“Welcome, Bocchan.”

After talking with the gatekeeper guarding the entrance to the mansion, one of the butlers came towards me and greeted me and Lulu.

“Do, young master… . It’s a young boy… .”

“Is the young lady an acquaintance of the young master?”

“Hey, young lady?! Ah, no, I-I’m not like a young lady, that’s just an ordinary commoner… .”

“Luru, the lady here is just a word to honor the guests, not just asking because you think you are a noble lady.”

“Oh, I’m sorry… ! I’m not used to things like this… .”

“It’s okay, you just have to get used to it.”

Compared to the time when he hid behind me because he didn’t know his face like before, he looked more confident.

Still, the restless personality in this atmosphere was just like Lulu.

“Can you call Jack? Are you busy now?”

“If you’re the general deacon, you’re probably taking a break in the general waiting room, so I’ll bring you over.”

“And bring a maid too. I have to guide Lulu to the guest room where she will be staying today.”

“I understand, Bocchan.”

It was only after the servant who heard my words disappeared from my sight that Lulu’s mouth opened with difficulty.

“I wasn’t conscious of it normally, but looking at it like this, the real Conrad, you’re a noble too… .”

“What am I usually like?”

“Well, should I just say something, a bit of a free-spirited personality for an aristocrat… . Oh, I don’t mean it in a bad way, of course… !”

It was because the appearance of Lulu speaking strangely restlessly in the mansion in my hometown was quite cute.

Inadvertently, I told her a joke that popped into my head.

“If you keep saying such arrogant things to me that I don’t think I’m a noble… .”

“Mi, sorry! Are you in a bad mood?”

“There are cases where the Perdalos family hires you as a housekeeper and then makes you my exclusive maid.”

“… … uh?”

It was a joke meant to show you my aristocratic way of life up close.

Lulu’s expression changed from feeling like she was being joked to one of embarrassment.

Intuitively realizing that my joke had failed, I hurriedly continued my explanation.

“By the way, being my exclusive maid means you have to watch my progress from the nearest place. It means that I have to comply with all the annoying requests that I make using my position.”

“… Eh, huh?!”

“I’m assuming that if you make me observe me closely for work like that, won’t you change your mind a little when you say such cheeky things?”

“… … .”

“… You know, but of course it was a joke. There’s no way I would suggest something that would make friends awkward.”

… Did you understand correctly?

“… If you become Conrad’s exclusive maid, it means that you will spend more time with Conrad anyway, and you will have an excuse to meet him after graduation, right? Then, if you do well, you can develop a relationship… .”

“Lulu?”

Even though she risked embarrassment and continued to explain, she was already immersed in her own world.

While observing her, the general butler Jack and one of the maids came down to greet me and Lulu.

“Welcome, Master Conrad. I heard that you passed through the gate in the morning, so I was waiting for you to arrive.”

“Actually, I was going to go back before evening, but somehow it got late, so I decided to stay for one night.”

“The person next to you is your guest, right? I will take you to the guest room.”

“Give me your luggage this way, lady.”

“… No matter how much the relationship between the employee and the employer, if they face each other every day, some residual feelings will sprout. If that happens, one day this insensitive guy will have no choice but to notice… .”

I grabbed Lulu’s shoulder, who was still muttering to herself in a voice I couldn’t understand.

“Hey, Lulu.”

“Ahhh?!”

“Tie is carrying the burden. What are you muttering to yourself like that?”

“Sin, sorry! Hey, here!”

“You don’t have to bow your head like that, lady. The young lady is in a position to visit as the Bocchan’s guest.”

Maid Thie accepted Lulu’s burden with a skillful response that showed her long standing.

It would have been a little better if only this last word hadn’t been attached as a sajok.

“I didn’t know that the guest you brought after a long time would be such a pretty lover.”

“Ah, a lover?! Ah, ah, ah, no!!!”

“Oh, excuse me.”

“There’s no way that a commoner girl like me could be Conrad’s lover!! That, just friends, nothing more than that! really!!”

“Lulu, you don’t have to deny it even while screaming like that.”

“Mi, I’m sorry… .”

Seeing her deny it so hard, I was sure she couldn’t have feelings for me more than a friend.

It was really sad that Delfina didn’t see Lulu like this.

If I had seen it, I probably wouldn’t have made the strange misunderstanding that Ruru likes me or that I seduced her.

“Hey, did you two have dinner? It’s late, but can I tell the kitchen to prepare a meal?”

“It’s a bit late, so I’ll ask for something simple to eat. Lulu, are you okay too?”

“Ah, yes! Yes!!”

“All right. If that’s the case, I’ll prepare two servings, including the guest share.”

“Give Lulu a guide to the rooms and restaurants. I’ll just unpack my stuff and go down to the dining room.”

“I understand, Bocchan. Miss Lulu, please come this way.”

“Yes Yes! Please take good care of me!”

“You can omit the honorifics, young lady.”

“Ah, I see, Mr. Tie!”

Arriving at the mansion a little late in the evening, we finished a simple meal with soup and bread prepared by the sous chef Tenet.

Although Lulu moved her anxious gaze throughout the meal and looked around.

⁎ ⁎ ⁎

The next morning, morning.

Having greeted the morning at the Perdalos Mansion after ten days, I woke up feeling refreshed.

No matter how much I got used to the hard bed in the academy dormitory, there was no place more comfortable than my room at home.

I’m going to tell you now, but in my own way, I felt a little grateful to Prince Antonio.

At least, being able to go back and forth between the academy and Perdalos in one day through the warp gate was an undoubted advantage.

