The Male Lead’s Attached Maid Is Too Competent - Chapter 10

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The Male Lead’s Devoted Maid is Too Competent Episode 010

Roella came back with completely rewritten documents in less than two hours.

“…Now even being surprised feels mundane.”

The fairly thick documents had been neatly organized into just 3 pages, with even the errors clearly identified in the report.

“Jayman isn’t incompetent, but Miss Roella is far more outstanding.”

It was like having a flying Roella above a running Jayman. She had clearly identified the parts where the numerical calculations were slightly wrong and attached memo paper.

Christen read Roella’s neat handwriting.

[How about refining stones and laying them on the roads? Same goes for the roads. If we fill the spaces between stones with soil, it would feel more stable. Oh, and since we’re building a new bridge anyway, how about making it possible to survey? If we carve measurements on the bridge to check water levels, it would help prepare for disasters.]

Christen’s eyes widened. Below the bold note, there was an addition written in small letters.

[Of course, you may reject this. Your Grace is always right, loyalty!]

Christen rubbed the corner of his mouth. He couldn’t suppress the laughter that burst out involuntarily. Seeing Christen’s reaction, Aidan also became interested. Aidan, who likewise checked the note, burst into laughter.

It was hearty laughter.

“Well, Miss Roella’s insight is excellent. Indeed, they say the Capital does road maintenance this way. I heard it’s a method imported from the Sheiden Empire.”

Christen cleared his voice and spoke with deliberate composure.

“…If it started in the Capital, it will spread from now on.”

“That’s probably the case. The Capital is the beginning of all trends.”

“What’s the current production volume of the Northern Territory’s quarry?”

“…Ah!”

Come to think of it, there was indeed a quarry in the Northern Territory. However, due to low demand, they had been gradually reducing production. But if such a trend took hold, the quarrying industry would flourish again.

“Hire more workers and make contact with trading companies entering the Capital. And if it’s confirmed that demand is increasing, hire twice as many workers.”

“This could contribute to the Northern Territory’s economy too! Plus, if we increase employment, the residents will be happy!”

Christen nodded with a faint smile. Aidan was right. They had found a way to breathe life into the Northern Territory’s economy, which had been weakened by repeated battles.

“And it would be good to maintain the Northern Territory’s roads as well. Increase the budget to proceed with road construction in addition to bridge construction.”

“I’ll call Jayman tomorrow to give him instructions.”

“Also have measuring instruments installed on the bridge. It would be good if we could measure water temperature too.”

“Yes, Your Highness!”

He had decided to incorporate all of Roella’s opinions.

“Thanks to Miss Roella’s passion, the Northern Territory is receiving great benefit.”

Christen gazed at the documents with a smile on his face.

[Loyalty!]

From that word written more roundly than the others, he seemed to feel some inexplicable cuteness(?).

The face of the woman who had held his hand and snored softly came to mind. And also the sparkling eyes he had seen when giving her the pendant.

Roella was honest with her emotions and had rich facial expressions.

Despite having such an upbringing environment, she was bright. Moreover, she was capable and had excellent work abilities, and seemed to possess foresight as well. How does one come up with such ideas?

It was a side of her that was impossible to imagine from Roella’s small frame and that innocent face that slept without any wariness once night fell.

Yesterday she had fallen asleep with half her body sprawled across the bed. How startled he had been when he woke up in the morning to find her boldly pressing the top of her head against his side.

Even as he struggled to slip away without waking Roella, he found it absurd.

Even though the roles had been reversed, he didn’t feel particularly bad about it. It was probably thanks to the magic power that had been gnawing at his body finally subsiding.

Moreover, once Roella fell asleep, she didn’t wake up easily.

Seeing how she moved constantly throughout the day with that small body of hers, it was understandable.

“Tell them to pay more attention to Lady Roella’s meals.”

“You gave the same instruction previously, Your Highness.”

“More than before.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

“And from now on, if there are any new documents coming up, assign some of them to Lady Roella for review. That should be fine.”

“Yes, Your Highness! That’s a very reasonable suggestion.”

Aidan smiled brightly at having his heavy workload reduced. Deciding to hire Roella had been nothing short of a stroke of genius.

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The next day, what Jayman received when he came to work was not the documents he had submitted. It was new documents organized much more neatly. Moreover.

‘How did they manage this…!’

It was astounding that they had caught every error down to the smallest currency units. Jayman’s cheeks flushed slightly.

While examining his documents under Christen and Aidan’s tacit approval, Jayman discovered a note attached at the very end.

This was definitely a woman’s handwriting. Jayman ran his tongue over the inside of his dry mouth. This person was certainly making a mockery of his determination to become a rising talent in the Northern Territory.

He felt an inexplicable sense of competition.

‘There was a rival!’

Indeed, hyenas seeking prey always flocked to such blue oceans.

“From what I’ve learned, the capital also adopts the same method.”

“That’s correct, Your Highness. I had no way of knowing how far Your Grace wanted me to go, so I failed to make that suggestion! I apologize!”

“Not at all. I understand well that it’s difficult to do more than what’s requested.”

Christen spoke mercifully. But those words only served to fuel Jayman’s competitive spirit.

There was already a talent in the Northern Territory who could accomplish that difficult task! The owner of that neat handwriting!

Jayman gritted his teeth. He didn’t know who it was, but since they had provoked him, he would absolutely not go down without a fight.

Unbeknownst to Roella, competitive spirit toward her was burning somewhere she knew nothing about.

“I want to complete the road maintenance during this opportunity as well. I’d like you to take charge of preparing for that. For that, we’ll need a new proposal. When do you think it would be possible?”

“One week, no! I’ll get it done within 5 days, Your Highness!”

“You don’t need to push yourself too hard.”

“Not at all. I will repay the kindness you showed in selecting me.”

Jayman smiled obsequiously. He had thought that displaying his abilities moderately would be surprising enough, but it seemed that wouldn’t work. He felt he would need to work as fiercely as in the capital, or even more so, to seize what he wanted.

Christen nodded. Then he extended his hand.

“Yes?”

“That note. If you’re done checking it, hand it over.”

“Ah…!”

Jayman handed the note to Christen without questioning it. Christen carefully folded it and put it in his drawer. He didn’t understand why he had done such a thing himself, but regardless, he had wanted to.

Like someone receiving a letter for the first time.

Just throwing it away seemed impossible when that word “loyalty” tugged so strongly at his heart. He felt that if he lost it like this, he would regret it absurdly.

Christen let out a low sigh.

Jayman had left, and Aidan had also stepped away to attend to his own business.

Christen took the note out of the drawer again to check it.

“What the hell is this supposed to be.”

Christen chuckled softly. He found himself ridiculous, and he also found Roella ridiculous, who would be pounding away at her typewriter like a madwoman right about now.

Truly absurd.

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