The Grand Duke's Maid Writes a Consultation Log Today - Chapter 40

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The Maid of the Grand Ducal House Writes a Counseling Log Today – Chapter 040
Because she remembered the time Yulias had collapsed, her body moved first.
However, halted by his words that he was washing up, Elysia late stepped far back.
“I-I’m sorry.”
No answer came back.
Elysia looked around aimlessly for no reason to calm her startled heart.
Looking at the chair sitting forlornly next to the bed, it was clearly her place.
After hesitating, she sat down on the chair without making a sound.
It would be alright to wait, wouldn’t it?
Since he said it would start from tonight.
Elysia maintained a somewhat stiff posture with both hands placed on her lap.
—Clatter.
When the sound of the door opening was heard, her shoulders flinched.
As she slowly turned her head, he was approaching.
Yulias had changed into a sleeping robe.
The ends of his hair were wet, and the faint scent of water characteristic of a person who had just washed up could be felt.
From an unknown tension, she swallowed hard.
“Um, the aide said from today…”
Elysia trailed off, but her gaze was following him.
Yulias turned off the lights in the room, except for the candlestick near the bed.
The flame of the candlestick flickered, illuminating his approaching face.
“Right. I heard you accepted the proposal. I understand you want your brother’s education as compensation.”
“Yes.”
“I didn’t mean to present an uncomfortable situation, so I’m sorry.”
At his gentle voice, Elysia put on a smile.
“No, it isn’t. It’s a proposal I accepted.”
Yulias, who got onto the bed, made himself comfortable and lay down.
Watching that scene, Elysia couldn’t get a grasp on where to put her gaze.
She strained to stare at the ceiling, then looked around the room again.
When a brief silence hovered, it was Yulias who spoke first.
“Actually, it doesn’t matter even if it’s a coincidence.”
“A coincidence?”
“My condition has been the best it’s been recently. So, what I mean is… even if you aren’t a mana possessor, I definitely received help.”
“…”
“You can think of it as compensation given in high regard for that merit. This is just…”
Yulias closed his mouth as if contemplating to find the proper word.
Elysia could tell that he was speaking carefully out of consideration for her.
Watching that sight, Elysia answered instead.
“Can I think of it as something like a verification process?”
“Right.”
Yulias nodded and extended his arm long, holding it out so his palm was visible.
“Since it feels like I’ll fall asleep quickly in this state. Don’t walk on eggshells and you can leave comfortably.”
“…I will.”
He closed both eyes even before Elysia took his hand.
According to his words, since he had even finished his bath while in a good condition, he would fall asleep quickly.
As she slowly held his hand, she could definitely feel that it was warm.
She felt a slight flinch, but neither of the two pulled their hand away.
It seems like he will fall asleep quietly just like this.
I can just leave after staying for a little bit.
Since he said I just need to use the room right next door, if anything happens, it will be easy to run over immediately or call someone.
Yulias, who closed his eyes, had not even a single movement, truly like a person who fell asleep in no time.
Is he already asleep?
When Elysia was watching quietly, he opened his mouth.
“…How is Sheila?”
“The Lady?”
What words should she start with.
While she hesitated for a moment, he poured out his inner feelings.
“I heard that child’s voice for the first time in a very long time.”
“…”
“I thought I would never hear it again.”
“Yes.”
Elysia purposefully made her reply short.
Yulias’s voice, which continued softly, was becoming languid as if he would fall asleep right this moment.
“Because she spoke in an unwanted situation…”
“…Yes.”
“Surely… she will resent me.”
“…Will that really be the case?”
Elysia spoke in a whisper so that he could fall asleep comfortably.
“As delicate as the Lady is, she is just as strong. …Just like the Grand Duke.”
Yulias asked back with a voice mixed with laughter.
“Is that so?”
“Of course.”
“…If that’s what you say, then it must be so.”
“Surely the relationship between the two of you will recover as well, so trust me and sleep tight.”
Heavy eyelids blinked a few times then closed again, and he muttered.
“Elysia.”
“Yes.”
“I think… it’s a relief that you came to this residence.”
Soon, a steady sound of breathing was heard.
As if it was certain he had fallen asleep, he neither opened his mouth nor opened his eyes.
Elysia, who was staring blankly at Yulias’s sleeping form, whispered.
“…It’s truly a relief.”
Elysia held his hand for a while longer even after that.
However, as drowsiness began to creep in bit by bit, she suppressed a yawn for fear that he might wake up.
When she checked the clock, it was a situation where thirty minutes had passed.
Elysia, who stealthily withdrew her hand, greeted the soundly sleeping Yulias before leaving the room.
“Have a good dream.”

