Episode 20
Netzal-sama had gone out to gather materials for alchemy, so I had some free time for the first time in a while.
Right now, I had cast Support Magic on myself and was doing practice swings in the garden.
A single carriage came in through the gate and pulled up to the mansion’s entrance.
My interest piqued, I peeked over, and the ones getting out of the carriage were my older brothers and sisters who attend the academy in the Royal Capital.
I stored the weapon I was using for practice swings in my Item Box and ran over to them.
“Onii-sama. Onee-sama. Welcome back.”
“Claude, we’re home. You’ve gotten bigger in the short time we haven’t seen you.”
Fahrenheit-niisama patted my head.
“Onii-sama, that’s not fair! I want to pat him too.”
My eldest sister, Alicia-neesama, hugged me.
“I know Claude is cute, but shall we go inside the mansion?”
The one who urged us to go inside the mansion was my second older brother, Klaus-niisan.
Following the flow of things, I followed my older brothers and sisters towards Father-sama’s study.
Fahrenheit-niisama, acting as our representative, knocked on the door.
A voice granting permission to enter was heard, and we all entered the room.
“Father-sama. We have returned safely from the academy.”
“I’m glad to see all your faces. I’d like to hear all about your stories right away, but I have a lot of work piled up. Perhaps you can tell me during lunch?”
“Understood. Excuse us.”
After leaving the study, we naturally headed to the living room.
In the living room, Mother Licia was waiting, having prepared tea.
“It’s good to see you all back. Come over here and tell me all about it.”
We all gathered around, and I listened to my older brothers and sisters talk about their experiences at the academy.
There were stories like Klaus-niisama achieving good results in the martial arts tournament, and how my second older sister, Iris-neesama, even had a fan club formed by her admirers.
“We want to hear Claude’s stories too, not just ours. You had your Baptism this year, didn’t you? How were the results?”
I had been told not to show my Stats carelessly, so I looked at Mother-sama for confirmation, and she nodded.
“Stats Open.”
Iris-neesama, who was next to me, immediately peeked over.
“My, what amazing Stats you’ve been blessed with.”
One after another, my older sisters and brothers also checked my Stats.
“They’re so incredible, it’s beyond jealousy.”
“Mother-sama. What is the situation with Claude’s education?”
“At first, I had asked Kallion-san of the Knight Order, but he said there was nothing more he could teach, so now Sage Netzal-sama is teaching him magic and alchemy.”
“The demon instructor Kallion, and Sage Netzal-sama, huh. How did you even manage to find someone like Netzal-sama?”
“About that, I can only say we were very lucky.”