Chapter 55 – 5. Tamed Beasts Do Not Bite Masters (5)
Dark blue eyes.
The heat of the affair had cooled. I woke up without any warning and got up. There was not a single lamplight in the room, but the surroundings were quite bright. It was because the moonlight seeping through the window illuminated every corner of the room.
A stopped gramophone, scattered blankets, and a window that was slanted open.
The weather in Luneburg, south of Brullin, is warm, but the temperature difference between day and night is large. I looked at Adele, who was sleeping quietly next to me, and pulled the blanket that stretched across both the bed and the floor. It was because it was easy to catch a cold, as is usually the case after having sex while sweating profusely.
“Do not be too kind to the slave.”
“I have a cold.”
“The duvet will get dirty.”
“I do not care.”
I put a blanket over Adele’s naked body. Her body was soiled by successive circumstances, but she didn’t care. Originally, a blanket was meant to be covered, and I didn’t want to be separated as a master and a slave in the yard where they were lying together.
“I didn’t know it happened more than that.”
“Your ears are clear.”
Apparently, I was awakened by a rustling sound. Well, it was like that when I first came back from the dead. Adele might be a pure-blooded elf, but her original ears were bright.
I thought that having excellent hearing was only a good thing, but when I see him waking up easily like this, it doesn’t seem to be the case.
“You must be tired, sleep more.”
“Yes.”
Her wavy hair was messily messed up. The white jade-like skin had bruises here and there. I stretched out my arm to Adele, who was lying on her back facing the wall. It clung to her, wrapping around her neck and waist. It was so tight.
Thanks to the end of the affair, the medicinal effect was gone. Adele placed her hand on the arm wrapped around her body. Tired of the fatigue of the past few days, we closed our eyes without anyone saying anything first. The night at Draken House was quiet, befitting the exile chosen by Beatrix.
― Even in the afterlife, please be my lover…….
Outside the window, I could hear the cry of an eagle owl, like a Bernhard expression. Ashamed of my own fall, I went to sleep and was soon thrown into the world of dreams. There, I met Victoria, Cecilia, and Elisabeth, who resented me every day.
It is said that dreaming occurs because part of the brain is awake. Judging from that fact, it seemed that I hadn’t slept very deeply. In the middle, I woke up in a cold sweat, and I woke up to the chirping of birds that woke up after the eagle owl fell asleep.
“…….”
How many hours did you sleep It was early morning anyway. Her arms were very empty, so there was no one in the seat next to her that she groped for. Scratching my messy hair, I got out of bed and headed to the bathroom. I took a dip in the cold water to drive away the fatigue that was still weighing down my eyelids.
Cold seeped through his entire body. Gradually my mind awoke. After a simple shower, including washing and brushing my teeth, I returned to my room while wiping my hair with a towel. I opened the window wide open at an angle and put the sticky, stained blanket in a basket and put it out into the hallway.
「The fastest and most accurate news, the Bernhard Belle Channel delivers the morning news under the auspices of the great President Beatrix Adler.」
After changing clothes, the news channel that was turned on brought some interesting news. Shaking off my overwork, I sat down in front of my desk and opened my diary. It was a notebook that would return to a blank page after death, but there was nothing more helpful than writing down when it comes to organizing your thoughts.
“Last night former Secretary of Defense Rolf Renner died while plotting a rebellion at his home. The SS Security Bureau, which was in charge of the arrest, said that the resistance was too strong and that the killing was inevitable, and that 15 people involved, including his second son Julihi Renner, who had fled, were being tracked.”
It is announced that Rolfe, who died less than a week ago, was shot last night while plotting a rebellion. Beatrix was taking care of the case in her own way, while taking care of what I had done. Perhaps, as usual, the plan is to kill everyone involved.
How many more will you die this time? I let out a sigh at the chaos and was startled when I saw the door open without knocking. As for the content, I wrote it in Korean and quickly covered the diary, even though there was no need to hide it. Even though this is not the official residence, there was still an obsession for surveillance within me.
“Did you cough?”
“…… Adele.”
I should have noticed earlier because there was no notice. Entering the room was Adele, who had regained her composure as if the teaching assistant had lied over the past few days. Putting a tray of coffee and toast in front of her, she belatedly asked my permission, and I gladly gave her a table in the corner of her room.
“It’s simple, but I made breakfast. The coffee was brewed strong.”
“Where is Helga going and why are you?”
“When I told the owner that he was sleeping, he said he would visit a nearby village for a while. She said she would be back by noon.”
Coffee was hand brewed drip coffee in dark black. It was like Adele. The toast was a luxurious version made by toasting only one side and adding mashed avocado, cheese, and poached eggs. It seemed like food prepared with great effort for the day when I hadn’t eaten anything since yesterday’s lunch.
