Reincarnated As The Only Son (18 years old) Of The Arrogant And Wicked Marquis Family. - Chapter 2: The Little Valet.

The Little Valet.

“Hey Shea. You’re late waking me up today, what the hell were you doing? Do you know you’re a maid of honor…?”

“Huh. Assuming that’s the case, I didn’t think it was even conceivable that I slept twice.”

“You’re still useless, aren’t you? It’s time to change to someone else, really.”

“You know what? How many times have you said that? I don’t need a useless valet.”

The past was a history of being unreasonably harsh to Shea, the maid of honor.

No, no, no, no, What is he doing? This Beret-kun!

I was just astonished at the fact that he said such a thing without a care in the world.

“Uhmm… Be-Beret-sama…”

“Ah. Ah, yeah. I’m awake.”

I finally came to my senses when I heard Shea’s voice from behind the door confirming that she was awake again. I could feel her fear in her voice alone.

I didn’t want her to be frightened any more. I responded softly, just trying not to frighten her any further.

“Shea, come in.”

“Y-yes. Please excuse me…”

Shea came into the bedroom, scared to death by those words.

The same figure that flowed in my mind before we met face to face.　

Dressed in a maid’s uniform, yellow-white amber hair in pigtails tied with pink ribbons. Her blue eyes narrowed and round.

She was small in stature and had a slightly childish face. This time she was holding a tray with tea on it.

In fact, this was the first time I had met her since my reincarnation, but it was strange that there was no awkwardness on my part.

“G-good morning. Beret-sama.”

“Yes. Morning.”

“Uh, uhmm sorry… Good morning!”

“Uh-huh? Morning.”

Perhaps not expecting to be greeted, she let her gaze wander and then bowed her head once more.

“Ahh… I brought you some tea, would you care to have some… Beret-sama?”

“I’ll take it. I’ll have some since you are here. Did you  prepare the tea all by yourself, Shea?”

“Y-yes! I did! It’s my job to always prepare tea for you.”

“Hmm? What’s wrong?”

“Did you not like it… by any chance, Beret-sama?”

“Eh!? No no! That’s not what I meant.”

I was puzzled by the unexpected situation I hadn’t thought of earlier.

Hah… I think he has been abusing a girl who works so hard for him, and now I’m done with this Beret… Normally I wouldn’t say something like this.

A feeling that I couldn’t help. I tried to shake off the blur, and there was only one thing I could do for myself right now.

Smile and bow my head.

“Thanks for always preparing it for me… Shea.”

I thanked her and it was obvious.

But in the next moment I realized that this action provoked her to make a mistake.

“Ehh…?”

“Ahh…! Wa–!!”

What I saw in my vision was the sight of Shea with a stunned look on her face and the tray slipping away from her hand..

Beret, who was usually aggressive, intimidating, and took it for granted to be served. A man who had never thanked her for her service suddenly bowed his head today.

It was natural to be surprised as if heaven and earth had been turned upside down.were

‘Shatter!’

The sound of a cup breaking. Shards scattering. The hot tea spread on the floor.

“…”

“…”

They were silent at this accident scene, but Shea quickly regained herself with her eyes wide open.

“I-I-I’m so terribly sorry for this!! I’ll take care of it right now!”

“Wait a minute!”

She crouched down to pick up the broken glass with a very pale face. As she impatiently reached out to pick up the broken glass, I stopped her.

She could easily cut her finger with a piece of broken glass at this rate.

I never would have thought about it, but the reason I was so distraught was because of what Beret had done up until now…

“It’s not safe. I’ll do it.”

“Ahh…”

She was a young girl, even if she was a maid of honor. I couldn’t let her clean up the mess in her current state, not when she was not in a calm state.

I took the initiative to collect the scattered debris on the tray. And wiped up the tea with paper.

On the way, I glanced at Shea and saw that she was shaking, with tears welling up in her eyes.

It really was a terrible situation…

Sadly, this was the result of doing terrible things to her on a regular basis.

If I were to take a shot at insurance to prevent her from finding out about my reincarnation, the best thing I could do would be to keep the same attitude I had always had.

However, I was not someone who could treat her that way.

Saddened at her for being so surprised when I just  told her thank you, I called out to her.

“Um, Shea. Are you hurt? Do you have any burns or scald marks?”

“Y-yes. No injuries or burns… I’m terribly sorry…”

“…Hmm?”

It was as if the apology implied ‘I should have been injured or burned.’

For a moment I thought I was overthinking it, but considering the way she had been treated, the implication could have been correct.

“You don’t have to apologize. I’m just glad you weren’t hurt or anything.”

“…”

Shea turned her head down and waited for the next instruction, as if she didn’t hear the voice just now.

I guessed she felt even more threatened by the fact that she was a maid of honor and yet she let me do the cleaning.

