Agnes wore her new dress, braided her hair, and put on her glasses.
She didn’t say anything while looking at herself in a full length mirror. She broke into a smile naturally.
She wasn’t used to using glasses, her mind couldn’t keep up with the unusual view and she felt sick. But, more than that, being able to see her surrounding clearly was a very happy thing.
In the morning, Bernard told her to show him her glasses appearance, so she went to the dining room after feeding Miel.
She went inside while feeling nervous. She gave her morning greeting and lowered her head deeply.
Bernard, after seeing Agnes, turned away his eyes when their eyes met.
It was silent for a moment.
Agnes wondered if this was also not good, and turned her eyes down.
Seeing her condition like that, Bernard looked up diagonally and expressed his thought.
“.....Isn’t it, good enough?”
“Thank you.”
Agnes cheered up instantly. Bernard throbbed seeing her cheerfulness.
“But, don’t let your guard down just because you’re disguised.”
“Yes, I understand.”
For now, her disguise was approved and could breathe a relief.
Agnes sent off Bernard who was going to work with a smile.
***
Bernard rode a carriage from a stop at the woods, which was 15-minutes walk from his house, and sat down by the window.
He gazed at the scenery outside the window and lost in his thought.
Agnes came to his mind.
She chose the most outdated glasses in the shop. With this, her disguise would be alright, Bernard thought.
Wearing glasses, braiding her tails into pigtails, and wearing clothes like an old woman, she would look like a plain servant, or so he thought.
Nevertheless, even after all those, Agnes was cute.
At first glance, he thought that it was not good, but seeing her down, he just couldn’t tell her honestly.
Instead, after saying “It’s good,”, he was surprised by what he was saying.
He looked at Agnes again after eating. It was when she put down the tableware on the handcart.
Glasses, pigtails braid, and old fashioned clothes, she looked like a dull servant.
What he thought was cute before was all a mistake, as he thought, the disguise was complete.
But as soon as their eyes met, and she smiled modestly, he took back what he was thinking.
Agnes Le Verges was a beautiful woman.
That’s why Bernard was troubled.
Sometimes she looked cute, sometimes not. He wondered why, but he couldn’t find the reason.
He couldn’t tell her to put on more disguise because he already said it was good.
However, Bernard gave up, for example if she were to change her hair color or cut her hair short, she was still Agnes all the same.
He wasn’t attracted because of her beautiful appearance. It was something he felt from the inside, but unfortunately he didn’t realize it.
He couldn’t understand it no matter how hard he thought, and Bernard prepared himself for the worst.
As long as he protected Agnes, it wouldn’t be a problem.
When he finalized his thought, his gloomy mood became clear.
Let’s do my best today, he motivated himself and went to his work place.
***
Agnes was sweeping away the dust with a broom in the room she was tasked to.
She was happy to see the dust on the ground and hummed while she was cleaning.
It took less than half the time she usually spent, and finished it by polishing the room with a brush
Looking over the cleaned room, she felt some accomplishment.
At the same time, she felt tired.
She decided to look after Miel and sat in the resting area and took a rest for a while.
Thanks to the glasses, her work proceeded well.
She had too much time, so she decided to ask Gigille about the talk they put off before.
That was about Agnes’s room.
“I’d like to move my room soon but…..”
“Now you said it, I haven’t talked to Master yet.”
At present, Agnes was using the guest room.
The repair of the attic was over, but because of the couple role act, the talk about it was neglected.
“Master has put lots of luggage at the attic somehow.”
“That, is so.”
“Yes. He doesn’t seem to make that place a servant’s room.”
The room looked like something from a fairy tale, so Agnes was interested in it. However, because of the rain, the old furniture and bed was not usable anymore.
“There’s no vacant servant’s room. Maybe, because he didn’t say anything, it’s alright for Agnes-san to just stay there.”
“No no, a guest room, it will be a waste for me to use it.”
Agnes also liked the room with floral pattern wallpaper and red furniture. But, it was such a waste to be used by a servant.
“Ummm. If Carol and Celia stay in one room, there will be one empty room.”
“That, I can’t do that.”
“It’s a difficult problem. But well, as long as Master doesn’t mention it, I don’t think we can say anything about it.”
“Is it like that?”
“It is.”
Gigille clearly said it, so Agnes listened genuinely.
