I Became the Childhood Friend of the Northern Duchess - Chapter 161



161 – Bringing in a Lieutenant

It was the fourth day since the two of them visited Hill Deck.

Today, as usual, Ariel was sitting in front of the desk in her office, scribbling with a pen.

Perhaps because she had just had lunch, she started to feel sleepy, but today she tried to wake up by choosing coffee instead of tea.

“Now that I think about it, the letter arrived today.”

Meanwhile, Edgar, who had left the office for a moment, returned with a letter in her hand.

It’s not just a letter, it’s a royal decree with the emperor’s seal.

It was the same format as the one that arrived in front of Edgar not long ago.

“Did you bring it?”

“Oh, here it is. “I think it’s probably a reply to the letter my father sent me not long ago.”

To be precise, it would be a reply to the request for the right to summarily dispose of prisoners sent on behalf of Yulken, who was pushed out by Ariel.

If there was a letter from the emperor, there was nothing else that came to mind for Edgar right now.

Ariel also nodded with an indifferent look, as if she had guessed it.

I heard something in advance a while ago.

“Just a rough guess. “I heard this story when I met the emperor at the palace this time.”

“… Even if no one sees Amman, why don’t you give it an honorific title?”

Edgar also knows that Ariel’s use of an honorific title for a person in a place where no one can see means that she truly respects that person, but he thought it would be better to at least give it a formal title to the person of the highest. . Rank of a country.

Even though I didn’t pay any attention to it, I was worried that I might make a mistake with my words in front of others.

Even though she somehow became the master of the grand duchy, Edgar’s gaze on her always felt like he was looking at a small child thrown into the water.

“It’s okay. I’m only doing this in front of you.”

“True.”

The line, which was originally supposed to sound quite moody, like a confession, only sounded mischievous to Edgar.

The sight of her narrowing her eyes and smiling calmly at such a topic was so cute that Edgar had to hand over her letter without saying anything.

“Anyway, I heard about it when we met at the imperial palace, but I didn’t see it.”

“You were called in once during a banquet, right? It was that time.”

Edgar, who had been tracing her memories, finally sighed and nodded.

At that time, there were so many people looking for him that he was so distracted that his memories seemed to have become blurred.

Moreover, Ariel, who had been away, returned soon after, so she thought it was no big deal and brushed it off.

“Ah… I thought the story was quite short, but was it really because of that business?”

“Yes.”

I never thought I would have heard about it earlier.

Above all, it was surprising to Edgar that the emperor, and not anyone else, had bothered to tell him on the spot that he could reply with a royal edict.

“At first, I thought I was calling to say hello to my father, but that wasn’t the case. The official answer will arrive in a few days, but I wanted to let you know because it wouldn’t hurt to know in advance…”

“He’s quite a talented person. So what is the answer?”

“It’s obvious. There would have been no reason to refuse in the first place.”

The letter I sent a while ago was just a formality.

Neither Yulken nor Ariel had any idea that the emperor would give a negative reply to that letter.

The answer that came back was also not beyond Ariel’s expectations.

On the contrary, if Ariel had said that it was difficult to give an answer right away or had received a rejection, Ariel would have been quite upset, but she was very fortunate that she did not.

“No one came together, right?”

“I barely got a reply, so why would I even send someone? That’s all.”

“Good.”

If someone had personally brought the edict, Ariel couldn’t just sit still.

Since it was an official letter from the emperor and not anyone else, it should have been received with the minimum of courtesy.

However, not doing so also meant that the other party did not attach much importance to this matter.

Wouldn’t it be okay to think of it as just a simple reply to what needs to be done?

Flapping.

“What does it say?”

When Ariel’s eyes stopped as she opened the envelope and read the words written inside, Edgar asked, even though he expected there to be no special content.

The answer that came back was also not far from his guess

“It’s a formality. One is my greeting to my father.”

“Indeed.”

After reading the entire contents, Ariel put his letter her back into the envelope and said that she would deliver it to Yulken later, then suddenly crossed her hands and rested her chin.

“Oh, and your lieutenant was supposed to come today. Did you hear about it?”

“Hmm? “What lieutenant?”

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Edgar expressed doubts about the somewhat unexpected news.

He was even more dumbfounded than when he had heard from Yulken earlier that he would not have her as a maid.

“Anyway, if you’re going to do the work of an aide, shouldn’t you have someone to give orders?”

“There’s Eline.”

“Entrusting a private task is different from entrusting a public task. “I have Shuri, but I need you.”

“… “I can’t refute it.”

Edgar, who realized that his thoughts were short, nodded his head in understanding.

The problem is that even if he suddenly has a lieutenant, it is not easy for him to give orders to someone he does not even know.

“You should have at least told me in advance. “At least we know who it is so we can both feel comfortable.”

“I didn’t think of that either? Don’t worry, I chose it with that in mind.”

Although Ariel spoke confidently, Edgar could feel a strange sense of discomfort in those words.

What do you mean, ‘I chose it with you in mind’?

