The suddenly hired Ilya was, surprisingly, well-received among the mansion’s servants.
Though she displays an arrogant attitude as befits a mage, her petite and adorable face makes her recognized as “a child trying to act grown-up.”
The mansion’s servants actually know that Ilya, like Kahlua, is a mage.
Still, they think this way because she doesn’t actually lash out, and because of her overwhelming cuteness.
The image of her complaining while receiving and deliciously licking candy might have further reinforced this.
Since coming to Salemabart territory, she’s completely become the mascot.
“Here, Ilya. Have a cookie.”
“I-I suppose I have no choice… I’ll accept it.”
In the office, Phil hands a cookie to Ilya, who’s perched on the chair next to him.
Receiving it, Ilya speaks words of superiority while happily munching on it.
Since there was previously a cute girl named Milis, Ilya, who fills that loneliness, makes a good impression on Phil too.
Though he was initially confused, after some time has passed, he’s now fully spoiling her in the direction of taming her with food.
“Shouldn’t you be working? Phil Salemabart is the master of this house, right?”
“Ah… To be precise, I haven’t inherited the family headship yet. I’m just working while my parents are away. And right now, I’m on break.”
“Come to think of it, I heard from the servants that there’s another family member. That a filthy pig roams around. Doesn’t this house have a pigsty?”
“This house wasn’t built with the premise of raising pigs. If there were a breeding shed, I’d take the roaming pig back to its home too.”
What a barrage of insults for his only younger brother.
It’s even more terrifying that someone can be identified not by name but by an animal’s name.
“…Phil Salemabart doesn’t think anything of me, does he?”
“I do think you’re incredibly cute though. I’d want one per household.”
“Isn’t the piglet enough for a mascot?”
“Not enough charm and cuteness.”
Phil, denying with an utterly serious face, handed over another cookie.
Ilya, like a squirrel, nibbles away deliciously with both hands.
“Well, to speak seriously, if Kahlua brought you, that’s not something for me to complain about.”
Phil leans back against his chair and breathes out softly.
“You trust that woman, don’t you?”
“She’s my partner. Probably, I trust and have faith in Kahlua more than my family. Though I’m too embarrassed to tell her that.”
“But even so, I might kill Phil Salemabart right here and now, you know? I can easily make you into hamburger ingredients.”
“That would be terrible. If you were a sadist with grotesque ideas, our servants would have disappeared and hamburgers would be lined up on the dining table.”
But that hasn’t happened.
Which means, in other words—
“You say all that, but in the end, Ilya is also a kind girl. I can’t help but like people who don’t drown in power and can consider others.”
In the first place, the fact that she’s asking this question shows that Ilya means no harm.
If she intended to kill, she could have just waited for an opportunity without saying anything.
“…………Goody-two-shoes. Is that the [Hero of Shadows]?”
“So I’m not the [Hero of Shadows]… Well, whatever. Anyway, as I said, Ilya should do as she likes. If you want to leave, I’ll persuade Kahlua for you.”
“You’re more generous than that woman.”
“That’s my ideal. To truly live a free life, respecting others’ freedom is proper etiquette.”
How odd, was Ilya’s feeling.
Mages tend to become eccentric because they pursue their ideals. In other words, they’re masses of ego.
But the mage before her is different from both herself and others… His ego isn’t unpleasant.
“…It’s comfortable here, so I’ll stay for a while.”
“That helps me out. There are only two mages in this mansion.”
“Is a mansion with three mages gathering normal? Are you planning to start a war?”
“Don’t be ridiculous, I’m a pacifist freedom-lover. Who would invite someone to a game that only becomes troublesome whether you win or lose?”
“Yes, yes, let’s go with that~”
Saying that, Ilya stood up from beside Phil.
Then, satisfied from receiving cookies, she placed her hand on the room’s door.
“Well then, I’ll retreat before the pest arrives.”
“Yeah, before the pest finds you~”
When Ilya smiled brightly, the adorable girl’s figure immediately disappeared from the room.
Just from that, he felt a loneliness as if flowers had vanished from the room.
Then, as if in exchange, a girl with long flowing red hair entered the room.
“Huh, Ilya’s not here?”
“She said something about wanting to escape before the demon appeared.”
“Next time, I’ll have to physically hammer in the meaning of the word ‘demon’ thoroughly and carefully.”
Sorry, my tongue slipped. Phil apologizes to Ilya in his heart.
He was worried about how far in the wrong direction “thoroughly and carefully” would go.
“More importantly, will it be okay?”
“Hm? What will?”
“Well, I passed by Zan earlier, so I was wondering if they’d run into each other…”
“Wha… what…!?”
