Volume 6 - Chapter 20 – The Royal Castle (2/2)

“U, Um, am I not good enough? Would you like someone with more experience?”

Seemingly thinking her inadequacy being the reason for the refusal, the maid hurriedly asked.

“No. Whoever it is, it would be unnecessary.”

Reiko flatly refused, but,

“No, Reiko, we don’t know much about this country or the castle, so don’t you think we could use a little help?”

Jin said.

“…Yes, Father.”

Reiko reluctantly agreed.

Jin put the luggage away and looked out of the window. Nothing but trees and shrubs could be seen outside.

“A bad view, huh.”

Jin muttered, and,

“Ah, um, so-, sorry! The trees were planted so that there is no view from the outside.”

So that’s how it was, Jin thought after hearing it.

“Then, let’s go to Reinhardt’s room I guess.”

He said and left the room, and not just Reiko but the maid too followed.

Just there and then Elsa also came along, and in addition to Mine, yet another maid could be seen following.

She was slim and looked a little older than Elsa. She was a young lady with chestnut hair and violet eyes.

“Hey, Elsa. She is?”

He asked.

“…The maid in charge of me. Jin-kun’s too?”

“Yeah, so it seems.”

Then Beana came out of her room.

“Ah, Jin.”

“Hey Beana.”

A redhead maid was also following Beana.

The three then went to Reinhardt’s room.

In there they found, as expected, two maids.

One was in about her mid-20s, a glamorous woman with blond hair and blue eyes. The other was in her late teens, with unusual black hair in a ponytail, and reddish brown eyes. She too was beautiful.

“Seems like this castle’s maids are all nothing but beauties.”

Jin said.

“Oh, dear guest, you flatter us.”

The glamorous maid behind and to the side of Reinhardt said. Jin’s maid blushed, and Elsa glared a little at him.

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The tea Reinhardt’s maids brewed tasted like real black tea.

“Hm? This tea’s got a good flavor.”

Jin said, and,

“Thank you very much. It is called ‘teee’ and it is our country’s specialty.”

“Oh?”

Green tea, oolong tea and black tea are all made from the leaves of Camellia sinensis in the Theaceae family.

To make black tea, the fresh leaves must be dried, but then strangely the leaves must be left to ferment.

Green tea’s steaming stops this fermentation, and to make black tea it must be fermented.

So, this tea was without a doubt black tea.

“Jin’s also pleased with it? Me too, I thought I’d buy some for the return trip.”

“Me too.”

The tea seemed to suit Reinhardt and Elsa. It looked like Beana didn’t know much about teas’ flavors.

“Now then,”

Reinhardt opened his mouth to talk. It looked like he had entered diplomat mode.

“You call yourselves maids, but your goal is to monitor us, right?”