Chapter 295 – Count Leverkin’s Minor Deviation (5) *Illustration of Alvida Upset*
Count Leverkin’s Minor Deviation (5)
A month has passed since Count Leverkin first visited Ace Changguan.
And during that period, he visited Yurina every day and had a good time with her.
Naturally, his work time had to be late, so Count Leverkin’s wife, Alvida, had to stay up all night again today, waiting for her husband to not return.
“… I heard there is no news from the West?”
“Yes, ma’am. I haven’t heard anything special… Would it be a good idea to put dinner away?”
Alvida felt so sorry for her husband, who worked overtime every night and was absorbed in government affairs, so when she saw him off this morning, she begged him to come home early today.
Then, despite her supreme status as the wife of the governor of Snelleda, a large city in the east, she took the advice of her maids and cooked her own food for the first time in her life.
However, Countess Leverkin’s return home was late again today, and the food she had prepared with all her heart had gone cold on her table.
“… I can’t help it… It’s a dish prepared with expensive ingredients, but I think it would be better for you to eat it among yourselves rather than just throw it away.”
“Ma’am, please eat first. You haven’t eaten either, so how can we fill our stomachs?”
“No. The West is working so hard for the development of the empire, even skipping meals, so how can I be the only one to eat? When I think about that, I don’t think I will skip the food.”
“… Madam…”
The maids who served Alvida looked at Alvida sitting on her sofa and looking through her window at the gate that did not open, with pity in her eyes.
As she was a warrior, Alvida was quite familiar with the sword, but her cooking skills were a completely different story, and her fingers were carved with numerous scars.
Although she is said to have healed the wounds on her hands with a potion as she was a countess, she was a frugal woman who did not tolerate using expensive potions on minor wounds, and the wounds on Alvida’s hands were not yet completely healed, making it difficult to understand how much she was doing. It was showing how hard she worked for her husband.
“Um… Ma’am. Can I tell you one thing?”
“Hmm? Why are you doing that?”
“Ma’am, this is the food you prepared so carefully, but it’s inconvenient for us to eat it alone. Rather, we’ll warm it up again and prepare it as a lunch box, so how about you bring it to the owner?”
“You mean the lunch box? Ha, but… I can’t enter the Naval Command, a government agency, on a private basis…”
“That’s such a great idea! Aren’t you the wife of my master, the commander-in-chief of the Navy? You are more than qualified to enter the headquarters!! And if you bring me a lunch box yourself, my master will be very happy!!”
The other maids also agreed with the idea of one of her maids and encouraged her, and Alvida’s heart began to move little by little.
“Well, is that so? I guess that’s true, right?”
“Of course. The two of us will prepare the lunch box and carriage right now. You guys quickly help the lady finish dressing up!!”
“Yes! Sister!!”
Under the instructions of the head maid, the maids of the Leverkin family moved in order.
As the maids of Governor Snelleda’s family, they were extremely skilled and were able to prepare Alvida in an instant and quickly turn the cold food into lunch boxes.
“Here we are! Ma’am! Come and have a good time with the owner~”
“You don’t have to come in today, ma’am~~”
“You, you guys!!”
Although the maids had extreme differences in social status, Alvida treated them kindly, and her maids also served Alvida sincerely, so they eagerly sent her master off.
The maids who knew everything about her situation made her wear a much sexier dress than usual, and she felt embarrassed when they told her to enjoy a sexy night. Alvida blushed as well, but she was seen off by the maids with an expression that she did not hate. The carriage departed for the naval headquarters where my husband’s office was located.
‘Wouldn’t the West be surprised? But I’m sure you’ll be happy if you eat the lunch box I made myself. I only prepared food that is good for energy… Tonight… Hehe♥’
Thanks to Count Leverkin, who always comes late, the couple has not been able to sleep together for a month, and Alvida, just in her 20s, is excited to spend a hot night with her husband for the first time in a long time, and the navy is getting closer through the window.
I looked at the headquarters.
And when she finally reached the entrance to her headquarters, she got out of the carriage and walked towards the main gate with some of her guards.
