And so, after finishing studying, we went to the garden for a simple get-together.

“What a wonderful garden.”

Nats looks around with sparkling eyes.

“Do all nobles have something like this?”

“I don’t know.”

I’ve only seen my own house, but I do have the image that all nobles have vast gardens.

“Luka, your wording.”

“Ah! Do they all have one?”

“I don’t know!”

“Huh? Even Lady Hikari?”

“Ah!”

I ended up using polite speech along with the flow, but a count speaking politely to commoners is probably not a good thing.

“Language is hard.”

“Hehe! It’s fine to relax a bit here, right? Don’t you think, Charl?”

“I cannot agree with that at all, Milady.”

“Geez!”

Philia’s argument gets completely shut down by Charl.

Well, it’s probably not good to do that from the age of four. The two of them can’t exactly speak casually to nobles and then apologize later either.

“Lady Hikari, there are fish in the pond!”

“Where?”

Invited by Nats, I walk over to the pond, even though it’s my own garden and I’ve never seen it before.

'This dress is really hard to walk in…'

I complain in my head as I finally arrive beside Nats.

“Wow!”

I let out a sound I’ve only ever seen written down and become captivated by the fish in the pond.

There are what would be called koi from my previous life swimming there.

“They’re pretty, right?”

“Yeah! They’re pretty!”

“I want to see too!”

While the two of us are captivated, Luka runs over to the pond.

Startled by his footsteps, the fish swim away.

“Ah, they’re going away!”

“Lady Hikari, that’s dangerous!”

“Ah!”

My attention is completely drawn to the fish, and as I lean forward to follow them—“Nats!”

Instinctively, I grab Nats’ hand, Luka grabs Nats’ hand, and unable to support my weight—Splash!

All three of us fall into the pond together with a loud sound.

* * *

“Hikari?”

“I’m sorry…”

Thanks to my mother and Charl having witnessed everything properly, the fact that the two of them fell in trying to protect me is accepted as it is.

If this were a bad noble household, this would definitely end in punishment.

I’m really sorry…

“I’m sorry, both of you. It seems my child got a bit too excited.”

“I’m okay.”

“I’m okay too.”

Even though they’re in a position where they can only say they’re fine, the three of us, who just fell into a pond, look at each other and laugh.

“For now, shall we all take a bath?”

““Okay!””

We raise our hands together, wrap ourselves in bath towels that the maids had somehow already brought, and are taken straight to the bath.

“We fell in, didn’t we?”

I say it out loud without really dwelling on it.

“Lady Hikari, please refrain from such recklessness.”

“I’m sorry…”

Three female maids, including Charl, remain in the bath, and all of them are clearly exasperated with me.

“Now then, please close your eyes.”

“Mm!”

Charl washes my body and hair, and all the dirt is washed away cleanly.

“There, all clean. Please don’t do anything reckless again.”

“I understand!”

I reply without understanding at all and soak in the bath by myself.

Nats and Luka are still being washed by the maids, and both of them look stiff, probably from nervousness.

“Hehe!”

“What is it?”

“No, it’s nothing!”

When was the last time I played like this without thinking and got all muddy?

In my previous life, I had become an introvert before I knew it, and physical activity was out of the question, but…

This is actually kind of fun.

“Is it okay to get in?”

“I wonder…”

“Let’s get in together!”

Since the two of them are hesitating nervously in front of the bath, I call out to them with my voice echoing.

“Shall we get in then?”

“Let’s get in.”

Maybe they’ve never been in such a large bath before, because even after getting in, they still seem tense.

Bathing is supposed to be the best way to relax, but it seems that only applies when it’s a familiar place and size.

“Don’t you have a bath at home?”

With how tense they are, I can’t help but wonder.

“Our mother can use magic, so we bathe that way.”

“But we’ve never been in a bath this big before…”

“I see…”

Wait, did you just say magic?

There’s magic in this world!?