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172 – Episode 172 Two Maids Go Out

Episode 172: Two Maids’ Outing

The day after returning to the imperial palace was the weekend.

Thanks to this, Flora and Mulia were able to go out of the imperial palace feeling relieved.

They went to Cecilia in advance the night before and asked her permission to go out. Originally, I had to fill out an exit permit, but considering the fact that it was right after returning from vacation, I got permission verbally.

“It’s been a really long time since I’ve been out alone with you.”

Mulia nodded once in silence at Flora’s words her her her her.

The two women were traveling to downtown Deleson in a carriage rented from the imperial palace.

If you were a low-ranking noble, you had to take care of your own movement outside the imperial palace. However, the two women were able to enjoy this privilege because they were the empress’s exclusive maids.

The carriage stopped at a square with the largest fountain in Delezonne.

As soon as Flora got out of her carriage, she held her arms wide open and took a deep breath.

“What are you doing?”

“To taste the city air.”

Mulia said nothing. She just slowly shook her head.

Either way, Flora inhaled her breath and exhaled it again and again. She then turned to Mulia.

“I feel better because it’s refreshing.”

“Okay. How about moving slowly now?”

“Then.”

Flora nodded her head at Mulia’s suggestion her her her her.

The two women stood side by side and walked. They headed toward the street extending east from the fountain. There were many shops selling various gifts and souvenirs.

“What would you like as a gift for Mr. Luke?”

“Well…”

As Flora mumbled, Mulia also fell into trouble.

The reason the two women went out into the city together like this was to keep the promise they made to Luke in Nedville.

The promise was that he would definitely repay Luke for his hard work in guiding him around the Nedville territory.

That day, when Cecilia first brought up the story of her reward, she thought that those who were also listening to it should not remain silent, so she made a kind of declaration.

“Mulia.”

“Yes.”

“What reward will Your Majesty give Mr. Luke?”

“…”

Mulia couldn’t come up with any answer.

She had no idea what kind of reward Cecilia would give him.

“You don’t know either.”

Flora said as if she knew it would happen.

“Then do you have any guesses?”

“No. “No.”

“You are no different from me.”

Mulia returned it to Flora just as it had been done.

After all, I’m the type of person who can’t live with losing.

Flora looked at her and smiled.

“Still, wouldn’t you have given Luke something he would like?”

“If that’s the case… Is it gold?”

As soon as the word ‘gold’ came out of Mulia’s mouth, Flora thought it sounded plausible.

But the next moment, she became doubtful.

‘Anyway, are you really going to give me gold as a reward?’

Expressing gratitude could be replaced with something else…

But Flora soon gave up her thoughts on the reward that Cecilia would bestow. Her top priority now was thinking about what gift she would give Mr. Luke.

“Mulia. Let’s first look around the stores and think about it.”

“Is it so. “I think that’s the best way now.”

The two maids agreed.

They headed to the nearest gift shop. After receiving a greeting from the store owner, the two women began to slowly look around the inside of the store.

The place where they stopped at the same time was the corner where men’s gifts were displayed.

“…”

“…”

They looked at the products on display with wide eyes. The enthusiasm was so strong that the store owner hesitated while trying to approach the two women.

‘I can’t say anything…’

The owner eventually gave up trying to talk to her and went back to the counter.

Meanwhile, as soon as Flora and Mulia finished watching, they exchanged eye signals with each other.

‘I don’t think it’s here.’

‘I agree.’

They headed to the next store. There, I also looked through the items in the men’s gift section.

Unfortunately, there wasn’t anything I liked, so I went straight to the next store.

After repeating this process several times,

“I think this is okay.”

Flora found the item she liked first. She picked up the object with her careful hands.

“It’s a cufflink.”

When Mulia said the name of her object, Flora shook her head.

The cufflinks she chose were gold, and there was a small green emerald in the center of her button.

“Look. It even resembles the color of my eyes.”

“Surely…”

Flora lifted the button up to her eye level. Thanks to this, Mulia was able to examine her buttons more closely.

“Do you think it would suit Mr. Luke well?”

Flora saw Mulia nodding her head and said what she thought.

“Mr. Luke always wears a black suit on weekdays. That is the attire established in the imperial palace, so it is natural to keep it, but I think Mr. Luke would also like to make some changes.”

Mulia listened intently to her remarks

“I once saw something in the imperial regulations, and it said that you could wear accessories with your clothes. So, cufflinks are not against the rules and can make your outfit look a little different.”

“Now that I think about it, there was something like that in the rulebook.”

Mulia nodded her head.

“I want to make this a set.”

