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CHAPTER 4: EACH TRUTH AND EACH HAPPINESS (VI)

Part 072

 

After Adrian left, the Ethart family was once again in turmoil. His mansion had to be emptied out, so packing began again. She planned to pack her luggage as simply as possible. Since they would be back soon, she planned to take only valuables with her, but Jenny kept bringing out items she couldn’t figure out what they were for. When she asked her if she wanted to go back now that things had come to this, Jenny replied, 

 

“What kind of nonsense are you talking about?” and quickly ran away from the sponsorship hub.

 

There was so much luggage in front of the mansion that I couldn’t even put it on my wagon. Lutvan was about to send someone to call for a public carriage, but the carriages of the Duke of Bigor came past the main gate of the mansion. As a long line of five huge carriages arrived, a redhead jumped out of the carriage in front. Ethan smiled and approached and bowed his head.

 

“Count So, Lady Damian. I don’t know if you arrived in time. I came to pick you up.”

 

“I didn’t know Ethan would come in person.”

 

“I have barely kept the promise that my lord will come. It may not be enough, but I will serve you with all my heart.”

 

“Please take care of me.”

 

“Yes, Count So. Don’t worry. I would be grateful if you could tell me that the entire Duke Bigor family admired the Count’s decision.”

 

When Ethan answered naturally, Root Ban laughed empty-handed. Rutvan took a look around the suddenly empty mansion, then he hugged her and stroked her head.

 

“I hope you’re doing well. I’ll come pick you up soon.”

 

“Yes, brother. You must come back healthy. My father too.”

 

“Yes, yes.”

 

She almost burst into tears again when she saw Lutvan waving after putting her in the Duke’s carriage, but this time she held it back. We would see each other again soon, and we would be back soon. She waved her hand bravely, and Rutvan also smiled. Jenny smiled, squeezing her hand as she sat sullenly in the Duke’s carriage. Actually, she was grateful that Jenny stayed by her side without hesitation. She would have felt lonely if she had had to go to the Duke’s residence alone without anyone.

 

After driving for a while, they entered the Duke of Bigor. She had- seen the Duke several times, but I’m still a little nervous about packing up his luggage and going in. The carriage door opened, and Ethan said with a smiling face.

 

“My lord should have come in person, but he is too busy right now to come. He will come in the evening, so don’t be too disappointed, my lady.”

 

“No. I know that Adrian is busy.”

 

She held Ethan’s hand and got off the carriage. All the employees came out and bowed their heads at the brightly opened entrance to the mansion. As she walked through the crowd of employees greeting me, Ethan, who was following her, guided her to the second floor. He entered the unusual room, starting from the door, and found it to be large. No, it’s wide. The room was so spacious that she thought it was just like the guest room she stayed in before, but she never thought they would give her such a luxurious room.

 

“This door leads to the lady’s private study/parlor, and that door leads to the dressing room and bathroom.”

 

Was it a separate room with a living room? Her father remodeled her room in their house so that she could use it comfortably, so it had a bathroom and dressing room attached, but there was even a private sitting room attached to the guest room. As expected, Duke was different.

 

“And this is Millie and Louise.”

 

The two maids she saw last time bowed their heads side by side.

 

“I will attend to the lady along with Jenny. If there is anything I am lacking, please let me know at any time.”

 

“No. Thank you for your generous hospitality. Thank you. Millie, please take care of Louis in the future.”

 

“Yes, ma’am.”

 

“Huh?”

 

“Keuhum! Keuhum! Oh, and my lady, since you have come to the duke’s residence, you must treat me poorly now.”

