106 – Edgar’s shot again
As time got late, the coming-of-age ceremony was slowly disbanded, and everyone was about to go back to their respective rooms.
Those who stayed until the end used to greet Edgar and Ariel as they passed by before returning to their rooms.
There were only ordinary words like saying that they look good together or congratulations, but that alone satisfied the two of them.
Somehow, I felt like I had a wedding ceremony ahead of time.
Time seemed to pass peacefully.
“Looks like you’ve been patient with this for a long time. Do you want to start with an explanation? Would you like to bring the sword?”
Soon, as the other guests dispersed to their respective rooms, the two left the hall listening to the words of congratulations and gathered in Ariel’s room instead of their respective rooms.
Sitting on the bed with her arms crossed, she looked up at Edgar with sharp eyes, as if to ask him to speak.
Of course, judging from what he said behind the scenes, it seemed that he had no intention of listening to him in silence.
“What are you going to do with the sword?”
“Can you show me?”
“… no.”
Edgar had committed sins, so this time he obediently kept his mouth shut and bowed his head like a criminal.
He must have expected that Sylvia would have heard the story.
Even if I had heard of it, I never imagined that I would suddenly bring up such a topic on the spot.
Thanks to this, Edgar suddenly became a renegade who hid the topic of discussion with others only from Ariel.
Even this is not wrong if based on facts.
However, it was more appropriate to say that he was estimating the timing rather than intending to hide it forever, so it was unfair to Edgar as well.
Of course, it doesn’t look like Ariel’s mood will improve if she expresses that resentment now, although she kept her mouth shut early on.
“So, what do you mean by having a lady-in-waiting?”
“I don’t mean to leave… Your Highness gave me a word not too long ago.”
“… Father?”
Earlier, Sylvia said that she had heard about the handmaid from Helen, but why did Yulken’s name appear here?
Ariel stared at him with cold eyes, wondering if he was lying, but Edgar’s eyes did not shake at all.
“It doesn’t look like a lie.”
“Am I going to lie about something like this?”
“Heh, talking about a topic that has been hidden without a word from me so far.”
“… look at me Because I’m sorry.”
Towards him who smiled bitterly and scratched his cheek, Ariel said, ‘I see you’re doing it.’ He replied in a haughty tone.
Then, asking for more detail, he gestured and loosened his arms.
It must be proof that they are more willing to listen than before.
“You know, but Shuri is actually taking care of my business right now, right?”
“It doesn’t.”
Ariel also nodded her head without retorting because it was a part that she cared about.
Each person would have a different point of view on whether Shuri’s work intensity was strong, but it was true that she was in charge of the two of them anyway.
“Besides, lately I’ve had occasion to leave the castle, so His Highness said it wouldn’t be better to have at least one person to guard my place.”
“what… You are not wrong.”
Even as Ariel, there was a part that could be understood to some extent.
In fact, recently, he often had to leave the castle early in the morning or around noon, but there were times when there was no one to deliver it.
It was because I couldn’t even tell Shuri that I was going somewhere, or if Ariel was sleeping for a while or was busy learning other things, I had no choice but to go back.
At such times, Ariel would ask Shuri where Edgar had gone, and Shuri would be busy asking other servants who had seen him or someone in the castle.
However, if Edgar had one person to fill his vacant position, the communication system would be well established.
Above all, his life would become more prosperous, so he could kill two birds with one stone.
“Anyway, I understand why. But do you know what makes me angry?”
“Didn’t I tell you first?”
Edgar thought this would be the biggest factor.
But unexpectedly, Ariel shook her head slightly and continued speaking in a calmer tone than before.
“No, that’s how it goes. Maybe I was distracted by the preparations for the coming-of-age ceremony… Actually, I am a little angry, but somehow I can understand.”
“yes.”
“But what annoys me is, why is it a ‘hands-in-waiting’ and not a ‘servant’? You must have made up your mind to hire a woman early on, right?”
“… uh?”
Edgar was momentarily dazed and blinked his eyes.
He also thought that Ariel would be angry at having a maid, but I didn’t know that he would mistakenly think that Ariel wanted a lady-in-waiting.
Only then did it seem that clearing up the misunderstanding was an urgent task.
“You didn’t think I asked you to bring in a lady-in-waiting, did you?”
“… what? What are you talking about?”
Ariel, who did not understand Edgar’s question, frowned and asked back.
It was as if he didn’t say anything when he listened to him, and it was no different than Yulken suggesting that he wouldn’t hire a lady-in-waiting.
“I told you. Didn’t His Highness ask you first? He said he had no intention of bringing in a maid.”
“My father himself… So, does that mean that it was your father who picked the lady-in-waiting in the first place?”
“It will be like that.”
For some reason, it felt like he was putting a dump on Yulken, so he felt sorry for him, but he couldn’t change the truth and convey it, so he had to tell it as it was.
Ariel, who was staring blankly at him with a disbelief expression, suddenly reached out to the pillow next to him and hugged him.
It was a new technique of ‘burying your face in a pillow’ that she often uses when she is embarrassed.
“Well, then… You, it means that you only worried about receiving an offer from your father… ? Didn’t I tell you to bring in a lady-in-waiting?”
