Chapter 48
After finishing lunch and waiting for a little while, the private tutor arrived.
Earlier, the etiquette teacher had been a rather strict woman, but this time it was a young man. He looks like a serious person.
“Nice to meet you. I am Andrium from the Imperial Palace Accounting Department. I’ll be assisting with your studies as your tutor.”
“It’s a pleasure to meet you. I’m Tiana Aster. I look forward to learning from you.”
He doesn’t have a family name, so he’s probably not a noble.
But the Imperial Accounting Department—that means he must be really smart. They’re the ones who manage the budgets for each division. Basically, like the Ministry of Finance in my previous life.
Still…
“Sir Andrium, even though you’re a government official, are you allowed to have a side job?”
Ah—shoot. I messed up.
This isn’t Japan. The laws in this world could be completely different.
Besides, what eight-year-old asks about employment laws?
“You’re very knowledgeable, my lady. In some countries, that is indeed prohibited, but in the Empire, as long as one obtains permission, side work as an instructor is allowed.”
(She’s knowledgeable about bureaucracy and the law… Is it just coincidence, or is she really intelligent?)
Andrium thought to himself.
“I see. Thank you for answering my question.”
“Also, even though I work at the palace, I come from a commoner background. You don’t need to use formal speech with me—just call me ‘teacher.’”
“Understood, Teacher Andrium. But I’ll still speak politely.”
Even if he’s hired to teach me, I just can’t bring myself to talk casually like that.
“I see. Well then, since introductions are over, let’s begin today’s lesson. I’ll need a moment to prepare before we start studying, so please wait a bit.”
Saying that, the teacher took some papers and a sheet with drawings from his bag.
“First, to determine the appropriate level for our future lessons, I’d like you to take a simple intelligence test. Please look closely at this picture.”
“All right.”
He handed me a picture—was that a mother and her friend talking face-to-face? Oh, and there’s a child eating on the floor. What kind of test is this supposed to be?
“Looking at this picture, what can you tell me about it?”
Huh? So I just answer freely? That’s a little tricky.
“The mother and her friend are talking, and the child is eating.”
“So, you think they’re family? Which woman do you think is the child’s mother?”
He asked me to confirm whether I thought they were parent and child. Maybe they’re not?
“Hmm… I think the child is watching their parent while eating, so the woman sitting on the left is probably the mother.”
“I see. Thank you. That will be all for this section. Next, we’ll move on to the written test.”
I wonder if my answer was okay.
What kind of written test will it be?
It’s probably something involving calculations… but I can’t help feeling a little nervous.
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