The Count Family's Young Master
Chapter 55 - "We begin the plan"

"Young master."

Ren greeted as soon as the young master opened his eyes. The young maid felt her heart stop beating and fell into her stomach when Alister came to her with a smile. The deputy butler of the Bardev residence where he worked approached him with a smile. With both hands behind the back of the old man that Ren respected and admired so much was talking to him. "You're going to take my place in the service of our young lord Valias."

Pock

The potato in Ren's spoon fell back onto the plate.

His face displayed an expression of shock before the fox turned pale. Dark lines appeared in the space between his eyes and his face turned purple mixed with green. "DID?!!!" he was eating alone in his room. Alister's arrival was strange. He thought that his senior servant would only greet him. Even though it's never happened before. "M-You mean?"

Alister remained with his flagship smile. Given well the exchange of sentences that occurred between himself and the son of the noble.

"Is there a particular waiter you'll choose?"

"Yes? No."

"What about Reuben?"

"Reuben's? Isn't he the butler?"

"true."

"He will be busy. I don't really need a waiter."

"And unfortunately I can't allow that."

Alister was amused to see Valias' dark face.

"I don't know anyone here. Wouldn't you rather choose?"

"Then what about Ren?"

"More?"

"Do you remember the young servant who drove you here on that unforgettable day?"

"What?"

Alister gave a smile. Valias was confused in his place.

The day is unforgettable?

If Valias was asked what day would be an unforgettable day for him since he was in the world it was when he went to the abode of the elves. The exact original guess. Bringing himself to see the pointy-eared human. "The only servant I know is you and Reuben. Which brings me here, don't you?"

"Ren would definitely be sad if he heard that."

"....."

"Remember when you first had dinner with your family, young master."

"....Oh."

"What about him?"

"Hm. Whatever."

"I understand."

Alister went to one part of Bardev's residence. The building where the servants who worked for the noble family lived. Meeting Ren. Telling the young maid the intention of his arrival.

Ren sighed.

"Is there a problem?"

"??!!!!"

Ren breathed so hard. He daydreamed and forgot that he was in the room of the young master of the Count Bardev family.

"M-I'm sorry young master." Ren hurriedly bowed. His heart beat many times faster. It just made him want to die on the spot.

For a moment Ren did not hear a response. But then he heard Valias' voice.

"No need to apologize. Apologize for what?"

"Yes?" Ren reflex raised his face looking at Valias who was in a sitting position.

Valias has an empty face. He just woke up and needed time to gather all the senses over the circumstances around.

Alister must be gone

Because the servant had been replaced by a young servant. The waiter who looks the same age as her is Abimala.

Valias is thirsty. "Can I have a drink?"

"Yes? A-uh. Aye." Yeah." Ren cursed his dreamy self.

Ah I'm really nervous.

Although he had worked for a long time at the Bardev residence but he had never come face to face with the members of the noble family. And now he was directly faced with a figure he feared more than the friendly Count Hadden.

Valias let out a suppressive aura from the very beginning of his appearance. Making Ren unable to breathe so nervously.

Ren looked at Valias who drank the tea in the cup the two gave him. The left hand holds a small base plate while the right hand holds the cup.

He drank gracefully.

Ren's face turned red and he cursed his own thoughts.

Valias realizes Ren's condition and raises his eyebrows.

She why?

Valias looked at the expanse of paper in his room. Then look for the existence of the translation paper he made yesterday. Found him on a drawer table next to the bed.

Valias raises eyebrows. Thinking about doing something. "Ren, right?"

"Y-yes, young master." Valias caught the nervousness of the young servant.

"You don't need to be there for me."

"I'm sorry?"

Valias answered. "Alister, he said he didn't want me to move unattended. That's why he asked you to replace him. But actually I can do everything myself. You can rest. Or do something else you used to do."

Ren put on a confused face. "Did I make a mistake?"

Valias. Raise eyebrows. "No. I just don't want to be troublesome."

