The Grand Duke's Maid Writes a Consultation Log Today - Chapter 63

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The Grand Ducal House Maid Writes a Consultation Journal Today Chapter 063
Elysia stared at him blankly.
“I am not quite sure what you mean by that…….”
Yulias averted his gaze and spoke.
“You don’t know what kind of guy Edward is. I meant to ask if you could really entrust your brother to someone you just met today.”
Elysia followed his gaze with her own.
As she began to move her feet first, Yulias quietly matched her pace.
“That is not incorrect…… but he left a good first impression.”
At those words, Yulias’s steps stopped unconsciously.
Elysia also halted her forward steps and looked back.
“Thanks to Master Edward, I was able to learn a side of Joshua that even I didn’t know about, and above all…….”
As a warm breeze blew, Elysia’s red hair swayed gently.
Her green eyes gazed at him, and the corners of her eyes slowly curved.
“He looked like someone who truly likes children.”
Yulias said nothing. He simply looked at her.
A smile that was beautiful enough to be dazzling.
That smile looked pure to anyone who saw it.
Not a trace of suspicion or malice toward Edward could be found.
She was saying it was fine not because Edward was the Tower Master, but because he seemed like someone who genuinely liked children.
Yulias quietly clenched his fists.
The man who had checked on Sheila’s condition, pierced through the inner thoughts of Joshua whom he had met for the first time, and even offered advice.
To his eyes as well, Edward was a person who unfeignedly cherished and protected children.
Exhaling a short breath, Yulias closed and opened his eyes before speaking in a low voice.
“Right, if you say so.”
Yulias strode right up to her side.
This time, instead of standing side by side, he stood directly facing her and looked down at her.
“……Is that why you made a contract with Edward.”
Elysia’s pupils shook.
“Ah, that is…….”
Yulias stared at her quietly and raised his hand.
With his fingertips, he tidied her hair that had been disheveled by the wind.
It was a cautious touch, as if he were worried she might break if he touched her too hard.
As her hair was tucked behind her ear, Elysia’s body flinched minutely.
Yulias intentionally directed his gaze elsewhere and muttered like a monologue.
“……Listening to Edward, it seemed the reason for the contract could be mentioned.”
Elysia’s gaze wavered precariously.
Soon, her head slowly dropped.
He looked down at the crown of her head and reached out his hand again.
Cupping her cheek with his hand, he whispered in a low voice.
“I’m not trying to blame you for any wrongdoing. I’m just asking because I’m curious.”
His hand slowly slid down, and this time, it cupped the tip of her chin.
However, he did not apply any force.
He did not force her head up either.
He simply waited. For Elysia to lift her head on her own.
Just then, Yulias’s low whisper was heard again.
“……Can you tell me.”
It was a whisper so small that it almost overlapped with the wind, but it echoed as clearly as thunder in Elysia’s ears.
Elysia kept her silence, clasping her hands together.
As the silence stretched, Yulias eventually withdrew his hand first.
Because he recognized it as a refusal.
Yulias pondered how to handle his deeply sinking emotions.
It wasn’t a question asked as an employer, but merely a personal one, so he had no reason to hold onto her, nor any justification to blame her.
At the very moment he was about to take a slow step backward.
Her ear caught the edge of his vision.
Between the red hair fluttering in the wind, an ear flushed bright red was revealed.
Yulias’s gaze stopped.
Soon, he rubbed his face as if wiping it down.
It felt as though his emotions, which had been plummeting to the floor, soared right back into the sky simply because he saw a reddened ear.
Elysia hadn’t said anything herself, nor had she shown any overt movement.
And yet…….
Yulias felt like grabbing anyone he could find to vent.
He wanted to demand an answer, begging them to please tell him if they knew what on earth could explain this feeling.
Elysia spoke in a voice that crawled away.
“……Just a little.”
At the tiny voice, Yulias’s head turned back toward her.
Elysia still had her head lowered.
“……If you give me just a little time, I will tell you. Truly.”
Her clasped hands trembled minutely.
Yulias also realized at once that it was not due to terror or fear.
He could not help but let out a deep sigh, and at that sound, Elysia flinched and lifted her head.
The corners of Yulias’s mouth were gently curved upward.
“Alright.”
Elysia blankly looked up at his smile before hurriedly averting her eyes.
“L-Let’s go!”
Yulias narrowed his eyes and gazed at her.
Elysia moved her body awkwardly like a broken doll and took the lead.
He could see not just her ears, but even the nape of her neck slowly flushing red.
“Where are we going.”
“Because you said to take a walk!”
A walk.
In the first place, the reason he had brought up those words was different.
But Elysia seemed to just want to escape from this atmosphere.
Yulias captured the retreating back of Elysia in his eyes.
She was pretending to walk like a majestic puppy, but her steps and arms were subtly out of sync.
The corners of his mouth twitched.
Ultimately unable to hold it in, a short laugh leaked out.
He followed leisurely behind her and said softly.
“Let’s go together.”
At that single phrase, Elysia came to a dead halt.
Yulias strode up and stood beside her.
“Wasn’t a walk something done together. If you want to do it alone, just say so.”
“No, it’s not. I don’t think so? It’s not.”
Yulias rolled his lips inward and turned his head.
He was barely holding back a burst of laughter.
As Elysia began to walk again, he also matched her pace without a word.
Whether she noticed Yulias’s glance that flickered over several times, Elysia finally opened her mouth first.
From talk about the weather to stories about the squirrels and birds that often frequented the garden.
Then, she pointed at a passing rose and said.
“Ah, there are flowers over there too! The gardener always tends to them!”
“Because that’s the gardener’s job.”
Despite the indifferent reply, Elysia smiled steadfastly.
Yulias’s gaze lingered on the rose.
A rose blooming as plenteously as a fruit on the thorny vine.
He cast a sideways glance at Elysia.
“It’s the exact same hair color as someone I know.”
“Pardon?”
Elysia looked at him with puzzled eyes.
This time, Yulias explicitly met her gaze, curled up the corners of his mouth, and said mischievously.
“……And the exact same face color.”
Elysia blinked her eyes several times before slowly opening her mouth.
It was because she only now realized that the subject Yulias spoke of was herself.
Elysia started like a surprised squirrel and quickened her pace without a word.
Yulias spoke as if intending for her to hear.
“Leaving me behind again. Do you really want to walk alone? ……Just say you don’t want to be with me.”
It was a tone that didn’t sound sincere at all.
However, Elysia stopped dead in her tracks, then began to walk slowly.
Watching that sight, Yulias let out a low laugh, as if finally giving up.
Chasing Elysia’s retreating back with his eyes, he muttered.
“……You’re really driving me crazy.”

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