The Reincarnated Young Girl Is Adored by the Spirits She Helped in Her Previous Life
Sara and I returned to the lakeside villa and thanked the goats who had brought us back.
After giving them plenty of pets, we obediently headed back to our room.
Once inside, I held my breath, trying not to stand out, and slipped under the covers.
“Ryamu?”
Hugging Loa, I curled up under the blanket.
“…Luria-chan? What’s wrong? Sleepy?”
Sara wriggled into the blanket with me.
“Bau?”
Da-u also poked his nose under the covers.
Meanwhile, Carro and Koruko wandered around the room, likely keeping watch to ensure no bad guys approached.
“Sui is going to sleep too!”
Sui seemed fully prepared to sleep—he slipped under the blanket, lay on his back, and closed his eyes.
“Luria, hug me too!”
“Alright, alright.”
I hugged Sui tightly.
“Ryamu.”
Loa clung tightly to Sui’s face. With that, Sui probably couldn’t see anything.
“Loa’s tummy smells nice! Sniff sniff!”
“Ryaryaa.”
Loa wagged his tail, ticklish and delighted.
I was glad that Sui and Loa were having fun.
Loa was a baby, so he liked to cling to someone when he slept.
Sui wasn’t a baby, but since he had been lonely for a long time, he craved hugs.
Seeing me hugging Sui, Sara hugged him too.
“Hehe, so warm. Mia, will you hold me too?”
Sui gently petted Mia, the stick doll that Sara was holding.
“Waf.”
Da-u also pressed his nose against Sui.
I reached out and stroked Da-u’s nose.
“Luria-chan. I don’t think I’m sleepy.”
“I’m actually not sleepy either. But I’m going to pretend to be.”
“Why?”
“…Right now, Thomas is probably reporting to Mother.”
“Ah!”
“When Mother hears the report, she will definitely be furious.”
And when she gets angry, she will come straight to this room.
“At that moment, I’ll be asleep.”
Seeing me sleeping, Mother will probably decide to scold me when I wake up instead.
And by then, hopefully, her anger will have cooled a little.
“Oooh~! Luria-chan, you’re so smart!”
“Fuhihi. I know, right?”
“But… what if she’s so mad that she wakes you up?”
“…That’s a possibility. Maybe I should pretend to be groggy?”
“Wouldn’t that make her even angrier?”
As we whispered about this—
“Suu… suu… Ryaa… ryaa…”
Sui and Loa had already started breathing softly in their sleep. Sui was lying on his back, with Loa still on his face.
“…They’re really asleep. Maybe they were tired?”
“Probably.”
“…Isn’t it hard to breathe like that? Luria-chan, should we move Loa?”
“Sui-chan is a dragon, so he’ll be fine. Probably.”
Loa was a baby, so he slept more than the rest of us.
Which made me wonder—could it be that Sui was actually a baby too?
At that moment, the inside of the blanket suddenly lit up.
“Ah, is that a spirit? This brightness… is it Kuro?”
“Yes! As expected of Sara.”
We kept our voices low so we wouldn’t wake up Sui and Loa.
Sara could faintly see spirits.
Each spirit had a different glow, so she could recognize Kuro by his brightness.
Kuro, the spirit king, shone especially bright, making him easy to distinguish.
“Kuro, good boy, good boy.”
‘Heheh…! Wait, no! This isn’t the time to be relaxed!’
For a moment, Kuro enjoyed Sara’s pats, but then he quickly regained his composure.
“Kuro, what’s wrong?”
‘What’s wrong?! I told you—magic is bad for your body!’
“But that person would’ve died if I hadn’t helped.”
Sui and Loa could hear spirits speak.
So Kuro kept his voice low so as not to wake them.
“……?”
Sara, who couldn’t hear Kuro, tilted her head in confusion.
To her, it must’ve looked like I was talking to myself.
‘It’ll stunt your growth!’
“That’s a problem, but… Kuro, I need to say something.”
‘What?’
“If I can save someone, I will. Even if it means I won’t grow taller.”
A life is more important.
I can’t save everyone in the world, but I can help the people right in front of me.
‘Your mother will be furious. Have you forgotten that, Luria-sama?’
“I haven’t forgotten. Mother is scary, but it can’t be helped.”
Kuro slowly shook his head.
‘That’s not it. Luria-sama, it’s not just you—Thomas will be in trouble too.’
“What? Why?”
‘Because he failed to stop you.’
“…Oh. That’s true.”
Keeping me out of danger was part of Thomas’s duty.
If he honestly reported what happened, Mother wouldn’t just scold me—Thomas would also get in serious trouble.
Even so, I was sure Thomas would tell the truth.
Even though I was the one at fault, he wouldn’t try to blame me.
‘Luria-sama will just be scolded. You won’t be kicked out of the house.’
“Yeah.”
Maybe I’d have to skip dinner or get my bottom smacked. That was scary.
But my parents wouldn’t disown me or throw me out.
‘But Thomas might lose his job.’
“L-Lose his job?!”
Hearing my outburst, Sara’s eyes widened in shock. She hugged her stick doll, Mia, tightly.
‘…If not fired, then demoted. At the very least, he’ll be reassigned.’
If Thomas failed to fulfill his duty, they might send him somewhere else.
“That’s bad.”
‘Exactly. Luria-sama, your reckless actions affect many people.’
Kuro is right.
My father is a high noble and also the son of the king. My actions, as his daughter, affect many people.
I hadn’t been fully aware of that.
“We can’t just sit here!”
“Luria-chan?”
“Rya?”
“I’m going to Mother’s room!”
I gently petted Loa, who was clinging to Sui’s face, then leaped out of bed.
“Aren’t you going to pretend to be asleep so you don’t get scolded?”
“Thomas will get scolded. If I don’t testify, it’ll be bad.”
“I’m going too!”
“Sara, wait here! It’s only me who should get scolded.”
Sara shook her head furiously.
“Two people are more trustworthy than one.”
“I see. You’re right. Sorry about that.”
“It’s fine!”
Just as I was about to leave the room, Sara stopped in her tracks.
“If Sui-chan wakes up, he’ll be lonely. Let me hold Mia for him.”
“Right, and take care of Sui and Loa, Koruko and Carro.”
“Here.”
“Got it.”
“Suu… suu…”
“Ryamu~”
I let Sui hold Mia while I left Koruko and Carro behind in the room.
“…It’s probably better if Da-u stays in the room too. But Sui and Loa are asleep, so…”
I told him to stay calm.
“Kyuu~ kyuu~”
Da-u, probably understanding that he would be scolded, looked at me and whimpered sadly.
However, as soon as I left the room, Da-u followed me.
“Da-u. If you’re scared, you can stay in the room.”
“Kyuuu~”
Even though I said that, Da-u kept following.
“I see. Thank you, Da-u.”
“Kyuu~n.”
I gave Da-u a good, hearty pet.
Even inside the mansion, there’s no guarantee I won’t be attacked by some bad person.
In fact, when I was very young, I was attacked inside the mansion.
That’s why Da-u must be following me to protect me.
“But you don’t have to be scared. It’s Luria who’s going to get scolded, okay?”
After patting Da-u, I took Sara’s hand and ran toward the room where I knew Mother would be.
“We’re going, okay?”
“Yeah.”
I knocked loudly on the study door where Mother was supposed to be.
