Emilia looked at the food can she was holding, and timidly handed it to .
Would you like so? (Emilia)
Sure. (Anos)
I grabbed a can of food and picked up so salted at.
I brought it to my mouth and ate it.
What are you doing? You shouldnt eat with your hands. (Emilia)
Unfortunately, I dont have a fork or any utensils. (Anos)
Youre not an animal. Co here for a mont. (Emilia)
Emilia patted the rock she was sitting on, and I sat there.
She took out a handkerchief and wiped my fingers. Then she gave a fork.
I used it to skewer the salted at and bring it to my mouth.
It tasted a bit salty, but the spices blended well with the flavor of the at, and the more I chewed, the more flavor I got.
Children have it so easy. Its like theyre free of all worries. (Emilia)
Do you have any trouble, Emilia? (Anos)
Thats Emilia-sensei to you. (Emilia)
After saying that, Emilia sighed.
You need to work on your language, Anosh-kun. (Emilia)
Why? (Anos)
Because the way you speak is exactly like that of the nastiest man in the world. (Emilia)
Refreshingly enough, her reason was just her own prejudice.
Emilia put her cooked beans in her mouth and munched on them.
Her eyes were staring blankly into the void.
Anosh-kun, youre royalty, arent you? (Emilia)
So it seems. (Anos)
You know I used to be royalty as well. she muttered with a sad expression on her face.
Is that so? (Anos)
You wont believe it, but I was turned into a mixed-blood demon by an evil mage. I was proud to be royalty. I was living a happy life. But when he took that away from , everything changed. (Emilia)
While munching on the salted at, I listened to Emilias words.
Everyone I et looks down on . They never take anything I say seriously, and they dont even pay attention to . I lost my job and was so embarrassed I couldnt even see my family anymore. Even if I wanted to work, being a teacher was my only option, but there was no way for anyone other than royalty to be allowed to work as a teacher (Emilia)
I reached for the canned bread and brought it to my mouth.
It was hard, and dry, but quite filling.
Well, two thousand years ago, people sotis ate bread that was as hard as a brick.
This bread wasnt too hard for my teeth, but I couldnt say that it tasted very good.
I spent every day in misery. Even though I worked to earn money, I was imdiately treated with hostility because I was a mixed-blood, and I got into quarrels. I could only earn a handful of money, and only afford low-quality food. I lived in a filthy place, not knowing what I was living for, and I felt like I was desperately gasping for air (Emilia)
But youre a teacher now, arent you? (Anos)
I am Emilia said with her eyes down.
But that doesnt an Im happy again. (Emilia)
No surprise there.
If being a child made it easier for her to talk, then I might as well have her get it all off her chest.
Perhaps she would feel better afterwards.
Hmm. Why is that? (Anos)
I realized sothing after coming to this city. Emilia said in a gloomy voice.
Ordinary people who dont have Magic Eyes only think of as a human. But the way humans treat those ordinary people is the sa as the way the demons in Dilhade treated (Emilia)
Emilia realized that normal interactions between humans were the sa as when she felt she was looked down upon as a mixed-blood.
There was no way she wouldnt know what that ant.
Those disdainful gazes I thought I felt on were actually the sa gaze I used to direct at mixed-bloods she said, crouching there and burying her face in her knees.
As if she didnt think that explanation was clear enough, Emilia added a few more words to supplent it.
The one who was actually looking down on was none other than myself I was simply afraid of being looked down on where though no one else was looking down on (Emilia)
I heard her grumbling a bit.
But what am I supposed to make of it?! All it did was throw into my face the fact that Im just a lousy, awful, helpless scumbag And nothing Not a single thing about has changed (Emilia)
Emilia made her body even smaller so that she could hug herself.
Anosh-kun, you saw it for yourself too, right? Im a teacher in na only, and I have nothing to show for it. Ive only been here for a short ti, but the students make fun of so much they dont even call sensei (Emilia)
Emilia raised her face slightly, with her eyes full of tears.
Now that I think about it, I guess this is the curse that evil mage saddled with Being royalty was just a title. Aside from that, I was a nobody I wasnt even a teacher I was just a powerless little whelp and an irritable fool who did nothing but look down on others she confessed to vent out her suffering.
Im not like Eldd-sensei or Shin-sensei Im not a proper demon, and I cant teach people anything (Emilia)
Biting her lip, Emilia spoke in a weak voice, as if to force her words out.
But even if Im aware of it, its too late for to redeem myself (Emilia)
She hugged herself tightly.
I can never beco a proper demon (Emilia)
I dont really understand complicated stuff. (Anos)
When I said that, Emilia looked at .
I guess not (Emilia)
That aside, this salted at is a little too spiced for . (Anos)
Youre so silly. Youre supposed to eat it with the bread. (Emilia)
That bread is too hard. (Anos)
Thats why we use this oil. (Emilia)
Emilia dipped the bread in the fish oil.
She brought the bread to my mouth as I munched on the salted at.
What do you think? (Emilia)
Its delicious. The bread is soft and the at has just the right amount of salt.
I know, right? (Emilia)
Emilias expression softened just a little.
Now I learned sothing new. (Anos)
Anybody knows that sort of stuff. (Emilia)
I didnt. (Anos)
For a mont, Emilia froze.
She was staring hard into my eyes.
Im sure there are many different ways to eat a years worth of food cans. (Anos)
If you dont mind this sort of trivia, Ill teach you about it again. Emilia said as she smiled in astonishnt.
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