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After that, I did the same routine with John-niisama that I had done with Jean-niisama.
Ah, yes, I did. I said "My Anis are the best in the world" one more time. Laugh at what a farce it was!!
"Hmm. For the time being, the problem is until Lai turns fourteen. When that year comes, you'll be able to go to the academy. The academy is a kind of independent institution, so it'll be safer than staying in the royal palace as it is."
"The problem is this hair and these eyes, right?"
I play with the black hair that has grown to bob length with my fingertips.
The black of the Ost Empire and the green of the Centro Kingdom.
Just by looking at it, you can tell that I'm royalty.
"I don't really want to stand out. Assuming I can hide my eye color with bangs and glasses, the problem is my hair color, right?"
"Hmm... I don't think that black color would dye with hair dye."
"Is there hair dye?"
"Hmm? Ah. There is, but the problem is that the color won't come out unless the hair color is as light as Jean's."
The color won't come out unless the hair color is light? Then there's no problem if I lighten the hair color?
If I'm going to lighten the color, what's related is melanin, wasn't it?
If I weaken that and use hair dye...
"No, just making my hair gray will make me impersonal, won't it?"
I've never actually visited it, but it seems that the citizens of the Ost Empire generally have gray or brown hair. If so, just making my hair gray would make my appearance at first glance look like I'm from Ost, wouldn't it?
John-niisama looks at me strangely as I suddenly start thinking.
"What's wrong, Lai?"
"No, there's something I want to try."
Saying that, I put my hand on my hair, limit the target to the melanin in my hair, and cast a weakening magic on it.
How to limit the target? Feel! Spirit!
I don't really understand the principle, but imagination seems to be important. Therefore, magic manipulation seems to be greatly influenced by the presence or absence of that imagination.
To put it more bluntly, scientific knowledge is useful for making that imagination clearer.
Because if you didn't know that invisible things exist, you wouldn't even be able to imagine them, would you?
Whatever form it takes, you can make it the target of magic if you can imagine it.
Well, putting aside how to use magic, after applying magic power for a while, the color of my black hair gradually faded and changed to so-called silver-white.
"Oh! How about this, John-niisama!"
I got a little excited about my changed hair color and talked to John-niisama as it was, but John-niisama was surprised with his mouth slightly open.
"John-niisama? What's wrong?"
I approached John-niisama, who was stunned, and waved my hand in front of his eyes.
However, his gaze seems to be fixed on my hair.
"L, Lai!!!! That, hair!!!!"
"Ough!?"
John-niisama, who suddenly came to his senses, grabbed my shoulder tightly.
"I, it was a beautiful hair color...!! C, can... It return to its original color!?"
"E, yes... Probably. I've only cast a simple weakening magic, so I think it'll return if I cast a strengthening spell..."
John-niisama stroked my hair, which had changed to silver-gray, as if he regretted it.
"I see... If that's the case, then it's fine..."
Perhaps convinced by my words, John-niisama released his hand from my shoulder and sat deeply in his chair again.
"But, Maya-sama seems like she'd be shocked by that appearance."
"Of course, I won't change the color while I'm in the royal palace."
Saying that, I put my hand on my hair again and cast a strengthening spell on the melanin this time.
As a result, my hair, which gradually changed color, was dyed black again.
"...Ah. I still like that color better."
John-niisama smiled slightly as if relieved at my hair, which had returned to its original color.
"Rather than me, shouldn't we be talking about John-niisama right now?"
That's right. Not only Jean-niisama, but also John-niisama.
"Fiancée. If someone is going to be assigned, it should be John-niisama first, right? I'll run away to the academy eventually, but if John-niisama doesn't enter the academy, there's no escape for you, right?"
John-niisama is fifteen years old now. He'll be sixteen soon.
He may be able to refuse now, saying that he can't think about marriage yet, but in another two or three years, he'll be seriously pressured to marry by other nobles.
Orlando-niisama, who currently has a fiancée, is seventeen years old now.
Setting aside Federico-niisama, Bertrand-niisama, and Andrea-niisama, there's no reason why John-niisama and Jean-niisama couldn't be pushed to get married early, since there's a precedent.
"Hmm? Ah, you mean that. I'm fine. Actually..."
John-niisama leaned forward slightly and whispered to me as if he was going to tell a secret.
"Actually, I'm thinking of studying the shen in the Notos United Kingdom for a while."
"E, eh!?"
I couldn't help but raise my voice at the unexpected words.
I thought that John-niisama would never leave the royal palace as long as Jean-niisama was there.
"So, is Jean-niisama going with you too?"
"No? It seems that he has something he wants to do."
"...John-niisama, won't you get Jean-niisama loss over there?"
"Hah. What's that? It's not like I won't be able to see Jean and the others again. If I want to come to the Centro Kingdom for a shen concert, I can come back as much as I want. My hometown isn't going away. Orlando-aniue is the same, right? We can come back anytime."
John-niisama lowered his eyes and smiled slightly, raising the corner of his mouth.
"Eh, my Anis are so cool."
"Haha. I'm honored. ...Lai, if you ever go to study abroad from the academy, I'd be happy if you came to see me then, I guess?"
"Ehhhh... What? I'll definitely come to see you."
"Ah, I'll be waiting. Please come and listen to my shen in the elven village."
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