I knew it would be like this (3)
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“You mean repairs? If you have any clothing that needs repairing, please forward it to the laundry manager. “I will mention it separately.”
“no. I’m going to fix it myself. “I’m going to practice too.”
“… “Have you ever had a hobby of mending or something like that?”
When I stopped by the Ofilis building after the monster ecology class, the maids seemed to have some free time, as if all urgent work had been completed.
Normally, the period right after school starts is the busiest. As students settle back into their bachelor’s degree and begin to lead a stable life, the maids’ work also returns to its established routine.
The chaos immediately after the start of school was quickly resolved, and he now greeted me with a more relaxed expression.
“Do you really need to do it yourself? From our perspective, adding one or two more garments to be repaired does not mean that the workload will change significantly.”
“No, thank you, but I can’t come to Ofilis Hall every time and ask for even the smallest repairs. To save my time, I have to do the simple things myself. “It’s too far away.”
The rose garden is one of the prides of Ofilis Hall.
Not only roses, but all kinds of other flowers were swaying pleasantly in the cool early fall breeze.
The campus has a quiet atmosphere that is unique to late afternoon. As if enjoying that strangely lethargic feeling, several students were walking around the rose garden and photosynthesizing like plants.
Meanwhile, Maid Jean Belle seems to have been checking to see if the garden was neatly maintained. She was walking around the garden, looking rather disgruntled at the leaves of her poorly pruned shrubbery.
If you were managing the inside of Ofilis Hall, it would be difficult to even talk to him. Before that, even the entrance itself is a struggle.
Fortunately, since I was outside, I was able to easily talk about my business.
“There are a lot of clothing items scheduled for disposal. Most of the clothing is for internal employees, so it is women’s clothing… “There won’t be any problem with practicing simple repairs.”
“If you’re going to throw it away anyway, can I take some?”
“Yes, but it’s a bit of a distance to carry everything… Also, it is a very strange sight to see you returning home carrying a bunch of women’s clothes, so I will instruct my subordinate to deliver them to you later. “Can you think of about ten pieces?”
“That’s enough. “Thank you for your concern.”
“It’s no big deal.”
The only skill left to train in order to make a handmade bow is repair.
Only when you can do simple fabric or leather repairs without difficulty will you be able to truly develop your skills in making handmade bows.
It’s okay to practice if you take the time, but it bothers me that I don’t know how long it will take.
“Did you have dinner? There will be an internal banquet today to celebrate the start of school. The hall on the second floor is open, so you can have a meal there. “I will inform my employees.”
“no it’s okay. I said we would have dinner at camp. “It’s a bit weird to eat first and then leave without saying anything.”
“… ”
When I said that, Belle opened her strange eyes again and looked at me.
These days, it feels like the technology to read the subtle changes in facial expressions of people who are expressionless is increasing.
Lucy and Belle too… Even among people who are not good at expressing their emotions, changes in their state of mind can be subtly noticeable.
Lucy always feels dazed and absent-minded, while Belle always feels calm and collected, so the textures between the two are strangely different.
However, the fact that it is somehow noticeable if you look closely is the same.
“What.”
“… yes?”
“no. “You were looking at me with a somewhat complex expression.”
“W-you mean me? It would be rude if it looked like that. sorry.”
“No, no matter what expression you make, it’s up to you and it’s not up to me to apologize… “I just wanted to do something.”
Bell responded to those words with a look of confusion.
“Oh, no, it’s not like that… However, you need to pay more attention to your facial expressions. You shouldn’t always be negligent in managing your impression, but I feel like I’ve become a bit lax. “A poker face is the most basic of basics.”
“That’s a bit excessive to worry about. “It doesn’t look like anything on the outside, so there’s no need to worry.”
“okay. Well, Master Ed is good at reading people’s facial expressions, so I might feel that way even more.”
Belle closed her eyes and spoke as if she were lamenting.
“However, I can’t help but feel that Master Ed is living with Lady Yenika… “It just felt vague.”
“… “Why are you feeling nostalgic?”
“I know it’s strange, but it’s because I’ve been supporting Jenica’s life ever since she came to Sylvania and had a hard time adjusting.”
