“This is very difficult to say, but I truly had something come up, so unfortunately, unlike Elena-sama and Luna-sama……”
“You could just be honest with me.”
“Ah……. Just those words make me happy……”
Due to her position as a personal maid, she probably thought it would be better to stick to her story rather than admit she had “lied.”
Even so, if the “having something come up” were taken seriously, it would look like behavior that didn’t prioritize her master.
With such concerns, he could see relief in Sia’s eyes.
“Hey Sia, when we get back in the carriage, I want to do something as thanks for this morning, okay? It can be the same thing as when we went to school.”
“……Th-that is……um, uuu. I-I’ll endure it……. It would definitely affect my work after we get home……”
“Ahaha, then it can’t be helped.”
The reason would probably be getting distracted and spacing out while thinking back on it during work.
Enduring it for risk management, being able to endure it, was truly like Sia.
Setting aside how she was making an obviously longing face──it was truly professional consciousness.
“Um, Byleth-sama……”
“Mm?”
“I’m being greedy by saying this, but would it be……possible to carry that over to tomorrow morning?”
“Of course that’s fine. And that’s not being greedy at all!”
“Thank you so much!!”
“No, no.”
Sia was bowing her head deeply, saying it was two thank-yous, but if such a request fell into the category of greed, the natural order of the world would collapse.
“Oh, since it’s getting late, let’s head to the carriage.”
“Yes!”
And so they began moving from the entrance──with Sia walking beside him while maintaining the distance of their master-servant relationship.
It was a bit lonely since it wasn’t like this when they were alone together, but this couldn’t be helped.
“Oh right. I’m sorry for this being sudden, but there’s one thing I’d like to confirm with you, Sia.”
“Something you’d like to confirm?”
“Yeah. It doesn’t have to be soon, but I was wondering if you could free up a day off?”
“That’s only natural! If it’s Byleth-sama’s order, anytime, anywhere!”
“Being able to help my master!” was what made Sia happiest in her work. Her eyes sparkled as she nodded vigorously.
Sia’s first priority was Byleth’s orders.
Next came work related to taking care of Byleth.
Due to her position, she could say this because household duties had lower priority.
“But why did you ask such a thing……?”
“To put it bluntly, I was thinking we could spend a day off together.”
“!?”
If asked why he came to this idea, it was because both Luna and Elena had created time to spend alone together on days off.
Meanwhile, he hadn’t been able to create the same time with Sia yet.
Naturally, this was unfair, and it also included Byleth’s selfish desire to “spend time together with Sia.”
“So……how about it? Spending time together.”
“Th-th-th-that, please by all means! I’d actually be happy if you’d order me to!! It would help with explaining to others……!”
“Then I’ll make it in the form of an order.”
“Yes! Then when would this be scheduled for!? If it’s an order, I can make time anytime!”
It was an incredible eagerness like a carnivorous animal, but as the one who invited her, having her react like this was truly happiness.
He wanted to keep seeing such lively expressions from Sia forever.
“By the way, do you have any preferences, Sia? Since this is sudden, I thought it might disrupt your schedule if it’s like this week.”
“Um, well……”
If they were to suddenly schedule something, it would mean having to shift previously decided plans. Or it would mean packing the schedule tighter and moving around more.
It was a suggestion made to avoid just that, but it could be called unnecessary meddling.
“Um……you see. I would prefer this Saturday…… Because I want to be with Byleth-sama as soon as possible……”
“Eh!? R-really? Then let’s make it this Saturday.”
“Thank you. Really……thank you……”
“No, rather, I’m really happy you said that.”
Sia smiled while intertwining the fingers of both hands.
Byleth returned a smile to her, whose emotions came through from her whole body just as her words conveyed.
“By the way, do you have any preferences for where to go? Like if we go out, you’d like to go here.”
“M-may I share my selfish wish……?”
“What is it?”
“On that day, I would like to spend time with Byleth-sama……at the mansion……”
“Huh……. Not going out is quite surprising.”
Since he had been thinking completely in terms of going out, it showed on his face.
“If we went to town, I could buy you things you wanted, but even so, is that okay……?”
