Since enrolling in school, my first summer has arrived.

There is also a short summer vacation in the School of Magic, although not as long as the previous school life.

And that summer vacation, most students go home from their student dormitories.

I, Catalina Kraes, could not be an example, and I was home to the Duke's house, which is my home.

Then, at home, measures were laid against the ruin flag as much as possible.

With the help of gardener Tom Ji-chan, he made it easier to throw snake toys, improved them, read agricultural relations books, and refined field work.

But...

"I knew you'd want to see the real thing ~"

Keith, who was next door, turned a strange eye to me as I shrugged.

"... Now, what the hell?

"The field! I want to see the real thing in the field!

"... fields? There's nothing real here."

To Keith, who gave me an even more suspicious look while pointing to my field, which was gradually eroding the Kraes' garden, I said, 'No!' Claim.

"I want to see the real thing of a big field that's made properly in a farmhouse, not a field that I'm hobbying for in a garden like this!

"............... why?

"Of course! To be a fine peasant!

That said. If I strained my chest, Keith had his head next to it.

"... I don't know where to go in anymore..."

Keith, who looked down, continued to insist afterwards that he 'wanted to see the real thing in the farmer's field', and succeeded in obtaining brilliant, permission.

As such, a few days after obtaining permission, Keith's escort, was courteous enough to go on a tour of the farmhouse.

Why, because of your patience, the Duke's maid suddenly surprises all the peasants if she goes to see the farmer, and then don't let her mother get mad at you - the consideration.

In that way, I could do a tour of the farmland of the petition, disguised as the daughter of the merchant, as I do not know with the Duke's Lady.

"After all, real farmers' fields are rolling - they're different sizes and sizes -"

After the tour and in a good mood, I was enjoying the view out the window, rocked by the carriage borrowed from the merchant.

The scenery, which was at first full of large fields, also changes, and several buildings begin to be visible at the end of the field.

"Oh, what is that?

"Oh, that's a town."

Keith, who was similarly looking out the window, told me.

"You had a town like this."

The way to go was excited about the memorial farmhouse tour and I hadn't looked out the window much and didn't notice.

"Right. Sure, that town is Maria Campbell's town."

I can't believe there was a town where Maria grew up...

Sure, I heard it was a small town a little far from the center of the country, but I'm surprised this was the way it was.

Right - this is the town where Maria grew up.

Speaking of which...

"Could there be Maria here right now? You said you were going home for the holidays, right?

"Speaking of which, I think that's what you said...... no way!?

"Let's go!

"... I knew it..."

That's how I forcefully persuaded Keith, who shrugged 'I can't because I'm annoyed', to go to the town where he was born and grew up with Keith.

A short distance from the centre of the country, that town, as Maria had heard, was not as big.

So... honestly, I hope it came with momentum... but I was wondering if it would lead us to Maria's house...

As soon as I asked the people in town, they could tell me the house.

I guess everyone in town feels more or less familiar, like the countryside where I grew up in my previous life.

That's how, when I raid Maria's house with Keith I heard.

"Yes. Which one is it?

It was a beautiful woman who emerged from the entrance to the house.

Its appearance closely resembles that of Maria and is probably Maria's blood relative.

"Um, my name is Catalina Kraes and I'm a friend of Maria's. Is Maria here?

When I greeted her so cheerfully, the woman looked why but very surprised.

"... I'm out for a little while now... and I'm sure I'll be back soon... if you don't mind waiting in the house?

That's how the woman invited me and Keith home.

The Campbells were very ordinary private houses, but they were clean and well cleaned.

The woman named herself 'I am Maria's mother'. As expected, he was Maria's blood relative.

Nevertheless, she is so beautiful and frivolous that she cannot compare to my mother.

I'm sure Maria's mother wouldn't pull her daughter around in a ghostly shape if she made a mistake.

That's how Maria's mother recommended the table, which is probably her family's table, and entertained her with tea and sweets.

"Is this handmade by Maria?

Maria's mother looks surprised again when I ask her if she sees the sweets served.

"... No, I bought it in town.... Um, is that kid still making sweets?

"Yes. Maria is really good at making sweets and she always gets them made!

"... are you eating that kid's cookies?

"Yes. We're making it delicious!

When I said it, Maria's mother leaned down and told her to whine 'Really?' in some weak voice.

