chapter 37
37 – Girl, did you think I could not be left alone?
As I left Ohana’s house and went back to her mansion, I got a call on my smartphone.
I checked the sender and it was Ed.
“Huh?”
He’s a nobleman who hasn’t been in contact with me at all.
After I stopped pedaling the bike I was riding for a while, I got a call.
“I got a call. Deacon Ed, what are you doing?”
[Where are you now?]
“Oh, I am on my way back to the mansion.”
[The lady is looking for you. Did something happen after school?]
I sighed at Ed’s point.
Something happened. Ohana broke in and made a joke.
“Something like that happened.”
[Go back to the lady’s room right away.]
“Okay… ….”
As expected, it seems that he intends to take responsibility for it. Or ask why they were there.
I’m already dizzy.
Pressing the back of her nose lightly with my finger, I stepped on the bicycle pedal again.
***
“Hmm.”
While Hyunjin was on his way to the mansion, Amelia was sitting in her room and drinking black tea leisurely.
“What was he thinking?”
After school, it was definitely good that Hyunjin made a place for him.
However, Hyunjin and Ohana suddenly stormed in at an amazing timing that was too unusual to be considered a coincidence.
I couldn’t understand the situation.
“No way… ….”
Is Hyunjin jealous of Ryunosuke?
Otherwise, it is inexplicable that it popped out on the spot.
Ohana was the first one, but no matter what!
“No…… Hyunjin is a servant, and I am the owner.”
Complex emotions crept into Amelia’s head.
Obviously, Hyunjin made an appointment with Ryunosuke for himself.
Up to that point, it was an area that could be fully understood.
However, the sudden appearance in the middle of a pleasant conversation with Ryunosuke was, of course, a situation in which Amelia could not but be suspicious.
“What…… Was that intentional?”
I understand that Hyunjin cares for her.
But what if you misunderstood?
Amelia reviewed her after school day at her cafe.
Hyunjin made an appointment today to reduce the distance between me and Ryunosuke.
After school, I spent time with Hyunjin on the weekend as I had prepared.
Because we stopped by the record store to listen to music together, and went to a cafe together to drink coffee.
“I don’t think I remembered it correctly, but… ….”
Amelia had an affair with Ryunosuke in the past.
She vaguely pulled out fragments of her memory and had a strong feeling that she had managed to remember, but Amelia was satisfied with that.
However, after Ohana intervened, Hyunjin’s expression in front of him looked uneasy.
“Are you jealous of me?”
The authenticity is still unknown.
However, asking this openly is like forcing the other person’s will with power.
It’s okay to ask what you’ve been up to, but asking her to confess her feelings on her own doesn’t suit the dignity of a woman in the Lionheart family or a superior.
Amelia thought so and waited for Hyunjin to return to her mansion.
***
As soon as she returned to her mansion, she immediately changed into housemaid’s clothes and, following Ed’s message, knocked on the door in front of Amelia’s room and said,
“Excuse me, lady. May I come in?”
“…… Please let me in.”
Once permission was granted, he cautiously opened the door.
“I’m back.”
I shut the door and went in front of Amelia, who tapped her desk a couple of times with her finger and opened her mouth.
“First, let’s talk about the day’s work.”
“A day job, you mean…… “
Obviously there is nothing to say about that. After all, it was Ohana’s sudden start, but in the end, since I’m there, Amelia must be holding me accountable.
“Yes. Could she explain why she was at the cafe?”
“By chance…… After walking around town, all she did was meet up with Ohana and invite her to go to her cafe.”
“…… Really?”
At Amelia’s question, I inadvertently turned her head to avoid it. It’s true that I was genuinely worried about her, but it was also true that I invited Ohana to go to her cafe.
She nodded.
“Okay, I don’t think I’m lying.”
I’m glad. I’m still wondering how to get over it.
“So, Hyunjin. Shall we hear the reason why it was so late today?”
Said Amelia with a grin as she slipped the pods in her hands.
I don’t think he’s laughing just by looking at his expression…….
As if he knew everything, Goo showed signs of it.
“It is…… “
I was about to speak, but I paused and thought.
If I said that she ate at Ohana’s house again, I think she would misunderstand.
