I Won’t Pick Up The T*ash I Threw Away Again - Chapter 45

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#45

Kalian’s crumpled face smoothed out completely. A gentle smile spread across his lips.

“Good thinking.”

Kalian stood up from his seat and took something out of his desk drawer, placing it in front of Leilah.

It was a round piece small enough to fit in the palm of one’s hand. The marble piece was carved with the Blue Dragon, the Empire’s emblem.

“It’s an access pass. With this, you won’t need to get my permission every time you want to enter the Imperial Palace.”

This must be an important item.

Leilah carefully tucked the access pass into her pocket.

“For the assistant documents, you can meet with Baron Delrond, my assistant, to fill them out. You know who he is, right?”

“Yes. I know him.”

She had already met him once, and even if she hadn’t, there wasn’t a noble who didn’t know Baron Ber Delonde, the Emperor’s only assistant.

“Then I’ll start work tomorrow.”

“So early? If you came to the capital yesterday, you must have various things to sort out. Ah, you’re staying at the Williot Duchy, so it should be fine.”

At his casually spoken words, Leilah smiled faintly and lowered her gaze.

“Did I say something wrong?”

“No. It’s not that… I’m not staying at the Williot Duchy.”

“Hmm? Why not?”

Leilah’s complexion darkened. Something must have happened.

What could have happened that Fillen Williot’s fiancée couldn’t stay at the Williot Duchy?

Did she have a fight with Fillen Williot?

He was curious, but she didn’t seem inclined to answer even if he asked.

I’ll have to investigate this separately.

“So where are you staying now? I know the Tebesa County isn’t in the capital.”

“I’m staying at an inn for now.”

“An inn?”

Kalian’s brow furrowed.

“Couldn’t you find a proper house?”

“I’m trying, but…”

Leilah hesitated, unable to speak easily.

What’s making her act like that?

“By any chance, do you not have money to rent a house?”

Leilah blushed and nodded her head.

I was just guessing, but it turned out to be right.

To think that she, who was a duke’s fiancée until recently, couldn’t rent a house in the capital due to money problems.

It was such an absurd story that even a passing dog would laugh, but she wouldn’t lie about something like this.

“I’ll look into it for you.”

Leilah’s eyes widened. Her tightly clasped hands finally separated and waved in the air.

“It’s fine. Since it’s my house, I’ll find it myself.”

“Do you have the ability to do that?”

At his pointed words, Leilah closed her mouth. Her hands went back down to rest properly on her knees.

“I understand what you’re thinking, Princess, but it’s better to accept this kind of help.”

“But…”

“You don’t need to think of it as difficult. Think of it as a kind of welfare. If there are inconveniences in your work, I become inconvenienced too.”

At his additional explanation, Leilah’s expression relaxed somewhat.

“Thank you.”

“Then I’ll need to look for a house.”

The Imperial Court owns several mansions, so I can give her one of them.

When Kalian rang the bell, Rahel entered.

“Call Ber. Tell him to bring the assistant employment contract when he comes.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

After Rahel left, Kalian immediately called for Odrin, the head maid.

It was to have Leilah fitted for a uniform.

“We’ve never had a female assistant before, so we only have pants uniforms. Is that okay?”

“Yes.”

“Good. Odrin. We’ll be fitting Princess Tebesa for a uniform.”

“Understood. Princess, this way please.”

Leilah followed Odrin to have her measurements taken.

After all the measurements were taken, she received an explanation from Kalian about the physical and mental attitude required as an assistant.

“There’s nothing particularly special. Just be loyal to me. Do the work I assign you well.”

“Yes, I understand.”

“You don’t have to wear the uniform normally, but you must wear it for special occasions or official events.”

Kalian spoke as if it was nothing special, but Leilah listened carefully and seriously.

They were discussing various other matters when Ber finally arrived.

“It’s been ages since I called for you, yet you came quite early.”

“My superior dumps too much of his own work on me, so I had no choice.”

When Ber responded cheekily, Kalian chuckled.

“Oh my, I don’t know who that superior is, but I should scold him.”

“I earnestly hope you do exactly that.”

…Is this the kind of conversation that should happen between an assistant and superior?

The superior isn’t even an ordinary noble, but the Emperor himself?

Since this was beyond her common sense, Leilah looked at them in confusion.

As expected, Kalian was the one who won the verbal sparring.

“Oh, really.”

Ber grumbled openly and placed the assistant employment documents, a quill pen, and ink in front of Leilah.

“Please read through it and sign on the last page. If you have any questions, please let me know.”

“Yes.”

Leilah picked up the documents and read them thoroughly.

Meanwhile, Kalian gave orders to Ber.

“Ber, give one of the mansions owned by the Imperial Court to Princess Tebesa.”

Ber looked back at Leilah.

“Do you have any particular preferences for the house? The size, or what kind of style you’d like?”