Belle spoke elegantly with a neat demeanor without changing her posture.
“At the time, I was a senior maid, and now I am the head maid, so my position has changed a lot. Still, the emotion remains endless.”
“To begin with, she was from the countryside and had a very good living skills, so I think she would have been able to take care of herself without the help of maids.”
“That’s true, but… However, if you feel uncomfortable or need anything while living here, please contact us. “Ofilis Museum always buys supplies in bulk, so there are a lot of things left over or thrown away.”
I am truly grateful, but I am already receiving a lot of help from Belle and Ofilis.
If you rely on outside help for everything you need in life, you won’t be able to solve it on your own when an urgent situation arises.
So, for now, I responded to Bell’s favor with just a thank you note.
“Looking at it, it must be hectic just taking care of the Ofilis pavilion. “What about Lucy?”
“You haven’t returned home since you went out in the morning. He must be taking a nap somewhere in a good spot. Would you like to meet Miss Lucy?”
“No, I was just asking how you were while I was here. “If you’re not in your room, you might be at camp.”
“You must have worked hard to hold the school opening event. But first of all, he is the senior of all Sylvania. It is a position with a lot of expectations. “The accumulated penalty points are worthless.”
A rare genius who will never appear at Sylvania Academy again. It is truly an honorable position.
However, at the same time, Lucy also has the rare stigma of being the person with the most penalty points at Ofilis Hall.
Even if you live like a bastard throughout the school year, the accumulated penalty points are difficult to exceed 200 points… Lucy is surpassing the 1000 point mark on her own. The penalty points are as great as his performance, and he is securing an overwhelming first place position.
However, the problem is that Lucy cannot be controlled solely through the disadvantages that come from penalty points.
It has slowly come to a point where life penalty points directly affect her grades, but her overwhelming performance is not a difference that can be overturned by life penalty points.
“Actually, it’s someone else who has business. “I have something to tell you.”
“You mean at the Ofilis Pavilion? Well, Master Ed is acquainted with the students who use Ofilis Hall. “If you tell me separately, I will call you.”
“No, that’s enough. He’s not someone worth calling out. I’ll just leave a letter and leave. “Because he is a difficult person to meet.”
“… ?”
*
“So, you ended up going to Cleric’s Monastery?”
“The Princess of Persica is said to be coming, and there is also something I need to talk about seriously with Saint Clarice. No matter what, I was sure I would just go. “It’s hard to have a long conversation at times like this.”
When Ed Rosstaylor returned to camp, Yenika had finished preparing dinner and was sitting by the campfire reading a book of elementalism.
When Jenica manages the camp or does basic housework, she ties her braided hair back and rolls up her sleeves… When I look at her, I get the feeling that she really looks like a country girl.
It was a strangely different feeling from when she was usually the top student in her grade, dressed up neatly in school uniform, so many students were surprised when they saw Yenika shopping in the living room.
It’s different from when I lived with assisted living at Ofilis Center. If you want to take care of yourself, you have to be busy all the time, so you can no longer live like a princess in a fairy tale.
If you watch Yenika thinking about what to buy for daily necessities or handling ingredients… For students of the bachelor’s degree, there is a strange feeling, as if characters from a fairy tale have burst into reality.
Jenica actually really liked that situation.
This is because, even in his hometown of Pulan, he refused the favor of people who encouraged him and lived his life looking after himself.
“So, I went to Ofilis Hall to tell Saint Clarice the news, but it wasn’t easy to meet her in person. “I just left a letter for Belle.”
“monastery… monastery… ”
Jenica repeated this several times with the book open on her lap.
Tanya, who stayed at the Cleric Monastery for a few days, must have had a lot to say, but Jenica doesn’t know much about what kind of place the Cleric Monastery is.
However, all we know is that it is a sacred sanctuary on the sea located along the west coast of the empire.
Still, there is a unique, neat image that comes from the word ‘monastery.’ The first thing that comes to mind is the image of priests sitting aloof in a place far from the rest of the world and receiving God’s will. There is nothing particularly dangerous about it, it just feels like a terribly boring and quiet place.
After thinking about that image, Yenika finally smiled with a kind smile that was typical of her.
