06-36 Each One, Afterwards
The greatly delighted Prince left with Lotte, so Jin took a breather and began tidying up the disorderly workshop.
The Royal Secret Maid Laila said and began to he…
The remaining materials were scattered on the floor,
She stumbled on a tool and knocked over a shelf,
She accidentally kicked away all the ingredients Jin had already put in place.
“Please don’t help…”
“Aww, I’m…useless, aren’t it?”
“Well, different people are cut for different things, so.”
Jin had nothing else he could say.
“…Beana’s been avoiding me.”
“Last night, you proposed to her, right?”
He said, gripped the wine bottle in front of him, and drank straight from the it.
Reinhardt rebuked him, but the Earl didn’t listen and uncorked a second bottle.
Reinhardt sighed and shook his head as if giving up,
He told Earl Kuzuma and left the room.
“…Woah.”
The hall where the golem party was held had become a mess of debris and broken golems.
The reason why the magi knight troops were participating was that they were securing the recyclable Magi Crystals and such from the broken golems.
“Ah, looks like this can be used.”
“There’s one over here too.”
The work was uninteresting, so without a treasure hunt like this it seemed the wouldn’t have been able to go on.
“Ooh, this one’s a fragment of a crystal golem.”
“Oh my, thank you for finding it.”
Turning to look towards the voice, there stood Stearina.
With those words she left.
“They were suppressed faster than I expected.”
“Nevertheless, we surely achieved our objective?”
“Hmm, so that means for the second series 400-times amplification is adequate.”
“And second?”
“Hmm, so this means that our noble goal is one step closer.”
“Most excellent.”
“What’s that?”
“Oh, very interesting. And his affiliation?”
“Reinhardt, huh. He’s also a talented person we want. Alright, keep on gathering information.
“Very well.”
“…”
“…Sigh.”
“Hey, Lisa.”
“Yes, what would you like?”
In the end, the troubled Beana decided to consult with a girl of her age.
“Thanks. …Look, what do you think about marriage between a commoner and an Earl?”
Beana was honest and told her how she was wondering whether or not to accept the proposal from Earl Kuzuma.
“Really?”
It seems that Lisa’s personality was like that.
“That’s not even worthy of comparison. I won’t say being a Magi Craftsman is bad, but it’ss completely different position. An Earl is a noble. A noble!”
It appears that I chose the wrong conversation partner, Beana realized and again turned her eyes towards the darkness outside the window.
“Young lady, the most important thing is that this time too you were unhurt.”
“That’s why I told you before that going on a trip would have many dangers.”
“Mm-hm. There may be some dangerous things, but there’s many more fun things.”
“Hey, Mine, what is ‘marriage’ like?”
Mine couldn’t understand the meaning of the question and was at loss for words.
But after Elsa continued Mine understood,
“Is, that so?”
“…Yes. Or rather than that, men…can’t be trusted. You shouldn’t do that.”
Mine’s bombshell statement again surprised Elsa.
“…Mm.”
“The animals called men think of girls as child-bearing machines. If not that, then outlets for their lust.”
“When I was… fifteen, I was serving as a maid ina certain noble’s estate. My parents were somewhat influential traders, but learning manners through working as a maid for several years was popular back then. ”
“…In that noble’s estate was a guest. A noble from outside a country, a military personnel.”
Elsa muttered, as her father was a viscount and one of the army commanders of Shouro Empire’s garrisons outside the country.
“…That person worked as the battallion commander of the nation’s armed forces even though he was young; me and another older maid had been arranged to assist him. He stayed for about three months. During that time, that person and me had an adult relationship.”
Elsa who didn’t understand the euphemistic expression parroted the words back at Mine as a question. Mine smiled,
Whether she understood that or not, Elsa still told her to continue.
Elsa listened quietly. It was the first time Mine had spoken of her past like this.
It wasn’t unusual for a noble to have a second wife or a mistress. Actually, Earl Guarana had told that to Elsa too.
She said and continued after a single sigh.
“You mean…a baby?”
“Yes. When the time came I gave birth to that baby. She was a lovely girl.”
“I planned to raise her by myself. There was enough room for her in my parents’ house. But for some reason that man knew and came back and said he’ll adopt the child. For some reason, his wife had a weak constitution and could no longer bear children or something like that. And then, for that man the girl would only be a tool to marry into other influential nobles’ families.
“I refused. But a commoner is no match for a noble, and in the end the girl ended up being taken from me.”
“Yes, it’s terrible. But these days I can serve young lady like this, so I’m not that unhappy.”
Elsa looked concerned.
“…That’s good.”
“Aren’t you lonely?”
“No, because now I’ve got young lady.”
She said and gently grasped Elsa’s hand. Elsa also tenderly squeezed her hand back.
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