Chapter 51 – Ep.51 Smith, a Black Company in Another World
Immediately after I accepted Ardella’s proposal, Ardella left for a short time to attend to other matters.
Meanwhile, I also visited Amela and told her about what happened with Ardella. Of course, Amela already knew this.
Lady Ardella came to see me after she had already finished talking to Amela in advance.
Sister Amela only warned me not to mass produce the same items she had given to Siron, but other than that, she didn’t say much else.
I returned to my room, and after a while, Ardella came to visit me alone again. But this time he was not empty-handed.
Crunch, crunch, crunch.
Ardella was lying down on my bed, reading the documents she had brought earlier, quickly scribbling something with her pen and flipping the pages over and over again, while I was next to her roughly sorting the pile of documents by type.
Like a fool, I didn’t ask the question ‘Why in my room?’ However, I asked why he was doing it in bed instead of a normal desk.
To this, Ardella replied, ‘Is there any reason to sit uncomfortably on a chair and work when there is a bed that is as hard as a desk but can lie down on?’
It’s not exactly wrong, but considering Ardella’s bursting breasts, I thought that lying down might not be very comfortable.
Of course, I didn’t say those words out loud.
“Sister. “This is the last one.”
“Hmm. I get it.”
I handed Ardella a document on the city’s security agenda whose location I don’t know. Ardella looked at the document for a moment, scribbled briefly with her pen, rolled it up, and placed it aside.
Seeing the pile of rolled up documents almost as tall as I was made me feel like I had done some real work.
“Maybe it’s because my younger brother helped me, but it feels like it’s over sooner than I thought.”
“I’m glad it helped.”
Lady Ardella got up from the bed and sat up straight.
My gaze naturally turned to the momentarily shaking chest.
“Now that I think about it, I haven’t even eaten dinner.”
“Ah, yep. Yes, it was.”
Hearing Ardella’s clear voice, I quickly came to my senses and raised my head to see Ardella’s face.
Ardella’s face, reflected in the light of the lamp, had a strange charm unlike usual.
Perhaps sensing my gaze, Ardella, who was looking out the window where the moonlight was streaming in, turned her gaze towards me.
“Hmm… It wouldn’t be a bad idea to go out and eat, but I don’t really feel like moving today. So little brother. “I want you to bring some food for my sister.”
“If you want to do that, of course you should do it. Please wait a moment. I’ll get it right away. Ah, what do you like on the menu?”
“There is nothing special about it. “I am careful to put anything in my mouth if I can eat it.”
“Hmm… All right.”
I took the world’s most difficult order, ‘Anything’, and came down the back stairs straight to the kitchen.
Fortunately, Amela was in the kitchen, so I briefly explained the situation and asked for a simple sandwich to make.
“Pay later.”
“… Do I have to pay?”
“Is this crazy? Of course you have to pay. “Who digs the ground and makes a business?”
“Sister…”
“Write it. As for aegyo, go to your little lovers and shake them off, and anyway, pay the money later. Do you understand?”
“Tsk.”
When I clicked her tongue, Amela giggled and made a generous sandwich with vegetables and meat and placed it on her plate.
Instead of the bland beer, I cleverly filled the glass with milk and returned to my room.
“Is it a sandwich? “Not bad.”
Fortunately, seeing the corners of Ardella’s mouth turn up, it seemed like she wasn’t just saying it was good in empty words.
For Ardella, who was still sitting on my bed, I laid out the things I had brought neatly on my bed, which was essentially the floor.
Lady Ardella spoke while holding a thick sandwich.
“When we went on a tour of the territory and took a break in a nearby village, the village chief or his husband would always make us something to eat like these sandwiches.”
After saying that, he took a bite of the sandwich and said, ‘But this tastes much better. Haha,’ he said, letting out a small but pleasant laugh.
He looked very light and simple compared to when he was processing documents.
“Hmm…”
“Why are you doing that?”
Ardella, who had been eating a sandwich for a while, glanced at my face and frowned very, very slightly.
“Now that we’re having a meal together like this, I don’t know what to talk about. “All I can tell you is boring and a bit cruel for you, a man.”
“Uh, um…”
I was momentarily speechless at Ardella’s unexpected answer.
