Became the Butler of the Second Heroine of the Harem

32 – Grades

It was the afternoon about 10 days after I had a light sparring with the young lady in front of Shaula and Nefeli. The lady is taking classes in the academy building, and I’m out at the market right now looking around the market for dinner ingredients.

“Good shrimp came in today! Take a look!”

At that word, I quickly moved my feet and looked at the condition of the shrimp. Seeing the reddish shrimps, the size of the index and middle fingers combined, swimming vigorously in the water, they were good shrimp. Seeing how powerful the shrimp jumped out of the water, we decided to have a shrimp dish for dinner.

I bought about 30 of them and went to a place called Milky Way Bakery last Friday with a lady. It was a place that Nefeli told me about, and when I went with it, it was boasting a large size like a famous bakery in a metropolitan city.

The bread I bought there was delicious even if I just ate it, so the lady and I were surprised and bought other breads one by one and ate them together. At such a place, I bought baguette bread and white bread and came out.

Today’s dish is gambas. If the amount of shrimp and baguette is not enough, you can add boiled pasta to oil pasta, so even a lady will like it.

“Okay…Do it…”

The confession of a young lady I remembered at first glance came to me like a scar on my chest. It’s like my scars that have healed enough that I don’t usually pay attention to them over time, but when I look at them when I change clothes, the pain suddenly comes back.

I just wanted to see the happiness of the three people, including the young lady, the butler, and the count. I came here because I commented like that.

I thought it wouldn’t be easy to find people’s happiness, but could it be this difficult?

I wasn’t ready to receive her heart, and I couldn’t accept it. So you’re dating someone with a mental age gap of over 20 years? I felt like I couldn’t because my conscience was stabbed.

And if this happens, isn’t it no different from stealing it from the main character of the original work? Every time I saw the ice water, the thoughts I heard came to reality right away, so I couldn’t help but laugh.

As I was passing by, I saw a large building, the Church of the Holy Gwang in the capital, and I remembered the saintess Magellan. Now that two weeks have passed since her meeting with the saintess, how much did she investigate the moon?

Because I’m busy reading the letter every day, I probably haven’t researched much. In such a state, it was premature to use the ‘one-time coupon to meet the saint’ that was handed over.

I wish that at least one thing could be solved, but all the cases related to me were difficult to deal with as if they were unsolved cases, or even difficult to find evidence.

After summer vacation, I returned to the dormitory thinking that I should go to church once.

“…Where have you been?”

A girl who wasn’t supposed to be there at this hour was sitting on her sofa, hugging her knees, wearing her school uniform, with a somber expression on her face. Menstruation…It’s probably not the time yet, what happened? She put the ingredients she had bought in the kitchen and sat down next to the lady.

“I went to the market to buy ingredients for dinner. What happened to you, lady? You look bad.”

“…It’s nothing special…I got second place in a light dance at Muhak Hall today.”

“Good job.”

“First place went to Nefeli. It was difficult for me to adapt to the distance because I competed with a wooden sword and a wooden spear held by Nefeli, not my sword.”

Today, it will be a dance conducted to see how the students are doing without class. It started around this time in the novel, so I guessed it.

“Originally, spears and swords have a much better advantage. I think that the young lady took second place well.”

“But…”

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The young lady mumbled and sighed deeply as if feeling sorry for her, then hugged her knees even more. It was her victory that was close to a fluke, which led to Neferi’s negligence at the same time as the uniqueness of her true magic sword and her young lady’s swordsmanship matched her last victory.

This time, neither the yam sword nor the appropriate swordsmanship were available, and Neferi, who had been defeated the other day, must have been careless. So it led to the loss of the lady.

“Then, shall we train with weapons that keep distance like spears tonight?”

Once every two days, the young lady and I reviewed the fixed classes at Muhakkan. The lady would tell me what he had learned, and she would take time to review based on what she had learned.

