Yenica Palover (3)
Senior maid Belle Maia is known for being neat and thorough in her work, even among the maids at Ofilis Hall, where only the elite are gathered.
Therefore, with the two letters ‘Senior’ in front of them, they can be in charge of training or reprimanding new maids.
There are rumors that Ellis, who is currently the head maid and general manager of the Ofilis building, is considering resigning.
Then, all the attention of Ofilis Hall was bound to be focused on who would be the next maid, and one of the strong candidates was Belle Maia. It is a natural conclusion.
“Lady Yenika.”
In fact, Belle’s status has already been upgraded to a higher level among the maids at Ofilis Hall, but she does not distinguish between the noble and the noble of her work.
They stand on the front lines and take charge of everything from dirty and menial tasks to the servants handled exclusively by low-level maids.
The same goes for helping students groom themselves. As is customary, senior maids rarely step forward, but Belle rolls up her sleeves without a big deal.
While brushing the back of Jenica’s hair in front of the mirror, Belle lightly raised a topic.
“Last time I was in the forest, I went to Master Ed’s camp and saw an amazing sight.”
“Huh? Oh… you mean that cabin?”
“…How did you know?”
At those words, Yenika whimpered and shook her shoulders, then shook her head, twisting the ends of her hair.
“I… I saw it in passing…”
“I see. Anyway… He said he made it himself, and I was quite surprised that it was better and shaped better than I expected. I didn’t know you had talent for that.”
“I see.”
“I refrained from doing so because I was afraid it would be undignified, but I also wanted to go in there. I wanted to look around and see if it was sturdy.”
“Belle thinks so too.”
“It’s natural because I’m also human. This is ‘natural.’”
Belle is a perfect human being as a maid. A person who truly knows how to serve is not satisfied simply by cleaning well or running errands well.
The quality of a true employee is to know how to do as much as possible for the employer without being presumptuous.
“Whoever passed by and saw such a hut, wouldn’t they be curious about who built it, how it was built, and what the inside looked like? This is a very natural and natural phenomenon.”
Bell’s tone, which strangely emphasizes the words ‘obvious’ and ‘natural’, clearly has hidden intentions. He is pushing Yenika’s back. The idea was to go to the camp, talk to Ed, and talk about the cabin as a topic.
Of course, there is no way that Yenika could have such a gloomy way of thinking, such as doubting the goodwill of others or guessing their true intentions. Yenika just nodded and said,
“Yes, that’s right. Of course. It’s natural. Anyone who sees something like that can’t help but be curious.”
I just understood it with a serious face.
Belle sighed inwardly as she braided Yenika’s hair. Embracing romantic feelings is a very natural phenomenon for a girl of this age, but if you do it so clumsily, even things that are supposed to go wrong will not work out.
Of course, meddling any further than this would just be going beyond the topic, so all Belle could do was trim Jenica’s hair as nicely as possible.
Bell applied more force to his hand today and quietly brushed the back of Yenika’s head.
The entrance to the northern forest is still the same. The green vegetation that embraces all people equally is spreading its chest as if to come in here.
Even though the sun is setting, the scene at the entrance is warm rather than gloomy. This is because it is like a courtyard for Yenika.
The northern forest is a place where Yenika often comes when she wants to take a breather.
I especially love sitting against Merilda’s guardian tree and reading a book, getting some fresh air, and listening to the rustling of leaves. This is because it reminds me of sitting on a hill near my hometown and feeling the wind.
That’s why Jenica visits this forest every time she feels homesick.
However, I have not been able to go in and out of the northern forest much recently.
It’s embarrassing to say the reason directly, but it was because there was a high probability of encountering someone living in the northern forest.
At first it was probably just curiosity.
Merilda, the wind spirit of the forest, takes the form of a small wolf whenever she gets the chance and comes out of the forest to visit Yenika and chat.
Sitting by the window late at night under the moonlight and chatting with Merilda. Ending the day like that was a natural routine for Yenika.
Ed Ross-Taylor, whom Merilda talks about, is very different from the rumors. She says that it is like seeing wild animals in the forest, trying hard to survive even when they are in a difficult situation.
When I described things like getting an upset stomach while eating tree bark, trying to make a wooden shelter but it kept collapsing, tying one’s head, chopping firewood because it was so difficult, and falling all over the floor, I burst into laughter.
Even so, when she hears stories like when she caught and cooked her first fish with a fishing rod she worked hard to make, when she built a sturdy and useful drying rack, when she successfully hunted for the first time with a bow she made herself, even Yenika smiles with pride.
