The Grand Duke's Maid Writes a Consultation Log Today - Chapter 64

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The Grand Ducal House Maid Writes a Counseling Log Today as Well – Episode 064
The stroll was flowing in a very peaceful atmosphere.
The two walked side by side, matching their strides.
Every time Elysia chattered away like a baby bird, he would nod and respond.
“It was the first time in my life seeing a fairy, and it was so amazing! Have you ever seen a fairy, Grand Duke?”
Before they knew it, the conversation had shifted to the topic of fairies.
The fact that Joshua could see fairies was quite shocking and surprising.
Above all, finding out about that fact through Edward was an unusual experience in itself.
The moment Edward’s hand covered her eyes, then her vision cleared with the sound of a finger snap, was still vivid.
The sensation of electricity coursing through her head, and the scenery she saw the moment she opened both eyes.
The office that had been filled with multicolored balls of fluff.
And even the moment a creature with pointed ears peeked its head out from behind those balls of fluff.
Of course, just looking at that sight caused her pain, so she couldn’t admire it for long.
Yulias stared at a tree branch, tilting his head slightly as if recalling that moment.
He reached out his arm and flicked a leaf glittering in the sunlight with his fingertip.
“It was my first time seeing one properly too. Hearing its voice during the contract was the extent of it.”
The contract Yulias spoke of referred to the sword passed down through the generations of the Demint Family.
A sword said to have been forged from the bones of countless lives to strike down a single massive monster.
The person of the Demint Family who possessed that sword had to maintain it with their own mana.
If their mana could not hold out, the price had to be paid with their lifeforce instead.
Elysia fell silent for a moment before asking carefully.
“……May I ask what you heard?”
Yulias said nothing.
He simply walked, matching her stride.
As they reached the garden before they knew it, the steps of the two stopped almost at the same time.
He slowly turned his head and looked down at Elysia.
As a warm wind blew, Yulias’s black hair moved softly.
“Endure as best as you can with your own skill.”
“…….”
Elysia’s eyes widened.
Yulias had spoken calmly, but the words he claimed to have heard were mockery itself.
Yulias continued, lowering his gaze slightly.
“If you can endure even at the cost of your life, I might give you a round of applause. The one who can handle me isn’t you, but…….”
“Your Grace.”
Elysia hurriedly cut him off.
It was a desperate look in her eyes, as if pleading with him not to say any more.
The person who could handle the sword.
There was only one person who came to the minds of both individuals at the same time.
Sheila May Demint.
The Lady who was born with a greater mana than Yulias, but suffered from a fever because it hadn’t even been awakened yet.
A girl who was still too young and fragile.
Elysia bit her lip and hung her head low.
Watching that sight in silence, Yulias let out a chuckle.
“Why. Do you think I’m going to lose to a single sword? Is it worry, or…… pity?”
“Of course not!”
Elysia hurriedly raised her head and looked up at him.
Yulias spoke in a detached voice, as if it were no big deal.
“It was the first and last time I heard that voice. Back then…… I suppose it was right after my parents passed away and I became the Family Head.”
Elysia was twenty years old, and Yulias was only twenty-three.
It was still a very young age, which meant he had been hearing such words since he was even younger.
Her eyelids trembled.
‘Why…… did you have to listen to such mockery?’
Though she didn’t voice it, the look in her eyes was clearly asking that.
Yulias stared intently into those eyes before raising a hand.
Then, he playfully ruffled her hair into a mess.
“Ah, wait a moment…….”
Elysia hurriedly smoothed down her disheveled hair with her hands.
Yulias raised the corners of his lips faintly and said calmly.
“That is the nature of my position.”
“…….”
“A single minor mistake of mine could turn the North into a wasteland, or it could make it a prosperous region. Conversely, it could become a barren desert where nothing remains, leaving everyone to starve.”
“……I know.”
It was a fact that Elysia knew all too well.
The Demint Family that ruled the North.
And at the center of it stood Yulias, the Family Head.
Depending on his choices, the fief could prosper further, or conversely, plunge into endless ruin.
Because she knew, Elysia only felt more frustrated.
She couldn’t tell him to run away, nor could she advise him to lay everything down.
To anyone’s eyes, an almost unbearable amount of responsibility was piled upon his shoulders.
A heavy burden that looked as if it might make him collapse at any moment.
Elysia murmured with her head hung low.
“I know, but…… because there is nothing I can do to help you, I feel even more…….”
She suddenly felt so utterly powerless.
Even though they were standing side by side like this, even though he was within arm’s reach if she just stretched out her hand, she could do nothing.
Elysia was a common resident, with neither a prominent family nor a title.
Even if she listed the things she possessed one by one, there weren’t very many.
Her status as a direct maid of the Grand Ducal House.
The fact that she could use a laptop because she had mana.
And about the fact that she had coincidentally entered into a short-term contract with the Tower Master.
None of those things could actively help Yulias or become a source of strength for him.
“I don’t really understand why you think there’s nothing you can do to help.”
At Yulias’s words, she slowly raised her head.
He looked out at the scenery of the garden, then moved his steps.
Elysia stared silently at his retreating back.
Yulias gazed at the sweet peas blooming in the garden.
He lightly plucked a few blossoms, then gazed back at Elysia.
At his gesture prompting her to come closer, Elysia hesitated before stepping up to his side.
Yulias looked at the sweet peas in his hand, then held them out to her.
Elysia stared for a moment before accepting the flowers with both hands.
Purple, blue, pink.
It was a small bouquet consisting of three blossoms in total.
“Since you arrived, the residence has become quite lively.”
“Pardon? It became noisy because I came?”
“Yes. Especially thanks to you and your younger brother, Joshua. Originally, I used to hear quite a few complaints that even breathing around here felt suffocating.”
Elysia quietly held her tongue.
Yulias stared intently at the sweet peas in her hands.
“I heard that flowers have meanings too. They call it the language of flowers.”
“Ah, yes. That’s right. Even for the same flower, the meaning changes depending on the color.”
Yulias lightly tapped the petals of the sweet pea in her hand with his fingertip.
“Then, do you know the flower language of this flower too?”
“Uh…… let’s see…….”
“If you don’t know, look it up. I will let that serve as my answer.”
Yulias slowly moved his steps away.
His back was growing distant as if he intended to head back through the garden path they had come along.
Left alone, Elysia stared at the flowers in her hands.
Sweet peas.
“What was it again? Um…… memories, departure, delicate pleasure. And…….”
Elysia couldn’t bring herself to utter the words that followed.
‘I am happy because you are here.’
Elysia hung her head low.
She had no choice but to feel the burning heat flushing her ears.

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