Chapter 12: Members of the Duke Quatra Family


“Well, Aliseteen, are you okay now?”

“Yes, Okaa-sama.”

As Lili and I descended to the dining hall, my mother Roberta called out to me.
I was wearing a mint green tulle dress and smiled cutely.

“Alise!”

“Aliseteen.”

“Are you okay, Alise?”

My three older brothers approached me one after another.
For a moment, I was surprised that they were all so young, but then I remembered that I am only five years old now.
And of course, my brothers are all in their eleven-year-old selves.

The eldest, Harry-niisama, was twelve years old, the second, Leorio-niisama, was ten, and the third, Noa-niisama, was nine.
Perhaps because they are all so much older than me, they all treated me with great affection.


That’s why I was really surprised when I first met Julian-sama.
He was so cold and distant with me, which was something I had never experienced before.

Oh, come to think of it, I’m only five years old now.
I remember being around this age when I met him…

“Aliseteen.”

The deep voice of the tenor resonates in the surroundings.
My father, Joseph, with his prideful mustache lightly touched, finally appeared in the dining room.

“Otoo-sama.”

“How are you feeling?”

Reflexively running over to him, Otoo-sama lifts me up with a smile.

“I don’t like it, Otoo-sama.
I’m not a child anymore.”

“Hahaha, Aliseteen always says interesting things.”


Laughing, Otoo-sama sits me down on a chair and takes his own seat at the table.
After we all say our prayers, we start eating at our leisure.

I wonder if my five-year-old self could use a fork properly.

I give up trying to dig up my memories and just use the fork normally to eat the fluffy omelet.

I suddenly feel like drinking milk.
Warm milk with lots of honey.

“Hey, Lili, I…”

“Yes, Ojo-sama.
Here it is.”

Before I can finish my sentence, Lili places a cup of milk with honey in front of me.

“Alise really likes that milk with honey, doesn’t she?”

“…”


As I stared at the steam rising from the cup in front of me, I couldn’t help but feel strange.

The old me didn’t like milk, considering it a childish drink.
But when I was five years old, I loved it.

I held the cup with both hands and blew on it, feeling my cheeks loosen up.

“Hey Alise, what do you want to play today?”

“Noa-niisama.”

Breakfast had come to an end, and as Lili and I were about to return to our room, Noa-niisama grabbed my hand.

Noa-niisama was four years older than me and the third son of the Duke Quatra family.
He was a natural charmer.
With his adorable looks, even the most refined young ladies would fall for him.

In the past, I would often have Noa-niisama seduce a disliked young lady, only to leave them in despair after playing with them.


… Looking back now, I was truly a terrible woman.
I wonder how many people are relieved that I’m dead.

“Alise? You look sad.
Is something wrong?”

Noa-niisama looked at my face with a worried expression.
I shook my head left and right, trembling a little, and smiled.

“No, it’s nothing.
Let’s play, Onii-sama.
I want to play hide-and-seek.”

“Alright, then I’ll be the seeker.
Alise, you go hide while I count to one hundred.”

I turned around and faced the pillar, and as Onii-sama started counting, “One, two,” I dashed away with all my might.

As a five-year-old, all I wanted to do was play hide-and-seek.

 

 

 

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