The Grand Duke's Maid Writes a Consultation Log Today - Chapter 68

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The Grand Ducal House Maid Writes a Counseling Log Today – Chapter 068
Elysia narrowed her eyes and looked down at his desk.
The papers were arranged neatly, like pieces of a puzzle.
[Today’s dessert was pudding. Joshua said it was too sweet, but I thought it was delicious.]
[I love the smell of grass when it rains.]
The papers containing her mundane daily life even showed a warm, gentle handwriting.
However.
[Yulias can take care of his own meals.]
[Since he always eats alone anyway.]
[I don’t care. Do we really have to eat together? It’s suffocating.]
Every single piece of paper mentioning Yulias was crumpled.
Elysia swallowed a sigh and closely watched his reaction.
Yet, there was one unexpected thing. Yulias did not show much of a reaction regarding Sheila’s ‘nightmares.’
It was as if he had already expected it.
To thaw this frozen atmosphere even a little bit, she had to speak up first.
“Um… Grand Duke.”
At Elysia’s call, Yulias looked up with a crooked gaze.
Anyone could see that his face was that of an older brother displeased by the fact that his younger sister hated him.
‘If only you were just a little more affectionate, things wouldn’t have come to this…’
The words reached the tip of her tongue, but she could not bring herself to utter them.
Instead, she offered a faint smile and asked carefully.
“The part where it says the Lady occasionally suffers from nightmares. …Is it alright?”
At her question, Yulias shifted his gaze back to the desk.
Nightmares. And the mention of hearing voices.
The words saying that you are the only one who can keep me going.
Yulias lightly tapped the paper containing that specific note with his index finger.
“Yes, it’s normal. I used to have dreams like that often when I was a child as well.”
Elysia closed her mouth again.
Since the party who had personally experienced it said it was fine, she could not probe any further.
Elysia glanced toward the office door.
Hilmaiten, who said he would bring some tea, had still not returned.
…He was undoubtedly dragging his feet by tactfully making up another excuse.
Elysia let out a small breath.
“…Shall we practice now, then?”
Yulias crossed his arms and leaned deeply back into his chair.
His eyes seemed to say, ‘You want to practice with me feeling like this?’
Elysia gave a troubled smile and shrugged her shoulders.
“If you want to have a meal with the Lady even a day sooner, you have to practice diligently.”
She wasn’t wrong.
If they just passed the time reading Sheila’s written communication like this, the day for her to return to the Academy would arrive in the blink of an eye.
Furthermore, Yulias was already well aware of what Sheila’s life at the Academy was like.
His gaze sank frostily.
“…She will have to go back to the Academy soon, though.”
Anxiety was laced within his voice.
He sounded like an ordinary brother worrying about his younger sister, rather than the family head of the Demint Family.
Elysia silently watched him for a moment before stepping forward slowly to gather the papers on the desk.
After putting the neatly stacked papers back into the envelope, she politely offered it to him.
Yulias took it and placed it into the very bottom drawer of the desk.
“…Do you remember that dead rat incident back then?”
Elysia nodded her head without a word.
It was what happened when several noble children, including Princess Aresina and Prince Erian, came to visit.
That day, Princess Aresina had offered a box to Sheila, claiming it was a gift.
However, what was inside consisted of a scarf and a dead rat.
A scarf embroidered with flowers on a deep blue background.
And a slang word written in red ink.
A tempting back pocket.
Just thinking about the commotion that ensued afterward still made her feel dizzy.
Yulias opened his mouth slowly.
“…There were no traces left behind.”
“Pardon?”
“There wasn’t a single trace of anyone’s hands touching either the scarf or the dead rat. It was as if no one had ever handled them from the very beginning.”
“…Is that even possible?”
“It’s possible if you use Mana. The only traces left behind… were yours and mine.”
Elysia completely lost her words at that.
Someone had surely erased the traces deliberately.
To think that the young Princess had calculated things so meticulously.
There was no way she would have presented such a gift without that level of preparation.
Elysia lowered her head deeply.
Staring at her figure, Yulias let out a long sigh.
“…It’s not that I want to force Sheila to go to the Academy either. But in the end, I’m in a position where I have no choice but to send her.”
Sheila’s position as the daughter of the Grand Duke.
And the Academy, where any noble child must complete their graduation curriculum.
If Sheila was the only one who didn’t attend such a place, people wouldn’t just stop at whispering behind her back.
There would certainly be countless individuals who would openly mock her.
Elysia knew that much as well.
She knew, but…
Yulias wiped his face with his hand before leaning deeply against the back of his chair.
“…Right. Just as you said, the best way is to practice and get closer to Sheila. …Perhaps it’s just my vain greed to wish for her to spend her school life peacefully.”
Elysia stealthily lifted her head, looked at him, and spoke up.
“…It might actually be possible.”
The eyebrows of Yulias, who had his eyes closed, twitched minutely.
He slowly opened his eyes and looked at Elysia.
His gaze demanded that she explain exactly what she meant.
“Speak freely.”
“But…”
As Elysia hesitated, he decided to completely set the stage for her.
“Exclude status, background, and rank entirely.”
“Pardon?”
“Just speak as one ordinary person with a younger sibling to another.”
It was an opportunity that rarely came along.
Putting aside the background of the Demint Family, as well as the rank and status between the two of them.
A moment where they could converse purely as ‘an older sister with a younger brother’ and ‘an older brother with a younger sister.’
Yulias narrowed his eyes and stared at her.
Elysia took a small deep breath and faced him with a serious expression, as if she had made up her mind.
“…I mean it’s possible because your personalities are similar.”
“…Be more specific.”
Yulias narrowed his brows slightly, seemingly growing impatient.
Elysia squeezed her eyes shut and cried out like a baby chick.
“Because neither sibling has an ordinary temper! I’m saying you’ll both endure school life just fine without any problems!”
Instantly, the office fell deathly quiet.
Elysia caught her breath like a climber who had just crossed a massive mountain.
When she slowly opened one eye first, Yulias was staring at her with a dumbfounded face.
Elysia flinched and spoke in a crawling voice.
“…Am I perhaps fired?”
In the end, the corner of Yulias’s mouth twisted upward, unable to hold back.
“…What? Fired? You?”
“Yes…”
Yulias stared at her blankly, completely unable to control the rising corners of his lips.
Then, he broke out into a loud laugh.
It was the first time she had ever heard Yulias laugh like this.
He burst into laughter like an innocent boy, and even wiped the corners of his eyes as if it were genuinely hilarious.
Elysia stared at the scene open-mouthed.
After catching his breath, Yulias smiled languidly and locked eyes with her.
“…So, what you’re saying is that both Sheila and I have an utterly atrocious temper?”

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