The Grand Duke's Maid Writes a Consultation Log Today - Chapter 23

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The Maid of the Grand Ducal House Writes a Counseling Log Today – Chapter 023
At the touch felt upon her shoulder, Elysia was able to release the force that had gathered in her fists.
He told her not to blame herself for something that she, too, considered to be her own fault.
“Thank you.”
It was a carefully delivered greeting.
Though the rims of her eyes were flushed red as if tears might burst at any moment, Elysia was able to lift her head and smile.
Yulias’s mouth, having silently watched that smile, slowly opened.
-Knock, knock.
At the sound of knocking on the Small Banquet Hall, his head turned reflexively.
“Who is it.”
“It’s Hilmaiten. A letter has arrived from the Imperial Palace.”
“Come in.”
If it had been anyone else or a simple matter, he would have told them to withdraw.
However, having heard the contents, he could not do so.
Yulias felt somewhat displeased for some reason, then stroked the back of his neck, wondering why he felt that way.
Hilmaiten, who opened the door and entered, offered a nod of greeting to Elysia.
As she rose from her seat and bowed, he approached closer.
“Who is the exact sender?”
“It is the Princess.”
Looking at the crest stamped on the letter Hilmaiten handed over, it was clearly sent from the Imperial Palace.
Yulias verified the letter right then and there.
Scanning the contents quickly, he handed it back to Hilmaiten and added a word.
“Inform the Head Maid that there will be a tea party in the Garden tomorrow.”
“Do you mean tomorrow, exactly?”
Yulias nodded and glanced at Elysia, who was beside him.
Even at the moment the eyes of the two met, he did not stop talking.
“The Princess says she will visit. She claims she is coming with her alumni because she is curious about the Lady’s well-being.”
“Then, I shall tell them to hasten the preparations.”
“Wait, just a moment.”
The matter was about to proceed rapidly.
Elysia, who had been listening to the conversation between the two, rose from her seat.
“I am sorry to interrupt your words, but has the Lady agreed to this?”
“What do you mean.”
Yulias wore an expression of not understanding.
“I mean the fact that the Princess and her Academy alumni are visiting tomorrow, as you said. I wonder if the Lady, who is the party concerned, also knows about this…….”
Elysia, trailing off her sentence, looked at Hilmaiten.
He smiled as if telling her not to worry.
“I plan to visit the Lady’s room after delivering the duties to the Head Maid.”
The order was reversed.
The one who actually had to meet people was Sheila.
Why did the letter come to Yulias, and why were the two of them scheduling it as if it were nothing?
Elysia recalled Sheila’s expression.
The countenance that had turned stark white the moment she heard the words Imperial Palace and Princess was vivid in her mind.
However, the two were already coordinating their words regarding tomorrow’s schedule, and there was only one thing she could break in with here.
“I will go to see the Lady.”
“Finish your meal before you go.”
Yulias, as if he had not grasped the problem, rather stopped Elysia.
Meanwhile, Hilmaiten was just about to leave after bowing.
“Then, I shall go to deliver the message.”
Before Elysia could even think of anything to add, it had already become a decided matter.
Yulias sat back down in his seat, exhaling a short sigh at the schedule for tomorrow.
Since he sat, Elysia also had no choice but to keep her seat.
Even though it was a situation where she should immediately seek out Sheila’s room and knock on the door, she could not leave her seat easily.
Just when she thought the heavy situation was easing up, it was flowing uncomfortably.
Compared to that, Yulias looked more comfortable than before.
“If the food has gone cold, feel free to speak up.”
“May I mention something else?”
Yulias’s hand, which was about to grasp the utensils, paused in midair.
At the lengthening silence, Elysia glanced at him.
He kept his mouth shut, looking as if he were waiting for Elysia’s words.
“Your Grace said that you and I are in a collaborative relationship.”
“That is so.”
The silver spoon placed before Elysia sparkled, reflecting her face.
Her contemplative expression did not look very good to anyone’s eyes.
“What do you think is important in our relationship?”
Lifting her head, Elysia looked at him.
Yulias, who was silent for a moment, asked back instead of answering.
