In a one-country territory in the north, it could also be called house arrest life. Storms came at best three months after it began.
The quiet residence of a couple of deacons and cooks, one maid and one servant of the former main residence, who manages the old lord's residence owned by the Duke of Rufus, gently welcomed me (although at first I seemed to have been unable to treat me quite well) as the current Duke's house.
I wish I'd quit, but I don't know what I'd do this time alone, and this mansion should be very quiet except for the busy Lichten who sews between his studies with my father, the Duke, and clings to this mansion with a townhouse in the King's Capital.
Some kind of deliberately noisy morning in such a mansion.
I wondered if the maid Marie had broken her plate again, and when I went down to the front hall, I raised my dismay to them there.
"Well, good day, Altenrich Nathan Rufus. Grow up in a little while."
"Long time no see, Miss Florence.
What do you think of your breaking into the Duke's house without even touching it, as a maid of the Marquis de Maitrobe? "
"The Duke's residence? Oh, well, how discreet. I thought this was a warehouse.
Apparently they hadn't noticed me hiding in the shadows of the stairs, and the three of them pushed their rightward and leftward servants into front of Altenrich.
"Well! Are you Altenrich? No rumors!
I'll see you first, Aisha Pettigrey.
A lot of young ladies have been moaning lately that they tend to take a break from school.
"It's an honor to meet you. Miss Aisha Pettigrey.
My name is Altenrich Nathan Rufus.
My legs are away from the school because of a lot of Rufus family circumstances... well, I've been mainly busy with my sister.
Oh, speaking of which, were the three of you friends with your sister?
... excuse me, you're a former alumni. "
I don't know the look of Lichten turning his back on me, but Aisha's face caught on slightly, and I thought it was bad, and I jumped out into the hall.
Imaginary but perhaps Lichten has a very nasty insidious laugh.
Since when did you start looking like that?
Oh, you were so, so cute as an angel...
"Lichten. What's wrong?