“If necessary, I should go… But Ed, if you travel that far in the middle of the semester, won’t it be too hard to keep up with the bachelor’s curriculum?”
“It’s just a week, but it’s not that fatal. “I’m going to make some preparations in advance.”
“I see. But what business do you have for Saint Clarice? It seems like something special to have personal business with that incredible saint… ”
Yenika has a strange feeling of admiration or burden for people of noble status.
In fact, Ed Ross Taylor, who is right in front of us, is also a nobleman who has been restored to his family.
“… ”
“… ?”
In response to Yenika’s question, Ed suddenly looked as if he was lost in thought for a moment.
It’s as if he’s wondering whether he should say something or not.
Yenika just tilted her head and looked at Ed with a natural look on her face.
“I have some work to complete before I graduate.”
Seong Chang-ryong Velbroke.
Ed, who was considering whether or not to mention that name, eventually shook his head.
I have a feeling that the current Yenika would completely believe Ed’s words.
The resurrection of Sung Chang-ryong Velbroke and his arrest are the heaviest and most important burdens that Ed Rosstaylor carries.
Yenika is always worried because of Ed, who is already going through a lot of hardships. Is there any benefit to already handing over the weight of the next load?
Above all, if we start to gather forces in earnest and make matters public, Yenica will naturally become aware of it.
Wouldn’t it be better to say something when things slowly start to take shape? Ed had that thought.
There’s nothing Jenica can do right now, but it will only result in putting more weight of worry on her shoulders.
“I have some personal goals. and… Also, Saint Clarice is a person with great influence. “With the Ross Taylor family’s position already in jeopardy, she is someone I want to get as close to as possible.”
“If it’s political, there’s nothing we can do… I can’t think of anything like that… I can’t help… ”
To the naive Jenica Palover, political deliberation is as incomprehensible as the curly text in a difficult technical book.
To expect such a level of thinking from a girl who has always exchanged natural relationships and favors is too much of a thief.
On the contrary, since she has a personality that doesn’t know much about such things, it could be said that she is like Yenica Palover.
Ed shrugged and poured some of the stew that had been warming in the iron pot over the campfire into a bowl. It was prepared by Yenika.
It is truly ironic that after turning down the exquisite feast at Ofilis Hall, what he ate was warm meat stew, but Ed is a person who does not attach much importance to gastronomy in the first place.
Rather, this one suited Ed better.
“It’s delicious. “Did you make it after afternoon class?”
“huh! It was nice that there was a lot of spice left! “I also thought I needed to eat all the smoked meat before it spoiled, so I put in plenty!”
Perhaps because she got excited by hearing that it was delicious, Yenika closed the book and started talking about personal things, such as how it felt to cut with a knife and how she should buy a new pot.
Ed cooed as he shoveled stew into his mouth, and gave an estimate of how many more logs would be needed to expand the cabin and how much more trimming would be needed.
And then, until the meal was over, we talked a lot about what to do with the structure of the newly expanded cabin, whether to place Ed’s personal magic engineering workshop on the second or first floor, whether to create an underground space, whether to put up a fence, etc. exchanged.
In a peaceful time as the sun was setting, a strange feeling of happiness bloomed just from the time of exchanging such trivial stories, and Yenika smiled for no reason.
“Bell gave me the recipe. There are many other things I want to try besides this… hmm… Still, I wonder if we shouldn’t waste too much planting material… ”
Ed threw the spoon into the iron pot, which was neatly empty to the bottom, and sat down on a tree stump. A pleasant feeling of fullness came over me.
“Now that I think about it, I didn’t say anything. “Belle will send someone to give you some clothes.”
“clothes?”
“I personally asked you to practice mending. They’ll probably send a maid tomorrow. “Don’t panic if someone you don’t know shows up at camp.”
“Yes, I see. While managing the Ofilis Hall, they also take care of the camp… Belle is so amazing… ”
Belle Maia was the senior maid who had taken care of Yenica Palover since she was a first year student who knew nothing.
Although there is a slight age difference between her and Yenika, she is so young that she is no different from a rookie compared to her enormous position as head maid at Ofilis Hall.
