"What should I do first, my lady?"
I approached her, making sure to bow, and not to stop until she said so herself.
This wasn’t just being obsessive... well, kinda is, but it was also explained in the novel how her servants have basic manners that she herself teaches, and this was the most basic of them all.
I get to show that I have already pledged myself to her without even being trained.
And she could fully tell what my ga was.
"Raise your head." Evelina didn’t even look at as she said it. "Today’s your lucky day, it seems; my servants seed to have it all covered."
Evelina proudly smiled; the efficiency of her workers always gave her the utmost satisfaction, sothing I would like to make her feel in the future.
"You may go, I’ve got everything covered."
And there it is, casual dismissal, anyone would accept that and just leave, to ensure their mistress wouldn’t get mad at them.
But... what use is a servant if he just leaves without helping?
"Surely I could be of use in another way, my lady."
"Oh?" Evelina grinned; she didn’t expect soone who seed so obedient, such as , to actually defy orders.
But... it was also an interesting change.
"Well... I guess I could use so shade."
A simple command, and with my ring? sothing I could do near instantaneously without any issue or complaint.
"Will do."
I snap my fingers, and during that split second, already solved the formula needed to cast the spell.
It wasn’t even specialised; a simple shade would only require dark manipulation to use.
"Hm?"
She looked up, and to her surprise, a small umbrella made of shadow had already ford to help cover her from the rays of the sun.
It was enough to even get a chuckle out of her.
"I knew you were fast, but... seems like you got even faster." She clapped, praising in a teasing way.
She may be a villainess, but she was still prone to joking or even teasing when the need arose, or in her own words, in the novel.
’Being serious all the ti gets... a tad repetitive, no?’
I wouldn’t just fall for a generic villainess in any other novel, that would be boring, just endless cruelty without flavor... but Evelina? She was the definition of flavor behind that exterior of cruelty she wears.
After all, a good dictator makes sure their pawns like their master.
***
An hour had passed, and simply nothing important had happened; all I did was stand beside her and maintain my spell as her servants continued to unpack all her important belongings to the literal train of carriages that were just outside her estate.
Even I wasn’t sure how it would be possible to unload it all in the academy.
But... Julius’s room was definitely described to be more... elaborate, so I guess it was possible.
"You’ve been awfully quiet. I expected soone who took an interest in to be more... proactive in starting a conversation." She mused.
I simply shook my head. "I decided your sky gazing was more important than hearing my voice."
"You’re quick to dean yourself. I advise you to stop that."
Her words surprised .
"E-Excuse ?"
"Competence is useless when soone lacks pride in their own power; the sa goes for you." Evelina finally looked at , her crimson eyes piercing through my soul.
taphorically, of course.
"I won’t have a powerful servant of mine beco used to inferiority."
And will you look at that... the flavor I was talking about had co to say hello.
I knew she always liked that, but to experience her benevolence myself was another feeling entirely; it gave the highest of highs that not even a million-dollar paycheck in assassination jobs could give.
"As you wish, Evelina."
Her first na, without any formal title, was definitely an experintal way of addressing her. I wanted to see if I understood her order correctly.
"You learn quickly... we’re both students, so having you address like that would only be fitting."
I couldn’t help but chuckle. She said that, but it was clear she favored , even just a little bit.
Because I couldn’t help but rember that the original Cael Arden was never allowed to call her by her na, despite also being a fellow student.
It ant... I was currently doing well.
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