I Became the Childhood Friend of the Northern Duchess - I Became the Childhood Friend of the Northern Duchess chapter 42

42 – Loud morning

After the events of that night, Edgar instantly became a celebrity in the castle.

In addition to that, it was about ten days later that he moved his residence from the inn in the backyard to the main building of the castle.

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Leonel and Enya, who had been together for a long time and a short time for a short time, expressed regret at the sudden news.

However, it was not too far away anyway, and Edgar was going to be taught by Creed in the future, so it didn’t matter too much.

After making an appointment to meet in the backyard every morning, Edgar said goodbye to the two of them.

And a little funny situation occurred in the middle, and the two people reacted completely unexpectedly when they learned that Edgar was from a noble family.

To him, the two added that their behavior was too easygoing and open to be called aristocrats, but Edgar could not hide his bitterness.

Edgar’s morning schedule had changed quite a bit since he moved.

Originally, he went straight to the backyard to learn from Creed, but these days he went to Ariel’s room first.

Privately, they are friends, but it is an obligation that has arisen because they have entered the position of nominal attendants.

“Shuri, good morning.”

It was Shuri, her exclusive handmaid, who greeted Edgar when he arrived at Ariel’s room early today.

“hello. Confucius… Oh no, Mr. Edgar.”

“Are you unfamiliar with the title yet? Me too.”

He was originally a man who was a friend of the young lady, but while he was staying here as an attendant, he was definitely in the position of a servant like Shuri.

That’s why there was a strict order to change the title——even though it was just a tantrum from an immature princess——maybe it was because Shuri wasn’t accustomed to it yet, but the old title would pop up from time to time.

Edgar giggled as if he understood his feelings and immediately took the basket from Shuri.

In the basket, there were rows of things Ariel used to groom herself, starting with combs and perfume.

Originally, it was supposed to be in Ariel’s room, but when Edgar heard, she said it was a hindrance and left it to Shuri.

So, it has become a habit to bring it every time you visit her room in the morning.

“It’s something I have to do, I’m sorry.”

“What is this? Besides, it’s better for me to wake him up and do everything he wants.”

I had heard before that every time Shuri went to wake her up in the morning, Ariel rebelled with the spirit of a doomed battle.

As a servant, it would be difficult for her to wake up her sleeping owner, but it would be even more difficult for Shuri, who had a bad temper.

So, this is the trick that Edgar came up with.

Going to wake up Ariel directly under the pretext of saying hello.

Although I haven’t tried it much yet, it works pretty well.

“Oh, and it looks like Ronan is out in the garden right now. Why don’t you go out?”

“Yes?”

When the name of her lover suddenly came out of Edgar’s mouth, she opened her eyes like a frightened rabbit and turned her head out of the window in a hurry.

Unfortunately, this place was not a place with a clear view of the garden, so we could not check his appearance.

“Is it real? Leave Ariel with me and go out.”

“Ha, but it’s business hours now… … ?”

“There’s someone to do the work for you, so what’s up?”

When Edgar shrugged his shoulders and nodded his head out the window indifferently, Shuri, who had noticed, hurriedly greeted him and headed somewhere with gunfire.

‘It’s such a good time.’

Edgar, who was happy to watch Shuri’s disappearing back, turned around and knocked on the door.

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Knock. Knock.

I knocked on the door a couple of times in a slightly louder voice, but there was no answer.

In this case, it’s either one.

If you’re already awake but deliberately ignoring it, or if you’re still drifting off to sleep.

Of course, neither of them could compete with Edgar.

“excuse me.”

For now, despite the fact that the attendant did not give permission from the owner, he spat out his words moderately and strode into the room.

As he expected, Ariel was still traveling in the land of dreams on the bed.

People say that he sleeps like an angel, but in Edgar’s eyes, the vicious tyrant only seemed to be resting for a while.

“My lady, the sun is in mid-heaven. Please wake up.”

“… Coul.”

An attendant who stands crookedly with her hand on one side of her waist and wakes up her master as if to say something.

Even so, Ariel let out a quiet breath and showed no sign of getting out of the slump.

