Became the Butler of the Second Heroine of the Harem

9 – Farewell behind (2)

“Then, start!”

William’s opening chant and Christine’s stab to the head abruptly. It was an attack using the length, which is a unique advantage of the pole, at a faster speed than the previous sparring, but it was a speed enough for Sirius to recognize.

Sirius pushed his head to the side, let go, and moved forward. The accelerating little fist was directed at Christine, but it came to a halt before her wooden sword protruded in front of her.

When the wooden sword in Leona’s left hand blocked Sirius’s fist, Christine’s onslaught began again. Following Christine’s onslaught, despite Leona’s connection like water flowing, Sirius didn’t panic and moved his pupils busily.

Christine’s long pole came naturally between the two wooden swords that Leona wielded. If you dig into Christine’s thrust, Leona’s two wooden swords will block you.

It was a natural connection like flowing water, and the two rushed without rest, but Sirius’ eyes did not show any emotion of giving up. He was just relentlessly looking for gaps in his opponent and aiming for them.

‘Why is each attack so heavy… Every time I block it, my arms tingle…’

‘I’m afraid of persistently looking for an opening… This is how Chris said he felt…’

On the other hand, Christine and Leona hated seeing Sirius like that. Even Christine trembled when she remembered her first fight with Sirius.

In her ongoing battle, Leona couldn’t block Sirius’ fist and missed the wooden sword on her right. Not to be outdone by that, the moment Sirius hit Leona’s head.

“Stop!”

Everyone stopped moving at William’s cry. All three of them, who had sparred, looked at the current situation while breathing heavily.

Leona was trying to block her attack on Sirius’ head as she fell, with the wooden sword in her left hand, while Christine was aiming for Sirius’ left chest.

Sirius, perhaps aware of Christine’s attack, tried to block it by spreading his palm at the end of his pole.

“…This is really… I said it was an advanced course, but I didn’t expect to be able to do it this much. And it seems like you’ve mastered almost everything I’ve taught you.”

Sirius opened her mouth as she looked at William after reaching out her hand to lift Leona who had fallen down.

“Thanks to the butler for teaching me.”

‘How much did I avoid to die?’

William cleared his throat as he gulped down the next words and smiled.

“Even so, it’s still a long way off. What do you think would have happened if Christine and Leona had spears and knives that weren’t toys like these?”

“…Probably at least grievous.”

“Yes. Look at it before. During the last attack, you were spreading your palm to block Christine’s attack, right? You know what would have happened if it had been a magical attack, right?”

“…The palm must have been pierced…”

“Yes. Are you going to wait on the lady with your palms pierced?”

“No.”

Sirius’ eyes became clearer. Does he know what he did wrong and what he looks like when he needs to fix something?

“You still have a lot of time. Don’t be impatient. Over the next five years, you will learn everything you need from us. That is the way to become a Taurus servant, or rather, a Taurus butler.”

William approached and tapped Sirius on the shoulder to comfort him. Christine and Leona, who were watching the two of them, whispered inaudibly.

‘Aren’t you here to make me into a monster? Even though he’s so young now, he overwhelms us like this…’

‘I think the butler is going to retire… I haven’t seen Sirius that much, so it’s really scary…’

‘Am I right? I’m scared that I’ll come out of my real dream…’

“What are you babbling about? The two of you will be training together. You must have felt a lot while sparring with Sirius this time, right?”

William slipped his black gloves on his hands, brushed them off, and laughed with an evil face like a devil’s laugh.

“”Yes, yes?!””

These two were struck by lightning in the dry sky. So this time, the three of them sparred against William.

Actually, the words were sparring, but it was a hide and seek run away from William.

“Tsk tsk, if you just run away, you’ll use it!”

“Please, if you have a complaint, say it!”

The suppressed screams of Sirius resonated throughout the training ground.

#

Since then, I have learned a lot from other people.

Including the butler’s secret technique, Mr. Roland’s spearmanship that Christine seemed to have learned, Mr. Robert’s swordsmanship, and the master maid’s mana management, etc., Each of them learned skills they were confident in.

It was a winter day when the daily routine of learning new things and honing what I learned was repeated every day.

At the word that the Countess had collapsed, everyone stopped their schedule and stood in front of her room. In a situation where anxiety, nervousness, and compassion came and went, I was just waiting for the priest of the church in the room to come out.

“…Mom, is it okay…”

A girl’s voice, half full of tears. According to the owner of the house, she vomited blood and collapsed while talking to the lady, so she urgently sought out the servants.

From how much I cried, there were clear traces of tears from the corners of my eyes to my cheeks.

“…You’ll be fine.”

