“Loa. What’s wrong?”
Lorencia, who was elegantly eating her food with a fork, furrowed her brow.
“My lower abdomen is slightly hurting.”
The moment Teishar saw Lorencia tilting her head and rubbing her lower abdomen, his face turned pale. The phrase ‘after happiness comes misfortune’ kept coming to his mind.
“It absolutely cannot hurt. No way!”
Just as he was about to become happy, Teishar was anguished, clutching his left chest, wondering why such a cruel trial was approaching. It felt as if his breath was suddenly blocked.
“I will call a physician.”
Teishar vigorously shook the bell on the table. When Evan and Ameline entered, he urgently shouted to call a physician.
At the news that Lorencia was in pain, Ameline and Evan’s faces turned as white as Teishar’s.
“Lady Lorencia. How are you hurting?”
“My lower abdomen hurts. It’s not severely painful but… it’s bothering me like a pricking pain. Why is this happening?”
“First, lie down. Evan. Call a physician right away and bring hot water and towels.”
Ameline calmly cleared the bed table and laid Lorencia on the bed. After covering Lorencia up to her neck with the blanket, Ameline started quickly rubbing her palms together to generate heat.
Once her rubbed palms became warm, Ameline slid her hands under the blanket and gently started touching Lorencia’s lower abdomen.
Teishar, who had turned pale, anxiously looked at Lorencia lying on the bed, then at the tree. The tree looked even more lush and moist than a moment ago. But what could be the reason for her pain?
“Could it be because of the kiss…”
Teishar covered his mouth and took a step back from the bed. Suddenly, a sense of regret rushed in. If he had known it would hurt this much, he would have never kissed her.
“Ter. I’m okay. Only my lower abdomen is slightly hurting. Very slightly.”
“But the timing…”
“Master. One cannot become sick from a kiss between lovers.”
Ameline glared at Teishar as she spoke.
“Ameline. I’m fine.”
“There is no such thing as a harmless stomach ache in this world.”
Lorencia covered her eyes with both hands, embarrassed because of Teishar mentioning the kiss.
“Young lady. I apologize for our master.”
“No. Ameline.”
Lorencia felt her stomach getting warm from Ameline’s touch. The stomachache seemed to be getting a little better.
“I think it’s getting better now…”
“Stomach pain should not be taken lightly. Lady Lorencia. Please stay lying down until the physician arrives.”
“Okay. Ameline. I’ve made you worry.”
“No, it’s fine to make me worry as much as you want.”
“But I’m sorry.”
“Sorry? Lady Lorencia, you only say nice things. But there is one thing you should know. Something painful is never something you should apologize for.”
“Ameline says my heart is pretty whenever I just say something… Ugh.”
“Are you hurting a lot? The physician needs to arrive quickly.”
“My lower abdomen is strangely hurting.”
Lorencia tilted her head again at the pricking pain in her lower abdomen. It was a different pain from the stomach and side pains that felt like being squeezed even after eating spoiled fish porridge in rainwater. Her lower abdomen had never hurt like this, as if being pricked, so she was a little puzzled.
She also felt slightly uneasy.
“Ameline. Could there have been any food that didn’t agree with Loa?”
Teishar looked at the food on the bed table. The food, made with only fresh and high-quality ingredients, was prepared with consideration for food compatibility with Lorencia. Still, he began to meticulously examine the food on the table, thinking he might have made a mistake with the food.
“No matter how much I look, there seems to be nothing wrong with the food.”
When Teishar’s anxiety reached its peak, there was a knocking sound and the door swung open.
“I apologize, Master. I opened the door because it’s an urgent matter.”
“What is it?”
“Right now, gifts and people have arrived from the Duke of Gloston.”
“People from the Duke of Gloston?”
[This is the timeline separator]Hollio’s mouth fell open as he saw a whopping seven large luggage carriages, the kind that usually accompany nobles when shopping, entering from the mansion entrance.
From the passenger carriage that arrived at the entrance, two young maids and one elderly maid got off.
“I am Blondie from the Gloston family.”
Blondie, who was walking while leaning on a cane, spoke to Hollio.
“Greetings, Lady Blondie. It is an honor to meet you. I am Hollio, the head butler of the Spencer family.”
“I have come on the orders of Lady Abrelina to serve the young lady.”
Seeing the famous maid Blondie from the Palloyd Empire, Hollio’s heart pounded with tension.
Are there any servants who don’t know of Blondie from the Gloston family? She is a living legendary maid.
