Possessed As the Butler of a Defeated Heroine

28 – Date, rehearsal! (3)

I took out a can of soda from the vending machine. Amelia said that she seemed to find it quite strange, and that she would try to pick it herself.

“Is the card unusable?”

Amelia looked around and checked her vending machine with her card in hand.

She is an ignorant girl.

It was because I had no experience.

“Since vending machines only accept coins…… I’ll let you pick. Is there anything you would like to drink?”

Asked Amelia, pulling out her coin.

“There is something called canned milk tea. hehehe…… ?”

“…… The taste will be very different from what you think, but is that okay? By the way, most of the milk tea in the vending machine is cold.”

“Do you have any hot milk tea?”

Amelia said I looked at the vending machine.

You can find it if you look for it. Cans of red bean porridge are also served warm.

There were about two milk tea buttons in the vending machine.

The problem was that hot and ice were not written.

So the odds are 50:50. Personally, I prefer warm milk tea, so I went all-in on either side.

I can’t help it.

If something cold comes out, I have no choice but to drink it.

I pressed two buttons while inserting a coin.

Tirik, Tararak.

Canned milk tea came out of the vending machine.

The one on the right was warm, the one on the left was cold.

“This is a strange thing. Just insert a coin and a drink comes out…… “

“The warm side is this way, lady.”

When I handed Amelia a can of warm milk tea, she hesitated for a moment before choosing the one on the other side.

“Sometimes…… It’s okay to try something you don’t know.”

Amelia was given a cold milk tea.

“By the way, how do I open this?”

Amelia took the can and whimpered to open the lid. Was it because it was the first thing I saw?

“Please. I will do it.”

“Poetry, no! I’ll try, just tell me how to open it.”

“…… Take a good look. First of all, the can has an opener on top. Put your hand through the ring…… “

I showed her how to open a can, and Amelia immediately tried to follow suit.

“It’s my first time, so it’s not going well.”

“So, I will do it…… “

“I don’t like it. I don’t want to become an incompetent person who wants to leave everything to you…… !”

Amelia diligently puts her hand in the ring and gives it light strength.

After trying a few times, Tak! She opened the can with a groan.

“Your fingers are dirty.”

She replied to Amelia’s words as she came out in the morning, taking out her handkerchief she had prepared.

“I will clean it up for you.”

“This is…… Is it so.”

Amelia wants you to clean it gently.

After wiping the milk tea off Amelia’s hands with her handkerchief, she sat down on the bench next to her.

So as I sat down next to her, Amelia took a sip of milk tea and went on with her.

“Certainly the taste is not that good. So…… Let me tell you what you want to say, Hyunjin.”

“I see.”

I also opened the lid and thought about what to say, then opened her mouth.

“Do you know why she insists on that hair style?”

“Yeah…… “

Seeing Amelia’s still hesitant attitude as she tried to say her words made her feel uneasy.

In times like these, you should definitely say it.

…… I thought, but on the contrary, wouldn’t it be right to ask first rather than waiting for the other person to tell you?

In a love comedy, it is always a role that the main character is waiting for. You don’t know until the heroine speaks.

That’s the main character’s stance…… I could say that.

Wouldn’t it be okay since I’m not the main character?

“If you don’t tell me, I don’t know, lady.”

“I will tell you, I will tell you…… !”

Perhaps ashamed of this situation, Amelia kept stuttering her words.

“If you don’t tell me, it will be difficult to proceed further. I know you’re hesitant. It seems that you want to look good to Natsuki, so you need to change your image accordingly.”

“That’s right, but…… “

Is that correct?

What is it?

Is it because of my mood that I suddenly feel a sense of incongruity in Amelia’s words?

“When I was young, there were a lot of people who made fun of me for this hairstyle.”

“I am listening.”

“First…… It was. What I said was okay.”

Considering the context of the conversation, this is the story of Natsuki Ryunosuke.

But you’d better check just in case.

“Is it Natsuki’s story?”

“You can understand it well even with short conversations.”

“That’s why I felt the need to change that hair.”

“Why do you think so?”

Said Amelia, raising her eyes.

