Young Lady Albert Is Courting Disaster: Volume 3 [Complete] by Saki

Author:Saki
Language: eng
Format: epub

The Peasant Princess Wishes for Friendship

“Let’s go, Adi!”

Adi looked at Alicia with surprise as she tugged on his arm. His expression seemed to say, “Are you sure you don’t mean milady?”

But Alicia continued pulling on his arm. “Come on, let’s hurry!” she urged. If she were rushing both Adi and Mary, then it would’ve been par for the course, yet Mary’s name hadn’t crossed the girl’s lips today.

“And where exactly are we going, Alicia?” Adi asked her.

“We’re going to hand over the invitation letters!”

“Invitation letters...? Ah, you mean for your and Patrick’s wedding.”

“Lady Mary said you should give the letters to your friends in person!” Alicia exclaimed, continuing to pull Adi along.

He nodded in understanding. In fact, it was His Grace who had told him and Mary these words, back when they were inviting guests to their own wedding reception. Mary had given invitations to her friends from Elysiana College, and she’d been proud to show her father just how many friends she’d managed to make.

In other words, Mary must’ve informed Alicia about this, and now Alicia was making moves of her own.

Right, I get it. This is all so very much like Alicia. However...

“And why am I coming with you?”

Indeed, that had been the source of Adi’s doubts. If Alicia wanted to invite her friends personally, she was better off taking Mary or Patrick along.

When Adi mentioned as much, Alicia frowned a little. “Well... Both of them seem busy right now...”

“Excuse me? I have work to do too, you know?! It’s true that I’m always with milady in both public and private life, but that public part is still my job!” Naturally, as a member of the family who’d served House Albert for generations, Adi felt the need to make some amendments to what Alicia had implied.

(If Mary were here, she would’ve probably said something like, “I suppose I missed my chance to fire the public part.”)

In response to his desperate appeal, Alicia’s eyes widened momentarily, but then she nodded in understanding. “It’s okay! I know you’re a hard worker, because you always give me sweets!”

“Er, no, I’m not in the business of handing out sweets...”

“Oh, and pouring tea is your job too, right?” Alicia added, missing the point and apparently failing to understand the kind of work a servant would do (or rather, working off an understanding based on Adi’s overly liberal attitude towards Mary). Her gaze was utterly earnest, so she must’ve actually believed in what she was saying.

A servant’s job didn’t consist of the things Alicia had mentioned. They were supposed to respect and support their masters, working from the shadows to nonchalantly provide assistance. And yes, for Adi, on occasion the job also consisted of using sweets and tea to lure the clingy princess away from his mistress.

But obviously, he wasn’t about to say that out loud.

“Anyway, why do you want me to come?” he prompted.

“To be honest, I tried to invite Lady Mary in the beginning, but...”

“Yes?”

“But then she said, ‘I’ll lend Adi out

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