The Grand Duke's Maid Writes a Consultation Log Today - Chapter 28

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The Grand Duke’s Maid Still Writes a Counseling Log Today – Episode 028
When Aresina mentioned Sheila’s name, Elysia was the very first to react.
What should I do?
The Lady probably doesn’t even know about this situation.
On top of anxiety and worry, all sorts of negative emotions rushed over her like a tidal wave.
“Elysia.”
She snapped her head around at the sound of Yulias’s voice calling her.
“Go to the room and inform the Lady. Tell her that Her Imperial Highness Princess Aresina is waiting.”
“Understood.”
Elysia almost stammered for a split second, but managed to get it out smoothly.
As she hurried inside the residence, she could faintly hear the conversation being exchanged behind her back.
“Is that maid close with the Lady?”
“She is the one exclusively in charge of Lady Sheila.”
They were asking and answering about her.
However, she had no time to pay attention to such things right now.
She had to go to Sheila immediately and convey this situation.
If she ran stomping through the residence, she would definitely get scolded by the Head Maid Greta, but Elysia ran without looking back.
Only when she reached the front of the door did she manage to catch her breath.
It was even before she could knock calmly and announce who she was.
-Creak.
The one who opened the door was Joshua.

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“Joshua, *pant*… where is the Lady?”
“Over there.”
Looking where Joshua pointed, Sheila was looking out the window.
Had she been watching the turbulent situation?
Elysia wiped away her sweat and approached carefully.
“Lady, I have something to tell you. Right now, outside…”
The moment she carefully started to speak, Sheila slowly turned around.
And she showed a piece of paper that she had written on at some unknown time.
[Lock the door and don’t you dare open it for anyone.]
Sheila’s handwriting was much rougher than usual.
Staring at the paper, Elysia could not hide her flustered emotions.
She also had to tell her the fact that the Academy Alumni would be visiting in exactly a week.
With this unexpected situation crashing down on top of that, her mind was in chaos.
Meanwhile, Joshua, who was beside them, moved without a word.
-Click.
Hearing the sound of the door locking, Elysia looked back reflexively. Joshua stood in front of the room door with his arms hidden behind his back, slowly rolling his eyes.
As Elysia grew confused, Sheila showed her a newly written message.
[If you don’t want to be together, leave.]
At Sheila’s unyielding stubbornness, Elysia asked as calmly as possible.
“You know about the situation outside, don’t you? Lady.”
Instead of answering Elysia’s question, Sheila snapped her head away.
It was obvious that she knew.
Elysia continued speaking.
“Just before Her Highness arrived, I was on my way back from the Grand Duke’s office. A reply had arrived stating that in a week, the Academy Alumni where you are enrolled are scheduled to visit.”
Listening intently to Elysia’s calm voice, Sheila widened her eyes and parted her lips slightly.
Her gaze, which seemed to ask if it hadn’t been canceled, soon turned into resentment toward her.
It was a look that misunderstood the situation, as if Elysia had hidden all of this on purpose.
Elysia corrected the misunderstanding immediately before it could grow.
“After receiving the reply, I was contemplating how to tell you, and I was in the middle of coming straight to your room. Her Highness’s visit was something that neither I nor the Grand Duke anticipated at all, so we were all very flustered.”
“……”
Sheila looked straight into Elysia’s face.
Her eyes seemed to tell her to say more if she had anything else to say.
Elysia looked at Sheila while clutching her two sweaty hands.
“……I’m sorry for not keeping my promise. I tried my best to make sure the alumni visit would be canceled, but it seems it didn’t work out.”
Sheila shrugged her shoulders.
“If you permit it, I will go meet Her Highness on your behalf, Lady.”
“……!”
Sheila’s eyes widened once more.
As if it were an unexpected answer, she repeatedly opened and closed her mouth.
Elysia bent her body and willingly knelt down to match her line of sight.
“Will you permit it?”
At her question, Sheila rolled her eyes as if contemplating, along with a look of dismay.
-Knock, knock.
At that moment, hearing the sound of knocking on the door, all three of them turned their heads.
“Lady. It is the Head Maid, Greta.”
Joshua looked at Sheila with a ‘What should we do?’ gaze, but she shook her head.
“Lady. Her Imperial Highness Princess Aresina Askilla has arrived. I have guided her to the small garden, and she is waiting for you to come.”
At Greta’s calm voice, Elysia opened her mouth.
“Excuse me…”
But before she could even properly begin speaking, she had no choice but to shut her mouth.
To be precise, it was because Sheila’s hand covered her mouth.
Sheila stared at the door while keeping Elysia’s mouth covered.
As Elysia just blinked her eyes in surprise at the sudden contact, Sheila glanced at her as if telling her to be quiet, then glared back at the door.
-Rattle.
After trying the doorknob, Greta seemed to guess that Sheila was inside only after confirming that it wouldn’t open.
Footsteps were heard beyond the door, and soon, a familiar voice drifted in.
“Where is the Lady?”
“It seems she is inside.”
It was Yulias.

