I was obsessed with walking through the city and I forgot the time, but when I realized it, it was past noon.

It was a good walk to buy out, but it's been a pretty good time. To the boulder, probably around the end of the story about Richt and Melvin.

I thought so and decided to stop by the grocery store for the last time before heading home.

Well, what shall we make for lunch? I myself had the culinary skills there in my previous life, but in this world I was born into a house of nobility, so I never had a chance to cook, did I? So you never thought you'd get another chance to cook.

Richter was happy to say, "I can't eat your handicrafts every day from now on," but I still think it's inferior to the dishes the chef makes.

He told me that the dishes I make are the best even in my previous life. The cooking arm went up, too, because there was actually that word, right?

I'm going to live with Richt in that mansion. For once, I intend to do my chores well because I am in the position of a servant.

Though the mansion is smaller than the birth house, cleaning alone is likely to break bones, but I have no choice.

Having finished shopping at the grocery store, I was thinking of dedication as I looked up to the clear blue sky. Second, I realized someone was stopping me. I stop walking and look back to my voice.

"Customers! I forgot something!

It was the grocery store clerk who shopped earlier who came running over screaming like that. He is an impressive boy with pale gray hair and shiny amber eyes.

"Huh...?

"Look, change!

"Shh, excuse me! I'm confused, I'm confused..."

There are several dull silver coins on the clerk's palm. Apparently, he forgot to get a change because of what he was thinking. When I received the coin from him, I bowed my head again and again.

"No, never mind. The customer is also a slave."

He said that with a serious look at my right hand.

……

"Actually, so am I."

Looking straight at me with my little neck tilted, he has shown me the golden ring he is wearing.

"You did, didn't you"

"Yeah, there's a lot of slaves here because of the countryside."

"Really?

Because many of the slaves who work for the master are in the city, it seems unusual for slaves to work in one country like the town of Reeve. If you don't have many slaves, you have to be careful not to make evil stand out......

"It's because people with more than a certain amount of magic are concentrated in the city," he added with a bitter smile. Oh, with that said...... you can't have a servitude contract unless you're someone with more than a certain amount of magic.

When I heard about it, he seemed to be my age, and he was lucky enough to meet the grocery store owner so he didn't send it to the facility and started working downstairs at that store a while ago.

"... Excuse me. I got kind of intimate. I told you a long story."

"No! This is the one who just made the embarrassing mistake of forgetting to get a change and let me take your time...! Um, are you okay with the store?

"Oh, never mind! I was just about to take a break, because the master replaced the store number!

He replied so in a hurry, "I was going to have a late lunch," he said with a smile.

"Um... if it's okay, can you tell me your name? I'm Nate Quodor."

"Uh, I..."

They asked me for my name. What should I do?... In this case, you should still name a pseudonym.

"I'm Rosetta... Rosetta Belle"

I used to borrow the name of a maid I was close to. She works for another master now, but it could have been a bad idea to borrow the whole boulder. But there seems to be a lot of people with the same last name, and it's okay...

"Rosetta... that's a good name!

When Nate said so, he narrowed his eyes and smiled calmly. Look at him like that, I get my chest pounding. Why not? I met Nate for the first time and I'm not supposed to know the contents very well yet...... somehow, I felt safe.

A few weeks have passed since I came to the town of Reeve.

In the meantime, I feel pretty close to the only Nate I've ever known in this town.

That should be it, too. He works at one of the few grocery stores in this town, because if you go out and buy him out, he'll be face-to-face with nature. Besides, there is also a common denominator between those who have no magic for each other.

It didn't take long for me and him to get any closer.

I myself, I'm starting to be attracted to Nate, and I think Nate's probably into me, too.

However, because of the guilt of 'lying', I was not willing to make any further progress in my relationship. Besides, no matter how much you can trust him, if you get along with him, you have to reveal everything.

Real names, qualities, everything...... If you do that, you'll be bothering your family.

And most importantly, you're going to betray Richt. I can't betray my brother for telling me I'll take care of him for the rest of my life and make my feelings a priority.

In that way, I had a hard day with unanswered grid.

One day like that. When I finished buying out and went back to the mansion as usual, Richter greeted me with no expression.

It's a holiday, so he's busy working as a court magician on weekdays, and he doesn't need to go to work either. For that reason, it looks like I've been spending the morning in my own room.

Perhaps the lack of expression is due to poor sleep. Even in his previous life, he didn't sleep well... or maybe he wasn't feeling well.

Though...... it's weird that I did that. Normally, Richter greets us with a smile, no matter how unwell he is, saying "welcome home," but only today he is silent.... Something, I feel so scared.

"Ha, I'm...?

"... oh, welcome home"

Richt gave it back to me with a voice that was not vibrant when he called out to dispel the awkwardness. Things are still not right.

"What's wrong...?

…………

"Richt......?

"... of the grocery store clerk - Nate or something. Are you close with that guy?

"What...?

I end up unexpectedly. First of all, I was surprised you knew me and him. And for some reason, about grasping his name, I felt terrified through surprise.

"I'm asking if we're close?

"Uh..."

I haven't said a word to Richt about Nate. Besides, the basics are that I'm gonna go buy him out, so there's no way Richter knows about him.

"How did you know his name?"

"I don't care about that.... What kind of friends are you?

When Richt said that quietly, he grabbed my wrist. And he pushed my body against the wall with momentum as it was.

"Ouch......! Ouch... it hurts...!

Both wrists are held down beside their faces, unable to get out as soon as possible.

No matter how "painful" you complain to me, you won't stop. It's held down with strong force, and I can't even resist. At times like this, I feel the difference between men and women again.

"Why don't you answer...?

The righteous faces of Richt approach each other as far away as they breathe. I felt a deep, bottomless darkness behind his eyes staring at me without moving one eyebrow.

When I saw it, I noticed it. Without a doubt, Richt is angry that I and Nate are close. It's not because of poor sleep or physical fitness.

Oh, well. After all, I guess I'm angry because getting along with Nate would annoy my family. Because of this, you even went into hiding so that you wouldn't get to know me, and everything would be ruined if I acted recklessly.

I'm sure Richter was afraid of that from the beginning. So maybe you went around suspiciously looking into my behavior.

"... please... don't..."

"What I want to hear is not an apology. You're talking about him."

That's it, Richt whispers. Eventually, he took his hand off my wrist like he had returned to me hah.

"How dare I... I'm sorry, Ceres... that hurt, didn't it?

With that said, Richt held me gently.

The way it always is, my twin brother who drowns me. But... obviously, something's wrong.

"Um... I think I was being reckless. I'm so sorry. Right? You're going to annoy my family..."

With unspeakable discomfort, I turned my hand around Richter's back and held him back hard.