99 Another Story: Troubled Vampire Girl 02 (1/2)

”That, Raini? Welcome back?”

”... I'm back now”

Returning to the outhouse, Master Anis finds me and leans his neck in wonder. I speak with a bitter smile at Master Anise's specs.

You perceived something in my bitter smile, Dear Annis, leaking an unspoken voice like looking for words.

”Er... good day? You want me to make you some tea?

”No, you can't let Lady Anise do that.”

”Then go with the tea. I was just about to take a breath.”

If you ask me out like that, I can't say no either. I feel sorry but nod and walk with Master Anis.

When he enters the salon of the outhouse, Master Anis makes tea using magic props in a way he is accustomed to. I'm making them ready. I don't know what I'm saying, but I wonder if it's a good idea to make them royal over and over again.

”What about Ilia?

”I happened to meet him, so he took my place.”

”Oh well.”

A short conversation. Until I'm done preparing my tea, I drop my shoulders with a heavy heart.

I feel heavy without interruption. Maybe that's all mental fatigue. Recent calls from men are likely to evoke the trauma of the past and cause me to catch my breath.

I noticed that I was stunned because I heard the sound of Anis putting away tea made for me.

Excuse me.

”Go ahead, not as good as the two of you, though.”

”What will the royals do with the tea in the first place?”

Take a sip of the tea that Master Anis brewed for me. So I was finally able to exhale, and I lost extra power from my body.

Master Anis is also sitting in the opposite seat drinking tea. After putting the cup back in the saucer, Master Anis turned his gaze to me.

”Looks like I've been feeling pretty down, okay?

”It's okay...... I just wanted to say, it's a little hard......”

”Maybe again?

”Again.”

Aha, and Master Anis puts his hand on his forehead with a bitter face as he leaks his voice.

”Now who?

”Count Mallow's Paulette, right?”

”Oh...... I wrote a reply I declined. You're getting more and more persistent.”

”Sorry for the inconvenience…”

I smiled bitterly and could only answer that.

When I feel down, I have thoughts that come to mind. I know I should never say that, but I've spoken that word out of a loose feeling.

”... me, you just annoy me wherever I am”

”Raini”

Master Anis looks a little angry at my whining and stares at me.

”Raini is causing trouble. Sorry about the guy who annoys you.”

”But...”

”But nothing. I don't think Raini is annoying. There are many things that helped Raini. So you don't have to be sick.”

Master Anis's words are a little stronger, but very sweet. The back of my eye gets twitchy and hot.

I don't like it when I'm weak, but I realize it. I want the words I want. So I said something weak.

I can't do this, I shake my head left or right. Lift the cup with both hands so you can get your mind back together and have tea.

”But I guess I'll have to think about it in a bit of a hurry”

”Huh?”

”You can't leave Raini in all this state, can you? Have you heard anything from Ilaria about the future of the outhouse?

”Uh, are we talking about more personnel in the outhouse?

What I had in mind was a conversation I had with Master Ilia before coming to the outhouse. When I mouth my thoughts, Master Anis makes me snort.

”Yes, I'm not thinking about letting the boulders live out of the palace like Ilia or Raini, but I think it's time to increase the number of people who can take care of us and stuff around us. For Yufi, for me, we're going to be busier. There will be more inspections and other actions if you put your back in.”

”That's... right”

I live out of the palace now, and Mr. Anis has not participated in government affairs to the point of being aggressive. But I know it's only a matter of time.

Expectations of Dear Annis, both civilian and aristocratic, are great. As the founder of magic, it is not difficult to imagine that Anis will be asked to play a major role in the future.

”What's the matter? We're going to need manpower, and more people are going to be close to us. I don't think we can all get along, but I want to crush any element of anxiety. I'm sure not all the people who understand the situation are told by Raini's man.”

”That's right.”

In fact, some of the samurai who work for the royal castle hate me too. I try not to get too involved with those people, but sometimes I get novels.

Even though I don't know what else to do with all this, I'm not convinced either because I don't want you to speak up. I just want to work for the Anis...

”The quick thing is you make someone. Halfis hastened his marriage.”

”Well... after all, I want to be close to Anis and Uphilia, because there's a connection, and I can't help but be kind to me.”

”That's why you're bad at dictating Raini. You forgot one thing about Al? I think so.”

”haha......”

I do wonder if you really want to marry me for causing such a training ground. I have that suspicion that you can really like me myself.

I don't think I want to get married, and I don't think I want a lover. I want to serve the Anis quietly as they are. Because I want to repay you for rescuing me from that helpless hell.

”I guess you don't know who he doesn't... because Uffi was quietly pretty before this too”

”Huh? Is Master Uphilia there?

”I don't care if you're a mistress, shouldn't you think about inheritance? They said something like that.”

”Wow...”

It is already a well-known fact that Master Uphilia is drowning Master Anis. So welcome my son-in-law, even though no one says so. I don't have to be my son-in-law. I don't have the idea of a mistress or anything. Maybe I can think of this because I treat it like I'm in my body.

I do think inheritance is important. But Master Uphilia is questioning whether the next king is even a child born of a spiritual contractor. I recall talking to Lady Anis that the issue of inheritance should be considered after the situation in the country has been put in place.

”I haven't been invited to a boulder by my mistress.”

”I'm going to look into your heart, Master Ufiria...”

”Maybe that's how chaotic things are. It's all unprecedented, so I'm desperate to keep myself safe. Maybe I can't see underfoot.... That's why I can't save you.”

At the end of the day, I grin bitterly at Master Anis, who squeals and drops.

It certainly doesn't seem like that Master Uphilia would have a lover besides Master Anis.

I don't know who suggested the mistress, but I just think it's getting dark ahead.

”Anyway! Maybe it's time to try to flush it passively. If you can't stand it in silence, it's a shame. Raini can't stand it in silence, can she?

”Right......”

”But you also tell Raini to look out for him...”

”That's... hey...”

”That's right...”

Political marriage may be something I can't help but have a little bit of a ride for me that I still can't get out of feeling when I was a civilian.

Master Anis and I sigh overlapping and spit out. I don't even think I know what to do.

”Go ahead... use the power of vampires already...”

”Don't do that...”

In the end, I tried talking to Master Anis as it was, but the solution didn't come up.

My work as a samurai will be over by night. I was heading for the bath to sweat in the outhouse baths. It has become a habit to soak in the water completely since I started living in the outhouse, and I want to take a bath at my parents' house.

It was quite a while ago that I had a bathhouse built in my parents' mansion with a salary that wasn't meant to be used thoughtfully. Now my mother-in-law totally likes it and is very happy with it. When I think it was because of the magic props developed by Anis, I think Anis is amazing after all.

”Raini, are you going to take a bath?

There were signs that people were approaching me as I was taking off my clothes. It was Master Ilia who came in while avoiding the partition cloth at the entrance by hand.