The Grand Duke's Maid Writes a Consultation Log Today - Chapter 55

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The Grand Ducal House Maid Writes a Counseling Log Today – Chapter 055
“Your Grace.”
Yulias’s shoulders flinched at Elysia’s call.
Clutching the Scarf, he slumped down onto the opposite sofa.
“Did I…… hurt that child again?”
Yulias muttered, lowering his head deeply.
“I thought I finally saw her speaking to me…… I was too arrogant.”
“…….”
“……She won’t open her heart to me anymore. Because I tried to deny her pain.”
His voice, thick with guilt, held a self-deprecating edge.
Elysia watched him quietly before speaking first.
“There is still a chance left.”
Yulias lifted his head.
Elysia’s gaze rested on the Notebook Sheila had thrown aside before leaving.
“That you are her only person, and Joshua is enough as a friend?”
A bitter smile spread across Yulias’s lips.
“We already saw this earlier. What meaning does this have.”
“Your Grace, look at it once more. Something important is written here.”
“……The words saying she won’t return to the Academy. What about it?”
“Your Grace, you know the Lady’s personality well.”
Elysia pointed with her hand to the word Academy among the messages Sheila had left.
“If it were the Lady I know, she wouldn’t have left even a message like this for someone she doesn’t trust.”
“…….”
“She would have stayed silent and ignored them.”
Yulias dropped his head without a word.
Then he looked down at the Scarf in his hand.
“Treading water again……. When I haven’t even properly moved forward.”
“Isn’t that a relief?”
He glanced at Elysia at her words, which were mixed with a smile.
“If you are treading water, that means only moving forward is left now.”
“……You say that keeping in mind that I won’t give up on Sheila.”
“Of course.”
There was conviction in Elysia’s voice.
“Because the person who cherishes the Lady more than anyone else is Your Grace.”
She flashed a bright smile.
Looking at that face, Yulias could not say anything.
Elysia must have been mentally exhausted from being whipped in front of everyone.
Yet, Yulias himself was showing a side that seemed to struggle more than she did.
As Elysia smiled and spoke positively, a faint smile also rose on his lips.
“……Right. Since you are helping by my side.”
Rising from his seat, Yulias approached closely.
Thought to sit beside her, he took a long stride and knelt on one knee on the floor.
“Um, Your Grace?”
“May I see?”
He lightly grabbed the hem of her skirt.
At Yulias’s polite inquiry, she nodded her head.
“The pain.”
“It stung a bit earlier……. But it’s fine now.”
Even to his eyes, the traces left by the Doctor’s treatment were flawless.
The Ointment had absorbed sufficiently, and the bleeding had stopped.
Yulias murmured with a pensive expression.
“……It seems you get hurt often.”
“Involuntarily……. Still, I am taking care of myself.”
Elysia forced a smile.
Looking up at that image, Yulias changed the subject.
“How did you handle the rat carcass?”
The rat carcass?
Pondering carefully, Elysia said,
“I thought it might be good to burn it in the Kitchen furnace…… but for now, in the trash heap behind the Stable…….”
She unintentionally let her words trail off before continuing again.
Yulias’s touch seemed to brush past her calf and leg for a moment.
“There was nothing particularly unusual when you saw the carcass?”
“Yes. ……It’s just my guess, but the one who caught the rat and made it a carcass…… might be the Princess.”
“Princess Aresina did it herself.”
When Yulias asked back to confirm, Elysia nodded her head.
“Though it’s a guess from listening to a conversation the Noble children were having.”
She tried hard not to pay attention to it.
Instead of the touch lingering on her knee, she focused only on answering Yulias’s question.
Yulias stood up from his spot.
“……Go to Sheila. I’ll keep the Scarf.”
“Um…….”
It was right before the conversation naturally drew to a close.
Before leaving the Office, Elysia looked back once.
Her eyes met his gaze as he re-examined the Scarf.
“If you need my help, anytime…….”
“I am always receiving help from you.”
Yulias answered without hesitation.
The sunlight coming through the Office window cast a long shadow over his face.
But she could clearly tell that Yulias was smiling.
Elysia bowed her head deeply and then left the Office.

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“Would it be alright if you don’t eat any more?”
Elysia looked at Sheila with a worried expression.
“Then shall I prepare a snack? I heard they baked muffins today.”
Sheila shook her head and removed her hands from the tableware.
Elysia’s gaze turned to the dining table.
The food in the dish Sheila had touched mostly remained as it was.
It had already been several days.
Not only was her complexion bad, she barely put food to her mouth.
She even threw up the little she did eat from time to time.
When asked to call the Residence Doctor, she flatly refused.
“I heard a new flower bloomed in the Garden.”
“…….”
“You don’t want to? Shall we go next time?”
Joshua carefully persuaded her, but what returned was a refusal.
Except for meals, Sheila spent her time seeking sleep in bed.

* * *
Around the time Sheila’s nutritional status became worrying.
Elysia ultimately had no choice but to mention that fact while reporting to Yulias.
And Yulias, who heard the story, did not show much of a surprised look.
He was quiet, just like a person deep in thought about something.
Becoming anxious, Elysia spoke first.
“But I can’t force her to eat…….”
“Other than meals? Does she spend time with Joshua?”
“No. She sleeps. ……There hasn’t been any written communication in particular. Same for Joshua.”
“……I see. Call me if anything happens.”
Exiting the Office after finishing the report, a long sigh escaped her.
What if she really collapses at this rate?
Elysia’s head was filled with nothing but worry.
Before she knew it, she hadn’t even realized she had arrived in front of Sheila’s room.
“I’m back.”
As Elysia opened the door and entered, the inside of the room was quiet.
Sheila seemed to be lying in bed asleep, and Joshua was standing by her side.
“Joshua, is the Lady sleeping?”
“…….”
“Joshua?”
“Sister…….”
Joshua had an anxious expression.
Recognizing that expression, Elysia strode toward the bed.
Sheila, lying in bed, was breaking out in a cold sweat, and her complexion was pale.
It was a face gone so white that it couldn’t even be compared to the face seen at the dining table just a while ago.
“My Lady, my Lady! Please wake up!”
Elysia urgently shook Sheila’s shoulders over the blanket.
However, whether Sheila was unconscious, she shook like a powerless doll.
“Sister, sister!”
Joshua urgently stopped Elysia, who was about to go call someone.
“Y-You mustn’t call anyone.”
“……Did she perhaps say something to you?”
Joshua nodded his head.
“……Sheila said not to call anyone. T-The other kids too.”

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