“Anything is fine. I’ll accept whatever you give me.”

At Leilah’s answer, Ber chuckled and spoke somewhat sarcastically.

“What if I give you a house so shabby and dirty that you’d be horrified?”

“I don’t think there would be such a house among those owned by the Imperial Court.”

However, Leilah answered calmly without being flustered.

Ber looked at Leilah with interest, then nodded.

“Very well. I just thought of a mansion that would be suitable for you to live in, Princess.”

Ber turned back to Kalian.

“Then I’ll go get the mansion donation documents.”

Donation? That means they’re giving me the house completely.

“W-wait a moment!”

Leilah panicked and stopped Ber who was about to leave.

“A donation? That’s absolutely unacceptable. A rental would be fine for me.”

“Why?”

Ber asked back with a face that showed he couldn’t understand at all.

“You can live there without paying money, so why on earth would you pay money? Do you perhaps enjoy throwing money away…”

“Stop.”

Kalian cut off Ber’s words.

“If you don’t want to act like a senior already, take it easy, Ber.”

“Acting like a senior? I asked because I was genuinely curious.”

Though Ber protested indignantly, Kalian cleanly ignored him.

“Princess Tebesa, do you really want me to rent the manor to you? I wouldn’t mind giving it to you.”

“Renting is sufficient.”

Leilah’s intention was firm, and Kalian respected her opinion.

“Ber, we’ll rent the manor as Princess Tebesa wants. And show her around the manor.”

“Me personally?”

Ber’s eyebrows twitched.

“I’m sorry Your Majesty, but I have a mountain of work piled up…”

“I’ll handle it, so go and come back.”

“I’ll go right away.”

Ber, who changed his words as quickly as flipping his palm, smiled brightly like a child who got sweet candy and looked at Leilah.

“Let’s go then, Princess Tebesa.”

“Just a moment.”

Leilah, who had just finished reading the employment documents, signed the last page and stood up from her seat.

“Wait.”

Just as they were about to leave, Kalian grabbed Ber’s shoulder and spoke in a voice only he could hear.

“Find out what happened between Leilah Tebesa and Fillen Williot.”

When Ber unconsciously looked at Leilah, Kalian gripped his shoulder a bit harder.

Only then did Ber collect his gaze and answered with a nod that he understood, then went outside with Leilah.

* * *

The Williot Estate, which had been a complete mess due to the rainy season and floods, was being restored quickly.

They repaired houses that had been flooded and broken, and also restored the riverbank.

The riverbank restoration proceeded according to the report Leilah had written before.

However, the crops swept away by the flood naturally could not be restored. Most of the crops were flooded and unusable.

“Still, it’s fortunate. Thanks to Miss Leilah storing part of the harvest separately every year, we don’t have to worry about food this year. But…”

Tail, who had been reporting with a smile, closed his mouth upon seeing Fillen’s serious face.

The other advisors also watched Fillen’s mood.

Since Leilah left the manor, Fillen’s mood had hit rock bottom and hadn’t come back up.

He seemed okay when Sisly was around, but he wasn’t actually feeling better—he was just ‘pretending.’

‘What’s the point of acting like that when he drove her out first.’

Tail sighed repeatedly inwardly and carefully asked Fillen.

“Um… may I continue the report, Your Grace?”

“…Yes.”

Is it really okay to continue?

Tail smiled awkwardly and spoke again.

“As I already mentioned, there’s no worry about food problems this year, but next year is the issue. A considerable portion of the farmland has been eroded and needs restoration.”

“So what’s the conclusion?”

It was a moment that made the report he had spent so much time preparing seem meaningless.

Tail answered with an awkward smile.

“We need to hire mages.”

It was the most reliable and fastest way to restore the vast territory.

Though it had the disadvantage of costing a lot of money, in the long term, borrowing the power of mages was beneficial.

Therefore, Leilah hired mages every year during the rainy season. It was to reduce flood damage.

But Fillen had cut the mage employment. Since it wouldn’t matter much if there were no floods, the advisors had also agreed with Fillen’s opinion.

But a flood occurred. And it was such a massive flood that 60% of the domain was submerged.

In this situation, not hiring mages would be insane.

“If we don’t hire them, we can’t guarantee not only next year’s farming, but the year after that as well. Food problems will eventually explode.”

At the additional explanation, Fillen looked at the report with a serious face.

Is he worried about the budget after all? He’s been obsessed with money since before.

This situation was also because of money. If he hadn’t rejected the documents Leilah had prepared, saying the budget was too expensive, this disaster wouldn’t have happened.

No, it would have been better if Leilah had just handled everything from the beginning.

Tail suppressed his impossible wish and carefully asked Fillen.

“If you’re concerned because hiring mages costs too much budget…”

“The budget is fine.”

Fillen cut off Tail’s words.

“The problem is Sisly.”

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