I Picked Up a Witch With Amnesia

11. A bird that flew over the nest – 02

“…you want to use your freedom to live for me in the future?”

“Yes, Little Duke.”

Sara answered my questions immediately without a single thought. I couldn’t believe her answer at all, so I looked straight into her eyes, but even though I was looking at her, her expression didn’t stir anything. No matter how you look at it, she seemed sincere.

“…..”

In Sarah’s eyes, there was no agony to be seen. There was no hesitation whatsoever. She was urging me to make the choice she had made under her complete will.

“…why?”

In the end, only these stupid words came out of my mouth. It was the freedom I got at best. It was a precious freedom that I had won after leaving so much behind. To be honest, I thought she would go on a trip. Until now, she had lived a life like a doll in a cage, confined to Count Sernard’s family. Every time I talked to her, I could easily notice that one woman, Sarah Cernard, longed for a wide world outside that she hadn’t seen.

So, the choice she made was truly unexpected for me. Why did she kick away the freedom she had obtained so far and choose the path of being subordinated to someone again? I thought that the girl I knew was not the kind of woman who would kick away freedom once obtained with her own hands.

“I do not know.”

To my question, Sarah just gave me an ambiguous smile and did not give me an answer. And I realized That no matter how much I tried, she would never answer me.

…And that this is the ending of this story, chosen by her own will.

Soon after, realizing that I couldn’t break her stubbornness, I sighed softly. It was because he seemed to have to accept the fact that the Duke of Estelle had one more member of the military family. Since I rescued Sarah with my own hands, I couldn’t bluntly reject her here.

‘I can already imagine that the commander-in-chief is going crazy because he likes it.’

While the income remained the same, the number of mouths I had to feed increased day by day, so I was at a loss as to what sort of nagging would be hurled at me if I went back this time.

“…By the way, Sarah.”

“Yes, Duchess Estelle.”

When Sarah answered me with a smile on her face, I continued my conversation with a confused expression on my face.

“But can’t we just use short words like before? To be honest, I don’t see you using honorifics for me…”

I wasn’t used to it at all. No, it seemed that I would never get used to it in the future. It had been years since they had been engaged to her and talked openly to each other. But now that you’ve come back, you’re hearing respectful words from her all over again. If someone who doesn’t know anything sees this scene, it’s like-

‘I feel strange, like I’ve become a guy with peculiar tastes.’

…Well, no matter what the circumstances were, I felt uncomfortable hearing honorific words from Sarah. To be honest, to me Sarah was just Sara, and since she had Sernad’s last name, she discarded it, so the same thing was a secondary issue. So, even if the difference in status has become serious now, you can maintain a good friendship by talking to each other without dwelling on it-

“I do not like it.”

Sara gives an immediate answer without hesitation.

“…No, then how about talking openly, at least when the eyes of others aren’t on me…”

“I do not like it.”

“…..”

Why on earth do you insist on using honorifics for me? If you say it’s okay not to wear shorts, isn’t it normal that you should wear half-colors and like them? Somehow, it seemed that it would be impossible from now on to have an open and comfortable conversation with her like before…

“…Then, is there any position you would like to occupy separately in the Estel family?”

Realizing that persuading Sarah about the way she spoke to me would be far from it, I immediately asked her with half resignation. At first, he even thought about giving up the position of lady-in-waiting for the Estelle family, but no matter how much he thought about it, it must have seemed like a waste of manpower to treat a high-class man like her as a lady-in-waiting.

“Well, I think maids are fine too.”

Sarah smiled lightly and at the same time gently hugged one of my arms.

“…what are you doing-“

“However, I won’t do anything other than the Duke’s exclusive lady-in-waiting. Even though I look like this, I am very confident in taking care of others. The only thing I learned from Count Cernard’s family was how to help others like this. Well, I don’t have time to use it like this anymore.”

What was so pleasant was that Sarah gave a giggling laugh and then took a step into my arms quietly and said this.

“Look, your clothes are still messy. It seems that Duke So is the kind of person who absolutely needs help from others in his daily life.”

Sara whispered those words into her ear as she smoothed out the wrinkles on her dress shirt, which had been messed up from the fierce battle just before. The spot where her hand brushed past transforms into a neat and tidy figure like magic.

“…How is it? Little Duke. At this level, I think I’m a pretty useful woman.”

“…..”