I comforted that young lady, but it won’t be okay. But can you tell the truth by looking into the lady’s eyes?

In the end, the wife can’t overcome her illness and she leaves for the stars. After this incident, Count Aldebaran blames himself and locks himself in his house.

I have a very long progressing disease. Even in the novel, I wanted to have hope that I might be able to know a little about my wife’s story, which ended with the story of an incurable disease of unknown cause.

Time passed and it was late at night when the priest opened the door and appeared in front of us. When I took off the white mask that only showed my eyes, I saw a familiar face, Father Marcel, with a complex face.

“The disease has progressed so much that I’ve delayed it as a temporary measure… But I don’t think I’ll be able to make it past this evening… I’m sorry.”

Then everyone was stunned to see him bowing his head and apologizing. It was expected, but my heart was frustrated at the miserable reality.

The young lady finally couldn’t stand it and left my side and went into the room. Hurrying after, the Count was standing next to the bed with a dark face, and on the bed was a haggard-looking wife holding a young lady.

Seeing her benevolent and reassuring expression to soothe the young lady in her arms despite her serious illness, she was confused.

I couldn’t do anything this time either. Even though I knew what was going on, I was just concentrating on what was right in front of me. I blamed myself for not trying to find out the condition.

“Sirius, come here.”

The lady held her young lady in her arms and she beckoned me to follow me. Silently she walked over to her side and smiled lightly as her eyes met.

“Will you always be by my daughter’s side?”

“…I will do my best…”

“…Don’t be so stereotypical… Can you speak from the heart?”

“…I’ll always be by your side as I promised with my fingers crossed.”

I wonder if my answer is the correct answer, she nodded and showed a satisfied smile.

“Thank you, Sirius. If I had a son, I’d love to raise him like you. You’re so kind.”

“Tiamat-nim…”

Her white-blonde hair, now close to white, was shining brightly in the moonlight that came down through the window. It was so shiny that it seemed like the goddess of the moon had come down.

“Would you like to go now? I want to talk to the outsider and my daughter.”

“…Yes, I understand.”

Her hand touched my head as I bowed my head in greeting. Unlike the warm touch that touched my cheek the other day, it was cold like a cold wind on a winter day, but I did not reject it.

“I wanted to see you by Europa’s side when you grew up, but it’s a pity…”

“…Then watch over the stars.”

Perhaps it was an unexpected answer this time, her wife’s eyes widened wide, and then she smiled innocently.

“Whoops. Yes, I’ll watch you next to the stars.”

When I came out of her room with that smile behind me, the girl’s long-suffering cry poured out like a wave. She calmed down her heavy heart, closed the door, and headed to the boss of the house.

The butler was talking to Father Marcel with a serious expression a little away from his wife’s room. He listened to the two of them, sneaking up as far as he could hear to see what they were talking about.

“…So it’s not an illness…?”

“Yes… It’s not a disease, but a little Magi has eaten into the countess’s body for a long time. Do you know anything about this Magi?”

“…Do you remember the incident where demons appeared in the slum area of the territory six years ago?”

“Of course I remember, but didn’t she say that her wife was at her mansion?”

“That’s right…But a guy broke through our encirclement and entered the mansion. And the place where he entered was where the lady and Tiamat were.”

“Then…”

“Yes, while protecting the lady, he suffered a small wound, but he said it was nothing special and just applied a potion and finished it…But why did it only come out now? Didn’t you feel it and didn’t visit?”

“…The tiny demonic energy engraved in the wound that we couldn’t find even though we periodically looked at it grew while eating away at the wife’s vitality and mana. That’s why it was finally discovered…”

The butler couldn’t hold back his anger and hit the wall. A bit of stone powder and blood came out from his hand.

“Damn, if I had even asked you to go to church at least once then this would have happened…”

The owner of the house clenched his fists so tightly that blood was dripping from between his fingers.

“…Keep this a secret from others…I don’t know how much of a shock it will be for the Count and the lady to know the whole story…”

“…Yes, I understand.”

As I hid and watched the two return to the front of my wife’s room again, I let out a breath I had been holding back as I gradually moved away.

It was because of the incurable disease that I briefly talked about in the main story, and the butler was hiding it. So i don’t know

Asmodians, it’s you again. You guys are not enough to kill the butler and make the lady cry, so you even kill the wife. Her heart beat like crazy.

Just like the butler did, I also hit the wall. Just like the butler, there wasn’t a bit of stone dust on it, and only my fist hurt without shedding blood. Still, he didn’t stop hitting the wall.

I couldn’t stop hitting the wall until my hands were bleeding. I haven’t been able to pour out all my anger yet, so is it okay to be in pain like this? I still have the cozy coat you gave me that day.

