CH 335

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Milina Was Very Excited “Milina. This is still at the planning stage, and nothing has been decided yet, but…” “Yes, what is it?” “The plan is to grow and produce more herbs in Range village. And so we’re testing it here first. To see if they will take root properly and multiply.” “I see. I do think that your herbs will help other people. It is a good plan.” “Indeed. And so if everything goes well, then I will have to go to Range village.” “That’s true. After all, you are the one who has the ability. And it will not be easy for you to just come back and forth.” “Yes, exactly.” And so I talked to Milina about what we were planning. We hadn’t even made any contracts yet, but she knew about my ability and helped with concocting medicine and we shared our knowledge. So I wanted her to know. Besides, if I had to hire a lot of people, I might have to rely on someone like Milina, who I trusted… “And so when I go to Range village…well, I’ll need to get Ms. Claire’s permission, but I was wondering if you would want to come with me.” “Me!? …Oh, well, it is true that it will be difficult for you to do everything by yourself…” “Yes, that’s right.” When I started thinking about hiring people, the first person that came to mind was Milina. She was currently studying herbs and medicine, and also helped me with picking herbs. And I knew her well enough to trust her. While she had originally come from the orphanage in order to work as a servant, I had also taken her under my wing, in a way. She was only training to be a servant while she stayed in the mansion, and her actual goal was to learn about medicine. So there should be no problem with her accompanying me. Still, I needed permission from the others first. “…I understand. And I have decided to go with you, master. If you are going to start something new in a different place, then it is my duty to go with you as your apprentice!” “Well, actually… You really don’t have to be that serious about it. It would be perfectly fine if you stayed here and continued to work as a servant, if that’s what you want…” “NO! You have done so much for me, and I practically forced you to become my instructor. I would not think of leaving in order to work!” “Uh, I see…” Had she forced me? In fact, I didn’t really see her like an apprentice…even though she insisted on calling me master. It seemed to come from the fact that she respected me because of my ability. I wondered if I should tell her, but it would take too long to explain. So I could do that some other time. We would have plenty of time to talk in Range village. “Well… Though it’s still being planned, I guess that part is settled? Can I count on you?” “Yes, you can!” “Good.” Milina was enthusiastic and learned quickly. She knew quite a lot about medicine now, and was good at picking medicinal herbs. And she was also able to concote simple medicine. She would be a great help. “Well then, in order to help you, I shall learn all I can as a servant!” “Uh… What?” Milina declared this as she made a fist. Why a servant? I thought she was going to learn about herbs and medicine. “Yes! When we go to Range village, there will not be lots of servants like there are here! And so I shall do what I can!” “Ah…is that so…” It was true that there would be no maids in Range village. Though, I was apparently going to hire a butler. But for some reason, Milina was excited about filling in… Though, I wished that she would direct that energy to her studies. “Mr. Takumi. Don’t worry about Milina. I shall make sure that she can work like a proper maid by the time you have to go to Range village!” “Thank you, Ms. Lyra!” “Uh… I see… But we still have to make more medicine, so don’t spend too much time on that.” “Of course. I will make sure that Milina does everything that she needs to first.” Ms. Lyra had been listening to the conversation, and declared her whole-hearted support. Milina was supposed to be here in order to learn about medicine… Was this really fine? Well, if that’s what she wanted to do so much, I would not stop her. I just hoped she wouldn’t get too carried away in that direction. After I left Milina with Ms. Lyra, I returned to playing with Leo and Tilura until it was dinner time, and Ms. Gelda called us to go to the dining hall. Of course, I did not forget to wipe the dirt off of Leo’s paws. As she had seen me do it before, Ms. Gelda had brought me a wet rag. I accepted it gratefully and thanked her before cleaning Leo. Liza wanted to help as well, and so I had her wipe one of the paws, which turned out to be rather difficult for her. Apparently, she was not doing it hard enough, and it only tickled Leo, causing her to lift her paw away. Liza thought that Leo didn’t like it, and so she apologized immediately. And so Leo pressed her face against her as if to explain, which was amusing. Leo is just ticklish, and wasn’t upset. You can try again next time, Liza. When we entered the dining hall, Mr. Ekenhart, Ms. Claire, Ms. Anne and Sebastian were already waiting there. I wondered if they had finished talking then?

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