chapter 35
35 – Fiancée
“Yes…. Young master.”
Luna, a little nervous about my unusually serious mood, sits down on the chair across from me.
I looked at Luna in front of me with an expressionless expression.
Bobbed brown hair and round black eyes.
A face that is similar in age to me or looks older than me.
Although she makes a lot of small mistakes, she is a very thoughtful and quick-witted maid.
I don’t intend to ask directly from the beginning.
First of all, I lightly ask what happened while I was gone.
“What happened while I was away?”
At my question, Luna shut her mouth for a moment.
She seemed to be organizing her words in her head. After a while, she opened her mouth.
“Brother Kyle, thinking that the person who entrusted the assassination request to Master Rail might be in the mansion, changed all the servants.”
“But why haven’t you changed?”
“It’s a rude remark, but I think that no matter how much authority Master Kyle has, he wouldn’t have the power to change me, Master Rail’s exclusive maid, at will.”
Luna’s answer was exactly the same as what she had heard from Kyle.
I feel like I’m spitting out the words that have been decided as if I’ve made a play.
But it’s all my speculation, I can’t be sure.
“Luna. Are you on my side?”
“Yes? I am the master’s exclusive maid. Of course, it’s not on the Bocchan’s side…….”
“I see. Luna, you are on my side.”
I lifted her head and met her eyes with her Luna.
Unwavering, straight eyes.
I couldn’t see the slightest bit of lies in those eyes.
How is it that the doubts do not disappear?
So I leaked an important piece of information to Luna.
“Luna. I don’t think the new servants are ordinary people.”
“Yes? What does that mean?”
“They all seemed to be skilled with swords and magic.”
For the first time, Luna’s pupils shook slightly.
I couldn’t tell how the trembling was realizing it, or really ignoring it.
“Should I inform the owner right now?”
“No. There is no need to inform them.”
“Why? If they are such dangerous people, wouldn’t it be better to tell the master right now and have them all confirmed?”
“There is no evidence. There is only a feeling, there is no certainty.”
“Then what do you plan to do? Or rather, why are you letting me know that?”
“Luna. Didn’t you say that you were on my side? Isn’t it natural to give information to the same party?”
Luna’s mouth closed at my question.
Then, slowly, her mouth opened again.
“Okay. Is there anything else you want me to do?”
“I don’t think they’re going to target me first. Keep an eye on Layla and her father to see if they are making a lot of contact and not doing anything suspicious and report back to me.”
“I will do as you command. Rail boy.”
The story is over.
The atmosphere has calmed down a bit because of the serious talk.
So, to lighten the mood, I spoke in my usual light tone.
“Sorry for calling you all of a sudden. Luna.”
“… No. Rather, I just want to thank you for trusting me.”
“Yes. Go back and rest.”
“Yes.”
Luna stood up from her seat and bowed to me, before she carefully closed the door.
And after confirming that Luna’s footsteps were getting farther away, I leaned back in her chair.
Then the deep breath she had been holding back leaked out.
“Whoa.”
I thought I was dying because I was awkward trying to set the mood differently than usual.
Still, Luna also listened to my answer with a pretty serious face, so I don’t think my acting was that bad.
There was a reason for leaking this information to Luna.
If Luna is really on my side, she will tell the truth about their suspicious behavior.
And when she gets the proof, she can eliminate the servants together with Kyle.
But on the other hand, if Luna is on the same side as Kyle, she will leak everything I said to Kyle.
Kyle will know that I’m targeting Lyla and Euler, just as he expected, and won’t touch them for the time being.
During that time, all I have to do is raise the clues and power to expel Kyle from the family, and the power of Lyla.
After I finished thinking like that, I also stood up.
Come to think of it, there is still work to be done.
I lowered my head and looked at the blue longsword at my waist.
I need to go see Rayman, who is waiting for his new sword.
*
Clap.
Returning to her own room, Luna calmed her own quivering heart. She
She learned to hide her emotions before she entered the mansion, but she couldn’t help her quivering heart.
Luna calmed her mind and recalled her conversation with Rail a moment ago.
‘Sit down. Luna. I have something to say for a moment.’
Aristocratic tone and calm voice, different from the usual light tone.
In an instant, the temperature in the room turned cold.
He’s called an idiot, but in reality he’s an ordinary young man. However, those cold eyes looking at him were more dignified than the nobles he had seen so far.
‘Luna. I don’t think the new servants are ordinary people.’