Jenica liked to sit by the window and listen to Merilda’s stories.
This is because it reminded me of my parents stroking my head while reading fairy tales to me when I was young. After I grew up, I was too embarrassed to make such requests.
When I came to my senses, I found that I was always finishing my day’s work by listening to Ed’s story.
“Hmm…”
Yenika stamped her feet as she wandered around the entrance to the northern forest. Even I am aware of how pathetic my situation is.
Was the direct trigger the Glaskan incident? But it seems like there were signs even before that.
It’s not that special.
Love is like a light rain. When you suddenly come to your senses, it is covered all over your body.
To begin with, Merilda’s description is overly detailed.
As he explains in detail the shape of Ed’s shirtless biceps and the shape of his abs that are slowly taking shape, innocent Yenika can’t help but feel blood rushing to her head.
When we ran into each other by chance in the living room, my eyes kept focusing on things like the tendons near the collarbone or the veins on the back of the hand, so I couldn’t even look at them properly.
After running out as if running away, my nose was bleeding and even my best friend Anise was worried. Clara was so worried that she was breaking into a strange cold sweat. She didn’t bleed that badly… but it was an overreaction that wasn’t like Clara.
“What on earth are you doing?”
When I came to my senses, I found myself thinking about Ed whenever I had time, and I wondered if there was another trick like this in the world. I stamp my foot because of my seemingly frivolous appearance.
In the first place, Ed Rosstaylor was excommunicated from his family. Although he is called Ed Ross-Taylor out of inertia, he has already been relegated to the status of a commoner and has to live with only the two letters of his name, Ed.
In other words, there is no longer any significant gap in status with Yenika. I wonder if that’s such a big deal, but that fact just makes Jenica have strange imaginations.
For example, I imagined the two of them working together at the ranch in their hometown that was slowly short of workers, doing research together at a place like the Eastern Region Magic Society after graduation, or staying in school together to complete their teaching careers… I get hit by a car.
I had no idea that he was such a severely delusional person. The sense of self-destruction that comes over time is a bonus.
“How long are we going to keep doing this? Ed will probably think I’m strange too…”
Ed’s reputation may have improved a bit, but it’s still not very good.
Ed is well aware of that fact, so he doesn’t think Yenika’s behavior is particularly strange as she avoids him… but from Yenika’s perspective, it’s a separate problem.
Looking at the objective situation, it is rude to openly avoid the other person like this. Regardless of love, it was a matter of etiquette between humans, so we can’t keep doing this any longer.
Yenika nodded and headed towards the camp where Ed would be.
* [ Name : Ed Rosstaylor ]
Gender : Male Age : 17 Grade : 2 Race : Human Achievements : None Stamina 8, Intelligence 7, Dexterity 10, Willpower 9, Luck 6, Battle Ability Details〉〉 Magic Ability Details〉〉 Life Ability Details 〉〉 Alchemy Ability Details 〉〉 Finally, the talent stat reached 10.
From here on, you can say that you now have abilities completely specialized in dexterity.
From the moment the talent stat reaches 10, the increase in mastery of production skills increases, and if the conditions are met, advanced production skills can be acquired.
‘Spirit Infusion’, which allows you to embody the power of spirits through manufactured products.
‘Magic Engineering’, which allows you to create various magic items.
‘Enchantment’, which gives various effects to ordinary products. ‘
Artisan’s Soul’, which allows you to exert greater power when using the products you made in battle.
Various reagents and herbs. The ‘pharmacist’s eye’ that skillfully combines ingredients
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If other conditions are met, you will be able to use specialized skills in various forms by combining them with combat/magic/alchemy abilities.
At this point, the only advanced production skill that can be realistically obtained is ‘Spirit Infusion’, but if you work harder, you will be able to utilize various advanced skills.
As the growth momentum gains momentum and the result of the hut is created, the sense of accomplishment increases and more things become possible, which gives me more energy.
I thought it was a good virtuous cycle and was thinking of ways to fill the cabin with things.
The most urgent thing is the door. I bought hinges and hung them on an improvised wooden board, but they were not very strong. To begin with, the specifications are not exactly right, so drafts leak out. While thinking about how to solve this problem, I was chopping wood in various ways in the vacant lot in front of the cabin.
“A-Han! Hi! Ed!”
There was someone greeting me in an off-key voice, so I turned my head and it was Yenika. It looks like you came all the way to the camp for some reason.
