Published at 31st of October 2020 08:15:45 PM
Chapter 18
“Young Miss, are you trying to kill me with cuteness?”
It’s finally the day to go to the Fuan estate .
At the meeting place, a fountain in front of the school, a poorly mannered maid’s voice rang out . It’s still early in the morning . But she seems full of spirit .
Or rather, haven’t you seen me in my maid outfit when you lent me your clothes the other day?
At that time, I was taught how to properly wear it by you . Which is why I was able to change into these clothes this morning without much of a hassle .
Although looking back on it, I feel like she was touching me a lot .
“Shiran-san, Who the heck is this person? Uh . . . Should I perhaps call security?”
Camellia brought a suspicious gaze towards Magnolia .
Meanwhile, Magnolia was still weirdly writhing .
I understand the disdain, but regardless, this is my very important maid . She isn’t usually like that, so please don’t call security .
“ . . . It’s okay . This person is my maid . ”
“Eh, really? You have to be joking?”
No, it’s really true . I’m sorry for my maid .
Camellia had a face of disbelief, but when she saw my pained smile, she understood it wasn’t a joke .
Magnolia, who seemed to have been writhly before, read the room, and returned to her cool usual look .
“As always, I’m indebted to you, Young Mistress . My name is Magnolia, a maid for the Regnart family . Thank you for allowing me to accompany you . ”
“Y-Yeah . . . I’m grateful . Though for you to be wrapped up in your master’s personal affairs . . . ”
I felt like the temperature just lowered .
Camellia was okay with it when I asked her about it in advance, but after seeing this ugliness, I’m starting to doubt whether or not it’s okay to bring her .
I’m not sure? I’ll just apologize to Camellia once again in my heart .
“Even so, for you to be making Young Mistress a maid . It seems that Camellia has a nice hobdy, doesn’t she?”
“Hahh . . . What are you talking about?”
“Oh, well , I just thought it was a wonderful hobby . In a way we are comrades . ”
. . . Comrades?
Well, we don’t have time to overthink these interactions . After all the initial meetings, we eventually began to leave for the Duke’s estate .
From here on, Magnolia and I must act as temporary maids to Camellia .
Well, I’ll only be accompanying her for a day, so I don’t have to worry about it too much . It’s just a little trip .
What happened next . . . I never would have guessed .
What met us was a vast green sea that continued to the horizon . And in the middle, was a well-maintained straight road . To the right and left of the beautiful cobble, bright colorful flowers covered the rims . With the horizon of green, and the wonderful beauty of the well gardened flowers, it really felt like you were in a painting .
“Amazing . . . ”
“That’s correct . If the young mistress stood in a paradise-like place as this, being surrounded by flowers . . . I will never forget that sight . ”
The Duke’s estate was so artistic that Magnolia and I were completely captivated .
Of course, compared to the garden of our estate . It is in a completely different dimension . And our estate’s garden was like heaven on earth compared to my past life .
I finally understand the differences now . How me and Camellia are in different worlds . And why she must be so graceful .
“Well, then . Let’s go Shiran-sa . . . I mean maids . ”
Oh yeah . I’m a maid . And I have to meet Camellia’s mother like this . Her mother, the duchess, Scarlet-sama .
I came here with full motivation, and as a maid . . . No, as a friend . I have to watch over and support Camellia .
“”Yes, Camellisama””
My feet were unusually weak . To be more precise, I am feeling nervous .
. . . No, it’s oddly scary .
“Welcome back . I’ve been waiting for you, Camellia . ”
“Yes . I’m back, Mother . ”
It was supposed to be a mother daughter reunion, but . . . What is this tension? It’s making my stomach hurt .
Immediately after that, Scarlet-sama turned her gaze to Camellia’s “Maids” . A cold sweat dripped down my forehead, as I began to unintentionally tremble .
“Camellia, who are those behind you?”
“These are the maids that have been taking care of me at the academy . I brought them along for the sake of helping . ”
“Huh, I see . ”
Scarlet seemed to have immediately lost interest and refocused herself on a tea cup she had .
For the time being, it seems that we have successfully tricked her into thinking we are maids .
In a room of the Duke’s Residence . Mother and Daughter sat across from each other . The air felt heavy . Too heavy .
“Well . . . Do you know why I have called you back?”
“Well, no . I could not think of the reason . ”
There is probably no deception in Camellia’s words . However once she heard that, Scarlet-sama’s gaze became sharper .
“I believed in you, my daughter . Answer me honestly . ”
“ . . . Well, what the heck is it?”
The tension was increasingly endless . Where did the happy playful atmosphere go before we arrived here?
Scarlet-sama’s mouth then opened .
“Well, Let’s get on with it . Camellia, I’ve heard rumors that you were attacking a student at the academy . ”
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I see, I see . Camellia was attacking a student at the academy . . . Huh?
Chapter 18: Mother, Daughter and Me . Part 2
“Well, Let’s get on with it . Camellia, I’ve heard rumors that you were attacking a student at the academy . ”
I see, I see . Camellia was attacking a student at the academy . . . Huh?
Both of our eyes went wide open . It was far from what anybody imagined . I’m so confused . My vision was going round and round .
What? Camelia was actually that kind of person? I didn’t think she felt like the villainous girl, but perhaps behind the scene .
. . . No, way . That’s too hard to believe .
“I am told that you are relentlessly harassing a certain student . ”
“Mother, I don’t recall that ever happening . ”
Relentlessly harassing . . . Hmm . Certainly that would fall under a villainous act . I mean, there was actual harassing in “Flower of Eden”
However, I have never seen that kind of conduct done toward this world’s Lily .
