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Published at 12th of November 2020 10:16:45 AM


Chapter 41

He decided to go to sleep after drinking two glasses of liquor .
Agnes looked happy saying that she wanted to drink again like today .

“This is the… job of the servant!… I am a good… servant”

I’ve to be careful of Agnes when she is in a state like this .

“Hey”
“Yes?”
“Don’t say you’re a servant in front of my mother, please . ”
“… Yes”

Agnes replied with a nostalgic look on her face .

“I remember… that I used to say that it was hard for me to tell a lie…”

The engagement period should not be this long, I know! But I had completely lost the moment to tell them the truth .
Anyway, I don’t have time to get married now! So, there’s no other option but to lie to my family .

“Please be patient for a while”

“As you say”

Agnes replied with teary eyes .
I was really sorry and said that she can ask for anything she wants after this matter is over .

“What is your wish? For example, if you want to go on a trip or raise your salary…well, the last one is a little complicated . I’m grateful, so please ask me for whatever you want”

“What … is a bear knight … talking? Wahhh! A big adventure… . for bear… knights?”

“Yes… I can write a whole series with my life now…”

When he recommended to her a book that he used to love to read, the dark look of Agnes seemed to disappear, after seeing it, Bernard calmed down .
The clock bell rang signaling the midnight .

“Is it time … to sleep?”
“Yes”

Agnes suddenly seemed to be reminded of the tense situation, and it became awkward again .
Because she was blushing and showing shyness and suddenly Bernard pointed out .

“Don’t worry! You’re not a bride who is celebrating the first night after the wedding . ”

However, after finishing saying it, he became embarrassed and fast walked to his bed .

“Your bed is the one against the wall”
“Yes . ”

The bed that was always in the center of the room, was moved near the wall to protect Agnes from external enemies entering for the windows .

Agnes would sleep in the part of the bed next to the wall, and Bernard would sleep across the curtain .

“Uhmm, Bernard-sama”

“what”

“Miel”

“What happened to the cat?”

They were always sleeping together, he recalled .
Even though he slept in a basket, he always escaped at midnight and sneaked into her bed before she knew it .

“Is it… okay… if the cat sleeps… in bed?”
“Yes . Do what you want!”
“Thank you!”

He ordered Agnes to look for the cat’s basket and to go to her bed after .
As she did, hugging the basket with the kitten, making sure to let it rest safely over the bed, and closed the curtain .

“Turn off the lights that are on the corner’s table before you go to sleep . ”

“Understood”

Agnes replied and, she hurriedly took off the fur coat that she was wearing over her sleepwear .

Her figure behind the curtain was illuminated by the dim light of the lamp in the corner of the room .
Because of it, the sleepwear wasn’t able to hide the feminine shapes of her body, as if a theater of shadows it was .

Bernard thought he had seen something he shouldn’t, so rushed his head under the covers .

My heart beats intensely .
It was the first time I had a girl like that sleeping nearby, and I’m still a little upset how everything ended .

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The sound of her footsteps feels unnecessarily loud .

He made an effort to sleep, but couldn’t sleep well, waking up at every moment with every little sound .

Next morning .

Bernard woke up with a high cry of a kitten insistently calling “miawww miawww”
He was crying asking for food, maybe was hungry .

 

There was a warm and fluffy thing that was close to my arm, so I grasped it, because it was probably the cat .

“–!?”

It wasn’t the cat… soft and warm like a cloud, oh no something I shouldn’t have grabbed!
Checking carefully, the cat was at the foot of the bed…

Bernard woke up in an instant . When he looked around in a hurry, Agnes was sleeping right next to him .

━ Are you insane?!!

We slept on the same bed but as your escort!
There was a curtain in the center!
However, Agnes is next to me now .

 

When he got up, the first thing he saw was the wall, then he understood .
It wasn’t Agnes who moved to his bed, it was him who rolled to hers .

Frightened, he looked down at the sleeping woman .
She was holding the cat’s basket with a fair amount of strength, but still sleeping with a peaceful face .
It seems, that even if Miel is singing around her or Bernard does a non-chivalrous movement like that, that’s not enough to wake her up .

He thought she was a really carefree girl .

He was staring at her, but noticed that he was paying special attention to the smooth lines drew by her body, and turned away .

Despite that, he still wondered why he was sleeping without his covers . But that question was soon responded by itself .


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Bernard was sleeping in the bed of Agnes… He realized his mistake and swiftly went back to his bed .

I got off the bed and decided that nothing has happened here…

Today is a holiday, but yesterday I returned home early, so I will have to go to work and report why .

Agnes… I decided to leave her in care of Gigille .

And my boss Lazar also told some news to me, after I reported him why I went home early yesterday .

“It was suspicious… It’s abnormal to want to get only one object . There is something secret about that wedding dress . ”

“Maybe… is it a valuable item that comes from overseas?”

“Haha, yes, or it’s involved in a story of maps of gold and silver treasures . ”

“…”

I thought that it would be better to leave Agnes mother’s wedding dress there until the case is resolved, not only for the purpose of luring or revealing other criminals but to avoid its use .

“It looks like they’re doing an investigation right now, but he didn’t want to give more details, it was a difficult matter to talk to at the morning meeting”

“…Yes”

“There are also suspects of that Ernesto Barthelemont is involved, but it’s hard to find out yet . ”

Bernard was also skeptical about that point .
After the work, I decided that it would be better to try to contact him .

“By the way, it was Orlerian who also went to the auction together with him, wasn’t it? Ernesto was providing some information as a participant in the auction . The object sold’s new owner was inscribed with the name Bernard . When did you become friends?”
“I don’t even get along with that kind of . . ”
“Really?”

I denied all my relationship with Ernesto and decided to finish the work I left undone yesterday .

After work .

I’ve to call Ernesto and listen to what he has to say, I’ll go to visit the office of the Knights of the Royal Guard .
The person in question came immediately, after I asked for aide to one of the gatekeepers to find him .

“Orlerian, you?! It’s the first time you come to see me!”


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“…Ah, yes . Lend me a bit of your time please . ”

“Okay . Do you want to go for a meal? I know a nearby restaurant where the seafood served is delicious . ”

He suddenly recalled and thought that he would hate it, but Ernesto was very happy for some reason, so he ended agreeing .
Bernard left Ernesto’s workplace while feeling a little uncomfortable .

Thankfully, Ernesto took him to a restaurant with private rooms for clients .

I thought that it would be complicated to talk in a place where I do not know if there’s someone else listening, so I am grateful for this .

“I usually come to this shop here by myself”

“why?”

“I hate women . ”

“?”

The meaning of this was understood later when meals were delivered .
The specialty of the shop is steamed crab in herb oil .
The crab was served complete, and I supposed to eat it while breaking the shell .

“I brought a woman here once and only heard complaints . ”
“I suppose…”

Crab, which is treated as a high-grade food in the capital, is popular among aristocrats, but the shell is hard so the hands, and in some cases even the clothes, gets dirty, that caused the women to hate it .
One of the reasons for being so hated was that they couldn’t eat it “gracefully” .

Bernard cracked the crab shell, following the way of eating that was explained by Ernesto .

He said that eating without using a fork or knife is the most delicious way to eat it .

“Come on! Taste the meat that came out of the shell . ”

The firm body has an elegant sweetness, and the concentrated taste and the flavor of herbs delight your tongue…

I silently broke the shell and ate it in no time .
Before the second plate, a bottle of wine that goes well with crab is brought in .
The compatibility of the white wine with the crab flavor was outstanding .

Translated by Djurasico (dot) home (dot) blog

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