Flora hummed her tune and picked up the same button left on the shelf.

‘What should I do for you?’

Mulia checked the products on the shelf several times. But she didn’t really like anything, so she moved on to the next corner.

There she found a good mulia, and she took it in her hand.

“Oh my, is it a clothespin?”

“Yes.”

What Mulia chose was a gold clothespin that could be attached to her lapel, and it was shaped like the sun.

“What do you think?”

“Hmm…”

Flora took her clothespin in her hand and examined it closely.

She seemed to be quite a contrast to Luke’s calm image, but I thought it wouldn’t be that bad.

“I think it’s good.”

“Then I guess I’ll have to decide on this.”

The two women headed to the counter with the gifts they had chosen. After paying a large sum of money, they smiled as they looked at the carefully wrapped gifts.

And at the same time, I had the same feelings.

I hope Luke likes the gift.

* * *

I decided to spend two days in bed this weekend.

When I’m reasonably hungry, I go to the restaurant and eat, and when I’m bored, I read a book in bed and then stretch out…

Anyway, I’m going to be busy again starting next week, so it’s okay to tidy up for two days, right?

-Knock knock.

A sudden knocking sound made me stop reading and look towards the door. Eventually, Flora’s voice was heard from outside the door.

“Mr. Luke. Are you inside?”

Come to think of it, I remember going out with Mulia this morning.

“Yes, there is!”

I closed the book and rushed to the door. When I opened the door, Flora and Mulia greeted me.

“It’s been a while since you two came to my room.”

“Ah. “I have something to tell you.”

As Flora opened her eyes and smiled, Mulia also slowly raised the corners of her mouth. The two women took something out of their respective bags.

“What is it?”

“I told you before. “I will repay you for guiding me to the territory.”

“So, we went through the gift shop today and picked out something that would fit.”

I didn’t know the reason for going out was for me…

Two women handed me a small box. I expressed my gratitude and received the gift.

“Mr. Luke. “Be sure to wear this on Monday.”

Flora narrowed one of her eyes and winked.

“I hope it matches well.”

Mulia looked slightly embarrassed.

Flora wrapped her arms around her sides,

“Well then, have a nice weekend!”

She quickly moved on, leaving behind a greeting.

I looked at the backs of the two women with blank eyes for a moment.

Normally, Flora would have boasted about her gift.

‘I guess I was a little embarrassed myself.’

I closed the door and put the gift down on the desk. Flora opened the green box she had given her and found a pair of stylish cufflinks.

“And. Just by looking at it, it looks expensive.”

So what Mulia gave me…

“This is a really well-made clothes pin.”

I never thought you’d pick out accessories for my clothes…

I truly felt moved for the first time in a long time.

‘It’s not going to stay like this.’

I put on a black suit I took out of the closet. Then, I tried attaching cufflinks to both sleeves and clothes pins to the pockets of my jacket.

“Oh…”

When I checked in front of the mirror, it seemed like I was subtly showing off my sophistication.

Flora and Muliana certainly have an innate sense.

“I guess I’m not a maid who serves the Empress for nothing.”

I nodded and understood.

I was curious to see how they would react if I showed this on Monday. And for some reason, Cecilia’s reaction is also like that.

* * *

The Duke of Montersen and the Marquis of Marlborough met for the first time in a long time at their favorite pub.

“Marquis.”

When Montersen let out a low voice, Marlboro straightened his back.

“There is a National Foundation Day next month, so can we just sit there like this?”

“Of course, we must not remain still.”

“You’re good at answering.”

Montersen clicked his tongue and took a gulp of the beer in front of him. Marlboro just looked at that.

It was obvious that if I said more, I would get nagged.

Montersen put down his beer glass roughly.

“Even the last attempt to interfere with trade with the Kingdom of Sergel failed. Since then, I have wasted my time without any significant results… Do you think that only in this way will the Duke of Hundrey’s wishes be carried out properly?”

“Absolutely not.”

Marlboro let out a nervous voice.

“It would be ideal to take advantage of this international founding event.”

Montersen still did not give up his goal of weakening Cecilia’s imperial power. After shaking down Cecilia’s imperial power, it was something that had to be done in order to install her son, Theorde Monte Lessen, as secretary of state.

That was the way to inherit the will of the Duke of Hundrey, who wanted to take the royal family into their own hands.

“Marquis. I hope I won’t be disappointed this time.”

“Yes. I will do anything for the noble faction.”

As Marlboro bowed, Montersen nodded his head once. Then he twisted one side of his mouth and smiled wryly.

‘This time, Luke, I’ll have to do something even he can’t do.’