Ren fell silent. His mouth was open but said nothing.

He's not a hassle.

Valias lowered his foot on the floor. Go to the bathroom without saying anything. Ren had not done anything yet and Valias had already closed the door. Leaving her standing nervously in front of the bathroom door. But he managed to calm himself down after some time. Seeing Valias open the door and come out with wet hair and body.

Alister never put a towel in the bathroom. Valias will come out with a wet body and the new Alister will cover it with a towel. Dryed it. He got used to Alister and he ended up doing the same with Ren. But Ren is not used to it. His facial expression changed. Looking at Valias without layers of clothing.

But then he saw it.

A body that is too thin to be healthy. Valias looks sick. Pain that makes anyone have the desire to make sure his condition to be okay.

A hand was stretched out toward him. Valias asked for a towel. Will dry itself. But Ren had already regained his senses and ended up using the towel in his hand on Valias. Valias can already be helped-served - so he doesn't do anything anymore.

Suddenly Valias gets an urge to do something. He said to Ren as soon as he was done getting dressed. "You can go. I want out."

Ren had never served anyone before. He didn't really know what to do when the young master said he wanted to leave. Thinking of things that would be needed by a noble when wanting to get out of their residential area.

But Valias tells him he doesn't need anything. "No. I'm just gonna meet the mage from the palace."

Ren shut his mouth. Already heard about the existence of a mage in the residence where he worked. The real thing he hadn't seen before. He knew about the figure of the mage but had never really seen it. Because they are only in the palace while he has never set foot in the building where the members of the royal family live. Made to remember by rumors of news about the dead king Chalis. And the young master Valias Bardev, has a close relationship with the future king Hayden crown prince Frey Nardeen. Ren felt himself enveloped in admiration. Unknowingly, he could no longer see Valias' figure because he had already left the room.

Valias found Mareen. Receiving shock from people who had crossed paths with him. There was no Alister with him. Makes everyone wonder. Rudiv who saw the appearance of Valias in the barracks area where the servants and knights live immediately straightened up after previously leaning on the supporting pole of the building. A small bottle of alcohol was in his hand. "Young master. Is there anything you need?"

"I'm looking for Miss Mareen." Valias answered.

Rudiv instantly grabbed his focus and gave Valias a bow. "alright. I'll call him. You can wait here."

Valias gave a nod. Looking at Rudiv who was leaving he started to turn his head. Seeing the servants and knights who were getting ready to do their respective duties in the morning.

Mareen appeared shortly afterwards. Gave condescension. And say something that Valias did not expect.

"Young master. If I may wish to come with you to the palace."

Valias raises his eyebrows. But keep answering. "All right."

Mareen led them to Frey's room. He said goodbye. "I will go to the mages' place, young master."

Valias nodded. "okay."

Mareen left with a step that looked a little bit of a hunt-hurry and Valias pressed the doorknob. Look at the empty room. Frey was not in his seat. And there's a short stack of documents on the table. Valias thinks he came too early. Put himself on the couch. No problem in waiting for a long time.

The sound of the door knob being pressed finally sounded. Greeted with Frey's voice talking to someone. "Supervise Wistar so that he does not go to the Bardev residence. He would not let that person rest. And tell Azna that she can make a parcel for Valias if she wants. I also have something I'll give him."

Frey appears with Kalim who does not enter the room. Frey was about to go to his desk when he noticed someone in the room. Gets fast. Make a spontaneous alert body pose. Realizing that it was Valias and instantly frowned wonderfully within. "You? S- Since when are you here?"

"Not so long," Valias replied indifferently. Say something. "I plan to speed things up."

Frey frowned. "Speed up?"

"Magical things I said." Valias. "We're going to go to them."

Frey was confused in his place. Then I realized Kalim was still outside the door. Tell him to leave. "You can go."

He realized the wariness on Kalim's face but his young servant was also clever not to get himself to interfere and just close the door.

Frey saw the closed door finally returning his eyes to Valias. "You.. how are you going to do it?"