“Alone?”
“No, along with some of the other employees.”
“Well, if you’re confined to your mountain cottage, you’ll get a little sore.”
“If that’s not the case, it could be that he wants to report the master’s movements to His Excellency.”
It was a significant word. I sat down at the table and glanced at Adele. Her expression was the same as when she first saw her. If there was anything that had changed during that time, it was that there was a submissive look to those eyes that only I could recognize, intelligent milky white eyes.
“Sit down. One toast and two cups of coffee.”
“I thought so. One is mine.”
“…….”
Adele sat across from me. Two cups of coffee were assigned one each, and the toast was put off to me on a tray. I was dumbfounded by her bold attitude, but I raised her cup and took a sip of coffee.
“Master, as an assistant teacher who is your senior slave, I would like to say a word.”
“However much.”
“You should have given up your soul just now.”
Coffee is bitter So is the taste. After lightly biting her tongue, I realized that her actions were intentional. Certainly, the behavior shown now was not what Adele Schneider would have done before talking about tame slaves.
“You were trying to teach me.”
“Master, you have a talent as an assistant teacher. But no matter how brilliant your talent is, self-study has its limits.”
I’ve never wished for such talent. However, I agree that I need the knowledge of a teaching assistant, and I also agree that there is a limit to self-study.
“I may be incompetent as a slave, but as an assistant teacher, I have a good opinion.”
Yes, Adele is a teaching assistant in Saxony. She is the woman Hans, the head of the Brotherhood, and everyone in the Schneider family find it difficult. Even her boss, Giselle, hated her. Here she has no reason to doubt her skills.
“Therefore, I dare to evaluate your master’s skill.”
I nodded. Cowardly, it was not because I was addicted to drugs, but because I thought I could get a more meaningful evaluation if I was sober.
“Overall great. He was also born with the condition that it was enough to subjugate himself rather than sell it to others. In particular, their handsome appearance is a great help when approaching and taming an acquired slave.”
“By the way? Listening to you, it seems like there must have been a mistake somewhere.”
“First of all, a full-fledged teaching assistant is flawlessly excellent. However, points are deducted for being a little clumsy in the aftermath and for being too kind to slaves.”
“Let’s say that being kind means yes. However, I can’t understand that the back-end is clumsy.”
Adele calmly raised her cup of coffee. She gave advice as she gulped down the bitter bitterness between her brows without a change in her expression.
“If you have conquered a female, you must leave evidence of it.”
It was awkward to have such an embarrassing conversation over a refreshing breakfast. Nevertheless, Adele boldly criticized the teaching assistant’s performance for me, perhaps seeing even such shyness as a factor of emotion.
“What, should I have stamped?”
“That’s right. You must have left an indelible mark on my body.”
“If that’s the case, there is a promise. Considering the lewd patterns, it would fit exactly the standard you are talking about.”
“But you erased it. Also, the oath itself is a magic that can be easily erased.”
I didn’t expect to realize that it had been a mistake over taming people all my life. But what Adele said was absolutely right. Even though I tamed her well, I left no evidence of her, and that was in line with her story that her aftermath was clumsy.
“Is there anything wrong with what I said?”
“No, you are absolutely right. It is undoubtedly my fault.”
“Don’t worry, but be careful. Master has complete control over me. But the human mind is indeed cunning, and often forgets what is invisible.”
“Is it a trace to prevent that?”
Adele nodded. I took a bite of toast to fill my hungry stomach.
It was yummy. It’s no better than Helga’s food. However, the coffee I drank to refresh my mouth was too strong, so my mouth felt very bitter.
Like the current situation.
That’s right, you can’t be full on the first drink. Unlike Adele, who must have honed the qualifications of an assistant teacher from a young age, I am just a beginner who borrowed only the power of medicine. Naturally, even in these details, immaturity is inevitable.
However, there is one fact that bothers me to simply dismiss it as such. That is why she made such a rudimentary mistake even after perfectly taming the elf in front of her.
“Are you hesitant to take on this karma?”
It would be a lie if it wasn’t It’s a little funny to regret having done it already, but taming and dominating people doesn’t suit my temper. Even if it seems like you’re doing well at first, you’ll soon become distressed. I don’t know if it’s to give back what I received, for cause and effect.
“In any field, there are people who do their job right, and there are people who don’t. Being a teaching assistant doesn’t mean you have to crush innocent people under your feet.”
“You?”
“I was a girl who would do anything to survive. Comparing it to my case, I think the assumptions are somewhat extreme.”
Even so, it was difficult. It was like making a decision.
“How funny. If you think about it, there is no way to turn it back anyway, so I wonder what the meaning of this worry is.”
