Muyoku no Seijo wa Okane ni Tokimeku

Chapter 73: Leo apologizes. (3/3)

After seeing Leo's carriage off, Leena let out a long and tired sigh, then she returned to the attic to think about everything that happened today. However, upon reaching her destination, something shining under the faint light of the setting sun caught her attention, so she walked over to it.

Upon close inspection, Leena noticed that the thing shining under the sunlight was, without a doubt, the shard of the magic bracelet that Leo had brought with him, so she picked it up, albeit reluctantly, and stared at it with a grumpy look on her face.

(Hmph...! Stupid Leo... calling me cute over and over again... next time, I won't forgive him if he treats me like one of his little sisters–!)

Being treated like a child was one of the things that Leena couldn't stand. That's why she got so angry with Leo when he called her cute, after all, he was clearly treating her like a little girl.

(–No, let's stop things here. Being too angry will only bring harm to my health. Besides, blowing a fuse over something so minor is way more stupid...)

Lately, Leena was having some problems controlling her emotions, specially her anger, so when she realized that she was about to blow up again, she decided to stop thinking about what Leo said. Well, to tell the truth, Leena still had a lot to talk about with him. She wanted to talk about his engagement with Albert and what they were going to do from now on... but because she basically shooed Leo out of the orphanage, now they would have to do that some other time.

(Haaah∼, I shouldn't have done that... I still wanted to ask him some other things about Bruno...)

Although Leo had already told Leena many things about his childhood friend, she was still curious about the big guy. The fact that he fled to the enemy country after the war, and his unwillingness to visit his birthplace, only added to her curiosity. Not to mention–

(–It was like he already knew this thing was inside Leo's pocket...) – Thought Leena, as she stared at the small shard of the magical bracelet with a serious look on her face.

At the time, Leena just thought that Bruno was really good at seeing through his best friend's lies, but now that she had time to think, him telling Leo to jump was really weird. In other words, Bruno shouldn't have been able to tell that Leo had something dangerous inside his pocket, since he didn't have any magic power.

(But... what if he's like me? Maybe he also knows how to sense magic power...)

Based on their past interactions, that probably wasn't the case, after all, it was nearly impossible for a normal person to learn how to sense magic power... however, there were some exceptions.

Most doctors also knew how to sense magic power because it helped them treat their patients. They generally underwent a really long and harsh training just to learn how to do that.

In Leena's case though, she used to have magic power, so when she traded bodies with Leo, she just lost the ability to cast spells on her own.

(And the last exception is–)

*Bang!*

"–Leo Onii–no, Leonora-sama! We're here to see you!"

"We really missed you, Leonora-sama!"

"Yeah, we really missed you!"

Before Leena could finish her line of thought, Emily, Anne and Marcel barged into the attic with all their might, which surprised her a bit; for some reason, they were also holding a newspaper each, with huge smiles plastered all over their faces.

"Here, look! We did our best for your sake, Leonora-sama!"

"We really did our best! Please, praise us!"