I talked to Ms. Lugretta
“Mr. Takumi. Lady Claire. Do you have a moment?”
“Yes, I do not mind.”
“Did something happen, Ms. Lugretta?”
Riruru adjusted her speed so that she was running parallel with Leo.
“No, nothing happened… But…there is something that I wanted to ask you two.”
She sounded hesitant.
This was unusual, as she was always very bold and said what was on her mind… Well, that attitude was mostly directly to Mr. Euto.
“To us?”
Claire looked at me with a puzzled expression.
“Y-you two…I do not mean to be rude… But the last time I saw you two, it did not appear that you two were so close. Especially…Mr. Takumi.”
She was talking about the time in Range Village with Mr. Ekenhart.
“Haha…yes… Though, it wasn’t that I didn’t know. I suppose it was more that I was pretending to not know…”
“Mr. Takumi was horrible. Of course, he is very kind and wonderful now.”
“Thank you, Claire. I also think you are a kind and wonderful person.”
“Um… Excuse me. While it is very nice and all…”
“Ah…”
“Yes, sorry!”
“Wuff…”
Leo sighed with exasperation.
Yes, Ms. Lugretta had come all of this way to talk to us. So we had to listen to what she had to say.
“Y-you were saying, Ms. Lugretta?”
“Yes… Well…what would be your advice for dealing with a dense man?”
“A…dense…man?”
“Ah, you’re talking about Mr. Euto.”
“Mr. Ta-Takumi! I…I said no such think! No, it is not about him!”
While Claire was a little confused, I knew that it had to be about Mr. Euto.
However, when I said as much, Ms. Lugretta turned red in the face.
In some ways, she was easier to read than Claire.
“Well…please calm down now.”
“Y-yes… Hah…hah…”
“Ms. Lugretta. Why is the mention of Mr. Euto causing you to be so flustered?”
“Ah…”
“I-I-I’m not! No, it is not that name that is making me…”
“Uh, Claire. Did you really not notice it?”
“Notice what? Is there something that you two know about that I don’t? That is hardly fair!”
Apparently, Claire could be pretty dense as well.
While I wasn’t so sharp myself, I had seen something in her eyes… Yes, they were generally quite cold, but there was also some other special emotion there when she looked at him.
I would not be surprised if some of the servants noticed it as well.
“In-in any case…perhaps you better move away until you calm down, Ms. Lugretta. In the meantime, I will explain everything to Claire.”
“Ye-yes. Certainly!”
She said, and moved a short distance away.
The conversation would go nowhere if Claire didn’t understand first.
“So you two really do have an understanding… Bah! Hey, Mr. Takumi!?”
I gently poked her puffed out cheeks when she turned around.
“Haha. You just looked so cute, so I had to do it.”