It's The First Time For Both Of Us

Translator and Editor: Bunny and Wyvern

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Chapter 21

???Here????

???Hmm, I-I would be taken here whenever I wanted to r-run away??? because I hate my master.???

???Don???t you like your teacher coming here????

???I don???t??? because he doesn???t keep his promise??????

Uhm, I didn???t know what this fairy was talking about, but it seemed like he had serious concerns. I nodded even though I didn???t understand everything he said.

In any case, Arumia said he didn???t come here at his own will. Even if it was me, I might cry as I tried to find Dad, Pihne, or Dahlia, if I were to fall into an unknown place.

???Who???s the teacher you???re looking for????

???Teacher??????

???Hmm, I know everyone who lives here well. I???ll help you.???

Arumia, who was hesitating at what I said, soon opened his mouth as if he had decided. ???Hilla??? Hilla Redian.???

My eyes shot open. ???Hilla? That Hilla? With green hair????

Arumia nodded carefully.

I inquired about Hilla, whom Arumia said was his master. Arumia tried not to talk, but when I told him everything I knew about Hilla, Arumia began to confess. He said that the reason why he came here without realizing it was because of something Hilla gave to him.

???I-I need to go,??? he blurted out.

???You have to go? Right now????

???Hmm, reluctantly???.??? Arumia couldn???t continue to talk and wrapped his head in pain.

???Hey, are you okay????

Tears were welling up again in Arumia???s eyes, and he was even panting.

???Hey??? Marie, Mariette.???

???Huh? Are you okay????

???C-can I c-come back again????

???Here???? I pointed to the ground.

???Yes. Can I come????

I nodded. ???Yeah, you can come every day. Should I also come here every day????

???No?????? While answering like that, he nodded along with me.

I didn???t know if he wanted me to come or not. ???Don???t come????

???No, that???s not it?????? Arumia frowned, closing his eyes tightly as if he was thinking deeply.

???I???ll come see you next time if you don???t cry. Would that be alright????

Then Arumia???s face turned bright. He just kept crying, but his shiny face really seemed like a fairy???s.

???Oh, yeah. Of course??????

A group of twinkling, small golden lights suddenly shone and he disappeared without a trace.

I stepped back and blinked at the spot where Arumia disappeared. ???He looked like a fairy??? There was no way Hilla would receive a fairy as a disciple.???

[Mariette!]

I jolted at Kuhn???s voice calling me. ???Kuhn????

[I was surprised that you suddenly disappeared. The energy here is a bit suspicious.]

I looked around. ???Suspicious? You didn???t see him????

[What?]

???I was talking to a fairy here. Didn???t you feel it????

[Fairy? What fairy?] Kuhn thumped the floor with his tail as if he was frustrated.

???Oh, not a fairy. Arumia.???

[Who is that?]

I shook my head. ???Wait a second, what kind of energy did you feel????

[I don???t know. Your energy was suddenly blocked and you disappeared. It???s quite odd-feeling around here.] Kuhn continued to move his tail from side to side with dissatisfaction. Kuhn wouldn???t know if it was mana, and I would???ve felt the energy of nature even if it was a little, but something was strange.

Guessing from what Arumia told me, it seemed like it had something to do with the thing that Hilla gave him. So what was it?

???It???s the ability to hide. I wish I have that ability too, so I can hide whenever I get scolded.???

???His name is Arumia, with golden hair and eyes.???

[I???m not interested in that. Is your body better now?]

???Me? Yeah, I???m fine. Kuhn, you should???ve seen him too. It was really wonderful.??? I couldn???t let go of my regrets and took a step forward again. ???At this spot, the fairy??? Kuhn????

I looked around for Kuhn when he suddenly disappeared again. I only took a few steps forward but I couldn???t see Kuhn. The moment I stepped back in surprise, Kuhn appeared again.

???Kuhn! Where did you go????

[Mariette! Where did you go?]

???Me too?!???

Kuhn noticed a very narrow and mysterious space for hiding after looking everywhere for a long time. I could hide as if I had teleported somewhere if I stepped into that space. However, I didn???t disappear anywhere else. It???s just that we couldn???t see each other on the border of that space.

It was magic. It was probably related to something that Hilla gave Arumia.

?????? What was that? Kuhn, a man can???t use a witch???s power since he can???t be a witch.???

