Chapter 119.2

For some time now, Betsy has been making mistakes that are not at all in her character.

Recently, she handed a fork to Yurina when she asked for a spoon, and she almost fell over because she twisted her foot while walking.

If it was once, you would think it was a momentary mistake, but it was repeated several times, so Yurina couldn’t help but worry.

Even now, Betsy was smiling, but compared to her usual, flawless smile, she looked a bit sluggish.

“If there’s anything wrong, don’t hide it, tell me. There may be something I can do for you.”

Betsy shook her head a couple more times to say that nothing had happened, then let out a sigh while looking at Yurina’s worried face.

“The truth is.”

“Hm?”

Yurina looked at her suddenly gloomy face and pointed to the chair across from her. Betsy straightened her apron and quietly sat down. Yurina took out an extra cup and poured tea for Betsy herself.

“I received a letter from my family early this morning.”

“What happened to your family?”

Betsy took a sip of tea and continued.

“It’s okay, but it looks like my nephew has a fever. After all, he was always healthy, and even if he fell ill, he recovered quickly. But this time, it seems to be bad.”

Yurina had already heard about him. He is the son of a younger sister who is two years younger than Betsy, and is said to be a four-year-old boy who likes to run around here and there. Betsy loved her nephew like her son, to the point that whenever she went on vacation she would ask the kitchen for desserts.

‘That’s why she was distracted.’

If your beloved nephew had a bad fever, all your nerves had to go to him.

“Why isn’t that a big deal? Why are you talking about it now? I’m not going to stay like this, I’ll give you a vacation, so go home quickly.”

Betsy smiled bitterly and shook her head.

“But how can I leave milady? I will send them a letter and a generous sum of money, so it should be all right.”

“No need, just go quickly.”

“What if I catch a cold? I can transfer it to the young lady.”

“Don’t worry about me, think about your family.”

“Still…”

Yurina loudly closed the book she was reading. Betsy hesitated for a moment, as if surprised by the somewhat nervous behavior.

“I’m more concerned about you not being able to concentrate and making mistakes like this.”

Betsy smiled and nodded with no sign of displeasure, though noticing that Yurina spoke colder.

“Since the lady said that, I’ll be back.”

“Of course.”

Yurina stood up and left the room, dragging Betsy by the arm. She called the butler and told him to give Betsy a paid vacation, then busied herself away while Betsy went to her room to pack.

The first place she went was the kitchen. Yurina told the kitchen maids, startled by her sudden appearance, to pack some snacks and food that the children would like, and then headed to the room where Rodrick, the physician, was staying.

When she asked to bring some medicine that is good for fever, Rodrick was surprised to think something was wrong with Yurina’s body, but after hearing the situation, he nodded saying he understood.

As she went back to her room, a sudden thought stopped her in the middle of the hallway.

‘Did he catch a fever right now, not another time?’

The weather was getting warmer as the season changed from spring to summer. Fever or cold in this weather?

Of course, since he was still a weak child, he might catch a cold if he played in the water or if he didn’t cover himself with a blanket at night. However, remembering Marchioness Carthia’s illness and the wolf incident, now even a simple fever was suspicious.

Betsy was Yurina’s closest maid. If this is a new conspiracy against Yurina, chances are that the insidious enemy will lure Betsy with her nephew’s illness and perform some clever tricks.

After standing in the hallway and thinking, Yurina turned around and headed towards Dave’s office. Not to find Dave, but to find Reynard, who was busy researching with him.

“If you interpret this part this way instead of that way, you will come to a completely different conclusion… Yurina?”

Reynard, who was examining an old book borrowed from the imperial library with Dave with a serious face, smiled and ran as soon as he saw Yurina standing in front of the door.

“What are you doing here? Did you come to see me?”

She nodded her head as he looked like he would be disappointed if she said she had come for something else.

“Huh. I haven’t seen your face in days.”

As the suspicion that Marquis De Flon was a black magician deepened, Reynard began to investigate black magic in earnest. Thanks to that, Yurina didn’t have time to see Reynard. Previously, he would sneak into her room at night, but lately he was in the lab late, so he didn’t find time to come.

She came because of Betsy, but when she saw Reynard, she was so happy that she forgot the purpose of coming here. However, since Dave was also in the lab, Yurina couldn’t help but bite her lip.

Reynard also held Yurina’s hand and refrained from talking, as if he couldn’t bear to express affection in front of his respected teacher. Yurina burst into laughter as she looked at his hand barely touched her fingers.

“Dave, why don’t you go to the kitchen? They say a new tea leaves has arrived.”

It wasn’t a lie. Actually, when she went to the kitchen to ask for a snack, she was told that since new tea leaves had arrived, she would have to distribute them to the knights. She didn’t say that she was looking for him now, so she couldn’t be lying.

‘Looks like I learned it from Ray.’

Yurina let out a small laugh, remembering how Reynard had arranged time for the two of them with various excuses. Dave looked at Yurina and Reynard for a while before standing up.

“Is that so? I just ran out of tea leaves, so that’s good. I’ll be back soon, so let’s talk a little.”

After confirming that Dave had completely left the room, Reynard came closer to Yurina.

“Did you miss me so much? You could call me through the maid, and I would come myself.”

He asked without opening his mouth, and swallowed her lips again without giving Yurina a chance to answer. The answer that came out of Yurina’s mouth was sucked into his mouth.