"Good evening, Mr. Alfred, Mr. Westly. Why are you coming home so late?! Didn't you say you were coming back in the afternoon?!"
The maid said that in quite a loud voice, but you could see her face had a worried expression when she said this. It seemed natural for her to be like that, because young master Westly. One of the most important people in this house, Still not home until late like this.
"I'm sorry Miss Lilia, because we have to travel quite a distance to the next town. To find someone who can help us solve the problem in this house."
"Never mind at least you're home safely.. And Are you the one who will help Mr. Westly?"
"That's right, Miss Lilia, please introduce them, they are Mr. William, and Miss Annabelle. They are the ones who will help us solve the problems in this house."
"Greetings Miss Lilia"
"Nice to meet you Miss Lilia"
I raised my hand while introducing myself, while Annabelle lowered her head while lifting her skirt slightly.
"Miss Lilia here serves as the head maid in here. If there is anything you want to ask about this house, or if you need anything you can ask it through Miss Lilia."
"Okay then we should all go inside first. I'll guide you all to the living room, where we can discuss better than at the door like this."
Then Miss Lilia ushered us into Westly's mansion. We walked from the entrance, which was decorated with various paintings and wooden cabinets filled with various decorations. In front of us there are stairs. And on our right and left there is a hallway, we are led to the left hallway which is shaped like an L there we continue to walk until we come to a fairly large room. Miss Lilia opened the door to the room which had double wooden doors.
"Please come in"
Lilia ushered us into a room that was quite large in the middle of the room with a wooden table and sofa on both sides. At the end of the room is a table and chairs for work, on the walls are paintings of the Westly family and their ancestors. In addition, there are several rifles that are used as decorations on walls and cabinets.
"Please sit down and discuss here, I'll be right back to bring some tea."
After saying that Lilia left, William and Annabelle sat on the sofa on the left while the young Alfred and Westly sat on the right. The young Westly was still staring intently at William, like yes he was still annoyed by what William had said earlier.
"So Mr. William, I know you may be tired but, can we start the investigation after a short rest here?
"I don't mind Alfred, I'm used to this kind of thing."
"After this what do you plan to do, Mr. William?
"For today I think it's better if we just explore all the corners of this house. To find out the shape of the house, and investigate the activities that occur at this hour."
"Are we going to investigate right away now? I think it's better if we wait for Miss Lilia to come back, drink her tea and then investigate. At least we can stretch out a bit after the long journey."
"Well I guess there's no harm in resting a bit and stretching, and then continuing the investigation."
Alfred then tried to stretch his body by patting and massaging his own shoulder. I also unconsciously did the same thing as Alfred. Maybe my body is not as young as I thought.Because the body begins to feel sore after traveling a fairly long distance.
Annabelle then tried to help me massage my shoulders and felt a sharp gaze and a strong killing aura from young master Westly's sharp gaze. It seems that the jealousy and grudges haven't gone away yet, but Annabelle is my personal maid, isn't it only natural to do something like this?
Knock.. Knock..
Not a while later, Miss Lilia came back with 4 teas on the tray she had brought along with some pastries.
"Please drink and eat the snacks. Miss Annabelle and Mr. William. Mr. Alfred as well as the young master too please."
"Okay, thank you."
I didn't hesitate to immediately drink the provided drink, because my throat felt quite thirsty. Besides this warm tea can make the body a little warmer, after being exposed to the cold night air outside earlier.
But the young master continued to stare at me as if I had no manners, was it wrong to drink the tea with my right hand, and eat the pastries that were there with my left? It's stupid that I don't need to think about noble manners, because if I meet my business partners and do things like this there's always no problem.
Annabelle and Alfred drank it slowly, enjoying it and inhaling the aroma of the tea. You could say they drank it elegantly, while the young master remained silent. Is he still so annoyed with me that he doesn't want to drink his tea? Or did he just want to pay attention to the way Annabelle drank her tea?
"How do the teas and cakes taste, Miss Annabelle and Mr. William?"
"It's delicious Miss Lilia, the tea goes well with the cake."
"Of course, the tea we provide is high-quality 'Twig' brand tea, and the cakes we provide are from one of the city's famous shops, 'Amos'."
Suddenly the young master Westly began to brag once more, and spoke as if all of these things were normal. So you can be excited again after arguing with me earlier? And now you want to brag one more time in front of Annabelle? Well, at least he's not scared anymore.
But when I accidentally looked into his eyes, his eyes still showed anger and resentment. But I don't really care about it, because I also want to finish this job quickly. In order to complete my actual work that has piled up.
After we had finished drinking and eating the snacks provided and a little rest. I think it's time we started our investigation here.
"Well I guess that's enough with the rest, how about we start our investigation now, Alfred?"
"Of course Mr. William. Is young master not tired and just want to rest in the room? It's not good to sleep too late though."
"NO, I… I want to join this investigation too! And I'm not a kid anymore, so sleeping a little late is fine I guess."
"Alright then young master, but young master doesn't need to force yourself if you're tired just say to me, okay?"
"Don't underestimate me Alfred, I'm still strong! Besides, I already fell asleep on the horse carriage earlier, so there's no problem."
"If young master is still in that spirit I will believe it. Come on, Mr William and Miss Annabelle, I'll show you around the mansion. And Miss Lilia, your last task today is to take Mr. William and Miss Annabelle's belongings to the guest room, and after that you can rest."
"Very well, Mr. Alfred."
After that Alfred became our guide in this house