Chapter 43 (1/2)
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As many of you lovely weeaboos may know, j.a.panese has a bunch of personal p.r.o.nouns that change depending on speaker and context.
For informal occasions, the polite term for ‘I’ is ‘boku’ for males, and ‘watas.h.i.+’ for females.
For formal occasions, it is ‘watas.h.i.+’ for both.
After entering the villa building, Fii pulled out the dress in her room, and put it on in a fl.u.s.ter.
But Lynette didn’t come for a while, and it was only after two hours did Fii hear somebody enter the building.
“Fii-sama, are you here? It’s Lynette.”
Lynette’s voice resounded through the villa.
“You’ve come, Lynette. It’s been a while.”
Fii left her room, and welcomed Lynette with an innocent expression.
“Fii-sama!”
The moment she saw Fii’s face, Lynette ran over with teary eyes.
Then, she noticed the rest of Fii, causing her eyes to widen.
“Fii-sama… Your hair…”
“Aah, yeah. It was getting annoying, so I cut it. Ahaha.”
Having her hair pointed out so quickly, Fii’s heart began to pound a little.
(She hasn’t suspected anything, right…?)
Fii didn’t plan on keeping it from Lynette forever.
She had been close to Lynette in Déman and felt that she needed to tell her one day.
But not right now.
If Lynette knew what she was doing, she would be opposed. Because it’s dangerous, she would say.
Thus far, Fii had only failed again and again, and couldn’t proudly say that she was a splendid knight. She wanted to tell Lynette after she was confident that she had grown. She had confidence that she could persuade Lynette if she did that.
And also, Lynette was supposed to be busy with Fiiru now that she had become Queen.
Fii wouldn’t allow her to burden herself with more worries.
Lynette simply staaaared at Fii with a frown.
(Is… Is she suspicious of me…?)
Fii could feel the sweat at her brow.
After watching her for a while, Lynette’s frown deepened, and she began asking Fii about her lifestyle.
“Have you felt any unhappiness living here, or have they mistreated you in any way…?”
“Not at all. Each day is super-! …is kind of fun, in its own way!” persuaded Fii with clenched fists.
She very nearly brought more suspicion on herself by exclaiming that each day was ‘super fun!’.
The truth was that Fii was immensely satisfied with her life in Orstoll. Her life as a knight, that is.
She had met somebody who needed her and she loved everybody in the 18th. She had made friends, and was having fun in the dorms with them. All the lessons and new experiences gave her a sense of fulfilment as well.
Fii even felt glad that she had come to this country.
“Truly…? If there is anything that you’re unhappy with, I will complain to His Majesty Roy and―――”
“It’s fine! I’m really fine!”
Lynette once again sent Fii into a panic.
If Lynette really did that, then she might lose the lifestyle she had worked so hard for.
And also, Lynette was supposed to be working as Fiiru’s maid, so it would be horrible if she fell into the bad graces of Fiiru’s husband.
“Everything’s fine for me, so don’t worry!” [boku]
“‘Boku’?”
(UHYAII-!)
She almost jumped from her slip-up.
“Ehehe, I mean, things are fine for me.” [watas.h.i.+]
Fii corrected herself as she prayed that Lynette wouldn’t grow suspicious.
Lynette looked at her a little doubtfully before approaching her to stroke her face, and look deeply at her.
“It looks… like you’ve been eating well, at least.”
Of course. She even got seconds at the dining hall.
“And your complexion… is also good.”
Yep, because she was training hard each day.
When Lynette moved on from Fii’s face to her clothing, she frowned again.
“Your dress is wrinkled, you know. Don’t I always tell you that you shouldn’t rush to change?” she said, as she straightened Fii’s clothing.
Fii couldn’t help but giggle.
“It’s kinda nostalgic. You always did warn me, back in Déman.”
Hearing this, Lynette puffed her cheeks a little.
“If you say it like that, doesn’t it sound like I’m always nagging you?”
“Sorry, sorry.”
Fii knew that Lynette only cautioned her like this because she was always caring for her.
And she also knew that Lynette worried about seeming like a nag.
“I’m grateful to you, you know? Not very many people would even bother with me.”
The maids looked after her minimum needs――truly just the bare minimum――but they never bothered telling her anything.
How to put on her dress properly, or even tables manners… thinking about it, perhaps it was Lynette who had taught her all of this.
“Thanks for everything,” she replied with another smile.
Lynette’s face dyed red.
“It… It isn’t anything to be so thankful for. I-I’m going to go make some tea, all right? There isn’t much time.”
“If you’re busy, then don’t push yourself, okay?”
“I’m not pus.h.i.+ng myself at all!”
Perhaps to hide her embarra.s.sment, Lynette sped off towards the kitchen.
Relieved that she somehow managed to fool her, Fii looked forward to the first tea brewed by Lynette in quite a while.
In the past, she would often brew tea when Fii was with Fiiru, or when she had free time from her maid duties.
The fact that she was able to serve the royal family was testament to Lynette’s variety of skills, but her tea brewing was outstanding even amongst those.
After the tea was done, the two of them drank it together.
Lynette tried to decline the seat opposite her, but Fii said that it was lonely, and got her to sit down.
“Maids really aren’t allowed to do this kind of thing, you know,” Lynette said, but in the end she obliged.