Chapter 166: Rain Yesterday, Rain Today
Chapter 166: Rain Yesterday, Rain Today
The next morning it was raining from the start, so all plans were canceled. I simply delivered the usual medicine to the Queen in the morning and that was the end of it. Just walking inside the Royal Palace and Rear Palace drew too many eyes, so I couldn’t walk much; she was left to practice on her own. As a result, I studied. Tohoho.The following day the rain was even stronger. The walk was of course canceled, the restaurant visit was postponed yet again, and my departure to the Mainz Kingdom was also postponed. Was this really all right? I wondered, but it seemed it was fine. No matter how much I fretted, everything was settled once His Majesty the King (or Lord Richelieu?) gave the word. I was merely moving on the palm of their hand. As an unnecessary aside, they must have been preparing the ingredients for the Queen to eat at the restaurant — what were they doing with them? If everyone was enjoying them, that would be fine, but maybe someone had stored them in a magic bag.
The rain continued the next day as well. The only one who was happy was probably the Queen, who could drink more of my homemade youth-rejuvenating medicine. Whether thanks to that or not, the Queen’s rejuvenation was remarkable. Even I could tell. Because only the Queen had been drinking it so concentratedly in such a short period, the sample size was n=1 and there was no way to verify it. The night-shift maids Linda and Debbie stopped coming; instead Lily and Stevie began to come.
The night Stevie came, she was so pure and fresh that it felt like my eyes had been opened. I don’t think she was acting on Lily’s words, but from the moment she entered the room her face was bright red. Even though she knew what was expected, she sat primly on the chair by the entrance. Wasn’t she here for night service as well as the night shift? I thought, and said,
"Stevie, come over here."
She replied,
"I was only called for the night shift."
"Don’t say that. Come here!"
When I said that,
"I... received Your favor once, but you never called for me again after that, so I thought you no longer needed me..."