92 – cute misunderstanding (1)
After returning from Ettle, Ariel’s expression had brightened enough to be seen by anyone at a glance.
It can be said to be a good example to show how great a change can come to a person who has put down the burden of his heart.
On the other hand, Shuri had to spend days of hardship recently without being able to rejoice at this change of owner.
It was because after it was revealed that she secretly followed her owner and chased her to Ettle, Ariel kept mentioning the incident in a subtle tone and poking her.
“I’m a fool… ! Help me… … !”
And Shuri, who had spent these days, ran into Edgar in the hallway from early morning without fail today.
As soon as she met his face, she suddenly remembered yesterday’s hardships and clung to him with tears in her eyes.
The way he grabbed his forearm and shook it so desperately that it almost reminded me of a cicada attached to an old tree.
“You seem to be having a hard time.”
“Uh, yesterday, too, the lady told me… Hey!”
“Great. It will take a little longer this time.”
Edgar also didn’t have an answer, so there was nothing he could do except scratch his head and comfort her with a troubled expression.
Maybe Ariel had made up her mind this time, and even though he sided with Shuri after hearing Shuri’s resentment, the seed didn’t work.
In addition, Ariel was slowly learning how to deal with Edgar, nodding as if she understood in front of Edgar, and then making fun of Shuri again from behind.
Only then could a competent servant make an extreme choice against the harassment of his master.
As Edgar, I wanted to take action somehow, but it didn’t go very smoothly this time.
“Is the lady very angry… ? Then I’d rather you be angry… … .”
“See that it is not.”
Ariel, at least Edgar had seen, wasn’t the type to procrastinate over something stupid.
In the first place, my personality is not the type to hold back my emotions for long, so if I am going to get angry, I will pour it out on the spot and end it cleanly.
Perhaps this action was purely a joke.
In any case, it was Shuri who committed the crime first, so there was nothing that could be argued against, and since it was a master-servant relationship in the first place, Ariel was in the overwhelming position of power.
The problem is that this can only be called a joke from the point of view of teasing, but from the point of view of the victim, it is nothing more than bullying by the boss at work.
Moreover, unlike Edgar, who could predict Ariel’s true intentions, Shuri couldn’t accept this as a joke, so it was more of a problem.
‘Well, it’s quite a headache.’
It was to the point where I was worried that Shuri might be staying up all night drinking, so I thought Edgar should come up with a solution.
The problem must be how to overcome that stubbornness.
“Hold on for a little while. I will try to do something.”
“Ugh, sorry… I know I shouldn’t ask you this kind of favor, but I have no one to lean on… … .”
“It deserves it.”
Edgar patted Shuri on the shoulder, saying that it could be enough.
It was a common occurrence for Ariel to make fun of Shuri from before, and it was Edgar who gave a helping hand each time, so it wasn’t too difficult.
However, if there is a problem, is it that the solution seems to be quite difficult this time?
In those days, Edgar made fun of Ariel as much as Ariel made fun of Shuri and said, ‘If you don’t want to get hurt, stop yourself too.’ , but this time it didn’t seem to work.
Ariel is also in a state of being quite immune to it because Edgar pranked her a lot, and above all, the fact that the two are in a relationship now, unlike then, played a big role.
Amman said that Ariel is a childhood friend who has been with them for a long time and they play around with each other without hesitation, but it’s not like you can openly take sides with other girls in front of your girlfriend.
“Anyway, I worked hard for a day. Today, I will stick by Ariel’s side for a long time, so don’t worry and get to work.”
“Thank you, Bocchan.”
With her head bowed like that, Shuri headed somewhere with gunfire.
Edgar guessed that he was probably going to prepare tea to wake Ariel from a good night’s sleep, and quietly turned around and knocked on the door of her lover’s room in front of her.
To this day, still no answer came back.
It was a part he hadn’t expected in the first place, so he opened the door straight away with his eyebrows rising.
Beyond was the next ruler of the North, sleeping peacefully, hugging a pillow.
* * * * * * *
Ariel, waking up from a sound sleep, woke up belatedly after drinking the tea Shuri had prepared to wake her up.
Even so, I was waking up a lot earlier than I used to.
Back then, my wake-up time was quite irregular, to the point that I often skipped breakfast.
On the other hand, considering that I can’t remember the last time I skipped breakfast, I think it’s a great improvement.
“Good work, Shuri. I’ll do the rest, so get out.”
“Yes? But… … .”
Shuri changed Ariel’s clothes neatly and put the clothes scattered around into the basket she had brought.
Edgar, who had been turning away for a while, gave her a congratulatory order and asked her to take care of the future, and upon hearing this, Shuri’s eyes widened.
