
"My name is Cassandra Lobelia Eleonore Athena Marioline Delyth Gretania Islean Adeline Lavina Cadis Marizta Ellair Princessa Light Queenna Luvy Kiyandra Calista Magaly Nyx, right? From a name that long as my nickname is not even half the letter of each word, isn't that questionable?" ask V to bite the bread back.
Aldrich Ellair laughed with satisfaction that the little girl before him had a bright brain, "Isn't it great that one letter can beat one hundred and thirty-nine other letters? Heh?" aldrich Eclair asked, raising one of his eyebrows upwards. His face today was not as scary as last night made V come laughing to hear his laughter. Ia himself also did not understand why he laughed for him the most important thing is to laugh first, for reasons he could think of later.
"Does he want me to be as good as what? What did Papah expect of me? I'm sure Papah isn't doing social charity" V asked with a probing look. He felt a little suspicious about his treatment.
"Well! Whoa! You're interrogating your Papah heh?" aldrich Eclair asked by raising his eyebrows. "Although calm you remain alert as well" he raised the corner of his lips.
"Isn't it weird that everyone ignores my fate, even my relatives don't care about me and Papah takes me home instead? That's questionable." explains V who made Aldrich Eclair laugh again crisply.
"What kind of work should I do?" V again asked because the previous question was not published at all.
"Simple you are enough to be my son, filial to me, and loyal to me until the end of your life." replied Aldrich Eclair before chewing back the bread.
V who wanted to bribe the bread the contents came to a halt, his eyes staring wide, "Eh? That only? That simple?" tanya V could not believe what she was hearing.
"Yes, your job is only that" said Aldrich Eclair casually, re-inserting the last piece of bread.
V nodded his head confirming his assumption, "It seems like being Papah's son is not that simple." he muttered.
Aldrich Eclair laughed at V's grumbling mutter that made him subconsciously rub the little girl's head.
"You're still wary of your Papah?"
V did not want to make Aldrich offended by his question, he chose to bury his curiosity deeply.
"Isn't he? Where's Mamah? Why not have breakfast with us?" tanya V suddenly made Aldrich Eclair jerked he was silent for a moment before finally smiling.
"It's not yet time for you to meet your Mom. Wait for your condition to be better than it is now. Only then do we pick up your Mom." explains Aldrich Eclair still by developing his smile.
V who realizes the fleeting change in facial expression understands with certainty the limit signals he can know and does not know. He chose not to ask more deeply, he continued to eat his breakfast without sound.
While Aldrich who was finished with his breakfast chose to change the shape of the V hairstyle which he thought a little disturbing.
Until Aldrich chose to leave, there was no more conversation between them. Aldrich didn't even ask about V as if he didn't want to hear the little girl's life story, in other words he didn't care about her past.
The servants who had previously gone somewhere were now back in sight, they were again busy tidying up the former cutlery.
In addition to Rozita who will always be on the V side, there are two other servants who will help V prepare for his needs, Sophie and Tiffany. They're sisters from the Yovanka family, they're Baroness.
From them also V just learned that not just anyone who can be a servant in the residence of the Eclair family because of his rank and peerage are so high. Sophie and Tiffany manage to escape thanks to the help of an insider who recommends them both directly to Aldrich.
In the Kingdom of Prussia has six levels of nobility, namely Emperor and Empress as the highest level held directly by a King and Queen. Under him was the Duke or Duchess held by the royal relatives who were viewed with high and decent standing in the eyes of the Emperor and Empress, even the position of Prince and Princess is below this level even though they are direct descendants of Emperor and Empress.
A Duke or Duchess is granted their own autonomous province by the Kingdom, this privilege is granted only specifically to those who are entitled Duke or Duchess. Princes and Princesses can also get this privilege if they get approval and are worthy in the eyes of the Kingdom.
To obtain this position must go through several stages that are so tight, besides that they must also get recognition from the Kingdom. Although they were worthy but if they did not get recognition from Emperor or Empress they could not rise to this level.
That difficulty makes nobles who get the title of Duke or Duchess can only be counted with the fingers. During this time there were only four nobles who got the title of Duke, one of whom was a descendant of the previous Emperor and a Royal Concubine.
Prince Hamilton Race Prussia wins Duc de Rot title. Prince Hamilton is not entitled to the name of the previous Emperor because he is not a direct descendant of the Empress, only Princes and Princesses who are direct descendants of the Empress can use the name Emperor as their middle name.
Then there are the Barnett family, Jacob Barnett with the title Duc de Blau, then the Osgood family, Kyne Osgood with the title Duc de Grun, and finally the Eclair family, Aldrich L. Ellair with the title Duc de Weiss.
Under the Duke or Duchess there is the Prince and Princess held by the descendants of the Emperor and the Empress or the Emperor and the Royal Consorts. Under him was the Marquess, held by nobles who were loyal to guard and protect the Kingdom of Prussia from enemy attacks. The majority of the Marquess family was involved in the kingdom's military affairs.
