The carriage carrying one coachman and three passengers moved towards the academy, maintaining a rather cheerful atmosphere.
The scenery seed sowhat familiar, probably because we had traveled this road once just a week ago.
Perhaps the road itself had beco familiar quite a while ago. After all, it was a path I often traveled when returning to the academy while playing Luminor Academy.
…Even though those mories from several years ago are starting to beco a bit hazy.
Well, it wasn’t so bad since I had beco accustod to the atmosphere of this world to that extent. After all, the world I would have to live in for longer was not Korea, from my past, but rather the Argentian Empire. [GalaxyTL/Axiomatic]
The carriage moved forward, brushing past scenery that exuded the fresh atmosphere of early spring.
Isabel, unlike her usual self, couldn’t hide her slightly excited emotions and spoke to as if thrilled.
“Lilith, Lilith. This is the first ti I’ve co this far by carriage!”
“Really?”
“Yes! I’ve often gone back and forth to the villages in the Blackwood Estate for work, but this is the first ti I’ve co this far by carriage.”
Well, Isabel, whose living area had been within the Blackwood Estate, had reason to be excited.
I deliberately didn’t ask questions about her hotown or her parents whom she used to live with. That was also the general courtesy among maids.
In this world, most live-in maids in noble houses had, for one reason or another, been cut off from their original hotown or family.
There’s no need to dig into facts that are likely to be uncomfortable if heard. Isabel probably wouldn’t want to hear about how my father sold as a debt maid due to gambling debts, either.
Instead, it was a much better choice in many ways to liven up the mood with the pleasant conversation right in front of us.
“You’ll probably be even more surprised when we arrive at Luminor Academy. The Island of Knowledge, where the academy is located, is a piece of land in the middle of a large lake connected by an incredibly long bridge.”
“An island in the middle of a lake… It sounds so beautiful…”
“It is beautiful. On clear days, the sky is reflected in the lake, making it look like an island floating in the sky.”
“Wow…”
Isabel’s eyes sparkled with curiosity as soon as I briefly explained the place we were heading to.
Although there were initially so twists and turns in her accompanying to the academy as my exclusive maid, thinking about it now, I believe it was a good thing that we’re going together.
Anyway, with Isabel around, it seed unlikely that there would be any boring or depressing tis while attending the academy.
Certainly, Isabel’s positive energy had a strange charm that spread to those around her.
“The usually expressionless Maid smiles well when she’s with her friend.”
“…Were we noisy, Young Master Ethan?”
“No. I just like seeing you looking happy, Maid. You don’t usually show such a happily smiling face.”
“…Is that so?”
“Yes. That’s all.”
Still, I think I’ve smiled often lately because there’s been a lot of good news.
Co to think of it, most of the tis I’ve smiled in this world were when talking with Isabel or Catherine. [GalaxyTL/Axiomatic]
Other than that, it was just grinning alone in my room on special days like when I leveled up or when I gained the status of a quasi-viscount noble.
I thought it might have been the first ti I’d shown a smiling expression in front of Ethan, except for the fake smile at our first eting.
…Also, I seem to have shown embarrassed expressions more often.
“Would you prefer if I smiled more often?”
“Huh?”
“Didn’t you say you liked seeing looking happy? If you need it, I’ll try to work while smiling as much as possible from now on.”
“Th-there’s no need for that…! You’re fine just as you are now, Maid.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. So you don’t need to forcibly manage your expressions because of . …I want to make you smile myself.”
“Pardon?”
“…No, it’s nothing.”
…How silly.
Should I be grateful that he at least didn’t demand that I should control my expressions in front of ?
Co to think of it, in Luminor Academy, this disgusting guy always forcibly demanded that Lilith, his exclusive maid, maintain a smiling expression. He did so to hide his abuse of her by making Lilith appear normal on the outside.
It was a mont when I could distinguish the clear difference between the disgusting guy and the current Ethan, even in such casual everyday conversations.
Well, attending the sa academy with this Ethan for four years might not be so bad.
…No, thinking about it seriously, it might even be a bit enjoyable.
“Hmm~.”
“Isabel?”
“Yes?”
“…Why are you suddenly looking at us with such a strange smile?”
“Hm? When did I~?”
