The Northern Duke’s Eldest Son’s Tutor

I left the training ground while supporting the completely exhausted Kyle.
The training ground was extremely humid, perhaps due to poor ventilation.
It was already hard enough, but staying in a humid and hot place would have made him feel even more uncomfortable.
“Young Master, are you feeling a bit better now?”
“No…”
Today, Elin pushed him harder than expected.
Since swordsmanship isn’t an ordinary lesson but involves moving the body, I expected him to be somewhat tired… but honestly, I didn’t expect it to be this bad.
Normally, Kyle could walk on his own, even if he was tired.
But today, he can’t even stand without my support like this.
Actually, rather than supporting him, I’m almost carrying him.
And I could strongly smell Kyle’s sweat from beside me.
But the smell of sweat wasn’t as bad as I expected.
Rather, I thought it wasn’t bad as I smelled it.
Unlike normal sweat smell which is unpleasant, Kyle’s sweat smell wasn’t bad.
Is it because he usually bathes in good water?
If that’s the case, it would somewhat explain it.
Or maybe not.
“I’ll postpone the lesson with Louise for later. I think it would be best to wash up right away.”
If it was a moderate lesson it would be different, but how could he attend a lesson when he’s this exhausted?
Normally, he would have just wiped off the sweat and roughly entered the lesson, but this was different.
“Let’s go wash up right away.”
I moved straight to the bathroom while supporting Kyle.
Normally, I would have called attendants to take care of it, but now it would be better to just wash him quickly and let him rest.
*
“I can manage on my own..?”
“Young Master, your arms are trembling.”
Having seen Kyle for years, is there anything about him I wouldn’t know?
When I can clearly see his arms and legs trembling when he tries to apply force, did he think I would leave him to wash on his own..?
That’s a bit disappointing.
Well, I don’t have memories of washing him normally.
Since attendants did it, there was no reason for me to do it.
“Let’s take off your clothes. Ah, I should help you.”
“Wait-”
There was no way someone who could barely move could take off their clothes alone.
I undressed Kyle.
Starting with the upper garment completely soaked in sweat.
“Wait a moment!! The underwear… I’ll do it myself..”
“Yes.”
Is he embarrassed?
Well, it is an age to be embarrassed.
Kyle is now about the age of a middle school student.
Of course, I don’t have any thoughts whether I see Kyle naked or not.
Just a thought like “he’s still a kid..”?
Kyle entered the bathroom, covering his body with a towel.
“Hmm..”
I should change clothes too.
Even so, entering while still wearing a formal suit wouldn’t be right.
There happened to be thin clothes nearby, so I changed into them.
Not bad.
It’s enough to just cover what needs to be covered.
“Young Master, please sit on the chair.”
Bath attendance was simple.
Just wash him and that’s it.
Kyle in a seated state, probably due to embarrassment, was covering his body with a towel.
Actually, Kyle was accustomed to bath attendants, so it wasn’t a problem at all.
Rather, it was me who might have a slight issue since this was my first time attending to his bath.
“Young Master, I’ll wash you. First, your arms.”
Before starting, I wiped Kyle’s body.
It was the duty of bath attendants to first wipe off sweat with a towel before starting.
I wiped his arms, shoulders, back, chest, and abdomen one by one.
Then I took out another towel and started wiping his lower body.
And when I was about to do the private parts, Kyle was surprised and said he would do it himself, so I just let him.
He’s at that age.
Then I rubbed soap vigorously in my hands to create foam.
Soap with a good scent.
So this was the scent that usually came from Kyle.
It was a much better product than what I use.
-Swoosh
“Huh..”
I started soaping him, starting from Kyle’s back, slowly as if stroking.
What I’m doing now is really just soaping.
“Young Master, is this strength sufficient?”
I asked because it could be too strong and hurt, or too weak and not be to his liking.
In my standard, I thought it was just right, but it could be different.
“..I-It seems fine.”
“Is that so?”
If it’s fine, I’ll continue.
Again, I didn’t go near the private parts because it was obvious he would react as if having a seizure if I tried to touch them.
“Miss Sofia.. why are you suddenly attending to my bath?”
“Just because I wanted to.”
Rather than waiting like a puppy in front, I thought it would be better if I just finished it quickly today.
I could also talk to Kyle about the remaining tasks of the day while washing him.
“…”
Afterward, I also soaped parts like Kyle’s armpits and abdomen.
For parts Kyle refused, I just gave him the soap and told him to do it himself.
If he doesn’t like me doing it, he should do it himself.
“Now I’ll move on to the next step.”
Kyle’s body, sitting on the chair, was covered with white foam due to the soaping.
I washed off those foams one by one with water.
