Became the Butler of the Second Heroine of the Harem

14 – Scorpion (1)

The young lady fell asleep shortly after placing her head on my thigh. Beauty is a sleeper. If you show the young lady to someone who says no, wouldn’t they understand?

In the quiet carriage, only the young lady’s breath could be heard. Although her hair was a little disheveled, her manga-like pretty face was not disturbed at all.

She even gave the impression of being pitiful because of her tousled hair. Apparently in the novel… She said that she was wearing her hair every day, but it was completely different.

Did it happen because of her involvement in her life? I touched her hair a little at her lighthearted and disturbed mind. My hair, which was still wavy, compared to my rough hair. That’s what you were told to manage.

How many times have you touched her hair without thinking? Before Tiamat passed away, I did it often.

She looked out the window, touching the girl’s hair to keep her from breaking. The fleeting landscape gradually began to show high-rise buildings at the foot of a rural mountain, and soon a dense urban landscape appeared through the window.

“Mister, have you reached the capital by any chance?”

Out of curiosity, she opened her cubicle and asked the man, who answered her question with a smile.

“Our little butler is impatient. We still have to go another hour to reach the capital. We just stopped by a small village on the way.”

“Is it because this way is faster?”

“Anyway, that’s the case. Even if no one had asked to stop by the security guard, it would have been enough time to arrive.”

“…Sorry…”

“No, no need to apologize. Sirius, this kind of experience is important to you. Experience, feel, and learn for yourself what we couldn’t teach you. Even if it doesn’t help you right away, it will help you a long time later. “

“The butler said the same thing, but I guess my best friend is the same.”

Your expression was distorted. I realized for the first time today that I can tell you not to talk bullsh*t with facial expressions.

“Who is your best friend? He’s like a bad friend! When I think about that guy when he was young, he wakes up right out of bed! When he was young, he was a guy with even his head full of muscles, so I thought it would be possible to solve it with a conversation, but I solved it with my fists, so I said it all. That’s it. Do you know how much trouble I had to deal with?”

…Sir, what the hell were you doing when you were young? I was dumbfounded and laughed.

“Hmm…”

At the voice filled with resentment, the young lady frowned slightly and tossed and turned. She pointed at the uncle and put her index finger on my lips and said.

“Mister…Lady will wake you up.”

“Hmmm…Anyway. A lot of things happened because of him. Do you want me to tell you? Instead, you have to keep it a secret from Will.”

“Don’t worry. A servant’s mouth is said to be heavier than gold.”

I was bored just looking at the scenery. I wondered if my mouth was itchy, and I opened my mouth.

“Yes, I’ll also tell you a funny story about the Count’s pre-marriage days. While serving the Count while he was still living in Soga…”

The bundle of stories has been unpacked. Now I won’t be able to stop that mouth. There was a time when I was talking to Mr. Gillian in the past, and I fell asleep exhausted after listening to endless stories like watching a baseball player starting somewhere in LA, starting with ‘It’s about my time’.

Still, this story was different. It was a story I had while accompanying the butler. Listening to the stories while watching the scenery passing by, I felt like I was sitting on a train going on a journey.

It would have been perfect if it had boiled eggs and carbonated water.

“… And the son of the Aries family cursed at the count, so he couldn’t stand it and punched him. What is it? I beat him down with my bare hands. When I stood in front of his son with blood on his glasses, he foamed and passed out!”

“Oh…So how did it go?”

“Since then, I have been able to meet the Countess, and the marriage went smoothly. I went through a lot of trouble while running around doing the follow-up, but I still can’t forget the happy face of the Countess.”

“The Countess too?”

“She was as happy as the count, but she was at her happiest, probably…She was when the young lady was born. She is the happiness of both of them.”

She hesitated at the words of happiness for the two of them. Can I make this person happy? In her uneasy mind, she touched the girl’s hair again.

“I’m glad you enjoyed it. Yes, there was a time when Will was drunk.”

Apart from that, it was the moment the butler’s living dark history folder was opened.

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As two of the butler’s dark history files passed by and three were about to be opened, the lady also stood up and listened to the man’s story. The man who had been talking for a while pointed to what he had seen and said, “I wonder if he saw something.”

“Look, Sirius. That’s Solis, the capital of the Empire and also called the Heart of the Sun. You can see it well, perhaps because you’re on the hill.”

I got out of the wagon out of curiosity and sat on the driver’s seat where the uncle was sitting and looked at the water supply.

“Ha ha ha… That’s amazing…”

I don’t know what it was painted with, but the first thing I noticed was the large, golden castle sparkling in the center of the capital. Is that the imperial castle of the empire, Solar, that you’ve only heard about?

There were a lot of buildings around the imperial castle. And, as if embracing all the capital’s buildings, a pure white barrier surrounded the capital.

My body shuddered at the magnificence that was incomparable to the CGs I had seen in movies. As I approached, I couldn’t help but admire the huge wall that seemed to defy perspective.

