Souen no Historia
Story 22 - The Butler Fainted
Author
十本スイ
十本スイ
Translator
Endo
Edited by
GhostlyEditor
Souji and Yoyo returned to the mansion and received a warm
welcome from the maids. Even Ninthe was crying and hugging Yoyo. Yoyo gently
hugged her back, and she patted Ninthe’s head with a smile.
Souji thought it was strange that his mother wasn’t here and
asked the other maids. “You return too faast~,” a scream of grievance could be
heard from one of the rooms.
Apparently didn’t seem to have finished arranging the
documents even after they returned. Okay,
wage reduction it is, Souji decided in his mind.
Afterwards everyone had dinner. The unchanging daily life
was something to be happy about for Souji.
When night came, Souji was at Yoyo’s room as he was told to
come. Yoyo, whose skin was flushed from having entered the bath, was incredibly
sexy.
Such a Yoyo was lying on the bed and,
“Souji, do it.”
At the moment he saw her bewitching smile, his heart seemed like
it could be held directly as it jumped out. The thin piece of clothing clearly
defined her tender body line.
“Do-dodododo it, as in?”
He desperately tried to suppress his agitation, but he
couldn’t handle this situation that well. Thus Yoyo was smiling like a child
whose prank had succeeded and,
“Ara? Didn’t I say it? To massage me that is.”
“Eh? A… AH!”
He recalled that she certainly said that in the church.
(Wh-What…… a massage huh…… fuu, I was too eager.)
Though he somehow managed to not to let it show on his face,
“Fufu, if it’s not a massage, I wonder what Souji was
thinking?”
“Uh…….”
“Will you tell me? My butler-san?”
“Uu…… I-I can’t match Ojou-sama….”
Gakkuri, his
shoulders drooped. Yoyo was smiling happily as she saw such a Souji.
“Fufufu, then please.”
“As you wish.”
At Yoyo’s command, Souji began to massage her. Since the
beginning Souji had something he wanted to know so he asked her.
“Ojou-sama, may I ask one thing?”
“What is it?”
“Why were those two let go?”
It was about Femme and Testarossa. Though they weren’t after
her life, it was strange that she just released her without blaming her.
“Ara, would it be better to kill them?”
“Next time they might come after Ojou-sama.”
“You just said something scary. Fufu, but rest assured. I am
not blaming them because I want to make them learn.”
“Learn?”
“That no matter what they do it will be useless. Rather, you
should have noticed that.”
Just as Yoyo said, he had noticed her intention by leaving
those girls alone. However, he couldn’t confirm it. He now knows that it was
correct after he heard her words.
“That kind of fellow should have considerable connections.
Surely this event would be spread to those people. It will be best for them to
think to never antagonize you. Well, in the end it was just my wishful
thinking.”
“...... That’s just like Ojou-sama.”
“Fufu, for me to be able to choose such reckless action is
also because you are here, Souji. Therefore I trust you, Souji.”
“Please leave it to me.”
The massage continued for a while, silence flowed until Yoyo
opened her mouth.
“...... hey, Souji.”
“Yes?”
“... thank you for everything.”
“... no need, after all I am Yoyo-ojousama’s butler.”
“Fufu, that is so. You are my butler. My one and only… bu…
tler…”
“... Ojou-sama?”
“...”
Apparently she seemed to have fallen asleep. Today was a
rough day. Though it wasn’t expressed on Yoyo’s face at all, she was still a
teenaged girl, so, no matter how determined she was, she must have exhausted
her mind.
Souji thought of supporting her to at least relieve her
somewhat. That was to repay her kindness of allowing him to serve her as a
butler, and….
(For Yoyo-ojousama to become happy….)
He wished that, that’s why he was here. He wanted to protect
Yoyo’s smile. Though she didn’t smile innocently, when she sees the others from
the mansion, Souji knew her smile was truly a happy one.
These small shoulders shouldered a lot of things. There’s
also her wish for the happiness of everyone inside this mansion.
If Yoyo wished for the happiness of everyone inside this
mansion, Souji decided to wish for her happiness.
She breathed calmly as Souji put a blanket over her, and he
went out of the room without making any noise.
“...... thank you, my Souji.”
Regrettably, her mutters didn’t reach Souji.
After Yoyo fall asleep, Souji returned to his room and sat
on his bed. He recalled what happened today and had a bitter expression.
The reason was that Yoyo was easily kidnapped by the enemy.
Certainly the enemy had one of the rare magics; even so it was the truth that
Yoyo was kidnapped under his watch.
“Fuu, if one aims at Ojou-sama from now on was someone with
a troublesome magic just like invisibility magic….”
This time, Femme didn’t have any reason to kill or injure
Yoyo. But if it was an extremist whose goal was to erase Yoyo, then she would
already no longer be in this world.