Normally, I would have hesitated to talk about it, but I didn’t think that the story I knew would be very interesting as I knew Ardella’s identity was another class and I had never left Mallingta.
However, it is impossible to bring up the story of the Earth again.
However, with Master Ardella frowning like that, I couldn’t just keep his mouth shut, so I rolled his head as much as I could while he was playing.
“Well, what kind of life do you usually live?”
“You mean me?”
“Yes. Sister.”
Unfortunately, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t come up with anything worth talking about. So, after hearing Ardella’s story, I decided to just fucking respond.
Lady Ardella said, tapping her small lips with a half-eaten sandwich.
“No matter what kind of life it is… “The time spent touring the estate is longer than the time spent at the mansion.”
“So you keep moving from city to city?”
“Normally, after inspecting two cities, I return to the mansion, rest for about a week, and then head out again.”
I was slightly appalled by Ardella’s calm reaction.
I could not imagine how difficult it would be to travel from city to city solely on horseback in this medieval era where there were no cars or trains.
“Well, then what do you do when you’re at the mansion?”
“I’ll take care of the backlog of documents. “My mother is busy traveling around the border.”
“I heard you have younger siblings too…”
“They prefer going out with a sword and catching demons or thieves rather than looking at documents.”
Maybe it was my imagination, but I felt like there was a slightly bitter smile on the corner of Ardella’s mouth hidden behind the sandwich.
“Then… When are you going to rest?”
“Processing documents is relaxation for me. At least you can relax, sit properly, and enjoy something like tea or snacks. Haha.”
“Wow…”
I truly felt sorry for the woman in front of me.
Oh my god, sitting in a chair and doing overdue paperwork is relaxing.
What kind of life have you been living?
“It’s not fun after all, right? “I know I’m not very talkative.”
Master Ardella smiled faintly and pushed the remaining sandwich that was tapping his lips into his mouth.
“Sister. “Then today is the day you should have been at the mansion, so did you come all the way here on purpose?”
“Hmm? Ah, that’s right.”
Lady Ardella took a sip of milk and put it down.
“As with you and with those two guys, originally it would have been okay to send another vassal, but I wanted to see you, so I ended up coming myself. Thanks to you, I brought the documents along with me. Haha.”
Lady Ardella glanced at the documents piled up in a corner of my bed and smiled slightly.
As Ardella’s vague smile combined with the soft light created by the lantern and moonlight, a corner of my heart began to tingle.
Damn you Smith. Come to your senses.
I cleared my throat and lightly tapped my cheek.
“Why are you doing that?”
“No. “Isn’t it worse than that?”
“Ah, I don’t usually eat that much, so I’m just moderately full.”
Lady Ardella lightly patted her stomach in a way that did not suit her.
I quickly stuffed what was left into my mouth, swallowed it with the remaining milk, grabbed my empty plate, and got up.
“I will clean it up and come back. Is there anything else you need?”
“Hmm. “There is none.”
“Yep. “Then I will come back quickly.”
I hurried downstairs, handed the plates and glasses to the kitchen, and returned to the room.
Of course, Ardella was still sitting on my bed, watching the moonlight shining through the window, and when I came in, she turned to me.
“Don’t stand, sit closer.”
Mistress Ardella patted the seat next to her with her hand, and after thinking for a moment, I very, very slightly dropped his butt and sat down next to Mistress Ardella.
Master Ardella, who was watching the scene, did not say anything and just nodded with his characteristic vague smile. Then he looked at the moon rising outside the window again.
“Smith.”
“Yep. Sister.”
“As your sister, I have a small request to make. If it’s okay, I hope you’ll grant it.”
“If it’s something I can do, whatever.”
Ardella, who was looking at the moon, looked at my face with sparkling blue eyes.
“I’m trying to get some sleep, so I need you to lend me your knee.”
“… “Your knees?”
“Okay. Knee.”
To be honest, I was embarrassed.
That’s because it was an answer I didn’t expect at all.
“That… It doesn’t matter, but do you plan on sleeping here?”
“Are you uncomfortable?”
“Uh… Well, what are you talking about? Rather than being uncomfortable…”
A man and a woman sleep in the same room.
