Reincarnated As The Only Son (18 years old) Of The Arrogant And Wicked Marquis Family. - Chapter 12: An Evening With Shea.

An Evening With Shea.

Huh. I knew I should have done my best to stop Elena at that time. ……

How many times had I thought this way?

After dinner at home, Beret was working on an assignment from the school in the hall, and regretted it.

When the after-school hours arrived, he came home with Shea for the first time in the day, but from that moment on she was acting strangely.

She was fidgety, awkward, and staring at me in a blank stare.

She was still the same after all this time.

“Shea? I can see you’re using both your hands and feet at the same time. It’s not easy walking that way, isn’t it?”

“Ah!”

“W-well… try not to slip.”

“Y-yes!”

“Also, when you’re cleaning, concentrate on cleaning. Don’t do it while looking at me.”

“!?”

The moment I warned her, her eyes rolled back in their sockets. The yellowish-white hair tied into pigtails swung widely and made her jump.

Ehh, don’t tell me. She didn’t think I didn’t know that, did she… I mean, anyone would notice it…

I guessed she thought she hadn’t been noticed because I hadn’t reacted in any way until now…

“I-I’m sorry! Uhum… I-I wasn’t trying to interfere with Beret-sama’s studies…!”

“You were not trying to interrupt my study. I know that.”

If a valet were to do such a thing, she could lose her head in one shot.

Of course I knew that she was not the kind of person who would interfere. I calmed Shea, who was in a hurry to avoid any misunderstanding.

Why had things gone so wrong? The reason was obvious.

“You…you indeed have changed after all. Oh, maybe it’s because you noticed how cute she is and fell in love with her. Or something?”

“No, I respect her more than I like her.”

“R-Respect?”

“Yes. She’s actually amazing, isn’t she? Even though she is two years younger than me, she wakes up early every morning, prepares for school, and does her schoolwork. No matter how much I complain about her, she never gets discouraged, keeps working hard, and is always cheerful. I can’t even imagine what she feels like when she is doing all this job altogether.”

How dare I tell the daughter of the count Elena about it!

And even more so, because I easily missed her when she said,‘Of course. I’m going to make sure that conversation now goes to Shea’s ears.’

As a result, after lunch break and before the next class began,Elena reported to me with a giggling look on her face, curling her beautiful red hair with her index finger.

“Shea’s reaction was really cute.”

“Don’t worry too much about her acting strangely after school.”

“I wonder if she’ll sleep okay today… She was so happy, and she’s the type of person who grins all the time when she thinks about it.”

The respect and the praise.

I had some idea of how this would go over with Shea, but I didn’t expect it to drag on this long.

Of course, it was hard to treat her with the attitude she had now.

Something tells me that she won’t be able to fix it forever from the looks of things…

I stopped working on my assignment and decided to try to get back the distance between us by having a conversation.

“Hey, Shea. I’m sorry to interrupt you while you are cleaning.”

“Y-Yes!?”

“When do you finish your assignments from school? Isn’t that a lot of work?”

Although it was an abrupt topic, I was able to go into it easily because I had done the assignment.

“Th-that… I’m in the class of maidservants, so I don’t have a lot of assignments to do. Beret-sama may find it a little strange, but I would say that the first priority of a maid of honor is not to study…”

“Ah, I see.”

If the work of the maidservants was neglected or interfered with by putting academics first, the worst that could happen was dismissal from the school.

To prevent this from happening, assignments were probably less than in other classes.

This was a rare example of a student whose priority was not academics.

“I was wondering how you were finishing your assignments, Shea. Since I don’t usually see you working on them.”

“I basically try to finish them on campus, and if I don’t finish them, I try to finish them after you have gone to bed, Beret-sama…”

“What? Does that mean after I go to sleep, not when I go into the bedroom?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

In response to the confirmation, she gave a small nod.

“Why go to all this trouble after I’ve gone to bed? It’s inconvenient, isn’t it?”

“This is what a maid of honor is supposed to do…”

“You mean, when I’m not here, you are free?”

“Yes, all the other maids live like that.”

“Hmmm. I see.”

I guessed it was a reason to support the person you were serving to the best of your ability.

It was certainly a reasonable reason, a noble idea, and probably a normal thing in this world, but it was something that was very blurry to me as a reincarnated person.

“Well, I’m going to change two things today.”

“C-change…?”

“Yes. First, if you don’t finish your assignments at school, you’ll have to work on them before your maidservant work.”

“Ehh!?”

“When I go into the bedroom for the last time, it’s free time. You don’t have to wait for me to go to bed, you can spend your free time as you like.”

To be honest, I wanted to say, “Whenever you are free, you can do whatever you want to do,” but that would have been a loss of position for the maid of honor. This would be a good place to start.

“Uhh-uhh… Beret-sama, you just said that my academic work takes precedence over… my work as a servant? Besides, time to support you, Beret-sama… will…”

“I’m fine with that. I’m not saying I don’t need you anymore.”

One preface to avoid misunderstanding.

“I just think that if you’re a student, you should put your studies first and build up your strength for the future. Of course, some of the maidservants are not able to attend the school, so I wanted you to take advantage of this opportunity as much as possible.”

“Beret-sama…”

Because of the support I was receiving, I still wanted her to take care of herself.

She seemed to have understood this sentiment.

“Well, if it interferes with your work, you’ll have to make up for it the next day, just like when you catch a cold. I mean, it’s funny that I’m saying this now, but… is this okay for students?”

“Y-Yes! I understand!”

“Well, that’s about it then. It’s going to confuse you for a while, but I’m sorry about that.”

“N-No…! Thank you so much for your help.”

“You know it’s not the kind of thing you should be thanking me for…”

What was intended to be a light conversation ended up becoming serious.

But the serious talk was effective. It must have distracted her, and Shea was completely back to normal.

“So, yeah. Do you have any assignments left for today, Shea?”

“No! I finished everything toda…….ah”

“…”

It was really early to get the giggles out of the air.

A voice that shouldn’t have been heard came from Shea’s mouth. After answering confidently – a small single sound of ‘ah’.

“Hmm? What?”

“No, not today! The assignment is done!”

“…”

I could see a tinge of impatience in her eyes. Her gaze was wandering. It was obvious that she was lying.

 I guess it’s hard to say “I still have some left” after she answered “No!” so cheerfully….

I understood how she felt , but that was not the point of what I just said.

“I’m going to ask you one more time, what was today’s assignment? Next time you lie, do 500 pushups and 500 sit-ups.”

“Uh…500 each…”

“Yes. A total of 1,000.”

At this point, Shea looked up and began to look more and more pained as she began to contort her face into a scared look…

This is definitely something she’s thinking about: ‘I wonder if it’s the numberI can do if I get caught lying…’ Why is Shea so obvious…

She was giving it a handful of thoughts.

“Oh, okay, I changed it. Next time you lie to me, you’ll have to do1000 times each.”

“U…”

A total of 2,000 times. Shea finally let out a groan that could be interpreted as a give-up at this number.

“I’m sorry. I have a little bit left. ……”

“Then stop cleaning and bring your assignments. You can do it next to me.”

“I would be really ashamed…”

“Hahaha. Don’t worry about it.”

I was the one who couldn’t help but laugh when I saw her looking so obviously apologetic.

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