As Edgar watched this spectacle, tendons naturally sprouted from his forehead.

When I asked to be called when I went out to practice this morning with my mouth, I couldn’t wait after preparing in advance, and I wasn’t even awake.

It was to the point where I wondered if I was remembering the promise.

“Ariel, wake up. You told me to go with you to morning practice.”

“Yes… Shurii, you still want to sleep… … .”

“Shuri will freeze to death.”

It’s only been a few days, but what Edgar has felt while taking over Shuri’s morning duties is that her grievances are truly formidable.

I wonder how many times I complained to Shuri every morning, did this kind of spinal cord reflex come out?

I’d like to eat chestnuts on my forehead like this, but if I do, things will get out of control after she wakes up.

However, since the meaningless tug-of-war could not continue, Edgar decided to take a special measure.

“It’s okay.”

Edgar lifted Ariel up after wrapping it tightly in the blanket as if it were a lump of luggage.

Only then did her eyes, which had been tightly closed, slowly open.

“Um, Shuri… this? uh?”

Ariel, who continued to search for Shuri’s name, quickly looked around with her head poking out from between the blankets, as if she had figured out the situation belatedly.

For some reason, her body was floating in the air, and the boy’s face, which she shouldn’t have seen, came into her field of vision.

After about 3 seconds of silence that followed, out of nowhere, a scream rang out in the room.

“Kyaaah!”

“Oh, I’m going to die of noise. Be quiet.”

Edgar frowned at the high-pitched voice that seemed to rip through his eardrums, but Ariel’s screeching, close to screaming, continued.

“Hey, you idiot! What are you doing in the morning! Are you crazy!? Somewhere in the lady’s room… … !”

“Sounds like a lady and fell asleep. Is it a lady sleeping with her mouth open and her saliva drooling?”

“what!? If you just put this down, you’re dead!”

So if I don’t put it down, I won’t die?

Edgar, who had heard a very good hint, was about to put her in front of the dressing table, but hesitated, stood up again, and walked around the room.

“You should have woken up when you woke up like that. It’s all your karma, karma.”

“What is karma… ! Why are you here in the first place! Where did Shuri go! Shuri!”

Oh, and that statement had to come out.

Since this was an expected reaction, Edgar showed a relaxed attitude with a smirk.

“He said he was busy with other things, so I said I would wake him up. Aren’t you being considerate?”

“Don’t be ridiculous! I should have told you to go see Bonama or Ronan again… Gee, where are you touching now!”

Why do you want to say something to others after you have struggled and touched it?

In the first place, what could be called pretty in a chrysalis surrounded by a blanket?

“Don’t catch the lover. Why am I touching your body? Am I a pervert?”

“Pervert then! Entering a grown lady’s room without permission and washing her hair… … !”

“Oh, it’s so unfair that I can’t hold it anymore. If anyone sees it, they’ll know it’s an attack, hey.”

In the end, Edgar, who first declared surrender, put her back on the bed and sat down on the chair next to her.

Only then did Ariel get out of the blanket and let out a noise, spewing steam in all directions.

“What is this because of you, you idiot! Your head is messed up!”

“It was a mess from the start. To talk nonsense.”

“Well, maybe that’s the case, but… anyway!”

How fine would a person who woke up in the first place be fine if his head was fine?

Besides, Ariel’s hair itself was quite long compared to other women, so it was easy to get tangled.

In the end, Ariel, who couldn’t refute Edgar’s words, nervously slapped the blanket.

While watching this, he briefly explained the reason for the current situation and rather criticized her.

“You asked me to go out with you during morning training yesterday? But I can’t wait after getting ready, let’s spread out and go to sleep?”

“What, can’t you wait for a second? This moth.”

“You came in because you were tired of waiting long enough? And what? Zombies?”

In the first place, the time when Shuri wakes up Ariel is also quite late to call it morning.

It was already around this time that everyone else in the castle was about to start their day.

In other words, it was just a situation caused by this flimsy, immature princess. Edgar’s reply was that it wasn’t his fault.

“Anyway, it’s always like this. What’s the point if you treat me a little kindly?”

