Volume 3 Chapter 5 Part 2 (1/2)
Volume 3 Chapter 5 Part 2
Translator: Kurehashi Aiko Editor: Queenie
「First of all, grab the first flower and wrap the next one around it. Just like that, you see?」
Each of the children struggled earnestly to mimic my movements in order to make their own flower crowns.
「Yes, yes, good. Just like that. Now please continue to wrap the flowers just like that, until eventually it forms a closed ring. You see? It’s now completed!」
I connect the two ends of my crown together, and then place it at the top of my head. Seeing that, the children proceeded to work even harder to make the crowns all of their own.
After a while, one of the girls stood up and walked to the young man who was standing under the tree some distance from us, and extended her hands to him while holding her flower crown in them. The man watched her with utmost curiosity.
「…… What is it?」
He asked the girl, and her words must have startled the little girl, for she started to shiver just like a small animal would. Still, she didn’t put her hands down.
「Mister Knight, please accept this gift!」
「……………… For me?」
The young knight’s eyes glowed with surprise upon hearing this. He looked at the girl who kept presenting her crown to him, and although you couldn’t exactly tell it at first glance, you could say that she must have been extremely nervous right about now.
He then kneeled in front of the girl and took the crown from her shivering fingers.
「…… Thank you.」
The man thanked the girl in an awkward manner and flashed her a smile, to which the girl’s cheeks turned bright red. Ohh, I think that I’m seeing something rather interesting. For that man to show a genuine smile like that.
Seeing that, the other children stopped working on their crowns and raised their voices in unison, shouting ‘That’s not fair!’ at the girl.
「That’s not fair, Pamela! I wanted to give my crown to Mister Knight as well!」
「Me too!」
「Me too!」
「Me as well!」
Not only girls, but boys as well get up and run towards the man, offering him their crowns one after another.
Now that I think about it, that man looked as though it was his first time at a festival like that.
Even as I am now, I would be still too embarrassed to do something like that, and I continue to gaze as the man receiving crown after crown from the children while looking puzzled. At the same time, His Highness Klanven sat next to me together with Liliana, the little girl from earlier. He was also wearing a flower crown on top of his head.
「It seems that Edilka is rather popular.」
「I see that you have a keen eye when it comes to people, Your Highness.」
Apparently the children’s favor was currently split between His Highness Klanven and that man. A beautiful appearance seems to attract people regardless of age, and it is something that I’m quite envious about.
I keep looking at that man with envy in my eyes, who right now looked completely unfamiliar to me, all restless and confused.
With both the blonde knight Edilka Vince and His Highness Klanven present, the children were clearly torn in between them, not knowing what to do…… It was the worst kind of situation, one that was quite daunting. It is in those situations that men tend to bond the most with one another. I’m so jealous of the obliviousness of these children, not knowing who that man really is.
Haa, I unconsciously let out a sigh just like that.
「…… What is it, Your Highness?」
Squish, His Highness Klanven pokes my cheek with his finger and then smiles brightly. For some reason he looked to me as though he was making fun of me.
「I never thought that you would get jealous over something like this.」
「I’m not jealous. If anything, I might envy them just a little bit.」
「Hmm, is that really so?」
He removes his finger from my cheek, and then His Highness Klanven laughs. I can’t stand that he was able to read me just like an open book.
When I turned my eyes away from His Highness Klanven, I could see a completed flower crown right in front of my eyes. Looking down in surprise, I could see a five-years-old boy holding his flower crown to me with his small hands.
「Oh my? What’s wrong?」
Was it that he didn’t understand something? However, the crown in his hands seemed to be completed, so that was probably not the case here. I leaned closer to lend him my ear, but he only extended his crown closer to my face.
「Nee-chan, I want to give this to you!」
Oho, oho? Now won’t you look at this. I can feel my face blushing as my lips unconsciously smile. I lower my head towards the boy.
「Thank you so much, it makes me really happy. Can you put it on my head?」
Although it was difficult to say whether or not it was a good compliment, he did try his best at making that crown. The boy smiles even brighter as he puts the flower crown on my head.
「It’s the day of the long awaited festival! Nee-chan, I shall offer this flower crown to you!」
「Oh dear, that makes me so happy……!?」
At that moment, the boy’s figure disappeared from my sight. I look up and see that man approaching us from the side, coming through the waves of children. Once he arrived at our side, he put his hand on the boy’s shoulder.
「Edilka-sama, what are you doing? Let him go. Let him go, I said!」
「I’m sorry, but I think it’s already too late for this little guy.」
「E, Edilka-sama?! Your Highness, please make him stop this madness……」
「Fufu, do I smell something interesting brewing in the air?」
「Your Highness, I beg of you, please make it stop right this instant!」