92 – Handmaid and Bocchan (6)

“Then, shall we start the day well?”

After tidying up her hair, Haley opened the window wide and said.

All the thoughts that plagued her in the morning are now gone, and Hailey is just as cheerful as usual.

If you can’t focus on your work due to personal concerns, isn’t that good for you? Still, did it help that I swung a sword with me at dawn recently? I didn’t have to suffer as long as before to stop thinking about him.

Anyway, it’s business hours now.

Whatever it is, it’s time to put your private affairs aside and focus on your work.

Hailey, who had recently changed into the summer uniform she had been given at the lord castle, simply brushed off the dust from her clothes and left the room. As Elena’s maid, the first place she should go is, of course, Elena’s room.

Haley checked the time on her pocket watch and headed to Elena’s room, relieved that she was still on time to wake up. As it was in the position of Elena’s closest aide, Haley’s accommodation was also a few steps away from Elena’s room, so it was easy to arrive.

smart-

First, I knocked on the door to confirm that Elena was awake, but the answer was silence. Thinking she was still asleep as usual, Haley skillfully spoke to the door and opened it.

“Miss. This is Haley. I’m going in.”

Contrary to Hailey’s thoughts, however, Elena was already up and sitting on the bed. She was just staring at the ceiling with Hailey before leaving the room today, but she didn’t seem to hear Hailey’s voice because she was thinking about something.

“You’re welcome too. If you’re awake, please answer me.”

“…Ah. Hailey is here?”

If Hailey was right, Elena didn’t seem to notice Haley’s appearance until she approached her and spoke to her. Seeing Elena staring at her with a downcast face somewhere, Haley tilted her head and asked Elena.

“Did you have a nightmare, young lady? You don’t look very nice…”

“No. What a nightmare. I just woke up in the morning, so I’m just a little sleepy. Hailey knows that. I’m weak in the morning.”

“That’s right. You sleepyhead!”

“Uyaaah…”

Hearing Elena’s insignificant reply, Haley said yes and let Elena’s cheeks hang down. Elena’s clear purple eyes, teary-eyed, began to glare at Hailey, as if she had been completely awake.

“Pull a little… it hurts.”

“Miss, your cheeks should be moderately soft. Look at your messy hair. I’ll fix it soon.”

“….Let’s talk about it.”

“hehehehe.”

Hailey responds with a smile to Elena’s words. Elena, too, laughed shortly after Haley laughed, as if she had never done it before.

Haley’s work began in earnest as Elena went into the bathroom to finish washing her face and came out.

Things like tidying up Elena’s room and tidying up Elena’s room were things Elena could have done herself or left to a maid, but Haley kept doing it because she liked it.

Since Elena boasts such outstanding beauty, even simple tidying up gives the impression of touching a doll. When Hailey first touched Elena, she started with this mindset, but after years of doing it, she becomes proud of it.

At least as long as Elena was by her side, Hailey had no intention of quitting her current job.

“Taran! Alright, I’m done.”

Hailey hands Elena a hand mirror and shows her combed hair. Not only the protruding part was arranged, but the overall hair shape was not awkward and naturally held, which shows how highly skilled Haley is.

Elena nodded slightly to see if she liked her reflection in the mirror and sent her an autograph.

The preparations to greet the morning are finished with this.

Next is breakfast.

It’s breakfast. There was no need to go to the banquet hall unless the Count called, so Hailey, who had already checked the schedule before coming here, knew that today’s breakfast would be eaten in separate rooms.

Arthur and Damian had to go to the office from the morning due to increased problems as the seasons began to change, and Alphonse was out of the question since he hadn’t played a role yet. Recently, Elena has started sharing the simple cashier and accounting duties of the lord’s castle, so each person will take care of the meal in their room.

Haley, who hated the distance between the annex and the main building’s kitchen, had previously told the maid to serve breakfast before entering the room. The breakfast problem is also solved.

Then, what Haley had to do now would be to go to the office in the annex and get Elena’s work from the person in charge.

“Then, lady. I’ll be back~”

“Haley.”

“Yes? Miss?”

Hearing Elena’s voice suddenly calling her, Hailey stopped her steps outside and turned around. Could there be a hole in the prepared clothes? Or is my hair messed up again? Looking back with these thoughts, what was waiting for Hailey was Elena’s face she had met for the first time in the morning.

“Haley.”

Elena calls her name again.

The transparent purple eyes, which looked somewhat sad, seemed to see through what Haley was worried about.

“Aren’t you worried these days?”

there can be no

But Haley decided to hold back her words here. This was his problem, and it was a matter he had to decide for himself. So, as always, I kept my mouth shut.

“There’s no way something like that could happen. I’ll get it right away, Elena.”

***

“In the end, they didn’t tell me… that’s what makes people more concerned.”

Elena muttered in a voice filled with regret as she saw the door where Hailey had disappeared without saying a word after bringing the papers to the room.

I didn’t know what troubled her. I could only feel that way. It was a lie to say that Hailey had no worries now, considering the feelings that had flowed into Elena’s room all night.

Just as divinity is greatly influenced by people’s thoughts, God, the aggregate of divinities, is also sensitive to it.

Now, to be a god, it should be seen as a priest with enormous divine power, but isn’t it a well-known fact that priests who listen to people’s grievances and serve them respond to their emotions? It was like this.

