Became the Butler of the Second Heroine of the Harem

38 – Summer Vacation (2)

I was standing alone in a dark space with no light. No matter how much I looked around, the scenery was the same, but I moved forward with my steps.

One hour, two hours, three hours, four hours, five hours. Strangely, I didn’t have a watch, but I knew exactly how long I had walked.

After 5 hours and 30 minutes, I noticed a person sitting with his back turned to me, and my steps quickened.

Because I’m tired of being alone in this dark place. My steps changed to jumping steps, and soon I was able to get closer to the person.

As I approached, the faint image like a mirage became clearer and I saw the real thing.

And I was shocked.

The person who turned his back to me had his nose buried in the body of a person who had fallen and was spattered with fresh blood.

“…Over there…”

I spoke to him with disgust and fear. Wanting to get out of here quickly, I thought even a madman would know how to get out.

At my words, the man slowly raised his head and faced me. That person’s face was mine, Sirius’s, with blood all over his mouth.

I turned my gaze to the place where I couldn’t see the blood because I felt sick to my stomach as I drank the blood as if I were sucking the sauce off my fingers.

“Why are you doing that?”

The same voice that came out of his mouth added to the disgust.

“Don’t put up with it any longer.”

What are you telling me not to put up with? When I turned my gaze and ran into him, he was inviting me with both hands full of blood.

“Accept.”

I was dizzy at the sweet smell, like fruit juice, to say it was the smell of blood. As I slowly tried to take his mouth with his hand as if possessed, my eyes went to the person who had fallen and was covered in fresh blood.

A woman’s body just beginning to grow.

Long platinum blonde hair that is beautiful even when it is stained with bright red blood.

Even though they lost their vitality, their eyes didn’t lose their blue color.

And there are clear tear marks around the eyes.

When I saw the face that was so familiar to me, Lady Europa, covered in blood, I was so startled that I stepped back and shook off his hand.

As the blood on his hand lost its flow and was scattered on the floor, he looked at me with eyes full of murderous energy.

If a look could kill a person, wouldn’t it be that kind of look?

“…You will regret it.”

A word I said with bloody tears flowing from his eyes as he faced me was surprisingly not sharp enough to kill. I woke up with a voice full of pity and lamentation.

“…Are you okay?”

When the girl who was a cold corpse in my dream looked at me and asked how I was doing, her body drooped in relief. My whole body was damp with cold sweat, and I felt uncomfortable, and I was a little tired from the sudden sense of exhaustion after the relief.

“Yes, I’m fine.”

“I was worried because I was breathing heavily and sweating a lot…”

“…Sorry for worrying you.”

“It’s a total mess. My hair is also weird from the sweat.”

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As the young lady straightened my tousled hair, the scent that brushed his nose reminded him of the smell of blood he had smelled in his dream.

“…You don’t have to worry about it because it’s fine…You’ll smell like sweat…”

I was afraid that my unknown self would come out, drunk with that scent. I tried my best not to smell the scent as much as possible by moving to the end of the carriage with as much distance as possible from the lady.

“Since when did you care about that? Did you have a bad dream?”

Of course there is no way the young lady knows about my troubles. I was embarrassed when he approached me with worried eyes.

“That…It’s fine…Please don’t come too close…”

“…Ah, yes…”

The girl’s worried eyes changed to the half-closed eyes she used to see when she was angry. It was hard for her to bear those eyes, but since it was for a young lady, she had no choice but to endure it by swallowing dry saliva.

“…”

“…”

In the carriage, which is cooler and quieter than mid-winter, the two of us just stared at the warm scenery passing quietly by.

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When we arrived at the family residence shortly after noon, all the servants stopped their work and came out to meet us. Some of them were new faces.

When the carriage stopped, the owner of the house opened the door and greeted her young lady.

“Welcome back, my lady. How have you been?”

“Yes, I’ve been fine. Dad…”

“The head of the family boarded a flight sent from the imperial castle to the capital on an urgent basis. He said it would take a week, so he should be able to see you next week.”

“Okay…I’ll take the carriage and I’m tired, so I’ll go to my room and rest. I’ll have dinner in the evening.”

“Yes, I understand.”

“And.”

Entering the mansion, the lady looked at me with the same eyes she saw from her carriage and said,

“You’re resting too. If I need anything today, I’ll talk to the butler.”

“…Yes, get some rest.”

As if he had heard my answer, he turned his back and stared dejectedly at the back of the girl who was heading towards his room. No, that would be a good thing. I feared myself again, wondering if I might really become a vampire.

Isn’t the person I saw in my dream the real owner of this body I possessed? And why was it that the person who fell down had to be a young lady?

…Because you are the most important person.

I moved my steps heavy with deep thought, but before returning to my room, my steps were blocked by a person blocking my path.

I looked up to see who it was, and it was Mr. Ramden, the chef. His well-groomed chin showed today shaved beard marks, and his considerable muscularity was still intact.

“Kid. Are you eating well?”

I couldn’t be gloomy to the person who greeted me, so I showed a faint smile.

“I’m using the recipe the chef taught me. The lady likes it too.”

“Take care and eat well. There are still only bones, only bones.”

“Mister Ramden, how nice to see Sirius right now. I think he’ll be popular with girls his age.”

The person with orange pigtails next to the chef was Christine’s younger sister, Kryanna, who works as the kitchen’s chef.

The conversation between the two became a signal and they began to say hello one by one.

The blind maid Irina said she was sorry that she couldn’t tell her if she had heard the news of the lady’s menarche, and Uncle Robert told her to tell her whenever he needed furniture.

