Chapter 33
"I'm home~ Hey! Mom, listen, listen!!!"
Emily, Desmond's own daughter, who was very serious and had elaborately planned to marry her blood father, shouted loudly as she arrived home. In her hand was a basket of strawberries that she had obtained in exchange for potatoes.
This was the house where Emily and her mother lived, adjoined to a school Desmond established. The family's daily income came from teaching at the school, the potatoes farm was more for training in field management and for bartering than to generate income.
Emily has blond hair and blue eyes inherited from Desmond. By nature, many of the inhabitants of this world are good-looking, and her mother is no exception. A mixture of Desmond's blood, albeit a newly risen aristocrat, enhances her features, and even her fragrance is imbued with a hint of elegance. Even though she was still a young girl, she certainly would grow up to be a beautiful woman in the future.
Although still very young, she still looks lovely, so when the six-year-old rushes to her mother's side with a lively look on her face, it is nothing short of innocent and adorable. --except for the words that came out of her mouth after.
"That beautiful woman who was with Desmond-sama was his wife, Charlotte-sama. Although she had neglected Desmond-sama all this time, she had turned around and she was all over him. Maybe Charlotte-sama was more in love with Desmond-sama than he was with her at this point. So I told her that I have a crush on Desmond! Just as planned!"
That woman is so scary! I'm much, much younger and she can compete with me, she's insanely cute!"
reflecting on that time, she made a "grunting" expression with a childish face. It was indeed adorable. But still, there was a glimpse of a mature woman in it, and if her real father sees this, he will surely hold his head with both hands.
Given modern Japanese ethics, her own mother would have admonished her daughter for not only acting not like her age but also being too reckless. However, her own mother who had raised Emily and even provided her with various types of "training" for her "future," did not do so.