And so, before I realized it, even though he was the head of a family and a duke, and I was just a servant, he was calling me “friend,” at first I was extremely humbled by this, but I was finally affected by his feelings, and I finally began to think of him as a “friend” as well.
Since I was bad at interacting with others, and never knew what to say to people, he’s the first person that truly ever called me a “friend.”
While I was living beside this friend, and doing my best at work, and at the time I suddenly realized that I’ve become the head gardener –
My only friend unceremoniously passed away from an illness.