Under the Marquess there was a Count or Countess held by those who were believed to be ministers and governors in the territories appointed by the Kingdom. Unlike the Duke, the Count did not rule in his own name but in the name of the Kingdom of Prussia.
Under the Count or Countess there was a Viscount or Viscountess held by those who were believed to be the vice Count or Countess in managing the territory.
And lastly, the Baron or Baroness, they were usually made up of wealthy businessmen and merchants who received recognition from the Kingdom of Prussia.
That day and for the next week Aldrich Eclair did not let V rest in peace, he told V to read books of basic knowledge. V regretted his decision when Rozita asked if he could read or not. Suppose he does not accept that he may not be busy with the thick books.
The next days went so slow. V was very grateful that he did not rely so much on the knowledge that Rozita and his other servants had, because every breakfast Aldrich Ellair would give him an impromptu test of the contents of the books. Although not all of them can answer V but Aldrich remains satisfied with the answer given V.
Unfortunately the satisfactory answer was not to save V instead pulled him deeper into the tiger cave. Aldrich without his responsibilities added a list of books that must be read by him. Before V could reject Aldrich's typical intimidating glare seeped out without excuse.
Although V used to study together with his mother read medical books, but still if counted the length of time he studied for several months it did not reach half of the length he studied in this week.
Funnily enough, the effects of reading books sometimes make him hallucinate seeing the letters in his book suddenly dancing on top of every food he wants to eat.
The annoying thing again did not stop there. When he felt so happy because he could get up from his bed and wanted to do anjangsana every corner of the house, suddenly Aldrich introduced him to a teacher who was said to have received the title of the best teacher of the noble family, Viscount Darent Urbane.
His freedom was again delayed because the teacher was as cruel as Aldrich, he did not bear to give him dozens of questions about the exact science and general knowledge that always makes his eyes shrivel because of a headache after completing it.
"Rozita, I want to be a fruit so Papah doesn't tell me to study anymore. After Papah eats me I'll make Papah have a stomachache, then I'll fly to Papah's brain let him have a headache. I wanted to see if Papah still dared to tell me to study again." V grumbled softly at dinner in the dining room but strangely there was no expression on his sweet face.
V still felt his head that felt faint after working on the matter from Viscount Darent. If calculated from since its appearance V has worked on twelve packages of exact science and general knowledge with each consisting of a hundred numbers.
"Please be patient, Miss. I'm sure Miss is able to get through it." exclaimed Tiffany gave a spirit that actually made V even more upset.
"Patience how? I do things like take medicine twice a day, instead of calming me even more to make my head hurt." murmured V, "Look, now the numbers are even dancing on my food."
The three loyal servants followed him were also confused to encourage how else because indeed the teaching that Aldrich gave through Viscount Darent also made their eels shrivel. They were sorry to see their Miss had to be tormented like that but they were also powerless to help her.
V had been suspicious since the beginning when Aldrich asked her to be Young Miss of the Ellair family would not be as smooth as she seemed. Moreover, finished reading the history of the founding of the Eclair family that made V amazed, he would definitely be required to be a genius like his Papa.
The atmosphere of breakfast the next morning is not as heavy as before because since a few days ago slowly Aldrich slowly build his relationship with V. Their conversation is not only about the contents of the book, but also by getting to know each other.
But strangely every time V asked about the rest of the family Aldrich just gave him a wry smile that would instantly change the atmosphere between them.
"I heard you complaining about your non-pictorial books" Aldrich said amid the silence between them. "Sometimes I forget you're a seven-year-old" he said, chuckling.
V who was confused every time had to respond to how the words of Aldrich chose to silence for fear of his words later even mention him. But the silence of V makes Aldrich always misinterpret it.
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Author's Note:
Flags \= Open wide (about the eyes) until it looks enlarged.
Mumbled \= The voice that is held in the mouth - the voice is small to difficult to hear.
Sophie Yovanka \= Sophie; Wisdom, Yovanka; Grace from God. God gave wisdom to him.
Tiffany Yovanka \= Tiffany; God's Revelation, Yovanka; Grace from God. Revelation from God becomes a gift.
Hamilton Race [French] Prussia \= Hamilton; Nobles, Race; Handsome, Handsome Nobles from Prussia.
Duc de [France] Rot [Germany] \= Red Duke -de Rot, provincial name in Prussia.
Jacob Barnett \= Substitute Leader
Duc de [France] Blau [Germany] \= Duke of Blue -de Blau, provincial name in Prussia.
Kyne Osgood \= A very exalted nobleman.
Duc de [France] Grun [Germany] \= Duke of Green - de Grun, the name of the province in Prussia.
Duc de [France] Weiss [Germany] \= White Duke -de Weiss, provincial name in Prussia
Daren Urbane \= A great person with a special birth.