CH 320

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Liza Seemed to Be Having Fun “Mmm…! You need a lot of strength.” “Yes, that’s true. And so you get tired after just doing it once. Don’t hesitate to tell me when you’re tired, okay?” “Okay! Mmm…” “I think it’s time. Leo.” “Wuff. Wouu…grau.” Liza stood on the chair and used all of her might as she worked. And since it was the right time, I asked Leo to start creating the wind. Just like before, this breeze reached Liza and Milina and helped to dry the medicine. Obviously, it wouldn’t dry right away, but Liza did her best…which was a lot more than I was expecting. “Liza, are you sure that you’re not tired?” “I’m fine!” After watching her for a while, I felt that she surely must be tired by now, but she denied it cheerfully. Indeed, she did not look tired… Though, she was sweating a little. But when I had done it for the first time, I definitely looked more tired than she did now. Perhaps she had a lot of energy? Was it because she was a beastkin? When we had talked about them at the orphanage, they did say that their physical abilities were superior to humans. So that would explain why Liza didn’t seem to get tired compared to Milina and me. But even then, surely she should be a little tired…she was still a child, after all. “Master, I think that it’s…” “Ah, yes. It should be ready now. Thank you, Liza. It’s finished.” “Yay! I was able to do it!” “Yes, that was very impressive, Liza.” “Did you hear that, mama?” “Wuff-wuff-wuff!” As I was thinking about it, Milina called to me, and so I looked inside of the mortar. There, I saw that the medicine had turned into powder and was ready. So Liza had been able to finish the job. Upon being praised, she jumped off of the chair happily and ran towards Leo and hugged her. Leo then licked her face as if to tell her that she had done well. She really did not look tired at all… “Master, I’m not very confident anymore… Especially since it’s supposed to be easy to do.” “Uh, yes. Me too. But I suppose Liza has a lot of energy…yes, let’s just say that.” As Milina was a little disappointed with herself, I agreed. It felt a little awkward to have some small child have more strength than you… But perhaps that was just how it was with beastkin. Ms. Gelda ignored us as she collected the medicine from the mortars and smiled as Leo and Liza played. …Though, it did seem like she was mostly looking at Liza’s tail. “She sure has a lot of energy…” I muttered to myself as I walked down the hall later. I had told myself that I would not lose the next round, but then Ms. Lyra came to the drawing room and said that Ms. Claire had called for me. And so I left Leo and Liza in the drawing room. Besides, she seemed like she wanted to help some more. Liza did look a little worried as left, but Leo would be with her, and she was now used to being around Milina and Ms. Gelda. Also…it seemed like she really liked making the medicine…or maybe it was just moving her body. …Perhaps it was like how Leo had to take walks. It was necessary to be active? In any case, Ms. Lyra had now taken the job of holding the mortar on the table. She looked happy to be able to take care of Liza. “Come in.” “Excuse me.” As I thought of such things, I arrived at the room. I had come here before. It was the room where the butlers worked. I suppose it was like an office of sorts. I knocked on the door and was given permission to enter. While I knew that I had been called by Ms. Claire, why was it in this room?” When I entered, I saw that Ms. Claire was sitting at the desk in the back, and Sebastian was standing next to her. I thought that was Sebastian’s desk… But I suppose she could sit in it when she was here. There were other desks in the room, but no one else was present. Right now, it was just us three. “Mr. Takumi, I’m sorry to call you here like this.” “No, not at all. …Uh, since there is no one else here, is it something secretive?” “Not in particular. It’s only a coincidence that everyone else has gone. As long as I am here, there must be a few others watching the master.” “Because he slipped out yesterday…” “Yes. I and the other butlers would like to avoid having something like that happen again.” “So you called me…in order to warn me about that?” Even though Mr. Ekenhart had been lectured, and helped me with the herbs, they were still keeping an eye on him. Well, he was the kind of person to just leave on a whim… That being said, he had gone with me and Leo, so it wasn’t as if didn’t have a plan. I suppose he wanted a little more freedom, but due to his position, he had to be protected. In any case, it would look like I had been his accomplice. And it wasn’t exactly wrong, either, as we had met up halfway there and gone to town together. And I agreed to everything that he had asked me. And so I was ready to be lectured by Ms. Claire and Sebastian as well. Had the time finally come, when Ms. Claire would be angry at me…?

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