Chapter 483: The Vindictive Little Elise (For This Month's Monthly Votes)

Although Elise is young in age, she is someone who keeps her word; in the days that followed, this little brat began to carry out all sorts of retaliation against Broly.

These included, but were not limited to, crouching in the grass early in the morning, wooden sword in hand, attempting to ambush the boy as he came to work.

Or at the castle window, preparing a bucket of dirty water used for mopping the floor, and suddenly pouring it down when the boy arrived at the front door.

There was also the sand-throwing technique she learned from the beast-race female swordsman of this household, attempting to blind his vision, then rushing straight at him to land a punch, and other such tricks.

However, all were easily blocked by Broly, and each time Broly would unceremoniously grab the little brat and, aiming at her still-undeveloped little butt, slap it several times as punishment.

"Wah, you bastard remember this, I will definitely retaliate back."

And little Elise, her line after each spanking never changed.

Broly looked at her with some amusement: "Then tell me, how many times have I hit you now?"

Little Elise wanted to answer, but discovered she fundamentally did not know numbers; after exceeding the quantity of her own fingers, she simply did not know how many times she had been beaten, and with tears in her eyes she was bullied into running away, finding her father Philip Boreas and saying: "Father, I want a teacher who can teach me numbers!"

After Philip questioned his daughter why she wanted to learn numbers, and obtained the answer that she wanted to record how many times the boy spanked her butt so she could retaliate back in the future, this young father agreed; his wife beside him, meanwhile, was voicing dissatisfaction at Broly over the matter of their daughter being beaten.

After little Elise received comfort from her parents and left in high spirits, preparing to go find Ghislaine to learn skills to win back face, the young couple in the room only then looked at each other, their eyes full of amusement.

Although their daughter was often spanked and bullied, she was now willing to take the initiative to learn some knowledge — this was completely a good thing where the benefits outweighed the drawbacks; at least she no longer acted like a wild child all the time, doing things like cockfighting and dogfighting, persecuting the flowers and plants in the courtyard.

"However, Elise is young now, so this educational method of spanking is still fine, but when she gets a bit older, will she still need someone to spank her and whip her on?"

Madam Hilda was somewhat worried about this; her daughter was ultimately a noble young lady, she could not possibly still need to be spanked by others to grow up in the future, right?

"Well, believe that when Elise grows a bit more, once she has a sense of shame between men and women and understands some etiquette, she will no longer need this method to be whipped on."

Philip comforted his wife; as for Broly beating their daughter's butt, he did not mind it at all.

Because in the Boreas family precepts, adultery with the beast race does not count as adultery, let alone just being spanked by a beast-race boy with justified reason and appropriate force sufficient for a lesson.

"Do we need to recruit a teacher to teach Elise numbers from outside?"

Madam Hilda asked.

"No need, because such a teacher, our household already has."

"I am the teacher to teach you numbers."

"Ah, how come it's you this bastard again?!"

Little Elise widened her eyes, looking with a face full of resentment at the demon-race girl who walked into the study.

"Can't help it, who let my magic curriculum have my student come only once on the first day, and then not come to class at all afterwards; I can't just take wages without doing work, right? Or rather, does little Miss Elise hope I take advantage of your household?"

Roxy winked at the little brat.

"Your household's advantage, I absolutely won't let you take!"

Little Elise said somewhat angrily; she had not forgotten the reason her butt got beaten in the first place; in her simple mind, the long-tailed bastard boy was because she did not attend this bastard's magic class that he laid hands on her.

Alright, for little Elise, she already did not remember the true reason she was beaten, but that did not hinder her hostility toward the demon-race girl.

"Since it's like this, then you must attend class properly, otherwise your household's advantage will all be taken by me."

Roxy said to the girl with a smile; little Elise's personality was a bit wild, but ultimately she was still just a child now; after figuring out her stubborn and competitive personality, it only took Broly slightly provoking her, and the demon-race girl who had already coordinated with Philip and his wife, once again became the numbers teacher the girl took the initiative to attend class for.