Of course, the fact that he had pushed ahead with his own plan without even consulting me or my parents in the process, and that Delphina, who was already busy, became even busier because of this warp gate, were reasons enough to be criticized.

Of course, it was a warp gate that did not exist in my previous life, so there was a good chance that there would be an increase in variables I couldn’t predict.

Because those things were already enough assumptions from the time I changed the past one by one.

If it was a future that couldn’t be changed just because a warp gate had been installed in the Perdalos estate, it wouldn’t have started from the beginning.

“Ah, Lulu.”

Come to think of it, I don’t know if Lulu has adjusted well to the new bed.

I didn’t worry too much. Like me, sleeping well in any place was Lulu’s strength.

Rather, it was Perdalos’ room, which was much more comfortable than the academy’s bed, so I thought it would have been enough rest for her.

“Ah, Conrad… .”

What I saw in the morning was her appearance, which was quite tired.

“Why do you look so tired? Didn’t you sleep well?”

“That, just a little… . I’m tired because I have nowhere to focus… .”

“Did you catch a cold from taking a nap outside? Take a look.”

“Ugh, that’s not… What?!”

As soon as I put my hand on Lulu’s forehead, who looked tired, she reacted with startled surprise.

“I don’t think I have any fever at all.”

“Go, it’s not a cold!”

“I did it just in case. Was it just uncomfortable because the bed was changed?”

“Yeah, it seems… . yes… .”

I didn’t think that words like the bed was uncomfortable would come out of Lulu’s mouth.

Did it become uncomfortable because the environment itself suddenly changed rather than the bed?

“Let’s just have breakfast and go back to the academy.”

“Yeah, then. I think that’s good too.”

“It’s a rule for all family members to have breakfast together in our house, so it’s nice to be able to introduce you to your parents as well.”

“yes. I also want to meet Conrad’s parents at least once… Wait, Boo, your parents?!”

“yes. If nothing else happens, the two of you will probably be at the mansion… .”

“Wait a minute! I’ll touch your hair one more time and come back!!”

“Hey, Lulu!”

Looking at the back of Lulu, who had already descended almost all the stairs to the first floor, but then quickly went up to the third floor where her room was.

I waited on the stairs for several minutes until she came back after touching her hair.

While questioning why she was so flustered when she didn’t even pay much attention to her usual grooming.

⁎ ⁎ ⁎

Breakfast for the four of us, including Lulu, lasted a little longer than usual.

The meal menu was not too different from what I always ate at Perdalos, but as new faces appeared, the topic of conversation increased.

The content of the conversation was mainly about her father asking Lulu about this and that.

“So, when did you first meet my son?”

“Ah, in the 2nd semester of my 1st year at the academy, Conrad, ah, no, the boy helped me in my struggle against monsters… .”

“You can just talk casually like you normally do.”

“Ah, uh… .”

When the title of young master came out of Lulu’s mouth, it felt quite strange.

… Seriously, to the point where I want to realize the joke about being an exclusive maid that I said yesterday.

“I thought my son was building a fence on anything other than magic research, but he was still dating and getting along well in the academy! Even bringing such a pretty daughter-in-law, hahahaha!”

“He said, daughter-in-law… . I-I’m not Conrad’s… .”

“Dmitry, the guest is uncomfortable.”

“… Hmmm, sorry. My son rarely brought his guests to Perdalos Mansion.”

“Oh, no, it’s okay… .”

Even though he said he had no intention, the father who laughed loudly was quite burdensome for me and Delfina.

It was a stimulus that was difficult for Lulu to handle for the first time today.

“Sorry for the uncomfortable seat, Lulu. As you can see, the family customs are a bit far from ordinary nobles.”

“it’s okay. And anyway, the nobles I know are all you and Stella, but I don’t know what an ordinary noble family is like… .”

“It’s just that you’re clumsy at expressing yourself, and since you’re a daughter-in-law, you’re not saying it with bad intentions, so just ignore it.”

“That, it’s okay. … I’m not in a particularly bad mood.”

“yes?”

“Oh, no, nothing… .”

After the breakfast, which was more noisy than usual despite the absence of Delphina, was on her way back to the academy with Lulu.

“Conrad, can I talk to you for a minute?”

In the lobby of the mansion, my mother called me aside to talk.

“Sorry, Lulu. wait a munite.”

“It’s okay, I’ll wait for you, so come slowly.”

After leaving Lulu for a while in the lobby of the mansion, as soon as I followed my mother into the office, you made a puzzled look at me.

“Conrad, is that the commoner child named Lulu Laila?”

“Yes, that is correct.”

My nonchalant answer made Mother ask with a shallow sigh as if she was even more dumbfounded.

“Surely, when I asked you last time, didn’t you say that you were like-minded close friends? Did your relationship change in ten days?”

“Yeah? What do you mean?”

“Looking at your appearance today, you can clearly feel the love he has for you, Konrad, are you still going to keep that lame excuse from last time?”

I couldn’t believe it, but is this still the story?

“It’s not love, you must have misunderstood. Even between normal friends, it would be a similar relationship, right?”

“… … .”

“And seeing as Thieh denied it right away as soon as he asked if I was a lover yesterday, he probably didn’t think that way at all, either.”

“Ha ha, do I really like you… .”

Obviously, she had just judged properly and logically and returned the answer, but the only thing that came back from the mother’s mouth was a sigh as if she were seeing her son who didn’t care.

I just climbed the warp gate to the ecliptic with Lulu, feeling a bit resentful.