The Grand Duke's Maid Writes a Consultation Log Today - Chapter 65

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The Grand Ducal House Maid Writes a Consultation Journal Today – Chapter 065
As night fell, the faint hooting of an owl could be heard through the window.
Elysia watched Joshua, who had fallen asleep first, and tucked his blanket in more carefully.
Her gaze drifted to the nightstand beside the bed.
Specifically, to the vase on top of it.
She stared at the sweet peas neatly arranged inside it after being filled with water.
‘I will let that serve as my answer.’
Elysia stroked her own arm.
The more she recalled the language of flowers for sweet peas, the more her heart felt ticklish.
She shook her head.
“……Let’s stop thinking about it.”
After turning off the lights, Elysia placed a small lantern on the desk.
Then she sat in front of the desk and pulled out the laptop.
As she carefully opened the laptop, the screen lit up.
[Activating Consultation Journal No. 1!]
[You can check the changes in your friend’s affection rating!]
Elysia stared at the screen with a tense face.
It was the moment to check how Sheila’s affection rating had changed.
Among everything, she was most curious about one thing. Just how much had her affection rating toward Yulias risen?
[Would you like to check?]
Elysia nodded silently.
[Joshua: 10/10]
[Elysia: 8/10]
She let out a small sigh.
She had expected Joshua’s, but surprisingly, the affection rating toward her had also risen.
Elysia shifted her gaze to find Yulias’s name.
[Yulias May Demint: 3/10]
She wiped her face with her hands and let out a sigh.
“……It went up.”
The last number she remembered was 2, but the number had risen by one.
If it continued to rise like this, Sheila would surely end up having a direct conversation with Yulias.
The moment Elysia slowly lowered her hands from her face.
Her eyes widened.
[Edward Dante Colin (1/10)]
Elysia muttered with a dazed expression.
“……The Tower Master’s name.”
Until now, two slots had been displayed only as question marks.
In one of them, a name had finally appeared.
Edward Dante Colin.
Elysia stared intently at the screen.
Had the laptop even anticipated this kind of change?
There was no way to know for now.
[What part of your friend did you see that led you to share emotions?]
Elysia looked blankly at the screen before placing her hands on the keyboard.
She calmly began to type down what had happened in the meantime.
The friction between Sheila and Yulias.
How Sheila had suffered from a fever due to her rampaging mana.
And how she had calmed down after meeting Edward afterward.
After finishing the final sentence, she slowly withdrew her hands.
Then, the laptop screen changed again.
[Consultation Journal No. 2 is available for registration.]
[Friend who needs a story: Aresina Askilla]
[Friend’s status: (Review available after registration)]
[Would you like to register?]
Elysia lowered her head slightly.
She had put off the registration and still hadn’t made a decision.
What should she do?
She muttered to herself.
“……Do I have to decide right now?”
-Flicker.
The screen turned off for a moment and then turned back on.
[Registration can be done at any time whenever the owner wishes. However, if you give up on registration, it cannot be reversed.]
It was a kind but firm message.
Elysia smiled silently and then nodded.
As if it understood her answer, the message window disappeared.
She raised her head for a moment and stared into the empty space.
“……Who is the remaining one person?”
That was the very first question that came to mind.
When she last checked, there were two individuals who could fill Sheila’s affection rating.
Furthermore, because they were displayed as question marks, their identities could not be known.
One of them had been revealed to be Edward, so now only one person remained.
Who could it be?
Could it be someone from the Academy?
If not that, then a servant of the Residence?
“……Could it be Hilmaiten the aide?”
He was the most likely candidate.
Elysia pondered for a moment before brushing the thought aside.
The clock was already heading toward midnight.
It was better to stop here for today and get a good night’s sleep.
It was just as Elysia reached out her hand to close the laptop.
-Thud.
The laptop screen went completely dark.
“Huh?”
Elysia tilted her head and examined the laptop.
“It’s never done this before, uh…… don’t tell me it’s broken? What do I do?”
If it wouldn’t turn on like this, it was truly useless.
Flustered, Elysia looked at the laptop from this way and that before putting it down.
“……As expected, is this the only way?”
There was only one person who could solve this right now.
To call Edward.
As if she had made up her mind, Elysia wrapped the laptop in a cloth and stood up from her seat.
After checking once more that Joshua was fast asleep, she left the room.

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Because there were servants on night duty at the Residence, she had to find a space that wouldn’t catch anyone’s eye.
The place Elysia headed toward was the side of the stable warehouse.
Glancing around, she confirmed there was no sign of presence and stepped into the warehouse.
Perhaps because it was well-maintained, the inside of the warehouse was cleaner than expected.
The moonlight seeping through the window gaps faintly illuminated the interior.
Elysia looked for a lantern and lit up the surroundings.
She placed the cloth-wrapped laptop on a suitable table.
As she carefully unwrapped the cloth, the laptop, looking completely discharged, revealed itself.
Inside the quiet warehouse.
“……Will he really appear if I call his name?”
It was a primitive doubt that left her feeling half-certain and half-doubtful.
Fidgeting with her hands, she laced her fingers together.
Unconsciously closing her eyes, she called out very softly.
“……Ed.”
The name decided when they formed the contract.
It was a title derived from a part of Edward’s name.
Elysia tightly squeezed her closed eyelids.
At that moment, she felt a faint breeze that lightly shook the tips of her hair.
“Isn’t calling a man at such a late hour a very dangerous thing to do?”
At the familiar voice, her eyes snapped open.
Turning her head, she saw Edward leaning against the wall next to the warehouse door.
Judging by his loosely worn shirt and comfortable trousers, he looked as though he had been called out just as he was about to rest.
Elysia was also only wearing a shawl cape over her nightgown dress.
She spoke hurriedly as if making an excuse.
“Ah, I’m really sorry! Th-There’s a problem with the notebook……!”
Edward twitched one of his eyebrows and approached without a word.
Staring blankly at the laptop placed on the table, he spoke clearly.
“The battery is dead.”
“……Pardon?”
“I said there’s no battery. Look over there, see the lantern.”
Edward stared at the laptop while pointing with his hand toward the lantern hanging on the ceiling.
“Yes…… I see it.”
“Do you think that lantern can stay lit forever? Or do you think it needs to be replaced every time?”
“Well, naturally…… Ah!”
Elysia widened her eyes as if she had only just realized.
He smiled mischievously, as if asking if she had finally figured it out.
Then, he naturally reached out and placed his hand on the surface of the laptop.
“It looks like it was used until just now. There’s heat left.”
“I was doing some recording…… Then how long will it take to charge?”
Instead of answering, Edward looked down at the back of his own hand.
Soon, he pulled his hand away and gestured with his chin.
“It’s done.”
“Pardon?”
“I charged it.”
“……Already?”
“Then would I be lying?”
When Edward asked back teasingly, Elysia shook her head silently.
He stretched thoroughly as if tired and spoke.
“You’ll probably get a feel for how to do it once you keep using it. For now…… it’s just because you don’t know how to use mana well.”
“Are you saying that I can do it too?”
“Yeah. The mana of you and your brother is far more vast than you think. It’s to the point of being countable on one hand even in this Empire. You can consider it a level that is barely born once in a generation.”
To that extent?
Elysia tilted her head with a face that couldn’t believe it.
Edward opened his mouth as if he intended to say something more to her.
But soon, his gaze shifted toward the warehouse door.
It was because a minute sign of presence was felt beyond the door.

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