Young Lady Albert Is Courting Disaster: Volume 1 [Complete] by Saki

Author:Saki
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 5

“Adi, there’s something I’d like to ask you. Do you mind?”

Adi tilted his head at Mary’s uncharacteristically mild-mannered question.

They sat in the courtyard of Albert Manor. It was just after dinner, and they’d been chatting and enjoying their post-meal tea while gazing out at the beautifully darkening scenery, when suddenly Mary had turned to him with that inquiry.

She seemed apprehensive, like whatever question she was about to ask was unutterable yet she’d readied herself to do it anyway.

“What’s the matter?” Adi prompted.

“Listen... On the off chance that I— And I mean on the very, very slim possibility...”

“What is it?”

“We’re just talking probabilities here. So in the one-in-a-million chance that... Um...”

“What are you talking about, my lady?” asked Adi anxiously.

Mary sighed. “Remember, I’m just saying if,” she insisted again. “But...what if that girl Alicia is actually fond of me?”

Adi’s eyes widened at her quiet words. “So you’re finally facing the truth, Your Ladyship.”

“No, I wouldn’t go that far. I’d say I’m only glancing at it sideways, so please make sure your response is generously sugarcoated.”

Adi couldn’t bear to ignore Mary’s unusually frail disposition, and he let out a sigh. As her servant, he was obliged to respond to her. “Very well,” he began while she awaited his words with a serious frown.

“At first glance, it may seem like she holds some affection for you, but it’s most probable that she just happens to spend time with you on occasion because you’re the mutual acquaintance of both myself and Lord Patrick,” he proclaimed, and his words were so exceedingly sugarcoated that they were actually difficult to swallow.

“Y-Yes, that sounds about right,” Mary agreed. “And just for my reference, tell me your answer without the sugarcoating too.”

“You’re obviously her best friend.”

“Ugh...”

Whereas his previous response had been all sugar, this one shook her so strongly in its frankness that Mary placed a hand over her chest. While she took a great deal of damage from his words, Adi reached over for a cookie and tossed it into his mouth with a palpable sense of accomplishment.

“You’re her very best and most treasured friend,” he added as a final coup de grâce. (He wasn’t saying any of it out of spite—to him, it was simply evident that the two girls were close friends...even though Mary’s tenacious tirades hadn’t ceased a tad.)

Though she hadn’t fully recovered from Adi’s cruel honesty, Mary was still eager to argue her case. “But,” she said, raising her head, “it’s her fault for being a weirdo... That’s right, I’m not to blame here! I’m doing my utmost to be a villainess, so I haven’t done anything wrong!”

“Haven’t done anything wrong, but you’re still acting the villainess? That’s quite the rabbit hole...”

“Well, I try to hurt her feelings on a daily basis to no avail! She’s the one getting it all wrong.” Mary puffed out her chest after declaring her far-fetched theory.

“Indeed,” Adi replied tonelessly, refilling their emptied teacups.

Mary truly had been doing her best to hurt Alicia every day, and though

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