The Grand Duke's Maid Writes a Consultation Log Today - Chapter 21

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The House Maid Writes a Counseling Log Every Day – Episode 021
Elysia could not bring herself to leave easily from the front of Sheila’s room.
If she returned to the Small Banquet Hall like this, she would have no face to show Yulias.
She had even bragged for him to trust only her and persuaded him.
“Sister.”
Just as she was lingering in front of the door, a familiar voice came from beyond it.
Elysia pressed her ear close and called out the name of the familiar voice.
“Joshua? How long have you been there?”
“Huh? What did you say?”
Joshua asked back as if he couldn’t hear well.
“Have you been there the whole time?”
“Yeah, I’ve been here the whole time. Sheila told me to stay quiet.”
She didn’t know since when he had been inside her room, but guessing by his voice, he seemed to be walking on eggshells.
“Joshua, could you please open the door for me?”
If only she could open the locked door, she might be able to communicate with Sheila.
If only she could urge her to have a meal with the Grand Duke just one more time…….
“Hmm……. I can’t do that.”
“Huh? Why?”
“Sheila said if I open the door, she won’t play with me. She won’t read me books, she won’t eat with me, and she won’t let me come play in her room anymore.”
“That’s…….”
There was one thing she could know for sure.
The person gaining Sheila’s trust was Joshua, not Elysia.
If she even made her brother feel disappointed in her, future communication would become even more difficult.
Elysia, who had been listening with a troubled expression, asked back as if something had suddenly occurred to her.
“Joshua. Has the Lady ever read a book to you?”
“Yeah! There are tons of books in Sheila’s room. There are a lot in the library too, but there are more fun books in her room!”
At the mention of books, Joshua’s voice grew louder than before, sounding excited.
-Thud!
A loud sound came from inside the room.
Startled by the noise, Elysia staggered backward.
Fortunately, however, it didn’t seem to be a disturbance, as Joshua grumbled.
“I get it, don’t be mad!”
“Why, why? Is the Lady angry?”
“No, she’s throwing a tantrum. Sister, Sheila told me to pass on a message for her.”
“What kind of message?”
Elysia was leaning so close to the door that she looked ready to push it open and burst in at any moment.
Joshua, who had been grumbling, whispered.
“She says it’s already too late.”
It’s too late?
“……Huh? What is too late?”
“She asks what is too late?”
Joshua also didn’t seem to know, so he shouted back toward Sheila who was inside.
“No, Joshua. I didn’t mean for you to ask her directly…….”
-Clatter!
As expected, the sound of something falling over was heard.
“Ow, seriously! I told you not to throw the chair!”
“Joshua, you aren’t hurt, are you? Are you okay?”
“I’m fine! I guess she has no intention of telling me. Huh? What did you say?”
She felt Joshua’s presence recede for a moment and then approach near the door again.
“Sister. She says she’s not talking to you.”
Ah.
By this point, she had no choice but to know who the target of the words Sheila was conveying was.
As Elysia stood unable to say anything, Joshua spoke in an excited voice.
“Sister! Don’t worry!”
“Wait a minute, Joshua……!”
She called out urgently, but her brother’s presence receded, perhaps because he was excited at the thought of playing.
Glancing at the voice heard inside the room, the atmosphere didn’t seem too bad.
With Joshua by her side, she was a little less worried, but a bigger problem than that was waiting.
Elysia, who was raising her bent body, locked eyes with Greta, who was walking from the opposite side.
“Elysia.”
“Yes, Head Maid.”
“His Excellency is waiting.”
Has too much time been delayed.
But he would be waiting for Sheila.
As Elysia failed to take a step easily, Greta took the lead with her body half-turned.
“I will guide you.”
“Yes? But…….”
While she glanced regretfully at Sheila’s room door, Greta was already walking ahead.
Since things have turned out like this, she would have no choice but to tell him honestly.
As last night flashed through her mind when she had bragged for him to trust only her, the future became faint as to how to handle this crisis.

