The Grand Duke's Maid Writes a Consultation Log Today - Chapter 66

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The Grand Ducal House Maid Writes a Consultation Journal Today – Episode 066
Edward naturally shifted his steps.
Then, he stood with his back leaning against the fortress door.
So that no one could come in from the outside, and she could not leave either.
He gestured with his chin toward a chair.
“Sit down for now. Are you going to talk standing up?”
Elysia sat in the chair without any particular suspicion.
He calmly continued speaking.
“First, check that thing.”
She nodded and opened the laptop on the table.
Meanwhile.
From behind Edward, who was leaning against the door, a very low clicking tongue sound was heard.
“Move right now.”
A voice lowered so much that only Edward could hear it.
It was Yulias.
As soon as he noticed that Edward had returned to the residence at a late hour, he had followed him immediately.
Because he had just arrived, Yulias had not heard anything about the laptop yet.
Edward whispered so that only Yulias beyond the door could hear.
“Why should I? Why would I share this great opportunity with you, idiot?”
-Thump.
The sound of a short knock on the door with a fist followed.
Elysia raised her head with a startled face.
“Did someone come?”
Edward shrugged his shoulders and said.
“No, there’s no one. It must be because of the wind. Is the verification done?”
“Just a moment.”
Elysia lowered her gaze back to the laptop.
She had resolved the battery issue, but it seemed to take time for the screen to completely return to normal.
From beyond the door, Yulias gave a small warning.
“Don’t do anything foolish.”
Edward suppressed his urge to whistle right away and whispered.
“What do you mean foolish…… I’m the one who got called out right when I was about to sleep. I’m working night shifts without overtime pay, so you should be grateful.”
After a moment, Elysia closed the laptop as if she had finished checking.
She looked at Edward with a bright smile on her relieved face.
“There’s no problem. Thank you.”
Edward blankly stared at her smiling face.
“Is a thank you all I get?”
“Pardon?”
When Elysia blinked and asked back, he casually shifted his gaze.
“I came right away as soon as you called me late at night. Is there nothing more besides that?”
“……I didn’t bring any money, though.”
At that moment, Edward bowed his head slightly.
From beyond the door, the sound of Yulias chuckling could be heard.
He scratched his eyebrow, let out a sigh, and curled up the corners of his mouth.
“Am I really saying this because I want money from you?”
Elysia laughed awkwardly, wrapped the laptop back in the cloth, and tied it up like a bundle.
Edward casually crossed his arms and smiled.
“How about this? A goodnight kiss. I don’t expect a full kiss, just a peck?”
Elysia paused and stared at him.
From beyond the door, Yulias’s brutal voice was heard, sounding as if he was barely suppressing his anger.
“You must be dying to get killed by my hands. Open up right now.”
Edward naturally wiped his dry face with one hand and replied in a small voice.
“Why would I open it? Either get lost instead of interrupting, or stay quiet.”
While the two were bickering, Elysia was pushing her chair back in.
He crossed his arms again and smiled.
“It’s not bad, right? How about it. Not even a peck on the cheek?”
“Yes. Of course not.”
It was a clear refusal without any hesitation.
Edward blinked both eyes speechlessly.
Yulias, who was beyond the door, also fell silent.
Given Elysia’s personality, they had thought she would accept it while feeling embarrassed, saying something like, ‘I suppose it can’t be helped…….’
Edward let out a hollow laugh as if it was absurd.
“You…… are more conservative than you look? It’s on the cheek, not even the lips. Even little kids do that much.”
“Well, I don’t do it.”
“……Wow, you really.”
Now, the sound of Yulias holding back a laugh could be heard from beyond the door.
Edward cleared his throat, pretending not to hear it.
“Alright, alright. Give that to me. I’ll move it to your room.”
Elysia did not refuse and handed over the bundle.
“Are you going to go inside the residence yourself?”
“The moment I enter, it would turn into a trespassing charge, so why bother. ……Just close your eyes for a moment.”
Elysia looked at him with a bewildered face and then closed her eyes.
And the moment she opened her eyes again.
The bundle Edward had been holding had vanished without a trace.
As Elysia looked around with a surprised face, Edward let out a sigh.
“I moved it. I placed it back where it originally was, so you’ll be able to find it right away.”
Elysia looked up at him with surprised eyes and then politely bowed her waist.
“Thank you!”
“Yeah, sure. ……Gosh, really. What do I expect from a contractor who won’t even give me a simple goodnight peck, let alone money.”
Edward grumbled quietly.
Elysia smiled softly as she watched him.
“Since you like children, Lord Edward. Do you also like physical touch?”
Edward looked at her with his eyes narrowed.
“……Liking children and that are two separate things. And I don’t particularly like it either.”
“Pardon? Then why…….”
“I don’t want to tell you. Forget it, hurry up and go to sleep.”
He took his back off the door.
Before he knew it, Yulias’s presence beyond the door had completely vanished.
Edward swallowed a sigh and grabbed the doorknob.
“Close your eyes and step outside. Then you’ll be inside the residence. There won’t be anyone around, so don’t worry needlessly.”
Elysia opened her mouth slightly as if impressed, then closed it again.
“That’s amazing.”
“Yes, the man standing right in front of your eyes is an amazing person. Now, go quickly.”
As he slowly opened the door, Elysia squeezed her eyes shut as told.
Soon, Edward lightly pushed her back with his fingertips.
Elysia carefully took one step, and then another step forward.
And the moment she opened her eyes again.
She was already standing inside the residence, in the hallway in front of the dining hall.

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“……Wow.”
A dark hallway.
Only the window where the moonlight streamed in and the small lights occasionally illuminating the hallway could be seen.
She looked around and slinked toward the window.
The lights of the stable fortress were already turned off.
As if nothing had happened.
Blankly staring at that landscape, she muttered.
“……It feels exactly like I had a dream.”
But there was no time to be lost in sentiment.
She had to return to her room before running into the head maid on duty.
She went up to the second floor, killing her footsteps as much as possible.
And just as she reached the front of her room before she knew it, her steps halted.
Opposite the room used by Elysia and Joshua.
It was because her eyes met with Yulias, who was leaning against the hallway wall.
“……Grand Duke.”
Elysia froze right there and couldn’t move.
Could he have come here knowing everything?
From the fact that she went to the fortress, even to the fact that Edward had come.
If it was Yulias, it was highly likely he had noticed.
Even so, he just watched her silently with his arms crossed.
He did not approach, nor did he interrogate her.
His attitude was as if he was telling her to approach first.
Elysia cautiously shifted her feet, reading his face like a dog that had done something wrong.
Yulias blankly stared at her as she drew near his side.
“……I suppose you went for a night stroll.”
“Pardon?”
Yulias merely looked at her with an indifferent face.
Does he really not know.
Or is he pretending not to know for my sake?
But either way, it was a good opportunity.
Elysia nodded calmly.
Yulias stared at her speechlessly for a while, then suddenly opened his mouth.
“The language of flowers, did you look it up?”
“…….”
Elysia firmly shut her mouth.
After hesitating for a moment, she gave a very small nod.
Yulias slowly took his body off the wall and stood facing her.
“I see.”
“…….”
After the short reply, a strange silence flowed again.
Elysia peeked up at him, and when their eyes met, she lowered her head again.
Yulias was quietly capturing her reaction in his eyes.
Without saying any words.
“Elysia.”
As a lowly pitched voice reached her, she raised her head reflexively.
“A goodnight greeting…… may I give you one?”

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