I’ve been watching Miss Lan and Mister Nirushi. I use magic so I’m not spotted, but I leave when it looks like they’re going to talk about something important. I don’t want to hear secrets.
I’m just a little curious. But of course, I’m not always doing that. I don’t want them to get mad.
“What are you doing?”
Kayu and Ilkesai see me doing that, and I signal to them to be quiet.
They cover their mouths.
“Watching Miss Lan.”
“Why?”
“I’m curious about what they’re talking about in secret.”
I say to Ilkesai.
Gaius says I shouldn’t press them about this, but I’m just watching. Still, it’s fun noticing things I never noticed before.
I knew about Miss Lan getting along with people and spending time with them, but I’m seeing her do things I didn’t know about, and habits I didn’t know she had… It feels strange, I’m not trying to, but I’m seeing facets of her I didn’t know about.
I think I know a lot about my friends, but there’s a lot about her I don’t know, which leads me to not know what she’s talking about in secret.
“Secret?”
“Yes. With Mister Nirushi. Gaius says I shouldn’t ask, and I should wait until she tells me, so I’ve been watching.”
“I see… Miss Lan and Mister Nirushi…”
Kayu starts thinking, but the next moment, her eyes shine like she just realized something.
Does she know what’s going on between them?
Gaius knows, Kayu knows… How come I don’t? It feels kind of lonely.
“What do you know, Kayu? I don’t understand.”
“I get it! If I’m right, it’s wonderful! Don’t be sad, Lerunda…! It’s okay if you don’t know.”
Kayu says with a big smile, looking excited. Ilkesai is looking at her a little taken aback. Wonderful? I really don’t get it.
I’m confused, and Kayu is all smiles.
“I think she’ll say something about it soon, so you just have to wait. But I’ll watch her with you!”
“You look like you’re having a lot of fun, but is it really that fun?”
“Yes. Very fun!!”
Kayu isn’t telling me what she’s thinking. She also thinks I should hear from Miss Lan. But if she’s enjoying it so much, it can’t be something bad.
I don’t really get it. What did she figure out?
“I’m going too.”
“So you’re interested too, Ilkesai.”
“Well, a little.”
It looks like he’s figured something out too. Hm… Seriously, what is it? We keep watching, but I have things I need to do soon.
Gaius and I are king, so I can’t just stay here watching Miss Lan and ignoring my work.
I need to think about how people see me. That’s what I was told. The king is the face of its country, so it’s bad if people see the king in a bad way.
I think as we get more people, if there are people that don’t want to follow me and Gaius, that’d be bad.
Right now, even if I’m not that reliable, people still accept me… But I can’t rely on that too much.
Everyone’s nice to me, and I really like how they accept me. I really like them too, and this kind of environment is really comfortable.
It would be easy if it was just people that are close to me…
Even what I’m doing now is something I can do because we’re a small country with not that many people.
If it was bigger and had more people like Migha… I don’t think I could mess around like this and do what I want.
Thinking about that makes me realize that watching Miss Lan with Kayu and Ilkesai is fun.
But it still doesn’t tell me what she’s been talking about in secret.
—Lan’s story – Part four
(The miko watches the educator with her friends.)