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After following Greta, she arrived in front of the Small Banquet Hall.
Greta, who opened the door, gestured to Elysia as if inviting her.
Elysia entered inside after greeting awkwardly.
The first thing that filled her sight was Yulias, who was waiting.
“You’ve arrived.”
Fortunately, it didn’t seem too late, as the food, which looked freshly served, proved that fact.
The food filling the top of the dining table was all luxurious without exception.
From things that could cleanse the mouth like soup and salad to meat that appeared to be the main course.
It was food where gloss could be felt even looking from afar.
Elysia approached his side hesitantly.
“I am sorry. Your Excellency, I could not bring the Lady. Tha-that is to say. Um…….”
Would it be better to make an excuse somehow.
Or would it be better to add a lie instead.
Elysia bowed her head, unable to continue her words rashly.
Yulias, who was watching that appearance, rested his arm on the armrest and leaned his chin on his hand.
“I expected it.”
“Yes?”
“I didn’t think a meal would be possible right away.”
“…….”
Should she say that the siblings resembled each other in this kind of aspect.
The attitude of completely seeing through each other’s minds yet never showing it on their faces was truly sibling-like.
“I am sorr…….”
“Come and sit down.”
“Yes? Me?”
“Then, who else is here besides you. The food has just been prepared again, so there will be no problem.”
Yulias picked up the utensils with an expressionless face.
The fingertips holding the utensils had no trembling, and his gaze was fixed on Elysia as if saying ‘are you not planning to sit down’.
As Elysia sat down in a hurry, the meal began.
No conversation passed between them except for the clinking sound of plates and utensils touching.
Even while putting salad or soup into her mouth, Elysia glanced sideways several times.
In Yulias’s appearance as he moved the knife at a precise angle with his gaze fixed on the plate, there was not a single disheveled corner.
Just sitting across from the Grand Duke, the master of the residence, and having a meal would be something to brag about.
What occupied Elysia’s mind were Joshua and Sheila, who would still be inside the room.
“Does the food not suit your palate.”
“No, it is very…… very wonderful.”
“The Chef will be pleased.”
Elysia only nodded her head and did not answer.
It was true that it was wonderful food, but her hand did not go to it.
She barely ate half of the soup, and that was the end of the salad her hand went to a few times.
She was in a state where she hadn’t even touched the main food yet.
Yulias, who was watching that appearance, laid down the knife after finishing the cutting.
After a moment, picking up the main plate and rising from his seat, he approached Elysia’s side.
When she raised her head at the closer presence, he silently swapped his cut food with Elysia’s untouched one.
“Tha-thank you…….”
“An attitude of reflecting is correct. But it is not good for self-reproach to be severe.”
“…….”
“In the reason I sought you out, there was certainly also Sheila’s written communication. But I didn’t think you would give up and collapse with just one time.”
Could it be, by any chance is he comforting her right now?
Or did he recognize her instead?
She formed a smile on her mouth without a word.
In contrast, in the eyes of Elysia reflected in Yulias’s gaze, a sense of self-reproach was definitely mixed.
However, inside it, giving up with the intention to quit was nowhere to be seen.
“I hope my judgment wasn’t wrong.”
As Yulias’s words ended, Elysia’s expression became firm as if she had made up her mind.
“……Of course I have no intention of giving up here.”
“Is that so?”
……Did he just laugh? I think he laughed.
Elysia’s eyes, looking up at him, opened roundly.
It seemed like he laughed faintly, but because he turned around at that split second, she couldn’t see properly.
“Since we are in a cooperative relationship. Shouldn’t we take this opportunity to know about each other.”
“Is there something you are curious about regarding me? If you ask, I will answer you.”
Elysia formed a much more comfortable smile.
It was just when she poked the meat on the plate he had swapped with a fork and put it into her mouth.
Certainly, the food was really delicious.
As her tension loosened and food entered her mouth, it felt like she could enjoy it to her heart’s content.
Yulias, who was watching her appearance, blinked his two eyes slowly.
“Is your brother’s hearing weak congenitally?”
Elysia’s hand, which was moving the utensils, stopped in midair.
Lowering them slowly, she answered after agonizing.
“It’s not congenitally. ……He became like that because of me.”

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