Became the Butler of the Second Heroine of the Harem

41 – Cold (1)

Contrary to yesterday’s promise, he told me not to come into the room with a blushing face as if he teased the lady too much.

She was worried that even after a day, she wouldn’t get drunk with the lady’s scent, but she was fortunate enough to get over it.

So the next morning, before it was time to get up, I woke up and my body started to shudder.

I had to lie in bed without being able to get up due to body aches accompanied by aching bones, muscle pain from the waist to the back, a slight headache, and lethargy.

…Yes, I was no fool…

They said fools don’t catch colds, but they didn’t…

I boasted that rain would not catch a cold, but it wasn’t…

I caught a cold…

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I have never caught a cold with this body, but who would have known that I would catch a cold just because I was hit in the rain yesterday? If a young lady sees this, how worried will she be.

I barely washed my hair and face, dragged my body as heavy as wet cotton, and changed my clothes.

“There is no cold medicine here…”

I searched her head to find the knowledge she had passed on from Mr. Kelter, an adventurer who had gone through all the battles before birth, but I couldn’t find a story related to a cold.

I walked toward the restaurant with staggering steps. Mr. Ramden, the chef, saw my face while cooking and hurriedly ran to it.

“Kid! Why is your complexion so red? Maybe…”

He put his hand on my forehead and hurriedly sat me down on a chair and ran to the kitchen. About 30 minutes later, he brought a plate of soup in front of me, who was trembling and groaning.

“I put a lot of garlic and pepper in my hastily made chicken soup. When other people had a cold, they ate it and got better in a day, so eat well and take care of yourself.”

“Thank you… Thank you…”

The strong aroma of garlic and pepper on top of the shredded chicken and short pasta noodles, sliced carrots and onions, made my mouth ache.

As soon as I took a bite, the unique aroma and spicy taste of pepper hit my tongue and nose, and I was alerted by the fragrant smell of garlic. After that, I couldn’t even taste the food properly and threw it into my stomach in an instant.

A warm energy spread throughout my body, making me so hot that I was sweating. I wiped the sweat from my forehead and stood up.

I staggered because of my body aches, but I felt better than when I opened my eyes. I bowed my head to greet the busy chef and headed to the room to greet the lady.

On the way to my room, through the window, the bright morning sun was shining in the clear, cloudless sky after yesterday’s rain.

“Today the sky is…Very clear…Yes…”

I was admiring the clear sky, but I thought my vision was splitting… I lost consciousness.

#

As soon as I woke up, my heart almost sank when I heard that Sirius had collapsed. He hurriedly summoned Father Marcel, a priest trusted in the estate, to examine the situation.

And the result.

“It’s a simple cold. Get enough rest and you’ll get better soon.”

The servants gathered around the room breathed a sigh of relief, but I was the only one who laughed at something boiling up.

“… Ha…”

Yesterday, he said he was an idiot who said he wouldn’t catch a cold, and the person who boasted and promised that he wouldn’t catch a cold with that much rain is lying in his room unconscious.

I can’t even call myself an idiot anymore. Because I caught a cold.

“Colds can be contagious, so please stay away from sick people. It looks like a bad cold.”

“Can’t you heal with magic?”

Christine asked Father Marcel, reaching into his hand. It’s not even an academy, but a few of them smiled quietly in a solemn atmosphere as they raised their hands because they couldn’t hold back their curiosity.

“Cold is a disease that occurs when the body is weakened. It can be caused simply by accumulated fatigue. Even if you try to get rid of the disease, a disease that wanders outside can enter the weakened body, so I don’t really recommend it. .”

Many of the servants nodded at Father Marcel’s kind explanation, and I nodded in the same way. Sirius’s physical condition seemed to be very bad recently. He sweats and sleeps even in the carriage, and when I asked him to stay with me, he avoided me, saying he was not feeling well.

Although I was not feeling well, I got caught in the rain without an umbrella to avoid getting my clothes wet.

What are my clothes… It’s just wet clothes, so why did I go so far?

