Absolutely Do Not Touch Eldmia Egga – Chapter 31

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Yuziro
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She was fourteen years old, wasn’t she? Certainly, she still had a youthful face, but she was quite a beauty.

Her eyebrows, which were evenly thick, went well with her fierce eyes, and the only makeup that seemed to be a bold red eyeliner was a definite point on her white face.

It was easy to guess that if she grew up like this, she would become a fierce-looking beauty. Was her height a bit shorter than Asirye’s?

More than that, despite having destroyed the door to someone else’s room in two pieces, she had a very good spirit. She kicked it so hard that the voluminous hem of her skirt fluttered even after the door was opened.

Hmm.

Come to think of it, since it’s her own house anyway, the expression “someone else’s room” was a bit off.

Anyway, the girl who introduced herself as Cheryl Tzin Ogatorf showed tremendous guts at their first meeting. She didn’t stop at that bizarre behavior and tilted her head as she continued speaking.

“Who are you?”

Unlike the maid behind her, who asked with her face why I was sitting like that in the bathroom, Cheryl crossed her arms and demanded my introduction as if such things were trivial.

That alone was enough to make it clear that she was truly an extraordinary person. Is this the power of puberty? Or are all geniuses like this? Is this why Sir Ekaf sighed so deeply and worried about his daughter?

Countless questions surged up, but there was something that boiled up even more fiercely than that.

At first, I couldn’t tell what it was, but when it took shape in an instant and settled inside me, I almost let out a deep sigh.

It was a feeling of annoyance.

That’s right! As soon as I heard her self-introduction, I couldn’t help but tremble like a supporting actor whose only line was stolen!

How dare she make such a self-introduction in front of Eldmia Egga?

In the end, I abruptly stood up from that spot, proudly crossed my arms, looked down at her, and said,

“I am Eldmia Egga!”

There was a strange guy who was standing on the bathtub of someone else’s guest room, feeling a sense of rivalry with a girl who was a head shorter than him, and shouting proudly.

But that guy was me.

At the moment when self-loathing was about to rise higher than my feeling of annoyance, the girl’s thick thumb-shaped eyebrows twitched.

I didn’t miss the passion, sparking like flames in her purple eyes, which were subtly shaking.

That alone was enough to know.

This kid is feeling the same displeasure as me!

“Are you the guest my father brought?”

“Are you the daughter of Sir Ekaf?”

Something… something is happening.

We both wanted to ask the same thing, without even aiming for it. That alone was enough to know that the displeasure we felt towards each other had greatly increased.

Because both her and I were openly looking at each other with our faces rotting, there was no way we couldn’t know.

“”Annoying!””

Finally, when even the last shout was the same, I realized.

I could surely tell that the girl had also realized it.

The sky doesn’t need two suns.

In the midst of the tense atmosphere, we, who had only been clashing gazes, rushed at each other like beasts to bite each other’s necks, as if there was no need to say who was first.

Today… one sun will fall to the ground…!

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Where is this?

The reception room of the Ogatorf family.

Who am I?

The fallen sun. The squatting Eldmia Egga.

I admit that I suddenly started a fight for pride because the similarities in our actions were so strongly felt, but in the end, there was no way I could beat up a fourteen-year-old kid for such a reason.

In the end, until the maids came rushing in and stopped Cheryl, I had to be beaten up badly. When I tried hard to block it, she grabbed and pulled my hair. It was to the point where I thought my hair would really be pulled out.

The situation was barely concluded, thanks to Sir Ekaf who returned home not long after. We were then immediately dragged to the reception room.

To be precise, we were both dragged to the reception room, but the only one standing and being scolded was Cheryl, and I was just leisurely sitting and listening to the conversation between the father and daughter.

Because I, who only got beaten up, had no fault!

“I don’t understand what this means at all.”

The haggardness was starting to settle on the face of Sir Ekaf, who had not lost his neatness even during the six-day march and vigilance.

Come to think of it, it makes sense. It’s not like I asked him to take me, but he proposed and brought me after accepting that proposal, so if his daughter suddenly beat up that kid, all sorts of thoughts would come to his mind.

“There are no two suns under the sky.”

