Chapter 228: 228
The 1st Day of the incoming Wind month . In the office of Duchess Albert, the head of the family, Lilia, is somehow restlessly processing documents .
Lilia is an undeniably talented woman, and her paperwork is handled far faster than the average civilians…… But today, she was different from her usual self, and the paperwork wasn’t progressing very well .
[……My Lady? Why are you feeling so jittery since earlier?]
[It doesn’t seem like…… you’re feeling unwell huh . ]
Lunamaria, Lilia’s personal maid, and Sieglinde, who happened to be visiting the room for another matter, worriedly called out to Lilia, who was acting strangely .
After that incident that happened when she went to a party with Kaito, Lilia was acting a bit strange, but that didn’t interfere with her normal work…… Today, however, she was clearly agitated .
Hearing their words, Lilia stopped her paperwork for a moment, and letting out a big sigh, she muttered with a worried expression on her face .
[……This morning, I happened to see Kaito-san…… For some reason, he looked very tired…… C- Could it be that he was feeling unwell!?]
[ [ …………… . . ] ]
[T- Thinking about it, the environment in this world and the world where Kaito-san came from is different…… so he may have been unknowingly socking up fatigue……]
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[ [ …………Hahh… ] ]
[………… . Eh?]
Seeing Lilia speak with a restless look on her face, Lunamaria and Sieglinde let out a big sigh .
And with an amazed expression on her face, Sieglinde calls out to Lilia .
[If you’re so worried, why don’t you just ask him directly?]
[Ughh!? T- That is……]
[……Ahh, could it be that because My Lady has been so cold that Miyama-sama became depressed and got sick . How pitiful . ]
[N- No way! It’s not like I’m being cold to him… . . It’s just that, ummm…… Errr…… Do you think…… t- that it’s my fault?]
Hearing the words Lunamaria said to her, Lilia flusteredly tried to deny it but…… As if she couldn’t completely deny it in her mind, her voice gradually became lower and lower, and finally she had an uneasy look on her face .
[I don’t know if it’s Lili’s fault or not but…… It’s true that you’ve been avoiding Kaito-san lately, right?]
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[T- That’s not it…… It’s not like I…… . was avoiding him……]
[Geez, for just a kiss or two, how long are you going to drag this out…… I know that you’re feeling awkward, but you could just mend that kind of stuff along the way……]
[I- It certainly is as you say but…… wait, Luna!? How did you know that!?]
Hearing their words as they told her in a matter-of-fact manner, Lilia shrunk her body, as if she was being subjected to a punishment game but…… Her face turned bright red when she asked why Lunamaria said that she kissed him .
[No matter what you say, you’re asking that even though you’ve already done this…… Even though he isn’t your fiancé, you went and danced three songs in a row with the same man……]
[T- That’s not it…… T- That’s just so that we could get to the exit……]
[Anyway, if you want to smooth things over, be honest with him . Don’t run away like a child, and have a proper conversation with Miyama-sama . ]
[……Ugghhh…… I- I’ll do my best . ]
Looking at Lilia as she felt despondent when she heard what Lunamaria said, the two other women smiled .
Then, Sieglinde went back to work, Lunamaria left the room to make Lilia a cup of tea, and Lilia, who was left alone in the room, shifted her gaze to the window, her cheeks turning slightly red .
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[……I- I couldn’t tell him…… what I really felt……]
In fact, Lilia tried to act close to what Lunamaria had told her the day after the incident .
She tried going back to how she used to act around Kaito, and was going to put the whole thing behind her…… If she acted as she normally does, Kaito wouldn’t strangely bring up that incident again…… However, she wasn’t able to do that .
That’s because on that day Lilia tried to exchange words with Kaito like usual, an unexpected situation happened……
[……After that day, Kaito-san looks even more dreamier than ever before…… and I can’t look at his face properly……]
Yes, Lilia was actually not feeling awkward about that matter and tried avoiding Kaito, but was simply confused by her love for Kaito that she became aware of after that day .
After that day, her gaze unconsciously follows Kaito, her heart throbbed in each of Kaito’s gestures, and she came to look for Kaito’s figure more than before .
[……In fact, rather than avoiding Kaito-san, I would frequently check up on him…… I’m not avoiding him, but I was just running away because I was afraid that I was caught staring at him…… But it’s too late to say that now……]
Dragging my heavy body, riddled with pain all over my body, I was heading to a place with Kuro .
I’ve collected most of the materials for the music box I’m going to present to Lilia-san, and today, I had come to a certain town here in the Demon Realm…… in search of the most important component of the magic tools, the magic crystals .
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At first, I was going to get the magic crystal myself, but it seems that mining magic crystals requires a certain amount of skill and is difficult for amateurs to do, so I obediently decided to buy it instead .
[……However, isn’t this a great city? Especially that large mansion over there……]
[In case you’re wondering, this city is one of the largest cities in the Demon Realm after all~~]
Kuro brought me to the city where the headquarters of the Seditch Magic Tool Trading Company is located . Since the headquarters of the world’s largest trading company is located in this city, I have expected that it would be a big city…… but I didn’t expect that I would find a city with a huge castle that was several times larger than the royal palace of the Symphonia Kingdom .
[Arehh? However…… If I remember correctly, there are no countries in the Demon Realm, right?]
[Unnn, that’s right . ]
[Then, what about that castle?]
[Ahh~~ You~~ see~~……]
According to what I heard, there is no such thing as countries in the Demon Realm, and I think there are only small and large cities and towns here and there…… but no matter how I look at this place, this city looks like a royal capital . Well, I guess it just feels that way because of that castle……
But when I asked Kuro for confirmation…… Kuro sounded evasive as she scratched her head .
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[……That’s my home……]
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