The Grand Duke's Maid Writes a Consultation Log Today - Chapter 46

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The Maid of the Grand Ducal House Writes a Counseling Log Today – Episode 046
After hanging the wet handkerchief to dry properly, Elysia returned to the room.
It hadn’t taken long, but she looked around at the atmosphere, which was quieter than expected.
The two children were sticking close to the window together, looking outside.
“Is there something out there?”
“Look at that, sister.”
Following Joshua’s gesture, she stepped closer to them.
Looking out the window, the servants were rushing around, keeping busy even tidying up the Small Garden.
“Come to think of it, the day after tomorrow is…”
Things had been so hectic she had almost forgotten.
The date for the visit of Sheila’s Academy Alumni was drawing near.
Since she had heard and reported things through Yulias, Sheila would definitely make an appearance.
But would she really be okay?
When Elysia stole a glance at her, Sheila was merely staring outside with an indifferent expression.
“It looks like they’re preparing for a party!”
“Yeah. I guess it’s because guests are scheduled to visit.”
Joshua looked excited at first, but then, perhaps realizing who the guests were, he fell completely silent.
Like Elysia, he just tilted his head while carefully reading Sheila’s countenance.
As if losing interest, Sheila withdrew her gaze.
Noticing a bit late that the two were observing her, she looked back and forth between them, her eyes asking what was wrong.
“It’s nothing.”
Elysia replied with a smile.
“Lady Sheila. May I go to my room for a moment?”
Sheila stared at her blankly, wondering which room she meant.
“The room we use? Or the room next to the Grand Duke’s?”
“The room we use. They moved my luggage over, but it bothers me that I haven’t been able to organize it properly.”
Would Joshua try to follow her?
Organizing her luggage was fine, but there was something else that kept weighing on her mind.
The laptop.
It was best to go to her room and check it while things were leisurely like this.
But if Joshua followed her…
There was a high probability that Sheila would come along too.
Then she wouldn’t even be able to take out the laptop, and she’d have to prioritize organizing her luggage.
“I’ll stay here with Sheila!”
“…Will you?”
Fortunately, Joshua didn’t offer to follow, and Sheila also gestured for her to go ahead.
Elysia was able to leave the room with a light heart.

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Entering the room alone, Elysia looked around.
In truth, because she had so little luggage, there wasn’t even much to organize.
“It was definitely in one of the bags…”
She checked the luggage bags stacked neatly on top of one another, setting them down on the floor one by one.
She recalled the laptop she had tucked between her spare clothes.
She had judged that placing it between thick clothes would protect it from any major impact even if it were dropped.
“Huh?”
The buckle strap of the bag was unfastened.
Had it popped open during the moving process?
…Or did someone open it and look inside?
She had heard through Hilmaiten that her luggage would be moved, but she didn’t know exactly who had moved it.
Elysia hurriedly opened the bag and slid her hand between the clothes.
“…It’s here.”
She felt relieved by the touch of the metal plate against her hand.
It must have been a coincidence, right?
Even if someone were to steal something, they would take money; the probability of them taking this item was low.
Moreover, there were the words she had heard directly before.
[Usually, people without mana don’t know the use of that item and instinctively reject it. It just looks like an annoying piece of trash.]
Elysia took out the laptop and sat in front of the desk.
“Even if I want to communicate, I don’t know how to initiate contact from this side…”
Feeling at a loss, she kept the laptop open and stared blankly at it.
At that exact moment.
The familiar screen materialized.
『Activating Consultation Journal No. 1!』
『You can check the changes in your friend’s Affection Rating!』
“Changes in the Affection Rating?”
Sheila had spoken aloud not only to Joshua but also directly to Elysia herself.
No, going even further, she had spoken in front of people.
Wouldn’t there be a significant change?
『Would you like to check?』
“Yes!”
Elysia answered promptly, only to realize her voice had been excessively loud.
Even though she was alone in the room, she hurriedly covered her mouth with both hands in case anyone heard.
In the meantime, the screen rapidly changed.
『Joshua: 8/10』
『Elysia: 5/10』
“The numbers went up.”
Without realizing it, Elysia relaxed her tense shoulders.
When she first checked, Joshua’s number was 6, but it had now changed to 8.
And above all… Elysia’s own rating had also changed from 3 to 5.
If it was 5 out of 10, did that mean at least minimal communication was possible?
Elysia slowly shifted her gaze to find Yulias’s name.
『???』
『???』
『Yulias May Demint: 2/10』
“…Thank goodness.”
Compared to the other two, it was a remarkably small number, but there was a change nonetheless.
It felt as though it proved the two of them had taken another step forward toward recovering their relationship.
『Friend who needs a story: Sheila May Demint
State of the listening friend: Trust, anticipation, shared emotions』
If she recorded everything that had happened so far and wrote down ways to communicate, would she be able to find a clue?
With an excited heart, Elysia placed her hands on the keyboard.
『You are…』
『You do not have Owner permissions.』
“Huh?”
She froze at the unexpected text.
No permissions?
『Currently, the person with Owner permissions…』
-Click.
A strange sound echoed, as if a frequency was cutting out.
Then the sentence rapidly changed.
『What part of your friend did you see that led you to share emotions?』
…Did she misread it?
The text she had faced just a moment ago was incredibly unfamiliar, and far from just being rigid, it felt wary.
Elysia blinked, wiped her dry face with her hands, and then stared at the screen.
However, only the text she usually saw was present, with nothing particularly out of the ordinary.
“Is my condition really that bad? Hmm…”
After hesitating several times, Elysia began to move her hands over the keyboard.
『On the surface, there was no problem at all between Princess Aresina and Lady Sheila. The Princess asked after the Lady’s well-being and even showed interest. However, after the Lady was left alone…』
Starting from the Princess’s visit to the fact that Sheila had personally appeared before people.
And right up to the moment she opened her mouth.
As she filled the journal densely with words, a new prompt appeared.
『Consultation Journal No. 2 can now be registered.』
“A second one?”
Who was it?
Joshua?
If not him, could it be…
『Friend who needs a story: Aresina Askilla』
『Friend’s state: (Review available after registration)』
『Would you like to register?』
“Ah…”
A sigh escaped her lips involuntarily.
She had wondered if it was only possible for young children, and it seemed that guess was roughly correct.
But was it right to register Princess Aresina here?
Elysia hesitated and lowered both hands beneath the desk.
“I think I need to think about this a bit…”
As she showed signs of stepping back, the text vanished.
However, it felt less like she had rejected the registration and more like it had entered a standby state.
As if it understood her words, just like it always had until now.
“Um, by any chance, can I contact the person I communicated with last time again?”
No, did she have to write this down directly as well?
It was just as Elysia busywise raised both her hands again.
-Screech, skrrrch…
The sound of tearing paper was bleeding out from the laptop.
Had something gone wrong?
Fraught with anxiety, Elysia hovered in midair, hesitating to even withdraw her two frozen hands.
Then, with a sharp click, the screen turned completely pitch-black.
“Is it… broken?”
No way.
If it was broken, that made things even more serious.
It belonged to a separate owner!
It was an item whose value could not even be guessed.
If her assumptions were right, it wouldn’t be cheap.
Right then.
[…What the. Is it connected? So suddenly?]
A familiar mechanical voice drifted through.

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