Episode 6
Clyde curled the corners of his mouth and smiled handsomely. She suddenly felt a sense of déjà vu.
I saw this smile in the office earlier.
Just before taking the document summary test, this smile came to my mind.
Could it be said to be a sign that something unusual is about to happen? It looked delicious, like a poisoned apple, but it felt like it was full of evil energy.
Sure enough, he pulled the string hanging like a decoration on the corner of the wall.
“I’m sorry for making you bored. I know how hard it is to resist drowsiness. “To alleviate that difficulty, I personally came to bring you some work.”
Several courtiers, who seemed to have been waiting outside the room, immediately responded to the call and came in. I brought a bunch of heavy boxes and organized them neatly near my desk.
Even without bothering to check, she could guess how much hardship the contents inside would cause to her.
The boxes kept coming. The courtiers went back and forth several times, stacking boxes to fill one wall.
“majesty… … . This.”
Complaints about whether it was too much rose up in my throat.
But no sound came out of his chapped lips. Because just then an evil smile passed by him.
What will Clyde do if he complains? The trick behind that smile will probably never be of help to Edith’s peaceful future.
Even if it means risking an ominous feeling, should I pretend to be deceived and ask? Like a fish before her bait, she forced herself to calm her fluttering heart, torn between whether or not to bite the earthworm shaking before her eyes.
“What on earth are we supposed to do with all these documents?”
I couldn’t suppress my curiosity and asked.
The corners of his fantastic mouth became more curved, and the slim, lean man’s cheeks formed a wonderful curve.
Cool is fucking cool. What on earth is your intention?
“We should review it first.”
“… … “Everything?”
“Is this too much?”
Are you kidding me? I couldn’t bear to ask why such nonsense could come out even when I saw it with my own eyes, even if I was the crown prince who treated him with the utmost respect.
However, I thought that if I looked pitiful, they would take care of me, so I worked hard to create bright eyes like a kitten.
“majesty… … .”
But I think I met the wrong person.
“If you work with just a side table and a hard chair like this, you’ll get tired quickly, so I guess I’ll have to get Edith’s desk in there soon.”
There was no concern in his gaze as he looked around the room. It is a firm determination that there is no such thing as being overlooked.
“No, a desk alone is not enough. Rest is as important as work, so I’ll provide you with a place to rest.”
“Well, thank you for your words, but you should just work a little and get off work.”
How hard do you have to work so hard to provide both a place to work and a place to rest?
“bed… … Was it a bit harsh? “I think a couch big enough to sleep on would be fine.”
Edith gave up her ineffective expression of pitiful expression and took a step towards the crown prince, horrified.
As we stood close to each other, we raised our gaze upwards due to the significant height difference.
His eyes widened automatically and stared at him.
“Why am I sleeping here?”
I asked seriously, but he returned an answer that I couldn’t tell if he was joking or serious.
“Are you planning to sleep? “Just a little while ago, he said he would finish it quickly and go home from work.”
“that is… … .”
Does this make sense? The joke is taking it too far. These words had to linger in my mouth.
I didn’t know how many days it would take to open and review just one of the boxes piled up like a wall.
Even if you read that amount of novels, you would have to count the period in years, and to make it even more painful to review all the official documents with dense writing was like having to live here.
There is a real possibility. Clyde might keep himself in this prince’s womb and use him as a work slave.
It goes without saying, but in the original work, the problem of commuting to and from work for minor characters was not mentioned.
How Edith was promoted so quickly in two years is something that can only be left to the imagination. If you locked yourself in a separate room like this and buried your flowery youth in a pile of documents, the back and forth would fit together quite well.
What kind of movie do you want to watch in a world where you’re possessed, so you’re buried in work?
This time, I looked up at Clyde with a heartfelt, pitiful expression.
I couldn’t reveal my true feelings without permission, so I only cried out in my heart.
‘Please let me eat it raw, please…’ … . ‘My goal in life is to be a wage thief.’
Unlike his clever head, he used his mouth to say things that appealed to his emotions.
Using my wits, I made up a lie based on the thought that immediately came to mind.
“Your Highness, actually, my back is a bit bad. “I spent too long studying in the academy library.”
Clyde was intrigued.
“library?”
Oh, the horse’s feet are working.
Judging from the tilt of his head, he was clearly interested in her hasty excuse.
It’s good, whatever.
Edith picked up various things and talked about them.
“I couldn’t attend the academy unless I received a scholarship due to my family’s financial circumstances. So, let’s live or die, we only sell books… … .”
Even when I heard it, it sounded quite plausible. Even though it was just a made-up bluff, there was a subtle subtlety to it.
It was true that I was in desperate need of a scholarship, and I definitely visited the library often. However, the books she saw on the shelves of her library were about various cultures and customs from this world.
