Volume 1 Chapter 33 Genderbend Female Knight, Passing By The Maid
"Where should the bouquet of roses be displayed?"
As soon as she returned, Roberta stiffened at Eleonora's question.
"You know, that's why..."
"Sorry, I track you."
As the wind began to chill and shake the window, master and servant exchanged glances.
"Even if you're a lady, being spoken to without a word..."
"I know it's bad, that's why I apologized. I'm not going to cry if you get involved with a bad man."
Purely, the lord was worried about her own, the people of the domain all called out to their family as if to say, and if there was trouble, they would take action immediately.
Such a beloved acting lord, Roberta thought so.
But why.
The conversation with Yoash, seeing that reddened face was, even with the developed master-servant relationship, it caused discomfort and at the same time anger towards herself for having such feelings.
"...."
"Then, what does my lady want to do?"
"Roberta, do you want to marry that guy?"
That one sentence was the trigger for her anger to turn to anger at her master.
"────Are you saying that again!"
Eleonora realized that she had stepped on a landmine with Roberta's explosion, but she couldn't stop the words from overflowing like a muddy stream.
"Do you intend to make it a certainty while talking about being upset!? Does my lady also say that my will has nothing to do with it!?"
"Did your father say something?"
"...It's about time, to think about getting married. My brother is also trying to marry me with the tools or supplies person, I don't even know the name of the other person... I'm sure my lady will come with me if I get married."
"I see."
Women are married young, the younger they are, the more opportunities they have to give birth to their children, and it also reduces the burden on their parents' household.
Kamitafira domain is a warm land in the south facing the Doaria Sea, so the only salvation is that there is no worry of freezing to death, but whether noble or commoner, the position of women does not change.
"I heard from the Grand Duke's daughter, it seems to be a big store even in the royal capital. If I can be carried there, I'll be relieved."
"────"
From Eleonora's perspective, it was nothing more than thinking that it would be happier for this simple girl to marry into a comfortable merchant family than to marry into a rural area where she lived every day.
Is it because her gender has changed but she still thinks like a man, or is it because of her experience working as a member of society, that she rationally believes it will be a plus in her life?
However, she had neither a sister nor a lover in her past life.
Therefore, it was only a matter of not being able to anticipate the backlash based on the emotional arguments of a girl of marriageable age.
"Where is my heart!? To marry a boy I've only known for 2 or 3 days!? You don't understand anything for sure!? I don't even know if the happiness I felt when I received this bouquet is gratitude or love!"
The scream of a 14-year-old girl was painful to the ears, but Eleonora never plugged her ears.
It was because she realized that if she didn't accept it, there was no one else who would.
"Why won't my father and brother listen to who I like!? Is marrying a rich man my happiness!? I don't understand anything!"
The tears flowing like a waterfall from her eyes visualized the pain that she had been enduring in her heart, and Eleonora simply listened to the curses and abuse from her followers.
And she thought of it as something she should do herself, and as arrogance.
"Certainly, I ignored your heart, I'm sorry Roberta. So, tell me, what do you want to do?"
"...I still don't know."
Eleonora narrowed her eyes at Roberta's murmur, wondering if she, who couldn't even understand if she was in love, was a country girl to be eaten along with the Grand Duke's daughter.
If it were her past life, she might have been thrown into an NPO and ended up in police custody, she thought to herself mockingly before facing Roberta.
"Then it's fine to meet that man and figure it out, we have time, right?"
"But, work is..."
"The matters around me are fine, first priority is given to this side which is trying to get involved with the Grand Duke's daughter."
"Huh...? Why would connecting with the royal family..."
"I don't know either, but it seems like it would be beneficial if you and that man got married."
Suspicious, that was the only word that was in Roberta's mind.
A magnificent princess inheriting royal blood somehow felt devoted to her master.
And she used her power to force marry a peasant girl like herself and the son of a wealthy merchant.
The cost would not be paid by herself, but by Eleonora, who was strong, wild, and still loved her subjects.
Her heart was crying out that this was wrong, that she must offer something or refuse everything.
"You, young lady, are asked to do something without knowing what it is?"
"It's a proposal from the Grand Duke's daughter. A minor noble like me has no answer but yes."
Then, she should discard this flower for her master.
When she looked at the rose she clenched, for some reason,
She vividly remembered that shallow and unreliable man smiling happily.
Roberta wondered why her legs wouldn't move and why she was hugging the bouquet to her chest for some reason.
Even though she must discard it, she didn't want to.
Conflicting emotions swirled uneasily in her chest, causing nausea.
───Ah, if I feel this sick, I wish I hadn't met him.
Tears falling from her eyes dripped onto the rose, soaking the flower like morning dew, and eventually fell to the floor.
"...I shouldn't be in a domain where I can intrude, Roberta. Rest for a while."
"...Yes."
Seeing her break down in tears, Eleonora thought this might be love.
In her previous life, she had no lover, and even after reincarnation into a woman, she found herself unexpectedly in a position where love was irrelevant.
Roberta didn't understand her feelings, but she wouldn't shed tears for a man she didn't love.
But, if she acts according to the Grand Duke's daughter's words, will this servant find happiness?
Master and servant, while wishing each other could live well, could never truly understand each other; even revealing their hearts had few options.
These two, in the end, were nothing more than medieval women.
The change came from Yoash's shout a little later.
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