Mr. Kelter silently stroked my hair and left. She must have been drinking and the smell of alcohol stung her nose, and her expression contorted by itself. When she said she was talking to the owner of the house, she said, ‘You understand a lot,’ and she smiled heartily and headed outside.

Christine and Leona also welcomed me. When I lightly asked the two of them, who were now on terms, even if they were lovers, they bit off like a shark.

After a long time, I felt like I was meeting and talking with my relatives who were happy to celebrate the holiday. After talking for a while, the butler came down the stairs and approached me.

“Sirius.”

A clear, middle-aged voice that does not crack even though he is old. Despite the short period of time, I was moved by the sound of the butler calling after a long time.

“Yes, butler…”

“Well, you wrote down my past in the report.”

“…Yes?”

Looking closely, the butler’s hands were wrapped in black gloves. The excitement was fleeting, and the danger was just beginning.

“Don’t expect to come here and rest in peace.”

…You should tease me in moderation…

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The underground training ground that I followed the butler down to was still dark and quiet even though I hadn’t come in a long time. The owner of the house, taking off his coat and hanging it to one side, lightly bent his neck and opened his mouth.

“What I said above was a joke. Sirius. Let’s just relax and talk.”

“…Was that a joke?”

You let go of your life as much as you could, and even the people around me were falling away from you and even noticed, but to say that was a joke is too much of a joke.

“…Stop talking about it and come back. We’ll see how much you’ve dulled or grown.”

The owner of the house turned around and evaded him. I thought that if I teased it any longer, I would taste the murderous behavior from earlier, so I stopped and, following the butler’s words, I put on my gloves and warmed up with a simple stretch that had hardened in the wagon.

“I’ll go.”

I thought I had relaxed to some extent, so I shot my body at the butler like an arrow. It was a surprise stab of conversion that I saw for everyone who uses a spear, but as I expected, he easily dodged it.

“Is it a stab based on spearmanship? It’s sure to be fast, so I was taken aback.”

“After being flustered, your movements are light!”

I swung my arms as a link, but I still chased the butler like a shadow, who was avoiding with light steps.

“Your body should always be light!”

With the butler’s answer, a darting hand flew towards my head, and I tilted my head to the side to avoid it. The dodging speed was a little slow, so the cheek fit, and the ball cracked a little with a gong sound.

“Looks like you’ve been comfortable lately. You can’t avoid something so simple.”

“Didn’t the butler come faster than usual?”

“What are you talking about. I’ve always been at this speed.”

“…The butler. It’s only been about three months since I haven’t fought with that butler.”

“That’s enough to dull it a lot.”

I sighed at the shameless words of the butler and ran again. We moved around for two hours without a break, going back and forth between each other.

Compared to me, who was covered in sweat, but his breathing was still normal, the butler’s breathing began to change little by little.

“You sure don’t lie about your age.”

“Ha, it’s just funny to see a young man who can’t overcome such an old man.”

They laughed at each other, saying non-venomous words.

Is the butler laughing at how I’ve grown? Or are you laughing in a different way?

It didn’t matter. I just enjoyed spending time with the butler.

With the butler, I was simply moving my body and applying potion to keep the scars from getting worse. Since my clothes were enchanted with automatic repair, I had to apply the potion while wearing only my underwear.

“Come to the training ground tomorrow before lunch. You have work to do.”

After applying the potion, the butler said while adjusting his clothes. The head of the house looked at the large scar on my chest, swallowed, and shook his head. That would be ugly…

“Yes, I understand.”

I answered the butler’s words, touched the wound, checked if the potion was dry, and put on my clothes.

When I came out of the basement, the sun was setting, and the red sky with the setting sun greeted me.

“Then go to your room and pack your stuff before dinner. I have something to tell you, so I’ll go.”

“Okay, see you later.”

I saw the butler heading to the lady’s room, so I moved to my room to pack my things. Moving at the speed of my feet, I arrived under the attic where I had spent five years in this mansion.

As usual, I pulled the rope hanging from the ceiling and the stairs came down without much noise. I climbed the stairs thinking that this was the case when I saw the stairs with noise prevention and stairs shape maintenance magic.

What I faced after coming up to the attic was the eyes of a woman I had never seen before as she gestured to change her clothes.

“Kyaaah!”

“Sorry…Sorry!”

I hurriedly came down the stairs and caught my heart beating at random. My head was confused that someone else in my room, a woman in particular, was changing clothes.

Why? As I was trying to bring up one or two stories related to the attic in my head, it came to my mind. I finally remembered the words of the housekeeper who said that he would move my luggage to the room next to the lady on the way to the academy.

I felt sorry for myself for doing such a stupid thing, so I sat there and scratched my head, thinking coldly. The woman was the first servant we saw wearing a Maybok when we arrived at the mansion.

“…Over there…”

As the same voice as the screaming woman seemed to be looking for me, I cautiously turned around. A woman my age, with short, light yellow hair like a chick’s, was wearing a maid’s uniform and was looking at me.

“…Yes, please.”

“Are you Mr. Sirius?”

“Yes, but…”

“Aha…”

Showing her somehow ominous, sneering smile, she spread her distance slightly, grabbed the hem of her skirt and greeted her politely.

“This is Ruitena, who was hired as a lady’s maid to serve Lady Europa. Thank you very much, senpai.”

A mix of incomprehensible words caused my brain to malfunction as if overloaded.

…You said you’re taking care of the lady…? Ladies Maid? Seniors?

I couldn’t find anything to say, so I had no choice but to keep my mouth shut.