Souji saw outside of the window from the bed, and there a
huge moon that couldn’t have existed in Japan peeped inside.
“...... If there is a power that can immediately perceive
Ojou-sama’s crisis….”
Souji stood up from the bed. Then he spread his right hand
and watched it.
“That’s right. I only have to create such a flame.”
Souji shut his eyes and concentrated his will in his right
chest. Dokun dokun, it throbbed, and
it gradually heated up. As he felt the heat that seemed to burn in him, he
extracted the magic power from the source, the Magic Core.
The magic power that was raging inside his body was focused
to his right hand.
(A power that can perceive the danger that appears at any
time….)
Thus a flame appeared in Souji’s right hand. The flame’s
color was a beautiful yellow like that of the moon that floated in the sky.
“Souji collapsed, you say?”
Yoyo thought it was odd because Souji, who always come to
wake her up in the morning, didn’t. Instead, Ninthe rushed inside with her eyes
swollen with tears.
According to her story, because she didn’t see Souji, who always
waters the flowers early in the morning, Ninthe went to his room as it was
unusual for him to wake up late.
However, after receiving no response from her knocking, she thought
he went out somewhere. Ninthe watered the flowers in his stead, but Souji still
didn’t come.
The other maids who woke up to work were also asking for
Souji’s whereabouts, but she could only say that she didn’t know. Ninthe, who
thought it was indeed strange, explained the situation to Kaina, and for the
time being they went back to Souji’s room.
There was still no answer even when they knocked. Kaina
said, “I am coming in,” and opened the door, and then they discovered Souji who
had collapsed on the floor inside.
Yoyo who didn’t understand what had happened hurriedly went
to Souji’s room. Yesterday, there was no particular change in his appearance.
There were certainly various things such as the kidnapping,
but they weren’t enemies who could defeat Souji. Even at the time of the
massage last night, he looked just as usual.
(Yet…… kh!?)
With unusually impatient looks, Yoyo passed through between
the maids and entered Souji’s room. In the bed was Souji lying down and breathing
painfully.
“...... Souji.”
She asked Kaina who was beside her about the situation.
“I don’t understand. However his temperature was very high
and the magic power in his body is not stable also.”
Because it was a matter of her son, even Kaina didn’t act
with her usual innocent self with her current frustrated expression.
Yoyo touched Souji’s hand. Sweat flowed from his whole body
as he seemed to be in a great pain. Moreover just as Kaina had said, his body had
an unbelievable temperature.
“Just what is the cause? Don’t tell me something happen in
yesterday’s kidnapping….”
“No, I didn’t see such a situation.”
“Maybe magic that acted slow…… or he was poisoned without
his knowing….”
Though Kaina said such scary things, Yoyo shook her head to
deny those.
“...Souji massaged me last night. At the time, I saw… Souji’s
body. Though he was a little tired, his health was excellent.”
“There’s should be no mistake if Yoyo-sama said that…… then
why…?”
“Uu~
Zoooooji-zabaaaaa~h!”
Hearing Yoyo and Kaina’s conversation, Ninthe became even more
worried. Her tears and running nose were running down her messy face.
“...... for now let me see him again….”
Yoyo narrowed her eyes as she watched Souji and,
“Uh…… a…….”
“Souji-!”
Souji weakly opened his eyes.
“Haa haa haa…… O-...... jo-…… u…… -sama?”
Souji moved only his eyes and he noticed that everyone
inside the mansion had gathered,
“Wh-...... why……?”
“Souji, just what had happened to you? No, that’s okay now,
anyway….”
“Th-...... this….”
Souji gritted his teeth, trembling, and reached with his
right hand towards Yoyo. His right hand was strongly clenched. Instinctively,
Yoyo gently wrapped that fist with both hands.
“...... Souji?”
“Open…… it….”
“Eh? Open? What?”
“...... the hand.”
“...... your hand?”
Yoyo didn’t understand Souji’s words. Even so she placed her
hands under Souji’s fist. Souji’s fist slowly opened.
Potoh, something
dropped into Yoyo’s hands. It was a necklace. A small tag-like thing was
attached at the front with a crest she never saw before was carved there in
yellow.
“...... Souji?”
She groaned as she couldn’t judge just what this means.
Souji was smiling even though it must have been painful.
“If…… Ojou-sama has that………... I’ll always be………... able to
come…... to Ojou-sama’s side.”
Hah, Yoyo looked
down at that necklace, and she touched the crest carved in the tag. She then closed
her eyes and raised her face as she noticed something.
“Souji…… you….”
She understood everything. About why Souji had become like
this. All of this………… was for a certain person.
Yoyo quietly stood up and,
“Everyone, fall back a little.”
As if she had predicted it, Kaina and Ninthe left from
beside the bed. Having confirmed that, Yoyo looked down at Souji’s face, and she
put right hand on his forehead.
Faint light came out of Yoyo’s body.
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