Chapter 558: Intermission: Unsung Hero (1/2)

After enjoying the festival on the Sixth Day of the Six Kings Festival, Lilia and her group returned to the inn as the sun was setting. The building felt more like a mansion rather than an inn, but after spending seven days here, they have gotten used to it.

After leaving their luggage with the servants waiting at the entrance, Lilia and the others moved to their respective rooms.

Lilia’s room, by the strong insistence of the person herself…… Though it’s actually mainly because of her stomach aches, she’s sharing a room with her two best friends, Lunamaria and Sieglinde.

After seeing Lilia sitting on a chair in the back of the room, Lunamaria and Sieglinde also sat on chairs. The three of them, who are best friends before they are masters and servants, often sit around the table and chat together in their private time like this.

[I’m really glad that today was relatively peaceful.]

[That’s right. It’s not like yesterday when we had to wait in line for hours for our turn……]

Lilia serenely smiled, to which Lunamaria deeply nodded in agreement. Meanwhile, Sieglinde picked up her pet Selas, who had come close to her, placed her on her lap, before taking cups of tea from her magic box and placing them in front of Lunamaria and Lilia.

[……But when Lili looks so carefree like that, I can’t help but wonder if something is going to happen in the future.]

[Yeah, I know what you mean. Lilia certainly had the tendency to draw trouble after all~~]

[Please stop! Don’t jinx it……]

Now, Lunamaria also calls Lilia by her nickname “Lili” instead of the usual “My Lady”, and a peaceful and restful time flows because they are good friends….. Lilia’s shoulders leaped as a discreet knock sounded at the door.

[……Eh?]

[Oya? Did something happen immediately? As expected of Lili.]

[……Couldn’t it be Aoi-san or Hina-san?]

Just after we had talked about what might happen next, the three of them looked at each other in surprise. Then, as Lilia said something as if she was praying…… hoping that it won’t be a problem, she spoke.

[Y- Yes…… Who is it?]

[Excuse me. Duchess Albert-sama, you have a visitor.]

[……A visitor?]

[Yes. A person named “Illness”-sama.]

[Illness huh? ……Alright. Send her in.]

The name given by the personal servant who came in may have been someone she hadn’t expected, but after tilting her head once, Lilia told her to let Illness in.

The exclusive servant bowed and stepped back, and a minute or so later, there was another knock at the door.

[Come in.]

[Excuse me~~]

A distinctive slightly lisping voice was heard, and Illness, a maid of Albert Duchy, came into the room.

[I’m sorry for the sudden intrusion, My Ladyyyyyy.]

[……What’s the matter? Did something happen in the mansion?]

[Not reallllllly~~ There is no problem back in the mansiooooon. Howeveeeeer, there are two documents that I would like you to cheeeeeeck, so I have come to deliver them to youuuuu.]

Lilia thought there was some kind of trouble for Illness, who was supposed to be at the mansion, to come visit her, but Illness shook her head and took out two documents.

[From my personal point of vieing independent as a Duchess, desperately begged to be recruited.

Illness asked her to let her think about it for a couple of days, but in the end, she accepted Lilia’s request and followed her to Albert Duchy’s mansion.

Most of the other servants voluntarily followed Lilia, but Illness was the only one Lilia asked to come with her…… In that sense, that also makes her a unique presence in the Albert Duchy.

In fact, her skills have exceeded Lilia’s expectations, and it is largely due to her that Albert Duchy has become so stable in just a few years. However, the person herself doesn’t like to stand out and doesn’t openly talk about it.

However, the people in the mansion, including Lilia, Lunamaria and Sieglinde, immensely trust her, and that’s why she was the one asked to fill in for LIlia when she is away.

She was willing to do miscellaneous work rather than the flashy work, and her work was almost perfect in every way. She was truly the Unsung Hero for the Albert Duchy.

[Lunamaria tooooo, are you having fuuuuuun?]

[Y- Yes…… I think Illness-sama should spread her wings and join us once in a while……]

[Kuhihi, if both me and My Lady were to participaaaaate, the burden on the other servants would become too great, you knooooow?]

If it’s simply about position, Lunamaria, the head of the family’s personal maid, is higher than Illness, a common maid, but Lunamaria still calls Illness with “-sama” added to her name.