The Grand Duke's Maid Writes a Consultation Log Today - Chapter 78

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The Grand Ducal House Maid Writes a Counseling Log Today – Chapter 078
As the Waltz ended, applause spread throughout the hall.
Erian led Sheila without a single flaw until the final movement, then slowly feigned a kiss upon the back of her hand.
A small exclamation erupted from among the noble ladies.
On the other hand, Sheila’s expression was stiff.
Erian smiled leisurely, as if he found even that reaction amusing.
“You dance better than I thought.”
Erian’s eyes narrowed toward Sheila, who offered no response.
“Why that look on your face?”
“…….”
“Are you afraid of me?”
It was a languidly lowered voice, but strangely, the question itself felt oppressive.
Sheila tightly pressed her lips together for a moment.
And then, very slowly, she shook her head.
It was a lie.

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Watching that scene from afar, Elysia narrowed her brow.
Erian’s face looked exactly like someone observing an interesting toy.
Just then, Erian’s gaze suddenly turned toward Elysia.
And for a very brief moment, the corners of his mouth lifted meaningfully.
It was a smile as if he knew everything.
Elysia felt a chill run down her spine for no reason.
“Elysia.”
At the voice calling her softly, she turned her head.
It was Sheila.
After the dance ended, the child who had broken away from Erian had a noticeably exhausted face.
Elysia immediately approached her.
“Are you alright?”
Sheila hesitated for a moment before nodding her head very slightly.
But her fingertips were still coldfishly frozen.
Elysia looked at the child with a worried face.
“You should rest a bit…….”
It was at that exact moment.
Sheila’s gaze slowly turned toward the area behind Elysia.
To be precise, toward Yulias, who was watching this way from a distance away.
Then, after Sheila’s eyes curved for a moment, she quietly held out a small piece of Paper.
[Go get some fresh air for a moment.]
Elysia blinked her eyes.
“Pardon?”
Sheila scribbled down words again as if dashing them off.
[Labiena is here too, after all.]
At that moment, Labiena, who had been standing behind her while killing her presence, slightly widened her eyes.
However, she immediately bowed her head with a nonchalant face.
“……I will guard Lady Sheila’s side.”
And then, with a wink, she sent Elysia a signal to go quickly.
Elysia was momentarily at a loss for words.
……Could it be that right now, she is deliberately being considerate of me?
Sheila just looked up at the chandelier while avoiding her gaze for no reason.
It was a face that seemed unconcerned at a glance, but if one looked closely, her ears were slightly flushed.
In the end, Elysia could not hold back her smile and slightly raised the corners of her mouth.
“……Thank you. I will return shortly.”
Instead of an answer, Sheila merely waved her hand back and forth.
She looked exactly like a child acting gruffly out of sheer embarrassment.
Because that sight was cute, Elysia almost burst into laughter once more.
She quietly walked out of the hall.