To be honest, I was impressed. Only the pattern is an exclusive maid, but her hands were much cleaner and neater than Aria, who had learned the duties of an exclusive maid. As Sara said, it is safe to say that no one in the Estelle family could perform the duties of an exclusive maid more skillfully than she.

However.

“…well, that’s…”

Unfortunately, my exclusive lady-in-waiting position already has passengers, so the very moment I was about to say that I should think about it again-

ugh-

The space right in front of Sarah and I suddenly starts to shake.

“no! Never, no!”

With those words, the person who ‘appeared’ here without any notice was none other than-

“Cain! You really don’t intend to nod your head at that woman’s insane suggestion, do you?”

it was aria

…and that one, with a very angry expression.

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At the same time as the space shimmers, a slender figure of a white-haired woman suddenly appears. As she gazed at the series of scenes, a puzzled voice leaked out of Sarah’s mouth without realizing it.

“Go, space shift?”

Sara also received a variety of education as a daughter of a count, so she had a basic knowledge of magic. time and space. Isn’t that the realm of God, where the magic of the present age has no way to interfere? But how can a great miracle that directly intervenes in space be exercised casually like that!

Of course, whether or not Sarah was surprised by the space shift wasn’t in Arya’s interest. Arya only had one interest, the fact that the bitch in front of her was coveting her place.

‘That damn bitch!’

Arya looked at Sarah’s smooth face and at the tongue that spat out the words, ‘Give me the position of exclusive handmaid’ towards Cain. It’s like a bitch who doesn’t know grace! It was only disgusting to see Simbo daring to say such things without hesitation when he clearly knew who the hell he and Cain were going through such hardships in the middle of the night. At least, it just felt that way to Arya.

‘At that time, I should have aimed at that woman, not the princess.’

However, regret is always too late. Currently, Cain was watching this situation. I don’t know if it’s anywhere else, but in front of Cain, I had to remain ‘kind and cute Aria’ until the last moment.

Instead, Arya jerked her head towards Cain and looked at him with a weeping look. In his experience so far, Cain’s heart would weaken when he saw her expression.

“Cain! You really don’t intend to nod your head at that woman’s insane suggestion, do you?”

It can never be. The person closest to Cain and the greatest help to him should be himself!

“…Well, that’s what I mean…”

However, Cain could not hastily respond to Arya’s words and only scratched his head.

“Isn’t it okay to quit being an exclusive maid on this occasion?”

“…Yes?”

In an instant, Arya’s face and head turned white. Could it be that Lord Cain is saying that there is no need for someone like me anymore-

“Well, Aria, you are not only my exclusive maid, but also the exclusive magician of the Duchy of Estel. Lately, it’s been bothering me that Ariana doesn’t have personal time because she’s dealing with those two things at the same time. I think it would be a little more comfortable for you if you handed over at least the duties of an exclusive maid to Sara.”

“…..”

At Cain’s words, Aria shut her mouth tightly like a clam. Does my personal time seem lacking? You want me to be comfortable?

Cain’s thoughtfulness really made Arya happy. The very fact that he was thinking of her was making Arya’s heart flutter.

…But at the same time, her mood was also very depressing. Really, it couldn’t have been more funny. For Arya, her own joy was only the joy of her master, Cain. At first, she had only one motive for learning magic, to be of help to Cain, and later to kill a cockroach named Bianca who wandered around next to him.

For Arya, compared to Cain, magic had no value whatsoever. I learned magic to help him, but wouldn’t it be meaningless to learn magic if I couldn’t be by his side because of that magic?

“…Huh.”

And Sarah, who had been watching Arya from the beginning to the end, spat out a meaningful sound from her mouth. It was a body that prided itself on being a quick-witted woman. At first, she thoughtlessly told him that she wanted to become Cain’s exclusive handmaid, but it was because the story would be a little different if the white-haired girl she saw that day was a person who would become her senior.

“…Hey, senpai.”

Sarah quietly approached Aria, who was hanging her head, and began to tap her on the shoulder and whisper in her ear.

“Can we talk for a minute?”

“…yes?”

Towards Aria, who had a puzzled look on her face and was still unable to comprehend the situation, Sarah only smiled as if she had drawn it with thread.

“Anyway, between you and me, it seems like there are quite a few things to talk about.”

By analogy, it was like a scene in which a cunning snake whispers something in the ear of an innocent lamb.

…At least, it was only reflected in Cain’s eyes.