Unlike the neat school uniform she wore during the semester, since she was on vacation, she was wearing a comfortable navy blue skirt and a generous-sized white blouse.
The hat and shawl look quite hot, so they must have been worn for fear of burning their skin. It’s a wise decision. Even at first glance, Yenica’s pure white skin appears to be very weak against sunlight. The sunset is just starting to set, so the light isn’t that strong, but there’s nothing good about letting your guard down.
On the other hand, I was swinging a saw at the workbench with my arms and legs rolled up, so this appearance, full of realism, felt at odds with Yenika.
“Hello, Yenika. What happened here?”
I naturally accepted the greeting. I was a little surprised because it was Yenika who had been avoiding me these days. I just wonder if they have some business to do by coming all the way to the camp on their own.
“It’s not that big of a deal…!”
Jenica opened the story like that and explained in a strangely fast tone.
“I was passing by! I was just going to see Merilda! I saw there was a cabin! I went and saw it!”
They explain to me what’s so urgent.
“When you see a cabin like this, you wonder who built it, how it was built, and what it looks like inside! Right? It’s natural, right?”
“yes?”
“So I thought it was natural and obvious, so I came naturally and naturally. Yes, the cabin is really cool, Ed.”
I threw the saw on the workbench and shook off my hands.
“Yes. I built it recently. But didn’t the spirits tell you?”
Yenika hiccuped and whimpered as if she had been caught off guard by those words, and then shook her head.
“I told you, but in passing, just vaguely? Ah~ Just enough to make me think there was something like that? Just slightly? Just a little bit? It was just a hint…? I don’t really talk to spirits that much in the first place. Yeah. Just occasionally. To what extent…? To the extent of exchanging recent news…? That’s why I don’t know the details of how Ed lives. Really. Yes.”
“That’s right. Yes, you can go in. It’s built pretty sturdy so it’s not bad. I felt proud, too.”
I nodded and pointed toward the cabin. Yenika strangely hesitantly went into the cabin and started touching and looking at it. It was a
log cabin that wasn’t anything special, but I felt like I was bragging because I thought I built it by myself. I love it.
The energy of the night is coming.
The sound of bugs chirping is still cozy. The moon slowly reveals its face and salt-like stars also slowly start to come out. I
made tea using the wooden mug I bought at the living room and the herbs that Belle gave me. . Yenika calmly accepted the cup containing the herbal tea with both hands and sat staring blankly at the crackling flame. It was
a hut and had been built, but the fireplace was not properly completed, so it was impossible to light a fire inside. Then, with great effort, If I burn down the cabin I just made, it would be unfair and I can’t sleep.
So I’m still camping outside until the proper interior construction is completed. But looking at my almost completed house, even this situation feels romantic. “
Ed is amazing. Normal people would give up in a situation like this.”
“It’s not something to praise that
much.” “No, it’s great enough.”
The strange feeling of hesitation had already disappeared. The peaceful feeling in the forest on a quiet night was There is a mysterious energy that makes people calm. There is nothing better if you have a cup of herbal tea in your hand.
“I really don’t think I would be able to do anything if I were in a situation like Ed.”
“In the first place, you too… Sooner or later, at Ofilis Hall. Shouldn’t we go out…?”
“Yes. I think I’ll probably stay at Dex Hall.”
Sylvania’s three major dormitories. Ofilis Hall, Lorail Hall, and Dex Hall.
Among them, Dex Hall is the place with the most outdated facilities and is where most general students belong.
Cost Depending on the facility, there are 4-person rooms, 8-person rooms, and up to 10-person rooms, so it is really difficult to adapt if you live in the Ofilis building and move to the Dex building
after being attended to. Well, it may not be as difficult as Yenikani, who is not from a wealthy family to begin with. “Tuition fees.
” Is? They say you can pay for it at home?”
Yenica shook her head.
“He said Febri will lend it to you. “I’ll pay you back slowly after I graduate.”
Cloel was the name of the imperial chancellor’s second daughter.
In the first place, Yenica is a person who can really do anything once she graduates and gets a degree, so it’s not a very risky investment. In the end, this side is also trying to erase the debt. That’s her intention.
Nevertheless, it must be Yenika’s stubbornness to go into Dex Hall. The facilities are better at Lorail Hall, but after committing such a major incident, she doesn’t have the honor of borrowing the help of her friends to live in a well-equipped dormitory.