And then, some time later, the door to the house opened and Maria came home with a shopping bag.

Maria, who saw us sitting at the table, was surprised at the beginning...

"I thought I would never see the Catalinas during this vacation, so I'm glad to see you"

And he was delighted.

Thus, after spending time talking to Maria about her lack of other love, we realised that dusk was approaching and rushed to leave the Campbell family behind.

Though we are renting a carriage today that does not belong to the Kraes family but is used by a merchant, it was just boarded in front of the house of the common people, so we had our carriage and our squire waiting in a square a little further away.

Convince Maria that 'I'll drop you off at the carriage' is' fine here '.

It's time for dinner, so we'll have dinner ready for Maria anyway.

"Dear Catalina and Keith, thank you for taking the time to come here today."

"Yeah. This is the one who came all of a sudden, sorry"

"I'm really sorry I'm your sister with no thought. From now on, I'll make sure you get in touch with me and then I'll make sure you visit."

Maria's mother, who kept her head shut until then, rushed over to us when she exchanged and said, "Come on, let's go home."

And...

"... Um, please continue to give my best regards to my daughter"

That's what Maria's mother says and bows her head deeply.

I was offered my head with a serious face by a beautiful mother who looked a lot like Maria, while I was a little nervous.

"Of course, thank you very much for this one"

That's what I said and bowed my head.

So it was only next time that we made our way to the carriage and hurried home.

Born in a small town a little far from the heart of the country, I grew up adored by everyone for being the most beautiful woman in town.

Around the age, he married a man who was popular with women and became the Campbell surname, the oldest in a very reliable town of his age.

I had a wonderful marriage blessed by everyone around me and a few years later I had an adorable daughter who looked very much like me.

I named my adorable daughter Maria.

I got a lovely husband and a lovely daughter and I was having a happy day.

But those happy days suddenly came to an end...

My daughter Maria activated the magic...

'Magic' That is by no means unusual in this country where I live.

But those with that magic were mostly aristocrats.

Little, if any, of those who possess' magic 'in their capacity as civilians, and most of those who possess magic in the civilian population were said to be children conceived by aristocratic ladies.

Of course, there was no such fact.

I never betrayed my husband and Maria was definitely my husband's daughter...

Still, rumors broke all over the small town that I worked infidelity.

It's the beginning that says, 'It's okay. I'm not suspicious of you,' my husband said, 'and the rumors were getting too big, and it was getting awkward... and if I realized it, I wouldn't be leaning against the house.

Everyone in town who had ever been so good to me became more and more distant from me.

Only when, people's eyes got scared and they always started to lean down and walk.

I was so happy...

Why did this happen...

If she doesn't have magic...

If I don't have that child...

I was stunned at myself being about to hit such a grudge on my young daughter if I realized it.

My daughter doesn't have anything wrong...... I know that...

Still can't hold myself down...... I desperately distracted myself from my daughter.

As such, she was a daughter who did almost nothing, but she did not have such a predicament, did her chores perfectly, and did excellent work at school.

Many people praised their daughters for being special, but behind-the-scenes, because they were hidden children of nobility, saying that they were cheating on something with magic.

On several occasions, I was called out to want my daughter to be adopted.

I've thought many times that if I snorted at it... everything would work out...

After all, I couldn't snort at the offer.

A daughter who laughs desperately at a useless mother who keeps distracting her...

Even though I know I'm a stupid mother... I still couldn't let go of my daughter.

I was actually aware.

How hard my daughter is trying to be complimented as a genius for being special...

How desperate you are to work hard......

To the appearance of such a daughter... selfish resentment faded away...

But...... I kept distracting myself. I was afraid to turn my eyes on my daughter again.

Maybe my daughter won't forgive a mother like this anymore...

The color of disgust and contempt may be floating in my eyes looking at me...

And in the end, while I can't even look at my daughter...

Her daughter finally celebrated her fifteen-year-old year and traveled to the School of Magic.

The house without my daughter was so quiet and lonely.

Such a daughter took advantage of the summer holidays at school to come back to my house.

She had such a bright look on her face that she couldn't compare to when she was home.

What the hell has happened to my daughter in the last few months...

And in a few days, I'll know why.

"Yes. Which one is it?

After one day, when I knocked on the door and came out of the entrance, there stood a girl and a boy about the same age as my daughter.

