Chapter 134

Chapter 106 The Girls’ Little Thoughts

“Oh, waffles!” Sarah didn’t hesitate to take one out from the kraft paper and took a bite, “It’s so sweet! And still warm, where did you buy them?”

Seeing her eat with such delight, I squinted my eyes and smiled.

“The ones on the left side of the academy, in the street.” Then I looked at the other two and handed them the kraft paper, “You should try them too, they’re delicious.”

“Thank you…” Daisy, a girl with a slightly shy demeanor, picked up a piece of waffle with her fingers, covered her mouth with her left hand, and took small bites daintily.

“Sophia…”

“Thank you, but I’ll pass. It’s too late for something so sweet. I don’t want to gain weight,” Sophia said.

Gain weight… That indeed is a concern.

Upon hearing Sophia’s words, I couldn’t help but reach out and touch my lower abdomen. The smooth, flat skin was reassuring through my palm, even through the dress. I sighed in relief—I seemed not to gain weight easily; fortunately, fortunately.

Otherwise, I would be in trouble.

“It’s okay to have it once in a while.”

I said with a smile to Sophia, but she was very firm in her stance.

“No, self-discipline is the secret to keeping beauty,” Sophia replied.

At this moment, I noticed that Sarah, who had been eating quickly, slowed down.

She wiped the crumbs off her lips, glanced at the waffle in her hand which was only half-eaten, then turned to look at Sophia’s slender waist, and pinched her own lower abdomen… Her expression immediately fell. When she looked back at the remaining half of the waffle, she found it hard to take another bite.

After a moment’s hesitation, Sarah looked over at Daisy, who was slowly savoring her waffle, and noticed that despite her slow pace, she never stopped eating. This puzzled her.

“Daisy, do you… not mind gaining weight?”

“Mm…” Daisy lifted her head with a restrained smile, “Not really. This is Peylo buying for us specially, and besides, I’m the kind of person who can eat as much as they want without gaining weight.”

“…How nice,” Sarah said with a sigh, then as if venting, she stuffed the remaining half of the waffle into her mouth in a few bites, speaking indistinctly, “Just one bite, no more.”

“Swallow first before you speak,” Sophia said grumpily as she walked toward the bed, pressing lightly on the wooden bed frame and knocking on it, frowning unhappily, “…The quality is terrible, it can’t compare to my Marcellus carved wooden bed… Really, even though it’s the Royal Academy, couldn’t they use better wood? I feel like I won’t be able to sleep tonight.”

Then she shifted her gaze upward to the bed I had already made, running her hand over the soft duvet.

“So many layers… you’re smart. Wow, this texture… down feathers… Did you buy it from the silk shop in Morswell?”

“Um…”

I stared at the last waffle in the kraft paper—probably no one wanted it anymore?

Should I ask again if anyone wants it… but the waffles smelled so good… Forget it, I’ll just eat it.

Right then, I saw Sarah swallow the food in her mouth, and… she frowned and looked over at me!

In panic, I bit into the waffle.

“The things there are all expensive… Peylo, does your family have a lot of money?” Sarah asked.

Huh? What was she asking? I had already taken a bite of the waffle.

“Please, Miss Sarah, what are you asking?”

What kind of foolish question is that? Didn’t you hear my last name is Winter Moon? …Daisy, I’m going to sleep on Peylo’s lower bunk. You and Sarah can sleep on the other side, right?” Sophia said.

Daisy, who was wiping her mouth with a handkerchief, quickly replied, “Yes, that’s fine.”

“Winter Moon… I know they’re nobility in the Empire, but I don’t know the details.”

Upon hearing Sarah’s words, Sophia paused in her actions and looked at her as if she were very wise.

“You… How did you grow up? What have you been doing all these years?”

“Practicing swordsmanship!” Sarah said unhappily, clenching her fist and baring her teeth. “I’m going to become a knight! My father was a very great knight!”

“How great? As great as Lord Pope Knight?”

“…That’s impossible… But I am great, and my swordsmanship is also very great!”

“Great enough that even Winter Moon hasn’t heard of it?”

“I’ve heard of them! I said I know they’re nobility…”

“To be honest, there aren’t many people like you.”

“…Are you belittling my swordsmanship?”

“What does that have to do with swordsmanship?”

“Then what do you mean?”

Sophia helplessly shook her head and ignored her, bending down to make her bed. Sarah then turned her gaze back to me.

“Peylo, is your family very powerful? Are you from a major noble family?”

“Well… how should I put it…”

This question made me a bit uneasy.

Saying something like “I’m part of the royal family” or “My father is Duke Scalliger” felt too difficult, as if it would make me look foolish, just like some people who became headlines for such things. But lying by saying “Actually, we’re not powerful at all” would seem insincere… Just as I was struggling with this, Daisy finally finished wiping her mouth.

“Sarah, Winter Moon is part of the imperial royal family,” Daisy said.

Sarah nodded.

“Oh, the royal family.”

After a moment, she seemed to realize something, her beautiful eyes widening as she stared at me in disbelief: “What? The royal family!?”

She suddenly appeared flustered, her hands moving in front of her chest for a long time, like a child just learning to walk, unsure where to place them: “The royal family is… Peylo, you… You’re actually a princess? Oh my God, I’m sharing a dorm with an imperial princess…”

“That’s not quite the case.” Before I could deny it, Sophia calmly said, “I’ve met both princesses of the empire, and they are much older than her… Are they your sisters?”

The latter part was directed at me, but I had never seen the princesses Sophia mentioned… Edward’s sister? No, his younger sister, I guess… I didn’t know.

It didn’t really matter to me.

“I only have two brothers.”

These simple words left Sophia speechless.

“No way? You’re Winter Moon, and you don’t even know about the two princesses?”

“I don’t.”

I took a bite of my waffle, threw the brown paper bag into the trash bin in the corner, and tilted my head, asking Sophia, “Why would I need to know them?”

Sophia rubbed her forehead.

“They should be your sisters… Anyway, there are so many collateral branches of the Winter Moon family, it’s normal not to have met them… I heard that there are some problems in the imperial family now. Is everything okay at your home?”