The Morning After the Night Before
She had only closed her eyes for a moment, but suddenly Kyle was right next to her.
And sunlight filtering through the curtains announced the morning.
"Eh..."
She must have sat on the bed for a moment after hearing Kyle yesterday, but why was she in the same bed as Kyle...
"Sophia-nim?"
"... Yes?"
"Did you sleep well?"
"Um... yes...?"
Did she fall asleep while sitting there?
No, no matter what, in a woman's body, sleeping in a man's bed...
She couldn't have slept...
"Yesterday must have been very tiring for you. When I came, you slept very comfortably."
"......"
So that's why.
It was her in Kyle's bed now.
Her face was heating up.
Not just feeling, she was definitely blushing.
No matter how tired, she had foolishly slept in Kyle's bed.
Usually, she would say "it's okay, don't worry" to Kyle when tired, but she fell asleep.
That one fact made her extremely embarrassed.
And Kyle was looking at her now, making it even more embarrassing.
"Don't look at me like that... I'm embarrassed."
"Is that so? You slept well yesterday, though."
"That's..."
No words to say.
She had slept really well.
It was because this bed was so good, she had slept soundly.
As Kyle said, she had slept really well.
"Sophia-nim?"
"Yes..."
"It's fine. I told you to rest. If the bed was good, you can lie on my bed occasionally."
"......"
This guy, now he's starting to tease me.
Since she had nothing to say, she kept her mouth shut, but she knew Kyle was teasing her.
The corners of his mouth were raised as he looked at her.
"Let's get up first. Sophia-nim has things to do, right?"
"Yes."
As Kyle said, she got up from the bed.
She had slept in Kyle's bed without washing up yesterday, so it felt a bit sticky.
The shirt was the same as yesterday.
After parting with Kyle, she ran to her room to gather clothes and immediately jumped into the bath.
Thinking about it, she had slept next to Kyle without properly washing.
In the same bed!
That fact made her really embarrassed again.
Was she stinking?
When she woke up, the distance to Kyle was closer than she thought.
So, it was within smelling distance of sweat.
"Hah..."
It was really a nuisance.
As a tutor, but I was in the position of a servant, I had boldly occupied Kyle's bed.
And slept while emitting sweat smell next to him.
Kyle was kind, otherwise she would have been severely scolded.
*
"This bastard!"
"Haha..."
"You were sleeping vulnerably next to her without touching her? Are you really a eunuch?!"
"That's not the case..."
"Not the case? Then why didn't you touch her?!"
Louise's magic class, actually now it's not really a class but time to not lose the feel.
Just chatting and occasionally using magic.
After talking about Sophia, they started talking more about that side.
Since she was close to Sophia, it was easy to talk about her.
Unlike what Sophia said at first, she was a better person.
"No, you said you like Sophia! Then why didn't you do it?!"
"Forcing it is..."
She sounded like her father a lot.
She said many times that she could just cover it.
I don't know why everyone likes to cover like that.
Even if I liked Sophia, it wasn't that.
"Since there's plenty of time, I think we can take it slowly."
After Sophia got injured, she decided to change her thoughts.
She decided to slowly change her perception of Sophia.
Thinking about what happened when she tried to make Sophia go on a date and what happened then, she still felt sorry.
She had asked Sophia on a date, and Sophia got injured because of her.
"Last time, it would have been better to do it slowly rather than Sophia getting injured."
"Haa... I really don't understand. If I were a man, I would have done it to the woman sleeping in my bed."
"Haha..."
Anyway, they continued talking about what happened yesterday with Louise.
By the way, she got a bit of relationship counseling.
Louise said she had no experience in romance, but it was better than nothing.
She had never felt a heartbeat for any other woman except Sophia.
Only Sophia came to mind.
"By the way, how did you do that last time?"
"What do you mean?"
"What, that. You know, that thing."
"Yes?"
She didn't understand what he was saying at first.
It was being referred to with pronouns, not proper subjects.
