Chapter 119 Still In The Midst Of Adolescence
Unbelievably, Robert was still in his sloppy, lazy state from his desk work, carrying only the flowers the maid brought, and was about to head to Rebecca's place. Sara hastily gave instructions to get ready, and Robert's attendant nodded and pulled his master back to his room.
In place of Robert, who had returned to his room, Sara promptly began making preparations for the proposal. If left alone, Robert would probably shout out his love in the middle of the training grounds. Although it might be amusing to those around him, Sara considered that Rebecca might not be able to take it.
Sara instructed the maids to prepare a romantic atmosphere in the east garden, and soon many servants began to bustle about. If you looked closely, even the butler, the head maid, and the housekeeper were all getting ready.
'Everyone's been waiting, right...'
Marquis, who had been watching Sara, whispered to a nearby attendant and had them quickly bring the sapphire ring that had been a keepsake from his late wife. It was the first ring Marquis had given to his fiancée. The simple design featured a stone of the same color as Marquis' eyes, and although Robert's facial features resembled his mother's, his eyes were the same color as his father's.
Incidentally, Sara and Arthur also had the same eye color, which was a common color among the Grandchester family. Strangely, when they were born, their eyes were a dull grey, but as they grew older, their eye color would gradually turn blue.
Marquis opened the case containing the ring, checked for any damage, and then entrusted it to the butler.
"Give it to that clumsy guy. He probably hasn't prepared anything. Just the flowers won't be enough."
Just then, a young apprentice butler came running in.
"It's an emergency! Sir Robert is heading to the magic training grounds with a bouquet of flowers!"
Sara had expected as much. She hastily gave instructions to stop Robert.
"Sir Jeffrey, does Uncle really not think about the atmosphere and just goes ahead with his frivolous behavior towards women...?"
"Maybe he just becomes stupid when it comes to Revi."
"...Even at 30 years old?"
"It's still like he's in puberty in front of Revi, isn't it?"
Sara held her head in her hands. She wished he would show even just a little bit of experience with women.
'That kind of thing is cute only when you're young, you know!'
"I'll head to the training grounds for now. I'll pretend I don't know anything, so please send someone over when you're ready. Mike! Tell the fairies not to say anything to Miss Rebecca, okay?"
"Got it~!"
Suddenly, a cat's hand popped out from thin air.
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When Sara entered the training grounds, Scott was firing flame bullets at a target. Blaze was training to maintain a small flame between his hands.
"I'm late."
"It's okay. You're not late."
"We're just doing self-training, that's all."
The brothers stopped their training and rushed over to Sara.
"Both of you are training with fire attributes?"
"Yeah. I'm training to quickly and accurately hit targets with flames, and Blaze is training to maintain a flame of a certain size."
"Is magic control important for both of you?"
"That's right."
Sara decided to talk to Rebecca in a way that wouldn't reveal the chaotic situation outside.
"Miss Rebecca, how's their control?"
"Hmm... Scott should focus on shortening the time it takes to activate his flames rather than just hitting targets. It takes too long for him to get his flames out after setting up."
"Is it that slow? He's one of the fastest among our friends."
Scott countered Rebecca, so she turned to the target, raised her hand, and quickly fired a flame bullet. Her activation time was less than half of Scott's.
"I'd like you to shorten it to this level."
"Ugh... I understand. I'll try harder."
Thomas also arrived at the scene.
"As expected of Miss Rebecca. Even at the Academy, we often talked about Miss Rebecca. It's an honor to see you in person."
"I'm curious about what kind of stories you heard."
"Like a saint, Miss Rebecca uses healing magic, and like a witch, she uses attack magic, and... Although you didn't attend the Academy because you were a woman, there were many guys who wanted to learn from you, saying, 'I want to be taught by her, no matter what!'"
However, Sara didn't take those guys' words at face value.
"How many of those people have actually seen Miss Rebecca's magic? Is the reason they want to learn from her just because they want to meet her, not because of her magic?"
"Haha, Ms. Sara is strict, isn't she? It's true, during the season, there were only guys who had seen Miss Rebecca's beautiful appearance."
"Didn't Mister Thomas have a crush on her?"
"Of course, I did. But in my case, my sister is the same age as Miss Rebecca, so I met her when I was a kid. That's why I have a crush on her, but I can't shake off the image of her as an older, elegant lady."
"I see."
Rebecca let out a deep sigh.
"It's like... I feel like I've aged a lot."
"No, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it that way."
"Hehe, it's okay, I'm used to it, Mister Thomas."
Even Rebecca couldn't help but smile wryly. Although her body was still young, Rebecca was already 27 years old, an age where it wouldn't be strange to have one or 2 kids. Speaking of which, Sara's mother, Adelia, was only one year older than Rebecca.
"In other words, Miss Rebecca has captured the hearts of the students at the Academy, right?"
"That's right, Ms. Sara. Well, Miss Rebecca has been an object of admiration for over 10 years, so she's treated like a 'path that everyone must take' or something."
"Is that something to be proud of, I wonder?"
"She's still a flower on a high mountain, after all."
'Whoa, Uncle, if it's been over 10 years, there must be people who are seriously in love with her!'
Just then, a maid came to call Rebecca.
"But now is during class..." Rebecca tried to refuse, but...
"It might be about work. I'll continue training with Mister Thomas, so please, Miss Rebecca, take care of your business."
Thomas nodded in agreement with Sara's words, and Rebecca followed the maid out of the room.
'Alright! Now it's up to Uncle. Do your best, super do your best!'
Sara sincerely prayed for Robert's success.
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