Chapter 144 – DELFINA’S PAST (PART 1) ~ THE 100 KRE SLAVE (2/2)

「Delfina-kun」

「Yes」

「You scored 85 points. Do your best next time」

「Yes」

「This is all for today. As scheduled, there will be no lesson for today. His Excellency has said that you can visit the town and play if it is just for a while, but do not act without restraint alright」

After the male teacher said that, he left the room.

The two girls’ job is this. They are being kept inside their master’s mansion, nominally called as study slaves.

Petrina stared at her test paper with great mood, and talked to Delfina.

「It’s my win again this time huh」

「That seems to be the case」

「Delfina, you should do better alright? I’ll easily leave you behind if you don’t」

「Leave me behind?」

「That’s right, I’ll leave you behind」

Petrina said that, and left the room with great mood.

「……leave me behind, leave me, but where are you going?」

Delfina silently whispered.

She looked at the door where Petrina walked through, looked at her test paper, and looked out the window.

「Why, is he doing this? Why, did he go out on his way to buy a slave to educate them?」

Delfina whispered to nobody.

She gave the test paper a deep look.

「Why, did Rodotos’s reign did not continue? Why, did Orga threw away his dragon form and become a half-baked existence called Dragonoid?」

The test’s problems, she did not have questions about the answer, but about the problem statement itself.

Why, why, why.

Delfina was originally a girl like that, but recently, that trend had gotten stronger.

Since she was given education, she started to think of “why” towards everything.

And that, it had an influence on her usual studies and test scores, which cannot be called as good.

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「It’s not bad thinking of why」

Inside the bedroom.

The mansion’s master, Lord Adamandieous Maneloi, kindly told Delfina after raising his body while wearing sleepwear.

「But, if you would be going『why』, just repeat that for five times」

「Five times?」

「You asked『why』, and made an answer. You should also ask『why』to that answer. Repeat that five times」

「Why is it like that? Why is it five times?」

Towards Delfina who continued to ask questions, Adamandious narrowed his eyes, and kindly patted her head.

「By doing that, you will be able to see the truth」

「The truth……」

Delfina whispered those words as if to digest them.

「Why five times? Can’t you reach the truth with three times?」

「Fufu」

He adds more kindness to the hand he used to pat her head.

「Delfina is really a wise girl huh」

She was not given an answer.

This was that man’s, greatest kindness towards that child he saw as “wisdom”.

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The young Delfina who was bought for 100 Kre studied about many things in the mansion.

Compared to Petrina who has an intelligent brain which would absorb the knowledge like cotton, Delfina who would continuously ask questions was not definitely a good student for the teachers.

Even so, with the Lord’s authority, Delfina was given an environment where she could study without any inconveniences.

Figuratively speaking, it is the spring of a person’s four seasons.

The young Delfina enjoyed the spring of her life without being able to be self-conscious of it.

That period, three years.

That continued until the Lord died to disease, and until she brought into the market as a second-hand slave being sold for 10 Kre.