Today is then a review and preliminary training for spearmanship. He seemed to be able to imitate the movements of Nefeli he had seen the other day.

In order for the lady to adapt to various weapons, while using the damage she received from the butler’s past actions, the items she requested arrived yesterday, so it should be good for training.

“Yeah, even if you’re drooping like this, you’re still walking in place, so you have to go further.”

“That’s a good idea. I’ll prepare dinner soon, so change into simple clothes and come out.”

I started making gambas after seeing the lady go into the room to change clothes. The correct name is Gambas Al Ajillo, but let’s just call it Gambas.

While I was trimming the heads and intestines of the shrimp, a young lady dressed in simple clothes came to me and stared at me while I was cooking. Haven’t you ever been like this before?

“What are you doing?”

“I came here because it was strange because it felt like I was trying food for the first time. Is there anything I can help you with?”

He looked around the kitchen, wondering if there was anything he could help me with, marveling at my skillful cutting skills. This knife skill, which he had learned rigorously from Chef Ramden, was more difficult than learning his twin swordsmanship. It was the moment when that blade shined.

Apart from that, due to the nature of harem heroines, except for some heroines, there is no talent in cooking or eccentric dishes are inevitably completed.

In the novel, the hand of the lady…Let’s omit it. Still, it’s a relief that it’s not as serious as the poisoned Shaulla… Is it? No, in the first place, the comparison target was a single dish…

“Then, cut the baguette over there into bite-sized pieces. It’s delicious to dip in oil.”

“Dipping it in oil is delicious? What kind of dish is it…”

“You’ll understand when you try it. So will you help me?”

“Leave it to me!”

I felt uneasy, but he likes me so much, so let’s leave it alone. While cleaning the shrimp, I often saw the lady cutting the bread, and she was cutting it safely.

The gambas we cooked together ate the baguettes cut by the young lady and added pasta boiled with leftover oil. After we had time to digest, the two of us went out and took our seats in the clearing, as we always did.

The lady was holding an ordinary wooden sword, not the one I bought, and I was holding a black box that could be held in one hand. After injecting a little magic into the box, it turned into a wooden sword that was longer and thinner than the normal sword I wanted.

“It’s a strange thing. Is it like something sold at the magic tower?”

“Yes, it’s called an intangible weapon, but it’s an object that takes the shape of a simple weapon of the desired shape when you inject magic power. These objects are weak in durability and lack sharpness, so they’re used for training, so I asked the butler. I begged you.”

This is the item Nefeli explained to me the other day, saying that she would need various weapons. It’s a little pricey, but it’s easy to get, so I got it by half-threatening the butler.

“Now it’s in earnest.”

“It means that the young lady has become that strong. Then come anytime. I will teach you how to deal with opponents who keep their distance.”

As soon as I took the proper posture, the lady stepped on the strong advance and, as usual, a heavy sword strike came flying. Moving at a speed similar to Nefeli’s, I counterattacked while blocking the lady’s sword attack.

Because the sword is longer than the other swords, my sword strikes were reaching at a distance where the lady could not reach. When I saw the lady’s hesitation about how to move, I said.

“Don’t hesitate and watch your opponent’s hands and the weapon they’re holding. If you can even see the movement of their muscles, you’ll get a feel for how they’re moving.”

The lady who used to deal with me every day with only my fist or sword was still unimpressed. After I hit his forearms, thighs, and calves a few times, the girl’s eyes changed.

He gradually began to break my attacks, and finally came right in front of me. The lady said, hitting it at a speed that could not react.

“Come back in. It’s because it’s a wooden sword. The attack that the young lady was hit with just now was close to fatal.”

“Ha ha… Ha… I caught my guard…”

The young lady was breathing heavily and wiping her sweat. It seems that adaptation requires a lot of movement, so more than necessary stamina was consumed.

“You still move better than before. Try a little harder.”

“Yeah…That’s right!”