As for the problem, seeing what he was saying now, it seemed like it would be difficult to hide it.
And I remembered the conversation we had at the cafe earlier.
Among them, the problem is……
‘No need to worry, Ryu-chan! Because Jin-chan said he would take me home!’
Ah.
Was this!
The nuance that strangely Amelia seems to have noticed her is probably this.
The reason I was late.
It’s because of Ohana from the same class…… Maybe that’s what made me think.
“…… I was late to pick up Miss Kamiyama.”
I have no choice but to confess the truth, this. Since it’s in front of Amelia, you should be as careful as possible.
Amelia listened to my answer and asked again.
“So? Did you take me There doesn’t seem to be any reason to be late at this point. Seeing that you came a long time after dinner.”
“Ah, that is it.”
Certainly that time was when Amelia finished her meal first.
I don’t think the excuse of hanging out with Ryuunosuke will work either.
“After eating at Ms. Kamiyama’s house…… “
“Why didn’t you report it?”
“Sorry.”
“Just because everything is fine…… I want you to tell me what to do.”
“Because of causing concern…… “
“Until there. You don’t have to apologize, Hyunjin. What I asked was just a concern. Even if it happened when I was hanging out with Natsuki when it was late, it wasn’t this time.”
Are you forgiving?
Generous?
When I thought of Amelia fighting with Ohana at her cafe, I thought she would get scolded.
“Hyunjin is…… I wanted to ask if working in the mansion is dissatisfying.”
“Complaints…… Is it?”
“Yes. Are you asking out of curiosity, please be honest.”
“Hmm…… “
I pondered for a while at Amelia’s question.
To be honest, she couldn’t say no.
There is nothing in the world that does not cause dissatisfaction while working. I don’t know if it’s a monthly lupine that gives money while playing and eating.
In hindsight, I was paid a lot of money compared to the hours I worked.
Even if I quit my job right away, if I bought a small room and saved a little money, I could live on for a year or two.
Do you have no money sense? I was getting a salary that was okay to say.
‘So far, how was it?’
I decided to take a look at the butler job that I had been doing for a while.
The learning process was a bit difficult, but once you learn it properly, there is no problem from then on.
…… Come to think of it, I don’t think there was anything too difficult. Even though I was a little tired, Ed took notice and gave me time to rest.
Amelia didn’t make her do anything too difficult or difficult.
Amelia did not force me to wait on her butler. To the extent that she encourages us to sit together and eat, especially during meal times.
‘Rather than saying that he’s a butler, it’s a form that’s closer to living as a widower.’
If you look at it one by one, I was rather indebted to the people of Lionheart.
The kindness they gave me was definitely warm.
As they say, let’s go back to the time when I was possessed.
What if the first time Amelia did something like that, she just passed by?
She must have worked somehow to make ends meet, but she couldn’t have lived such a warm and comfortable life.
Even if it was work, drinking tea with Amelia or talking to her was all.
“Coming to think of it, I had no complaints.”
“Hyunjin, I want to talk about hiring you. There was a sense of gratitude, but it wasn’t necessarily just for that reason.”
“For making me sad…… “
“If you do more, you will get angry, me. Please listen quietly.”
“Okay.”
Amelia took a sip of her tea and went on.
“Something…… You are weird Should I say that he is a person who cannot be left alone?”
“Is that so…… No, wait. You can’t leave me alone?”
I thought I had endured well until now.
But, what Amelia just said…… For some reason, I felt my heart pounding.
‘Let’s not misunderstand, don’t misunderstand.’
Love Comedy Special. It makes people’s heart flutter every day, but if you look at it in reality, it’s nothing.
By those rules, what Amelia is saying is simply that she’ll feel more comfortable around me at my age.
Yeah, that’s probably the feeling.
Seeing Amelia in silence, she suddenly opened her mouth in startle.
“Tea, don’t be mistaken! What are you thinking, you!”
“Oh, nothing.”
“…… Heh, that’s it. Just give me one promise. From now on, at least tell me what you’re doing. Got it?”
“Yes, I understand. Miss.”
“I’m glad you found out. Then, go back and rest.”
Amelia ordered me to celebrate.
She bowed lightly, then quietly slipped out of Amelia’s room.