It was as if she personally selected those who applied to become his adjutants.

“… Could it be that you chose it yourself?”

“Yeah, I thought so?”

“…”

Edgar actually looked bewildered at the tone of voice as if he was asking if something was wrong.

At the very least, the owner of the castle came in person, not to appoint a leader within the castle, but simply to find a lieutenant to work under the aide.

It seemed to him that the tension in the other person’s stomach might have opened a hole or two.

“If I’m going to work under you in the first place, I’m sure I’ll see you often even when I come out, right? Then there’s no harm in me looking into it in advance.”

Today, Edgar’s suspicions grew over Ariel’s quite logical attitude

In the first place, whenever she gave a good reason, it was always to hide the unreasonable reason behind it.

This could be said to be the keen insight of a childhood friend of Ariel Robeheim who had been with him for about 20 years.

“… “You didn’t go to check if there were any women?”

“Hmm… “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Edgar let out a brief sigh with an expression of disapproval at her awkwardly avoiding gaze.

As expected, it was as expected.

Because she basically did not want to step forward, the fact that she took the initiative to recruit one of her lieutenants and her was full of suspicion.

‘Should I just think positively?’

She was shuffling through her piles of papers in a rather unnatural manner – one of them was even the paper she had signed for a little while ago – and looking at her, Edgar seemed to have lifted both her hands and feet.

Made a smile.

Whatever it was, she thought of him and saved her lieutenant.

Moreover, she did not know that hiding the existence of her lieutenant was in some way a surprise gift of her own.

So, for now, Edgar simply decided to accept this favor.

“Whatever the reason, I guess I have less work to do thanks to you. Thank you.”

“Hmph, I worked so hard to save someone, but is it all over with words?”

“… Foot.”

Ariel crosses her arms, raises her nose haughtily, and looks at Edgar through narrowed eyes.

The sight, which may have seemed cold to others, seemed to Edgar like a cat unable to reveal its true feelings.

“Okay. “What do you want?”

“Well, you should think about that on your own without me having to tell you…” ” ” ! “Show sincerity!”

In other words, it meant hoping for something certain in return.

In fact, Ariel was showing off her her tyrant-like qualities even today, saying that she was doing this after saving her her her lieutenant her whom Edgar had never asked her to do.

Edgar looked at Ariel with his deep eyes for a moment, and then she suddenly took a long stride to the side of her desk.

The steps were so fierce that even Ariel in the world was overwhelmed and her body flinched.

“W-what is it?”

“To show sincerity?”

“Bah, you idiot… ! What are you trying to do in her office?”

As Edgar buried his face in the area extending from her her neck her her her to her her shoulder her her her, Ariel protested with her mouth her her but did not struggle.

Rather, to Edgar, it felt like an act of courtship on her part.

The heated atmosphere between the man and woman seemed to have continued, but the situation came to an end when Edgar pulled away from her face and smiled.

“What, what? More… Don’t you?”

When the action that seemed like it was going to get more intense stopped at an awkward point, Ariel looked up at him in bewilderment.

It’s not that I wanted anything in particular, but if there is such a thing as human morality, how can one stop like this?

At least I should at least kiss her on the lips her her her. This was enough to make even ten-year-olds sigh and ask what that was.

However, unlike this sad Ariel, Edgar’s answer was a straight answer and he had nothing to refute…

“I have to work. “I heard you have a lot to do today?”

“Uh, uh… ? Well, that’s a lot, but…”

These are the words that Ariel said out of her own mouth.

In fact, there are a lot of documents to look at today, and Edgar has a lot of work to do so he has to leave her office for a while, so both are busy.

So, it was Ariel who threatened us in the first place, telling us to be self-respectful today.

“And it’s already three o’clock. “Don’t you think the adjutant you mentioned will be here soon?”

“Mr. Ui…”

Ariel expressed her anger as it seemed that her heart was being held back by the words she had spoken.

The second hand of the clock ticked like that, reaching 12, and the moment the clock reached exactly 3 o’clock, someone knocked on the door of the office.

This was enough to make me suspect that they had been waiting outside and then knocked on the door at 3 o’clock.

“I guess you are a person who strictly keeps his appointments?”

“… “I don’t know, you idiot.”

Ariel knew her face anyway, so she didn’t have any expectations.

On the contrary, I had higher expectations, and it was just a shame that they were ignored.

When Edgar told her to come in instead of Ariel, who was sulking, the door to the office opened and a man came inside.

His height is slightly smaller than Edgar’s and similar to that of Hagel.

She was a charming man with slightly long brown hair and a dignified face, but that wasn’t the only thing that surprised Edgar.

“… Leo?”

Clearly, that man was Leonel, a close friend with whom I had shared joys and sorrows in the backyard until a few years ago.

“My name is Leonel and I will be working under you as of today. Thank you, Assistant Director.”

“…”

The playful face from before was still the same, but the way he put his hand on his chest and bowed made Edgar feel a sense of disconnect.

In this way, I was reunited with my friend for the first time in a very long time, and it happened in an unexpected way.