The Grand Duke's Maid Writes a Consultation Log Today - Chapter 75

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The Maid of the Grand Ducal House Writes a Counseling Log Today – Chapter 075
A few days later.
The sunlight filtered deeply into the dressing room.
Elysia stood frozen, blankly staring at herself in front of the mirror.
“……No matter how I look at it, isn’t this a bit too much?”
“Not at all!”
The maids who were fixing the hem of her dress from behind cried out firmly.
“It suits you wonderfully!”
“You truly look like an angel!”
Elysia finally swallowed a small sigh.
Her reflection in the mirror still felt unfamiliar to her.
A pure white dress that flared out softly.
The lace delicately draped along her collarbone and the skirt billowing abundantly below her waist made her look far more glamorous than usual.
She had heard that since she was the exclusive maid of the Lady attending the Imperial Ball, a certain level of formality was required.
But this was practically at the level of what a noble lady would wear.
“I feel like it’s too flashy…….”
As Elysia muttered quietly, the maid fixing her hair from behind replied with a smile.
“The Grand Duke prepared it himself.”
“……Pardon?”
Elysia’s eyes widened into circles.
The maid wore a meaningful smile.
“Originally, dresses of other colors were also candidates, but His Grace said that white suited you best.”
Elysia could not say a single word.
For no reason, she felt heat rising to her face.
It was then.
—Knock, knock.
“The Lady and His Grace have arrived.”
In an instant, Elysia’s heart dropped.
Let us not be nervous.
I am just dressed up because I am Sheila’s exclusive maid.
She repeated it inside her mind several times like a spell.
At the same time, the door opened.

