It's The First Time For Both Of Us

Translator and Editor: Bunny and Wyvern

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Chapter 26

“This is the thing, Aaron, my dad told me that his vassals came to the house. Have you heard of it?” I asked, carrying the package of letters.

“Yes, Young Lady. Previously, they held regular meetings every season.”

“I see. Will people be here for a long time?”

I didn’t like strangers.

“I’m not sure about that. For the past few years, Master didn’t personally attend and only received their reports, so that would be too short to call it a meeting. Since this time we have the Master and Young Lady, I think they will stay for at least a few days.”

“Hmm, I don’t like it~”

“There’ll be no problems since the Master is present. You don’t need to worry.”

“Hmmmm…”

Yes, I got to know my dad a little bit, but I was still unsure if he would really protect me…. It was uncomfortable for me to think that people I was unfamiliar with were gathering.

‘They said that all of the Descartes’ vassals didn’t like my mother.’

It was like that even before they were married, so wouldn’t there be more chaos if they had been married? Back then, Dad wouldn’t have been as ruthless as he was now. There was no way that the vassals who didn’t like my mother coming from a lowly background could accept me.

Of course, I also didn’t like them. I had the strong desire to not attend at all. However, since this was a meeting that was held even when I hadn’t arrived yet, it was something my father must do as the head of the family, so I couldn’t do anything about it.

‘I should hide in a secret room.’

I went down diligently carrying the pouch, but I suddenly remembered something I had forgotten, so I stopped walking.

‘Oh right, I am upset at my father right now.’

I forgot to write a letter to Dahlia about such an important thing.

‘Ah… no wonder. Well, I can just pretend I didn’t know.’

I groaned as I held the package and went to where my father was.

“Young Lady has come.” Instead of me, who was carrying the package, Aaron knocked on the door.

“Come in.”

Aaron grabbed the doorknob and turned it as soon as he heard my father’s low voice.

“Dad!”

He raised his head and looked at me with narrowed eyes. “Stay indoors.”

I frowned in embarrassment, “I am not going anywhere.”

’And I haven’t even gone out yet!’

“Then.”

I went inside and stopped in front of my father’s desk. On one side of the sofa table in his office was a vase of the medicinal herbs that he had stolen from me. Dante or a maid may have helped him put it there and make it appear neat, but it didn’t make me feel better.

’Tch, I was going to make that pretty but you took it away from me.’ I swallowed back my pride and stretched out my arms to put the package on my father’s desk.

“Ah!”

’It’s heavy!’

“Let me help you.” Aaron lightly lifted the package with his fingers from behind me, whose arms were weak.

I tiptoed and pushed the package a little further in front of Dad.

“Dad, this is my letter to Dahlia.”

At my words, Dad placed all the papers down. “Letter?”

“Yes, I promised to write to Dahlia. I want to give Dahlia all of these. Can Dad help me send it to Dahlia?”

He glanced at the package, gently flipping it with his finger. Soon, the letter was in my father’s hands. “Okay. But who wrote the letter?”

I turned around the desk and went closer. “Pihne did since I can’t write. But you can’t open that, okay?” I glanced at the letter in his hand with some anxiety. Though it was sealed, it seemed like Dad would open it. But as soon as my doubts rose, he was already touching the sealed part.

“Y-you can’t.”

’I knew it!’

I stretched out my hand. Dad leisurely avoided it with one hand resting on his chin and leaning against the desk, I jumped and tried to grab the letter back. But I couldn’t even reach the corner of the letter.

’Dad was obviously sitting only sitting on the chair, but why was it so high?’

“What did you write to make such a fuss?”

“I didn’t write anything strange. I wrote it for Dahlia, so only Dahlia can look at it.”

Dad repeatedly moved the letter up and down as if he was fishing.

Aish

I puffed my cheeks. Still, I should respect my father. I was a little annoyed, but the envelope didn’t open, thankfully.

I impatiently held the package closer to my father. “But Dad, can you send it really, really quick?”

“Why, do you need to tell her something urgent?”

“No, I put a lot of delicious food in there, but I am afraid that Dahlia won’t be able to eat them if that arrived late…”

“I can’t,” Dad said firmly.

“Why? Why can’t Dad send this quickly?”

I thought there was nothing he couldn’t do.

Then he waved the letter again. “I’ll think about it if you wrote this for me.”

