Chapter 38

Now, let’s go a little back in time.

[Anne, give me your hand.]

Mia said to Anne after changing her dress and finishing the preparations to go to the party.

She puts some gold coins from the Duchy of Belluga in Anne’s hands.

[Use it at your own discretion.]

Mia said.

The current Mia is a frugal person. After all, wasteful spending could lead to guillotine very fast. And when she thinks that whatever she buys might be taken by the Revolutionary Army, she loses the will to do so.

A unique exception to this was the money given to her beloved Anne.

She wanted to give back as much as possible to her loyal retainer who left her family to come with her, not to mention what happened in the previous timeline.

[You have time off while I’m at the party. You can stay in the dormitory or go into town.]

It has been only three days since they arrived here, but even so, Anne was probably tired because of the new environment. Even now, she was dressing Mia at a fast pace.

I hope you can rest and recouple yourself, even if it is only for a little while, is what Mia said. Or rather, that is what she was trying to say.

[I understand, Mia-sama. I will make sure to live up to your expectations.]

Expectations...? Mia tilted her head at Anne’s reply, which was full of spirit.

Since becoming an exclusive maid, Anne’s life had changed drastically.

Even though she sends most of the money she gets to her parents at home, she is no longer in financial trouble. Not to mention, her younger sister, Elise, who became a writer employed by the Imperial Princess. So her family is relatively well-off.

That’s why Anne didn’t consider the gold coins given by Mia as “pocket money”.

(Mia-sama granted me free reign to move. I have to live up to her expectations!)

When she returned to the school, Anne let out a small breath.

[It will take about two more hours until the party is over.]

She thought about going to her room and rest for a while, but when she looked at the courtyard.

[Huh?]

She saw a girl.

Looking at her, the girl had a tearful face. She had silver hair that stretches to her waist and healthy tan skin.

These were the characteristics of the Lulu tribe, a minority on Tearmoon Empire.

But more than that, Anne recognized the girl.

[You are.., if I remember correctly, Tiona-sama’s?]

Tiona, daughter of the Rudolvon family from the remote region of Hendo2. It was her maid.

They were the ones being bullied by the noble girls on the day Mia and Anne arrived at St. Noel Academy.

[What is the problem?]

When Anne spoke to her, the girl shook her head with a troubled look....

[Please, Tiona-sama, trouble. Help, please.]

She said with broken language.

Translator Notes:

1. This is an actual thing. I had never heard of it, so I had to look it up to see if I wasn’t misreading the kanji or something of the sort.

2. This series has a lot of names. I’m trying my best to make them consistent across all chapters as well as with the official English LN, but if the English name is too different from the Japanese one, or the names contain characters which can be read in multiple ways, I might confuse them every now and them. Feel free to point those out if you see them.