The Marquis de Kuzma and his wife Meliane were an enviable couple.

They were, in fact, cousins.

Perhaps because of this, Meliane acted as a safety valve for the Marquis Kuzma's congenital ......<<>.

The marriage was originally a political ploy, but beyond that, the two had built a loving family.

They had only one complaint.

They were not blessed with a child.

"I'm sorry, my dear.

When she was over 40 years old and no longer able to bear children, she apologized to the Marquis.

But the Marquis laughed it off.

"Don't worry about it. The heir will just have to be adopted.

However, even so, the Marquise's heart was still troubled.

More time passed, and when the Marquis was 55 years old and Madame was 53, a lady-in-waiting was hired.

Her name was Anna. She is 16 years old. She was a small girl with light brown hair and brown eyes.

She had a gentle disposition, but she was good at housework and became the Marquise's favorite.

When Anna turned 18, she wanted to have an heir.

Naturally, there were many objections. Mainly from her parents' side.

Anna overcame them all and became the Marquis' < when she was 58 years old.

The marriage was formed with the Duke of Breu, who was also her boss, as a temporary parent.

However, this union, which <> Meliane had pushed for, soon proved to be the right one.

Anna was pregnant.

The year after their marriage, she gave birth to their first daughter, Irene.

The first wife, Meliane, was as happy as if it were her own. She took part in raising the child herself.

"I am so happy to hold my husband's child in my arms.

Perhaps the Marquise de Kuzma was happiest at this time.

The following year, when Anna found out that she was expecting her second child, Meliane was on the verge of illness.

Originally a little sickly, she had been declining with age, and recently she could not even pass a normal meal.

A week after the birth of her second daughter Mavis, she passed away.

Anna, take care of your husband.

Those were her last words.

Anna, take care of your husband.

Yes, of course. But I will do my best for them.

The Marquise Anna, who answered Jin, was thinking of the late Meliane, who had taken her in.

She had been unexpectedly fortunate to have been transformed from a lady-in-waiting to a marchioness, and because of this, she was often unfamiliar with the customs and manners of aristocratic society.

I wanted to give my daughters a proper education and bring them up to be the kind of ladies who would be called "marquise daughters.

Anna's wish was that her daughters would not be gossiped about behind her back because of their mother's low status.

And, whether she knew it or not, the world's leading ...... or even the world's best engineer, <>, had come to visit her.

What can we call this without calling it luck, Anna thought.

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The world is round. So if you keep going straight and straight, you will come back to where you were.

"Oh, really?　Really? That's strange!　Have you seen it, Rubina?"

Irene and Rubina, the eldest daughter, are both 10 years old, and they get along well with each other since they are the same age.

"Yes, I have. When you fly above the clouds in an airship, you can see that the horizon is round.

"Wow, that's nice. I'd like to go there.

"If you want to see it so badly, I'll ask Master Jin next time."

"Really?　Rubina, I love you!"

Irene has a lively temperament and is good friends with Rubina.

It was Gulina who was studying with Mavis, the second daughter.

"5 x 5 = 25,5 x 6 = 30......"

Mavis is a smart girl, and at the age of eight she knows ninety-nine.

"That's amazing, Mae!"

Greenough could not hide his surprise.

"I like arithmetic. I like reading books too."

"I see. Well, let me show you how to do these calculations. It's called "Tsurukame-arithmetic."

"Sounds fun!"

Unlike Irene, Mavis seemed to be an indoor person.

"Are you sure you want to do this, sir?"

And Pamela, the third daughter, Jin and Freddy were teaching her the basics of the fundamentals of magical engineering.

That is, the control of magic.

A typical exercise is the < that Freddy and the others had been forced to do so much.

Pamela, however, is not yet able to handle magic itself well, so she starts with that practice.

The name of the magic is .

It is a magic that emits light from her fingertips and palms.

<>.

Now Pamela was practicing to make her fingertips glow.

And after a little instruction, she was able to make the tip of the index finger of her right hand glow.

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"Yes, I'm good at it. When you can do that, let's try shining another fingertip next time.

"Yes!"

"Yes!" And soon we were able to do it again.

As the practice progressed, Pamela was able to light all the fingertips of both hands with different colored lights.

"That's great, Pamela!"

"Really?　Pamela, are you amazing?"

"Yes, it's great. So let's practice it over and over again first.

"Okay!"

Yes!

After the first day, Jin and the others gave an interim report to Anna.

"Irene-san seems to be very active. Tomorrow we will go out to the garden and talk about plants.

Jin explained on behalf of Anna.

"Well, I see..."

"You are very studious, Mr. Mavis. I think it would be a good idea to give him a variety of books to read now. Just make sure he is in a well-lit room and has good posture so he doesn't hurt his eyes.

"Yes, I understand."

"Pamela, you have the potential for engineering magic. It would be good for you to study the natural sciences as well as the basics of the fundamentals. Oh, and it seems that you have been cured of your hypermagic."

"Well, well, I'm glad to hear that."

Anna was relieved that she could see the path her daughters should take, even if only vaguely, and she wanted to help them develop their talents as much as possible.

And so, after a week of staying and developing the talents of the three girls, Jin and the others left.

It will be a little while in the future that these three girls will be talked about in the society of the nobility.