Chapter 118 (1/2)
”I can't stand this anymore!”
Expressionlessly tidying up her paperwork, Fina ruffled up her blond hair as she cried out But even still, she hadn't the slightest emotion on her face On the contrary, the made it scarier
But already used to it, Mii looked at Fina as she prepared some tea and snacks It tasted worse than when Sophina prepared it, but Fina more readily accepted tea brewed by Mii
”When you have both an elf and a wolf by his side, why haven't you lain hands on them, master! And you call yourself the lord of fluff? Or could it be you're teasing and playing around with me?”
”Rudel-sama doesn't have any fixation on fluffies, after all”
”Right, even if you didn't force hions alone”
Helping out in Fina's work, Sophina and Mii processed documents Perhaps they had built a resistance to Fina's conduct and speech up to now, as they were calm as could be
”Dairl by his side! And because I forcefully pulled out that clutzy co officer, uy keeps saying, 'I don't want to be away fro, so I recoonna do about it!”
”Princess, I think that's terrible”
With lared at Fina Mii also pitied Aleist, so she didn't send Fina an affirmative look
Noticing that, Fina hurriedly followed through
”I-it's alright Mii Aleist will soon have his eighth fiancé, and he really will dry up”
”Isn't that no good? Do you have soainst him, princess?”
Thinking of a dried up black knight, Sophina brought up her memories of his fiancés that were still at the acadeht who excelled in the sword, and it was already decided she would skip grades
She had surely done her best for Aleist's sake, but Sophina had felt so terrible happening
For the other one, a girl of the tiger tribe, Fina had done everything in her power to pull her into the defenders It was only at times like these that Sophina had to tip her hat to Fina's abilities Though she held a flaw of only ever working for her own desires
”Hah, for the princess of a country to spend her school life buried in paperwork…”
While Sophina pitied Fina's present situation just a little, Fina expressionlessly es The one in question looked happy enough
”Well whatever”
Before that usual scene, Sophina returned to work
… Doing paperwork that wasn't even part of her job, her absolute lack of resistance was also a problem The two of them had been corrupted
In the port town of Beretta, Millia atching over Rudel
Separated fro ade station
”Do so conditions?”
”Yes”
The topic of their consultation was the fact they slept under the same roof as Rudel While it was a probleenerally wasn't fond of this situation
Thinking of his future, she thought this ht become trouble for Rudel
”Why is that? While si him, the two of you were allotted to the future archduke Rudel, were you not? That's how I and the others understood it”
Bennet had no ill intent It would be stranger if the future archduke Rudel didn't have anyone by his side to look after hi and beautiful, Izumi and Millia were seen as Rudel's mistress candidates, or perhaps his servants or convenient wos of the capital, they thought the top brass had even gone as far as to tack on a reason and give them a post as, 'Special Inspectors'
”… There is no ulterior motive behind our directive We really are just here to watch Rudel”
”I see”
Once Izu, Bennet started to think She looked tiny behind the large desk and chair that were prepared because the dragoon called Elrond used them as well
”Then this really is a proble about an influence to your futures as well I do want to do so on my side, but…”
As Bennet etically drooped down from her chair
But perhaps she had a good idea, as her tail suddenly regained its vigor, swaying to and fro
”Then the two of you can come over to my place”
”Is that alright? And I don't think it's wise to keep too far from him”
There was no telling what Rudelto their inspector posts if they were too far away
”I know it's only been a few days since you've taken your post, and there's no helping it if you haven't been able to make rounds, but you should at least learn who lives next to you”
”And that would be… you, Major Bennet?”
On Izued She reatly pleased, as it even showed on her face
”I'll return early today The two of you should cos are next to one another, so I don't s at Rudel's place”
”While you have a point, won't it be a bother?”
”I was the one under aAnd when my subordinates cause a problem, it's my responsibility as well I plan to deal with it as a superior officer”
While Bennetout as if she couldn't endure her delight
(What's she so happy about?)
Izumi couldn't help but be curious about the individual called Bennet
Within the day, Izus to the civilian house that Bennet used as a dwelling
”Wasn't that fine as it was?”
While Millia didn't particularly see a need to change houses, Izuive an order to dragon Millia to Bennet's house
”There's so called the eyes of society You should be more aware that me and you are both unmarried women”
”Yeah, yeah…”
Due to being raised in a closed elf village, it did seem Millia minded not the eyes of society No, she was raised in a closed environment where she would have to mind it, but from her special position, she ended up quite dim on the matter
Having heard about Liliht develop a headache Even if recognized a differing sense of values, Izu like this
Even if sheundue worry, Rudel was even denser to his surroundings than Millia At least someone had to care about it
The neighboring house was of the same construction as the one afforded to Rudel As they stepped through the threshold, Bennet careet them in her apron
”So you're here Leave your luggage in an empty room”
The scent of a seafood soup, and the sone out of her way to prepare it for them, as three plates were already prepared in the kitchen
”When you're already letting us stay, you're even cooking for us… ies”
”Don't mind it While there is always left over with one, if we have three people, then nothing will be left to rot You haven't been stationed long, so think of it as your celebration Eat without restraint”
The food was the same, but the room was casually put in order Even Millia, as fussy over cleaning, looked over the rooly conceded…
”N-not bad”
… She muttered
Even frothe palace, Millia had developed a fixation for cleanliness Izumi, who had only spent a few days with her, found herself cautioned tiain
(Bennet-san is a… and she can even cook)
But there was one thing that bothered Izumi
Perhaps she didn't want it to hile she was cooking, as she had her tail tucked away in her apron That was also cute, but the proble with her appearance, the frilled apron was fine in itself, but the character embroidered on it was definitely a simplified cat
Looking like she'd start hu touches onto the food
(When she's a wolf, she has a thing for cats?)
Izu
”Now then, this is a bother”
In the house Izuht aloud
The fact Izumi and Millia had left was one that was a deep relief to hie would definitely invite needless trouble to their futures
But there was a problem
”I have no idea what I'm supposed to do”
… Right, Izu through his training and studies, at the dorm, the servants would look after his room
While the girlsnobles had their cleaning and laundry taken care of by the servants attached to the dorenerally couldn't cook
For argument's sake, he could make the sort of food he'd prepare in the wild, but he had no idea what he was supposed to do alone
As he had becoht over the cleaning and house work that would be assigned to the low-level grunts To the elite dragoons, even if they on stables, they were never troubled with the necessities of life
”It would be rude to go ask them at this point”
Standing from his chair, for now, Rudel decided to heat up yesterday's leftovers Before the stove, he lit a fire with ic and placed the pot over it
He still had the soup Izumi made, he would likely hold out a day or two
But ould happen after that?
”Well, I'm sure it'll work out”
More than twenty years old, Rudel lived by himself for the first time in his life
Three days later…
Three women looked over Rudel's house with stiff faces
On top of the dirty table, the kitchen was heaped with unwashed dishes Apart fro done, as there were dirty garments left here and there
”Rudel, what is theof this?”
As Bennet glared at Rudel, the man in question made a troubled face
”Even if you ask me… how did it come to this?”
After hitting Rudel's head with her palht be bad at this sort of thing, but even so, wasn't this a bit too terrible? She looked over the rooht of the state of spaces she couldn't see, her heart sank