After sitting down on the chair, Tanya-san served me a cup of tea. The drink was pale greenish yellow in color, a commodity the conglomerate has recently spent efforts to make, the herbal tea.
“This is the Rosemary flavor herbal tea. It’s good to drink when you’re tired.”
“Thank you very much. …I shall partake it.”
After drinking a mouthful, I breathed out slowly.
“It’s delicious. …Do I appear to look that tired?”
“No. However, you are tired, aren’t you?”
“Hahaha… Well, you are right. However, I’m still good to go. When I compare myself to the young mistress…”
“I am also getting worried about her. For a while now, I haven’t seen the young mistress taking any breaks at all.”
“You’re right, that’s how it’s been. Whenever I see her like that, I think that I have to work harder.”
My work has certainly increased when the young mistress came back. However, I never thought of it as unpleasant. Or rather, to be able to see how much will the conglomerate grow… It is my pleasure to be a part of it.
Above all, when I see that the young mistress’ workload is more than twice as much compared to mine, I feel that it’s natural for me to work harder.
“You shouldn’t be basing your standards on the young mistress. Because that person is addicted to it.”
“Hahaha, you said something really fitting… Ah, I should get going soon.”
“Right now, the young mistress is having a talk with the Madam. Because of that, she’s probably not done straightening things out…”
“Is that so. Then, perhaps I should go a little later. …At any rate, for the Madam to make a trip all the way here, she is probably worried about the young mistress…”
“That’s probably how it is. Since from time to time, Yair-san will send a report to the mansion.”
Yair-san is the second butler of the Ducal House. However, since Sebastian-san is now devoted to the fief’s management, he is doing the work of the first butler.
“I completely understand that what the young mistress wants to accomplish is very important. However, compared to the fief, the young mistress is more important to me. I think this is a good opportunity for the young mistress to take a break even if it’s just a little…”