“People say that even if you walk all day in the capital, you can only get to half of it.”

I couldn’t help but laugh at the comment of the lady sitting next to me.

Feeling the grandeur of the empire while feeling the size was short-lived, and I was dazed when I saw the crowd of people standing in front of the large gate.

As the capital of an empire, it is only natural that it has a large floating population. However, there was a line that seemed to be 500m long, so the road ahead felt blocked.

Is this something I can get in for lunch? Just when I thought about it, the old man was slowly driving the wagon to the left of the line.

“Mister?”

“Sirius, have you forgotten the family crest on our carriage?”

“No, I can’t forget it.”

“Then have you forgotten who we are?”

“The daughter of the Taurus family, Europa Taurus, and her servants.”

“Then what about the twelve pillars?”

I arrived at the door between Uncle Gillian’s question and my answer.

“…The sun, that is, the 12 families that fought against the demon king like the first emperor.”

Hearing my words, he nodded and handed a piece of paper to the guard standing in front of the door. The guard who received and read it bowed his head.

“Meet the pillars of the empire. Welcome to the capital, Solís. The Taurus family of Keumwoo Palace.”

“Sirius. Do not forget the weight and authority of the Taurus family, or rather, the pillars of the Empire. Everything is for the family and the lady.”

I silently nodded at the serious look in his eyes. At such a time that was not even lunchtime, we arrived at the capital.

A large imperial castle that can be seen even after entering the capital. Wide, well-paved roads for generations of wagons. Buildings lined up tightly without a single low building. People who are constantly moving and doing their own thing.

“It’s a real big city…”

That was my first impression while touring the capital. At my words, the uncle laughed like he was having fun. You look like you’re having fun

“It’s the capital of an empire, so it’s natural, huh? Sirius is a country boy.”

Yes, I am a country boy.

I glanced at the lady sitting next to me. Maybe it’s because it’s been a long time since I’ve come to the capital, but the sight of her shining eyes made me feel like I was looking at a lady from the days of a Golden Retriever. The corner of his mouth began to rise at the sight, but then stopped.

I could feel the eyes looking at me. Stares filled with anxiety, disgust, and ominousness were fixed on me. Why are you looking at me like that?

Ah, black hair.

I realized that I am a stranger after a long time. People in my family have always been kind to me. Living with that kindness, I felt like I was hit in the head with a hammer by these gazes.

“…Miss, can I go inside the carriage? It’s a bit uncomfortable to stay in the driver’s seat all the time…”

I couldn’t show the young lady a weak side. He grabbed her unsteady chest and bowed her head as if to say hello.

Please don’t notice, lady.

“Okay, let’s go in together. There are a lot of stares.”

Anyway, since she is one of the twelve pillars of her family, there must have been many eyes on the young lady. Perhaps it was burdensome, so he came into the wagon with me.

“…”

“…”

Inside the carriage, there is only silence. What should i say

“…You.”

The young lady broke the silence first and came in. Through the sunlight coming through the window, she met her sea-deep eyes.

“No matter what anyone says, you’re my butler.”

She laughed bitterly at her calm voice, as if comforting.

“Yes, of course.”

She may have been caught. Or it could be that he looked at me and talked.

But.

“I am the lady’s butler.”

I was comforted by the lady’s calm words. Her stuffy chest also calmed down.

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While she was enjoying the scenery through the window, she arrived in front of Nova Academy, her destination. Unlike the drab iron gates on the walls of the capital city through which they passed, there was a gate decorated with beautiful decorations and soldiers in colorful uniforms standing guard in front of it.

“Meet the Pillars of the Empire.”

A soldier stood in front of us and saluted. Unlike when I entered Solis, right after I said hello, the gate to the academy was opened and I was able to enter right away.

“…The academy looks bigger than our mansion.”

“Isn’t it obvious? It’s a place where everyone from the commoners to the nobles of the empire come, but if it’s a family mansion, it’s too small to live there.”

Beside the well-maintained road, there was a large garden with a lake and spacious buildings that seemed to be five stories high. Behind those buildings, a long tower that looked like a mage tower and a dense forest of trees could be seen. Are you rich enough to set up a forest in the academy?

Although it was unimaginable that it was a mage tower, I wasn’t too surprised because it was from a novel. Rather, the young lady looked at her mage tower with sparkling eyes, as if seeing it for the first time.

“My lady. I’m sorry, but it might take a while.”

“Yes, it’s okay. I’ll just go slowly while looking around the academy.”

Even as he spoke to the young lady, the old man swallowed her saliva and stopped her carriage with a troubled expression.

“Hmm…It’s my first time going to the academy, so I’m not completely sure. Should I have been guided?”

“Didn’t you come to attend the count?”

“Yeah, you bastard. When I served the Count, the Count was 21 years old. Will, who had been there before then, wouldn’t know. I just drove a wagon, so I have no choice but to know.”

“You didn’t tell me that.”