Ariel asks again to confirm, thinking that she doesn’t know what to do, even though she doesn’t know what to do with shame.
Edgar immediately nodded, and her white cheeks began to turn red.
“I-I definitely thought you wanted to have a lady-in-waiting… … .”
“At this point, I just wonder what I am in your head. Do I look like the kind of person who would reveal a woman like that?”
“… little?”
“Hey.”
When Edgar growled ferociously enough to remind him of the usual Ariel, she pouted and hurriedly handed him an apology.
In the end, Edgar, who believed that a detailed explanation was needed, put his buttocks next to her at eye level, and only then began to continue the story of the day.
“You seem to be misunderstanding, so if I should explain more properly, His Highness first asked if I had any plans to hire a lady-in-waiting. Apparently, there is a child that Shappy used to teach, and now it seems that he is good enough to work for someone else.”
“Name or age… didn’t you hear?”
“uh. It’s not a specific issue, and it’s not too late to listen to it after discussing it with you.”
Edgar added that he intended to ask for opinions after the coming-of-age ceremony.
As Ariel’s embarrassment grew even more, she struggled with her face completely covered with a pillow.
Edgar was only trying to make a decision after carefully listening to her opinion, and it was because of Yulken’s suggestion that he insisted on saying that she was a maid rather than a servant.
In the end, it was like shooting him with a one-sided misunderstanding.
“Huh… … !”
“Hey, I’m going to die then.”
Edgar, who was watching her with a smile, wanted Ariel to catch her breath, and quickly pulled her upper body off and threw the pillow far away.
“I want to die… … .”
“How many times do you want to die?”
Every time you feel ashamed, you have to die so that even the phoenix won’t have a name left.
“Actually, I knew that you also needed someone to work with, but when I picked it up and said that I was a lady-in-waiting, my reasoning flew away… … .”
“I have a lot of worries. Don’t you trust me too much?”
“It’s not that I didn’t trust you… ! Seriously, I swear!”
Ariel could confidently say it wasn’t because of her distrust of him.
Rather, it is because of disbelief in one’s own charm.
Basically, Ariel was aware that her personality was somewhat angular.
That’s why, on a regular basis, he tends to poke at Edgar quite a bit, and even if the person concerned doesn’t think it’s a big deal, there were many times when he regretted his words or actions behind the scenes.
At that moment, when he suddenly said that he would hire a lady-in-waiting, I wondered if he preferred the prize of an obedient woman.
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Looking back now, it couldn’t have been a really absurd guess.
“Actually, I… You’re a little picky.”
“is it?”
“Boo, you must be thinking that way, but don’t act like you’re not… … !”
“No, I never really thought about it that much.”
Edgar shook his head heartily and resolutely in denial of her words.
He must have, because he knew that Ariel was often ticklish, but he had never thought of it as fussy.
Although there were times when I thought it was disingenuous, that was a slightly different story.
“Ah, anyway… ! So maybe it bothered me because I was too fussy… Suddenly, I had an idea.”
“I put all my thoughts into it. It’s not even a day or two that you’re fussy in the first place.”
“Joe, you said you never thought of me as picky before… … !”
As he blushed and punched Ariel in the chest as if he hated him, Edgar smiled like a child, saying he didn’t have much, but didn’t say none at all.
“In other words, what you’re saying is that you thought I was tired of you because your personality was so mean?”
“I’m sorry… Of course, the meaning is similar.”
Ariel, who was fidgeting with her fingers, asked again if she had really thought of it that way.
Edgar, who knocked on my chest as if frustrated by this, eventually fed her a hearty chestnut on her forehead to help her come to her senses.
Fuck!
“You, you always start with your hands… … !”
“What are you going to say? Besides, I’ve said it before, but I’ve never really thought about wanting you to change into what I want. I’ve never been sick of you.”
“Cheet, then let’s talk… … .”
Ariel cried, sincerely worried that her forehead might be swollen.
Right now, tomorrow, too, we will run into people from other families in the castle, but where else would we meet with swollen foreheads?
When I checked in the mirror just in case, luckily there was only a slight blush, but nothing major was wrong.
This could be said to be the result of his years of experience, having fed chestnuts to Ariel’s forehead for the past 19 years.
Fortunately, Ariel, who came to her senses after a night out, obediently handed her an apology, rubbing her still tingling forehead.
After all, her misunderstanding almost escalated things and, in a sense, made her look badly at him.
“okay. I’m sorry for needlessly worrying.”
“I’m glad you know now. Anyway, then you just have to know that things about maids are allowed, right?”
All misunderstandings have been cleared, so you won’t have to worry about that anymore.
With that thought in mind, Edgar asked again, and Ariel’s expression, which had been rather sullen a moment ago, suddenly changed and cut off his words with a single knife.
“Because that’s a different thing. First, I’ll ask my father directly.”
“… Am I right, but since he’s your father, you shouldn’t treat him badly, right?”
“do not know. Think about it.”
As for Edgar, I wished he would give a definite answer, saying he would know at a time like this, but anyway, since it was Yulken who unintentionally touched Ariel’s heart, he considered it his karma and decided to leave the burden now.
‘Please survive.’
Now all Edgar had to do was hope that Yulken, who had taken over the turn, would be able to convince Ariel with good words.