The Grand Duke's Maid Writes a Consultation Log Today - Chapter 41

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The Maid of the Grand Ducal House Writes a Counseling Log Today – Chapter 041
Even in the early morning, Yulias had felt refreshed when he woke up.
It was a refreshing feeling he hadn’t experienced in a very long time.
He thought it was a coincidence, but it wasn’t until it was time to change his clothes that he realized it wasn’t.
Hilmaiten, who was helping him change, told him.
“The marks that were visible on your back have also faded a lot.”
“Are you sure you saw that right?”
Yulias had a suspicious look in his eyes, but Hilmaiten checked several times with an rather bewildered look.
Hilmaiten’s daily routine began every morning by helping him change and checking his back.
The possibility that such a man had misseen it was remarkably low.
“……Will you investigate?”
It was a statement made with the possibility in mind that Elysia was a Mana Possessor.
“If the person involved refuses, there’s no way to do it. Other than illegal means, is there any other option?”
Having finished changing, Yulias looked at the clock.
By this time, the servants of the residence would have already woken up and started their day.
Most of them would wash and go to the dining hall to eat breakfast.
If things went as expected, Elysia would either be eating breakfast with the other servants in the dining hall, or she would be with the Lady or her younger brother.
“Are all the servants eating?”
“Everyone has reported to work except for Elysia. Perhaps she’s sleeping more because she’s tired.”
Well, it makes sense that she’d be tired.
Yulias tried to let it pass lightly, but he felt a certain lingering discomfort.
Above all, if the servants of the residence missed mealtime, it wasn’t easy to request a separate meal from the dining hall.
Since even things like desserts required paying personal money or having a close acquaintance with the Chef.
“Let’s check.”
Yulias said suggestively and accompanied Hilmaiten.
Knowing that Elysia was in the room right next door, he knocked on the door, but there was no reply.
Sensing no sign of presence, when he opened the door.
What the two men witnessed was her figure slumped on the bed, unable to wake up.
Approaching the bed in a single stride, as soon as he saw Elysia’s condition, he noticed that it was not an ordinary symptom of body aches.
“I will call the family doctor.”
“Bring someone among the doctors who is capable of performing a mana diagnosis.”

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The doctor Hilmaiten brought belonged to an occupational group that had studied both medicine and mana diagnosis together.
Fortunately, since he belonged to the family, it was possible to summon him immediately, but if that hadn’t been the case, they would have had no choice but to call a mana appraiser.
In that case, not only can the procedure not proceed without the consent of the person involved, but a record remains under national law.
The doctor, who came running as soon as he received the call, checked her condition and then administered a fever reducer.
“Your Grace, the only thing I can do is check the synchronization of the mana wave. If you require a formal appraisal and record, you must call a mana appraiser.”
“That’s enough. How long will it take?”
“It takes about ten minutes.”
While the fever reducer was being administered, the doctor placed the mana-sensitive metal on Elysia’s hand.
The metal did not make any sound.
However, Yulias was rather bothered by that silence.
Wondering if the metal wasn’t trembling even minutely, or if Elysia’s breathing wasn’t growing rough.
Even though he had experienced countless situations more urgent than this, strangely, at this moment, his body wouldn’t listen to him.
With a fever of this level, the pain must certainly be severe too.
Yet, without even being able to toss and turn properly, she was buried in the blanket, leaking only minute groans.
Only after Yulias unconsciously caught his breath did he realize that he had been holding his breath.
Had there ever been a time when this short duration felt so long?
And within a few minutes, the doctor withdrew, saying he would report the test results in a document.
It was also because he had finished the work as quickly as possible due to Yulias’s unusual atmosphere.
Groaning as if in agony, she was not just breaking out in a cold sweat but was weeping.
“Mom…….”
Hearing the small sobbing, Yulias clenched his fists silently.
A stillness settled over the bedroom as if her breathing had subsided.
While the sound of the clock’s second hand was heard exceptionally loudly, Yulias stood keeping his place and could not move for a while.
Elysia’s breathing was still uneven, and a cold sweat was minutely forming on the back of her hand exposed over the blanket.
To the point of making the words that the fever reducer was working sound empty, she occasionally frowned and leaked a low groan.
He unconsciously took a step forward, then stopped again, thinking he might wake her for nothing.
“Whew…….”
It would only be about ten minutes at most, but strangely, an anxious feeling kept creeping in.
No, in fact, rather than the test results, he was more concerned about whether she would be able to open her eyes right now.
Only after ten minutes, which felt like several hours, had passed did Hilmaiten return.
Holding the document containing the test results.

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Instead of his usual desk, Yulias was looking at the documents piled up on a table.
When he lifted his head, he could see Elysia sleeping in the bed.
Perhaps thanks to taking the fever reducer, her complexion looked better than before, but she still looked to be struggling.
“Groan…….”
As if she was still in pain, Elysia whimpered in her sleep and made ailing sounds.
“Sigh…….”
Exhaling a slow sigh, he glanced over several times before turning his eyes back to the document.
-Creak.
The door opened carefully, and Joshua’s figure, holding Sheila’s hand, appeared.
Rising from his seat, he slowly approached the two children.
“Is big sister very sick?”
Joshua’s eyes were flushed red, as if he had been crying for a long time.
Because she wasn’t seen in the morning, it seemed he had gone around the residence looking for her.
He heard that Hilmaiten, who happened to be moving the documents, had explained it nicely, though.
‘I told him that she is resting due to a moderate cold and body aches.’
He must have explained it properly.
At the child’s restless expression, he barely suppressed his desire to tell him to come inside the room.
“Yes. She took medicine and is resting well. I’ll let you know when she wakes up.”
“Would it be…… a problem if I stay with her?”
Yulias couldn’t answer easily.
What would Elysia have said at a time like this?
Unexpectedly, it was Sheila who gently pulled Joshua’s hand.
It was an action as if telling him to return to the room.
“Big sister…… Big sister always stayed by my side when I was sick.”
Joshua looked as if he was about to burst into tears at any moment.
Flustered by that appearance, Yulias recalled Elysia’s usual behavior.
Usually, she would lower her body like this and meet their eyes.
Lightly bending his knees to sit, Yulias looked at Joshua, whose eyes were filled with tears.
“I know well how much you care about your sister. But if she sees you crying when she wakes up, she might feel sad.”
“I, I don’t want that…….”
“Right. Can you wait?”
Joshua nodded his head vigorously.
Yulias thoughtlessly stroked his head at that sight.
Then his eyes met with Sheila, who was nearby, but both of them turned their heads awkwardly.
Sheila hesitated, then thrust something toward him.
[Please make sure to let me know when Elysia wakes up]
It was a politely written communication.
Excluding the time with the Imperial Princess, it was the first time she had delivered something directly to him.
Holding the paper in his hand and staring at it for a long time, Yulias replied in a low voice.
“Alright. I will certainly tell you.”
The two children nodded as if they understood and returned.
Returning to his seat, Yulias turned a page of the document, then soon turned it back again.
He couldn’t remember the paragraph he had just read at all.
Just because the fever subsided didn’t mean everything would become fine all at once.
Yulias almost stood up unconsciously, but managed to keep his place and remain seated.
Wondering if he might wake her up for nothing, or if he might stimulate the pain again.
Useless assumptions followed one after another in his mind.
Unlike the children who had returned maturely, Yulias could hardly set his mind at ease.
The fact that his younger sister trusted someone other than himself so much strangely touched a corner of his heart.
Since when was it?
That he came to care about someone’s condition to this extent in this residence.
Yulias picked up the document again, but this time too, he couldn’t read it to the end.
“Ugh…….”
It was then.

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