A girl digging again. I admired the way she broke through while blocking my attack I just mentioned, and blocked the lady’s blow with her whole body. He laughed with the sound of wooden swords clashing with each other.

“Excellent.”

“What’s so great about not being able to hit even one…You’re making fun of me.”

“Anyone else would have not understood what I just said and would have made the same mistake. You understood it at once, so I think this is enough. Now let’s try another weapon.”

Injecting magical energy into the intangible machine and turning it into a spear, he dealt with the lady while copying the image Nefeli showed. When I thought I had adapted to a certain extent, I dealt with the lady with a whip this time.

Seeing that all of them were weapons that were fought at a distance, the young lady couldn’t figure out his pulse. In particular, in the case of the whip, he was embarrassed by the first movement and was in a hurry to block it.

“Seriously… They’re both annoying weapons. And why are they so well used together?”

“It’s all thanks to meeting the teachers well.”

The long sword was taught by Mr. Robert, the spear by Mr. Roland, and the whip by Mr. Kelter, the hunter of the mansion. Mr. Kelter, who worked as an adventurer and became a family hunter in search of a stable income, taught all kinds of weapons and things necessary for survival like an adventurer who had gone through all the battles.

He was a man who often smelled of alcohol outside of the hunting season, but every time he took class, he told stories about his adventurer days, so I remembered it being fun.

“I’ll take a break and do it again. Tomorrow, classes are only in the afternoon, right?”

“Can’t we just do this today…”

“Originally, I told you not to postpone the preparation and review. We’ll start soon, so take a good rest.”

“It’s too much…!”

The lady’s thorough preparation and review continued until late at night.

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After a few weeks of preparing, reviewing, and taking various classes with the lady, the exam period approached. I also often looked at the textbook the lady had and helped me with memorization subjects, so it was fun to think of my student days.

The lady who used to sing her hum, saying that if you come after the exam, you will have done well. And she came back, looking like she was about to cry, and was standing on the porch.

“Lady?”

“Today’s grades came out…I’m second by 2 points…Nefeli is top…”

“I see…”

Like the novel, I couldn’t escape this point. If Agassi loses a duel with Nefeli and she keeps losing in the same class, it must have been a accumulated trauma.

I held her hand to comfort her. She had small calluses on her palms, probably from training with me every day.

“You did a good job taking the second seat.”

“But…”

“You did a good job taking the second seat.”

“…Why do you say it twice?”

This is national rule, so it can’t be helped. And I said it twice because it’s important.

“Anyway, you can do well next time. What if it’s a 2-point difference? It looks like you’ve been deducted for a mistake, so next time, try not to make any mistakes.”

“…Yes…”

The lady still has a gloomy expression. In times like these, you need carrots.

“Then, shall we go out today to commemorate the second-occupation of the young lady?”

The young lady, whose expression brightened for a second, quickly lowered her face and shook her head. And she looked at me with a hard face.

“No, I have to go further. I saw it in a fairy tale long ago. If you want to stay in the same place, you have to run without stopping, and if you want to go further than that, you have to run twice as fast.”

I didn’t know that the Red Queen Hypothesis would appear here as well. Although the reality is true… But it is still an unnecessary story for the young lady.

It’s second grade, second grade!

“You’ve been having a hard time taking exams all this time. It’s time to take a break.”

“So everyone should work harder while resting.”

“You have to rest when you rest. If you don’t, people will break down.”

“No. Until I achieve the goal I set, I will not rest except on the date I set.”

Befitting a family called Hwang So, I couldn’t break the real stubbornness. She had no choice but to use her last resort.

“Today, then, I’ll do anything you want. For the first test, I’ll do it because you’re in second place. Next time, I’ll do it when I’m in top grade.”

“Really?”

Her stiff face brightened and her eyes flashed as if she had found her prey. It’s like if you defeat Nefeli, your wish will be granted…

Huh?

For the first time in a while, my sixth sense was telling me that I was insecure.

…I’ll do more than I did before…

…No way…