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When she opened the door leading to the Terrace past the Imperial Palace Hallway, the cold night air brushed against her skin.
“Wow…….”
Elysia let out a small exclamation despite herself.
The Imperial Palace Garden was dazzlingly beautiful even though it was night.
Pure white roses were blooming in profusion under the moonlight, and golden lights placed throughout the Garden were softly illuminating the path.
From afar, the ball’s performance music could still be faintly heard.
Elysia slowly strolled through the Garden.
She felt her complicated mind becoming calm little by little.
……But why does it bother me so much?
The fact that Yulias is conversing with other noble ladies, and that he is receiving requests to dance.
It is all a matter of course, though.
Elysia let out a small sigh for no reason.
“You came out alone.”
A familiar voice was heard from nearby.
In an instant, Elysia’s heart pounded loudly.
Under the moonlight, Yulias clad in his black formal uniform was standing there.
Elysia avoided his gaze for no reason.
“G-Grand Duke, why did you come all the way here…….”
“Sheila sent me.”
Sheila? Her Ladyship sent him?
Meanwhile, Yulias slowly stepped closer in front of her.
Amidst the cold night air, the performance piece from the Banquet Hall faintly drifted along the wind.
It was a slow-tempo Waltz.
Yulias listened to that melody for a moment before naturally reaching his hand out.
“As it happens, the music can be heard.”
His sunset-colored eyes were sunk in an unusually gentle manner.
“One song.”
He spoke in a very low voice.
“Do you have any intention of dancing with me?”
Elysia froze just like that.
“……Pardon?”
It was a face that truly failed to understand what words she had just heard.
Yulias was still looking at her with his hand extended.
Like a person who did not even entertain the thought that she would refuse.
It was a composed, matter-of-fact face.
But the problem lay on Elysia’s side.
“I, I…….”
Her voice trembled faintly.
“Cannot…… dance.”
“I know.”
“Pardon?”
“You have never learned the dances that nobles do, have you?”
It was an answer given as if it were too obvious.
No, then he requested it while knowing everything?
Yulias looked down at her dumbfounded expression before lifting the corners of his mouth.
“So?”
“…….”
“Are you not going to take my hand?”
Elysia momentarily felt her heart drop in a strange way.
Whether it was because of the moonlight, because of the faintly audible music, or because of the gaze of this man who was looking at her right now.
……It took her breath away.
In the end, Elysia carefully placed her own hand on top of his hand.
Yulias’s hand slowly wrapped around her hand.
It was a body temperature much hotter than she had thought.
Elysia swallowed her breath with a nervous face for no reason.
Yulias naturally moved his hand toward her waist.
At that, Elysia’s shoulders flinched.
A faint trace of laughter brushed past Yulias’s eyes.
“Don’t be nervous. It’s not like I’m going to eat you.”
“Th-that is not the problem here…….”
As Elysia mumbled for no reason, the corners of Yulias’s mouth lifted a bit more.
And he slowly moved his steps to match the slow music.
Elysia followed his movements with an almost stiff face.
However, the problem erupted in the very next instant.
“Gasp!”
Elysia’s shoe accurately stepped on top of Yulias’s foot.
A silence flowed for an instant.
Elysia’s face turned stark white.
“I, I am sorry!”
As she hurriedly took her foot away and did not know what to do, Yulias was silent for a moment.
“……Phew.”
Then, he soon let out a low breath that sounded akin to a laugh.
Elysia’s eyes widened.
Could it be that just now…… he laughed?
“Grand Duke?”
“No.”
Yulias tried hard to smooth his expression, but it was already too late.
The corners of his mouth were definitely relaxed.
Elysia’s face turned red in an instant.
“You laughed!”
“I didn’t laugh.”
“You just laughed!”
Yulias cleared his throat in the end, unable to deny it.
“……Continue.”
Elysia eventually moved her feet again with a tearful face.
But perhaps due to her nervousness, her feet kept getting tangled.
Lest she step on him again, she moved while looking down almost exclusively at the ground.
Then, unable to just watch any longer, Yulias very lightly touched beneath her chin with his fingertip.
Elysia raised her head with a startled face.
“Grand Duke?”
Under the moonlight.
His sunset-colored eyes slowly contained her.
“Look at me.”
Elysia’s heart pounded loudly.
Yulias naturally led her while moving slowly once more.
“Don’t worry about stepping on my feet.”
“But…….”
He laughed very lowly.
“It won’t break from the likes of you stepping on it.”
Elysia barely managed to hold back a burst of laughter in the end.
It was truly an absurd consolation.
Yet strangely, her tension eased a little at those words.
Elysia carefully matched her steps again.
This time, it was much more natural than a moment ago.
Yulias looked at her like that before slowly lifting the corners of his mouth.
“Now you are finally dancing like a human being.”
“Grand Duke!”
When Elysia finally flared up a little, Yulias let out a laugh.
Only then did Elysia realize.
The fact that this man is truly enjoying himself right now.

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