Chapter 286 – Cupid of Love…?
The four of them returned earlier than usual.
Apparently, he was worried about me at home with an injured arm.
At dinner, I immediately brought up the story I had heard from Trisian.
“Hmm… Is the lord interested?”
“Has Germi ever met the lord?”
The Black Moon is the Westway’s largest slave trading house.
I understand that Germina, the president of such a slave trading house, holds meetings with the lord from time to time as an extension of her work.
Just as expected. Germi nodded her head.
“Yeah, how come we have a meal together once in a while?”
“What kind of personality are you?”
“Hmm… Feeling like a trader who is just bright at calculating profit and loss? After all, Westway itself is also a trading city.”
Being a lord is hereditary. If you have been educated as a lord of a trading city since childhood, it might be self-evident that you will have merchant-like tendencies.
“Then you don’t have an authoritative personality?”
“Yes, we’ve had meals together a few times, but I wasn’t the type to press down on class like that.”
If it wasn’t for the personality of Jace, the second son of Count Arpagon, whom we met earlier, there wouldn’t be much of a problem.
Because that bastard was a crazy bastard who would flirt with Natalia and Roin even though I was by her side.
If the lord of the West Way is a person who does not harm me, I should make a favorable impression on my first meeting with the lord.
He’s the one with the most power among the people I’ve met so far, so if I manage to coax him into my side, I’ll be able to use it very usefully.
“I guess I need to learn some manners when meeting nobles.”
“Let me help you.”
“I’ve met him a few times, so maybe there’s something I can help with.”
Get help from Natalia and Germi to prepare for the meeting with the lord.
“Huh… Umm…”
Lying on the bed, he yawned and got up.
After seeing the women off in the morning and having breakfast, I lay in bed all day. Roin went out with me today, so I had nothing to do, so I just slept.
How much time has passed
Maybe soon it will be lunchtime.
Or maybe I skipped lunch because I was sleeping.
It was clear that it was broad daylight as it was still clear outside the window.
Maybe the sun will go down after a while.
The condition of the arm is definitely better than yesterday.
It’s very little, but if you do your best, it moves a little.
“Vivian~!”
After calling in a loud voice and waiting for a while, the door to the room opened. It was Berry, not Vivian, who entered.
“Did you call me?”
“What about Vivian?”
“Senior left because a guest came for a while.”
“Customer?”
The guest who came yesterday was Trisian. He apparently said he would come back when the invitation was fixed. Maybe already?
When I said I was a guest, I tilted my head, but Berry added as if not to misunderstand.
“I’m a personal guest who came to you.”
“Ah. It had nothing to do with me. What time is it now?”
“Lunch will be ready in a minute.”
Holy shit, it’s not even lunch yet. If it’s not too busy tomorrow, I think I’ll have to ask for one person to stay.
“Do you need anything?”
“I’m just bored in my room, so I’m going to take a walk.”
“The weather is a bit chilly, so why don’t you wear a coat?”
“Um, is that so?”
Berry brought a coat that could be worn lightly and put it on. She lifts my arm, puts it in my sleeve, dresses me, straightens my clothes, and smiles broadly.
“It is ready!”
“Good. Then let’s go out.”
If you stay in the room like this, you might get mold on your body.
I can’t open the door because I can’t move my hands, so I need someone to help me. I left the room with Berry by my side.
As soon as I got out of her mansion, I shrugged her shoulders at the chilly air.
“I’m sure it would have been cold if I hadn’t put on a coat.”
“How do you like my sensible judgment?”
“Excellent.”
“Hehe.”
Berry, who offered her a coat, shrugs her shoulders.
Hey, he’s a funny guy.
With Berry accompanying me, I slowly looked around the garden. In the large garden surrounding the mansion, bushes grow here and there like a maze, so you can play hide-and-seek inside.
Taking care of a garden like this must cost quite a bit.
“Today is the day off… I came here once, was it a nuisance?”
“Hmm?”
