This Time, To The Believed Path
Abandoned Territory's

“Mrs, please rest longer! If anything happens to you, I won't be safe!”

The next day Leana was back in the office after breakfast and managed to make Albert back in a panic like when Leana came to the office for the first time in his third life.

Carrying a sheet of documents containing plans in the future, he ignored Albert who looked dizzy and walked to the desk.

“I can't do that for some reason. Besides, I want to ask you a few things for help. This should be done as soon as possible.”

Leana handed over the plan sheet she had fixed to Albert.  Albert digested every word in the document.

“You want me to train the child as a butler?” Leana nodded.

The son Albert was referring to was Adde. Recalling, Leana had not seen Adde since taking him to the Grandall residence.

“Iya, in two weeks.”

“In two weeks!?”

Albert held onto his forehead and went back to reading what was written in the document in his hand.

“Mistress, if you want to make the child a decent butler then that time is not enough.!”.

Before he continued his words Leana had already raised her hand and stopped Albert.

“I know this is an unreasonable request, but at least I want you to strengthen the base to Adde and gradually refine it later.”

Albert looked at Leana uncertainly. Leana realized this, but for her when her husband returned from his mission she would not be able to pursue his plans freely.

“But... why do you have to be in that time mistress?”

“That question I will tell you shortly. For now just do what I ask. During that period I will finish the job here.”

“You can check it when it's done.”

Still with a doubtful expression, Albert lowered his head and accepted the task given to him.

“I understand mistress.” Albert went back to reading word for word in the task document in his hand. He looked at Leana and said. “Mistress, about the slave you saved..”.

“I will report this matter to the emperor and make a request letter to take charge of their lives in the future.”

“Are you going to give them a job at the Grandall residence, mistress?”

“No, I will hire them in the city as employees for the business I will start later. That's why I want you to look for a three-story building that can serve as a store and also a place to live for many employees.”

Leana recalls Adde and immediately writes a letter to him.

“Please bring this letter also to Adde. You can start now or at the latest tomorrow.”

Albert received the letter and kept it along with the document sheet in his grasp.

“I'll do it soon.” Albert left the office.

Now alone, Leana sees a few piles of paper on her desk and a table opposite her. He also breathed.

“I have to finish all of this immediately before I can search for that land letter..”.

Leana began to move to work, checking sheet by sheet reports in front of her that were very much non-stop.

***

Working tight non-stop after so long, Leana was finally able to finish the job two weeks in five days.

The feeling of fatigue that seemed to overlap him made him reminisce considering the times of Riana who also struggled to make many reports in a short time.

As he gazed out the window, the sky had already turned orange and it seemed like the dinner hour was about to arrive. With a tired face, he staggered out of the office and walked towards the dining room.

‘uhh... My head hurts.’.

In the middle of the street he saw someone he knew beside Albert. The younger man who was a few centis shorter than Albert wore a butler assistant uniform and looked more presentable than the last time he saw him.

“Adde?”

As Leana called out, Albert and Adde turned their heads at the same time. Albert approached her followed by Adde.

“Mrs! Did you just finish the job?”

Albert looked at her with a worried smile on his face while Leana replied with a nod and then looked at Adde who had been silent. Feeling Leana's gaze, Adde spoke up.

“Mrs Leana seems like you are tired, do you want to rest in the room?”

Seeing Adde's speech changed and he never met in his lifetime, Leana could only look at him strangely. Adde frowned at Leana's expression.

“Mistress, what the fuck is that expression..disrespectful.”

Hearing Adde's comments, Albert immediately reprimands him and Leana tries to calm Albert down.

Adde was just acting ordinary as if unaffected by his senior's reprimand.

“It's okay Albert, he's still learning. So how do you practice as a butler, Adde?”

“No problem, all is fine. This job turned out to be a lot easier than I imagined.”

“Adde!”

‘What a proud boy.’ Leana started thinking that.

Along with Albert's exclamation, Leana hit Adde on the head with the side of his hand and he grimaced in pain from it.

“Mistress...what are you doing.” said Adde with his anger held in check while holding his throbbing head.

“No manners! Especially in front of your senior! Looks like you're gonna have to learn more about sensitivity, huh, Adde?”

Looking at Leana with her horrible smile, Adde could only shut his mouth and pray that whatever was planned ahead for him was not troublesome.

“Ekhm, just relax madam. Although his attitude is still not perfect, I must admit his ability to learn much faster than average.”

“Maybe it is not just a dream that he is able to become a decent enough butler in a short time.” Added Albert.

Hearing Albert's praise, Leana looked in admiration and smiled. He felt a slight lift in his tiredness at the harmonious interaction between Albert and Adde as a senior and junior.

“Alright then. Since I'm quite exhausted, I'll ask for dinner at a quick pace before returning to the room.” Leana.

“I understand.”

“Good mistress.”

Hearing the answer of the two, Leana immediately went to the dining room. While waiting for the food to come out, he thought about the possibility of Alphiella land letters buried among the pile of files inside the office.

Leana felt a pain in her head.

***

Three days later, Albert went to the office on Leana's call. Between the two is an envelope whose contents are unknown to Albert.

“Is there anything you need, mistress?”

“Before you asked me why I asked you to train Adde to be a butler, didn't you?”

“True..” Alber nodded.

Leana pushes the envelope towards him and he picks it up from the desk. While opening and reading the contents of the document inside, Albert was surprised. He immediately looked at Leana with his eyes wide open.

“Mrs, this...!”

“True, the document you hold is the land letter of Alphila region which is now controlled by Grandall.”

Albert was stunned and went back to reading the earth documents in his hands. “But mistress... this..”.

“This region, Alphiella, is forgotten for no reason. Basically this region has been abandoned due to the drought that until now occurred. Because of this, no one wants to seize Alphiella even though no one is guarding it.” Obviously Leana.

Leana added. “The region was very fertile and known as a famous tourist work area before the drought finally occurred.”

“Nyonya... How did you find out about this? I just didn't realize it..”.

For Albert who has worked for several years at the Grandall residence and also takes care of some of the documents and files that are there, Leana who knows a land document that she herself does not know is something strange and suspicious.

But Leana had anticipated the possibility and prepared an answer that could convince Albert.

“Before I accidentally found an important file regarding the data of the region held by Grandall. In the list of regions listed, Alphiella is the name of a region I have never heard of even in the map of the Solfilyan empire.”

The map of Solfilyan stored in the Grandall residence is the most recent map that was updated two years ago. However Alphiella had been considered non-existent by the Solfilyan empire five years ago.

“That means Alphiella has been wiped off the Solfilyan map.?” Albert looked at documents showing the history of the Alphiella drought and felt an oddity.

“The disaster happened six years ago but the empire decided to remove it one year later, which means that Alphiella was so bad that it could not be saved.” Obviously Leana.

“Therefore, Albert..”.

Albert looked at his master who suddenly smiled at him, making him have a bad premonition that crawled his body.

“I plan to claim this land and take care of it.”

In front of the sparkle of Leana's smile, Albert was made to gap and his sweat poured profusely.

A few seconds later almost half of the residents of the Grandall residence could hear Albert's screams.