The outfit was like that worn by a merchant child often seen in town, but the setting was very rinsy.

"Um, my name is Catalina Kraes and I'm a friend of Maria's. Is Maria here?

The brown-haired girl opened her mouth more so, and the boy beside her lowered his head with a peck.

... a friend of Maria's... I was very surprised by the words.

Because Maria, who had been dealing with heresy from other children since she had the magic... she had no friends or anything.

"... I'm out for a little while now... and I'm sure I'll be back soon... if you don't mind waiting in the house?

Honestly, I thought it would be nice to have these girls in a house like this...

Still, I would have loved to entertain the two of you who said they were friends of this Maria.

The small house had no choice but to recommend the table, which was the family's table, but the girls took their seats without making a slightly disgusting face.

Then, have the best tea in the house and serve the best treats you've bought in town.

Then...

"Is this handmade by Maria?

Suddenly, a girl asked.

"... No, I bought it in town.... Um, is that kid still making sweets?

"Yes. Maria is really good at making sweets and she always gets them made!

"... are you eating that kid's cookies?

"Yes. We're making it delicious!

The girl smiled and said so.

A few years ago, the day I desperately practiced and made sweets and took them to school, my daughter came back with her eyes bright red, and then I never took the sweets I made somewhere...

I couldn't help but make a smile in front of me, my daughter behind me who was killing her voice and crying...

Although no mother could have done anything to you like that...

Finally, you have a friend who will eat your hard made treats...

After a while, Maria came home and laughed happily when she saw the girls she had visited.

That was a really happy grin I hadn't seen in ages.

In the last few months, my daughter got a friend and started laughing so happily...

My daughter is changing...

Neither will I ever be able to stay like this...

If I keep leaning down and not even seeing my daughter... sooner or later, my daughter could leave me...

I have to change.

The evening approaches and I follow the girls who are supposed to go home, their starting walking backs.

And...

"... Um, please continue to give my best regards to my daughter"

I bowed my head deeply. Then the girls smiled.

"Of course, thank you very much for this one"

He gave me my head back with dust.

And as I looked over at the girls' backs and shook them, my daughter opened her eyes and looked at this one.

I haven't had a good eye in years.

My daughter's eyes were wet...

And my vision was distorted too...

Without the color of disgust or contempt I feared in my daughter's eyes...

There was surprise and... joy...

Suddenly, you may not be able to go back as before......

Still, take the time, little by little... if we can get back the wrong days...

I walk over to my daughter standing up wet with my eyes and softly embrace that trembling body.

My daughter's body, which was so small... was, at some point, as big as mine.

Unexpectedly, I was in a really good mood to see Maria, and even see a beautiful mother very similar to Maria.

That's how the carriage arrived at the Duke of Kraes' house, so he entered the Mansion with Lunlun through the front entrance in a good mood.

Behind him Keith managed to say, 'Sister, if you go in from the front with that outfit...' but it didn't get to my ear feeling like Lunlun.

So, when you're in a good mood and you knock on the front door...

There was a villain-faced mother, very similar to me, who even hung her suspended eyes further and stood in Jen-royalty.

"... Oh, that mother..."

"Welcome back, Catalina"

That's what my mother laughed at, but her eyes weren't laughing at all.

Clearly it is scattering disturbing air.

"A lot, you're dressed strangely"

"Oh, that's..."

Mr. Merchant, I was quite in a hurry to stay in the windy outfit...

"Well, as for that strange clothing thing to hear carefully later...... Catalina. I heard it at the Lady's Tea Party I went to today, and they're spreading ridiculous rumors at school, you know?

"... funny rumors?

"That's right. It's a very funny rumor. I'm talking about people building fields on the grounds of the magic school where they come from."

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"Besides, the story is that you seem to be a student of the school, and are there noble children and people like you who make fields and other things in the school full of courtiers?

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"Hey, isn't that a funny story? So, when I heard that story, it occurred to me that there was only one person who would do something incredible like that - Catalina, let's talk in my room for a moment."

As such, being dragged into my mother's room, I was to be punished too harshly for three hours of harsh sermons and a ban on going out between holidays, no sweets, and no fields.

Well, I managed to get Keith's help afterwards and let him know that it was the flower beds he was making at school...

This is how my summer vacation ended.