NOVEL NEXT “Ugh….”
“….”
“Uh… who is this person…?”
“Our family’s servant. Don’t worry about her.”
So, I brought the White Young Lady, and now, what’s happening here?
It surely didn’t take even five minutes…
“Hehe… it’s delicious….”
How can she be so tipsy after just five minutes? Sophia…?
She’s six years older than us, after all.
But how is her alcohol tolerance less than mine….?
“Huh…? Who is this pretty girl…? She’s super beautiful… Her hair is completely white….”
“….”
Suddenly, Sophia approached the White Young Lady and complimented her looks.
Well, it’s true that the White Young Lady is pretty, but isn’t it too risky to do that to someone you’ve just met?!
“Sophia, tone it down a bit.”
“Ugh…”
Thank goodness Kyle the Young Master blocked her.
If she had gone on like that, she would have definitely done something to the White Young Lady.
If Sophia, a commoner, had acted that way…
That would have been dangerous.
No matter how much of a White Young Lady she is, I’m sure she’d get mad if someone she just met did something to her.
“So… who is this?”
“Oh, let me introduce you. White Young Lady, this is Kyle the Young Master of Eristirol. You’ve heard of him a few times, right?”
“Ah, nice to meet you. I’m Lily from the White family.”
While listening to their introductions, I looked at Sophia, who was so tipsy she couldn’t collect her thoughts.
I didn’t expect her to get drunk in five minutes, but hey… she’s cute, so that’s fine, right?
Kyle the Young Master and the White Young Lady had a normal conversation.
By the way, both of them having white hair made me think they looked like siblings.
“So, who is this?”
“Hello… I’m Sophia, the Young Master’s direct servant….”
Sophia, trying her best to introduce herself while tipsy…
She’s so cute.
She looks even cuter now, totally different from her usual composed image.
Usually, she has this dignified and polite demeanor.
“Oh, I see….”
“White Young Lady? For now, why don’t you take a seat? If you don’t have companions, why not join us?”
“Sure.”
The White Young Lady sat down, and so did Belph, right next to her.
Hmm… with four ladies sitting here, it looks like Kyle the Young Master’s harem.
I really don’t want that to be the case.
“Sophia, come sit over here.”
Rather than the male Kyle the Young Master, she was seated next to me.
When Sophia tried to distance herself from Kyle the Young Master, he shot her a look, but…
“Yay!”
Tipsy Sophia didn’t think twice and sat beside me.
Of course.
I’m cuter and prettier than the rigid Kyle the Young Master.
“Hmm… by the way, there are too many people. Are parties usually this crowded?”
“White Young Lady, you might not know. Well, this one is definitely more packed than usual.”
The debutante ball was an important occasion, so it’s no wonder there were a lot of people.
Especially since it was the first debutante ball of the year.
The White Young Lady probably didn’t know since she had only stayed in the territory like other white-haired nobles.
“Hehehe… Catherine, do you want to eat this too…?”
“Of course.”
Sophia popped a pie into my mouth.
Sophia was being so adorable with her playful antics… isn’t she just too cute?!
I’d want to take her back to my territory like this!
“…Oldenburg Young Lady. That’s enough.”
“Huh…? Kyle…?”
Suddenly, Kyle the Young Master seized Sophia from me.
Well, I’ve known for years that Kyle had feelings for Sophia.
“Hmm…”
In a way, I guess I’m caught in the middle here.
But… I do enjoy stealing things.
“Hehe…”
Of course, I don’t intend to create bad blood with Kyle, so I can’t help it.
Anyway, since Sophia hasn’t been set on anything after Kyle became an adult, I think it’ll be fine.
If she loses her job, she’ll have to look for a new one anyway…
I could just hire her as my servant.
“Oldenburg Young Lady. I don’t know what you’re thinking, but it won’t be easy.”
“Hmm…? I don’t understand what you’re saying. Right, Belph?”
“Yeah?”
“Just say it directly then.”
“Umm… yeah….”
There are still two years until she becomes an adult… but it doesn’t seem possible for the slow-moving Kyle the Young Master to sweep Sophia off her feet in that time.
Seeing how they’ve been close for nearly five years without anything special happening says it all.
Indeed… I might be a bit mischievous, it seems.
But it’s really Sophia’s fault for being that pretty.