Surprisingly, it’s not the words coming out of my mouth, but the words coming out of Cheryl’s mouth. To this extent, it goes beyond being creepy, and is extremely mysterious that our ideas are so similar.

The only difference is that I’m actually over 30 years old and she’s 14 years old.

Anyway, the part of her that Sir Ekaf was struggling with, seemed to include such boldness and far-fetched ideas.

Although it wasn’t outwardly apparent, from my perspective, who had a similar idea to hers, I guessed that she just had a slightly high self-esteem, but there was no way to know right away.

“Phew… Can’t we do something about that reckless personality of yours?”

At Sir Ekaf’s deep sigh and words, Cheryl and I unknowingly recalled what Lagnis had said at the campsite in Ogwen.

“”I’m sorry.””

Even the apology that came out was the same, so we glared at each other again, but we also knew that we had to avoid this situation, so that confrontation didn’t last long.

It was truly a fleeting moment, so Ekaf didn’t even realize it and was just flustered by the fact that I apologized too.

“Ha… Huh? No, there’s nothing at all for you to be sorry about.”

In the end, starting with Cheryl, who apologized to me after a half-forced admonition, Sir Ekaf formally introduced me to the family members. Of course, all normal people and I were able to finish greeting each other brightly without much rejection, and that was the same for Lady Raviel, Sir Ekaf’s wife and the lady of the house.

It’s only that Cheryl who is the problem. She’s something like a doppelganger with an amazing sync rate, only with different gender and appearance.

Huh? Then it wouldn’t be a doppelganger.

Anyway, for now, something else is more important, so I’ll endure it, but soon we’ll have another sun-grabbing battle.

“No matter what, that’s a bit…”

For now, persuading Sir Ekaf was the priority. Ignoring Cheryl, who was sitting still like a doll with its strings cut next to him, just glaring at me, I continued.

“I can’t be a freeloader to Sir Ekaf, who has no connection to me, and even ask for teachings. I’d like you to hire me as a servant.”

“Your mindset at such a young age is truly commendable, but hiring you, the savior and friend of the Margrave, as a servant of our family… hmm…”

After finishing all the greetings, I was in the middle of eagerly persuading him, turning my words this way, to make him write an employment contract while having a brief conversation with Sir Ekaf.

It was an enthusiastic self-promotion to get a job.

As soon as I brought up the topic, Sir Ekaf refused so naturally and tried to treat me as a guest while also taking care of my food, clothing, shelter, and even education.

But that’s not what I need. Knowledge and foundation to live alone were more important even without full support. Of course, there are many things that can be learned through education, but there are even more things that can be learned.

In that regard, Sir Ekaf’s mansion was very suitable as a new workplace. Since it’s a noble’s mansion, the wages are also on the high side, and I can clearly understand the perspective of commoners looking at nobles and vice versa.

Above all, my life goal is not to become a knight, so the education provided by Sir Ekaf is just meaningless knowledge for commoners like me.

Even if I later become a wandering adventurer, I would rarely use what I learned here, so rather than spending time on unnecessary education, it would be much more beneficial to work as a servant and only roughly understand etiquette and customs, and devote time to acquiring general knowledge about work skills and how the world works.

Is that all? In my case, I can even freely participate in the training of the family’s knights. Originally, it’s something that can only be done after starting as a servant and working for more than several years.

If I don’t need training, I can work, and if I need training, I can take time off work! It seems perfect enough to be called God’s workplace.

Above all, I was convinced that there must be many things that I would never know in my life if not for a mansion like this.

It’s a great family with “Tzin” in the name. It’s a noble of a different class that I might not have even seen in my lifetime, if it weren’t for this absurd connection.

There are too many learning opportunities everywhere to stay as a guest. Unlike other people, I was someone who absolutely couldn’t neglect that situation.

“If you ask like that, it’s really hard to refuse any longer. All right. Instead, I will definitely inform the Margrave about this matter.”

Finally, Sir Ekaf smiled as if he really couldn’t understand, and agreed. In the end, in the speech I sincerely tried, focusing on the theme of not settling for comfort and wanting various experiences, and it worked.

“Thank you for accepting my unreasonable request, sir”

“Tell me anytime if you change your mind.”

Of course, that won’t happen. Unless I decide to give up on revenge and go back home.

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