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Chapter 13 Part 3

"Call Henrietta. Right now!"

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Quickly the butler bowed his head toward him and then left the dining hall. The butler turned his back and let out a short sigh. Alexander just broke the pathetic knife which was on the table.

Duke's office is always locked. But when he received the order from Alexander and went upstairs, he saw the Duke's office door was slightly ajar. That seemed to indicate that someone had deliberately entered.

I do not know what happened. I only found out after getting the order. The inside of the keyhole melted so the key couldn't be put in.

"I heard you calling, Young Master."

Henrietta appeared with a face that didn't understand what was going on. Naturally, she moved, approaching Alexander. Didn't it say that you are my personal maid, but as soon as you come, how can you go straight to him? Alexander frowned slightly.

"That's you?"

He cut off the chit-chat and directly asked. It was to see Henrietta's reaction. But Henrietta just widened her eyes slightly, as if not understanding the situation at all.

"Say it!"

"......Eh! R-Right. As I said, I found that book in Mister Adrian's room."

"No, that's not it."

"Yes? Then what......"

Henrietta blinked her round eyes and looked alternately at Alexander and Ophelia. Ophelia rolled up the candy that a maid had brought to her mouth and acted as if she was only a third person.

The white cheeks that were puffed out from chewing looked soft. Geez! Alexander thought he was stupid enough to value things like Ophelia's cheeks, things that didn't matter right now. He struggled not to look at it.

"I don't know if you're feigning ignorance or you really don't."

"......Young master."

"You lost my trust long ago."

It had been more than 5 years since Henrietta had entered the Arpad Manor. She is the daughter of a fallen noble, the previous Duke Arpad saved her because he knew her father.

The previous Duke appreciated Henrietta's talent and tried to send her to the Academy. The previous Duke wanted her to become a famous wizard. But Henrietta refused the help and chose to work as a maid.

After all, the previous Duke couldn't force her, moreover, she was just a daughter of a fallen noble and she worked hard to become a maid.

But they don't know. What Henrietta's eyes looked like when she saw him. From the beginning, Alexander already knew. "Even if I don't tell you the details, you already know."

He couldn't say it in front of Ophelia and the other servants. In the first place, being the daughter of a fallen noble, Henrietta was already quite disliked by the other maids.

If it was discovered that he had come to Alexander's room in the middle of the night, only wearing light clothes.

What will Ophelia think of him? Maybe I could have sworn that nothing happened between us and I could have sent her away. But if Henrietta said with tears in her eyes, 'How can you say nothing happened.' He's still at a disadvantage. It doesn't matter what the truth is.

"Your job is to clean my sister's room. It's not difficult to take the hair and put it in the Duke's office. Why did you go into Count Lasis' room? You are not responsible for that task."

"......I heard that there was a shortage of workers, so I did it."

"Shortage? Workers? In this Arpad?"

Henrietta bit her lip hard. There was no way Alexander could believe such an excuse. Due to the long winters and extremely cold temperatures, there was never a shortage of workers in the Arpad Manor as Arpad employed many residents from his own territory.

Even if the Duke's relatives had recently visited and some of the servants had the day off, how could there not be any servants to clean the guest rooms? Apart from that, Henrietta also irritated Adrian because she had disturbed his time with Ophelia.

“Young Master, are you doubting me?”

Henrietta looked like she was about to cry. The bridge of her nose, which was sprinkled with light freckles, turned red. The back of her hand that was holding the apron tightly trembled.

"......I'm just telling the truth."

Hot tears streamed down her cheeks. Alexander rubbed his temples hard as if he had a headache. Oops, Alexander gritted his teeth.

"There's no need to say something like that just to get my pity. That's disgusting."

Do you want me to show a little sympathy? How much more do you want? Tch, now things are getting annoying. Now Ophelia has seen it all. The plan got pretty messed up.

Though I've got a good chance to suppress it even further than this.

We were close enough that she called me by a nickname.

I guess I'll have to dig deeper.

"Get out. We'll talk again when you calm down."

"......Then, I will also come out."

"Sister."

Henrietta who earlier let out a sad cry fell silent as if my words had brought her to her senses. Alexander looked at Ophelia, begging her to stay. But Ophelia didn't even look at him.

"I don't think this is the place for me, and I've had my fill."

"You haven't even touched the main course."

"I've had too many scones."

Ophelia smiled gently. Besides, Ophelia seemed to like sweets so much that she took some and put them in her handkerchief. Does she like sweet things? Then I should send lots of sweets. Alexander subconsciously thought of something like baked chocolate soufflé and cherry candy covered in melted sugar.

"You have to eat a lot at night. Since coming to Arpad I'm worried that you have lost too much weight, Sis. I will pay attention to you."

"What kind of attention?"

Ophelia feigned surprise and covered her mouth. Then she returned to the table and grabbed Henrietta's arm.

"How can you pressure her like that? Even if I were her, I would definitely start making excuses."

Ophelia furrowed her brows slightly as if in criticism. She also rubbed Henrietta's back who was still sobbing.

Alexander who saw that felt that it was ridiculous.

"Are you going to just settle for it? Henrietta might be trying to frame you."

"That is how it is."

T/N: It means, Ophelia wants this problem to be over. No need to investigate anymore...

Ophelia opened her mouth quickly. Knowing that this shouldn't have happened, Alexander suddenly thought that he would forgive Ophelia, no matter what Ophelia did. As long as Ophelia lowered her eyes pitifully like that, he would definitely forgive her. Does her mother also use that method?

"Never mind, Alex. I'm used to it."

Ophelia supported, even almost hugged Henrietta and the two of them left the dining room. The butler pours wine into an empty glass. Alexander looked away, no longer seeing Ophelia's slender back. Unknowingly, the back of his hand was stained with wine.

"......Miss, thank you. If it wasn't for you, I would have been in a mess over there." Henrietta sobbed. Ophelia stroked her silky blonde hair, listening to what he had to say.

"I did find the book. But I found it by accident. I also didn't take your hair with me and put it in the Duke's office like Young Master had thought. Why would I frame the Miss who will be my future master? Even if it's a good thing, it is still not enough."

Oh.

Ophelia let out a small sigh. She smiled broadly. Finally, you said it. Ophelia blinked her blue eyes. Her hands that had been near Henrietta's neck slowly descended to her shoulders.

"Henrietta."

Ophelia said without a smile. Henrietta slowly shook her head. The image of Ophelia reflected in her eyes, she had a very happy expression on her face. There is something wrong. An aura of reluctance surrounded Henrietta's body.

"Miss Ophelia?"

Ophelia drew closer to her. Henrietta's heart pounded wildly. Then Ophelia whispered,

"You know, Henrietta? My mother sent the maid away on purpose. Because she was worried that I might do something to the maid."

Then Ophelia left Henrietta whose body was stiffening, she took the first step. Her hair fluttered gracefully like a butterfly. A soft hum sounded. As a wizard, Henrietta instinctively sensed danger.

'How come I never realized what was the reason I kept seeing Ophelia?'

'It wasn't because Alexander kept ignoring me and denying my feelings for him. It's not a trivial feeling like jealousy.'

Ophelia is a wizard. And she was strong enough to suppress Henrietta's strength with ease.


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