“Huh?”

He repeated his motions. “I said I’ll think about it if you wrote me a letter.”

“To Dad…?”

“That’s right.”

“Dad, I’m really unable to write.”

“Dante.”

I turned my head. In one corner of the office, I saw Dante smiling happily, so he was probably there all along.

’Hello Dante~’

I thought Dad was alone.

“Yes, Your Excellency. I will get Young Lady a teacher to teach her writing right away.”

I flinched.

’Huh? Study? Do you want me to study? Do you know how busy I am!?!’

I didn’t know why my trying to send a letter led to me getting a teacher, but I was in trouble.

“I don’t need to learn how to write.”

“You’ll need it anyway.”

“Then Dad, I’ll study writing when I am eight, not now~”

“The sooner the better.”

“Then when I am seven years old…”

“Do it now.” With resolute words, he waved the letter I was about to send to Dahlia again.

“Ah, why~?”

I pouted at my father’s threats and the circular conversation. I was just here to send a letter to Dahlia, but I didn’t know I would encounter obstacles like this.

“Nnnnng…”

’Someone please help me.’

I looked at Aaron and Dante alternately, looking for help.

“If you saw the letter written by the Young Lady herself, I think it would be like a beautiful painting! My desire to help Young Lady is like a blazing chimney. As you said Your Excellency, this time…”

’Aish, Dante is on my father’s side.’

“I hate Dante.”

“Heok, Young Lady…”

I looked at Aaron this time. He then grabbed his chest with his right hand, and knelt down halfway.

’What’s with you?’

“Young Lady, I will be delivering this letter now.”

“…”

’I asked you for help, but what can I do if you became enemies with my Dad…?’

I sighed as I saw the determined expression on Aaron’s face as if he was about to run away. It couldn’t be helped.

“Okay, Dad. I’ll learn writing then, but I won’t learn from people I don’t know.”

“Good.”

I eventually agreed to learn and promised to write letters to my dad. I didn’t like how Dad had a triumphant expression on his face.

’It can’t be like this.’

“Then what about Dad?”

“What?”

“Will you reply to me if I write you a letter?”

“Reply?”

I nodded vigorously. “Yes, you have to reply when you receive a letter. Will you write me a letter too?”

’Right? You don’t like it, right? It bothers Dad too, right? So, reject that thought.’

“Hmm? Hmm? I asked Dad if you’ll write me a letter too~” I urged my father, squeezing as much as I could.

“okay.”

“…Huh?”

“Fine, you’ll learn to write and write a letter to me, and I will reply back. Satisfied?

No, not this. My father, who I had thought would refuse, readily agreed. It was embarrassing, but I still nodded. Still, it would be better to write the letter myself.

“Instead.”

“Huh? Instead?”

“Write one letter a week.”

Eh?

“What…?”

’I think you’re extorting me to write you a letter rather than simply asking…?’

“If you write one letter a week, I will write you a reply.”

The precious letter I wrote to Dahlia turned into such a tool for intimidation. I put on a sad face. “That’s too much!”

Dad sarcastically turned his face towards his documents when I shouted that. “Then I can’t.”

He just said those words, but I was sure that would be followed by something like “Unfortunately, your package would arrive very late”. Trying to make such a contract with a young child, my father was such a heinous man.

“Then will you keep writing replies, too?”

“As you wish.”

’Hah, look at this. How can our conversation go like this?’

There was another obstacle that appeared when I tried to remove one, and I was stuck again. It was really surprising for my Dad to have such an ability. If I said more words here, I didn’t know what kind of trap I would get into with my father’s words.

“Ah, okay.”

As soon as my answer came, the corners of Dad’s lips rose subtly.

’I saw everything.’

In the end, I was only able to send Dahlia the package of letters and food when the deal was finished. It was so fast that as soon as I knew it, Dante had already flown out to send the gifts and letters on a cart.

I dropped my shoulders and turned around. “Dad, I’m going.”

“To where?”

Despite my father’s words, I did not turn around and only waved my arms. “…I’m busy.”

’Don’t you know, Dad, how busy I am? Phew, I don’t even have time to take a nap.’

I think I felt the wind blow shortly from behind me, but I already lost the will to fight back and came out of my Dad’s office with Aaron.

(T/N: Aww, Mariette was so cute can’t stop simping [insert simping bunny noises])

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