“Yeah, I don’t know about other people, but not to you.”

“Sir, annoying!”

In the end, Ariel puts the blanket over herself and lies down.

The princess, who had been saying that her hair was messed up a little while ago, had gone, and in an instant, she seemed to show discord.

“Stop pouting and get up. You don’t have to eat.”

“Heh, I hate it. My head is messed up too.”

“Ehh.”

Not some kind of three-year-old.

Where is the princess who showed off her grown-up appearance a few days ago from a different family?

In the end, Edgar felt that he had no choice but to lose today and tapped her on the back.

“Get up, I’ll clear your head.”

“… really?”

“Am I you? Let’s lie about this. It’s okay, there’s no time, so get up quickly.”

Because of her procrastination, the morning practice was also delayed.

By now Creed would be like, ‘Why isn’t he coming?’ I’d like to check the time.

When I met him, I felt like I had to apologize first.

“Now, do it quickly.”

“Is that the attitude you’re asking for?”

“hehehe, if you’re late anyway, you’ll be the only one who gets scolded by Creed, right? If you don’t like it, go back to bed.”

Ariel sits in front of the dressing table, humming a song as if she got the right number of cases, moving her body.

A deep sigh escaped from Edgar’s mouth, but what to do? For the time being, it is a position where you have to live tightly.

“Yes, lady. Then, do you have any hairstyles you want?”

“Are you saying you know how to do it?”

Edgar seriously contemplated whether to hit him with one of these as he looked up at him suspiciously.

This damn childhood friend seems to have forgotten all the memories of the past.

“Hey, I tied your hair up a few times when I was little, can’t you do this?”

“Is it? I can’t remember, hehehe.”

“So what do you do?”

Ariel, who was worried, said that she wanted to try a hairstyle that she didn’t usually do well, and asked for it to be neatly tied back and hung down.

In response, Edgar took the comb that Shuri had given him and began to take care of his hair by combing it carefully.

I didn’t forget to tidy up my hair with my fingers every once in a while to avoid getting caught in the comb.

“Are you doing well? It’s to the point where I want to ask for it every day from now on.”

“Are you going to do this every day because I’m crazy?”

“If you become an attendant, you must obey the lady’s orders. is not it?”

Cock!

“Oh!? Why are you hitting me!”

“Shut up and look in the mirror, girl. Before I hit you with one more.”

In the end, Edgar couldn’t stand the urge and hit the top of her head with the comb he was arranging her hair, and went on with his duties in silence.

I seriously pondered whether I might have chosen the wrong career path.

“Oh, right. Did you hear?”

“What story?”

Edgar’s eyes narrowed at the rising anxiety.

Because when she said something so suddenly, it was always something that would cause her to faint.

And it seems that today, too, that expectation was not wrong.

“There is a prom coming up soon. It was then that I decided to go with you.”

“… what?”

There was only one prom for her, who hadn’t even entered the social world yet.

That is the debutant ball.

In other words, it is a place where young ladies who are entering the social world for the first time gather.

It belongs to an event with a great significance, especially for women, to dismiss as a mere prom.

Thanks to that, when the news is heard that the daughters of prestigious families will play the debutante ball, other families scramble to get their children to accompany them.

“I couldn’t even hear it. When was it decided?”

“yesterday. did you say I will be by your side during the first initiation ceremony.”

Of course, I said that, but I didn’t expect this to be decided so quickly.

The other aristocratic families must already be fighting over their heads to push their son into the seat next to her.

If that’s the case, no matter how great the grand duchess is, they will always proceed with the story in the direction that is most beneficial to the family.

I’m not going to look at this and decide.

Even if he were to take the position, he thought it would be decided right before the debut ball.

“So, prepare your mind in advance. Because it’s Ariel Loveheim’s monumental initiation ceremony into society.”

“… Yes, how can I beat you?”

Ariel raises the bridge of her nose and praises herself to the point of making the viewer feel hot.

In the end, Edgar laughed as if he had lost and combed her hair for the last time.

It seems impossible to escape the clutches of this tyrant.