The Grand Duke's Maid Writes a Consultation Log Today - Chapter 71

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The Grand Ducal House Maid Writes a Counseling Log Today, Chapter 071
Yulias’s eyes instantly turned murderous.
Edward’s words had thoroughly rubbed him the wrong way.
He whispered to Edward in a low voice.
“……Keep going.”
Edward stared straight back at Yulias.
“Will you be okay with that?”
Yulias furrowed his brow. Edward glanced once more over his shoulder.
“Acting that way, I mean. Will you be okay? In the end, you’ll be the only one left.”
Yulias gritted his teeth and glared at him without a word.
Meanwhile, the sleeping Sheila’s eyelids twitched, and her eyes slowly fluttered open.
Joshua and Elysia watched her wake up in silence, wearing quiet smiles.
However, Edward and Yulias didn’t seem to notice.
Edward looked back at Yulias with a calm gaze.
“Yulias, what on earth is driving you into such a corner?”
Yulias still stared at him without saying a word.
There was too much to explain. The weight of the family name on his shoulders, and the number of people he had to protect.
As Sheila quietly pushed herself up into a sitting position, Yulias spoke to Edward like a warning.
“Sheila is my sister.”
Edward frowned, and Yulias clenched his fists.
“Do you really not understand that she’s a child I must protect, a child I am responsible for? Someone like you…….”
At that moment, Edward instantly clamped a hand over his mouth.
Just as Yulias was about to violently shake him off, Edward gestured toward the back with his eyes. It was a signal to look behind him.
Turning his head reflexively, Yulias froze right where he stood.
Sheila was staring at Yulias in silence.
Elysia and Joshua were also looking at him with stiff expressions.
Yulias’s eyes shook. It seemed he had finally realized the situation.
An object to protect, someone to be responsible for.
They were realistic words, but to Sheila, they felt entirely different.
The child might have felt that she was merely a burden to her older brother.
Sheila’s face, having just woken up from sleep, gradually darkened.
Yulias scrambled to open his mouth.
“I am…….”
But Sheila hung her head low.
After briefly taking in the situation, Elysia was the first to speak up gently.
“Shall I bring you a glass of water?”
Sheila remained motionless with her head still bowed.
Elysia patted Joshua on the shoulder and gave him a look. Joshua was the only one she could rely on in this situation.
Sheila remained silent for a long time.
With her head lowered, the child, who had only been fiddling with the edge of the blanket, slowly lowered her feet beneath the bed.
The moment her pale bare feet touched the floor, the air in the room grew strangely quiet.
“Sheila.”
Yulias called her name in a low voice.
But Sheila didn’t answer.
She simply kept her head bowed low, lightly clutching the hem of Elysia’s clothes.
As if there were only one single adult in this room she could trust.
Yulias looked at that sight and pressed his hand to his brow.
His face showed that he had only now realized what his words from moments ago must have sounded like.
“I didn’t mean it that way.”
It was a deeply subdued voice.
But Sheila ultimately didn’t lift her head.
Elysia cautiously looked back and forth between the two.
She didn’t know what to say.
Sheila’s expression was too dark to just brush it off as fine, and Yulias was also noticeably shaken, unlike his usual self.
It was then.
“The Grand Duke…….”
Joshua opened his mouth in a small voice.
Every eye in the room turned toward Joshua at the same time.
Joshua watched their reactions as if testing the waters, then carefully continued his words.
“I don’t think the Grand Duke did that because he hates you.”
“Joshua.”
Elysia called her brother’s name softly, but Joshua didn’t stop talking.
“But…….”
The child fidgeted with his fingers as if deliberating for a moment.
“……If my sister had told me something like that, I think I would’ve been really hurt.”
Yulias’s eyes wavered.
While Joshua’s hearing wasn’t good, he was exceptionally sensitive to people’s expressions and atmospheres.
Who was angry, who was sad, or who was forcing a smile.
He was a child who noticed those emotions faster than anyone else.
And Joshua knew exactly what kind of face Sheila was making right now.
A heavy silence descended upon the room.
Yulias could still do nothing but let his lips part slightly.
The child quietly took Elysia’s hand, then shook it ever so slightly.
It meant she wanted to leave this place right now.
Elysia hesitated for a moment before slowly opening her mouth.
“I think it would be best for the Lady to get some rest.”
“…….”
“She seems to be very startled right now.”
Yulias couldn’t answer right away.
With his lips pressed firmly together, he only kept his eyes on Sheila.
For the first time, the always composed man looked completely at a loss.
Edward silently stared at Yulias before letting out a sigh.
“That’s why I told you.”
He muttered quietly, leaning his body against the wall and crossing his arms.
“You just keep talking about how you have to protect her.”
“…….”
“But what that child actually wants…….”
Edward’s gaze shifted toward Sheila.
“Is probably to become family. Or maybe, she just wants to be acknowledged by you.”
As Yulias’s fingertips twitched, Sheila quietly turned around.
Elysia reflexively followed her movements with her eyes.
Joshua also clutched the hem of Elysia’s clothes while treading carefully.
Sheila walked slowly up to the door, then paused for a moment.
The child stared at Yulias for a long time with trembling eyes, then turned her head away again.
-Click.
Finally, the door closed.
Only a suffocating stillness settled over the room.
For a while, Yulias only stared at the closed door.
Like a person who knew he had to follow her out this instant, yet couldn’t easily move his feet.
Edward clicked his tongue quietly.
“Congratulations.”
“……Are you mocking me?”
“No.”
He said flatly.
“I’m saying you properly hurt your sister’s feelings.”
Ultimately, Yulias’s expression distorted wretchedly.

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The Residence Hallway.
Elysia was patting the back of Sheila, whom she held in her arms, in a steady rhythm.
Toward Joshua, who was looking up at her with a worried face, Elysia forced a gentle smile.
“Joshua, could you go to the Dining Hall and tell them to prepare a meal?”
Joshua hesitated, then nodded and began running in the direction of the Dining Hall.
Only then were Elysia and Sheila left alone in the hallway.
Sheila’s body trembled slightly, and the faint sound of sniffling leaked out.
“…….”
Elysia held her and patted her back without a word, then pulled her into a slightly deeper embrace.
As if the dam of her emotions had collapsed, Sheila began to sob.
“……You’re sad, aren’t you?”
Elysia whispered very softly.
At those words, Sheila flinched slightly.
She patted the small child’s back again, repeating only that it was alright.

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