If she had reached that level at such a young age, it would have been natural for her to become arrogant or loose in her demeanor, but she is still as flawless as she was when she was a low-level maid. It doesn’t seem like his way of thinking has changed much compared to when he was at his lowest level.
They say it is important to keep your original intention, but as your position changes, your values must also change. Usually things change naturally without any effort.
It’s almost tongue-in-cheek to see him keep his position so tenaciously. What soon feels like is unnaturalness.
The strange way in which he carries out his position and duty is not the sincerity of an ordinary person. It certainly seems like there is something worth mentioning as an opportunity.
“What were you doing before coming to Ofilis Hall in the first place? “Yenika, what do you know?”
“huh? well… All I know is that Belle has been working as a maid since she was an adult. And what… “I’ve heard a strange rumor going around among low-level maids.”
“A strange rumor?”
“Well… Well, it’s just a rumor, but they say that my childhood past was very dark… I’m not sure about the specifics. “Everything is a mystery.”
Among the students at Ofilis Hall, there are many people with dark pasts. In particular, there are cases of children of border nobles who lost in power struggles, illegitimate children of influential families, and families whose families were ruined after entering school.
If you work at an Ofilis building, you will meet a lot of people who had unhappy childhoods, and even those maids would say that they have a ‘dark past’… I have no idea what kind of life he would have lived.
Ed tilted his head and thought about it, but it wasn’t a curiosity that could be resolved right away.
“… ”
In fact, it’s not going to be of any help in subduing Bellbroke right now, and it’s just a personal curiosity, and digging into it further would be an invasion of privacy.
People often have a past that they want to hide and live with. Digging into that kind of past will only be a disgrace to the other person.
With that thought in mind, Ed shook his head and threw away useless thoughts.
“Well, Belle will take care of her life. “I have to take care of my own business first.”
“Ahaha… Actually, Belle is someone who will do well without us having to worry about that. Ed, are you going to trim the logs before you go to bed?”
“okay. I guess I need to cut down some more. It looks like the cabin will be bigger than I thought. “Of course, you can’t get an accurate estimate just by designing.”
“It’s better if you grow up! “It’s where Ed lives!”
Yenika spoke with a lively smile.
Ed got ready to move his body by twisting it around. Although there were still some wounds, it wasn’t so bad that I couldn’t move my body.
“Is there any leftover drinking water?”
“huh. In the bucket!”
I had just finished eating. To quench his thirst and replenish moisture, Ed went to the bucket where drinking water was collected and soaked a wooden mug.
Ed took a gulp of cool water as he watched Yenika open her elemental science book again. A pleasant refreshing feeling spread throughout her body thanks to the cold water flowing past the pores of her throat.
And then the fever rose quickly.
“… ?”
Ed instantly felt uncomfortable at the strange sweet taste on the tip of his tongue, but it was already too late.
“Wow, wow… ”
He was sneezing as if he had heard something. Yenika looked at Ed in surprise and worriedly told him to drink slowly, but Ed could not hear her voice clearly.
“Wow! Wow! Pfft… Ugh… ”
Ed, who was sneezing repeatedly, grabbed the edge of the bucket and knelt down. As she continued to endure the heat rising through her body, she sensed something was wrong with the changes in her body.
“Eh, Ed… ? are you okay?”
Jenica, realizing the discomfort, closed the book, placed it on the tree stump, and stood up.
The moment he ran towards Ed, who was drinking water, and supported his body, he was startled by the heat rising through Ed’s body.
Ed was fine with no other problems until just a moment ago. There will be no more recoil left in the ring.
But what on earth is this heat?
“Eh, Ed… ? Ed… !”
“Huh, heh… for a moment… for a moment… Phew… ”
Ed, barely able to lean against a bucket full of water, began to breathe with difficulty. Jenika looked at him and her hands began to shake.
Does it hurt somewhere? Unless it is a serious illness, the condition will not deteriorate so rapidly.
Yenika lowered her posture while supporting Ed’s body, and only then did she see the reagent bottle lying among the grass.
“… … .”
Goosebumps rose up the tips of Yenika’s arms. I’m sure I’ve seen that reagent bottle before.
