Side story 5 - Noble wives’ tea party, again (1/2)

“Really, Claes-sama’s daughter is so wonderful. The other students call her saint-sama, and it seems that she has many admirers.”

Once a month, we would have a noble wives’ tea party. When I heard another parent telling me this, at first I thought I had misheard something.

But when I asked to make sure, I got the same reply again…… I concluded that she must have gotten confused with someone else.

The reason being, I only have one daughter. And, that daughter of mine is a problem child that always leaves me wondering how on earth I raised her to be like this.

Even though she’s from a noble family, a duke’s daughter on top of that, she climbs trees while still wearing a dress, wears work clothes and plows a field, and picks up food to eat from the garden, she’s really such a no-good helpless daughter.

If it was said that there was a problem such as a monkey at the school, without a doubt, my daughter would be the first thing that comes to mind…… There’s no way that a girl being called a saint could be my daughter. However……

“Uhh, could it be that you’ve mistaken someone else for my daughter?”

“No, not at all. There’s no mistake that it’s Katarina Claes-sama. In truth, my daughter is also a member of the Katarina-sama fan club.”

“……Er, there’s something like a fan club?”

“Yes, it’s not an official club or anything, but it’s still pretty popular, it seems that there’s quite a lot of people in it.”

I was too surprised that involuntarily, my mouth just hung open wide agape and I had a blank look as I stood there frozen still.

Unbelievable, there’s no way! Why is there a fan club for that no-good daughter of mine! What’s so lovely about that monkey daughter of mine!? Maybe, they’ve gotten her confused with Keith……

While it’s rather regrettable about my actual daughter, I really like my stepson Keith, he’s grown up to be such a wonderful and talented son of mine. So I thought they mixed her up with Keith, and got confirmation over and over again, but…… It seems that without a doubt, it’s about my daughter, Katarina.

Anyways, the stories I heard from the other ladies about my daughter Katarina, were all stories about a different Katarina than the one I knew.

She likes to admire plants? No, she’s certainly good at climbing trees, but it’s just to pick fruits off the branches and eat them…… She’s liked by animals? No, she’s always barked at by dogs, and it seems that she’s even chased by them sometimes…… I don’t think that she’s very liked by them at all……

I couldn’t believe that these stories were about my daughter at all……

……Maybe, the no-good helpless daughter that I know is only one facet to her personality, and she’s really a splendid saint like what I’m hearing from the stories?

Luckily, my daughter was about to return from school for a short vacation soon. When she returned, I made up my mind to discover the truth.

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“Alright~, one, two!”