The Grand Duke's Maid Writes a Consultation Log Today - Chapter 79

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The Grand Ducal House Maid Writes a Counseling Log Today – Chapter 79
The two of them were moving their feet slowly to the melody.
Elysia still looked a bit tense, but she no longer stared down at her feet like before.
Instead, she was looking carefully at Yulias.
Just that fact alone made Yulias feel quite satisfied.
“You learn faster than I thought.”
“It’s because you are matching my pace well, Your Grace.”
“Then may I praise you further?”
“……Aren’t you naturally transitioning into that a bit too smoothly?”
The man in the black uniform exuded an aura that was far softer than usual.
Elysia pointlessly averted her gaze.
……Why does it suit him so well?
Just then, Yulias slowly pulled her closer and changed direction.
Elysia grabbed his shoulder with a startled expression.
“Y-Your Grace!”
“You didn’t step on me this time.”
“Do you still remember that?”
“It hurt quite a bit.”
Elysia ended up bursting into laughter.
And for a split second, Yulias’s gaze froze.
Elysia was laughing.
It was not a fabricated smile, but a natural and comfortable one.
Yulias merely parted his lips as if lost for words.
It felt exactly as if time had stopped.

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There was also a gaze watching that scene from afar.
Up on the Imperial Palace Terrace.
Sheila was looking down at the Garden over the railing.
And beside her, Labiena stood quietly.
Labiena gazed down in silence before slowly opening her mouth.
“……The two of them look truly wonderful together.”
Sheila’s back flinched.
Labiena continued while pretending not to notice.
“Grand Duke Yulias and Elysia. Elysia has such a good personality to begin with…….”
“…….”
“Don’t they look exactly like a married couple? Like a bride and groom. Their outfits today are like that too…….”
Sheila did not reply, but her gaze remained fixed on Yulias and Elysia in the Garden.
“Elysia will also…… get married someday, right?”
At that moment, Sheila’s eyes wavered.
Labiena continued while still maintaining a gentle smile.
“Since she lacks nothing from personality to appearance. Even another woman would acknowledge it.”
“…….”
“……It feels like a dream, but wouldn’t it be nice if Grand Duke Yulias and Elysia ended up together?”
Sheila’s hand tightened its grip.
Labiena did not miss that reaction.
“If that happens…….”
She whispered very lowly.
“……You will become a little lonely, My Lady.”
At that moment, Sheila’s face stiffened.
On the other hand, Labiena had a look that seemed completely normal.
An affectionate expression like someone who sincerely cared.
However, her words accurately touched upon the anxiety hidden deep inside Sheila’s heart.
The possibility that Elysia might leave.
And if even Yulias gradually began to look at Elysia…….
The fear that she might be left alone again.
Sheila slowly bit her lip.
Strangely, her chest felt stuffy.
It felt as if something precious was about to be taken away.
Labiena watched Sheila’s expression and curled the corners of her mouth ever so slightly.
“……Of course.”
She continued in a low tone.
“Elysia is a kind person, so she wouldn’t abandon you, My Lady.”
“…….”
“But people’s hearts are bound to change, aren’t they?”
Sheila’s eyes wavered noticeably.
A cold night breeze brushed past the Imperial Palace Terrace.
Sheila stared blankly down at the Garden below the railing.
Yulias and Elysia were still slowly dancing the Waltz.
Every time Elysia laughed, Yulias’s gaze naturally turned toward her.
Like a man who could see no one else.
Sheila tightly pursed her lips without realizing it.
Labiena, who was quietly watching that side profile, opened her mouth very slowly.
“……It upsets you, doesn’t it.”
Sheila’s shoulders flinched minutely.
But Labiena did not continue her words right away.
Instead, she waited long enough for Sheila to fully look down.
Just like someone who truly understood her emotions.
“Because Elysia is a sweet person.”
“…….”
“She is nice to everyone.”
Labiena’s gaze turned toward the Garden below.
“She must be special to Grand Duke Yulias as well.”
Sheila’s lips slowly hardened.
Labiena maintained her soft voice even after seeing that reaction.
“Honestly, I think I would feel that way too.”
“…….”
“Elysia strangely makes people feel comfortable, you see.”
Sheila did not say anything, but her eyes were shaking bit by bit.
Labiena naturally took another step closer.
“That’s why it’s scarier.”
Sheila’s gaze slowly turned toward her.
Labiena gave a small laugh.
“When the person you like starts looking somewhere else.”
“…….”
“Because you become anxious that you’ll be left behind alone.”
Sheila’s body trembled noticeably.
Those words were strangely accurate.
Elysia was the first person to reach out a hand to her.
The person who told her she didn’t need to be afraid.
The person who laughed together with her.
The person who told her she wouldn’t leave her alone.
But what if Elysia became close with Yulias?
What if the two of them only looked at each other?
Then…… she thought that in the end, the one who would be left alone again might be herself.
Labiena looked at the trembling Sheila before continuing affectionately.
“It’s all right.”
Her voice was excessively gentle.
It was tender, as if soothing a wounded child.
“It’s not your fault, My Lady.”
“Anyone would be scared.”
“…….”
“When it feels like a precious person is going to be taken away.”
Sheila clenched her fists as if confused.
Those words were strangely familiar.
Because they resembled the words Elysia used to say to her.
Tender.
Gentle.
Words that did not deny her emotions.
Perhaps that was why.
Sheila gradually began to focus on Labiena’s voice.
Labiena slowly bent her body to match her gaze with Sheila’s eye level.
“Don’t just try to endure it.”
“…….”
“Because it’s completely natural for you to be anxious, My Lady.”
The rims of Sheila’s eyes grew a little red.
And at that moment.
The corners of Labiena’s mouth slowly curved upward.
She was clearly smiling tenderly, but the look in her eyes was unusual.

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In the darkness on the opposite side of the terrace.
Edward Dante Colin was watching that spectacle in silence.
His blue eyes sank coldly.
He had known from the very beginning.
That not everything Labiena said was wrong.
That was why it was more dangerous.
A method of shaking a person’s heart by subtly mixing truth and lies.
On the surface, it might sound like consolation, but in reality, they were words that bit by bit nurtured anxiety.
Edward leaned against the wall and narrowed his eyes.
Labiena was currently planting the fear of potentially losing Elysia inside Sheila.
And Sheila was still too much of a child to believe in someone’s kindness without suspicion.

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