This is Yenika, who did not think too deeply and resolutely rejected Patriciana’s offer.
I remember seeing Patrician’s face looking strangely dissatisfied as she looked at Jenica, who was so determined and firm.
Alchemists often have a strange sense of pride or confidence in their inventions. In fact, most inventors who pursue innovation are all similar.
These are the people who feel like their pride has been scratched and become even more selfish when their inventions, which they put all their effort into, are ignored.
I wonder if there was any difference just because she was Patricia, and I wanted to show the effectiveness of the medicine to Yenika, who told me to take such a reagent with me.
The circumstances were that Patricia had secretly put a reagent in a bucket containing drinking water and ran away… It is not difficult to infer.
“Patriciana… Seniors… .!”
Jenica supported Ed’s body and called his name in a resentful tone.
A tomboy and a troublemaker. In fact, students who are interested in alchemy are often given such nicknames. Now that I have become a victim myself, I feel even more resentful.
I feel like I should express my dissatisfaction later, but the first thing to do is to sort out Ed, who seems to be having a hard time.
I felt like I needed to wipe off my sweat first, so I was about to get the cloth I was using as a towel.
Ed’s hand grasped Yenika’s wrist tightly.
Yenika felt as if an electric current was flowing through her entire body, and she took a deep breath.
“Eh, Ed… ?”
“Whoa… after… For a moment, I think I’m in a bit of a bad state. “Yenika.”
“Yes. Yeah, it looks like it! “I’ll bring something to wipe off your sweat!”
Ed Rosstaylor’s mental strength was already far beyond that of many students.
He is not a person who can completely break down just because he has been exposed to a drug that induces intoxication and removes self-control. Rather, he is a boy who will overcome the energy of the reagent.
Nevertheless, the fact that it is difficult does not change.
“first… I’m feeling a little tired right now. Stay next to me… “If you lose consciousness, the only person who can help you is you.”
Yenika’s eyes darted around and she became more agitated than usual. For Yenika, who knows the efficacy of the reagent well, every word Ed says at this point is too fatal.
Above all, Ed is a boy who always cares for Yenika in a blunt and indifferent manner.
There are only a handful of times when someone actively revealed their inner self or came closer to me. She was Yenika, who also liked Ed’s blunt temperament, so she didn’t have any major emotional conflicts.
If you think that Ed reveals his feelings without hesitation, it is a fatal blow to Yenika, who is not immune to romance even for a girl of her age.
Just imagining it made Jenica’s breathing difficult, and she had to somehow control her eyes that were trying to turn around as they wanted.
“Eh, Ed… ! Well, first of all… Wipe off the sweat first… hey… ”
– Swish
Before Yenika could finish speaking, Ed quickly pulled Yenika’s wrist and made her sit next to him.
Yenika, who had settled helplessly on the grass, felt like her body was fluttering like a feather.
It was a gesture from Ed, who had always treated Yenika gently and cared for her, but… I made up my mind to pull on it so tightly that I couldn’t even resist. Was the mass of my body, which always felt so heavy, finally reached this level? My heart skipped a beat at the very realistic difference in strength.
Love and be loved. Be considerate, be considerate.
Since Yenika’s life has been one of only warm and gratifying human relationships, the gesture of holding her tightly and dragging her away while ignoring her opinions cannot help but be embarrassing.
Ed is in no condition to be considerate of Yenika. Trying to withstand the surge of energy from the reagent, Yenika’s wrist was held tightly until it broke.
Yenika was pulled next to him and forced to sit down, clutching her pounding heart.
Ed’s hand gestures, swinging Yenika around without a single bit of consideration, gave me a strange feeling of excitement.
My wrist feels stiff and painful. I felt like I was being held tightly and not being able to go anywhere. No matter what anyone says, it is a scary and scary situation, but when that person becomes Ed, paradoxically, my heart starts racing. The strange feeling of being manipulated gives me an inexplicable immoral feeling, but I cannot resist.
“Ugh..?!”
No, did you really want to resist in the first place? Jenica cannot refute such self-questioning.
Before I knew it, Yenika was also catching her breath. Little by little, her eyes widened as she felt a strange feeling for the first time in her life.