“Are you wishing for additional compensation?”
“No, no.”
Of course, if he gave compensation, she would be nothing but grateful.
But that was not the point.
“It is sharing. Especially if it is regarding the Lady, then even more so.”
Yulias understood the meaning of her words and corrected her.
“Since you were just in this spot, the future schedule would count as shared.”
“That is not sharing, it is a notification.”
“A notification.”
Yulias’s eyebrows crooked askew.
He clasped his hands together, interlocking his fingers.
Even at his slowly continuing actions, Elysia could only swallow her dry saliva and could not add more words.
Just because he, the Grand Duke, had called it a ‘collaborative relationship,’ the position of a mere maid had not changed.
Would it not look like she was defying him too recklessly without knowing her place?
“If it were you, what would you have done?”
“Pardon? If it were me…….”
In this situation, if the silence lengthened, it would only become poison.
Elysia, finishing her agonizing quickly, opened her mouth.
“I think I would deliver the message to the Lady that a letter has arrived for her.”
“And after that.”
“I would decide whether to proceed or not according to the Lady’s will. As you said earlier, you mentioned that the Princess is visiting tomorrow. Not with the purpose of meeting Your Grace, but with the purpose of checking on the Lady’s well-being.”
“What if the Lady refuses.”
To the questions that followed continuously, Elysia answered without hesitation.
She must not show even a bit of hesitation here.
She had to show that Elysia, as much as Yulias, considered this matter important.
“By respecting the Lady’s opinion, and refusing the letter regarding the visit…….”
“Is that so.”
Whether he intended it or did not intend it, Yulias’s expression was clear.
It was an expression that meant this much of an answer was enough.
Of course, in a negative sense.
He, who rose from his seat first, spoke in a voice that only maintained formality.
“Finish your meal before you go. Since I have business, I must get up first.”
As he tried to step out of the Small Banquet Hall, Elysia hurriedly rose from her seat.
“Your Grace, did I commit some discourtesy?”
“No, it is just that you are hasty to think of my position before my sister’s.”
“What does that mean…….”
“Unlike someone, for me, it is difficult to go against the will of the Imperial Palace with even a single word uttered out of my mouth.”
It was clearly the same expressionless face, yet the atmosphere was different.
Elysia realized that her words had reached him wrongly.
Hurriedly approaching his side, she shook her head.
“Your Grace, my meaning is that I would have at least tried. It is only my thought, but while the Lady was attending the Academy, could there not have been some incident with the Princess…….”
“What does that mean?”
He, who had grasped the doorknob, turned around.
Elysia had to continue her words even in the tense atmosphere.
“So, what I mean is…….”
“Are you saying that the relationship between the Lady and the Princess is bad? What is the basis.”
“No! It is just my conjecture, and it means that a meeting that came for the Lady should be asked to the party concerned.”
Releasing the doorknob, he took a step closer.
At the suddenly narrowing distance, Elysia subconsciously took a step backward.
“So, on what basis can you say such things so easily.”
“Your Grace, I…….”
“The one you just brought up with your mouth is not only the Lady but also the Princess. The basis will have to be certain.”
Even though he was merely speaking, at the chilling atmosphere, she could not easily carry on the conversation.
From where should she speak?
That the Lady’s expression was bad, so surely something bad might have happened.
But if a maid brought it to her lips that she dared to make such a conjecture.
Elysia opened her mouth, which had been shut tight in fear.
“The day Your Grace returned from the Imperial Palace. The expression of the Lady who heard that was bad.”
“……You conjectured by an expression.”
The Grand Duke’s gaze was saying, ‘Merely by an expression.’
Elysia could tell that what she spoke by gathering courage had not reached him.
As she hung her head low, Yulias spoke in a low voice.
“I will consider it as not having heard it, so be careful about speaking of it in other places.”
“……I will keep it in mind.”
Yulias opened the door only after hearing her answer.
However, before he could even take a step, he had no choice but to startle.
“H-hello.”
Standing in front of the door was a familiar face.
Joshua, holding Sheila’s hand, looked up at him.

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