“Above all, make sure to get plenty of rest and wash yourself regularly and change clothes as the heat will cause you to sweat a lot.”

Father Marcel, who advised until the end, left, and all the servants left to do their jobs. Ruitena approached me standing outside the mansion.

“Shall we go in, lady?”

“…I see…”

It was strange that she approached the place where Sirius should have approached originally. She came into the mansion and headed for my room, leaving behind such an empty feeling.

“…He said he wouldn’t catch a cold, but the next day he caught it…”

“Ahahahaha… That’s right… I also didn’t expect Mr. Sirius to fall down like that…”

I glanced at Ruitena who answered with a shy smile at her self-talk. The smile that came up actually disappeared when he looked at me.

Anyway, since I was treated harshly, I felt a little sorry for the way he looked at me and took care of me. Even so, in a corner of my heart, there was still a desire to leave.

… I shouldn’t have done this … I gave her an answer so that she would not be embarrassed.

“Yes, I’ve never caught a cold…”

His steps stopped in front of the room where Sirius was. Is Sirius still lying unconscious beyond the door? Concerned, he stopped trying to grab his handle.

I wanted to see his condition for a moment, but I know how guilty he would feel if I caught a cold while checking his condition. As I moved my hesitant steps, Ruytenna whispered in my ear.

“Would you like to come inside for a minute, my lady?”

“There is a possibility of infection…”

“It’s okay if you come to see me for a while. And the owner’s lady told me when I was working at the inn that you only need to avoid coughing from a cold.”

Her single single smile, Louis Thena, slipped her doorknob and slowly opened her door. His room, which she began to see through the cracks, was dark because of the curtains even though it was morning.

I wouldn’t have been able to see where the bed was if it hadn’t been for a small candle lighting up the room in the dark. When Louis Tena, who had opened the door, nodded and pointed towards the inside of the room, she nodded in gratitude.

“…Thank you…”

With friendly guidance, I carefully moved my steps into the dark room where Sirius was sleeping. I walked carefully so as not to wake the sleeping man, sat down on the bed, and watched him illuminated by the candlelight.

Covered in a thick blanket that didn’t fit in the summer, Sirius was sweating profusely and was breathing hard through his mouth as if it was difficult to breathe through his nose. He slowly moved his body and put his hand on his forehead, and he was startled as it was hot as a ball of fire.

I remembered the time when I was lying on the ground with a sword in place of me. He cried and cried next to Sirius for three whole days, and was afraid that he might die while repeating falling asleep from exhaustion.

It’s just a simple cold right now, so I wasn’t too worried. However, it was hard to see him breathing heavily and shaking.

I ran my sweat through his messy hair and stroked his cheek. It was like a ball of fire like his forehead, but he didn’t let go of his hand. Since I returned to the mansion, my desire, which had grown since I couldn’t be with him, was carefully stroking him so as not to disturb his sleep.

“…Ah…Lady?”

I tried to let go of my hands as I looked for me with eyes that I didn’t know if they were closed or open while in a dream and a cracking voice. But the hand he moved caught my arm and landed on his hot cheek.

“…Hands…Cold…Good…Just a little bit…Stay…”

Because of the candlelight or the heat, the bright red face and the sound of breathing heavily. My trembling body and the hot hand that held my arm tight as if relying on a rope hanging from it. I bit my lip for a moment at the weak side of him I hadn’t seen before.

How much did you have to endure to avoid showing such a weak side? I should have shared an umbrella even if I had been a little more forced. Wasn’t I the fool? He stroked his hot cheek again.

The hand that was holding my arm gradually came down and rested on the back of my hand. Seeing him rubbing his hands for a while, as if he liked the cold feeling of my hands, I thought that I had petted a large dog that had approached me while touring the capital.

Sirius, who suddenly came to his senses after a while, fell from my hand with a startled face as if he remembered what he had just done in his sleep, and stopped me when I tried to stand up. I’m not cold-blooded enough to cause a patient.

“…Sorry…”

As I laid Sirius down and tidied up his tousled hair, he apologized to me in a crawling voice.

“I’m sorry about that.”

