You Can't Catch the Wind (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 78

“After going through something big, a person seems to become a bit bolder.”

While leaving the house together with Maya, just before parting ways, Jena also heard about Elise.

〈She seemed completely out of her mind after coming back! She’d stare into empty space, muttering ‘That person… that person…’ then suddenly throw things around and burst into tears—it was absolute chaos. She must’ve really gone mad. Honestly, if I were her, I’d go crazy too—being mocked in high society for lying, abandoned by the Grand Duke, and now the whole commoner district knows about it.〉

〈You were calling her ‘our young lady’ just days ago, yet you gossip behind her back so well?〉

〈She’s only ‘young lady’ when she’s paying you. Once she stops, she’s just a foul-tempered lunatic. Still, she’s got her looks left, so she’ll manage to scrape by somehow. Well, I’m off!〉

Maya gave a brief farewell and promptly disappeared into the employment agency.

Jena watched her go, then headed toward Ash & Co. There, she boldly made her request.

“I’m looking for our young lady, who I believe is staying at the Altvea mansion.”

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“…And that’s how I ended up here.”

As Ael listened to Jena’s story, she couldn’t keep her mouth shut.

She’d always thought of Jena as just a young kitchen maid, yet while she herself had been bedridden, Jena had gone off alone and experienced an incredible adventure.

“But more importantly, young lady—will you be staying here much longer?”

“Yes. Fortunately, I’ve been allowed to stay here for treatment until I fully recover.”

“Could it be… that Mr. Kyle helped arrange for you to stay?”

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