Elena wasn’t always able to feel people’s emotions, but he too would reach her if he went beyond that level.

Things that I would normally have been used to as a long game snowballed overnight and became so much that I could feel them directly on my skin, so I wouldn’t be bothered. Moreover, Hailey was not just one of the many servants to Elena, so it was inevitable that her eyes would be drawn.

But even so, the reason Elena didn’t ask Hailey more was because Hailey wouldn’t answer even though she had already asked her once. It meant that I didn’t want to talk about it that much.

Still, I wasn’t asking more, but Elena wasn’t just watching this. Although the clues given were very few, Elena began to think alone about what might have made Hailey go away.

“It’s Hailey’s worry that shouldn’t have existed in the first place… what the hell is there?”

If a problem worth worrying about so seriously had never been revealed in the previous life, it would have been a problem caused by changes in this life, but thinking about it that way, there are too many variables, so it’s hard to say anything specific.

Elena thought about Hailey’s troubles, rolling her pen and her head at the same time, but nothing came out either. No matter how brilliant she is, the only thing she can do in a situation where there is nothing is endless hypotheses stemming from delusion.

smart-

That moment. Someone knocked on Elena’s door.

The soft but powerful sound made Elena know that Haley wasn’t standing at the door. In the end, the expectation that Hailey would come to talk was in the back of her mind, but Hailey wasn’t usually stubborn either. It was Damian who knocked on her door.

“I’m glad you’re here. But there’s something wrong with your face. Is there something wrong with you, Elena?”

“Oh, it’s nothing. Thinking about something else for a while. By the way, what’s the matter at this time?”

“I have something to tell you. Can I have a moment?”

Anyway, thinking about Hailey, none of the tasks I was given were progressing. Elena put down her pen, got up from her desk, and moved to the tea table prepared next to her.

Even though my heart was dizzy, I wonder if it was because I saw Damien’s face. A sense of relief came to her heart, as if her heart was at ease for an instant. A soft musk scent emanated from him.

The mere confirmation of this already filled Elena’s heart with happiness.

Damian smiled and said, knowing that Elena smelled his scent.

“Of the perfumes I received as a gift, this one suits my taste the most. Thank you, Elena.”

“hehehe. The soft and cozy scent of musk seems to be the best match for Damian. I think it was a good idea to give it to you at that time. Among the things I gave you at that time, there are other items with a slightly fruity scent…”

Not long after Damian entered the room, the atmosphere in the room changed in an instant. It wasn’t long before Damian and Elena realized this as well, so they started to shy away from each other. Damian cleared his throat a couple of times for a while, then asked for words, and then immediately talked about the purpose of his coming here.

“Although it’s sudden and out of the blue, does Elena know anything about a method to change a person’s constitution? A method that does not entail pain for the practitioner, such as metamorphosis.”

“A person’s constitution…so basically, you are referring to the heavenly form you have from birth? Certainly, in magic arts, like martial arts, there are ways to change a given constitution for the better. Among them, the method Damian is looking for is a technique. There must be a way to make one path and have it corrected slowly. Even if it takes a little longer, this is the least burdensome way for the operator.”

“Then, can you do the procedure right now?”

“That’s probably different depending on what kind of constitution you want to improve. Depending on the constitution you want to change, the structure of the magic formula is also different.”

Which of the knights suffers from constitutional problems?

When Damian suddenly came and asked about improving his constitution, Elena couldn’t think of anything else. Damian and Arthur had perfect bodies as warriors, and Alphonse was also not a body to suffer from problems due to his constitution.

If I tried to narrow the scope, it was Ken or Maria, but after that, I became confident in the subject that Damian brought up.

“How about increasing the ‘vessel’? Intrinsic mana capacity.”

The only ones who could have problems with this were the knights.

Since those who became superhuman by putting magic power into their bodies and turning them into auras were knights, it seemed that one of the knights was aware of this problem by nature.

Of course, the magic-related constitutional conversion spells are so complex and sophisticated that it is difficult to compare them with other spells. Yes, magic was a subject that was also in contact with the source of human life, so if it were easy to touch, it would have been strange in its own right. However, as difficult as it was, it was by no means impossible, so Elena nodded her head at Damian’s words.

“Increasing the unique mana capacity… It’s difficult, but it can’t be said to be impossible. However, even if you grow a bowl, it won’t grow all at once. It will grow very gradually, like a potter slowly widening a bowl. Is that okay?”

“I don’t think it’s for me to decide about that, but I think it’ll be fine.”

“It’s fortunate. By the way, you must be a knight that Damian cares about a lot. You’re trying to find a solution yourself like this. Oh, speaking of the volumetric problem, are you still a knight apprentice? I’d like to see who you are later.”

It was clear that Demian was looking for a solution like this, and he must have achieved outstanding results in other fields than Aurors. Isn’t that why Damian regrets it and tries to find a way?

However, Damian said with a slightly puzzled face at Elena’s words.

“Well, someone Elena knows too.”

“Yes? I know one of the knight apprentices… Ah! Sir Robin! Did Sir Robin suffer from such constitutional problems?”

“That’s not it. Elena. I’m neither a knight nor a knight apprentice. Oh, maybe you could say I’m trying to become a knight apprentice.”

When Elena made a face that she didn’t know, Damian replied with a slightly bitter smile.

“Haley.”