“As I said before, Master has a talent as an assistant teacher. You must be a vessel for greatness rather than an immature person like me. If you are concerned about the negative aspects of this karma, be prepared but do not overdo it. As always, he reigns only against the cheap.”
I couldn’t come up with an answer easily. I just silently ate toast and quenched my thirst with coffee. And Adele changed the subject, perhaps because she wanted to cheer me up, took something out of my pocket and set it down on the table.
“Does that mean you are still a cheap woman?”
“It was an undeservedly merciful treatment for the beasts that tamed people.”
What he took out was a book and a bunch of letters.
“Anyway, as of today, I belong to the master.”
“Yeah, right.”
It’s immoral, but it is. Adele Schneider became my slave. A monumental first slave.
“What trace do you want to leave? Where would you like to write it? Please tell me what your taste is.”
“Well, butt?”
“You have a high taste.”
“You’re the one who asked…….”
“Do you have any phrases or patterns in mind? If you explain, I’ll emboss the iron and bring it to you by tomorrow.”
I was startled as I was trying to pick a phrase or pattern that was moderately cheesy. It was because of the ripple effect of a single word that I casually passed over while chewing on the conversation.
“Wait, Indu?”
“Yes.”
“Then heat it up and fry it on your body?”
“Everyone in Saxony does that.”
“Don’t you think that whatever goes wrong is definitely wrong?”
“I don’t.”
I grabbed my throbbing head and declared.
“…… It’s a tattoo Turn it into a tattoo.”
“Are you concerned?”
“What’s the point of burning raw flesh?”
“I have branded hundreds of slaves. This time it’s the receiving side, not the doer, but the misfortune you’re thinking won’t happen. So please leave it in peace.”
I feel a gap in common sense. Once again, I realize what kind of life Adele Schneider has been through. Even the traces that I would engrave on myself would be like this without concessions. Perhaps Giselle’s warning was about this.
“Just keep quiet and do it as a tattoo.”
“If that’s the case, I’ll comply, but may I ask the reason?”
“Because I don’t like it.”
Even if its authenticity aside.
“Someday that kind of mercy might get in the way.”
“Maybe. But it’s my choice, so I’ll endure it.”
“…… Then let’s get to the point.”
Reluctantly convinced, Adele changed the subject. Only then was it the main point. Unlike any conversation I’ve ever had, it was a topic that was truly important to my cause.
“As the owner may have guessed, one of the employees is reporting the master’s every move to His Excellency.”
Yeah, that’s what I was guessing too. After the incident in Saxony, I was convinced. It took less than a few hours before I returned to the official residence on Elizabeth’s back, but, oddly enough, Beatrix, who should have been on the Eastern Front, was waiting for me at the front door.
Someone is constantly exposing my actions. So Adele pointed to an employee who was out and hinted that she might be trying to snitch.
“Moreover, this informer is of a very bad temper. Judging from the memories you shared with me, it seems like you’ve been doing this for a very long time. I don’t even know if it’s singular or plural.”
“On what basis exactly do you say that?”
“Even the area closest to the Eastern Front is quite far from Brullin. But His Excellency showed up the other day right after we returned from Saxony.”
I immediately understood what Adele was trying to say.
“If you put it off in terms of time, there is no room for cross-verification of information. However, Beatrix rushed to the official residence as soon as she received the call. It was a distance where we couldn’t arrive on time without doing that.”
“Yes, you are correct.”
“Then it means that the singular informant has a fair amount of trust or…….”
“…… It turns out that multiple informants are reporting the master’s every move.”
So it was. That’s why I advised you to put everyone in the official residence under my feet. In a situation where you don’t know who the culprit is, if you have to stop him from running wild, there must be such a way when he said that he doesn’t have to cover the means and methods.
A ruthless way to imprison all the suspects.
But is it really okay? My head is too complicated. I don’t know where or how to start. Rubbing my forehead, I picked up the bundle of letters Adele had taken out earlier and passed them over without thinking.
“…… ?”
At first, I just did it unconsciously because my hands were bored.
“What is this.”
“Why is that?”
I stopped watching.
“Adele, where did you get this letter from?”
“These are the things that arrived at the mail box at the villa this morning, addressed to the owner. There was one with General Moritz’s name on it, and it seemed like there might have been other letters mixed in, so I brought them all.”
Getting to the point was exactly what I was looking for, but unfortunately I didn’t listen to it after the reply that I got it from the mailbox.
“Do you have any problem?”
There’s nothing to blame for Adele. It was because of the name of the letter that caught my eye by chance and the seal that made it impossible to forge.
“Nonsense.”
Sender.
Victoria Bernhard.
…… My wife.
