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TFR 354.10
🕑 Added 2023-11-21 08:50:27 +0000 UTCPlayboy [Part 10]
“The girls like George-sama very much.”
The slums’ children secretly whispered to Arthur and Prince Edward.
George looked a little tough and fierce at school, so the young ladies acted reserved and wouldn’t approach him, but here, he was surrounded by many (little) girls.
“I see, George-kun is so popular, huh~” Arthur chuckled.
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A few days later.
“Sure enough, hearing and seeing it in person is totally different.”
Prince Edward muttered quietly when he was moving to the next class with Arthur.
After George beat up the brick thieves, the prince had George guide him around the slums, but he was surprised at the tattered buildings, bad public order, and the number of orphans that exceeded his imagination.
Although the environment has been rapidly improved thanks to House Stuart’s efforts, there are still many untouched places.
Despite having such a poor living environment, the children were surprisingly positive and motivated. They were studying and working more enthusiastically than the sons and daughters of nobles who were attending the academy now without any inconvenience whatsoever.
“That’s right. I’m also surprised. The girls can already read and write simple sentences, and the boys… for some reason, are oddly knowledgeable about insects… Moreover, I had my house’s men check, and there were really no rumors about us going to the slums.”
Arthur also nodded to the prince’s words.
“I saw some children who, if they are nobles, aren’t old enough to be assigned tutors. But they are also studying just like the other children. I see. So those children followed George’s warning and didn’t tell anyone about us.”
As George said about how his fief people were tight-lipped, the slums’ children must have understood and kept silent.
“Oh, speak of the devil. George-kun!”
George was walking towards them, looking left and right.
“Your Highness, Arthur-sama. How do you do?”
George noticed Arthur waving at him and came to greet them.
“Huh? Where’s Lady Emma and William-kun?”
His younger sister and brother, who would usually be with him all the time in the academy, were nowhere to be seen.
The prince always wanted to see Emma, so Arthur asked in his stead.
“Ah, they are heading to their next class. For some reason, I’m the only one who got called to the counseling office by Prof. Wolfgang…”
“Eh? Prof. Wolfgang is also in charge of student counseling, right?”
Arthur and the prince looked at each other with an expression that said, “What did he do?”
“No? I also have no idea why I was called…”
Because Emma had been focusing on the countermeasure plan against Over recently, his life had been relatively peaceful compared to a little while ago. George replied with a puzzled face as he also found it strange that he was called to the counseling office alone.
“Kya!”
“Whoops, sorry. You alright?”
George stopped in the middle of the hallway bustling with students moving to and from classrooms to talk with Arthur and the prince, causing a young lady who wasn’t paying attention to the road in front of her to bump into George lightly.
“Ah, my apologie…!! G-George-sama! That, I, uh, s-SORRYYY!!!”
George supported the stumbling lady out of reflex, but as soon as the lady realized that the one she bumped into was George, her face turned red, and she ran quickly from the place as if running away from George.
“George-kun, what did you do?”
“George?”
After watching the escaping lady until she was gone, Arthur and Prince Edward turned their heads to look at George.
“Eh?”
George swore he didn’t touch anywhere inappropriate.
The young lady just suddenly changed her attitude upon seeing George’s face clearly.
“Look, look. Over there. It’s the one from House Stuart…”
“So those rumors are true, huh?”
“No way… I thought he was the strait-laced type. What a pity…”
And then, a student noticed the lady who was running away and started whispering something to her friends from a distance away.
“Eh?”
After that, George, who was called to the counseling office by Prof. Wolfgang, would shout, “IT’S A MISUNDERSTANDING!!!” with all his might.