Kyle must agree with that too, right?
“Hehe….”
“Hehe… Kyle~ feed me some sausage….”
“….”
On that note, this feels a bit chaotic.
Even if she’s drunk, asking a grown man for sausage while clinging to him like that…
Kyle must be exhausted.
*
“Sigh….”
“Kyle~”
Kyle was once again having his patience tested.
By none other than Sophia.
There’s no surprise there.
After all, there weren’t many people who approached Kyle other than Sophia.
“Kyle, ah~”
Sophia, who’d once warned Kyle to be careful with women, had completely taken over that warning for herself.
“Ah~ hurry and open your mouth!”
Kyle was now unable to think straight as Sophia, his direct servant, shifted from polite speech to casual terms with him.
Somehow, he managed to open his mouth to eat the food Sophia was offering.
But he couldn’t taste a thing.
“Hehe… Kyle’s hands have gotten so much bigger… should we compare?”
“….”
Sophia took his hand without asking and compared sizes with him.
Kyle felt embarrassed as three other girls watched them.
Catherine was someone he had met before, but this was the first meeting with Karin and Lily.
Showing such a scene at first sight was embarrassing for Kyle, no matter how he looked at it.
“Sigh….”
‘What in the world is happening…?!’
Karin, who had no idea, began to misunderstand the situation as she watched the two.
Thinking that they were a couple.
After all, there are romantic stories between masters and servants in reality too.
But she never expected that to happen right in front of her eyes.
“Awawawawa….”
“Hehe… your hand is so big.”
“Ugh….”
Unlike Karin’s thoughts, nothing was happening between them yet, so Kyle just had to endure.
On one side, there was a girl aiming for Sophia, and on the other, there was one misunderstanding their relationship.
And beside them was another girl looking at Sophia with strange eyes.
‘White.’
Even Kyle, who didn’t know much about the social world, had heard of the White family.
After all, Sophia had mentioned them a few times, so he couldn’t forget.
According to Sophia, it was a family known for same-sex relationships.
And now the heir of White was this lady standing before him, not a Young Master like with other families.
“….”
Kyle concluded that since White has female spouses too, then the woman before him, White, must be a lesbian as well.
That’s when he understood the gaze directed at Sophia.
It was no surprise that someone would develop feelings for Sophia, who was always as stunning as ever.
Especially being a lesbian, it made even more sense.
Kyle guessed that when Lily first saw Sophia, she must have been slightly surprised.
And it turns out, he was somewhat right.
‘She’s pretty….’
In fact, even now, Kyle was looking at Sophia and thinking she was beautiful.
“Kyle~ do you want to go grab something to eat together~?”
Sophia suddenly linked her arm with Kyle, cluelessly stirring his feelings.
The reason tipsy Sophia was being so playful was simple.
Sophia always had to act demure around Kyle because of her position.
But with the alcohol, her mind wasn’t clear enough to care about such constraints.
“Hehe… this drink is so good… wanna try some…?”
“….”
Even now, Sophia, slightly flushed from alcohol, was recommending drinks to Kyle.
However, Kyle distanced his drink slightly, rejecting her.
He couldn’t guarantee what kind of mischief he might get up to if he drank on a night like this.
Most likely, if Sophia weren’t by his side, he would have been drinking normally.
Having already drank a few times at Eristirol Castle, Kyle was somewhat accustomed to alcohol.
Strong drink or not, alcohol does muddle the mind.
It can easily lead to temptation.
Thanks to Sophia’s lessons or just his past experience, Kyle was well aware of this.
‘Stay calm. You must endure, Kyle.’
He kept repeating that to himself.
And it even felt like the echo of his long-absent father whispering to him.
‘Wait… we’re staying in the same room tonight…’
“…Sigh.”
Kyle was lost in thought about one particular issue, thanks to his inebriated state.
Of course, Sophia rubbing against him while drunk had something to do with it, but it was the thoughts in his head that mattered most.
Yes.
As always, Sophia had booked a shared room for the two of them.
That meant Kyle had to carry Sophia, who was drunkenly out of it, from the palace to the hotel via carriage.
‘This is bad.’
Though he might manage to endure until the hotel, what about inside?
Seeing the woman before him, who was completely wasted and clinging onto him…
Kyle was seriously expecting to test his patience limits tonight.