Nina didn’t know what to say and could only blink speechlessly.

The same went for Gerhard. He unconsciously ran his hand down his much-reduced belly as he gazed at his son, who he had been reunited with after a few months of absence.

Yet, despite their reunion, Gerhard couldn’t allow himself to burst into tears of happiness. Eugene was now an adult and Gerhard was well aware that his son could no longer be treated as a child.

Gerhard hesitantly said, “...To think I would live to see the day… where you would actually take elves as your servants….”

Nina didn’t say anything, but she felt the same way as Gerhard. She had never thought that, in all her life, the day would come when she would have to train a couple of elves.

“...Do they really intend to serve as servants of the annex?” Nina asked doubtfully.

“They don’t want to work for the main house,” Eugene explained.

There were already enough servants for all of the annex’s needs.

In the first place, the only ones living here were Eugene and Gerhard. And even then, Eugene was away from the main estate most of the time, so Gerhard was in fact usually living in the annex all on his own.

While there were a lot of things that Nina could teach them, she had to wonder just when exactly they would get a chance to put those things into practice, but… it couldn’t be helped. Since Eugene had already said that he would accept them as his servants, Nina felt that she shouldn’t put up any resistance.

Eugene awkwardly began, “Um, well, I know it’s a bit tactless for me to say this right after returning from a few months away from home, but—”

“You’re planning on going somewhere else again?” Gerhard asked with an indignant snort.

“There’s a really important matter that I need to deal with,” Eugene explained. “I need to head back to Aroth for a while.”

“Still, at least this time you’re letting us know in advance.”

“Father, are you really still annoyed by that?”

“Who’s annoyed, you brat? You’re just darting...