episode_0431

“A maid outfit… Are you telling me that I have to wear such commoner clothes…?”

“Mezlen, there’s also Lilith and Luke here, and you’re going to say that?”

“Ha, but isn’t it strange, Sister Sera… . I, it’s obvious that a noble princess like that wouldn’t look good in a maid outfit… . The guests would feel awkward because of the halo coming off my body… .”

“Are you saying you won’t wear the clothes that everyone else is saying they’ll wear with some ridiculous excuse, Mezlen?”

“Ma, what a ridiculous excuse… . I, I was just stating objective facts… .”

As soon as Antonio finishes persuading him, Mezlen starts to complain as if it were natural.

Seraphine was lecturing her half-sister less than a minute after nagging her younger brother, so just seeing her like this made her look really tiring in many ways.

Although Antonio and Mezlen’s characterization has changed a bit, they are not much different from the original in that they are younger siblings who cause trouble for Seraphine.

The easiest way to deal with such a Mezlen was to mention the person she was most into at the moment.

“Come to think of it, if it’s something that Master Ethan does, Professor Harold must have visited the maid cafe at least once.”

“… Release amount?”

“Hey, Mr. Harold…?”

“Originally, it would have been better for Princess Mezlen to serve you, but since she said she would not wear a maid outfit, I will serve you instead when Professor Harold visits.”

“… Ah, Sae, come to think of it, being a commoner wouldn’t be so bad…! T, after all, it’s a festival like no other…! T, I’ll wear a maid outfit just like you all…! ”

“… Ugh.”

It was an answer that seemed to have a personal purpose that anyone could tell, but in any case, it was a situation where I had even managed to persuade that stubborn princess.

From then on, it was concluded that the warrior, Ethan, Thomas, and even Prince Antonio would wear butler’s clothes and be roughly divided into men and women to receive the guests. Fortunately, Antonio was not a narcissist to the extent of complaining about wearing a butler’s clothes.

“Starting tomorrow, Miss Lilith will be teaching the ladies how to be maids. She is the one with the most experience as a maid among us, and everyone knows that Miss Lilith is Ethan’s faithful maid.”

“… Well, that’s right.”

“That’s right!”

“I, I think so too… .”

It seems like no one is dissatisfied with me being the ‘maids’ training instructor’.

The problem was that there was a need for someone to train the ‘butlers’ that the men were supposed to perform, but this too was surprisingly easily solved under Seraphine’s leadership.

“And I think it would be a good idea to leave the training of male butlers to Luke. What do you all think?”

“… Are you talking about Ms. Luke? But Ms. Luke is a maid, not a butler.”

“Before I entered the Academy, I used to take him around as my butler and escort. I can definitely teach him to do light hospitality. Of course, there may be some who are dissatisfied with Luke because he is not a noble.”

“I don’t care. In the first place, the person who will teach the princesses was decided to be Lilith, and I have no intention of finding fault with something like that.”

“I don’t mind either. I’d rather have Luke teach me than someone I don’t even know.”

“… Thank you for your consideration, Prince Blackwood, and the warrior of the Gyeomjyo-segi-geol.”

“We will prepare your clothes in the same design. If possible, it would be better to have them tailored, so please have our staff measure your body measurements before you leave.”

Anyway, after finishing the first meeting like that.

It was Agnes, who had been looking at me with a strange look since the middle of the meeting, who stopped me as I was about to leave after giving a briefing on the activities to be done at the festival and preparing the clothes to wear at the festival.

“Release.”

“Yes, Miss Agnes.”

“… When this is over, let’s talk for a moment.”

“Yes? I understand, Miss Agnes.”

It was Agnes who suddenly called me and asked me to talk to her, so I responded to her call and started walking.

It was Agnes, looking up at me from a place where no one else could see, with slightly sharp eyes.

“… release.”

“Yes. Why did you call, Miss Agnes?”

“… Is that true, what happened in the meeting just now?”

“What are you talking about?”