"I'll probably travel a little."

"With?"

"With your brother." replied the noble's son.

"Key?"

Valias nodded. The main character, of course, has to come along. Frey scrunched his face. "Just a day, right? You'll go and come back as usual."

Made shocked when he saw Valias shaking his head. "Maybe we'll stay a little."

'We' called Valias made Frey aware of who that person meant. Kei. "You're going with him? Just two?"

Valias rolled his eyeballs upwards. Make himself weigh something. "I haven't thought about it."

"And the things you have to prepare. Have you prepared it?"

Valias raises eyebrows. "Not yet." He refuted. "This is a sudden plan."

Frey put on a sour face. "There really is a plan that is 'not a plan all of a sudden'? You always tell me everything all of a sudden. Makes me feel like I'm being punished for having a heart attack every day." Frey touched his left chest. Make a face of self-pity.

Valias raises eyebrows. But not responding to it. On the other hand asked the thing that had previously been stuck in his head. "Your highness. Is there something going on between the mages?"

Frey raised his face. Hands are still on the chest. "They seem to have something to talk about. It may have something to do with where they live."

The mage's residence. Tower in the south-eastern part of the Reiss continent.

Valias felt that he would have no business with the mages' residence. Ask something else. "What about Miss Durah?"

"The woman from Solossa? I haven't seen him again. If my servant had already appointed the palace servant to give him direction."

Valias thought about when he would take advantage of the woman's existence to Hayden's advantage. "Your highness. Is there a suspicious place on the continent of Reiss?"

Frey raised an eyebrow. "Suspicious?"

Valias nodded. Frey thought. "I don't know about other kingdoms. The authors of the book always menjuduli their books the continent of Reiss but actually in their books are always just things that from the beginning have been known by everyone and only limited to the territory of power Hayden's."

Valias let out a mutter understand. One cannot search in other regions. Because the kingdoms in the Reiss region were kingdoms that closed themselves off from the outer kingdom. No one knew anything other than who was within the scope of the royal territory of their own residence. And if Valias wants to take the things mentioned in the site's reading, then he should do it as someone with no identity. Hayden can't be involved. "Every thing I would do would be considered to have nothing to do with Hayden."

That made Frey frown. He felt himself feeling a bad feeling. "You, what kind of disaster are you going to make?"

Valias raised both eyebrows.

A disaster? What disaster? "What disaster is Your Majesty?"

Frey has an ugly face. "I hope you won't make me die of a heart attack, young master of the Bardev family."

Valias did not change his expression. "Do you have a history of heart disease?"

"That-" Frey's face turned frustrated. So frustrated that he covered his face with both hands while standing by the door of his study. "No. Thank goodness not."

"You shouldn't make heart disease a worry ingredient for someone when that person doesn't really have it." Valias pouted his face in protest.

Frey opened a bit of both hands that were on his face.

"You-" wanted to protest back but ended up giving up. Breathing out in frustration. "alright then. I'm sorry."

And finally asked. "So, is there any purpose behind your coming here?"

Valias put his elbows on the arm of the sofa. Leaning his head on his bent hand. "A little bored."

Frey shaken.

"Are you a bored person?"

Valias gave a glance at Frey. Then he spilled the weight of his head on his own hand again. "No."

He never gets bored.

Because when he was Abimala, he always had something to do. But now, when an HP isn't even with him, Valias finds himself in a situation he can't accept.

Nor could he make himself tangle with the papers of Valias Bardev. Feel the boredom from it. There was a desire within him to do something different.

He looked at Frey. "Your highness. Give me something to work on."

Frey was in his place.

This guy, what's the matter?

But then Frey felt he had an idea. He had something he wanted to show the man. "Help me read the papers of the proposal."

Valias pulled his head from leaning. His face showed enthusiasm. Frey felt himself being dumbfounded.

Since when do people like to be made to work?

He put it aside and used his hand to tell Valias that he could go with her to his desk.

26/04/2022