[That???s right.]

I thought of all kinds of cases, shaking my head tight. ???Or maybe??? he can use objects made by witches????

Kuhn thought carefully and nodded. [It???s possible if he knows how to use it and gets permission from the person that made it.]

??????Really????

[Let???s get out of here first. I can hear the maid looking for you.] Kuhn bit the hem of my dress with his mouth and pulled it.

I had no choice but to leave my regrets behind and head out of the forest to the garden.

I got out to the garden and dusted off my dress. I immediately saw Dad???s office window as I crossed the garden. It was a place I could see if I stretched my head out of the large tree that I often went to.

???It???s time to eat lunch soon, so should I go to him first????

I was also curious about my father???s work. I decided to look inside through the window of his office.

I proudly headed to the place where the office window was.

Jump. Jump.

However, unlike what was seen from a distance, the office window was a little??? high. I could???ve looked inside if I was a head taller. I jumped up and down from my heels as much as I could.

[Mariette.]

???Yes, Kuhn. Wait a minute..???

[Don???t do that. Step on this.]

Kuhn seemed to have found something around him.

It was a half-spherical wooden board, but I thought it would be better than nothing, so I put it under my feet and climbed it. ???Thank you, Kuhn!???

[Well, I can do something like that.]

When I climbed up the wooden board, I was able to hold the railing. I stretched out my hand, grabbed the railing, and waved one hand. ???Da-ddy!???

He could see my hand if I did this, right?

???Da~ddy!???

When I called my dad while waving a few times, a tightly closed window soon opened.

???Dad!???

???Oh, Y-young Miss????

Unfortunately, it was Dante who opened the window and not my father.

I waved again at Dante. ???Dante, what about my dad????

Dante looked at me curiously and disappeared. And my dad appeared.

???Dad!???

I couldn???t believe he was sticking out his head. I smiled brightly and came down from the wooden board as I waved my hands again.

My dad looked at me as if he was looking at a rare creature. ???Why are you there????

???To see Dad.??? I put my hands on my waist proudly.

He had a subtle smile. ???You can come in through to the hallway.???

???Yes, I know. But while playing over there, I thought of my dad and ran here right away.??? I reached out and pointed to the forest where I was a while ago. My dad???s gaze followed my hand and came back to me. I stepped on the scaffold again, grabbed the railing, and stuck close to the window.

???Dad.???

???Oh.???

???You???re going to eat later, right? I have to eat too.???

???Let???s eat together, dad.???

Dad didn???t answer. Of course, I know well that he wouldn???t. Eating with my dad was a pretty hard mission. Since there was no answer from him, I guess he was going to skip lunch again. How could he endure without eating lunch?

It wasn???t long before I heard my father???s answer.

???Come inside if you want to eat.???

I jumped while holding the railing. ???Really? Are you going to eat with me????

???Yes.???

I decided to go in quickly before my dad changed his mind. ???Then I???ll go in now. Dad, wait a little bit!??? I came down from the wooden board and ran along the wall without listening to my dad???s answer.

When the window went out of sight, I turned to Kuhn. ???I???m going to have lunch with my dad.???

[Okay. See you later in your room.]

???Yes, see you later.???

I had to run quite a while with this short bridge to get from here to the entrance, through the front door, and to the office. I needed to get there before he turned cold again like what had happened this morning.

I heard Kuhn shouting from behind me, warning me not to fall!

???Yes!??? I made a sharp turn around the corner wall and headed to the front door.

My father appeared. He moved quickly even before I???ve arrived.

???Dad!???

Something caught my foot.

???Ugh!???

???Eesh, it hurts??????

My clothes didn???t get dirty because it was a lawn, but it was still painful.

Earlier, I fell on my butt to the ground, and now, my knee??? It was painful, and I was so ashamed that I wanted to cry.

???Mariette.??? My father strode with his long legs.

Perhaps, he would scold me for being clumsy.

I looked up at dad with a spoonful of pain, a spoonful of shame, and a spoonful of anxiety. Having good defense was the best weapon.

???Dad, it hurts??????

He looked down at me and put his hand under my armpits to lift me. I thought he would pull me up by my neck again, but this was a great development.

His stare paused at one place, and I followed it.

???I-it???s bleeding!???

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