“Sniff..sniff…”
Thanks to this, only a fragrant smell remained on Kyle’s body, which had a sweat smell before entering.
With this, the bath attendance was over.
“Young Master, it’s done.”
“..Yes. Miss Sofia, you can leave now.”
“Oh.. is that so?”
Originally, I was going to stay and have some conversation, but if he says this, there’s no choice.
It would be fine to have a conversation a little later, so I left the bath.
“Ugh…”
I thought there wouldn’t be a problem washing him because the clothes were thin and short, but it seems I was wrong.
The clothes were almost soaked from washing Kyle.
Very damp.
As a result, the clothes that were light changed to clothes that became heavy with absorbed water.
“I should take this off first.”
The clothes weren’t that big, so my chest was particularly uncomfortable, but now that the clothes were wet, it became even more uncomfortable.
“Sigh..”
I threw off the thin clothes I was wearing and wiped my body with a towel.
Since the clothes were wet, the skin underneath was naturally wet too, so I had to wipe it.
Then I changed back into the formal suit I was wearing and prepared clothes for Kyle to wear when he came out.
Kyle came out about 20 minutes later.
I wiped Kyle’s body with a towel and then dressed him.
“What would you like to do about the lesson with Louise?”
Although he rested somewhat while washing, his body isn’t in good condition today.
For me, I would want Kyle to just rest, but…
“It’s fine.”
“Oh.. is that so..?”
To be honest, I didn’t expect him to say he would do it.
“Then I’ll call Louise. Young Master, please rest here for a moment.”
I said that and went to fetch Louise.
It was obvious she would be doing something useless again by now.
It was also clear that I would get angry again when I entered.
-Knock knock
“Louise, I’m coming in.”
I said that and entered Louise’s room.
Unlike me, she didn’t lock her door, so I could just enter directly.
“Damn it.”
I couldn’t help but curse as soon as I entered.
Rooms in the castle are usually cleaned by servants.
Some maids enter my room to clean it.
I do some cleaning for Kyle’s room and occasionally give it a proper cleaning.
But Louise’s room now was, to put it roughly, a complete mess.
On the floor, a half-drunk bottle of alcohol had fallen with its cap open, and the carpet on the floor was stained with alcohol.
There were cookie crumbs on the bed, and there was a strange smell, perhaps because she hadn’t ventilated.
As if she had mastur…
“Hey, open the window right now.”
“…Yes.”
My expression is surely not very good right now.
That’s why Louise, unusually, didn’t say anything and immediately did as I said.
Watching Louise open the window, I first picked up the fallen bottle of alcohol from the floor and closed the cap.
“Hah…. go have your lesson with Kyle. I need to clean this up.”
“Sofia, I didn’t do this on purpose… W-While eating…”
“I understand, so hurry up and have the lesson. Kyle is waiting.”
I’m angry, but there’s no choice.
It’s time for her to have a lesson with Kyle, and Kyle is waiting for her in the classroom.
It will be enough to beat her up again a little later.
After dinner would be good.
“I-I’ll really clean it up when I come back! Okay? So please don’t be too angry..?”
Saying that, Louise left the room as if escaping.
I wasn’t that angry, so why is she speaking so properly?
Normally, she would have said, ‘Sorry~ I’ll clean it up later~’.
Well, whatever.
I had to clean this up.
It’s not like I don’t know how to clean, and there was no need to call other servants.
But how could it get this dirty in just a few days?
It’s even dirtier than when I was just drinking alcohol during my adventurer days.
“……”
More importantly, the bed was the biggest problem.
Probably because she ate cookies on the bed, it was completely dirty.
This… I should call other servants.
*
“Young Master, I’ve come to pick you up… oh.”
I entered the classroom around the time the lesson should be ending.
“Louise, why is the Young Master sleeping?”
“Uh… after the lesson ended, as I was tidying up, he suddenly fell asleep?”
“Sigh…”
He was obviously very tired, but whether it was the characteristic pride of an adolescent or male pride that activated, he said he would attend.
He’s plenty cool enough without doing that.
Well, that’s how men are.
During my adventurer days, I also had times when I mindlessly just cared about pride, so I can understand to some extent.
“Louise, let’s postpone your scolding until tomorrow. Just eat and sleep on your own, okay?”
“Y-Yes!”
Louise has an expression of relief that my scolding has been postponed.
She’ll be scolded tomorrow anyway, so what’s there to be relieved about?
“The Young Master and I are leaving.”
I lifted Kyle, who was sleeping while seated on a chair…
“Oof..”
And carried him on my back.
He’s grown since before, but he’s still light enough for me to carry.
Kyle needs to grow more from here.
As a man, shouldn’t he grow about 30 centimeters more from here?
40cm more might feel too tall, so the 180cm range would be good.