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As we rode in the carriage to Grendel san’s mansion, Grendel san gave me and Charlotte san a loud voice from the very first word.
“How do you like it!? This is my family mansion! Isn’t it big!”
…… Honestly speaking, it’s about the same size as Anastasia’s mansion, so I’m not that surprised, but since Anastasia’s mansion is probably one of the biggest in the world to begin with, Grendel san’s mansion is about the same size as Anastasia’s. It’s also pretty amazing.
“It’s big”
“Fufu, I guess it is, then you can go inside.”
I was let into Grendel san’s mansion and Charlotte san and I were led to the dining room where there was a very long table.
As was the case in the hallway leading to this dining room, there was nothing but expensive looking things to see. ……
The three of us sat down next to each other with me in the middle……. Then there was a knock at the diner door and a lot of very tasty looking food was brought in.
“How about some of this fresh produce? Isn’t it spectacular?”
“Yes, they look delicious.”
“Then let’s eat.”
Me, Grendel san, and Charlotte san eat the food laid out on the table together.
The expensive-looking meats and fresh vegetables, all with a taste that showed they had been carefully prepared.
“It’s delicious.”
“Of course it is.”
As I ate my food, a thought occurred to me, so I asked Grendel san about it.
“Like this dining room, there are a lot of expensive paintings and expensive antiques in the hallway, is this a hobby of Grendel-san or his family members?”
“That may be true, but I don’t want it to be dismissed with just such cheap words… Today is the first time I’ve invited a friend, but since I hold the rank of a Marquis, I sometimes invite people to socialize with me… …Therefore, the reason why we keep expensive things is not so much a hobby of ours, but rather a way to show hospitality to our guests.”
“Hospitality……”
In my previous life, I did not have a very good image of nobility, but Grendel-san gives me a sense of the nobility of nobility that should be there.
Although he said a lot of things, he even called me a friend now that I am just a butler,…… I also apparently thought of Grendel-san as a friend without even realizing it myself.
After that, Charlotte san did not utter a word while we were eating our food, but considering her current state of mind, it would be natural to consider that I was grateful that she allowed me to come to Grendel san’s house today.
After we each finished our food, Grendel san and I decided to take a bath together.
Charlotte said, “I’ll go in after I get back to Anastasia’s mansion…. Al, I’ll wait for you at the carriage, so come when you’re done.”
I and Grendel san wrapped a towel around one another’s waists and went into the bath together, washed our bodies, and soaked ourselves in the hot water.
“As I said, a bath is a soothing experience,…… and it’s a pity Charlotte Anastasia isn’t here.”
“Even if Charlotte san were taking a bath, I’m sure she’d switch time with us.”
“I-I know, I know! I wouldn’t go in with her!”
Grendel-san blushed and said so. …… For all his talk of seducing women, it seems that his system on that side is still the same as ever.
After a short pause, Grendel san said with a serious expression.
“…… Feal, today I have something I want to apologize to Feal for and something I want to thank him for.”
“Something you want to apologize for and something you want to thank ……?”
I listened, thinking that this was very unusual for Grendel-san.
Then, Grendel san bowed his head and said
“I apologize for dismissing Feal as a mere butler, as you see.”
Grendel-san said just that, without saying anything else.
“I don’t care anymore, please raise your head.”
“…… I see.”
I, who really didn’t care about such things, told Grendel-san that, and Grendel-san slowly raised his head and continued.
“Until I met Fairard and Charlotte Anastasia, even though there were people who approached me with the rank of marquis, I had never met anyone who truly wanted to deepen my friendship with me…It might be natural to say that since I was cross-legged about being a Marquis..That’s why I met people like Feal and Charlotte Anastasia for the first time…people who don’t see me through the glasses of a marquis.”
“…… is that so?”
“When I talk to Feal and Charlotte Anastasia, I forget about the aristocracy itself and feel like I’m just spending time with friends…you are truly mysterious beings, and I’m sure no matter where I look for people or objects in the world, there won’t be one that can make me feel that way.”
The reason Grendel san feels this way is probably because in our previous life we lived in a world without an aristocratic system….However, the fact that Grendel san, who knows nothing about our past lives, is able to sense this much is proof that he is dealing with us firmly.
“So thanks for spending time with me …… , talking to both Feal and Charlotte Anastasia, I’m having a blast.”
Grendel san said with the kindest smile I have ever seen.
“Don’t thank me for that,…… because we’re friends, aren’t we?”
“,……! Yes, …… we were!”
Grendel san said, then stood up and said in a loud voice.
“Feal! That fight the other day, that ended in a draw.”
The fight the other day…… when Grendel san fought for me when I was about to lose consciousness.
“That’s right.”
‘We can’t let it end like that, we’ve got to settle this firmly!”
“Eh, ……? Now?!”
“Of course! I’m going to use flame magic to raise the temperature of this water, and we’ll see who can hold out longer!”
“You’d better not use flame magic inside the building ────.”
After that, as Grendel-san tried to raise the temperature of the hot water with flame magic, I blocked it with water magic, and eventually we unleashed water magic on each other.
After about ten minutes, we got out of the bathroom and changed our clothes, and came to the front of Grendel-san’s house where a carriage was coming to take me to the Anastasia family mansion.
Inside the carriage, Charlotte-san was already sitting, just as she had said.
And when I was about to get on that carriage, I turned back to Grendel-san as he called out to me from behind.
“…… In the end I didn’t win the match in the bathroom where it was hard to move, but tomorrow I’ll use my sword to win the match.”
Saying this, Grendel-san held out his left hand.
“…… understand.”
I grasped Grendel san’s left hand with my left hand and we shook hands strongly.
“See you later.”
“Yes, see you.”
I then let go of the hand I was shaking, and I got on the carriage and headed to the Anastasia family mansion with Charlotte-san.
In the course of the journey, Charlotte hugged my right arm tightly all the way,…… and her expression seemed to say that the moment she had been waiting for was finally coming,────, and I felt the same way.
When we eventually arrived at the Anastasia family mansion, Charlotte san said she was going to take a bath and told me to sit on the bed in Charlotte san’s room and wait for her.
────A few minutes later, Charlotte san came to this room in her bathrobe, sat down beside me, hugged me forcefully in front of her and whispered in my ear.
“Finally… I can finally tell Al… Aruto-kun how I feel… Hey, Aruto-kun. I’ve always loved Aruto-kun, and I still do.”
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