Chapter 9 (1/2)

The 9th Story: The Knight And Lord

One of hell’s Castles, Astarte Castle

A servant’s early

Cohter had the same name

Excluding castles named after their location, wouldn’t it norelman Castle” after the Castle Lord?

I personally thought that an overprotective musume-con like him wasto soree

“It suits you, you look passable” (Count)

The oldat the me in black butler clothes

I felt like I could acco now

Why? Because I am a butler

“Blood, although you will be acting as Astarte’s Knight fro supplied with ic power Are you aware of this?” (Count)

“Yes, Ol…Count-sama” (Blood)

“Today, you’ll help me with my work for a little while” (Count)

“Count-sama instead of Astarte-sama?” (Blood)

“Originally, Astarte’s personal care was already being handled by others Sebastian handles her education as well You’ve got to take over that job Firstly, whether or not you have the ability is up to me, the father We’ll have to measure your ability” (Count)

Seriously?

Honestly, I wasn’t good at dealing with this kind of person

It was obvious that he did not like me

“If you decide that you want this job, you will need to take over the position of Knight and replenish your Mana supply Do you understand what I mean?” (Count)

“Also, if you turn back into your original forhoul…” (Count)

“Yes, those who do not work do not eat In that case, displaying my true form would be unpleasant” (Blood)

“Yes” (Count)

Then the Count suddenly brought out a chessboard from the desk

“By the way, Blood, can you play chess?” (Count)

“No, I absolutely cannot” (Blood)

The Rook onally like a Kaku, and the Queen was the strongest, right?

I only knew the rules and pieces of shogi…

“Yeah, let’s play it now” (Count)

“Huh!? Now!?” (Blood)

Right now, at five in the !?

Was this old man insane?

Heck, could we even play properly?

“My mind cannot be satisfied unless I play chess everyday, in the ainst Sebastian, but since you caave him some time off Be a dedicated substitute” (Count)

“Yes, I understand” (Blood)

After 10 , as expected

“What, it’s already over? This guy has no backbone” (Count)

“Because it is a ghoul” (Rinne)

Honestly, I lost without being able to understand hoas defeated

I, a chess virgin who didn’t know the rules or how to move the pieces properly, naturally lost

It was unreasonable to disparage a guy who had played for the first time

“Keep studying, and also, read this” (Count)

“Okay” (Blood)

The Count threw the rulebook, written in hell’s Language, to me as he said that

After that, the Count stood up froes

“Then let’s go, Blood! To work!” (Count)

“Yes, Count-sama!” (Blood)

What awaited us was an enormous amount of administrative work

I couldn’t understand what the documents skillfully detailed, but it wasn’t necessary for me to help

“Fu, could it be that you still don’t know anything?” I was told

That’s right

Count-sama was a model boss ould allocate work in accordance to his subordinates’ abilities

I was instructed to clean the top-most residential floor Master’s as completed just as it became time for lunch

It appeared that a Knight’s duty included bringing black tea to their lord

This was the first time I had brewed black tea since I was born, and the count took a sip

“Unpleasant” After he said that, he didn’t touch it again

The meal was finished and then there was a brief break that ended with cleaning, again

Then it was time for the 3 o’clock snack

We received scones fro hall, they came with butter curls as well

The reason for the break was, “I feel I have to eat more junk food” That said, it was an extremely absurd excuse for this waste of time

Noorking on one thing or another by the Count’s orders; trying to co simultaneously ended up in failure

“So far, it looks like you won’t return to the lowest floor” (Count)

The Count told me that when the first day was over

The last task of the day was chess

I was thankful for a task that did not consu able to understand how

No surprise there

Beginning with chess, and ending with chess

Apparently this was the work of a knight

I was also instructed by the Count to clean the general soldier’s dining roo as he went back to his study

“Tired…”(Blood)

No, I wasn’t physically tired, but mentally?

I decided to take a break before going into the dining room to clean

Those ere recognized as a knight were given a personal room in the castle

Of course, my status was below my Lord’s and Astarte’s, but the way I was treated had improved remarkably when compared to before

After leaving ed into a new set of butler clothing

Fidget

“Hmm?” (Blood)

My bed had so in it

It orrisome, so I approached the bed and pulled the blanket back

“Nu…”(?)

Astarte was sleeping there

“Astarte!” (Blood)

“Oh, goodBlood…” (Astarte)

“It’s nighttime!” (Blood)

“What’re you thinking, sleeping in a place like this…” (Blood)

“Because I couldn’t talk to you at all today, at least at night…” (Astarte)

Astarteher eyes

My reasoning took a hit

What a brave little girl

A supreirl

However, it was regrettable that I was unable to respond to that desire

“Sorry Astarte I have to finish working”

Then, I felt that ish

Uh-oh, shi+t To revert…