I’m grateful for his convenience, but anyway, this was something I had to do as a servant.
“It’s okay, so I’m leaving. I’m going to go eat right away anyway.”
“Okay, then I’ll be waiting outside.”
Shuri decided to wait in front of the room because she couldn’t escape as a maid.
Edgar nodded softly and walked over to Ariel, who was quietly sitting in the chair, and ran her hand through her hair lightly.
“Are you going to do it yourself today? What is it?”
In the past, he was nominally in the position of an attendant, so there were times when he would help out, but lately Edgar had not taken on even this kind of work.
Even so, Ariel couldn’t help but be happy to see that she showed signs of arranging her hair herself today.
It didn’t mean that Shuri’s skill was lacking, it just meant that he felt better doing it himself.
“just. Are you okay sometimes?”
“Huh, do you think something good happened today?”
“What is a good thing? My head hurts because of you, hey.”
Edgar laughed as he first tidied up the tangles in Ariel’s hair with his hands, then trimmed his hair with a comb.
Ariel would normally have hummed in satisfaction at that gentle touch, but he couldn’t enjoy it because he was deeply disturbed by what he had just said.
“It’s because of me, what do you mean?”
“It means that my head hurts because you teased Shuri too much. Stop teasing the kid.”
“It’s because there are sins committed. huh.”
“If anyone sees it, they’ll know that it’s a sin to die for.”
Of course, secretly following the owner’s tail might be considered a mortal sin from the point of view of nobles, but at least to Edgar, it was just a small prank that they could turn a blind eye to.
Since I’ve been crying out for it all this time, I can’t help but burst into tears as someone watching from the side.
Edgar thought that he had been taught to always play pranks to the fullest, and he must have heard them in the back of his ears.
“What were you talking about earlier?”
“A story? with who?”
“Who is it? I mean Shuri.”
While they were bickering like that today, as always, Ariel remembered a conversation between Edgar and Shuri that he overheard when Ariel fell asleep a little while ago and asked a question.
I couldn’t hear it clearly because I was so dreamy, but I still remembered that the two of them had a fairly harmonious conversation.
If he had done that with another woman in a place where she was not, his eyes would have turned ferocious right away.
However, he was able to ask so mildly because he was one of the three women who did not get jealous even if Ariel talked to Edgar.
“Did you not say anything? I ate breakfast a bit early this morning, and he asked me what I ate.”
“What, have you already eaten?”
Ariel, who was drunk at the thought of having breakfast together, pursed her lips and asked in a sullen tone as her colic broke.
Edgar reached out and brought it to her face, using the mirror to find the location of Ariel’s lips, and pressed his lips with his hand.
It’s as if he wants you to put some of that protruding mouth in.
“uh. I woke up a little early After swinging my sword, I went to the kitchen, asked for a sandwich, ate it, and came here.”
“Will that work? Why don’t you eat?”
“I’m going to eat it just in case. That’s why I said I’m going to eat right after I’m done cleaning this up.”
Ariel smiled contentedly and shook her shoulders alternately.
As if dancing to the sound of singing coming from somewhere.
Seeing him like this, in Edgar’s eyes, he felt like a child.
“So that’s the end of the story?”
From what Ariel remembers, it seems like we talked for quite a while, but even if the topic was short, it was too short.
When I turned my head halfway to ask if there was anything else, Edgar, who drool for a while, let out a low exclamation when he remembered something.
“Ah, actually, I’m alone with Shuri… … .”
smart.
Just as he was about to continue his conversation, someone suddenly knocked on the door of the room.
The voice he heard was none other than Shuri’s, but she didn’t knock because she was on business, but because Helene was visiting.
“Oh, sorry. Didn’t you think you would come a little later?”
“It’s okay, mother. What else are you doing?”
“What happened? It’s morning, so I came because I wanted to see my daughter’s face.”
Ariel is now an adult, but to Helene, she was always a cute daughter who didn’t hurt.
“Have you been tidying your hair? It’s been a long time, so this mom wants to try it, is it okay?”
“of course. Ed, can you give your mother a comb?”
Although it was regrettable that the time to be alone with Ed was gone, Ariel saw it as a good opportunity as he had less time to spend with Helen recently.
So Edgar handed over the comb he was holding to Helen and left quietly.
Because I had no intention of disturbing the happy time between mother and daughter.
‘Alone, what was it?’
On the other hand, Ariel, who was glancing at the door where Edgar disappeared, guessed the contents of what Edgar was about to say, then turned her head in a hurry at her mother’s voice.
For some reason, I felt a lump in my chest that was not completely resolved.
Edgar had gone somewhere after breakfast today and said he would stay with him all the time, so Ariel thought she should ask Shuri before that.