“…You’re doing it right now.”
“It’s nothing, hehe.”
…Why is Isabel suddenly looking back and forth between and Ethan with such a strange feeling?
Co to think of it, Isabel has also changed a bit compared to Isabel in the ga.
To give the most obvious example, Isabel in the ga always had a worried expression, as if she had a lot on her mind.
Sotis, in cutscenes, when Ethan and Lilith passed by her, she would look at their backs with a really cold gaze. [GalaxyTL/Axiomatic]
She wasn’t looking with this strangely content smile like she is now.
Well, no matter how much Isabel’s personality has changed, it can’t be as drastic as Ethan’s.
While I was thinking that and continuing the conversation about the academy that we couldn’t finish earlier with her, I heard Ethan calling quietly from across again.
“Um, maid.”
“”Yes?””
“Ah, no. I was calling the Maid.”
“Ah, I’m sorry.”
“It’s okay, it can happen. Just don’t get confused next ti.”
Ethan briefly apologized to Isabel, who had answered almost simultaneously with .
As you can probably infer from our conversations so far, when he uses the title “Maid,” it’s mostly when calling , his exclusive maid.
When calling other maids like Isabel or Catherine, he usually calls them by their na or surna.
It wasn’t particularly uncomfortable. Anyway, I was the only one Ethan called “Maid.” Most of the maids working in the mansion knew that fact.
I thought for a mont that Isabel might have made a mistake because she was too excited about going to the academy.
But for so reason, today’s Isabel added sothing while apologizing to Ethan.
“But, young master… Do you intend to keep using ‘Maid’ to call Lilith even after entering the academy?”
“…I’m sorry, but I intend to keep using it.”
“But isn’t the academy an educational facility where many nobles gather, not just Young Master Ethan and Lilith? I think there will probably be many noble children and exclusive maids at the academy besides Young Master Ethan and Lilith…”
“…What are you trying to say?”
“I’m just offering my personal opinion that it might cause fewer problems if you called her Lilith instead of ‘Maid,’ at least within the academy.”
“……”
“……”
Ethan fell silent for a mont at Isabel’s rather bold, direct statent.
He seed to be contemplating quite seriously as if this was sothing he hadn’t thought about at all until now. [GalaxyTL/Axiomatic]
After hearing Isabel’s words, I also realized it certainly was an important topic.
Once we enter the academy, there will be countless exclusive maids of other nobles or maids employed by the academy itself walking around.
If he continued to call “Maid” there, it would inevitably lead to misunderstandings several tis a day.
Inside the mansion, I was the only person Ethan called “Maid,” so except for new maids, there was no one who got confused. Obviously, however, the academy is outside the mansion.
It seed necessary to sort out the titles before we entered the academy.
“Certainly, I think Isabel’s opinion has rit.”
“…Maid?”
“It seems necessary for you to call by my na from now on, Young Master Ethan, if only to avoid confusion when needed.”
“……”
“Young master?”
Ethan awkwardly avoided my gaze, strangely uncomfortable with the suggestion to call by na.
Why is he reacting like this only when it cos to calling my na when he easily calls other maids by their nas?
His incomprehensible and ridiculous attitude made feel slightly unpleasant for so reason.
I deliberately leaned my head slightly towards Ethan’s averted gaze and asked him again.
“Young Master Ethan.”
“Ah, y-yes, Maid…”
“Not Maid, but Lilith.”
“……”
“Young Master Ethan?”
“…Alright, Lilith.”
I don’t understand why he’s reacting so awkwardly just to call by na.
n always seem to get strangely shy about the oddest things.
“……”
“……”
Ugh, now that I’m conscious of it, I feel a bit awkward too.
Co to think of it, I don’t think Ethan has called directly by na very often.
That was practically the first ti, except for when I pretended to be his fiancée during the monster invasion at the Imperial Palace about a year ago. [GalaxyTL/Axiomatic]
His exaggerated reaction made feel self-conscious and embarrassed, too, as if by illusion.
I deliberately avoided eye contact with Ethan sitting across from and quietly turned my gaze out the window.
“Hmm~.”
“…What’s wrong, Isabel?”
“Nothing~. It’s nothing, hehehe.”
No, really, what is it?
What’s with that look?
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