LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 931
I was used to dealing with children because of Leo
“Alright, now why don’t you go back to playing with Leo?”
“Yes!”
“Thank you, old ma…mister!”
“Mr. Takumi, that was impressive. They wouldn’t listen to me!”
“Well, I think it helps when you try to speak to them at their level. Look Tilura, you’ll get left behind if you don’t go too.”
“I see… Ah, Liza, please wait!”
Tilura was quite impressed.
Well, she was only a little older than them, so it was not surprising that they wouldn’t obey her.
“You really are good with children, Mr. Takumi.”Claire said with a smile as I returned to my seat.
I was a little embarrassed to realize that she had been watching me.
“Do you think so? Well, as I said before, they used to play with Leo a lot.”
Whenever I took Leo for a walk, the children in the neighborhood would gather in order to play with her.
Leo was really small back then, and so I would sometimes have to tell them to be careful around her.
Children often did not know how to treat pets with care…
Regardless, I did feel like children here were more honest and would listen.
In Japan, they would often get sulky, or have strange things they learned from their parents. Or they would only be interested in games.
I suppose they were smart in a way, and might be considered arrogant in this world.
“I am well connected with the orphanage, but still find that dealing with children can be difficult. You saw that quite clearly…when I had that trouble with Tilura…”
“Well, you are family and are sisters. So I think it’s natural to assume that you understand each other.”
“…What should I do to be more like you, Mr. Takumi?”
“Having someone like Leo with you helps… But, uh, talk from their level? And don’t assume that they do not know anything.”
“At their level… Well…you do squat down a lot, Mr. Takumi…”
“It makes it easier to understand. When you are at the same height when talking. You can look them in the eyes… That is important. At least, it was in the place that I came from. After all, they are looking at you and thinking of all kinds of things…”
“I see… Indeed, Mr. Kalis said that it is important to look into people’s eyes when negotiating. Of course, as I was raised as a noble’s daughter, that is not exactly new for me…”
“Indeed. When nobles are talking, looking away might make them think that you are trying to hide something from them.”
I talked with Claire while watching the children laugh and play happily as they swarmed around Leo.
As a duke’s daughter, Claire would have been well-educated on how to deal with others. Especially other nobles.
I imagined scenes of her wearing fancy dresses and learning how to dance. How to act at parties and how to eat properly…
Well, I didn’t know what all of that was like, but I had seen such things in Japan.