The Grand Duke's Maid Writes a Consultation Log Today - Chapter 61

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The Exclusive Maid of the Grand Ducal House Writes a Counseling Log Today – Chapter 061
Elysia could not say a single word in the ice-thin atmosphere.
Yulias glanced at her briefly before pulling his gaze away.
He spoke to Edward in a low voice.
“Elysia, return to Sheila’s room. ……Joshua is there as well.”
Elysia nodded without a word, her shoulders tensing.
After stealing a glance at Edward, she gave a light bow and left the Office.
Yulias whispered softly to Elysia as she brushed past him.
“……We will talk separately later, just the two of us. I have quite a few things to ask.”
Step.
Elysia’s footsteps paused for a moment.
Yulias was watching her.
Elysia gave a small nod and began moving her feet once more.
Only after her retreating figure completely vanished toward Sheila’s room did Yulias slowly turn his gaze.
The look in his eyes was colder than ever.
When he closed the door soundlessly and turned around, Edward was already leaning comfortably back on the sofa.
Yulias crossed his arms, leaning his back against the door.
A long silence ensued.
It was Edward who broke the silence first.
Edward spoke, casually running a hand through his hair.
“It isn’t like I forced the contract on her; we did it under a mutual agreement. What’s the problem? The party involved agreed to the contract, too.”
Yulias lowered his gaze slightly, letting out a smirk.
“……A mutual agreement.”
Yulias tilted his head askew and spoke.
“Since it seemed like a formal contract wouldn’t be established, you clung to a temporary contract instead. Did you honestly think I wouldn’t know?”
Edward’s eyes narrowed.
There was no way Yulias wouldn’t know about that contract.
Even though it was his first time seeing a fairy, a contract using mana as a medium was not an unfamiliar concept.
The head of the Demint Family.
He was a man born with mana who wielded the Family Sword through that very medium.
Yulias twisted the corner of his lips up, scoffing sarcastically.
“There must be a disadvantage that the one who offered the temporary contract has to bear.”
Edward clicked his tongue faintly and turned his gaze away.
Then, looking out the window, he said indifferently,
“You’re right. It’s not a formal contract, and if it’s temporary…… even someone like me would find it hard to avoid.”
Contracts based on mana were notoriously tricky to begin with.
The moment the condition of being ‘temporary’ was added, the proposing side absolutely had to pay a price.
Only the person involved could know what form that price took.
Yulias chuckled mockingly.
“Anyone listening would think you actually like Elysia. Aren’t you famous for never making contracts with humans in the first place?”
Edward said nothing.
The trace of a smile vanished entirely from Yulias’s face.
He bit his lip for a moment, then slowly parted his lips.
“What profit is there for you? Why are you approaching Elysia? Tell me the reason.”
Edward slowly turned his head to look at him.
Yulias’s brow furrowed.
This was too different from the Edward he remembered.
Edward was originally someone who kept people away more than anyone else.
Since graduation, he had spent a long time holed up in the Magic Tower, rarely showing his face outside of official settings.
What whim drove a guy like that to approach Elysia?
Yulias spoke in a wary tone.
“What is your purpose?”
Edward still kept his mouth shut, merely staring blankly at him.
There was no reason for Edward to take a special interest in Elysia, a mere servant of his own family, the Demint House, and Sheila’s exclusive maid.
He definitely had another purpose.
“If you want to walk out of here in one piece, you’d better speak up submissively.”
Only then did Edward slowly shift his gaze. Looking somewhere into the empty air, he opened his mouth nonchalantly.
“I don’t know either.”
Yulias’s eyebrow twitched.
He didn’t know?
What kind of nonsense was he spouting?
He slowly pulled his back away from the door and spoke.
“Cut the pathetic jokes and state your purpose.”
Edward let out a sigh and scratched his head.
“I told you. I don’t know either.”
Edward leaned his upper body forward, locking eyes with Yulias.
“Yulias, you.”
A brief silence.
“Do you have feelings for Elysia?”
Yulias’s movements faltered for an instant.
Feelings?
His pupils trembled minutely before quickly regaining focus.
“What if I do?”
Edward buried himself deep into the sofa.
“If it stays like this…… I suppose we’ll become rivals.”
Rivals.
Yulias let out a hollow laugh.
“……Don’t tell me. Are you saying you fell in love at first sight? Did you actually develop an attraction?”
What are you going to do about it if I did?
Edward’s indifferent gaze seemed to say exactly that.
The smirk lingering on Yulias’s lips vanished.
It was real.
He really fell in love at first sight?
Yulias spoke as if muttering to himself.
“……Stop talking nonsense. What do you even know about her?”
Edward spoke to Yulias in a dry voice.
“Do you…… know her well then?”
Yulias blinked his two eyes without a word.
Did he know her well?
Of course he did.
There was no way he didn’t know about Elysia, who lived in this residence.
From the moment she first arrived until now.
In everything Elysia had experienced, he was involved, whether it was a big matter or a small one.
He had even promised to find the whereabouts of her parents.
He spoke in a voice filled with certainty.
“Yes. I know absolutely everything without exception. To an extent that can’t even be compared to you.”
It was clearly a warning tone.
If you understand, then read the room, back off, and don’t cross the line.
Reading that intention, Edward replied in a nonchalant voice.
“I doubt that.”
In that instant, strength surged into Yulias’s hands.
He clenched his teeth, spitting out his words as if chewing them.
“Your talent for grating on my nerves is as excellent as ever.”
Edward scoffed.
“Don’t think you know everything.”
Soon, he tilted his head sideways, staring straight at Yulias with a expressionless face.
“If you’re so suspicious, ask the party involved directly. Ask why she made a contract with me.”
Yulias slowly unclenched his tight fists.
To ask the party involved directly.
Edward stared blankly at him and added.
“It doesn’t matter if she shares the reason for the contract. It’s not something restricted by the conditions. So, go ahead and ask her yourself.”
With that, he stretched, then opened the other door that Yulias wasn’t leaning against.
Then, tilting his head slightly, he spoke once more.
“Though I don’t know if you even have the courage to ask. While you treat her as ‘your person,’ you haven’t been able to narrow the distance between you at all in reality.”
Yulias merely glared at him silently.
“If I were you, I wouldn’t do such a foolish thing.”
……A foolish thing.
Yulias clenched his teeth soundlessly.
Edward’s gaze held a mix of contempt.
Edward spoke as if murmuring.
“I wouldn’t tie her down to something like a family.”
Yulias understood Edward’s words immediately.
That meant, in other words, he would not use the power of a family to hold Elysia back.
Edward Dante Colin.
He came from the Colin Ducal House.
Yet he abandoned his family and entered the Magic Tower on his own accord.
Edward closed the door he had opened, facing Yulias directly as he spoke.
“Whether I fell in love at first sight or harbored an attraction. I am confident that I, at least, know a lot more about love than you do.”

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