The Grand Duke's Maid Writes a Consultation Log Today - Chapter 53

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The Grand Ducal House Maid Writes a Counseling Log Today – Chapter 053
“……Hilmaiten, it seems the gathering has ended, so please help escort them out.”
“Yes, Your Grace.”
Aresina gnashed her teeth, her face flushing crimson at Yulias’s behavior of completely ignoring her words.
Was the situation coming to an end?
Elysia was still in a state of high tension even as she leaned on Greta for support.
Without backing down, Aresina shouted.
“Grand Duke Yulias!”
“……”
“Is it right to drive us away like this without properly acknowledging the situation? If His Imperial Majesty the Emperor finds out, it will provoke great anger.”
Yulias looked at Aresina.
The moment their eyes met, Aresina flinched.
A murderous intent was flowing through his gaze.
“Right now, in this situation, whose anger do you think is being provoked more?”
At Yulias’s stern words, the Princess finally shut her mouth.
His gaze slowly shifted, turning toward Sheila and Joshua.
“Lady Sheila.”
At Yulias’s call, Sheila, whose complexion had been poor, barely managed to maintain her composure.
“……”
“I wish to hear directly from you what happened.”
“……”
Sheila merely stared at him blankly, not opening her mouth.
Does he mean for her to speak herself?
Elysia looked back and forth between Yulias and Sheila in a flurry of fluster.

* * *
Yulias clenched his two hands behind his back.
He had expected that Sheila would not say anything.
It was almost never the case that Sheila would open her mouth of her own accord.
Right now, when the Princess had visited and a gathering was formed, she was forced to converse.
He knew that she was forcing her mouth open under circumstances that she completely did not desire.
After all, the only Owners Sheila communicated with by her own will were Joshua and Elysia.
“Has the Lady’s direct maid committed such a grand wrongdoing that she must be flogged in front of everyone?”
However, he wanted to hope for even a minuscule possibility.
Sheila had witnessed someone who had opened their heart to her getting hurt right before her eyes.
If she could rectify that situation, wouldn’t she be able to summon the courage?
Yulias had not given up on his young sister.
“……Since there are many people watching and listening, it seems easy to create a misunderstanding.”
Yulias slowly relaxed his clenched hands.
Sheila had spoken, aiming her words precisely at him.
Yulias and Elysia looked at her at the same time.
“I will tell you the detailed circumstances once we go inside. ……However, what the Princess did was indeed discipline. ……It is my fault for failing to keep my maid in check.”
Joshua, who was nearby, scanned Sheila’s complexion.
Sheila’s complexion was so deathly pale that she looked ready to collapse at any moment, no less than Elysia, and her gaze appeared extremely anxious.
As if to prove it, the hands they held together were not just drenched in sweat but trembling violently.
As Sheila took her side, Aresina’s complexion brightened up.
“You heard that, right? The Lady herself just said that the one who did wrong is not me.”
Even at Aresina’s words, the Noble children merely exchanged glances with one another and maintained their silence.
This was because they felt with their whole bodies that Yulias’s atmosphere was too ominous for them to step up any further.
“Hilmaiten.”
“Yes, Lady.”
Hilmaiten, who had zoned out at the sound of Sheila’s voice which he hadn’t heard in a long time, snapped back to his senses.
“Please help escort the Princess out. ……Since my physical condition is not good, it will be difficult for me to escort her out personally.”
Sheila lowered her head as if begging for understanding.
“Ahem, I must be heading back now. I promised to play chess with my mother today.”
“I also need to check on the condition of my favorite horse. I am preparing for a riding competition.”
One by one, they began to rise from their seats.
Right before leaving the spot, Aresina whispered.
“……I truly hope to see you again at the Academy. Lady Sheila.”
Sheila did not raise her head.
Joshua, seeing Aresina’s expression, hesitated.
She clearly tormented Sheila.
……Why is she making a sad expression as if she is about to cry?
Joshua thought to himself.

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“The Lady seems to cherish that maid quite a lot.”
Erian, who was the very last to rise from his seat, spoke to her.
As the Prince suddenly struck up a conversation, Sheila slowly raised her head.
“Her loyalty also seems deep enough for her to willingly take a beating.”
“……”
“What do you think about me taking that maid with me?”
As the Prince whispered his question, Sheila knitted her brows.
Taking her with him?
“Perhaps the Imperial Family can do much more for her than the Grand Ducal House can.”
“……”
“Think about it carefully.”
Leaving behind a smile, the Prince departed from the spot.
With an anxious expression, Joshua was busy looking back and forth between his retreating figure and Sheila.
“Sheila……”
“……”
“I, I just ran over because it looked like you were having a hard time……”
Sheila slightly shook the hand she held with Joshua.
Then, forcing a difficult smile, she whispered.
“Thank you.”
“……”
Joshua had a lot of words he wanted to say.
He had been curious because he heard Sheila’s friends were coming today, but Joshua knew he wasn’t allowed to step forward.
Instead, he was satisfied with being permitted to watch through the window from her room.
When Sheila’s figure appeared in the Small Garden, he was glad.
However, what followed was the sight of the children she was with pushing her shoulders or pointing fingers and mocking her.
When he even witnessed the scene of them pouring the tea she was drinking, Joshua was already dashing out of the room.
Even though he knew he shouldn’t step forward, Sheila’s face viewed from afar was not ordinary.
An expression of resignation, as if she had given up long ago.
Joshua was familiar with that face. Because it was the exact same expression he had seen from Elysia.
Where did his older sister go?
Did this situation happen while his older sister was away?
I don’t make Sheila wear an expression like that……
He felt as if that arrogance had brought about this entire situation.
“Lady. Joshua.”
Elysia barely squeezed out her voice to call the two of them.
Turning his head, Joshua checked the remaining people.
There were only Yulias, Elysia, and Sheila who was by her side.
The moment Joshua saw Elysia, the tears he had been holding back burst forth.
“I’m sorry……”
The emotions he had suppressed tightly exploded, and at the same time, he burst into loud wailing.
“I’m sorry because of me. I was wrong……”

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The chaotic situation was settled for the moment.
Elysia sat next to Sheila.
Fortunately, the blood flowing down her calves seemed to have coagulated and stopped before she knew it, and though it was difficult, she could walk with support.
Comforting Joshua, who was crying in her embrace, she checked not only her younger brother’s condition but also Sheila’s.
The three of them waited quietly until Joshua’s weeping subsided.
“It is no good for a man to have so many tears.”
It was a casual remark thrown out by Yulias, but thanks to that, Joshua didn’t cry any further, though he made sniffing noises.
“We must treat you first, so let’s move locations.”
“If I walk slowly…… Gasp!”
Elysia suddenly sucked in her breath.
Yulias, who had approached, scooped her up into his arms in a single motion.
“How long do you intend to take by walking there?”
Yulias treated it as no big deal.
And he spoke to the two children watching from behind.
“Follow me. Especially…… because I have words I must hear directly from the Lady.”

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