“Is it true that a typical maid doesn’t take baths naked?”

“… Well, usually it is, right?”

I was wondering what you were going to say next.

I thought she was just curious about something that came up during the meeting and wanted to ask me, the maid, and I answered her normally, but then suddenly, I felt a suffocating pressure rising from below near my forehead.

-Pfft!

“Turn it off, huh?!”

“This, this is it…!! You lied to me, you fooled me?! I, I completely believed what you said because it was Release…!!”

“Yes, yes? What, what on earth do you mean… .”

“Yes, you told me to do it last time! Oh, when that guy Antonio hurt his arm, you said that a maid should be naked when giving him a bath…!!”

“… … Ah.”

Come to think of it, that kind of thing happened too.

It was so long ago that I had completely forgotten. At the time, it was just something I made up to bring Agnes and Antonio closer together.

Thanks to that, there was a little bit of a pink exchange between Antonio and Agnes now, so my assistance back then may have been helpful, but it wasn’t necessarily unfair for Agnes to be angry at me now.

… I feel bad for deceiving my friend, but I have no choice but to try to cover it up somehow.

“Oh, it’s a misunderstanding, Miss Agnes… .”

“… … What?”

“If it were a normal employment relationship between a master and a maid, it wouldn’t be right to do things like bathing naked… . Ha, but back then, the relationship between Prince Antonio and Miss Agnes wasn’t a normal relationship, right… ?”

“… … Say something.”

“Ah, do you remember how the reason Prince Antonio hurt his arm was because of Miss Agnes, and you temporarily took on the role of maid out of guilt…?

Well, for that reason, it’s natural that a maid’s role is to please her master as much as possible, so, ah, it’s not that strange to take a bath naked… ?”

“… … .”

The head of the staff in Agnes’ hand is still pressing against my temples, but her expression seems to be somewhat relaxed, as if my story itself is not unconvincing.

Thinking that now was my chance, I met her eyes and continued to persuade her a little more.

“Of course, if it was Prince Antonio, he wouldn’t have felt bad even if Miss Agnes had dressed up and served him, but there is a chance.

It must have been hard for you to have been injured because of Miss Agnes’s mistake, but it would be a little strange to have to endure the embarrassment all by yourself while taking care of Prince Antonio’s bath… ?”

“… Is that so?”

“Yes… In that sense, the relationship between Miss Agnes and Prince Antonio at that time was not a ‘normal relationship’. I, I just gave Miss Agnes appropriate advice in accordance with that.”

“… … .”

-Slurp.

A red twin-tailed magician slowly withdrawing the staff that was pressing on her forehead and releasing the strength she held in her hands.

Agnes, still looking a little uneasy, met my eyes and asked.

“Then, let me ask you one thing.”

“… Yes, Miss Agnes.”

“Have you ever done that?”

“Huh? That’s it?”

“… Are you also giving Blackwood a bath while getting naked? You didn’t even try it yourself, so why did you ask me to do it… .”

“When I serve you, Lord Ethan, I am naked by default, right?”

“… … .”

“It’s embarrassing to be naked alone. But since it’s a relationship between a man and a woman, only one person can’t be embarrassed. If it’s a relationship between a master and a maid, it’s even more embarrassing to only embarrass the master… .”

“… Okay. That would be fine.”

Agnes’ expression relaxed as if she understood the gist of what I said, even though I had only said the middle part.

I’m not sure, but I’m glad that my sincere appeal somehow got through.

“Miss Agnes, do you think I would have lied to you? Even if I had, you know it was all for your own good.”

“… … .”

“Do you remember when I made Agnes-ssi’s first contract with the fire spirit? At that time, I deliberately did not tell Agnes-ssi about the method of making a contract with the fire spirit. Are you going to be angry that I lied about that too?”

“… Oh, I see. I’m sorry… .”

Agnes seemed to get very angry, but then calmed down and became gentle again, so no matter what, she was an easy friend to deal with… no, easy to understand.