Still, we must resist.
I see Ed pressing his face with one palm, somehow holding on to the energy of the reagent.
Jenika’s face is already heating up to the point where she can’t keep up, but she can’t stay still like this.
First, we need to check Ed’s condition, wipe off his sweat, and take him to the cabin so he can rest. You should also tell them about the reagents, provide an environment for them to take care of themselves, and at least ask Bell for help.
A series of subsequent streams bloomed in Jenica’s head.
No matter how much your opponent is Ed Rothtaylor, for his sake, you must speak firmly.
Let go of this hand. It hurts so much. I’m so scared right now. Please be a little considerate.
First of all, I won’t be doing this. Please listen to my story.
With great difficulty, Jenica decided to call Ed.
“Heh, dou!”
Because I was nervous, my tone was off. Her voice came out louder than she expected, and even Yenika was surprised.
“Ugh!”
But there was no answer from Ed. Rather, he narrowed his eyebrows as if his headache had gotten worse at Yenika’s scream-like call.
“Don’t raise your voice too much… head hurts… ”
“Ed, you shouldn’t be like this… !”
“Just stay still… Stay next to me… ”
Ed’s voice speaks in a whisper as he breathes in and out. The voice that seeps right into my ears feels like my brain is melting, and the blood vessels running through Jenica’s face scream.
“Uh… ”
Soon, Yenika was completely overcome by the force. Eventually she speaks in a voice that sounds like an ant crawling inside.
“Ah Okay… huh… ”
The only solution that could resolve the situation ended up raising the white flag.
A state where you can’t ask anyone for help. To make matters worse, for some reason the spirits don’t even react. These are the spirits that usually flock around Yenika…
It was a situation where there was literally no answer.
*
” ♪ ♬ ♩ ”
A private room specially prepared for Saint Clarice on the top floor of the Ofilis Building.
The Ofilis Building is famous for the grand size of even the regular rooms, but when it came to the private room used by Saint Clarice, half of the floor felt like a space dedicated to her.
Clarice’s small body was lying on a bed covered in antique lace decorations.
The only person in this Ofilis building who knows about her double life.
The maid, Belle Maia, stood quietly next to her.
“He came late in the afternoon earlier and delivered it to me.”
Clarice, who was humming as if she was in a good mood, had spread the letter over her head and was happily reading it.
“They say they will accompany you to the Cleric Monastery. “I had a really hard time attending the bachelor’s event all day, so it feels good to be getting something in return!”
Clarice had a happy face. I was in a situation where I had to preside over prayer meetings for several days at Cleric’s Monastery, where there was nothing to enjoy, but it was a much different story if Ed accompanied me.
Although they are faithful, unlike the high-ranking clergy who have no interest in Seism and talk about the Bible all day… He is an excellent companion and a person whom I personally like.
Unlike the resolution I made every year to go to Cleric’s Monastery, I think I will be able to enjoy the visit this year quite a bit. At that thought, Clarisse became excited and started talking to Belle who was standing next to her.
“You mean Cleric’s Monastery? “Now that I think about it, it’s almost time to hold a prayer meeting.”
“yes. Because I am the face of the Telos Church. Even though I am a student at Sylvania starting this year, I still have to attend the prayer meeting. “The academic department has also decided to grant a public transcript.”
“however… Is it okay if I accompany Master Ed to Cleric Monastery? As far as I know, Cleric’s Monastery… ”
“Well, I have authority… There are as many reasons as you can make to accompany someone. “I’m sure there won’t be any problems within the monastery.”
Clarice was humming and happily reading the letter Ed had written by hand.
“Senior Ed is a person who is thorough in self-management and has strong self-control, right? So, nothing special will happen within the monastery.”
Belle had nothing to say to refute Clarice’s words, which she spoke with such confidence.
Ed Rosstaylor is quick to judge the situation and will not try to have more contact with the nuns than necessary.
“I guess I’ll have to ask the academic department tomorrow to ask for an official admission.”
Clarice was smiling brightly, waving her white feet.
Belle didn’t feel like adding anything to that happy look, so she just stood there quietly.