“Don’t grumble, look around to see if there’s a map or something nearby. If you have one, bring it.”

He shook his hand at me and opened his eyes slowly, looking at the buildings. ‘That building? Isn’t that the building over there?’

I saw wooden furniture installed that looked like a bulletin board. She said to the uncle, thinking that a guidebook would be nearby.

“There’s a bulletin board over there. I’ll check if there’s a guidebook. If that doesn’t work, I’ll go into any building and ask.”

“Okay, go back for a while. Maybe it’s because I’ve been presbyopia lately. I can barely see where you pointed.”

“Aren’t you supposed to wear glasses? Is it okay to drive a carriage?”

“Since I talked about that, they told me to get it right in the capital city. I’ll even see the young lady going into the academy, and I’ll get one on the way in.”

“…Did you drive the carriage to the capital without being seen?”

Suddenly, chills ran down my spine. If the focus was out of focus for a moment, and the carriage was strangely driven…

“You bastard! Do you think I’m that kind of person! Hurry up and come back!”

Ah, it must have been all over the face. I hurriedly got off the wagon and tried to head for the bulletin board.

“Go with me.”

The lady grabbed my sleeve and followed me. As if he was curious about the academy, his twinkling eyes didn’t turn off when he looked at me. So, with the lady, I slowly walked to the bulletin board.

Arriving at the bulletin board, we took a closer look at the posts.

[Notice of welcome party for new students], [Dormitory etiquette], [Expelled list], [Recruitment of teaching assistants]…

All of them clicked their tongues on posts that are no longer needed.

“Hmm…I don’t see it here.”

“Yeah. Still, there are a lot of posts that look interesting.”

“I think I can read it later. Shall we go to that building first? The entrance is exceptionally large, so I think it’s worth a visit.”

Similar but slightly different buildings. The building with the blue roof that looks exceptionally many windows is probably a dormitory building.

When I pointed to a building with a large entrance unlike the dormitory building, the lady nodded slightly.

“Okay, I’ll follow your advice.”

As the lady and I entered the building I pointed to, our eyes met with a striking figure.

“Oh my God? You guys…”

Long hair with purple waves like dusk. It is impossible to tell whether the eyes are open or closed. And a very curvy body. She knew it when she saw it. No, I had to know.

“Nice to meet you. Shaula Scorpio, the second daughter of Count Scorpio of Scorpio. Greetings. So, how about you guys?”

An unforgettable person. The fourth heroine of Lars, a yandere-type heroine, was introducing herself in front of us.

「Shaula Scorpio」

She possesses the ability to deal with poison and the ability to handle poison, which is unique to the Scorpio family, and is a character that has been divided between likes and dislikes among her readers. Because she fell for Lars, she threatened the other heroines with poison, and was a person who did not hesitate to imprison or threaten her.

A person who feels relieved if he has something he wants. What caught her eye was Lars, but after the first heroine, the second heroine, our lady, and until the third heroine was involved, she had only been poisoned, threatened, and imprisoned.

“Nice to meet you. I am Europa Taurus, the eldest daughter of Count Taurus of Geumwoo Palace.”

I was amazed at how a lady who looked like an innocent girl in a manor greeted me so calmly.

…No, she’s a real noble lady.

Shaulla took her lady’s greeting and her gaze moved to me. I noticed it and said hello.

“Nice to meet you, Miss Shaula. I am Sirius, the butler of Count Taurus. I am assisting Lady Europa.”

At my words, the figure who appeared to be an escort knight standing behind Shaula looked at me in shock. Why are you surprised Whether the escort driver said it or not, Shaulla was interested in me. When she opened her narrow eyes, red eyes appeared.

“Hmm… You must have been the butler of the Taurus family… Black hair and that kind of look…”

Shaula muttered and stretched out her arms, bringing them within reach of her. She didn’t feel good with her unusually red eyes.

“Do you like scorpions?”

Ah, damn it.

These are the words of her first meeting with Lars in her novel. Her eyes sparkled with greed as Shaulla reversed her words to come into her house, which symbolized her scorpion. My lady tilted her head, looking back and forth between Shaula and me.

“No, I don’t really like it. You never know when you’ll get poisoned. Ah, but that doesn’t mean I hate Shaula-sama’s Scorpio family. hahahaha.”

I just went out resolutely. Because your poison can sting me at any time.

And it is the body that serves the young lady. She has no reason to go under her.

Her eyes, which had been close to her narrow eyes, widened rapidly. Aha, it was those eyes. Why was Lars so scared?

Her red eyes were full of miasma. The gaze that was staring at me moved to the lady.

“Miss Europa?”

“Why is that?”

Despite the flowing miasma, the young lady answered calmly. There was a bit of awkwardness in the honorifics she used with people outside of her family.

“Can’t you hand over Butler Sirius to our family? I’ll give you enough thanks…”

“Hey, what did you just say?”

Everyone was surprised by the lady’s remark.

Isn’t there a sudden rash…?