She listened to the sound she heard from somewhere.
Man’s voice. But it’s a voice I’ve never heard before. I slowly approached the place where the sound came from.
Looks like Vivian. Talking on the other side…
“Philips?”
I remember her as being quite helpful.
Johannes’ escort, and the spy I planted.
Inside the garden, Phillips and Vivian are talking face to face. As I was watching the scene, Berry, who was next to me, tugged at my collar.
“Master, let’s hide here for a while.”
“What?”
It’s my mansion, so why am I!
Barry didn’t even have time to say that, and Berry pulled her by the collar and dragged her into the back of the grass. Vivian and Phillips are clearly visible, but it’s hard to spot us from that side.
I hid behind a bush with Berry and looked at them.
“Is the guest Vivian told you about, Phillips?”
“Master, shh!”
Berry covers her lips with her index finger and says she needs to be quiet in case she gets caught, but you’re louder…
“What did Phillips come for?”
Anyway, I kept my mouth shut and looked at the two of them quietly.
The image of Phillips scratching the back of his head looks somewhat uncomfortable. It’s like he doesn’t know what to do.
“Because I am at work. If you come here suddenly like this, it will be difficult.”
Vivien is speaking bluntly as usual, but unlike the content of her words, her attitude doesn’t seem to be offended.
“Oh, sorry. Then, how about a day off… ?”
“I have to take care of my master’s illness, so I don’t have a day off for a while.”
“Is that so?”
Phillips drooped his shoulders despondently at Vivian’s blunt words.
“Still, you came at the right time. It was before lunch, so I was a little free.”
“I’m glad.”
Vivian’s words seem to comfort her a little, but this time she seems to be cheered up.
With every word Vivian said, Phillips’s joys come and go.
“I think, but I think Mr. Phillips likes you.”
“Hmm? Phillips likes Vivian?”
Certainly, Phillips’ attitude of glancing at other places with Vivian in front of him because he couldn’t even make eye contact with her could be said to be that of a shy bachelor.
“Mr. Phillips, he came to visit me once before and had a conversation with him like that.”
“Hmm…”
“If you’re going to do that, I’ll just confess that I like you coolly. It is frustrating to watch from the sidelines.”
In Berry’s eyes looking at Vivien and Phillips, I can feel the excitement.
If you give them popcorn, they seem like they’ll grab a handful and munch it in their mouths while watching.
“Seniors are also seniors. She had to give a tip, so Mr. Phillips would be convinced and confess. Because he always shows such a blunt side, Mr. Phillips’s attitude is becoming ambiguous.”
He clenched her fists and waved her arms a little in frustration.
“I know Phillips likes Vivian…”
Vivian is definitely an attractive woman. She can understand that Phillips likes it, but…
“However… Are you sure Vivian likes Phillips?”
“Yes?”
Berry looks at me as if she’s saying something boring.
“No, you’re being so blunt, aren’t you not interested?”
“It can’t be!”
Berry stomps her foot as if frustrated.
“When Mr. Phillips comes, she puts off the work that her seniors were doing, and she comes out to see her face like this. Doesn’t that mean that she has a heart when her senior, who only works every day, is showing this kind of change?”
“Hmm…”
Barry’s words certainly make sense.
Looking at Vivian’s appearance so far, she seems to be a person with a strong sense of responsibility for her work. If she puts off the work that such a person was doing, then she must be saying that she doesn’t have a heart.
“I do. They say they like to see a man and a woman who are in a fresh and slightly awkward relationship that they like each other, but are shy to talk about, becoming a loving relationship!”
“It’s a great hobby, yes…”
“Who is the master? Master, don’t you have any hobbies like that?”
There is no such thing as a hobby.
Why do I do good things for others? Doing only things that help others is a pity. My stomach is full and I can’t stand it!
As she thought about it, she looked at Vivien and Phillips.
We like each other, but it’s a fresh relationship that I can’t bear to talk about because I’m shy…
