Chapter 7: Penelope's birthday plan!
If a noble ever go over their birthday party, one must spend lavishly to showcase one house's wealth.
Penelope, on the other hand, decided to have her birthday party all by herself, with the kids, of course, she thought practically outside the box for this party she prepared herself.
"Okay, kids! Come here!"
I and Ophelia are in the same room, with a spectacle of boards and items in the room.
Penelope took a tiny bluish crystal, even exaggerating her moves just to captivate us, I still have the same face throughout while Ophelia is curious.
Penelope started doing unbeknownst to me, her hand started to form a circular bluish light then the crystal on her hand released sparkles that fell like snow around us.
"Woah!"
Ophelia is amazed
":|"→":0"
That's how I expressed my emotions
{Sammy…pfft…!}
[Oh god… pfft…]
The two voices in my head are trying not to voice out their laughter though, Penelope is the same.
"Samuel-"
I looked at Ophelia, who was fidgeting. I didn't know what she wanted till Luna told me that Ophelia was trying hard to call me by name.
"You can call me Sammy, my lady"
We're the same age anyway, and I heard her back story so might as well get friendly with her.
And of course, Ophelia's blooming cheeks smiled with my non-hostile voice, then she pointed at the crystal Penelope was holding.
"Do you want to try it?"
"how?"
I asked, tilting my head. Ophelia then went up to her mother and held her small hands out, Penelope then whispered something to her. Ophelia then proceeds to go towards me with the crystal on her palm.
"un!"
She yelped, and then a bluish circle appeared again, this time on the crystal. And let out a few sparkles that fell like snow.
"Woah!"
I'm amazed, my childish mind has completely taken me, I know this is magic but seeing it in my past life games and here in my new reality is nothing short but mesmerizing.
I could see the difference, as this is not GC anymore.
"That's magic Sammy~"
Penelope spoke to me, having this warm smile and eyes piercing me.
"What do you say, Ophelia?"
Encouraging words came out of Penelope's mouth towards Ophelia. Nudging her own child Ophelia, a bit fidgety came towards me and asked with wavering words.
"L-l-l-lets p-p-play!"
While she stiffly pointed at the items and boards that were carefully displayed in the room.
I can figure out what Penelope wanted here.
"oh my~"
"..."
Penelope looked at me with a proud gaze and Ophelia looked at me with rosy cheeks. Unbeknownst to me, I was smiling brightly.
"I finally did it! Hehe!"
Penelope celebrated by herself, she was extremely proud of what she did from what I can tell.
"Kids~ come here~"
As she went to the boards on display and gestured us to come close.
***
Penelope's birthday party or as she would call it, 'The friendship maker bday party' for the kids. She wouldn't mind spending her day like that.
If it's for the kids of course she wouldn't. After a week has passed ever since her birthday passed the two kids had been playing every time they got the chance they got.
"I'm so happy!! Uu…"
She held her heart with a teary eye, ever since she saw the child smile she would be so proud of herself to the point of tearing up.
Ophelia has been getting better too. But she still won't open up to the servants except for her mother.
Samuel, on the other hand, keeps putting up a wall with the servants. He somehow opened up a little with the Head Butler but it's out of respect.
"Oh well! Let's just do more activities from now on!"
Penelope declared as she finished the heaps of papers on her desk as she is responsible for the House and Territory.
After all her husband is on the borders, so she should do this much.
***
"Sammy! Play with me, Sammy!"
"Sammy, could you brush my hair?"
"Sammy, could you come with me?"
It's been a week and Ophelia has been extremely clingy, it's not bad but it's been obstructing my lessons with the Head Butler every time he teaches me.
I'm an Apprentice Butler so I'm learning the needs here.
{Sheesh Sammy, I guess you already changed her fate, might as well save her since in the Otome game she would always have a bad end}
I looked at the mirror in my hand.
"She would?"
My reflection nodded with a solemn look. Then raised its finger.
{Just be reminded that in the Harem route she would be brutally executed, so save her at all costs okay~?}
"Ehh… "
My reflection just smiled, I sighed and shook my head, continuing my task at hand which is sweeping the front mansion from the autumn leaves.
"oh yeah, my birthday is soon too"
It's been a few months ever since I came here to the marquisate, it's fine cause I've been at peace.
Peace…
I sighed. After Luna told me the whole premise of the Otome game that's been bothering me.
At the end of every route, it would always lead to war. In another neighbouring country, I still have to find my little sister though.
Well anyways, I also learned that killing beasts would make you level up, and there are some items I could use for a power-up.
"And you say that luru grass is one item that could be made for a good potion?"
{Yeah! Like you just need to properly mix it, but first! You need to learn alchemy}
"how do I learn that?"
{Well… you need 4 years of experience}
"mm… I can manage that"
{Yeah, but who will you learn it from? And besides, you don't know Alchemy}
"huh?"
{I told you Alchemy, right now you have no way of learning Alchemy is Alchemy}
"Grandpa from the medicinal store"
{Oh yeah– okay anyways, you have to learn a few things to be able to have a chance at the war}
"such as?"
{Swordsmanship 2nd class, Magus 5th circle, alchemy, Sharpshooter 3rd class}
[Aren't those, too many?]
Markus suddenly asked, well his question was my question as well, I want to hear it.
{Well that's because the other country trained its foot soldiers up to 3rd class swordsmen in secret, same with sharpshooters and mages}
Swordsman has 5 classes starting from 5th to 1st, same with Sharpshooter. Magus or mages have about 8 circles.
For your average footman in an army are only up to 5th class by the way, same with archers. And the average mage in the Empire is about the 7th circle.
"How did Heroine and company manage to defeat them then?"
{... They infiltrated the enemy kingdom and beheaded the Prince, the other routes include, arson, bombing and even seducing the enemy country}
[wow]
"what the…"
{There's also a time when they sacrificed Ophelia to the other country}
"..."
{Well since Sammy is here there's no need to worry right?}
Today I made my resolution, fixing the priorities. I made sure that no matter what happened Ophelia wouldn't get a bad ending in any way.
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