“For example, you brought this student into your room, and forcibly teased her . ”
“Mother . . . What?”
Umm, that sounds familiar .
“In addition to that, in the hallway of the dormitory, despite being in public, you . . . forcibly kissed her . ”
“ . . . ”
Oh, I think I’m finally understanding .
Or rather . . . It’s because the victim she is referring to is most certainly me .
“I’ve also heard you have been relentlessly stalking them . ”
“ . . . ”
Scarlet-sama, all of that was the work of other people we know . . .
The rumors of these students who were involved must have been mixed and distorted, by the time it reached Scarelet-sama’s ears, the truth may have been hard to find .
Iris was making a lot of noise in the academy, so it’s not strange for somebody involved with her, to mistakenly take the blame . Though it’s still a little surprising that rumors reached her . I wonder if the duke’s family has an amazing or terrible information network .
For the time being, if this keeps up Camellia will be suspected of terrible things .
If Scarlet-sama knew the actual events, I’m sure this will be easily settled .
“Well, do you have any objections, Camellia . ”
“ . . . ”
Camellia however kept her head down and didn’t talk at all .
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Why? If you don’t say anything, she is going to assume the worst .
“I want to hear the truth directly from your mouth, but if you keep acting like that, then I’d have to take the rumors as fact, right?”
“ . . . ”
She remained silent, this is definitely getting bad .
At that time, Camellia glanced at me with a troubled smile . It’s like she has accepted her sins, and is waiting for her mother’s next words .
. . . Oh, I understand now .
When I saw that face, I finally understood the girl named Camellia . Somebody too kind, that they would take the role of the villainous .
She is afraid that her friends may be punished if she tells the truth to the duchess .
And that is painful to me .
No you shouldn’t accept a crime that didn’t happen . That’s horrible .
You never even raised a flag of ruin, so it’s foolish to do it on your own .
I can’t let you do such a stupid thing .
Because I’m the follower of a villainous . . . who is far from evil .
“ . . . Scarlett-sama, may I say something . That certain student . That is me . ”
I took off the maid facade, and stepped forward with courage . Magnolia stood up in a hurry to stop me, but Scarlet-sama brought her hand up to stop her .
“If the rumors are true, then I must apologize to you, the victim . Can you elaborate?”
“Yes, of course, but I don’t need an apology, it’s actually the opposite . Camellia has always been helping me . ”
I was embarrassed to explain the whole truth of it, so I explained as much details as possible while still blurring some of the more risque stuff . Of course, I explained how Camelia saved me on many occasions .
Iris, Lily and Anemone probably never did anything maliciously . It may just be a prank that went too far . Well, honestly, It may be an overkill prank . I don’t know why they recklessly did that .
“That must have been really embarrassing to share . . . Thank you, for telling me everything about my daughter . ”
Scarlet-sama listened until the end, and then gave me a gentle expression similar to Camellia .
My poor but full explanation was received surprisingly smoothly? I guess it was worth the courage and embarrassment .
. . . No, it doesn’t seem like that was the only reason .
“So you weren’t just a maid after all . I expected as much . ”
“So you noticed . . . “
Camellia and Magnolia had a surprised expression watching me and scarlet-sama casually exchange words .
“ . . . Mother?”
“The Young Mistress is too cute, so of course she would look suspicious in a maid outfit . It’s only natural that she will be exposed . ”
Hmmm, Magnolisan, that isn’t why .
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She must have known I wasn’t a maid from the start .
The Duchess’ eyes cannot be deceived .
This may just be my speculation, but Scarlet-sama probably never doubted her daughter .
On the contrary, She may have discovered that me and her had some kind of close relationship, and was hoping for me to chime in .
“I think I have a good understanding of my daughter . ”
“Mother . . . ”
“You are the daughter of a Duke, and are in a position to be exposed to many malicious actions, so I think it’s the duty of the mother to protect her child from these malicious rumors . However before dealing with it, I had to confirm the facts properly . ”
If that is the case, I think there was a better way to confirm it, but . . . everything turned out okay .
Gentle and reliable . Mother and daughter are very similar, but both have some clumsy spots .
“Oh, cute and friendly maid . May I ask for your name?”
“ . . . Shiran . ”
She smiled once she heard my name .
“So, you are Shiran, right?”
“ . . ?”
“I was finally able to meet your wonderful friend, Camellia . Shiran-san, thank you for helping my daughter . ”
I gave a quiet nod .
When I looked at Camellia, for some reason her face turned bright red, and she was covering it with both hands .
I thought we could do some friendship eyes, but what is she doing?
After that, I enjoyed chatting with Scarlett-sama for a while . . . Until I realized that it was time to go back to the academy . Time flies in an instant while having fun .
We gave our goodbye to Scarlet-sama, who became quite friendly to us, and we left the mansion .
Once we reached the entrance of the academy . I saw something on my peripheral vision . Camelia was close to my ear .
“I’m really grateful for today . If you don’t mind, could you please stay with me . ”
It felt ticklish on my ear, and the moment I turned my face towards her . The feelings of lips touching my lips hit me .
. . . L-Lips?
“This . . . is a little sign of my gratitude . ”
It was her lips, and she had an expression like she successfully did something mischievous .
Immediately after, she turned away, and quickly walked past us .
That is a feeling of gratitude, that is, a thank you . I-I see .
I felt like I heard Magnolia screaming . But that could have just been my imagination . Yeah, probably that .
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