And behind Blondie followed two maids who exuded an extraordinary aura that anyone could see. Each one looked exceptional.
“Did you not hear me properly? Head Butler Hollio.”
When Blondie raised her cane and struck the floor with a ‘thud’, Hollio flinched.
“I apologize.”
Blondie from the Duke of Gloston family.
She is one of the top-class servants that all servants in the Palloyd Empire admire. Her nickname is One-Hit Hundred. It became famous in her youth when Blondie knocked out a hundred knights in one go.
She raised two family heads in one household and is still caring for the current head’s three brothers.
But coming here means that taking care of Lorencia is more important than caring for the eldest son of the head.
“Head Butler Hollio.”
“Yes.”
“Do you know what words a servant should never say?”
“Pardon?”
When Hollio awkwardly raised the corners of his mouth, Blondie narrowed her eyes.
“The three forbidden words for a servant are ‘I forgot. I lost it. I’m sorry.'”
“I apologize. I won’t forget, I mean, from now on.”
“The things in the luggage carriages are all for our young lady, so I said it would be good if you could move them to the private room she is currently using. Head Butler Hollio.”
“I will move them right away. Lady Blondie.”
Hollio opened the carriage door. As soon as he opened it, Hollio involuntarily gulped. The carriage was full of jewels and gold bars. Could it be that the things loaded in the other luggage carriages were also jewels? He looked at Blondie with trembling eyes.
Sending carriages loaded with so many jewels and gold bars without a single escort knight, as expected of the legendary maid.
“Lady Blondie. I am Mary, the head maid of the Spencer family. It’s been a long time.”
“Mary. My cute puppy. You don’t know how proud I was to hear the news that you became the head maid of the Spencer family.”
“It’s thanks to Lady Blondie’s teachings.”
“Yes. You are an excellent child. I believe you will do well in the future as well.”
“I understand.”
As soon as Mary saw Blondie, she became tense. She may look like a hunched old lady now, but that’s just a disguise for her weak appearance.
If you stay by her side for a bit, you’ll notice that Blondie doesn’t make a sound when she taps her cane.
“Let’s go in, Lady Blondie.”
As soon as Blondie and the two maids entered the mansion entrance, Evan was seen running down the stairs, raising an eyebrow. Evan was startled to see Blondie and let out a gasp, inhaling his breath. And he felt relieved.
“Lady Blondie!”
It was because Blondie was one of the servants who held a physician’s license.
“Evan. It’s been a while.”
“This is fortunate. I was on my way to call a physician because Lady Lorencia seems to have a stomachache.”
“Stomachache?”
At Evan’s words that she had a stomachache, the air around Blondie instantly became heavy.
“Lily.”
“Yes, Lady Blondie.”
“Bring my physician’s bag from the luggage carriage and come to the young lady’s room.”
“Understood, Lady Blondie.”
“Evan. Guide me to the room where our young lady is.”
“This way, Lady Blondie.”
Evan took the lead and walked. But feeling like no one was following behind him, he turned around once in a while to check. The silence in Blondie’s steps was chilling.
Blondie recalled when she received a summons from Abrelina and Welson some time ago.
Welson and Abrelina remained silent at the question. And from their expressions, she could tell. The precious ones had gone to Goddess Ella’s embrace before her.
In Blondie’s youth, Musilla was her most precious friend.
Even after 10 or 20 years passed, Musilla, who maintained her youth, was envious, but Musilla envied her aging self.
As Blondie aged, she understood Musilla’s words as she saw people returning to Goddess Ella’s embrace.
The sadness she experienced each time precious ones disappeared was hard on her heart. She couldn’t fathom how Musilla felt every time she looked at acquaintances and friends who died before her. She felt endlessly ashamed of herself for envying eternal youth, knowing that Musilla had experienced this sorrow for a long time.
On the other hand, she was grateful to Musilla, who accepted her as a friend even though she said not to make friends.
Evan stood in front of a door decorated with splendid gold and white ornaments.
“Lady Lorencia is in this room.”
As Blondie’s hunched back gradually straightened, Lily carefully appeared behind her, holding the physician’s bag. After confirming Blondie had fully straightened her back with creaking sounds, Evan knocked.
At Teishar’s voice telling them to come in, he opened the door and entered.
Blondie, who entered the room, quickly scanned the room. The food on the bed table was obviously a well-prepared meal with fresh, high-quality ingredients and balanced nutrition.
This meant that the stomachache was not caused by the food.
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
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