And when Rail noticed at once that the new employees were actually talented people hired by Kyle, Luna’s confident poker face was also pierced.
Fortunately, the reason he was surprised was vague, so he passed it on, but why did he explain it to himself?
Do you really believe that you are on your side?
Luna, who has a better brain than others, is because of the rail-related thing, or if she just got her head fixed at the dignified figure of the rail, she didn’t know why.
She was in the middle of figuring out what Rail said.
Knock. Knock.
The door opened with a light knock.
The door was opened by a new maid with orange hair in pigtails.
She said, looking at Luna with her emotionless face.
“Brother Kyle is looking for you.”
“… I will move right now.”
The maid nodded her head and immediately escorted Luna to Kyle’s room.
Knock. Knock.
“Come in.”
As I knocked lightly on the door, I heard Kyle’s voice through the door.
When I opened the door to the room, I saw Kyle sitting in a chair.
Luna lowered her head to avoid meeting her eyes. She asked Kyle why she had called her.
She
She said, “You called, so she came. Master Kyle.”
“Yes. I heard that she entered her brother’s room.”
She didn’t notice, but it seems that someone confirmed that Luna entered Rail’s room.
“Yes. That’s right.”
“What were we talking about in the room?”
“As expected, Master Kyle asked me what happened while he was away.”
“So you must have answered as I said?”
“Yes.”
“Yes. Did you have anything else to say?”
“That….”
For a moment, Luna pondered over whether or not to say what Rail had told her.
“Rail is the enemy who killed your sister. Answer everything without lies, even for your sister.”
Her heart fluttered when she said that she was an older sister.
She’s thinking what she’s thinking right now.
Isn’t her opponent a heinous idiot who bit her sister to her death?
But why does that fact feel like a lie?
Luna didn’t know why, but since she was already on the same side as Kyle, she explained the entire conversation.
“Are you already suspicious of the employees…. I’m sure it’s possible because the archmage is by my side. The gaze of the knight standing next to him was also strange. I get it. Please refrain from unnecessary contact with your father and Lila for the time being.”
“Yes. I will tell the other maids the same.”
“Yes. Let both of you go back.”
Luna and the maid bowed and left the room.
The maid immediately moved her feet into the room where the other maids were to convey Kyle’s words.
But Luna didn’t go back to her room right away.
Because through her conversation with Kyle, she noticed what Rail was thinking and leaked information to herself.
But she didn’t tell Kyle that much.
Even though she had already betrayed Rail, she couldn’t tell her why.
Her chest feels tight, and her head starts pounding.
She is confused about whether the path she has chosen is really the right one.
The face of Rail keeps lingering in her mind.
Anyway, I think I ate too much to fall asleep early tonight.
*
I moved directly to Rayman’s room and handed the sword I brought to Rayman who was changing clothes.
“Raman, I brought your weapon as promised.”
“This, this sword… ….”
Sureureung! Drawing his sword from his scabbard, Rayman admired his new sword greatly.
And I was also impressed.
Oh. Pretty cool
That was because the sword itself, which glowed blue, became more blue when it met Rayman’s mana.
“Do you like it?”
“Yes! It’s my favorite sword I’ve ever seen!”
“Really? Good luck then.”
“Thank you! Rail master! I will protect you, even risking my life!”
Rayman got down on one knee and placed his hand on his heart.
It meant that these knights would dedicate their hearts to their masters, and it was an oath to protect their masters at the risk of their lives.
I smiled at Rayman, who was very moved and had tears in his eyes.
“Good job.”
I was about to leave the room with such a brief greeting when Rayman stood up and called me to stop me.
“Mr. Rail. Come to think of it, just a moment ago, the owner said he was looking for the young master.”
“My father is me? Now?”
“Yes. It seemed a bit rushed. Originally, I was also preparing to find the young master.”
Come to think of it, Rayman was changing clothes when I entered the room.
“Once I got it. It won’t be a big deal.”
“Yes. Please call me if you need anything.”
“Yes.”
I left Rayman’s room and walked straight to Euler’s room.
Knock. Knock.
After a short knock, I waited for a while and heard Euler’s voice through the door.
“Come inside.”
“Yes.”
When I went inside, I saw Euler reading the letter with a slightly worried expression on his face.
“What did you call me for? Father.”
At my question, Euler paused for a while before answering slowly.
“… I have to go see your fiancé tomorrow.”