“Oh, yes. You said you have some spare time, right?”
“Yes.”
“Then, I have something new for Agnes-san to do.”
Agnes had been looking after Miel until now.
Since it had become less to look after to, Gigille assigned a new job for her.
What kind of job she was entrusted to. Agnes listened with anticipation.
The job Gigille gave to her was surprising.
“--It’s making snacks for Master.”
“Snacks, for Master.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
She asked if Agnes knew that Bernard liked sweet snacks, and she nodded.
“Unfortunately, Master thinks that liking sweets is an embarrassing thing.”
“Maa, why is that?”
“Boys don’t really eat sweet things, he’s concerned about that.”
“Really?”
Gigille once pointed that out, and since that he tried to stop eating them, it was somewhat a sad talk.
“He can’t eat it even though he likes it, that’s sad.”
And that’s Agnes’s role.
“He will probably eat it, if we say you worked really hard to make it.”
“By me?”
“Yes.”
Once you ate a sweet, you’d be relieved, your heart would be soothed, and you’d be happy.
Gigille said it would be good if Bernard could have time for that once every few days.
You started with the simplest thing when you’re making sweets. If you followed the recipe, you wouldn’t fail.
Gigille told her that making sweets wasn’t difficult.
“What do you think?”
“I think it’s a wonderful job.”
Agnes immediately replied, “I will gladly take this role”.
It was an immediate answer.
“Then, why don’t you start making the sweets from today’s afternoon?”
“Yes, I’ll do my best!”
In the evening she was introduced to an unexpected pastry teacher.
“Agnes-san, please learn from these children today.”
“I’m a teacher.”
“We are teachers.”
The ones that appeared before Agnes were Carol and Celia wearing an apron.
They made their own sweets from ingredients at the house to save their pocket money.
“Ehm, Carol-san, Celia-san, please guide me.”
The twins bowed back to Agnes who was bowing to them.
“It’s my first time making sweets, so my hands might be clumsy.”
“It’s alright.”
“Making sweets is easy.”
They didn’t use the oven because it’s hard to adjust the temperature. The tool they used was a shallow pan with a handle.
Agnes wore her new dress, braided her hair, and put on her glasses.
She didn’t say anything while looking at herself in a full length mirror. She broke into a smile naturally.
She wasn’t used to using glasses, her mind couldn’t keep up with the unusual view and she felt sick. But, more than that, being able to see her surrounding clearly was a very happy thing.
In the morning, Bernard told her to show him her glasses appearance, so she went to the dining room after feeding Miel.
She went inside while feeling nervous. She gave her morning greeting and lowered her head deeply.
Bernard, after seeing Agnes, turned away his eyes when their eyes met.
It was silent for a moment.
Agnes wondered if this was also not good, and turned her eyes down.
Seeing her condition like that, Bernard looked up diagonally and expressed his thought.
“.....Isn’t it, good enough?”
“Thank you.”
Agnes cheered up instantly. Bernard throbbed seeing her cheerfulness.
“But, don’t let your guard down just because you’re disguised.”
“Yes, I understand.”
For now, her disguise was approved and could breathe a relief.
Agnes sent off Bernard who was going to work with a smile.
***
Bernard rode a carriage from a stop at the woods, which was 15-minutes walk from his house, and sat down by the window.
He gazed at the scenery outside the window and lost in his thought.
Agnes came to his mind.
She chose the most outdated glasses in the shop. With this, her disguise would be alright, Bernard thought.
Wearing glasses, braiding her tails into pigtails, and wearing clothes like an old woman, she would look like a plain servant, or so he thought.
Nevertheless, even after all those, Agnes was cute.
At first glance, he thought that it was not good, but seeing her down, he just couldn’t tell her honestly.
Instead, after saying “It’s good,”, he was surprised by what he was saying.
He looked at Agnes again after eating. It was when she put down the tableware on the handcart.
Glasses, pigtails braid, and old fashioned clothes, she looked like a dull servant.
What he thought was cute before was all a mistake, as he thought, the disguise was complete.
But as soon as their eyes met, and she smiled modestly, he took back what he was thinking.
Agnes Le Verges was a beautiful woman.
That’s why Bernard was troubled.
Sometimes she looked cute, sometimes not. He wondered why, but he couldn’t find the reason.
