## Chapter 286 – (7)
Thud.
“Mm, good job.”
“Hmph, it’s nothing much.”
This time, I managed to place the tray gently on the table.
At first, I thought I could never do something like this, but I was wrong.
Thanks to a few words from the master, no, that bastard, setting and preparing meals became easy.
Cleaning was still a bit difficult, but that’s only because this mansion is disgustingly large, so I don’t think it’s entirely my fault.
And there was another reason why I was getting used to things so quickly.
“You’re doing well.”
“…Oh… thanks.”
Eira cautiously approached and complimented me.
Starting two days ago, she suddenly started approaching me like this, teaching me things or offering compliments.
At first, she was so wary of Victoria and me that she wouldn’t even give us tasks.
Now, I guess she’s slowly starting to trust us, so she’s been teaching us things.
Well, good things are good, but I couldn’t accept the change with a good heart.
“Something’s fishy.”
“Pardon? What is?”
I approached Victoria and quietly spoke.
I pointed at Eira with my finger.
A slightly disheveled shirt, unlike usual.
A wrinkled housekeeper’s uniform.
It was a far cry from Eira’s usual neat appearance.
Besides, Eira’s face had a subtle blush that showed no signs of disappearing lately.
“Doesn’t she seem a bit strange lately?”
“Does she?”
Victoria tilted her head.
Seriously, this is why you can’t trust nobles.
How can she be so clueless?
Unusually disheveled clothes, a red glow on her face, and handing over housework to us.
After listing the suspicious points, Victoria finally seemed to understand and clapped her hands.
“Could she be sick?!”
“…That’s, a possibility…”
I was speechless at Victoria’s deduction.
The possibility was high.
Usually, those were the exact symptoms when someone was sick.
Was I being too sensitive?
Suspecting someone who’s just sick?
Sniff, sniff.
Still, I think it’s different.
The basis was my sharp senses and intuition as a beastkin.
It wasn’t the smell or appearance of a sick person.
The master and Eira cheerfully left the dining room together.
Hannah had already finished her meal and headed to her room.
I stared at their retreating figures and muttered.
“…Should I follow them once?”
“Excuse me?!”
Victoria stopped me in a fluster.
“What if you get caught…!”
“Aish, then I’ll just say I followed her because I was worried about Eira! Because she seemed sick!”
“…Th-That kind of method…”
I grinned at Victoria.
This kind of trickery was common in the knighthood.
Compared to the countless methods used to avoid even an hour of training, this was nothing.
I kept a long distance and slowly followed behind.
Their ability to sense people’s presence was almost like knights, so I kept a good distance.
“…He’s sticking close to her even though he has a wife.”
“Didn’t Lady Hannah say she was sick?”
“Sigh… Does she look sick?”
She just seemed quieter than usual.
She had a smile on her face, as if she was enjoying herself.
Rather, Eira looked sicker, just like Victoria said.
And if his wife was really sick, there’s no way that bastard would leave her alone.
He would have taken her to a doctor, brought a doctor, or at least nursed her by her side.
Something.
Something is suspicious.
My beastkin intuition was telling me.
“Could it be…”
“Yes?”
“Is he thinking of having a mistress?”
“Among us?! That won’t do… I’m from a duke’s family… Ah, not anymore…”
Thwack.
“Eek!”
Before her delusions got any longer, I flicked Victoria’s forehead.
Victoria grabbed her forehead and exaggeratedly trembled.
It must have hurt, because she kept rubbing the spot she was hit.
Victoria’s face turned tearful.
I tried really hard to control my strength, but she’s still like this.
She must have been raised well.
“Why, why did you hit me?”
“Us? It’ll be Eira.”
“Eira as a mistress…?”
“Maybe… Let’s go check it out.”
The two were heading to the right side of the mansion.
Over there were the study, the dressing room, and the rooms for the employees.
This mansion had plenty of rooms to spare, so even servants and employees like us were given private rooms.
It was a really good environment.
I think I’m lucky I was sold to the master… the owner.
Still, I didn’t feel guilty about following them.
“Let’s go.”
“Ugh…”
The two slowly entered the study.
The study.
It was a place I didn’t clean well even while doing housework.
It was a difficult place.
I had to know where the books were originally placed, it was large, and I had to be quiet when someone was there.
When no one was there, there was no need to be so careful about the noise.
But recently, there was always someone there for the past two days.
Mostly the master.
I slowly approached and put my ear to the door.
Then Victoria followed me.
“…It’s quiet…”
“Shhh.”
