Chapter 68 (1/2)

While Fii chased after the running maid girl, the other maids gossiped.

“What a silly girl. This is why none of the other maids ever approach York-sama.”

“Yeah, even though the rest of us can only watch him from afar. Serves her right.”

“She’s a newcomer so I guess she didn’t know. I don’t know if he saved her in the past or whatever, but this is what happens when you try and steal a march on others.”

As Fii was pa.s.sing by, she ran over to the maids. Placing her left hand on her hip and looking a little angry, she leant in and poked the maid on the nose.

“You girls, it’s not good to talk bad about people like that, you know.”

“H-, Heath-kun!?”

The maids all looked at her in shock.

A few maids were even a little flushed.

“Anyway, do you know where she went? I lost sight of her.”

“Ummm…. She went that way, but…”

“Thanks! I’ll see you later!”

Flas.h.i.+ng the maids a smile, Fii ran off with a wave.

“T-, The smile of an angel…”

“So cute…”

The maids stood in a daze as they watched Fii disappear.

After running for a while in the direction the maids indicated, Fii finally found her. The girl was crying as she hugged her knees in the shade of a tree.

Fii down next to her.

“Are you okay? Sorry. Captain said some cruel things.”

“Heath-kun!?”

The girl seemed to have been crying quite a bit.

She hadn’t even noticed Fii arrive, so there was shock all over her face. While wiping her tears, the maid girl spoke.

“No, it was my fault. I didn’t think about York-sama’s feelings. I got in the way of your conversation too. Of course he’d hate me.”

“I don’t think that’s quite right…” muttered Fii.

Still, she pulled out a handkerchief from her pocket and wiped the girl’s tears.

“You shouldn’t rub like that. Your eyes will go red.”

“Y-, Yes. I’m sorry. But is it okay for you to be here? You were speaking with York-sama.”

Her words caused Fii to remember what happened. It made Fii feel a little down.

“Speaking of which, I went and called him an idiot…”

“I’m so sorry! It’s my fault!”

“No, it wasn’t. I said it because I wanted to.”

“But…”

The maid girl looked on the verge of tears again.

Even the fight with York and Fii was brought up.

(I came here to comfort her, but it’s not going too well, is it.)

“Hmmm…”

After thinking for a while, Fii turned the girl’s chin with her index finger, and then peered straight into her eyes.

“Tears really don’t suit you. What I want to see is your smile. So please stop crying.”

“Eh-…”

The girl suddenly froze with wide-open eyes.

And since Fii didn’t know what to say next, she froze as well.

The atmosphere became a little weird.

Folding her arms, Fii tilted her head in wonder.

“That’s weird. I did it just like Crow-san, but it didn’t go too well.”

“Y-, You were copying Crow-sama…?”

“Yeah. He told me to say those things to a girl.”