“…I told the lady that I wouldn’t catch a cold like that, but it ended up like this…”

“And isn’t there another one?”

“That…Is…”

I let out a deep sigh as I rolled my eyes. He lightly tapped the back of the nose of the wicked butler who could neither remember nor keep the promise he had made.

“You were supposed to stay together during the vacation.”

“I did…I’m sorry about that.”

“Huh… You’re like a mean butler who can only say sorry.”

When I hit the back of my nose again, it was a mean butler who took his eyes off me. If you’re going to do something you’re sorry for, don’t do it… I said, cooling my fiery forehead with my hand.

“You’ll get well soon. Do you know how worried I was when I heard that you collapsed in the morning?”

“Sorry…”

“Stop saying you’re sorry.”

“…Yes, I’ll get well soon. I have to keep my promise even during the rest of the vacation.”

Only then did Sirius appear confident and confident as usual. The corners of his mouth went up as he showed a completely different appearance from before, even though he was groaning in pain.

“Okay, get well soon.”

“That’s right…”

With his eyes closed at the end of his answer, Sirius fell asleep with a sound of breathing, unlike when he entered the room.

I stayed by his side for a long time with my hand on his forehead.

#

It was also a dark place.

I was afraid that the young lady would lie there as a corpse like back then.

Still, he had to move on.

That’ll get you out of this nightmare.

This time, after walking for a while, I found him with my face on. Instead of turning her back like last time, she was looking straight at me. When he had reached a distance of about 10 meters, he opened the corners of his mouth, which were raised in excitement.

“What do you think? Have you changed your mind?”

He looks excited as if a cold is something he has to do. Can I make a face like that of a creepy ghost with the same face as me or Sirius?

“…What did you do?”

“You’d better accept it sooner.”

What do you accept? Could it be that he was talking about drinking the blood he suggested to me the other day? Could this be because I didn’t drink blood?

“What if I don’t accept?”

I asked what would happen. Sometimes seeing blood made me want to drink it, but I never talked about the physiological reluctance to drink blood. But even now, on my second meeting with him, he still urged me to drink his blood.

As he shook his head at my question, his expression was filled with regret and pathetic.

“It’s going to get worse.”

“Is it necessary?”

I don’t know why I have to drink blood. Chosen by the moon? Or because there are no constellations? Or…Just because he’s a stranger?

He gave me a puzzled look at my question. It’s like I didn’t know you would ask such a question.

“…Isn’t it obvious? Because you are” “

Only the part where I try to explain what I am doesn’t sound like a noisy radio.

“What?”

“I told you. You didn’t listen because you tried to avoid it. No, you didn’t want to listen to avoid it.”

I didn’t want to listen? It was nonsense.

“I didn’t hear you. Say it again.”

“If you accept, I’ll tell you again.”

As he held out his bloody palms to me, his face was the face of my innocent 8-year-old Sirius.

“The first time is hard.”

Intoxicated with the sweet smell of blood just like that time, my steps approached him step by step. The bright red liquid that dripped on his hand looked thicker than tomato juice and redder than wine.

Gulp, while my mouth watered, many thoughts passed by.

Is it okay if I drink this?

Wouldn’t it be like drinking this and becoming someone who lusts for blood?

Can I prove my existence by drinking this?

What would it taste like if I…Drank this?

“Are you okay?”

A voice other than his own. I suddenly woke up to the voice of a familiar lady I had heard next to me for years. The lady who was sitting on the bed was stroking my face and looking at me with worried eyes.

“Lady?”

“I was moaning like the last time. Did you have a really bad dream?”

“…Yeah…I don’t remember, but I think I had a nightmare.”

“It must have been scary…”

I didn’t want to bring the story up to the lady, so I lied shallowly.

How much can I resist in the future? If I drank it, what would I be like now?

“But thanks to you, I’m fine now.”

“…Yes, that’s good.”

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Leaving behind the lies and fear, he smiled and reassured the lady.

My job was to calm her down, not to make her nervous.

But sleepless nights were slowly approaching.

…I was afraid to sleep.