“Uh, Shea?”

“Huh!”

“Well, how should I put it? Everyone makes mistakes, so be careful next time. If you do break something, don’t panic and try to pick it up carefully.”

“Ehh?”

“No ‘eh’ but be careful next time. Okay?”

Again confirming from the dumbfounded face.

“Y-yes…”

“Okay. I’ll tell them that I broke this cup.”

“Ehh… Ahh… Th-that’s…!”

“Don’t worry, it’s okay.”

Did Shea break it or did Beret break it? The result was the same, but if I said I broke it, I would not get the blame behind my back.

“U-Uhmm… Then my punishment is… This cup was your favorite, beret-sama…”

She wanted to say, “what you usually give me,” but she was too scared to say more. This could be wrapped up with this.

“Ahh. Sure, I loved them, but they were going to break someday, and that’s just the way it is. So no punishment.”

“…”

Yeah, yeah. It’s funny, isn’t it? Beret, who has abused her until now, saying this.

That was  why I wanted to say this one thing to her now. Get used to this Beret as soon as possible.

“Shea, you are not injured, for now. There are plenty of replacements for the cup, but there’s no one to replace you, Shea.”

“…”

I know she must be  wondering how I can speak like this.

While I was making a comment to myself, I chose my words so that my reincarnation would not be revealed and I would be able to make the past add up.

“Because of me, you dropped the cup in the first place, right? I did something out of the ordinary.”

“T-That’s…! It was my carelessness…!”

“Honestly. At the very least, it didn’t look like carelessness to my eyes.”

“…u…”

The sound of gasping for breath could be heard, probably because she felt it was an order due to the force in my voice.

No, you don’t have to pull your body like that…

On the contrary, I felt sorry for her.

“…I-I must confess that I was… surprised…”

“When I said thanks to you?”

“…”

Shea nodded her head after a very long pause. She was looking up at me with a scared look on her face, wondering what was going to happen to her.

This was the critical point for me. I had to make sure that no one realized that I had been reincarnated.

“Well, you know, I’ve changed, haven’t I?”

“…”

Silence was affirmation. There was no way she could look at me and deny that ‘I haven’t changed’.

Here was my excuse for abusing her until now.

I didn’t know what words to say to tell her the truth. Apologizing was not something that would make my past deeds easily forgiven. I opened my mouth, knowing that I would be spoon-fed by Shea’s personality.

“I know that whatever I have done to you is unforgivable. Shea. I’m sorry for what I did to you.”

“!?”

It was rare in this world that the heir to a marquis’s family apologized to his valet.

‘What’s really wrong with you, Beret-sama!’  was what her face was saying now.

’It’s because I’ve somehow transferred into another personality hahaha!’ There was no way I could say that.

I desperately turned my head and tried to come up with another reason.

“I don’t know what to say. I know you really don’t believe me… but the reason I’ve been so hard on you is because I wanted to make sure that you wouldn’t have trouble leaving this house and becoming the maid or servant of… other noble family ….that’s why.”

“Me leaving this house?”

“Yes. Your family has served us for generations, but you never know when the Marquise’s family will decline. That’s why I was acting the way I was, so that you could endure whatever environment came your way.”

I was the one who was completely cleaning up Beret’s mess, but now that I was living as Beret, I had no choice.

The real reason Beret was abusing Shea was because he ‘didn’t like her’. There was no way I could tell her such an irredeemable reason.

Then, of course, it would be better to tell her the reason I came up with myself.

“W-Well, I’m sure it’s none of my business since Shea is reputable at the soirée, but since I have you serving me, I have to be responsible for you no matter how things turn out.”

“…”

“So, I told an acquaintance about it, and he advised me, ‘That’s too much,’ and ‘You need to talk to the person in question about such things.’ …And here we are… you see…”

Bitter. I knew my defense was too painful ……

This was what I was thinking in my head as I faced her with a serious face.

“Beret-sama…”

“Yes?”

“I-In other words… All you’ve done so far was because of that reason? Not because I’m a failure or anything like that…”

“That, of course. Shea, you are really doing a great job. You are as good as any valet anywhere.”

“…”

This one word was enough to stimulate Shea’s tear glands, which had not been praised for ….a long time.

She brought her yellowish-white and ochre hair, tied into pigtails, to her face. She tried not to let anyone see that she was about to cry.

“A-Ahh… really, I’m sorry for giving you a hard time. I’ll treat you like this from now on. So will you let me continue to rely on you…?”

I could not ask her to believe me because I had been so hard on her. More importantly, I was trying to convince her with lies.

I knew it was  not the right way. But I still wanted to be friends with Shea. I wanted to live happily. I wanted to build a good relationship with her. I honestly felt that way.

Shea responded to my feelings by nodding her head.

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