Chapter 10-12 (1/2)

hohhohhoh-baguette!

10 Frederick Castley: Let’s be friends

‘hello General Brennan’

I ambushed the General on his way

fro facility to his office His adjutant walked a few paces

behind, studying documents He looked up at the sound of my voice The General

had a frightened look on his face at the sight of me

‘Viscount Castley is so the

lasses did not hide the concern in his gaze

‘No, nothing of great import If you

aren’t busy, I would like a little chat’

‘I’m sorry Viscount; I have to

create the new practice rota…’

He is very resistant Yet, I kept

my expression mild and asked, ‘Ah, how about lunch then?’

My gaze went to his aide, who

returned a knowing ss’

‘Yes, then we can meet for lunch’

We made an appointment to meet in the

cafeteria at noon, and I took eneral

I gave him look that said “Do not

say anything unnecessary” Did he understand? Well , even if he didn’t

understand it okay Yet…

♢

I headed to the cafeteria at the

appointed time His adjutant reserved a seat that had a privacy screen

He had a keen mind, that adjutant

I want someone like him [1]

I chose soup and grilled vegetables

and took my tray to the table where General Brennan was already seated with a

large etables, soup and bread before him

As I sat before him, Volker looked

at my meal and said,

‘The Viscount’s meal is small,’ his

face was still impassive

I smiled and retrieved a packet,

‘My daughter is learning how to cook She made sandwiches for me’

General gaze was immediately drawn

to the package in my hand Hehe, he is an honest man

‘But today, I don’t have much

appetite I won’t be able to eat all the roast beef sandwiches’

General Brenan had a conflicted

expression on his face

‘Do you like roast beef, General?’

‘…I like it’ It was as though he

was reluctant to reply He remained almost expressionless

‘Well, I can share it with my

friend’

‘What are…?’

‘But I do not have any friends

because I am disliked by my peers because I am richer than they are Oh what

should I do?’ (Zuben: Bribery and Corruption!)

If so this,

they would think an oldthe General for an

affair Let ination must

be wild)

‘…Viscount…’ the general was trying to say

so

‘What is it?’ I prompted

‘Please become friends with me!’ he

said in a low but firm tone (Zuben: What is this? Nursery school?!)

I tried to keep the triurin

from my face and replied, ‘To celebrate our new friendshi+p, I shall offer you a

taste of hter’s roast beef sandwich’

I carefully placed half the

sandwich in General Brennan’s plate

‘Thank you,’ he said, with a slight

lowering of his head He picked up the sandith both hands like it was a

sacred item

‘It is a beautiful sandwich’

I burst out laughing, ‘What are you

saying General?! You are funny’

After a long laugh, I turned to my maybe we could really be friends

[1] 欲しいなぁ translated by all as ‘I

want it’ I decided to change that to a less selfish ‘I want someone like him’

11 Slender vs Glamorous

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Four days had passed since that

er came with the dissolution contract

My father informed me that the

documents had been submitted to the House of Lords and the dissolution of our

engagement had been accepted I was officially an abandoned woman From now on,

ere unrelated people

It see had been

coene appealed for engagement

to his destined woht by surprise;

for according to father, his jaw dropped and he turned red, then blue, then

dark red with rage I really would have liked to a fly on the hen it

happened It would have been a sight to see

According to Father, Eugene’s

fateful person was named Julia She was rich, and most importantly, she was

slender very cute with orange hair and golden eyes I know very well Eugene preferred very slender women He

hadn’t liked it when ether He said a

woman like me was dirty and common (Zuben: The cad)

It had been worrying at the time

Nothing I could do worked I tried crushi+ng my breasts, didn’t work I tried

concealing the cloths

to coh I hadn’t been liked, l tried not to be totally

disliked

But it had been in vain

And in all the nonsense, my breast

changed shape a bit

I did useless things to changeto the taste of a man who did not even like me (Zuben: Hope lessons have been learnt here)

I sighed

Marie looked at me and asked, ‘My

lady, is it painful?’

She relaxed the cords of my corset,

‘A fat?’ I asked

I pinched my waist; there was

certainly some extra fat But food has been really delicious lately and I have

been having snack eating competitions with Marie

‘I think you have become more

feer and your hips are slightly rounder

You had been getting too thin’

I was too thin before! Even now I

am thinner than normal

I suely at Marie as she

continued to dress me