VCAM 34

Chapter 34

“An Overly Luxurious Breakfast and a Young Lady Acting Like a Mistress”
【Kai and Luthia’s Summer Vacation Arc ③】

After finishing dinner, Lady Eleonora spoke quietly.

“Kai-sensei, from tonight onward, it’s perfectly fine for you to stay in the same room as Luthia.”

“Wha…!?”
Kai nearly fell off his chair.

“P-Please wait, milady! That one thing… I can’t—!”

Luthia nodded as if it were obvious.
“Yes, of course. After all, we are husband and wife, so sharing the same room—”
“We’re not married yet! That’s a line I’m not crossing!”

Kai desperately waved his hands and raised his voice.

“As both a teacher and a man, this is a boundary I must never cross! I absolutely insist on sleeping in the guest room!”

The servants’ eyes widened, and even Lady Eleonora couldn’t help but smile.
“You’re very earnest… but that’s precisely why you’re trustworthy.”

In the end, the luxurious guest room in one corner of the duke’s mansion became Kai’s room.

However—

“…But I’ll be the one to come get you every morning, okay?”
When Luthia said that, even Kai fell silent.

“…Well, I guess that’s unavoidable.”
“Yes, it’s decided.”

At that moment, Luthia smiled triumphantly.

◆◇◆

The next morning.

Kai opened his eyes lazily on a luxurious bed.
Sunlight streamed through the white curtains.
“…Not a dream, huh. Am I really in a duke’s mansion?”

And then, at that moment…

Click! The door opened.
“Good morning, dear!”

Luthia entered with a cheerful smile.
She wore a white nightgown with a thin robe over it. Her long hair was perfectly in place, without a single bedhead, looking like a princess at a ball.

“W-Why are you dressed like that!?”
“Because I’ve come to wake you, of course. It’s my duty as your lady.”
“I said I’m not your husband!”

Luthia sat on the bed without hesitation and pulled the blanket.
“Come on, wake up. Breakfast will get cold.”
“Whoa, hey! That’s rough! I’m weak when I just wake up!”

She forced him upright and ran her hands through his hair.
“Hehe, your bedhead is so cute.”
“Don’t call me cute! I’m a man!”
“Yes, you’re my cute husband.”
“LISTEN TO ME—!”

◆◇◆

After getting ready, the two headed to the dining room.
A lavish breakfast was laid out across a long table:
fragrant bread, golden omelets, herb-covered sausages, and fresh fruit.

“Wow… it’s like a buffet.”
“Byu…buffet?”
“Whatever, but don’t overeat first thing in the morning.”

As they sat, Luthia naturally took the seat next to him.
She picked up a knife and fork, tore some bread, and placed it on Kai’s plate, cutting up the sausage and offering it to him.

“Here, say ‘ah’.”
“Who’s going to say ‘ah’!?”
“It’s my duty as your lady.”
“How many times are you going to say that!?”

The butler and maids watching giggled quietly.
“Well, what a harmonious couple.”
“Like a newlywed morning.”

“We’re not newlyweds! I’m just a temporary teacher!”
Kai desperately denied it, but the sausage pressed into his mouth was exquisite.

Luthia became even more enthusiastic.
“Darling, have some milk too. It’ll make your bones stronger.”
“I’m not a child!”
“No, you’re just a big child.”
“Big child?! I’m an over-180cm grown man!”

Still, he reluctantly drank the glass she handed him, drawing yet more impressed murmurs from the onlookers.

As breakfast came to an end, his brothers Wilhelm and Julius entered.
“…You two are quite close this morning.”
“Yesterday he stubbornly refused to share a room, and now it’s like you’re a married couple.”

“It’s not! This is forced! Luthia is out of control!”
“Hehe, it’s not out of control—it’s love.”
“Don’t just call it love—!”

Finally, Lady Eleonora appeared, smiling.
“Kai-sensei, seeing you like this, you truly are like one of the family.”

Kai buried his face in his hands and sighed deeply.
(This is bad… Everyone in this house is trying to make me their son-in-law…!)

And so, Kai’s “summer vacation at the duke’s mansion” began, completely at the mercy of a young lady acting like the mistress of the house from the very morning.