{Yumeko Sasaki's POV:}
Hey. Yeah, it's been a while. By a while, it's been around 2 months or so.
Back then, I was a Tarot to Valhalla but I was arrested when I was fighting for them and somehow saved by the SSB. I later then learned that the SSB was run by my father, Gedo Sasaki.
My charges weren't pressed but I still need to serve as a servant for a full year, so, that's what I'm doing.
I cut my hair short to make this job slightly easier so it wouldn't hinder me.
However...
"Ah! Why did I do that?! Why?! I'm so dumb!"
The mistress I deal with...
"Did he take it the wrong way? No, he must've known what I meant, I mean, he began blushing too!"
She is... well... a bundle of emotions, so to speak.
"Ah! I did it so suddenly and I missed the perfect time to do it! Hey, Yumeko!"
"Yes, Lady Akane."
I replied to her.
She was dressed in her pyjamas and she was holding a pillow to her chest, burying her face within it.
Lady Akane turned to me with puppy-dog eyes.
"Do you think Shoya wouldn't like me for the cowardly way I confessed?"
My mistress is asking me about my brother. The thing is, she has no idea that Shoya is my brother. When I introduced myself, she asked me if I was related to him but I played it off. I look far more similar to my older sister, Aihara, compared to Shoya.
"May I say this respectfully but I do not decide the feelings of boys."
"You've been with boys, haven't you? You seem like you have experience because of how beautiful you are. You're also a year younger than me."
I learned the proper way to talk to my master just last month but I don't feel uncomfortable speaking this way. Hopefully, this doesn't develop into any unsettling fetishes.
"Most of my life, I've been on a ship and a battle facility. I do not have any experience with boys."
"Is that so?"
Lady Akane looked disappointed.
Well, I can't tell her that I know how boys are in relationships if I have no idea what it's like to date a boy.
I would like to give her advice as to how she can get close to my brother but I've only been watching him from afar. I have no idea what he likes or how he is, other than that he's kind and a womaniser.
God, just remembering him and that busty nurse just annoys me...
"If you want advice on boys, you can ask Lady Anastasia."
Akane shivered.
Hm?
"Lady Anastasia has been with multiple boys simply to spite her fiancè, though it has never worked."
"Uh..."
"?"
I was confused by Lady Akane's sudden nervous attitude.
"I... fought with Anastasia."
"Over?"
"Shoya."
Wow.
"So, you both like Shoya?"
She nodded.
I facepalmed and sighed at the same time.
It's going to be harder than I thought. I had originally thought about getting Lady Akane with my brother but if two girls are after him, I don't know what to do.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
Lady Akane responded.
"Come in!"
The door opened and a maid came in. Not just any maid but one of Lady Anastasia's personal servants; it was Calira Athenblade.
What a coincidence. If I didn't know better, she was eavesdropping on our conversation. It's not impossible for a curious girl such as Calira.
"Calira."
"Lady Akane, Lady Anastasia wants to talk to you. She says, 'I am not mad at you anymore, I just want to talk.'"
After she spoke, her eyes drifted to me. We began to glare at each other.
Calira doesn't believe that I'm capable of being Akane's personal maid. She's quite obvious about it. Sebastian on the other hand doesn't even care. He attempts to flirt with me and the other maids. No one will ever take his hand or rose.
"Okay..."
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We proceeded downstairs and went into the dining hall, where Lady Anastasia sat on one side and Lady Akane sat on the other. While I stood behind Lady Akane, tall, in a suit might I say, Sebastian and Calira stood behind Lady Anastasia. We simply stared at each other indifferently.
"Okay, Akane, I know you like Shoya. That became clear to me a few days ago."
Lady Akane was looking at the table and blushing.
"Though I confessed to him, I bet you had feelings for him even before I confessed, right?"
"Yeah, I did. Perhaps even before you."
Lady Anastasia nodded lightly with a smile.
"So, how about this? When we get back to school, we both try our best to make him like us and then we both confess and he chooses one of us. How is that? Of course, no underhanded tricks."
The proposal that Lady Anastasia made was fair. At least in hindsight. It all depended on Shoya, of course.
I thought Lady Akane would accept but she began laughing once hearing that proposal.
Lady Anastasia, along with her two servants, was confused. Even I was.
"What's so funny?"
The purple-haired mistress asked.
Though it sounded like she asked aggressively, she remained surprisingly calm.
"Back to school?"
"Hm? Yeah, that's when we can see Shoya again."
Lady Akane had a confident smile on her face as she looked at the girl on the other side.
"Okay, let's go with that."
"Wait, please explain why you were laughing?"
"It's because I may not need to wait until school to be able to get him to like me."
"What do you--"
"You mean that you've met Shoya recently."
Calira suddenly said, interrupting her mistress.
Lady Anastasia slammed the table and stood up.
"Is that true?!"
Lady Akane merely smiled.
"Maybe."
It looked like Lady Anastasia was going to get angrier until she sighed.
"It's fine."
"You can't have anyone follow me since you said no underhanded tricks."
A servant abruptly came into the dining hall with two letters in hand. The butler bowed.
"Lady Anastasia and Lady Akane. Letters have come for the both of you."
"Letters?"
Sebastian echoed.
"Yes. These are letters for the World Streia Conference."