had left the house.
"What's wrong, you didn't see him?"
"No. I did. I made sure to tell him."
"Well, what did you say?"
"It's difficult," he said. I can't help you now. I told him.
"...... What did he say?"
"He apologized. I'm sorry I fell in love with you."
"You really liked Sadie, didn't you?"
Yes. I was a little happy.
"I see."
"But my gut feeling is that he's going to make a very good marriage. I think he's going to meet a much better woman than me and they're going to have a family that people will envy."
"If Sadie says so, then I guess so. Thank you for your hard work."
She smiled at him, said she was going to her workshop, and left the house again.