 

The position of butler is a special position with slightly different treatment depending on the mansion, and when she first met Ethan, she was a military trainee, so she just treated him with respect, but now the situation was different. She nodded, thinking that what Ethan said was correct. Only after Ethan led everyone out of the room, saying that he would show Jenny the room as well, did she begin to look around the room in earnest. She wouldn’t stay there for long, but it’s her room for the time being. She thought the interior was well decorated before, but everything from the curtains to the bedding was to her taste. She was completely amazed by the cute and bright colors and design. When she opened the door to the living room and entered, she saw a desk and bookshelves made of bright wood, as well as a tea table and sofa. The bathroom had a bath, not a pile. The polished marble bath was large enough to accommodate two or three people, and the powder room was also spacious. ‘How how. While she was looking around, saying ‘Oh my God’, it was in the dressing room that she felt something strange. Aside from the fact that the dressing room in her room at the count’s mansion was three times the size, she hadn’t even hung up her clothes yet, so why was everything from dresses for going out to pajamas provided? There was no way someone would have given her the room they were using, so she took one out and tried it on, just in case. What were these dresses that seemed to fit perfectly? And why was that accessory box full? She returned to the room with a smile on her face, and the thought creeping into her head that this custom-made interior, which she had just liked, was really a coincidence. And, what was that door? On the opposite wall, there was another door. This was exactly the structure, right?

 

‘Oh, no way.’

 

She smiled and opened the door and went in, ‘ahaha’. This was the room that she briefly saw through the open door the last time she was touring the mansion with Adrian. The room that Adrian introduced as his own. Duke Bigor’s room, Duke Bangue’s room, and this room connected by the inner door… Oh, her head. Did he give her the Duchess’ room? And the Duchess’s room was completely decorated with an interior to her taste. The dressing room was full of dresses that fit her perfectly? It’s only been a few hours since she said the wedding vows with Adrian, and even if Ethan was an invincible butler, he couldn’t prepare this in a few hours. What this meant was that he had been decorating this room as her room for a long time. Look at these cuties. After seeing the strange marriage contract, she found out that this place was all set up and just waiting to come out. 

 

She was sitting on the sofa laughing when she heard a knock. While Jenny prepared the tea for her, Ethan diligently moved the trunks she had brought with her, and Millie and Louise began organizing. She sipped some fragrant tea and called Ethan.

 

“Ethan”

 

“Yes, Ma, no, my lady.”

 

Yeah, right? He had been calling her strange for a while. Was that what he meant? Now that she thought about it, Millie and Louise openly called her Madam earlier, right? As she looked at him and smiled without saying a word, Ethan rolled his eyes, then changed his expression to look like the youngest brother getting scolded by his older sister. Don’t be fooled, thirty-six year old man.

 

“The room next to this is Adrian’s room?”

 

“Ah, yes. My lord told me to give you the best room.”

 

“Is the dressing room full of dresses that fit me perfectly?”

 

“We did it because so you didn’t feel uncomfortable…”

 

“Prepare in advance so that I don’t have to. The maids in charge will call me Madam.”

 

“Well, that is…”

 

“You may have heard that Adrian took the marriage contract, but you know that it is just a piece of paper without my signature, right?”

 

“B-but, young lady. You will become the master of this room at some point, right? You are not planning on abandoning our master, are you?”

 

Ethan came closer, his red hair flowing, and looked at her with wide eyes. Millie and Louise peeked their heads out of the dressing room and were looking at her with wide eyes. Jenny could be heard sighing next to her. She also wanted to take a breather.

 

“I’m not leaving. It seems like I’ll come into this room at any moment. But not yet, right? You don’t know what’s going to happen in the future.”

 

“Young lady.”

 

“How should you organize your titles? Whether it’s lady, miss, or madam, just use one.”

 

“Lady!”

 

“Something else than that”

 

Ethan, who had suddenly called out to her, lowered his head with a sullen expression on his face.

 

“Then I’ll call you young lady.”

 

“Giving me the duchess’ room, although there are some problems, I think it was consideration. Thank you. Thank you for those dresses as well. I already received them, so I will use them well. But it will be difficult if you continue to do this without telling me from now on.”

 

“I understand. From now on, I will ask you anything first.”

 

“Yes. Yes, please. We’ll take care of the packing, so Ethan can leave. He should be busy helping Adrian with his work, but I took up too much of his time.”

 

“It’s not like that, but I will do as I command. Then, rest comfortably, young lady.”

 

“Yes. Thank you Ethan.”

 

Ethan grinned and left the room, and Jenny shook her head as she refilled his empty glass.

