Book 17: Chapter 31
“My, Your Majesty, Miss Nier, we are so honoured you still remember our orphanage, not to mention that you brought gifts. I was thinking about preparing summer clothing for the children, and you have brought us materials. Your timing is impeccable. Thank you so much. May God bless your kind souls,” said he orphanage’s dean.
The man in charge of the orphanage still had his signature eyes-shut smile. He looked the same as before. Actually, he was a little plumper. The orphanage was on track, after all. Furthermore, they had land that nobody would take from them. With nothing to worry about, I guess the dean put on some weight.
Nier and I gave them the presents. The dean cheerfully served us teas. With a smile, he corrected himself: “Sorry, my greeting was incorrect. You are now His Majesty and Royal Princess, Her Majesty, correct? I know about your child’s baptism. How blessed. I knew two people in love with each other would be happy together, true?”
“You didn’t know that we’d get married when I last came, did you?”
“What do you mean? I noticed it the first time. You were always looking at Royal Princess, Her Majesty.”
“Ah… okay, okay, let’s go see the kids.”
Face glowing red, I quickly tried to switch the topic. However, Nier noticed it, so she came over with and wrapped her arm around mine with a soft giggle. She must’ve overhead us by the looks of it. Nonetheless, I dare say she would’ve been disgusted to hear that if we were in the past.
I handed the candy to Nier. She cheerfully went off to look for the children. I set the material onto the table and told the dean to go see the tailor. I remember the tailor worked for the royal family. With my hand-written decree, they would make clothes for the dean for free. Although he was reluctant to make so many pieces for free, they worked for the royal family, so there was no refusing.
The dean and I were upstairs as before. Nier played with the children down below. We looked down as we did the first time I visited. I looked at pretty Nier and the sunlight. I softly laughed: “How nice to have such peaceful days. If there was no trouble when I came back, then it would be perfect. Something annoying had to happen during this trip, though. By the way, I also noticed you have chosen the old church, correct?”