“I have this hair ornament and necklace. The first presents I received from Byleth-sama……. There’s no greater treasure than these.”
With movements like handling fragile objects, Sia touched these two items she was wearing, revealing a truly satisfied expression.
Though they weren’t the most recent gifts, it seemed as if these two still completely satisfied her material desires.
“Personally, I think it would be fine if you showed me more luxurious feelings? You’ve worked that hard.”
“That’s outrageous……. In reality, you’ve already granted me luxuries so extravagant they’d warrant divine punishment, Byleth-sama.”
“Isn’t that going a bit too far?”
“It’s not going too far……”
Sia denied it in the smallest voice of the day, fidgeting with her hands as she spoke honestly.
“At, at the mansion, there would be……no one watching, so I might be able to be spoiled a lot……”
“Huh……”
“When we’re alone together” was a promise.
Having said it all without hiding anything, Sia hung her head as if to block Byleth’s gaze.
The moment he saw Sia’s profile as she seemed overcome with shame, that emotion infected him too.
“……”
“……”
At this timing when both parties fell silent, the stopped carriage just happened to come into view.
With the day’s duties finished, at the evening hour.
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After exchanging “Good night” greetings with Byleth, her precious master whom she adored from the heart, Sia spent her private time in her bedroom after cleaning herself.
──Though to say that, the free time for a personal maid, now a retainer, was only a brief moment.
To avoid problems tomorrow, to wake up early, and above all, not to oversleep, she had to go to sleep promptly.
What Sia did with such precious time was predetermined.
It had already become a daily routine.
Taking care of her cloth hair ornament and necklace.
She carefully wiped the surfaces, removing dirt invisible to the eye.
“Isn’t that something you do every day?” would be a natural question.
“Isn’t that something that doesn’t have much meaning even if you do it daily?” would also be a correct question.
But these were the first presents her master had given her.
While remembering that time and touching her treasures, this time was one of Sia’s happinesses──after finishing caring for the hair ornament, she placed one hand on her head with a pat.
She moved that hand left and right, petting her own head.
“Ehehe……”
Immediately, alone in the quiet room, Sia let slip a smile.
From an outside perspective, it would look like she was comforting herself.
However, this was not such an action.
After exchanging the day’s final greetings with her master, this was something she did secretly, casually, many times.
“…………”
During the day’s final greeting, she had been spoiled and had her head petted. This was an action to better recall that moment.
Doing it herself versus having her master do it was completely different.
Unlike the latter, this didn’t satisfy her feelings even a little bit.
However──
The difference in hand size with her master, the difference in comfort, the difference between her chest feeling warm or not. Feeling these differences made the realization that “it really happened” well up strongly.
When filled with that feeling, she would return to caring for her necklace.
Sitting in her chair, swinging her feet, even humming in a good mood.
Her precious private time could be spent so fulfilling.
Furthermore, today, she had even gotten the long-awaited plan of a date with Byleth on a day off.
It was natural to be in an even better mood than usual.
While moving her hands, narrowing her eyes, wishes leaked from her mouth.
“I wonder if I can become more intimate with Byleth-sama on our date day……”
Just on that day, I want to be spoiled a lot…….
Just on that day, I want to be doted on a lot…….
Just on that day, I want my selfishness to be indulged a lot…….
Just on that day, I want to be together the whole time…….
Just on that day, I want him to think only of me…….
While Sia harbored various feelings, what she wanted to fulfill most was this:
“I’d be happy if Byleth-sama thought the same way as me……. I’d be happy if he was looking forward to that day too……”
The surge of emotions manifested in various ways.
Her hand polishing the hair ornament sped up, and her small toes tensed with force.
“Fufu, I already want to see him……”
Though only about thirty minutes had passed since parting with her master, the one she loved was under the same roof. He was in a place where she could see him immediately.
The more she thought about it in her head, the more she felt that way.
“Byleth-sama……”
Sia murmured in a longing voice, a voice of desire, and gradually felt it.
Her self-control, which had been one of her prides, was becoming difficult.
And that was only when it came to her precious master, whom she absolutely didn’t want to be hated by──
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