"Elise, how many numbers can you count to now?"

"Hmph..."

"Not speaking? Then I'll just leave; that way, I can easily take your household's money without having to do any work for you."

"Wah, I can currently count two hands' worth of numbers!"

Little Elise was very conflicted, but in order not to let the hateful magic teacher Roxy have it easy, she still stated the limit of numbers she could count.

"Ah, how amazing, that's 1 to 10; when Teacher was your age, I couldn't even count to that number!"

Roxy showed an astonished expression, directly praising the girl.

"Eh?!"

The ahoge on little Elise's red hair perked up, and she instantly beamed with joy.

"This is natural, I am the most amazing!"

The little brat was extremely easy to deceive; Roxy felt this was just a mini version of Rene, and so she stroked her fur the right way.

"Little Elise is so amazing, I believe the subsequent numbers can also be learned quickly..."

Roxy directly entered teaching mode; although she was teaching numbers not magic, the girl still brought out her full twelve points of ability.

Of course, this ability refers to providing little Elise with sufficient emotional value; Roxy had already asked beforehand the only swordsmanship teacher Ghislaine whom the girl did not tire of, how she managed to make this little brat willing to learn swordsmanship, and the answer obtained was also very simple.

"After learning swordsmanship, I can break more things, this gives Elise a great sense of accomplishment, and becoming strong is a very good thing."

Ghislaine's answer made the demon-race girl suddenly realize; so, letting the learning girl intuitively feel her own growth in learning in stages was the method Roxy came up with to teach little Elise; and the reason for going to such lengths was that Roxy wanted to get along well with little Elise.

Otherwise, she strongly suspected that by the time this loop ended, little Elise would really hate Broly, and Broly would not like this little brat either.

After all, compared to this hard-to-get-along-with little brat, in Buena Village just one day's carriage ride from Roa City, the other new capture target acknowledged by the Crystal Palace, currently only two-and-a-half years old, the mixed-blood long-eared race green-haired little girl, Sylphiette Yett little sister, was a thoroughly obedient child.

When Broly and Roxy went to find her, the other party was suffering exclusion and bullying from same-aged children in the village because of her hair color.

Those children shouted things like "demon, demon," until the real demon-race Miss Roxy stood behind them and told them the real demon race looks like this, only then scaring away that group of little brats.

"Please don't eat me!"

And Sylphie was also somewhat afraid; the legend of the Spearude tribe eating children is widely circulated on the Central Continent as well.

It is basically the best weapon for the vast majority of parents to scare disobedient children; even when Roxy was small, she was once deceived like this by her own parents.

"Demons don't eat people."

After a round of gentle explanation, little Sylphie, even smaller than little Elise, then gratefully thanked the big sister and big brother who helped resolve her siege.

Afterwards, whenever Broly and Roxy went to see her, little Sylphie would act very happy, calling them big brother and big sister one after another, very welcoming of their visits — a situation at two extremes compared to little Elise.

One looks very hard to capture, the other looks super easy to win over; if not for little Sylphie's age being too young, she would definitely be able to bring the little brat back to the house they bought in Roa now, feed her lots of delicious food and drink every day, and let the girl happily produce happiness value.

Under Roxy's teacher talent, little Elise quickly learned numbers above ten, and her relationship with Roxy also improved.

Especially after learning Roxy was also an adventurer, the teachers little Elise respected went from one to two.

The previous one was Ghislaine; her rich swordsman adventure stories were what little Elise loved to hear most, and now there was an additional Roxy, with adventure stories from a mage's perspective — this was simply double the joy; just, toward Broly this bastard who spanked her butt, little Elise's attitude remained poor.

Every day they met, she wanted to try to get back at Broly, and sometimes when Broly and Roxy were eating lunch together, little Alice would run over, pull Roxy away, and run off to eat with Ghislaine.