He couldn’t tell her to put on more disguise because he already said it was good.
However, Bernard gave up, for example if she were to change her hair color or cut her hair short, she was still Agnes all the same.
He wasn’t attracted because of her beautiful appearance. It was something he felt from the inside, but unfortunately he didn’t realize it.
He couldn’t understand it no matter how hard he thought, and Bernard prepared himself for the worst.
As long as he protected Agnes, it wouldn’t be a problem.
When he finalized his thought, his gloomy mood became clear.
Let’s do my best today, he motivated himself and went to his work place.
***
Agnes was sweeping away the dust with a broom in the room she was tasked to.
She was happy to see the dust on the ground and hummed while she was cleaning.
It took less than half the time she usually spent, and finished it by polishing the room with a brush
Looking over the cleaned room, she felt some accomplishment.
At the same time, she felt tired.
She decided to look after Miel and sat in the resting area and took a rest for a while.
Thanks to the glasses, her work proceeded well.
She had too much time, so she decided to ask Gigille about the talk they put off before.
That was about Agnes’s room.
“I’d like to move my room soon but…..”
“Now you said it, I haven’t talked to Master yet.”
At present, Agnes was using the guest room.
The repair of the attic was over, but because of the couple role act, the talk about it was neglected.
“Master has put lots of luggage at the attic somehow.”
“That, is so.”
“Yes. He doesn’t seem to make that place a servant’s room.”
The room looked like something from a fairy tale, so Agnes was interested in it. However, because of the rain, the old furniture and bed was not usable anymore.
“There’s no vacant servant’s room. Maybe, because he didn’t say anything, it’s alright for Agnes-san to just stay there.”
“No no, a guest room, it will be a waste for me to use it.”
Agnes also liked the room with floral pattern wallpaper and red furniture. But, it was such a waste to be used by a servant.
“Ummm. If Carol and Celia stay in one room, there will be one empty room.”
“That, I can’t do that.”
“It’s a difficult problem. But well, as long as Master doesn’t mention it, I don’t think we can say anything about it.”
“Is it like that?”
“It is.”
Gigille clearly said it, so Agnes listened genuinely.
“Oh, yes. You said you have some spare time, right?”
“Yes.”
“Then, I have something new for Agnes-san to do.”
Agnes had been looking after Miel until now.
Since it had become less to look after to, Gigille assigned a new job for her.
What kind of job she was entrusted to. Agnes listened with anticipation.
The job Gigille gave to her was surprising.
“--It’s making snacks for Master.”
“Snacks, for Master.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
She asked if Agnes knew that Bernard liked sweet snacks, and she nodded.
“Unfortunately, Master thinks that liking sweets is an embarrassing thing.”
“Maa, why is that?”
“Boys don’t really eat sweet things, he’s concerned about that.”
“Really?”
Gigille once pointed that out, and since that he tried to stop eating them, it was somewhat a sad talk.
“He can’t eat it even though he likes it, that’s sad.”
And that’s Agnes’s role.
“He will probably eat it, if we say you worked really hard to make it.”
“By me?”
“Yes.”
Once you ate a sweet, you’d be relieved, your heart would be soothed, and you’d be happy.
Gigille said it would be good if Bernard could have time for that once every few days.
You started with the simplest thing when you’re making sweets. If you followed the recipe, you wouldn’t fail.
Gigille told her that making sweets wasn’t difficult.
“What do you think?”
“I think it’s a wonderful job.”
Agnes immediately replied, “I will gladly take this role”.
It was an immediate answer.
“Then, why don’t you start making the sweets from today’s afternoon?”
“Yes, I’ll do my best!”
In the evening she was introduced to an unexpected pastry teacher.
“Agnes-san, please learn from these children today.”
“I’m a teacher.”
“We are teachers.”
The ones that appeared before Agnes were Carol and Celia wearing an apron.
They made their own sweets from ingredients at the house to save their pocket money.
“Ehm, Carol-san, Celia-san, please guide me.”
The twins bowed back to Agnes who was bowing to them.
“It’s my first time making sweets, so my hands might be clumsy.”
“It’s alright.”
“Making sweets is easy.”
They didn’t use the oven because it’s hard to adjust the temperature. The tool they used was a shallow pan with a handle.
