Chapter 119 Reunion with Dean
“All right, I’m finally done…”
Scratch, scratch…the pen in my hand moved quickly over paper, signing my name on documents .
My work today was finally done .
“Now that all those people who were loitering around at home are back at work, everything is much better . My workload has finally become manageable!”
Although it wasn’t quite decorous, I slumped on the table .
My head felt so heavy .
“You’ve worked hard, milady . ”
With a smile on her face, Tanya poured tea for me .
“Excuse me . ”
Appearing alongside a knock of the door was Dean .
“Dean!”
Caught off guard, I tried to comb through my hair with one hand .
He kept appearing so suddenly…!
“Long time no see, Miss . ”
“Ah, yes . It really has been a long time . ”
Since last time I encountered him and Letty?
When I learned that Letty was his sister, I was a bit panicky…perhaps if I thought a bit longer about it, I was shifting blame .
I didn’t have any right to limit him .
When there was no contract, even though we weren’t complete strangers…we were just normal acquaintances .
The times when I was busy, where I might happen to travel…all that stuff, I almost revealed to him .
Ah, I couldn’t keep thinking like that .
Thinking hard back to my rather cold reception of Letty, I almost wanted to burrow into a hole in the ground somewhere .
“I’m very sorry . While you were so busy, I wasn’t able to come here and help . ”
“That’s fine . You have a lot to do too . ”
As I said this, I gestured for him to sit .
Tanya was already preparing tea for him .
And then I started to talk about things that had happened in the territory .
Although some of it was just complaints, Dean’s expression showed no impatience . He just kept listening and occasionally nodded in affirmation .
“Then have you been out on the streets since you’ve been back?”
“Well…no . I’ve thought about going…”
But I’d never been able to make up my mind .
Even though everyone seemed to understand me…I think?
Every time I thought about it, I kept shrinking back from the prospect .
Mostly it was also the fact that so much work had piled up recently .
“So you want to go out after all?”
I nodded .
“Then I’ll also work as hard as I can . As for you, milady, as long as there’s any work left, you’ll use it as an excuse not to go onto the streets . ”
“Mmph…”
Even though he said it with a smile, it was exactly what I was thinking .
“All in all, when your work comes to a head, please do go out and talk a stroll on the streets . If you don’t, you’ll probably feel down as well . ”
“…that’s true . ”
If I kept running away from doing it, then it would only get harder to ever get up and go . The contradictory mood I’m in would only get worse, and I’d end up dragging it out forever .
“Since we’ve made a goal now, that means we have to go…Dean, will you help me?”
“Of course . ”
Dean answered with a smile .
In that case, it was time to do our best .
Chapter 119 Reunion with Dean.
.
“All right, I’m finally done…”.
.
Scratch, scratch…the pen in my hand moved quickly over paper, signing my name on documents
.
My work today was finally done
.
“Now that all those people who were loitering around at home are back at work, everything is much better . My workload has finally become manageable!”.
.
Although it wasn’t quite decorous, I slumped on the table
.
My head felt so heavy
.
“You’ve worked hard, milady . ”.
.
With a smile on her face, Tanya poured tea for me
.
“Excuse me . ”.
.
Appearing alongside a knock of the door was Dean
.
“Dean!”.
.
Caught off guard, I tried to comb through my hair with one hand
.
He kept appearing so suddenly…!.
.
“Long time no see, Miss . ”.
.
“Ah, yes . It really has been a long time . ”.
.
Since last time I encountered him and Letty?.
.
When I learned that Letty was his sister, I was a bit panicky…perhaps if I thought a bit longer about it, I was shifting blame
.
I didn’t have any right to limit him
.
When there was no contract, even though we weren’t complete strangers…we were just normal acquaintances
.
The times when I was busy, where I might happen to travel…all that stuff, I almost revealed to him
.
Ah, I couldn’t keep thinking like that
.
Thinking hard back to my rather cold reception of Letty, I almost wanted to burrow into a hole in the ground somewhere
.
“I’m very sorry . While you were so busy, I wasn’t able to come here and help . ”.
.
“That’s fine . You have a lot to do too . ”.
.
As I said this, I gestured for him to sit
.
Tanya was already preparing tea for him
.
And then I started to talk about things that had happened in the territory
.
Although some of it was just complaints, Dean’s expression showed no impatience . He just kept listening and occasionally nodded in affirmation
.
“Then have you been out on the streets since you’ve been back?”.
.
“Well…no . I’ve thought about going…”.
.
But I’d never been able to make up my mind
.
Even though everyone seemed to understand me…I think?.
.
Every time I thought about it, I kept shrinking back from the prospect
.
Mostly it was also the fact that so much work had piled up recently
.
“So you want to go out after all?”.
.
I nodded
.
“Then I’ll also work as hard as I can . As for you, milady, as long as there’s any work left, you’ll use it as an excuse not to go onto the streets . ”.
.
“Mmph…”.
.
Even though he said it with a smile, it was exactly what I was thinking
.
“All in all, when your work comes to a head, please do go out and talk a stroll on the streets . If you don’t, you’ll probably feel down as well . ”.
.
“…that’s true . ”.
.
If I kept running away from doing it, then it would only get harder to ever get up and go . The contradictory mood I’m in would only get worse, and I’d end up dragging it out forever
.
“Since we’ve made a goal now, that means we have to go…Dean, will you help me?”.
.
“Of course . ”.
.
Dean answered with a smile
.
In that case, it was time to do our best
.
Chapter end
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