Winter passed and spring came; in the blink of an eye it was summer of Year 409 of the Jia Long Era. Little Alice was already five years old, and at five she was about to formally make her debut before the many nobles of the Fittoa Region as a child of the Boreas Family.

Five years old, ten years old, fifteen years old — these are the times when every child of an Asura Kingdom noble family holds a banquet to show their face publicly.

The scale of the banquet held represents the family's heritage and strength; of course, it also represents the degree of doting on the banquet's protagonist, their own child.

There was no questioning Sauros's doting on Alice; it was just that little Alice had not the slightest interest in the banquet business.

With this time to attend a banquet, she might as well practice swordsmanship more with Ghislaine, or practice water magic more with Roxy.

That's right. After their relationship improved, following half a year of study, little Alice Boreas had already mastered the casting of Beginner Rank water magic Water Ball Technique, and now she was learning Intermediate water magic Water Cannon.

However, little Alice was a noble young lady after all; even if unwilling, she still had to become the protagonist of the banquet for the sake of the family. Her mother prepared formal attire for her, and Broly and Roxy, respectively as sparring partner and teacher, received the Boreas Family's invitation.

"It's a very simple matter: stand at the front and introduce yourself before others, then the adults talk adult business and the children play together with children. I believe our family's clever and cute Alice can make good friends."

Madam Hilda tidied her daughter's formal dress. She believed her daughter could do all this well, but in fact Alice botched it. Unskilled at socializing, on the day of her five-year-old debut banquet she beat up a Viscount family's daughter.

The reason was a group of girls from noble family backgrounds ran over to get acquainted with Alice, and while they were discussing each other's hobbies and interests, little Alice said she liked swords and magic, only to be mocked by the other party.

The other party believed swords and magic were means only adventurers should practice, and as nobles they only needed to do noble things properly.

For example, learning noble etiquette well, mastering what type of snacks to enjoy each afternoon according to the weather and mood, things like that.

This very much matched the mindset of the common nobility of the Asura Kingdom, but it was not something little Alice acknowledged.

"No matter how you put it, you should not have laid hands on someone at your own banquet."

"But that guy mocked my swordsmanship and magic!"

"Those are indeed not skills a noble young lady should practice. Etiquette and upbringing are what make you a qualified noble young lady. Alice, you should apologize to the child you hit, so others won't fear you and will become friends with you."

"Mother, I hate you!"

"Alice."

When Sauros arrived here, little Alice happened to run out of the room.

Perhaps she was truly saddened; the girl didn't even notice her own grandfather.

"Hilda..."

"Father."

"For the sake of some minor nobles clinging to our Boreas Family, you harmed your own daughter."

"But noble socializing..."

"Don't bother with those. As long as our Boreas Family remains the lord of the Fittoa Region, Alice will forever have a noble identity, and when she is not in the wrong, no one can mock her, mock my granddaughter."

Madam Hilda lowered her head and apologized to her father-in-law: "I'll go find her and bring her back right away."

"Not needed. Someone has already gone."

"Friends and such, I don't care for them at all."

Hiding in the stables, little Alice was very disappointed. She didn't understand why she had to be scolded so harshly by her mother over this kind of thing, when clearly the one in the wrong wasn't her.

"Don't care for friends, then why are you hiding here crying?"

A questioning voice came from the haystack.

"I'm not crying."

Little Alice wiped her eyes and retorted, only then raising her head to look at the boy who appeared on the haystack.

"You hateful guy, did you come to mock me?"

She asked.

"No, I just came to invite you to go throw water balls on someone else's head. You going?"

"Eh, go throw water balls on whose head?"

"The guy who mocked your magic. Since that guy looks down on magic so much, let's go give her a lesson."

Little Alice was a bit stunned, staring blankly at the boy speaking like this.

"You going or not? If not, I'll go myself."

"I'll go."

The little one, reacting, said fiercely.

(Chapter End)