When had she last enjoyed such delightful tea? Aelfrie momentarily forgot even the pain and savored the taste and aroma of the tea.
Calon silently observed her as she did so.
‘I lied.’
Before coming to Denertum, Calon had sought a manners teacher from Denertum and studied the local etiquette.
Not only greetings but also everything from meals to tea ceremonies and party manners.
He remembered the teacher who taught him manners. A teacher who greatly emphasized posture, but compared to Aelfrie sitting in front of him now, he felt like he should be the student.
Aelfrie herself seemed intoxicated by the fragrance and did not realize it, but every movement, the way she was sitting, handling the teacup, even the act of drinking, was full of grace.
‘She cannot be a commoner of Denertum.’
A country where the difference between nobles and commoners is especially profound. Thanks to that, even now, the Ash Merchant Association had many restrictions in expanding their business. Because the owner of the upperlevel store was a ‘commoner’ of the Empire.
There’s no way a commoner in such a country would receive such an education.
‘But seeing that she does not mention her family when speaking her name… she must not want to reveal it.’
Calon continued to examine Aelfrie.
The clothes she was wearing seemed neat, but the sleeves showed several traces of mending.
His gaze slowly rose. At that moment, he turned his head sharply, seeing Aelfrie’s face smiling slightly at the aroma of the tea.
Round forehead. The long eyelashes covering her warmlooking brown eyes sparkled in the sunlight.
It was nothing special. Just a woman quietly enjoying her tea.
But for some reason, he suddenly felt embarrassed.
Calon, not understanding his own behavior, turned his head again. He needed to observe this woman more.
However, unlike before, Aelfrie was now looking directly at him.
“Do you have something to say?”
“Ah, well…”
For a moment, Calon’s mind went blank. Normally, he would have smoothly diverted the conversation, but strangely, the words did not come easily. Then he unintentionally asked about something he had been paying attention to.
“Was this book not difficult for you?”
“Ah!”
Aelfrie’s eyes widened at the sight of the small book he pulled from his pocket. She had forgotten about the book due to the mess of the letter paper. Calon returned the book to Aelfrie and spoke.
“The laws of Lehman[Dash]Karthi are still somewhat…”
At that moment, Aelfrie abruptly stood up and exclaimed.
“You know the laws of Lehman[Dash]Karthi?”
(This is the time separator.)
This wasn’t part of the plan.
Calon thought as he looked in front of him.
Tea and snacks brought by Nisha were piled up at the corner of the wide table. Originally they were in the middle, but now the spot was occupied by papers with complex formulas and graphs, pens, and ink.
And across from him, Aelfrie was looking at him with sparkling eyes, unable to hide her excitement.
A little earlier, when their eyes met, and he didn’t know what to say, he blurted out something he was curious about.
The reaction Aelfrie showed afterward was tremendous.
Until then, Aelfrie had been quite quiet. She did not make a big fuss about her injury, and her voice and actions seemed very cautious.
But the moment Calon mentioned the economic law in the book, her face became like a thirsty person who had found a river.
Then she almost begged him to explain it to her if he knew about it.
So pitiful was her plea that even Nisha, momentarily confused, nudged Calon’s side with her elbow and sent him a look that said, ‘What are you doing? Explain it quickly when she’s begging like that.’
Because of that, the conference room of the Ash Merchant Association had become an impromptu economics classroom.
Understandably, Calon knew very well what the Lehman[Dash]Karthi law he mentioned was.
The principles that summarized ten indicators that showed signs of a duchy’s bankruptcy.
Originally, it was Calon who handed over the duchy’s data to the imperial economists.
He separately funded the research, entrusted the analysis of the data, and thanks to that, was this not the law that emerged?
He didn’t know it himself, but Aelfrie had found the best teacher.
At first, Calon didn’t know where to start or end in teaching Aelfrie, so he asked her what part of the book she didn’t understand, and conversely, how far she understood.
The answer was beyond his expectations. In fact, once Aelfrie understood that law, she would understand the whole book.
Then Calon’s lessons began.
Could there be a virtue as important as the student’s will to learn? In that sense, Aelfrie was the best student.
Calon thought he had no talent in teaching others.
But from the moment he started explaining to Aelfrie, he thought that he might be okay to be a professor at the academy when he returned to the empire.
It was because Aelfrie absorbed everything he taught.
“Then about this part, if you apply the previous formula, the result is different, why isn’t it mentioned differently?”
Top Celebrity Younger Brother Bears Her Child (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: Forced to live stream romance with a top celebrity in a female-dominant world.
Yan Jin transmigrated into a brothel, with a fellow transmigrated junior beside her.
Hearing the obscene words coming from outside, the unfortunate junior covered his ears tightly, his cheeks flushed red, and whispered to comfort her, “Don’t worry, I will definitely help you escape.”
“Don’t worry, I will definitely defend your chastity.” Yan Jin looked at the flawless and delicate features of the unfortunate junior and gently comforted, “Because we have transmigrated into a female-dominant world.”
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Top celebrity Yu Shu suddenly fell into a coma during a concert.
Research scientist Yan Jin fainted in the lab after working overtime.
Two people with no connection were rushed to the same hospital.
Three days later, neither of them had woken up.
Suddenly, the entire nation discovered that a live streaming app had been forcibly installed on their phones.
Upon opening it, they heard the two discussing how to escape from the brothel.
The entire internet was in an uproar.
After the two successfully escaped from the brothel, Yu Shu’s fan group rushed to make a banner and sent it to the hospital overnight.
“Big sister bravely took action to defend the chastity of our idol!”
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When Yu Shu was diagnosed with pregnancy, Yan Jin stared at his belly for a long time.
Covering his stomach, he muttered gloomily, “If you don’t like it, I’ll go get an abortion.”
“It’s not that I don’t like it.” Yan Jin hugged Yu Shu and said softly, “I just feel like I’m not human.”
Yu Shu comforted Yan Jin, “I was already an adult when we got together.”
Yan Jin hesitated, “But you won’t be of legal marriageable age even after giving birth to the child.”
At the same time, a flood of bullet comments appeared in the live streaming room that the two couldn’t see.
[Although it’s inappropriate, I also want a young and handsome boyfriend to have my child.]
①Male pregnancy (highlighted)
The female lead is five years older than the male lead, and the male lead is already an adult when he appears.
