Chapter 7 – The touchable eastern tribe (1/2)

The Next Day

Loran Academy

Looking at the middle-aged man standing in front of her, Rosie was shocked and delighted.

“Afu, why did you come?”

The man was dressed in a pure black formal attire and was well groomed. Although the middle-aged man’s hairline had obviously receded and several strands of white hair had climbed up his sideburns, it was still difficult to conceal his steadfast gaze.

In the face of Rosie’s inquiries, the man bent down and bowed respectfully.

“Miss, were you alright by yourself? You must have suffered quite a bit, right?” (TN: He calls her eldest daughter, similar to ojou-sama except it specifically refers to the eldest. I’m just going to go with Miss cause using Eldest daughter each time sounds weird)

“It was alright…” Rosie was a bit embarrassed. “Did you come all that way just to ask that?”

“Miss, you don’t have to suffer anymore.” Afu said with a smile. “From now on, let me take care of you.”

“Huh?” Rosie almost fell.

“What’s wrong Miss, didn’t you hear me?”

“I think you’re the one who didn’t hear me!” For some reason, Rosie suddenly exploded and chided loudly. “I’ve already said that while I’m at Loran Academy, I don’t need you guys to take care of me! Are you deaf or are you an idiot? Get out of here, stop trying to curry favor with me, I won’t fall for that!”

Afu’s smile was instantly frozen.

“Miss, thi-, this is master’s order. I can’t help it.” Afu said awkwardly. “Master is really worried about you. Loran Academy is concealing many talented individuals. He’s afraid that you will suffer, so he sent me to protect you…”

“That stinky old man?” as soon as that person was mentioned, Rosie’s face changed drastically. “Hmph, Afu, go back and tell him that I appreciate his kindness, and to not meddle with me anymore! I’m not a kid, I don’t need his protection, I’m almost an adult!”

“Miss, this is master’s kindness…”

“Kindness? Don’t try to trick me! He must have once again taken a liking to some family’s young master, and intends to make me go and be their slave!” Rosie couldn’t help but shout.

“This…” Afu had a head full of cold sweat.

It seems that miss still bears grudges regarding the previous incident. Afu thought.

This isn’t entirely her fault, as master did indeed handle that matter inadequately. The Childe household not only had a large business but a large family as well, including dozens of children and grandchildren. Although Rosie was master’s favorite daughter, there were inevitably times where he didn’t thoroughly think things through.

However, the misunderstanding that time was too big and became a huge joke. It gave Miss Rosie a mental trauma that was difficult to heal. Therefore, master sent him to take care of the young lady as atonement.

But he screwed up as soon as he got here. He couldn’t just dejectedly return like this, right?

“Miss.” Afu quickly got an idea and changed the subject. “You don’t seem to be in a good mood today. Did someone make you angry?”

“Yeah, you!” Rosie turned her head and ignored him.

Upon seeing this, Afu was determined. Her appearance of saying something but meaning something else is clearly saying that she needs help! She must have had met something troublesome!

If I was able to solve her troubles, Afu will be able to successfully stay.

“Miss, tell me who made you angry. I’ll go and teach him a lesson!”

“It’s fine, there’s no need to…” Rosie wanted to refuse, but after seeing Afu’s sincere eyes, she couldn’t help but hesitate and say, “Who else could it be, it’s that Lin Xiao.”

“Lin Xiao? May I ask, is he that Easterner?”

“Un, yeah.” Rosie nodded.

Lin Xiao looked plain and had strength that was slightly above average. He was someone who would disappear within a crowd in seconds. The only reason Rosie remembered the existence of a guy with such a thin presence was because of his short black hair and strange name — surname Lin, and name Xiao. It was the unique naming style of the Eastern people.

She doesn’t know much regarding the eastern tribe, the only things she knew about them were things she read from books. The Eastern tribe is a peace-loving race, they’re hardworking, brave, and clever. They established the Qin Empire in the group of islands to the east. The four major kingdoms in mainland Eileen had good relations with them from generation to generation, facing each other across the sea, with few wars.