The Grand Duke's Maid Writes a Consultation Log Today - Chapter 42

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The Grand Ducal House Maid Writes a Counseling Log Today Chapter 042
It was then that Elysia forced her eyes open.
An unfamiliar ceiling came into view, but she could guess where she was.
Her mouth was parched, leaving her desperate for cold water, and her entire body felt as heavy as lead and sticky with sweat.
“Ugh…….”
She let out a groan and tried to push herself up, but it was not easy.
“Lie back down.”
At Yulias’s voice, her eyes, which had been fluttering, snapped wide open.
He was working, with documents piled high on the table.
“Grand Duke Yulias, I…….”
Becoming conscious of her disheveled state, her mind suddenly grew sharp.
However, even though she had only raised her upper body, her frame went limp and slumped down.
“I told you to lie down.”
“But, today isn’t even my day off…….”
Elysia grit her teeth and endured, looking determined to get out of bed eventually.
There was no way Yulias would just watch that happen, so he approached, gently pressed her shoulders back down to make her lie down again, and pulled the blanket over her.
“Anyone can see you are a patient in your current state. Stop being stubborn and lie down quietly.”
Yulias brushed back Elysia’s hair, which was drenched in sweat, before flinching belatedly.
Though faint, his touch, which lingered for a moment, felt refreshing.
“Grand Duke Yulias.”
“Yes.”
“Your hands are truly cool.”
Normally, she too would have flinched and pulled away after saying such a thing, but things were different now.
Her feverish body was simply craving that cold sensation.
Yulias’s hand, which had hovered in the air for a moment, eventually came to rest on her forehead.
Elysia closed her eyes and wore a faint smile, seemingly satisfied by his cool touch.
It wasn’t that she had asked, she had just said his hand was cool.
Yet Yulias could not bring himself to remove his hand from her forehead.
“What time is it now……?”
“You can sleep more. You may rest fully today.”
“What about Lady Sheila…….”
“Sheila permitted it as well. Both the Grand Duke and the Lady have allowed you to rest in this house. Who else would dare say anything.”
“Haha.”
He had spoken in a rather stern voice.
Elysia laughed like a child, and then her face soon relaxed as if she had lost her energy, her breath coming in soft pants.
“……Grand Duke.”
“Yeah.”
She called him several times using a title different from usual, like a young child throwing a tantrum in her sleep, but he answered her faithfully each time.
“Yulias.”
“Why do you keep calling me, Elysia.”
She wondered if she would be scolded for calling him by his name.
But since her condition was poor, he seemed to tolerate this much with generosity.
Elysia opened her mouth with a much more comfortable expression.
“I saw Mother in my dream.”
“…….”
“She told me to go with her. She said she came to pick up Joshua and me…….”
“Is that so?”
“It’s a moment I’ve been waiting for……. But I…….”
Elysia’s voice slowly grew quieter until soon, only the sound of her breathing could be heard.
It was because she had drifted off to sleep again.
Looking down at the sleeping Elysia, he attempted to quietly withdraw his hand.
However, Elysia grabbed his hand tightly, gently pressed it against her cheek, and refused to let go.
As if pleading with him not to leave.
If he applied enough strength, he could easily pull away, but Yulias did not do so.
If such a moment truly were to come.
If Elysia could leave this residence and live with her family without any issues.
Would she leave.
“I hope you do not leave.”
Yulias muttered softly.

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Her physical condition, which she thought would take a whole day to recover, improved noticeably by early evening.
To give an idea of how much, she felt refreshed enough to take a shower and eat a meal just like normal.
The problem, instead, was…….
There were quite a few people in the room where Elysia was staying.
Rather than saying they were staying, it would be more accurate to say they were guarding her.
From Yulias, who was still sitting at the table doing his work, to Joshua and Sheila.
Even if Elysia so much as moved, the gazes of the three followed her closely.
“Um, Your Grace. Thanks to you, I feel much better.”
“That is a relief.”
Yulias replied casually, but his gaze remained fixed on the documents.
Since it was not his Office, it must have been inconvenient, but the documents that had been visibly piled high had indeed decreased.
Joshua, seeing that she had finished her soup before he knew it, spoke up quickly.
“Sis, do you want more? I’ll go to the dining hall!”
“No, I’m fine.”
Elysia smiled awkwardly, seeing how lively her surroundings were.
And Sheila was clinging to her side while watching Yulias.
Every time she made eye contact with Elysia, she only responded with a gaze that seemed to ask, ‘Why aren’t you sending him out?’
“Haha…….”
Elysia laughed awkwardly.
When she had finished her shower earlier and stepped out, she had been startled to see Joshua and Sheila waiting in front of the door.
Now, seeing the two children clinging to either side of her as if protecting her actually made her feel grateful.
“I should return the dishes first.”
When Elysia tried to move, Joshua quickly picked up the tray.
“Sheila and I will go!”
Even though it was just returning dishes, they were vehemently opposed to it.
“It is best for a patient to rest.”
With Yulias adding his word to that, Elysia ultimately could not leave the bed.
“Sheila, should I go by myself?”
Joshua was waiting at the door.
Sheila, who had not left her side, gestured for Elysia to bring her ear closer.
Using speech instead of written communication meant she intended to say it directly.
Elysia tilted her head, her heart fluttering.
“If Yulias acts strange, scream.”
……Huh?
“Pardon?”
Elysia asked back, but Sheila hopped down from the bed and left with Joshua.
As she stared blankly at the closed door, Yulias spoke up casually.
“I did not know the two of you were close enough to whisper secrets.”
“I, I was surprised too.”
“Seeing her open her mouth even when I am present, it seems Sheila’s trust in you is growing deeper by the day.”
Yulias pretended to be nonchalant, but he could not hide the smile playing at the corners of his lips.
“Grand Duke Yulias.”
Yulias looked at her instead of answering.
Elysia, wearing an expression that suggested she had guessed something, hesitated before asking.
“Am I sick simply because of fatigue?”
“……No.”
At his response, Elysia muttered softly, “As expected.”
“How did you know?”
“I just felt like it. To call it simple fatigue, how should I put it? It felt a bit different. Then I…….”
“I can guess what you are curious about. You are right. It might sound like an excuse, but at that time, there was nothing else I could do besides checking.”
Elysia was silent for a moment before she asked carefully.
“Did you investigate my mother as well?”
“Aside from what I heard from you, no additional information was confirmed.”
Yulias did not bother to deny the fact that he had conducted a background check.
In the first place, he was the one who had investigated Elysia and even settled the interest on the debt she was carrying.
She had fully guessed that an investigation into her parents would have been carried out as well.
“……Mother said she abandoned her hometown and came to the North because she loved Father.”
“…….”
“She said she was worried that if she took us to her hometown, her side of the family would abuse us or make our lives miserable. She mentioned her family side had many members…….”
Yulias still remained silent, but his gaze was fixed intently on her.
“Two years at the latest. She said we should go to Mother’s hometown after that and live together. Why on earth would it take two years?”
“Elysia.”
Yulias stopped tapping the table with his index finger.
“The fact that you are telling me this must mean there is clearly something you desire.”
He had seen right through her.
Elysia did not hesitate and nodded her head.
“I want to find my mother. Even a corpse is fine. So that I can at least hold a funeral.”
Because Yulias maintained his usual expressionless face, a strange tension hung in the air.
“Can you help me?”
Rising from his seat, he stepped closer.
“Very well.”
At the readily given permission, Elysia looked up at him.
“For you are my person now.”

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