Thankfully, Edith’s character had a very good brain, so there was no need to sit in the reading room for a long time.
Clyde, who had no idea about her life at the academy, thought of a sad expression for a moment and then erased it.
He’s like a merciless prince. With a past history like this, shouldn’t we feel more pity for it?
He quickly became determined and lifted his elegant chin high.
“I can’t help it. “It would be better to create a proper working environment before starting work.”
“Really?”
It’s a success. Is it okay to escape first?
“I had to use it when my first servant was in trouble. “I have so many more days to spend with Edith.”
Who wants to spend as many days together as they want?
Please use such expressions to the main number.
He made such pink remarks with such dazzling visuals that my heart pounded for no reason, even though I knew he meant to work hard.
However, his position sounded a little strange. It’s a name with a nuance that seems very subtle.
“Take care… … valet?”
Subald imagined himself watching the arrogant royal family and asked back with a rotten expression. He’s never been arrogant, but that’s what I imagined anyway.
“In other words, you can say that he is a servant who takes care of public affairs.”
In the end, you can’t help but emphasize that you are a servant in a position that seems to be the same as that of a servant.
I couldn’t show my displeasure and just grumbled inside.
Clyde chose a term that could easily be misunderstood, named it, and briskly ran his fingers through his hair without any hesitation.
I thought it was somehow strange. There was no way Edith could be left with the errands of fetching water and cleaning up the mess. The people in charge of attending to the crown prince were divided into separate departments, and there was even a separate courtier who carried a duster and brushed off the dust from the decorations.
However, Edith did not understand the intention of leaving dozens of imperial personnel attached to this palace and setting aside someone to take care of her official duties.
The office just now was full of servants looking after the imperial family’s affairs. Clyde’s work wasn’t confined to one private space, but there were rooms lined up along the long hallway where servants and officials worked.
“but… … .”
“I know what Edith is thinking. But first, I want you to trust me and follow me. “I have something to do by forming the team I want.”
This is an organization where people criticize others if they criticize them, so at this point, there was no other way than to follow his opinion.
I was worried about working in a separate room next to the bedroom, and I was anxious about not knowing what his intentions were. Still, she ended the situation by using the work life know-how she had honed in the real world.
‘You have deep thoughts.’ ‘I’m really looking forward to it.’ He also added a lot of positive comments like this.
* * *
Edith, who had been on vacation for a few days, stayed in the empty house for a while.
I never saw my father’s face. The only people she could meet in her spacious mansion were a few servants who barely cleaned her room and provided her with three meals.
Edith’s maid had not been around since the early days when the family’s fortunes were declining.
The father, who was not very interested in his daughter’s convenience, fired the highest-paid people first to reduce the cost of maintaining the mansion. Among the butlers, attendants, and maids, the daughter’s maid was the first target.
Thanks to this, Edith learned to do everything on her own. This was a habit that Edith in the original story learned and ingrained.
Before being possessed, she was also the type of person who didn’t like to lend a helping hand to others, so there were some fortunate aspects among the misfortunes.
For example, when it was said that there were not enough people to help with bathing today, Edith said she would rather do it alone. So, after her servants filled her bathtub with water and disappeared, she washed herself using bathing equipment.
Normally, I would have gone into the water wearing a chemise, but since no one was watching, I hung the doorknob and went in with my bare body. I couldn’t feel more refreshed after lathering and washing with soap made from natural ingredients.
In fact, it is said that in the Middle Ages, people bathed twice in their lives, and the original author seemed to like things to be neat, so it was set that people here bathed quite often.
After washing, eating, and rolling around all day, a thought occurred to me.
‘Oh right. If you don’t want Clyde to get roasted, you need to get Adrian as soon as possible.’
As soon as I remembered myself suffering from heavy work and dark circles covering my cheeks, I had the motivation to lift my sagging body back and forth between the bed and the couch.
Edith was spherical with Adrian.
As classmates at the same academy, our classes overlapped several times.
Every time they ran into each other, she pretended not to know Adrian. Just as she didn’t want anything to do with Clyde, she also tried to keep her distance from Maine Sue.
Still, Adrian probably knows Edith by name. She remembers that she was on scholarship the previous semester and that she was the valedictorian of every exam period and that her name was posted on her bulletin board.
Although I ignored him for three years, his reputation around the school naturally caught my attention.
He was famous for his beautiful appearance, which was different from Clyde’s, and his affable personality and ability to understand other people’s feelings contributed to his popularity.
His followers could easily walk around the main stadium.
I even found out that Adrian’s nickname was Artie.
Arty, Arty, were being sung from all directions, so much so that I almost thought he was my friend.