“I owe you a lot. I didn’t know that everyone would work so hard for me during the disciplinary committee, that they would even help me with tuition, and that even Princess Fenia and Lortel would help me like that. Even though you made that mistake, everyone comforted you after the disciplinary committee? Everyone… I was so thankful. I really can’t express it in words.”
Most people do not understand that the reason why Jenica’s division occurred was because she was weighed down by her heavy feelings. In the end, the fundamental problem has not been resolved. The
vicious cycle has not yet been broken . I didn’t lose.
“How am I going to pay this all back?”
“If I can’t pay it back, I can just eat it up.”
Even though Yenika received so much expectation and support, she ended up failing.
The shock hadn’t even subsided yet, but she had new debt. is piling up again.
“Isn’t it a stereotype that you have to pay off all your debt? “Do I have to pay it back just because I borrowed it?”
“Wow, wow. I’ve never thought about it from that perspective.”
There are so many ways to get out of debt in the world. How many people actually make a living off of debt.
However, for Yenika, such a way of thinking is an unknown world that cannot be imagined. She is that kind of person to begin with.
“Anyway, it must be a lot of trouble. We also have to move the dormitory soon.”
“If we go to the DEX building… the facilities will definitely not be as good, but I think it will be more fun. Being able to spend the whole day with such good friends. From morning until bedtime, we can tell fun jokes with each other in the same room, hug pillows before going to sleep, eat late-night snacks together, and talk about various things. Yes.”
The Ofilis Hall is a single room per person.
It is a sanctuary for the mind where you can quietly rest in your own space after a hard and arduous day.
There, classmates and juniors look at Yenika with envious eyes. There is no way. If you sit quietly in bed and look at the moon outside the window, you can still take the burden off your shoulders.
That is why, for Yenika, the space called Dex Hall evokes a fundamental fear.
When she wakes up in the morning and goes to sleep at night. For Jenica, the place where she lives communally is no different from a prison where she lives in chains all day long.
Jenica looked up from the crackling bonfire and looked up at the sky.
Aken Island with the quiet air of the forest. The night sky is clear. The gloomy silence of the early evening has suddenly turned into warmth. The
strangely dangerous appearance made me feel uncomfortable leaving it alone.
“If you want to be alone, you can come and stay anytime. “I won’t worry about it,”
he said lightly. If you show consideration and sincerity for no reason towards this girl, it will actually be poisonous.
“Huh? really? happy. Ehehe.”
Only then did Yenica put away the hesitant look she had been showing these days and show that stupid, insincere smile for the first time in a long time.
“You know, Ed. If Ed is having a hard time or something is difficult for him to handle on his own, I want you to tell me.”
Yenika looked at the clear sky and spoke quietly.
“In that case, I will definitely help you.”
*
“These days, Ofilis Hall It was really confusing.”
The mug that had been filled with herbal tea was empty. Yenika put on a shawl, straightened her clothes, and stood up to leave the camp.
“I guess it’s because there was a rumor that the head maid was going to quit soon. I heard that the head maid, Ellis, is very stressed these days.”
Yenika continued while shaking off her clothes.
“Isn’t it strange? Ellis I didn’t meet him often, but he definitely seemed very sincere and bright. Well, I’ll be leaving Ofilis Hall soon, so it won’t be a big deal, but… I’m worried for no reason.”
Yenika said and smiled that innocent smile again.
“Anyway, thank you for showing me around the cabin, Ed. I will come visit often. Perhaps coming every day… um… does it still feel like a burden…?”
“Do whatever you want.”
“Ehehe. It’s a good thing you came to see Ed today. Then, see you tomorrow… no, see you all next time.”
I greeted Yenika and made sure to catch the information that Yenika threw out as if it was no big deal. Now that I think about it, the second semester is approaching.
The ‘Ofilis Building Occupation Incident’ signals the start of the second act.
Originally, this was an incident that should have ended as an incident where inferior students who were dissatisfied with unfair treatment took the opportunity to properly express their dissatisfaction. Since they were inferior students in the first place, it had such a great influence. However ,
as the maid who was bribed by Lortel joins in, the scale of the incident increases exponentially… and develops into the main event of Act 2.
Ultimately, the relationship between the Elte Company and the Bachelor over the ‘Sage’s Seal’ It is an incident that can be called the beginning of everything, as the fight escalates into a business war. You
will have a hard time soon, Taily.
I say a silent prayer to Taily in my heart as I wave to Yenika, who is disappearing through the night forest. I sent it to you.
Really… it’s going to be hard as a dog… Tailley…
Fighting…
