Shadow King Chronicles: Building a Kingdom From Behind the Scenes
Chapter 18: daily life with Olivia
It's been six months since I got back from Venz. Now that I'm in Randall's territory, things are going as well and smoothly as I expected. There are some small problems, but they've been solved.
The Chevron city expansion project is also going well. The construction of a new wall is almost complete.if it goes well, maybe this project will be completed in 2 or 3 months.
as I said at the beginning, if this project is successful it will bring benefits to my guild as well as to the Randall realm. Chevron will not only be a trading market but also become a center for the production of various goods.
I also intend to make the Chevron Region the only food supplier of the Randall region by giving up our dependence on the Viscount Zen region.
some time ago, one of my informants sent a letter to me saying that he found a group of farmers who only focused on marrying one variety of wheat to another. therefore I sent a research and development team consisting of alchemists and agricultural experts to work with them.Hopefully we can develop new varieties suitable for the Randall region.
speaking of Olivia, after I spoke with father and mother, they did not mind my intentions.It is only natural for a noble as well as his family to have a personal servant.
both my brother and Lili would probably go crazy if they knew that I intended to have a personal maid. I'm sorry!
I handed Olivia over to aunt Andrea for training to be Maid. At first Aunt Andrea was my personal nanny. now she has been appointed by Father to be the butler of the Randall family Mansion. well I feel a bit lonely actually, but from now on I will count on you Olivia!!
as expected of Olivia, she was an excellent learner, and in just a few months of training she was able to behave like a professional servant.
aunt Andrea seems also happy with the presence of Olivia. Apart from Alfred who may have a cold personality, Olivia is a warm, calm person, and at the same time also a cheerful person.
she accepted Andrea's aunt's learning cheerfully.it seemed like Andrea's aunt treated Olivia like her own child.It was only natural that Andrea's aunt had no children.
Olivia herself seems to be very happy to be around Aunt Andrea.It is often seen by other servants that she sometimes acts spoiled to aunt Andrea. my expression melted to see her attitude differ by 180 degrees in the capital.
in addition to receiving a servant education from Andrea's aunt, I didn't expect my mother Luna and Maya to also provide sword and magic training.
ah right, Luna and Maya are also racing to pamper Olivia. perhaps it was because all my older sisters had gone to school and my reluctant attitude was spoiled because their mature mentality left them no place to satisfy their affectionate desires.
well, with the presence of Olivia they look more cheerful. Olivia who may have never been treated like that initially looks confused but in the end she also accepts their actions.I am happy if the presence of Olivia is considered as family!
while the father's attitude towards Olivia, cold.well he is indeed such a person even to his son.but he is a good person really! it's just that he was awkward in showing affection to his son.
the proof is that even though it does not spoil Olivia like my mothers, my father is willing to teach basic literacy and arithmetic.and my father teaches general science in this world, noble etiquette, etiquette, even within certain limits also cultivate the territory.
once again, as expected of Olivia, she was an amazing learner.she quickly absorbed all the knowledge given from both my parents.even her ability by some, she was very good at it, including by the father's officer, equated with Albert.
while my relationship with him, well this was a bit complicated at first, because somehow I was the one who killed his uncle's life.so the beginning of my relationship was a bit cold with him.
he did become my servant and did his job well like waking me up in the morning (well even though I was difficult to build because of staying up late anyway), preparing my various needs, and, as well as standing by my side when I was having business in the Guild.
but relationships are like professional relationships only. I don't mind anyway but I need a talking friend who's my age too. So I hope he's a little warm to me.
well in the end I decided to make her not only my servant but also my secretary in the guild.of course this time I paid her salary. at first he refused but due to my insistence he finally accepted it reluctantly.
well more or less so is my relationship with Olivia. I hope our relationship will continue to be warm like this.
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now, on a beautiful afternoon in Romeon, me and via, a call between me and Olivia when I was alone, were heading to Lily Sweet House. via is similar to my three brothers (i consider Lili as my sister) when talking about sweets.
in appreciation of his hard work, we went to eat cakes and other sweets.As usual, I booked a VIP place to enjoy the sunset view.
After our order came, we immediately ate them. I was happy Via ate the dish with ravenous.
"hey take it easy Via, no one's gonna steal your cookies."
for some reason Via's face suddenly looked gloomy.
"does that bother you, sir? W-if I'm sorry!" he said in panic while lowering his head.
jeez this kid. "hahaha of course where can I be bothered because of that. Even your face looks funny when eating your cake.just, be careful not to choke ya." I took out my handkerchief and wiped the cream that was stuck on the corner of Via's lips.
her face was getting red, my God, funny! I swear if I had a camera I'd take a picture of it!
"Via there's one thing I want to ask you. Please answer honestly. Are you still mad at me right now? because somehow I hurt your family."
hearing the question I was seriously asking, her facial expression changed.I saw a tear in the corner of her eye.then shook her head a few times quickly.
" why is he asking like that?! after all the masters have done and given me there is no way I can still hold a grudge or get angry!
I did lose my uncle, but I finally got a new family.there's mrs Andrea, both your mothers, your father, and most importantly the master himself. I was so happy that master trusted me back then so now let me trust master as well! let me be by your side forever!"
oh my god, this girl! I got up from my chair and hugged Via while whispering my thanks to him. At first Via was shocked but finally he hugged me back.
in the end we spent our time enjoying the twilight of Romeon in peace and quiet.
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in the distance, a mysterious man was observing two people standing on the balcony of Lily Sweet House.
when he saw the girl on the balcony, this mysterious man smiled warmly as if he was happy with something.before long he disappeared into the crowd.