Victoria might not be able to hear it, but I could.
Loud footsteps, it was the master.
And immediately after, light footsteps that overlapped, it was Eira.
I could hear voices from inside.
“It’s already been two days. How is it?”
“…It’s nothing.”
“Really? That’s a problem.”
The two were talking.
The fact that they were talking in the usually silent study meant that their purpose wasn’t reading.
Above all, the content of the conversation was meaningful.
‘Two days?’
What has been two days?
Come to think of it, it was exactly two days ago that she started handing over housework to us and following the master around…
Could that be related?
“Can you hear anything…?”
“Yeah, just wait a moment.”
Leaving the curious Victoria behind, I focused more on the sound.
“…Are you doing it here now?”
“Yeah, come here.”
“…Haa.”
Thud, thud.
The two’s footsteps got closer to each other.
And then—
Smack.
“Huh…?”
What was that sound?
It was a sound full of moisture.
“Slurp… slurp…”
“This is…”
They got closer to each other, and the conversation stopped.
And the sound that followed.
Just listening to it made my ears perk up and goosebumps rise on my shoulders.
At first, I couldn’t tell, but definitely.
‘They’re kissing….!’
It was the moment my suspicion was confirmed.
The two were definitely kissing.
Even more than that.
Thud, thud.
Rustle, thud.
The sound of something being undone and falling to the floor.
Even if I didn’t want to imagine it, the sound was so vivid that a scene was drawn in my head.
The master undressing Eira one layer at a time.
That’s when I remembered Eira’s uncharacteristically disheveled clothes.
It might have been the master’s doing.
“…? Ms. Silver, your tail… is wagging a lot.”
“…Is it, really?”
Just listening to it made my emotions boil over.
Victoria looked up at me, not knowing anything.
If Victoria knew what was happening inside, she wouldn’t be able to make such a peaceful expression.
It felt like I was losing out by knowing.
“Aah…!”
This time, a slightly louder voice erupted from inside.
Victoria must have heard it this time, because her eyes widened.
“W-What is that sound?”
“…Did you hear it?”
“Yes, it’s like a cat sound…”
“…”
Victoria seemed interested in what was happening inside.
I could tell her, but I couldn’t open my mouth to explain it.
Meanwhile, the sound continued from inside.
“Did you like it here?”
“…It’s nothing. Just…”
“You’ve changed quite a bit in two days, come here, I’ll touch you more.”
“N-No, that’s not it. Ugh…”
‘That sound I heard for a moment, as expected…’
A woman’s moan, no, the sound of a female was heard from inside.
However, it was hard to believe that the protagonist of that sound was Eira.
‘That woman who always has a stoic expression made that kind of sound?’
It was hard to believe, but there was only one suspect.
I was curious.
“…Can’t we open the door just a little bit?”
“J-Just a little…?”
I gave in to Victoria’s temptation.
I was too curious about what was inside, so I decided to open the door just a little bit.
And Victoria was better at controlling her strength than I was.
When I asked Victoria, she surprisingly agreed easily.
“I’m curious about what’s going on inside.”
That was the reason.
Then I hesitated a little.
Should I show Victoria this scene?
She’s an adult, but she’s only just become an adult in age, and her mind is still a clueless duchess.
“I want to know too.”
At those words, I slowly warned her.
“…No matter what you see or what you find out, you must never tell anyone.”
“Yes!”
“And, after you open the door, you have to say shhh.”
“…Yeees…”
She lowered her voice tone even though I said after opening the door.
We can have this conversation now because the door is closed, but once the door is open, there’s no turning back.
Victoria grabbed the doorknob and slowly turned it.
She pushed it open.
There was no sound.
I’m glad I left it to her.
Unlike me, her movements were delicate.
The door slowly opened and the scene inside was revealed.
“…Ugh.”
I barely managed to hold back the sound.
Victoria, who opened the door, also slowly covered her mouth with both hands.
The lewd sound that was heard.
Squeak—, squeak—.
“Ugh…”
In the place where the door opened, only the vulgar appearance of Eira, who was on the desk, spreading her legs and being violated, was seen.
“Haa… haa…”
Flushed cheeks, a face full of moisture.
A hot sigh flowed from her parted lips.
“Spread your legs.”
“Yes…”
The master’s thick fingers ruthlessly violated Eira.
Squeak.
Eira collapsed in the master’s hands.
The scent of a female reached even here.
“…Aren’t you feeling too much?”
“I didn’t feel anything.”
There was the master laughing in disbelief and Eira denying her climax.