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The first one to reveal herself was Sheila.
The child, whose silver hair was neatly arranged, was wearing a light purple dress.
She looked a little nervous, but the person who had frozen even more than Sheila was someone else.
It was Yulias.
Dressed in his black dress uniform, he stood at the doorway, unable to move.
His sunset-colored eyes slowly took in Elysia.
Like a person who had seen something completely unexpected.
Elysia pointlessly avoided his gaze.
……Why is he making that kind of expression?
The room became strangely quiet.
Even the surrounding maids held their breath, merely reading the room.
Elysia ultimately could not bear the embarrassment and let out a fake cough.
“……Is it strange?”
“No.”
Yulias opened his mouth almost reflexively.
“It suits you very well.”
Elysia’s eyes widened slightly.
Yulias also seemed to realize that he had responded far too quickly, as he pinched the bridge of his nose.
But it was already too late.
The corners of the mouths of the maids standing behind them twitched simultaneously.
Elysia’s face turned red in an instant.
Yulias remained silent for a moment before adding another word.
“……The dress.”
It was a statement attached like an excuse, but it did not patch things up at all.
Rather, the expressions of the maids only grew more suspicious.
Elysia, unable to bring herself to lift her head, needlessly fiddled with the hem of her dress.
“Th-thank you…….”
Strangely, her heart fluttered.
It was then.
Joshua, who was sticking right next to Elysia, looked back and forth between the two of them, and then his eyes went wide.
And then, he cried out bright and clear.
“Wow!”
The gazes in the room directed toward Joshua simultaneously, but the child wore a face that was completely oblivious as he smiled brightly.
“You really look like a bride and groom!”
At the child’s words, the air in the room froze solid.
Elysia’s face flushed in an instant.
“Jo-Joshua!”
On the other hand, Joshua had a face that showed he did not even know what kind of bombshell statement he had just dropped.
“Sister, you’re pretty!”
“Joshua!”
Elysia finally approached him hurriedly in order to cover Joshua’s mouth.
“Jo-Joshua! You shouldn’t just say things like that recklessly!”
Yet even in that moment, Yulias’s gaze was still directed toward Elysia.
Like a man who was slowly chewing over the words ‘bride and groom’.
Elysia felt as if her heart was thumping repeatedly.
On the other hand, Sheila was looking back and forth between the two of them with a subtle expression.
She had a somewhat pouting face.
The tip of her lips stuck out slightly, just like a child who felt as though her precious elder brother had been stolen away.
However, strangely enough, she did not look completely displeased.
Rather, it was…….
‘They do suit each other, though.’
It was closer to a face that was thinking along those lines.
Sheila pointlessly turned her gaze away and sniffled quietly.
Soon, Yulias opened his mouth very slowly.
“……So.”
It was a low, settled voice.
Elysia flinched slightly and looked at him.
Yulias looked down at her and slightly curled up the corners of his mouth.
“Do you dislike it because I am the groom?”
“……!”
Elysia’s face turned so red it felt as if it would burst in an instant.
“Y-Your Grace!”
The maids in the back shut their mouths tightly at the same time and tactfully lowered their gazes.
Sheila’s eyes widened into circles, but she soon pressed hard on the corners of her mouth.
It was a face holding back laughter.
Elysia ultimately covered her face with her hands and dropped her head low.
“He didn’t mean it in that way……!”
Yulias retorted nonchalantly.
“But it wasn’t a wrong statement.”
Elysia ultimately could only flicker her lips with a reddened face.
It was then.
“Hmph.”
At the small snort heard from the side, their gazes shifted simultaneously.
Sheila was looking at the two of them with a pouting face, her arms crossed.
To be precise…… she was glaring at Yulias.
Yulias’s eyebrows twitched.
“Why that look on your face.”
Instead of an answer, Sheila only stuck her lips out.
Then, she slowly scribbled something down on the paper.
[Brother keeps teasing Elysia.]
Elysia’s face turned red once more.
“L-Lady……!”
On the other hand, Joshua ultimately could not hold back and burst into laughter.
“That’s right! He’s been teasing her a whole lot since earlier!”
Yulias wore a face of disbelief.
“Me?”
“Yes.”
“Yep.”
Elysia and Joshua answered at the same time.
Even Sheila nodded her head.
For a moment, Yulias became a face that was lost for words.
And seeing that expression, Sheila ultimately could not hold back and let out a small burst of laughter.
“……Pfft.”
Along with that sound of laughter, the atmosphere in the room softened noticeably.
Yulias’s gaze slowly turned toward Sheila.
The child was laughing.
A child who, until just a moment ago, had been reading people’s expressions and acting as if she were hiding, was now laughing without concealing it.
Elysia looked at the two of them and unconsciously smiled small herself.
Even just a few days ago, she had not been certain if Sheila would ever be able to laugh like this again.
It was truly a relief.
—Knock, knock.
With the sound of a knock, Hilmaiten carefully opened the door this time as well.
“Your Grace.”
He was about to step inside, but seeing the atmosphere in the room, his steps momentarily halted.
……What is this?
Why is it so harmonious.
It even looks like the Grand Duke is smiling.
Hilmaiten doubted his own eyes, but he quickly pulled his mind together and bowed his head.
“The carriage preparation is finished.”
The moment those words dropped, the air in the room sank heavily once more.
The ball.
They had forgotten it for a moment, but they had to head to the Imperial Palace very soon.
The fingertips of Sheila stiffened very minutely.
Elysia noticed that change and carefully looked at the child.
However, this time, Yulias moved first.
He naturally bent his knees in front of Sheila to match her eye level.
At the sudden action, everyone’s eyes widened.
Yulias looked at Sheila for a moment before speaking.
“If you become unwilling to go, we return immediately.”
Sheila’s pupils trembled.
“Do not pay mind to whatever anyone says.”
“…….”
“Sheila, remember the words I said, that I would be by your side this time.”
It was a voice that sounded as if he were delivering a promise.
It was low and firm, but strangely gentle.
Sheila stared at that Yulias for a long while.
And very slowly, she grasped the edge of his sleeve.
Soon, the child nodded her head small.
Yulias’s gaze momentarily lingered on those fingertips.
He looked down at Sheila’s hand and quietly raised his body.
Elysia looked at that sight and sucked in a small breath.
……They truly are changing.
They were people who, until just a short while ago, did not even know how they should treat each other.
Yet now, although clumsy, bit by bit, they were learning how to remain by each other’s side.
Just like they were becoming a true family.

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