A look of panic appears on Phil’s face.
If that piglet who would make a move on any woman who suits his taste meets the adorable angel mascot, what would happen?
Phil hurriedly stood up and placed his hand on the room’s door.
“Let’s go! My brother’s life is in danger!”
“You’re not worried about Ilya?”
That worry would be unnecessary.
Because—
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“…………”
“…………”
Phil, who flew out of the room, and Kahlua, who followed, witnessed a shocking scene.
“Don’t hit on me, you filthy pig.”
Namely—
An unhappy Ilya with puffed cheeks ←
Zan, embedded in the wall and not moving a muscle ←
“Z-Zaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!!??”
Phil rushed over to Zan in a panic.
His younger brother is embedded in the wall, not moving a muscle. Beside him, an unhappy Ilya is looking at Zan with eyes that view garbage.
It’s sad that he can understand the general situation and sequence of events just from this.
“Zan! Hey, are you okay!?”
He calls out, but no voice returns.
Probably, his consciousness has already been lured away to a white world by two angels.
“Damn it, how could this… This isn’t an oven for roasting whole pigs, so why is there a pig!”
“Phil, could you decide whether you’re going to mock him or worry about him?”
“This pig!”
“I understand your feelings though.”
There’s no beautiful brotherly love where he’d worry about his brother now.
Honestly, this scene was probably born from circumstances that deserve the term “reaping what you sow,” so it wouldn’t be strange to prioritize mocking him.
“What is with this pig? I’d like to see the face of the caretaker who trained him.”
“The caretaker said that being hands-off is the secret to growing up healthy. Thanks to that, my brother has grown up quite healthy indeed.”
“Into a pickup artist who says [Become mine!] upon first meeting?”
“My brother was so rude…!”
He almost shed tears at that phrase he’d heard somewhere before.
“Still, he’s embedded so cleanly. Did you do this too?”
Without trying to help, Kahlua just looks at the embedded Zan with interest.
Zan’s physique suits the words “obese body type” well enough that he has considerable weight. It’s hard to believe that such a seemingly delicate and cute girl could give him enough force to embed him.
Yes, if she really were a delicate and cute girl as she appears, that is.
“My magic theme is [Gravity]. This much is a piece of cake.”
“Is it okay to reveal your hand?”
“It’s fine. That woman probably already knows my theme anyway. I’m not going to hide my hand now after losing in a head-on fight.”
Kahlua has already seen it.
How Ilya wreaked havoc on the battlefield.
So even if she hides her hand now, she’s bound to be told secretly later anyway.
In other words, it’s a matter of sooner or later.
“Haah… I see. As expected of a mage, you’re plenty strong.”
“If I’ll be praised just for shoving a piglet into an oven with no opening, I’ll do it as many times as you want.”
“Please don’t. The mansion’s repair costs are surprisingly not negligible.”
It cost quite a bit of money when Milis was here too.
Extra expenses are basically hard to extract from the Salemabart Count family’s funds, so if possible, he’d like her to dispose of things cleanly.
“Kahlua, what should we do in the end? Pull him out?”
“Isn’t it fine to leave him like that? Everyone’s seen enough of this guy’s disgrace, so they won’t be surprised if he becomes yet another funny ornament.”
“Alright, then let’s leave him. It’d be troublesome if he woke up and started crying anyway.”
Phil stood up and, true to his words, started walking ahead, leaving Zan behind.
Kahlua and Ilya follow behind him.
“I hope this makes him settle down… If Father and Mother’s nighttime exercise is affected by worry, it’ll all be that guy’s fault.”
“Then Phil Salemabart should take their place. Isn’t that sort of thing mandatory for nobles? Though I’ll crush you if you try it with me.”
“Oh? Did you hear that, Kahlua? This means I should head to the brothel—”
“I’ll kill you if you go.”
“…The girls around me make un-girlish statements, but is this what girls are like these days? Generation gap?”
Unfortunately, the two are roughly the same generation.
“Ah, come to think of it.”
At that moment, Ilya’s feet suddenly stopped.
Did she remember something? Following her, the other two also stop.
“What’s wrong?”
“No, I was thinking I completely forgot because of the snacks and piglet provision.”
“That’s why I told you to moderate the taming. Unlike the saintess, this girl actually has work to do.”
“No, no, I provided snacks but I didn’t provide the pig, you know? Besides, she’s a newbie, so we should overlook it if she forgets her work a little—”
“She said to tell you that the Third Princess is visiting in the reception room.”
“Phil…”
“As I thought, we can’t spoil her just because she’s a newbie, yeah.”
Phil learned the iron rule of training new employees.
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