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The room next door was just as spacious and pleasant as her newly assigned room.
Elysia dragged her tired body and took a quick shower.
It’s a good thing I brought my pajamas in advance.
After changing into her pajamas, she turned off the light and lay on the bed.
Up until yesterday, she had slept stuck together with Joshua.
When she suddenly ended up using a wide bed alone, it felt nothing but awkward.
“Come to think of it… I have to record.”
There were things to check too, but the laptop is in the room where Joshua is.
More than anything, she was too tired.
Let’s just wake up early and bring it.
As long as I go before Joshua wakes up, I can use it.
Without even tossing and turning, Elysia fell fast asleep just like that.
“Elysia.”
A familiar voice.
No, going beyond that, it was a voice she missed achingly.
“Mom?”
Elysia, who snapped her eyes open, felt her heart overflow at the face visible before her eyes.
“My daughter, you waited for so long.”
“No. Mom, how did you come here?”
“I came to pick up you and Joshua.”
The touch that was wrapping around her shoulders came down and tightly grasped Elysia’s two hands.
She was just about to nod right away and answer that she wanted to go together.
Then, there was a face that suddenly came to mind.
It was Yulias and Sheila.
“Mom, I have a place where I work right now. There’s also work I have to do… right now is difficult.”
“…”
“Instead, if you give me time, I’ll go to where you are. Where are you?”
The hand that was holding Elysia slowly slipped away.
“Mom?”
And stroking her hair, she whispered.
“Just a little bit, could you trust Mom and wait?”
“Where are you staying? Joshua and I will go. Even if it’s not right this moment, we can go.”
Elysia answered urgently with an anxious heart.
“I’ll be back.”
“Mom, wait a moment.”
The touch that was stroking her hair began to move away.
No, it wasn’t just the touch.
Starting from the face to the voice, everything was scattering fuzzily.
She tried hard to catch it several times, but it slipped through her grasp like smoke.
In the end, Elysia, who collapsed, burst into tears.
“Don’t go. It’s hard for me. Please, don’t leave me alone.”
I was wrong.
Even though she cried like a young child, in the end, no answer came back.

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“Mom…”
Elysia barely let out while breathing hot breaths.
Yulias, who was looking down at that sight, was wearing an unreadable expression.
Her appearance lying on the bed looked agonizing, like a patient suffering from a high fever beyond a body ache.
With her flushed face completely drenched in sweat, her crying appearance was pitiful enough for anyone to see.
“Have the examination results come out?”
Yulias asked toward Hilmaiten, who had entered without a sound.
He reported while showing the documents.
“According to the opinion, it is a common awakening symptom. However, because the timing of the opening was late, the rebound is large.”
“…”
“As the Grand Duke also knows well from having experienced it, she will become fine after resting for about a day.”
“Right.”
Hilmaiten glanced at his expression.
Yulias was keeping his place silently, but his gaze alone was wavering as if he was worried to death.
“Bring the work I need to look at.”
“…Are you going to look at the work here?”
“Quickly.”
At Yulias’s command, Hilmaiten did not add more words.
He was a man whose condition had looked amazingly good when he woke up just this morning.
Perhaps because of that, his current appearance felt even more serious.
Hilmaiten shook his head while heading to the office.
‘That expression…’
Even thinking about it again, Yulias’s expression was not simply a gaze thinking of an assistant.

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