Chapter 347

You’re Way too Relaxed
Hold on a second.

We just met, and suddenly I'm her fiancé?

I get that she ran away because she decided I was the one she could rely on, but isn’t this jumping way too far ahead?

I want to ask a lot more, but if we talk too long my grandmother will worry, so we agreed to continue another day.

Still, I couldn’t let a duke’s daughter with only a maid and two guards stay at an inn in our territory, so I had her stay here.

I’ll have to write to Raphael.

"To think I could eat curry rice in this world…"

Floria was slowly savoring each bite.

She told me I didn’t have to call her “Miss Floria,” so I said she could call me by name as well.

Floria, you’re getting careless.

I didn’t even explain it was curry rice, yet you said the dish’s name, and saying “in this world” will make people suspicious.

Then she looked at the dessert the maid brought.

"Kyaa, isn’t this dorayaki and green tea?"

She shouted and began eating, then tilted her head.

"Hey, Reinhardt, doesn’t this dorayaki have adzuki in it?"

“Adzuki?”

My grandmother didn’t miss Floria’s slip.

Floria’s face clearly said “oh no,” but she is still a duke’s daughter, you know.

“This is a sweet paste made from red beans and white beans.”

“I see. The book I read said it was made with adzuki, so I assumed that’s what it was.”

Wow… that’s quite the stretch.

Her tone and gestures were exactly like someone who had eaten adzuki before…

Well, it can’t be helped.

Grandmother must have noticed something, but she didn’t question it now.

I’m grateful.

The next day, while I was walking to the administrative office, Floria caught me.

"Reinhardt, why is there a hot spring here?"

I knew she would ask.

“My divine blessing is hot springs.”

"A blessing? Then you can make hot springs anywhere?"

I explained that although I have the Hot Spring Blessing, it doesn’t mean I can make them anywhere.

Even if we’re from the same homeland, there are details I cannot reveal.

"By the way, where are you going?"

“To the administrative office for work.”

"Administrative office? Work?"

“We’re building a new town. There’s a lot to do.”

"Can I come with you?"

Even if I said no, she’d come anyway.

"I’m Floria Grande. I’m Reinhardt’s potential fiancée."

She introduced herself to Rosa, Damian, and Rosetta.

“Floria.”

"Well, everyone’s curious anyway, right? It’s better to say it from the start."

This young lady is fully intending to become a resident here to avoid becoming a villainess.

Seeing Rosetta’s and Rosa’s uniforms, she said,

"Eh, I thought they were skirts, but they’re pants? You incorporated gaucho pants?"

When I sat at my desk, she said,

"Wow, so many documents. And you’ve sorted them into urgent ones and ones that take time."

Then Floria suddenly clenched her fists softly and murmured “alright,” and then:

"Those who don’t work don’t eat, so I’ll help too. Ah, of course I’ll sign a magic contract. And I’ll have my two attendants sign one as well."

“Floria, you keep switching from ‘watakushi’ to ‘watashi."

"Maybe because I feel relieved—it makes me let my guard down."

“Floria.”

"Reinhardt, I’ll go to the church to make the magic contract, so lend me guards and a carriage."

She isn’t listening.

I sighed. “Can you actually work?”

Floria leaned close to me and whispered,

"In my past life, I was a reasonably capable career woman."

We need secrecy, and having her trail after me would be annoying, so I told Georges to escort her to the church.

When Floria came back from the church, she insisted on helping, so Rosa gave her some simple tasks.

They seemed to be calculations and letter translation, but she finished everything in no time.

“Your calculation is fast.”

"I practiced abacus, so I’m good at mental math."

""Abacus?""

At Rosa and the others’ reaction, Floria made a face like she’d slipped again.

Is Floria really a duke’s daughter?

“Floria, I’ll introduce you to a woodworking workshop I know, so make an abacus and teach us.”

"I can’t."

“You can’t?”

"I can do addition and subtraction, but not multiplication or division."

“I see… alright. Once the abacus is ready, teach everyone.”

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