I suddenly felt dry saliva running down my throat.
Lady Ardella, who was looking at me like that, laughed as if it was amusing.
“Don’t be nervous, my sister is not so senseless as to reach out to her younger brother.”
“No, well… Wow.”
“Haha. He didn’t even tell his subordinates to get a separate room for me. So, let your sister sleep.”
I couldn’t help but nod as I saw Ardella speaking with a truly pure smile.
“Then let me borrow your knees for a moment. Now, sit over here.”
Lady Ardella made me sit sideways at the head of the bed and stretch my legs. Then he gathered his beautiful silver hair neatly on my thighs and laid his head down.
“Well, not bad. “It’s not heavy, right?”
“At all. “It’s very light.”
“Haha, that’s a good thing.”
Master Ardella actually laid his head on my thigh, closed his eyes, and placed his hands neatly together on his stomach.
“Once you fall asleep, you can hardly wake up, so you can leave me alone and go about your business.”
“Yep.”
With that, the conversation ended.
A small lantern and moonlight in my room. And only Ardella’s even breathing remained.
“…”
“…”
How much time has passed?
I lost track of time as I absentmindedly admired Ardella’s face reflected in the moonlight.
Snow-white skin and a sculpted nose. Small, red lips like cherry. Her appearance was so beautiful that I couldn’t help but think that she looked like a doll.
“… Sister.”
“…”
“… Sister. “Are you asleep?”
“…”
Several times, I tried to raise my voice a little and call out to Lady Ardella, but she didn’t move at all and just exhaled evenly.
I decided that I was in a deep sleep and moved my body little by little.
Squeeze.
Lady Ardella’s cheeks were very soft. And it was soft.
She was smaller than me, her wrists were thinner than mine, and the only thing bigger than me was the ample breasts on her chest.
I was really curious how a body like this could handle such a crazy schedule. At the same time, I felt a little sad.
Well, as a slave, I am not in a position to worry about others.
And the next eldest daughter who will inherit the earldom.
But that is that and this is this.
I very gently and gently stroked the bangs of Ardella, who was sleeping soundly.
Ardella’s hair was as soft as her cheeks.
Silver hair that shines softly every time it catches the moonlight…
“Really pretty.”
“…”
It was a sincerity that came from deep within my heart.
Siron’s red hair and Kernax’s brilliant blonde hair were very beautiful, but unfortunately for the two of them, Ardella’s silver hair was so beautiful that it would not be a waste to say that it was truly unique.
I stroked Ardella’s head for a while and felt my eyelids getting heavier little by little.
Normally, I would still be active for a while, but maybe it’s because of Ardella’s influence…
I carefully held Ardella’s head in my hand, picked up the only soft pillow in my room, and quickly placed it on Ardella’s head.
“… ?”
As I was getting off the bed, I saw that Lady Ardella’s face was a little red.
“Is it because of the lamp…? .”
I turned off the lamp, covered Ardella with the blanket on the bed, then took out a few clothes I had stuffed in the closet, laid them out on the floor, and lay down.
My back was a little cold, but my eyes naturally closed as soon as I lay down, probably because I was full.
“Useup… ?”
I woke up wiping the drool from the corner of my mouth.
My body ached a little, probably because I fell asleep on the floor.
“No, it’s already morning?”
The bright sunlight coming through the window frame made me frown.
“Ah.”
I quickly turned my head and looked at the bed.
The bed was empty. As a bonus, the blankets and pillows were arranged very neatly.
“You went… Me?”
Seeing as the bundle of documents is gone, it seems like he went away while I was sleeping.
I got up from the floor scratching my stomach.
“Hmm?”
A small note lying on the desk caught my eye.
I immediately guessed who wrote it, so I opened the note.
“Smith. Thanks to you, I was able to rest comfortably.
Your lovers will be released around noon, so don’t worry.
If your mother receives something you made… The next meeting will probably be at the mansion.
Until then, stay healthy.』
There were traces of repeatedly writing and deleting something in the middle, but I decided not to pay much attention to it.
After folding the note and putting it in my emergency fund box under the bed, I stretched out.
“Ugh… !! Huh~”
I opened the window wide to let in the sunlight.
“I’m going to be really busy starting today.”
