“Mom said that I naturally have the responsibility to educate my younger brother.”

“It’s not responsibility; it’s already. You idiot, isn’t it? (It’s not responsibility; it’s already. Are you stupid?)”

Cassis, annoyed, flicked his short arm as if it were irritating.

However, to children under ten, even a one-year age difference is quite significant.

As a seven-year-old Cassis, it was impossible to catch up with the strength of the ten-year-old Derek no matter how hard he tried.

“Let go! Jeez!”

“Shush. Ebebe.”

“Oh, really! Stop! Jjeom! (Oh, really! A little!)”

The maid of the viscount, who was passing through the corridor carrying a lot of blankets, rescued the struggling Cassis.

“Oh my, Young Master Derek!”

“Oops…! Anna!”

Derek, who had teased Cassis, let go with a slightly awkward expression. Cassis irritably rubbed his reddened cheek.
“Young Master, were you bothering Young Master Cassis again?”

“Bo- bothering. I was just playing with my little brother who looked bored.”

“Lies, Anna.”

Cassis quickly interjected.

“Look at my cheek. It’s like this because he pinched me.”

“Oh my.”

Anna was surprised and rushed to Cassis.

“Oh my, it looks like he pinched you hard. You turned really red.”

“Really? That’s why you should tell him to go to his room quickly.”

“What? I don’t want to! Being alone in my room is too boring!”

Derek shouted with an unjust look on his face.

However, Anna knelt in front of Derek with a smiling face.

“Young Master Derek.”

“Uh, yeah?”

There was a sense of pressure in her smiling face.

Derek started sweating nervously.

“Madam Viscountess ordered that Young Master should absolutely not come out. Let’s go back to the room quickly. Okay?”

“Can’t I just stay here?”

“No.”

“Ugh…”

In the end, Derek was dragged back to his room by Anna.

Even while walking, he couldn’t help but glance several times at Cassis, full of regret.

Cassis lifted a book he was reading with a relieved expression.

“Now it’s finally quiet.”

Flip.

The pages turned.

Cassis, who was closing the door and touching the paper quietly, suddenly looked out the window and muttered.

“How does she look…”

Although he pretended not to be interested in Derek, he was still an unavoidable kid.

The carriage adorned with the emblem of the Lysianthe Count stopped in front of the Viscount’s house.

Due to the social gathering, carriages from various families were lined up in front of Viscount Hyacinth’s house, and among them, the emblem of the Count’s house was conspicuously visible.

“I will assist you as you descend, Lady Hilton.”

“Oh, thank you.”

A knight guarding the Viscount’s door reached out.

A long, slender white hand emerged from the carriage. Next was the flowing golden hair.

“Thank you.”

“It was just something that should be done.”

The middle-aged knight showed a proud expression at the well-mannered greeting from the noble lady.

“Bonita, come here.”

“Yes.”

A small voice was heard from inside the carriage. The eyes of the knight who had been looking at Aria widened.

“Ugh.”

Surprisingly.

The knight who saw Bonita, embraced by Aria, instinctively covered his mouth.

Bonita’s round and gentle eyes blinked. Like a baby rabbit, the girl stared at him for a moment and then spoke.

“Hello, sir.”

“Uh, yes. Hello, Miss.”

Thanks to her, the knight responded a beat later. It was because he was a bit taken aback.

But… But!

‘She’s too cute!’

The knight, also the father of a family, naturally liked children. Even more so when the girl reminded him of his ten-year-old daughter at home.

He smiled broadly and shook hands with Bonita.

“I hope you have a delightful time playing today, little lady.”

“Yes!”
It was irresistibly cute the way she responded promptly.

The knight looked at Bonita, who was holding the noblewoman’s hand and walking briskly, with eyes full of regret.

However, the knight did not know.

He didn’t know what the little girl he was looking at with a content gaze was saying right now.

“Mom.”

“Yeah?”

“That sir seems to be feeling happy about something.”

“Right. What do you think it is, Bonita?”

Aria asked with anticipation.

Cute and charming answers that children might give popped into her head.

Maybe he found candy, or he likes kids, or something cute and charming like that.

However, Bonita gave an answer completely different from Aria’s expectations.

“I think he might be receiving additional allowances.”

“…What?”

Uh, huh?

Aria’s brain came to a halt.

As she blinked in confusion, Bonita spoke with a serious expression.

“Mother really liked it whenever she received additional allowances. Every time, she bought meat. So, I like additional allowances.”

“Oh, I see.”

Aria replied with a subtle tone.

The corners of her mouth twitched awkwardly.

It was fortunate that Bonita couldn’t see her expression.

“Does Mom also like additional allowances?”

However, with the following direct hit, Aria thought with a blank expression.

‘I should be careful with my words in front of Bonita.’

Children, indeed, learn quickly.