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“W-wait! There’s people aiming her!?”
“Yes…… but because Leonora-sama has a pure and kind heart, she refuses to pursue that matter–”
Kai had a warm smile on his face, as if he was bragging about his master… but that warm smile soon became a sad one.
“–And that’s exactly why they’re still trying to take her back to that dark place!”
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“…*Whisper*…Kind and pure? Who? That Leo? That money hungry beast?” – Leena asked Bruno, in Elandic.
“…*Whisper*…Wait, what!? He wasn’t speaking about someone else!?” – In which he answered back…… with another question.
Both Leena and Bruno weren’t prepared for that sudden and shocking revelation.
But Kai wasn’t over yet, the tale of his master’s life had just begun.
“Where should I begin with… oh, that’s right…. do you guys know why Leonora-sama isn’t fluent in the common tongue, and why she sometimes gets frightened so easily? …It’s because she was raised by evil and dirty men, who sought to exploit her, after her mother’s death–”
(Huh!?!?!?)
‘What the hell are you doing with my body, Leo!?’ – Is what Leena wanted to yell, but she managed to suppress her emotions.
On the other hand though, Bruno was as expressionless as ever–no, his face was just paralyzed from the shock!
“–But despite being raised in that kind of environment, Leonora-sama still managed to grow up into a kindhearted person. Even after Lord Harkenberg adopted Leonora-sama, she wasn’t taken over by greed, not to mention how humble she is, always wearing that black dress because she’s still mourning her deceased mother. When she was harassed by other students, Leonora-sama still sought to make them her friends, she even gave her hair away to save one of her senpai’s little sister. On the day of the sorcery presentation, she placed her life on the line to save Prince Albert. After that she even donated an expensive painting to the Spirit Faith, and helped a team of water magicians when they were busy building wells for the people. Leonora-sama’s kindness is bottomless.”
After he finished telling them the tale of his master’s life, Kai had a satisfied smile on his face–
“……… . ”
“……… . ”
–But Leena and Bruno, on the other hand, were speechless… for more reasons than one.
“Hmm, sorry Kai, I got a bit lost on the sorcery presentation part, can you repeat that for me, please?” – Said Leena, with a forced smile on her face.
“Oh, yes, the presentation. A group of terrorists were trying to kill Prince Albert, but since they were using a spell that tracked high amounts of magic power, Leonora-sama grabbed the Prince’s dragon mark, which contains an immense amount of magic power within it, and acted as a decoy to save him and everyone else. After that, she went missing for a while, so we had to search for her everywhere, even here in Richard. But we soon found her, thanks to the enrollment ceremony of the academy.”
(Heee∼, so that’s why they were looking for him……?)
Leonora von Harkenberg was the benefactor of the Prince of this country, so of course they would worry if she suddenly went missing. However, without Kai noticing it, Bruno and Leena were becoming empty shells right in front of him. Why were they so worried about Leo, if he wasn’t in danger to begin with?
“I’m really sorry that I was a bit suspicious of you guys at first. But after watching Leonora-sama playing with the little kids, and enjoying herself, I noticed how much everyone here respects her.”
“W-well, a normal butler would be suspicious, so you don’t have to worry about that, right Bruno?”
“…Un… . ”
“Is that so? Well, if that’s the case, then I don’t have to worry about those disguised guards that I placed around the orphanage.”
“…You mean, like those ten guys disguised as beggars…?” – Bruno asked.
“Y-you noticed them!? Wow, and I even asked the knights to disguise themselves, since it’d be too weird to have twenty or so knights guarding the orphanage at the same time.”
Before they entered the orphanage, Bruno thought that the local lord was paying them a visit, since there were a dozen or so knights guarding the place. However, he noticed that the number of beggars around the orphanage had increased too, but these new guys were unusually buffed to be normal beggars, so all the pieces came together after Kai mentioned the disguised guards.
“Hey Bruno, can you go to the kitchen and bring me “ that ” thing, please? I want him to tell me a bit more about Leonora. I need more details on what happened during these past four months.” – Leena asked, in Elandic.
“…Un… . Ah! Me forget! Will bring drink!”
“ That ,” was a strong wine used for cooking that Leena had bought some time ago, and if she mixed it with an herb that she had beneath her bed, she could create a “ Powerful Drink .”
“Haaah∼, everyone here in this orphanage is really good at speaking in Elandic… on the other hand, even after spending a lot of time studying it, I can only read and write a few sentences.” – Said Kai, with a bitter smile on his face.
Leena tried to comfort him by saying that he just needed to practice to be able to speak like them, but that wasn’t enough to lift Kai’s spirits. So when Bruno returned, Leena hastily grabbed one of the cups that Bruno had brought along with him and placed a drop of that herb’s extract on the cup, before topping it with wine and handing it to Kai.
“Here, drink this. It’s going to make you feel refreshed.”
“B-but I’m Leonora-sama’s butler… I can’t drink during work.”
“Wine is like water for us, here in Richard. Besides, you deserve a break sometimes.”
Leena’s words were like the devil’s sweet whispers to Kai, he certainly deserved a break–
“W-well… just a sip wouldn’t hurt… . ”
–But what Kai sipped wasn’t just wine anymore…… it was a homemade truth serum.
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As the effects of the truth serum started to kick in, Kai started talking about a lot of things, but mainly about his master, Leonora von Harkenberg–
“…-and then Prince Albert fell in love with Leonora-sama, but she only sees him as a friend! Can you believe that!?”
“T-t-t-the Prince fell in love with hi-her!?” – Leena.
“Yes, he fell in love with her! And then Princess Bianca became her best friend!”
“……B-best friend… a princess… . ” – Bruno.
–Which left Leena and Bruno even more shocked than they were before.
(What the hell are you doing with my body, Leo!?!?!?)
The Altruistic Saintess, Leonora von Harkenberg. Leena wanted to ask Leo how the hell he managed to earn that title and gain the favor of not just the First Princess, but the Crown Prince as well, in just four months–
(You said that you stole his coin, and that you might be executed for that, didn’t you!? There’s a limit to misunderstandings, you stupid piece of s**t!!!)
–However, she could understand Leo’s line of thought, since she was a “commoner” herself. Always be prepared for the worse, that was this country’s commoners motto, since the nobles of this country were a bunch of twisted people, after all.
Leena was ready to throw away her life, when Leo told her that he might be executed, but the current situation far worse than she thought it’d be.
Forget a prison cell, becoming the Crown Prince’s bride and future Queen was akin to slavery, that position had even less freedom than a High Noble.
(Ahhh!!! A handsome guy like Albert is certainly a sadist that enjoys locking people in a room, and I’m not even a masochist to begin with! Just thinking about him gives me goosebumps!!!)
As Leena was having those wild thoughts about Albert, Kai covered his face with both of his hand, then he started to cry–
“…*Sob*…I’m such a useless servant…*Hic*…I can’t even stay by my master’s side when she needs a shoulder to cry on…*Sob*…I wanted to be born a woman!”
–But the confession that came after that was heavier than she expected.