Voluue (1/2)
Prologue
With both hands heavily shackled, I stared up at the young man in front of me
His golden hair, like that of an angel’s, was gloith a faint light froh the , as if bestowing divinity like in a religious painting No ehtness in his fresh verdure eyes, it looked all the ed features
In short, he was an outrageously beautiful young man
He made the man clad in the ink-black robe stand behind him and faced me
「There’s no cause for concern Although she ith the ician, since there wasn’t even a staff to be used as evidence, they will presume she was but a simple maid」
「―――I see」
Slight relief spread into the young man’s expressionless features at the robedthe ently came closer to me as I sat as is on the bed
「I’h that painful ordeal, Maritsia」
I realized the small key he held in his hand was for hter
「I’ve been looking for you the whole time since then You’ve been forced to work under that outlawed ht? You can rest assured now I’ll protect you」
The youngboy, I’d realized
For that reason, I made my body smaller to escape the arms that stretched out for an embrace
「Maritsia。My『prayer』」
The one who taught e had been a young boy with soft blonde hair and striking good-looks That’s right, the beautiful youngboy, convinced of that, my skin crawled
「I won’t let you run away anymore My Mari」
In the hopes of shaking off the terror, I slapped his cheek using ht
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「Teacher, what kind of ic will you show this time?」
My na 12
Born to a family of farmers with ht next to e of ic since birth, it seeh money as compensation, but that doesn’t really matter The truth of the matter was that I like Teacher, after all
「Curious, Mari? Let’s see, in the house we’re going to this ti master just a little older than you, so why don’t we show so flashy?」
Teacher, who gives me a smile, looked cool
The black-haired, black-eyed Teacher seeuest the other day told overnment posts that come even from the royal palace, he rejects them all He looks to be around his twenties and we soap, but since a well-dressed uncle who showed up in the studio bowed his head repeatedly at Teacher the other day, I think he’s a lot older than that
What’s disappointing was that Teacher doesn’t teach ic much My job was to sweep and wash, and after that, to just offer htand si ic With this, I wasn’t a disciple, I was just a maid
「Mari, this is today’s stage」
I unintentionally let out an idiotic「Fwaa」 in aarden inside since the only thing visible of the house was its roof I suppose it’s extrenificent too
Once teacher told the gatekeeper his naician, he inforatekeeper that he had been invited to today’s party When he did so, the gatekeeper who had worn a terrifying face, showed us inside somewhat nervously
Inside the well-kept garden, I was starting to see a very big house hite walls Standing at the entrance door, an uncle, earing black from top to bottom, bowed at us with a snap It surprised me to see for the first ti off rather than curling the back
「Magician Iskatel-sa」
「That should beinvited as entertainment」
Upon Teacher’s words, the uncle ore black clothes froain, bowed his head with a snap
「And this is?」
「Aah, this girl is my assistant」
I plucked the heracefully as I could
「I’m called Mari Please treat us well today」
Even though I greeted him enthusiastically, the uncle just nodded his head indifferently with a「Is that so」 I felt a little disappointed
「Well then, Magician Iskatel-dono, please have the entertainment ready in an hour」
「Of course Would you happen to have a waiting area? I’d like to get ready」
「We’ve made preparations Please follow me」
Led by the uncle, Teacher and I stepped into the premises It’s not the first time I’ve entered a noble’s residence, but I sense that even though they look sih I may look like this, since I follow Teacher everywhere,I have a good eye for it
「Well then, I will call for you once it’s time」
When the uncle left the room, I unintentionally breathed out a「Buaa」 in relief
「Nervous, Mari?」
「Yes, Teacher The person just now… I don’t knohether I should call him meticulous, or proper… It feels like he doesn’t waste even his steps」
「That’s right In some sense, 『proper』 is point on A butler can’t show others a chink in his armor You see, one’s shame is his Master’s shame, after all That’s why they have to always show a 『proper』 behavior」
「That’s… a pretty hectic job Is it a hile job that you often talk about with a lot of responsibility, Teacher? 」
「That’s right —-Mari, get ready」