Princess Altrelia
8: Alstrelia

CLOAKS.

After a long wait, Alstrelia was finally greeted by the servants who were each servant, each carrying a tray of food to be served to her.

“ Alstrelia observed one by one the servants who came. 

“Nona, this is our best meal of the night.” said Elen, as the person in charge of the food served to Alstrelia.

“From now on, don't give me food like that.” tell Altrelia to all of them who came it.

“Good, we will not repeat our mistakes.”

“Excuse us miss.” the other maids also equally apologize.

“...........................” saw them realize their mistake until they wanted to apologize by looking down like that, he said, Alstrelia simply shook her right hand as a code for them to leave.

Without a word more, all the maids retreated and gave some privacy time to Alstrelia as well as Lena.

“They if not commemorated firmly as before, it looks like I will be the one whose position is even lower than theirs.” said Altrelia during her dinner session which she can do alone. Many dishes were served before his eyes.

“You turned out to be a fairly assertive type.” said Lena suddenly.

“If you already know, so do not make me uncomfortable here, or I just leave here.” threatened Altrelia.

“I will do my best for you.”

“Good if you know. But by the way, I wouldn't be able to finish my dinner so quickly if this much food was only served to me.”Clearly, Alstrelia again fed one chicken meat that had been sliced into her mouth. “So you helped me spend all this.” Alstrelia pointed all the food in front of her to Lena who seemed to just prefer to stand rather than obey her orders.

“I tid-” Lena was really hesitant to obey Altrelia's orders, because after all a waiter did not deserve to sit at the same table as her employer.

“Lena I told you. If they just act like that, shouldn't we be able to spend all this so that there's nothing left for them to eat?” Alstrelia said, again instigating Lena to eat his words. “The custom of a servant like them is to take advantage of his employer. In that case, you and I are the ones who stopped them by finishing up this delicious meal, so that they can't taste the rest of this food in the slightest.”

“Nona!” Lena finally realized that the words from Altrelia did have a point.

“So sit down, and feel free to spend it with me.” Seeing Lena finally eaten by his words, Altrelia immediately took the steak that had been cut in front of Lena.

Lena was instantly sculpted, as she was treated more than Miss Altrelia she had brought. 

“And bring this also for the man who fought the bear. He will definitely be happy with this good meal, even more so if you deliver it.” Alstrelia said lightly.

Making Lena actually immediately surprised to hold her own shame when Alstrelia already knew the real relationship between herself and Anders.

On one side, outside the door was seen a servant clenching his own hands upon hearing the conversation of the two of them.

‘Since when did the woman have such a mouthpiece to incite her own personal servant? Moreover, he does not look to have a gloomy face as usual.’ Thought this lady's maid. “There's a weird.”

“Walah, even more strange is, why would a waitress like you dare to eavesdrop on someone else's conversation?”

“Kyaa.!” Suddenly this servant was immediately shocked to death when he saw that Altrelia suddenly raised her head with a silly facial expression right between the two doors of the dining room that was deliberately slightly opened. “N-nona?! W-why can?”

“Why can I know?” Alstrelia smiled triumphantly when she saw the reaction of the servant's face that had been caught eavesdropping on it. “If it wasn't for your dress, I definitely wouldn't have seen you standing quietly eavesdropping on my conversation.”

“L-then why? Are you going to punish me for eavesdropping on your conversation?”

‘She is still brave even though her face already looks scared like that.’ Alstrelia thought as she looked at the frightened face of this servant. “No, I will not waste my time punishing you, after all my conversation is not so important. And actually I have got what I want, which is your face-” Alstrelia pointed at the face of the waiter in front of her with a grin.

“W-my face why?” she asked, with her nervousness.

”You have comforted me with your surprised facial expression.” Alstrelia again entered the victory because it had managed to play with the feelings of the person like an unconscious servant, for daring to show a haughty face in front of him. “Lena, about how many servers in this house?” Ask Alstrelia in that second as well.

Lena who was lulled into her own food immediately thought. “There are about thirty people, plus a chef and a gardener, it will be forty-five people.”

“It was a good coincidence to fill my boredom. One by one of you will definitely be a turn.” And at that very moment, Altrelia gave a sharp look towards the servant. “Do you understand, Artena?” 

In an instant this servant immediately stared, even Lena who was eating was equally surprised, because hearing Altrelia actually mentioned the name of the servant.

“You must not be the original servant of this house right? I changed my mind about not punishing you.” suddenly the aura of Altrelia grew colder, and made the servant whom Alstrelia called as Artena goosebumps immediately.

“Nona! What do you mean?” Lena immediately got out of her chair, and walked over to Altrelia who was still staring intently at the servant,

“That's because she is a waitress sent by that sneak.”

‘Kyaa…! What did that gibberish lady mean was Young Master Alrescha?!’ Shouted Lena, because Altrelia again said a very disrespectful thing.

Uncomfortable talking at the door exactly like that, Altrelia grabbed the servant's hand and immediately cornered him.

BRACKET!

“A-what is this? What will you do?” Aretna's face immediately panicked mixed with shame.

“Nona! Why are you doing that?” Lena was also equally panicked, seeing that Altrelia locked Artena's existence from two sides, where both hands of Alstrelia made Artena really will not be able to go anywhere.

Because Altrelia posed like a man who was about to kiss a woman by being cornered in such a pose.

“If not? He'll run away from me.” Alstrelia replied without seeing Lena who was panicking on her own.

“But there are other ways too.”

“No. Because this is the only way that makes our interlocutors thump. Isn't that Artena?” altrelia replied with a slanted smile.

“Hiii...!” Lena immediately goosebumps herself when she hears the voice of Altrelia who can turn out to be like a man, and sounds sexy enough for the size of a woman whose outer appearance is like a plain girl.

‘I-this is very close. He, he also has a look like a young master, and his voice.., why is it almost similar when in front of me is the younger brother of the young master.’ Artena was immediately confused in his own mind, because he heard and felt unexpected things when he looked at this particular Alstrelia.

His heart was completely pounding, and his vision changed, that the one in front of him was the young master Alrescha instead of Altrelia.

“Say, what purpose did you come here to observe me?”

“I-iya.”

“Are you sure of that?”

“S-I actually came here just to work, and on the other hand is u-to keep an eye on Miss.” Answer Artena.

“Then what else are you doing?” Alstrelia again asked to extract information from the source directly. 

“Nothing. I only work here to keep an eye on the lady, and report it every day to the young master.” replied Artena once again.

“Nona? Did he really say honestly?”  Ask Lena curiously.

Alstrelia continued to look Artena in the eye while answering. “Yes, he only has that goal.” 

“...............”

Alstrela who noticed the suddenly silent Lena, immediately gave a question to Lena. “Do you wonder what happened to him?”

“No.” Lena answered quickly.

Although Lena was actually curious about what Altrelia had just done to make Artena now silent after being asked a question and answered quite honestly, but Lena knew her own position which was only a servant.

And the duty of a servant is not only to serve his master, but also to hide all the secrets he has. 

And her employer that Lena is now serving is a completely different person to the Miss Altrelia she knows.