Say something.

Yes, this would be meaningless if I didn’t tell you.

I am determined. The determination to be hated.

People always have to stand at the crossroads of choice.

In the end, if Amelia is chosen by Ryunosuke, I will gladly risk being hated.

“You’re stuck in the past. Even if I met Natsuki in the past and he complimented the lady’s style…… You don’t recognize me now, do you?”

“I know that. So more…… !”

“Is it okay to appeal? If you want the other person to know you, he has to change himself first!”

Unbeknownst to me, I raised my voice.

I know. That this way is not good.

Forcing my standards on the other person is the worst method.

But what? So? If I don’t do anything here, will anything change?

If the other person can’t remember, shouldn’t he or she boldly try to change it?

Right now, Amelia is no different from just setting her own table and begging her to eat it herself.

As if the story wouldn’t start if you didn’t try to do anything.

“Maybe he will remember! What do you know, Hyunjin?!”

“I will take responsibility. If the other person does not notice the change in the lady, this is entirely my problem, so I will take responsibility and leave Lionheart Mansion.”

“Well, who would have hoped for that?!”

“You don’t know anything unless you try it. I am…… I hope the lady will change. As much as the young lady said she wanted to rehearse herself like this, I hope she will show the appropriate determination.”

“…… That.”

“If you don’t change, this kind of practice will be meaningless. Should i go back? Miss Amelia.”

My heart hurts. I don’t want to interfere with what the person I liked is doing, and it’s not a pleasant feeling to say harsh words.

Who would want to say something mean to a character they loved?

I was worried that I might have said it too strongly.

“I made up my mind, Hyunjin.”

“Yes, then I will contact Deacon Ed.”

Maybe I’m too sensitive.

If you look at the words out, they were things that were no different from coercive treatment of the other person.

Let’s just go back like this. Because I didn’t want to lose my heart.

Thinking that way, I was trying to contact Ed.

“Looking at Hyunjin saying that…… I will be fooled at least once.”

Amelia opened her mouth, then she drank the milk tea in one gulp.

Just like drinking cold water.

“…… Yes?”

“Because Hyunjin gave me a prickly advice, just as the owner and servant should respect each other. Ignoring it and passing it by as it is is going to bother me, so let’s try that.”

“My lady…… ?”

As I watched Amelia stand up in a daze, she straightened her shoulders as usual and opened her mouth as usual.

“What are you doing, Hyunjin? Shouldn’t you try it once? It doesn’t change unless you try. Isn’t that what you wanted to say to me, Hyunjin? Admit it. I, Amelia Iori, thought Lionheart too old-fashioned.”

As if determined, the girl gripped her sword.

In that case, it would be better to live up to expectations.

She poured warm milk tea down her throat.

For some reason, I felt a little lukewarm.

***

After arguing with Amelia, I arrived at the hair salon to get her hair done.

“Is this where she gets her hair done?”

“Yes, lady.”

“Quitting something you’ve been doing for years is a very scary thing.”

You must be referring to a change in hairstyle.

“I think you must have put a lot of thought into it. Miss Amelia?”

“Tell me, Hyunjin.”

“I would like to apologize for my earlier rude words and actions…… “

At my words, Amelia said with her arms crossed and her cheeks puffed out slightly.

“Is there a way to say that now?”

“There are things that I couldn’t calm down…… “

As I muttered, Amelia turned to me and grinned.

“Then can you help me become a fairy tale princess? Wizard.”

Amelia held out her hand to me.

“That…… “

Yes.

It was natural from the beginning.

I wish her happiness. She was also prepared to be hated. But rather than being furious with me, Amelia listened to me.

It was also true that I spoke in a tone that would surely make the listener feel bad.

I admit that it was coercive. If there wasn’t a more gentle way, there might have been.

I just know that I’m not smart enough to adopt that method.

Anyway, here I have to answer Amelia, who believed in me and followed me.

“I will do as much as I like, princess.”

Carefully holding Amelia’s hand, we headed for the hair shop.

I could feel her trembling energy in her tightly held hands.

Those aren’t feelings for me.

Maybe it’s the fear of change.