When I looked out the window in a sense of dejection, the sky seemed to be unaware of my heart, and the first pure white snow was falling.

#

Her wife’s funeral was held modestly a few days after her death. According to her will that her funeral need not be grandiose, only her family, Viscount Cetus and our family, were present at the funeral without any other outsiders.

She had to watch her coffin being buried in the ground after the young lady had calmed down her grip on her coffin and would not let it go. The girl’s cries grew louder each time the earth was covered over her coffin.

“Mom…Why…Why are you going…Don’t go…Please…Please don’t go…Listen to mom…You’re going to be Europa, huh? Please…”

Even the tall count was weeping along with her weeping shoulders as her young lady cried. The blind maid who took care of her wife, the owner of the house, Mr. Roland, Christine, Leona, and me.

Everyone who participated in the funeral was weeping.

“…Why didn’t Daddy do anything? She should have done something when her mother was so sick…”

Seeing the buried coffin, her resentment turned to the Count. The Count is also crying so sadly, what should he say? He won’t have anything to say

And it seemed like I knew it now. According to the lady, she blames herself and treats her lady harshly.

I didn’t want to see that. She took hold of the young lady’s hand.

“My lady, the Count did his best…”

“Let go of your hands! What did you do your best! If she did her best, Mom wouldn’t be there!”

A child’s complaint. And the resentment that she felt was combined with a sense of helplessness that she couldn’t do anything.

To put up with it and guide the lady on her right path. That was what i was going to do

“Lady… Tiamat-sama will be sadder if he sees you like this…”

“…What does Sirius know? What does he know about my mother!”

“… I don’t know. But… Tiamat-sama asked for it. She says take good care of the young lady.”

“Then let go, that’s my order.”

A wildly waving arm trying to shake off my hand. But now I could handle the power of the young lady.

“And I told Tiamat-nim. Please watch over us together with the stars.”

“…Such a…Fairytale…Can’t happen…You idiot…”

The girl’s eyes, which were glaring at me as if looking at her enemies, gradually softened. I said holding her hands.

“It will rise, lady. Knight Gliese, who sacrificed himself for us, will be watching us.”

“…”

Without saying a word, she let go of her hand and looked at the young lady with her head down, got down on her knees, looked up from beneath her, and met her eyes.

“My lady. We’ve lost people close to us twice.”

“…Yeah…”

“Be strong, lady. Don’t lose people around you.”

I wiped the tears from her eyes with my hand.

“We have to be strong even for the two of us.”

That’s atonement for Mr. Glee, and it’s atonement for her wife.

“I can help with anything.”

What am I doing?

“I’ll always be by your side.”

My face reflected in her young lady’s blue eyes was smiling at her young lady.

“Let’s do our best.”

I, Sirius, smiled more kindly than usual at her young lady.

#

I stood there with a cloth covering my eyes. In this situation where she couldn’t see an inch ahead, she turned and counterattacked at the sound of small footsteps coming from her left side and the sound of a wave cutting through the air.

He twisted his body to avoid the unusual sound of the air flowing behind him, accompanied by the light tinkling sound of metal falling.

Because of the slightly delayed response, the cold weapon’s unique coldness passed by my cheek. It was only a light scratch that could be easily overcome. Incapacitated the opponent’s weapon with a fist.

Numerous gong sounds came and went, and my hands and feet moved without rest. I broke the approaching weapons with my hands and fists or seized the weapons, and I used them in reverse to break the formation.

The more blind you are, the more sensitive your other senses become. The flow of air felt by the sense of touch, the subtle sound of footsteps felt by the sense of hearing, and the strong smell of iron felt by the sense of smell. And to the minute life.

It is not dependent on the senses. You can use your senses to move more precisely. It was a time that did not know how much time had passed while destroying the attack that was approaching more fiercely.

“Stop!”

The butler’s interruption sound. All the attacks stopped and I straightened up and removed the blindfold. Fragments of blades and spear blades that fell countless times stood out on the ground. Those with fists and feet were smashed, and those with blades were neatly cut off.

I noticed servants holding broken weapons around me. Their faces were full of surprise, surprise, and tiredness.

“You’re great, Sirius. You destroyed all of the servants’ attacks without getting hurt even while blindfolded. You’ve grown up well as my next butler.”

The butler clapped and hugged me and patted me on the back. It was the first time I hugged him since 5 years ago when I cried in the rain and said I wanted to be strong. The people around me started applauding one by one.

One winter day right before the young lady turned 14, I officially became the family’s butler.

When I came out to the training ground and looked out the window, I thought the first snow that happened to be similar to the one that fell on the day her wife left.