“Stop!! Stop the carriage immediately! This is an area where entry by the public is strictly prohibited! Identify yourself immediately and turn the carriage around!”
Then, as expected from her headquarters, her guard was waiting for her, and many of her guards pointed at her with their spears and bows and asked for her identity.
“Put down your weapons! This is Madame Alvida, the wife of Count James Leverkin von Snellerda, Governor of Snelleda and Commander-in-Chief of the Navy!!”
As one of the family’s guards revealed her identity, a murmur of voices could be heard from the guards.
“Okay, let’s check your identity in a moment!”
After a while, the one who seemed to be the best among the guards approached the carriage holding a torch and illuminated it.
Then, the coat of arms of Governor Snelleda and the coat of arms of Count Leverkin were painted on the carriage. And because Alvida’s beauty was quite famous in Snelleda, her guards immediately recognized her and took her immobile posture.
“Chu, loyalty!! Nothing more than working!!”
“Please rest comfortably. Strictly speaking, I am not a soldier, so it is none of your business.”
“No!! Countess! Please come in!”
As the guard’s loud voice rang out in the quiet air of the night, the soldiers on duty at the guard post also learned Alvida’s identity, and they immediately pushed the fence to create a passage.
“It’s a lot of trouble. By the way, if you don’t mind, could you please guide me to the building where my husband works? It’s my first time going inside here, so I don’t know the way.”
“Well, that’s okay, but… Your Excellency has just gotten off work, so why did your wife come here…”
When the guard tilted her head and asked the reason for her visit, Alvida’s eyes changed to look very embarrassed.
“Well, is that possible? My husband hasn’t come home yet… You must be mistaken.”
“Oh, no!! We know the identity of everyone who comes in and out. So there is no way I wouldn’t know whether the most important person, His Excellency the Governor-General, left work. Obviously, His Excellency the Governor-General left work on time at 6 o’clock.”
Alvida’s eyes began to shake more and more violently as the guard clearly announced that her husband had returned from work.
“Well, it can’t be… That can’t be…”
“If that’s true, please go to His Excellency the Governor-General’s office. My former employee may have been mistaken.”
Following the guard’s advice to go to her office to check on her, Alvida nodded and quickly walked away.
‘Okay… The worker must have been mistaken. I must advise the West to improve the discipline of his soldiers. How can you be mistaken about whether the commander-in-chief is home from work or not?’
“Shit, Countess!! Wife, take your time!!”
“Eye!! You don’t have to follow me!! I can go on my own!”
With that last hope, Alvida headed to the office and climbed up to the third floor, where Count Leverkin’s office was located, at a speed so fast that his soldiers could not keep up.
Since there was only Count Leverkin’s office on the third floor, the highest floor anyway, she opened the door and went in immediately, and the empty office she saw inside shattered her last hope.
“Ma’am!! Why, why are you in such a hurry? Just as I said, Your Excellency has already left work… Hehe!!”
Her guard, who had followed her to guide her, looked at her albida and tried to assert that she was correct, but then he closed his eyes, pouting her flagship at the tremendous amount of life that was pouring out of her. It was to be avoided
“… Call me…!”
“Boo, you’re calling me? Who, who…”
“Someone who knows my husband’s whereabouts! Yes! My husband’s lieutenant! If you call him, he will know where my husband has gone!! If you don’t want his head blown off, tell him to run here within 30 minutes!! Right now!!!”〈 Br〉
“Yes, old man! I understand!!”
At the sound of Alvida’s voice calling for her adjutant, her guards rushed out at high speed to call for her teaching.
Fortunately, Teach lived near the headquarters, so he was able to arrive within the 30 minutes limited by Alvida, and as soon as he entered, he was overcome by the brutal murderous fire aimed at him and was forced to break out in a cold sweat.
“It will be good for your reputation if you answer straight and honestly from now on. Steve Teach. Do you understand?”
Teach sat in the commander-in-chief’s chair and nodded his head frantically in response to Alvida’s question.
“If you understand, tell me right away. My husband… Where is he now?”
*Illustration of Alvida upset by her husband’s disappearance*