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-Thud, thud.
“Sheila.”
“……”
Despite Yulias’s call, not one of the three people opened their mouths.
Joshua, who was near the door, seemed to look at Sheila while craning his head around several times.
However, every time he saw her expression, he would just nod his head quietly as if he understood her intent.
“Open the door immediately. I know you’re not alone in there.”
Joshua flinched at Yulias’s voice, which carried an imposing weight.
Elysia glanced at Sheila, but she merely glared at the door with upturned eyes and did not react.
Instead, Elysia noticed that Sheila’s hand covering her own mouth was damp and trembling minutely.
It was clear that she was terrified because she had heard that dreadful voice from up close.
Elysia gently held Sheila’s overlapping hand and parted her lips.
“Please trust me. Lady.”
Sheila stared intently into Elysia’s eyes.
A woman who did not yell at her even though she was being stubborn in an unwanted situation.
The woman, who neither screamed nor looked down on her, appealed with utmost sincerity to please trust her.
Elysia’s green eyes sparkled as she gazed at Sheila.
As if she had made up her mind, Sheila finally nodded toward Joshua.
Joshua quickly unlocked the door and ran to stick close to Elysia’s side without looking back.
-Bam!
With a loud sound, the door was thrown open roughly.
Behind an explicitly angry Yulias, Greta could be seen maintaining her silence.
“Sheila. If you haven’t forgotten that you are a Lady, you must know that this situation cannot be passed over lightly.”
Terrified by the expression and tone that carried a hint of bloodlust, Joshua hid behind Elysia, and Sheila, the party involved, glared at Yulias while tightly squeezing Elysia’s hand.
Elysia felt Sheila’s hand, which she was holding, trembling faintly.
However, having no way of knowing that, the moment Yulias saw Sheila’s gaze, his suppressed anger flared up.
“What on earth is wrong with a child like you!”
“Grand Duke.”
Elysia, who had risen from her seat, gazed at him as if telling him to calm down.
Only then did Yulias belatedly examine the expressions of the two children.
He saw Sheila, who had her guard raised completely, and Joshua’s small body, trembling as he hid his face behind Elysia.
Yulias let out a sigh and pressed his forehead, as if feeling a headache coming on.
“Since it will be late even if you start now. Sheila, change your clothes immediately and move to the small garden.”
“The Lady will not be going.”
“……What?”
“I will go instead of the Lady.”
“What does that mean?”
Yulias narrowed his brows.
“Since the Lady does not wish for the meeting, I, as her exclusive maid, intend to go instead. The Lady has also given me her permission.”
At Elysia’s words, Yulias’s gaze pinned down on Sheila once more.
It was a look that seemed to ask if what he just heard was true. Sheila nodded faintly.
“……Elysia. Come out for a moment, let’s talk.”
“Yes.”
At Elysia’s unhesitating response, Yulias did not add any more words.
Instead, as if protesting, he closed the door with a loud thud.
Elysia let out a long breath, as if her tension was releasing.
Joshua and Sheila were looking at her.
“Then, I will be back.”
“……Why did you do that?”
Elysia, who had been smiling like usual, paused.
It was the first time she had ever heard Sheila’s voice.

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