 

“Jenny, did you like the room?”

 

“Yes, my room was prepared very well. I expected it, but you are from this ducal family.”

 

Everyone was normal

 

“That’s right. Isn’t that right?”

 

Wasn’t that cute thing you’re doing? She laughed and Jenny laughed along with me as if she couldn’t help it. She called Millie and Louise, who went back into the dressing room. Millie and Louise hesitantly came out and looked at her.

 

“What’s wrong? Sit back and relax. We have to stay together from now on, but I wanted to say hello properly, so I called you.”

 

Millie and Louise looked at each other, then looked at me with wide eyes.

 

“I’m sorry for calling you ma’am without permission, lady. But, can you really be my ma’am?”

 

He asked earnestly, as if he were holding onto Milger’s trouser legs. Next to him, Lewis also nodded vigorously. As expected, Ethan is holding the discipline. Why are they like this? I was just looking up in confusion when Jenny quietly intervened.

 

“Millie, Louise, sit down first. The lady told you to sit down.”

 

“Yes, sister.”

 

They both answered at the same time and sat down quietly. As expected, our Jenny. She finished organizing the ranking in that short period of time.

 

“I guess Ethan put pressure on me to be polite. It’s okay not to be too difficult. I’m still a guest who will stay for a while.”

 

“No!”

 

Lewis shook his head desperately and answered.

 

“That’s not it, my lady. Actually, we were thinking of quitting the duke’s house. If we hadn’t heard that you were coming and going in the summer and that you would soon become our madam, we were going to just give up the letter of recommendation. Even if I do.”

 

By the time she was chosen to join the duchy, her career as a maid would have been quite solid. Nevertheless, giving up her letter of recommendation and quitting her job was the same as giving up her career as a maid, so I couldn’t help but ask.

 

“Why? Duke Bigor wouldn’t treat his maids poorly, right?”

 

“The salary is very generous, no matter what you compare it to, young lady. We are maids serving a noble lady. But here, there are only black men… When I tied up your hair last summer, the woman’s hair was gone for the first time in two seasons. It was my first time touching it.”

 

“All the clothes are military uniforms, uniforms, or training uniforms, and in the back yard, you can only hear the sound of the mansion leaving, and even if everyone scoops up muddy water, you will drink it without noticing it. We also want to pick tea leaves, sew on dresses, organize cosmetics, and clean jewelry…”

 

He held his hands tightly together and looked at me with an earnest face.

 

“Unless it is related to the lady, there is no car, curtains, or bedding in this mansion. Until the housekeeper tore up the interior of the mansion in case the lady came, all the bedding and curtains were white throughout the season…”

 

Lewis also held his hands together and looked at me earnestly. Come to think of it, all the residents of this house, including the owner and butler, are soldiers. Adrian is a one-man completionist who prefers to make tea alone. I guess they also had their share of hardships. It’s amazing how he looks so earnest about wanting to work.

 

“Please take care of me while I’m here. Jenny will tell you a lot.”

 

She quietly passed the two lambs to Jenny. Millie and Louise looked up to Jenny with sparkling eyes. Jenny smiled and willingly decided to walk the path of a leader.

 

“Have you finished organizing the luggage you brought with you?”

 

“Yes, sister!”

 

“Then, can you guide me to sponsorship? A garden is fine. Anywhere is fine as long as the ground is dark and water is nearby.”

 

“There’s a well in Huwon, sister!”

 

“Really? Then shall we go? I’ll give you some for the lady.”

 

“Please rest. Come when dinner is ready.”

 

“Yes. Take it easy.”

 

Millie and Louise went out to control the area with Lewis in tow. When Jenny and her maids left the room, like energetic shepherds herding sheep, and they were left alone, the situation was so funny that I burst into laughter. Even in the carriage, Io was a bit confused, but somehow everyone was working hard in their seats. Her father, Lutvan, Adrian and the others, as well as the many people who are holding swords and fighting the enemy at this time, are probably doing their best in their positions. 

 

‘Wow. Let me gain strength again.’

 

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