"How, the academy."
"Ah."
"You asked what academy Sophia attended, and I answered. Where did you use that?"
"Haha..."
Recently, she had heard about Sophia's academy from Louise, and they talked about it.
Since she was close to Sophia, she knew where she went.
It was also to get other information.
In conclusion, it was handled well.
"That is a bit difficult to answer."
"... Did you kill them?"
"That's not the case..."
She didn't kill them.
She just didn't kill them.
She punished the guys who touched Sophia, but didn't kill them.
If it were Sophia, she wouldn't have done that.
So, that's it.
It was just a slight punishment for what they did to Sophia.
"... You're a bit scary."
"Is that so?"
Scary...
Yeah, she could understand why people would feel that way.
To others, it was one nobleman avenging a servant, even if it was 10 years ago.
"Well, I get angry every time I hear about Gene. It was done legally, right?"
"Don't say things like that. I'm still the successor of the Duchy."
"Yeah, Sophia still sees me as a brat."
"Haha..."
She hit the nail on the head.
She couldn't refute it.
She was trying to get close to Sophia somehow, but nothing had changed yet.
In fact, she could have done it if she wanted.
When Sophia was injured, she could have just done it, and Sophia wouldn't have resisted.
With her legs like that, she couldn't easily resist.
But she held back as much as possible even then.
Liking Sophia and wanting to cover were different things.
Originally, doing that would make the relationship worse, but everyone seemed to have lost their minds.
Why did they say things like that.
"Still, your face is red in front of me today."
"That's natural. If a woman doesn't feel embarrassed after sleeping in a man's bed, she's crazy."
"......"
That wasn't wrong.
Her face was red because of her, but it wasn't because she felt love and her heart was racing.
She was just embarrassed.
"Yeah, as you said, there's plenty of time. But do you really think Sophia will stay?"
"Of course."
"You don't know Sophia well yet... She'll probably submit a resignation when you become an adult and go somewhere else."
"What do you mean..."
"She was hired as a tutor, right? Originally, she's not really working as a tutor now, she's basically just doing servant work."
"......"
"In that situation, when you become an adult? Clearly, she'll think there's nothing left for her to do and go somewhere else."
"..."
It was a valid point.
In fact, Sophia could do that.
But she erased that possibility from her mind.
She had been hasty and that was what happened.
Since then, she decided to make decisions about Sophia as carefully as possible.
"It will be fine."
"Yeah, do as you like..."
*
"Ugh..."
"Ahhhhh..."
"Sigh..."
"Elin, I'm so tired..."
"Me too, Sophia..."
Anyway, on weekends, she could skip work.
It was only today, Sunday, that she could skip, but at least she could skip.
"Haa..."
"Haa..."
She sighed with Elin.
Unlike someone who only went to classes occasionally while playing in her room, they had to work hard for the Coming-of-Age Ceremony.
If she had known this, she might have asked Kyle to take it.
Then at least she wouldn't have had to deal with noble brats drinking from morning.
"Sophia, we only have one more week to endure..."
"One week...?"
One week left...?
That couldn't be.
How hard she had worked this week.
It was still saying one week.
It couldn't be.
"It can't be... How did I endure a week..."
She woke up every morning and went down to the estate to work at the hotel...
She had to do this for a whole week?
It didn't make sense.
And the number of guests coming was unreasonable.
If so, she would have to rent another hotel next to it.
"Still... after the Coming-of-Age, we can rest, right? Give some vacation, reduce training..."
"Wouldn't that be the case?"
Well, when Kyle's Coming-of-Age ends, she would naturally be dismissed or leave.
But since she was hired as a tutor, that was likely.
Even if not dismissed, it was strange for a servant who couldn't do servant work to be there.
When Kyle was young, as a child, an immature servant was enough.
Soon, Kyle would become a Duke.
Not a count, a Duke.
A real proper servant should be assigned rather than a servant like her who couldn't do anything well.