Tensei Shoujo no Rirekisho Chapter 22

Translated by yAmi

Early in the morning, I went out from the backdoor of the residence's bathroom (that could only be used by the masters) and saw, not far away, another female servant. She had a pail filled with water and was washing clothes, making the *Basha Basha* sound while doing so.

A kind looking auntie with a good physique. She must be Mary.

「Mary-sama, are you doing the laundry here?  Early isn't it.」

「Ahh, Ryou? Morning. By the way, you can drop the ‘-sama’ with me. Aren't you early yourself?」

「Mary-san, thank you for your constant guidance.」

「It’s alright, you don’t have to thank me for everything. Considering that ever since you came, the number of dirty clothes Alan-bouchama usually racks up has decreased, making my work easier…… Though it has increased again as of late.」

Damn shitty brat.

「Sorry. From today, I will return to being the bouchama’s maid and I would make sure to instruct him carefully to prevent it.」

「Ahaha, are you seriously saying that, you don’t seem like a child at all. Young yet dependable.」

I made sure to inform Mary-san that I would be doing some work here, and of course I gained Stella-san’s approval beforehand so please do not be bothered by my presence.

First and foremost, I pushed the gravel with my feet around to form a circle with 1m in diameter. After which, I piled some big rocks and firewood in the circle.

This sounds quite simple but it took a significant amount of time. Compounded by the fact that I only have a physical body of a 5-year-old, doing anything at all would easily make me tired, and my movement is sluggish too. Moving these heavy objects was tough.

I took a short break and realised that the young masters should be waking up anytime soon. I quickly dusted my attire and went to their room.

–Knock, knock

「Good morning, Cain-sama. May I enter?」

No replies came from inside the room. They were probably still asleep. I was taken aback as I didn’t expect Cain-bouchama to be the type to oversleep.

Saying excuse me, I entered the room.

There were bulges on the canopy bed. As I thought so, they were still in la-la land.

The curtains shielded the room from the morning sun, cladding the room in darkness. For starters, let’s flood the room with sunlight. I drew open the curtains. The room was bathed in sunlight in one go.

Even though the radiance struck above their eyelids, all that could be heard from the bed was their monotone “uuuun” cries.

I stood by the side of the bed and greeted “Morning”, and Cain-bouchama and …… Alan replied “U~n” again while snuck underneath their covers.

Yet again, Alan had crawled into Cain-bouchama’s bed. This happens regularly. Perhaps he feels lonely. Well, he is a 5-year-old.

I was sincerely sorry to interrupt their good night sleep but, I hardened my heart and flipped their covers over.

The bouchamas were wearing their bathrobe-like pyjamas, which was creased and wrinkled (after sleeping on their bed). For now, since they are children it is acceptable but…… to continue sleeping on the same bed after they grow older, people might get the wrong idea.

「It is morning already. Breakfast has been prepared. Please wake up.」I pressed on.

The first reaction came from Alan.

Un? He laid down on the bed before lifting his face and as he met my eyes, something twinkled in his eyes. He started shouting, 「It’s Ryou!」and jumped to his feet.

Unexpectedly, he was extremely excited and I too, was startled at his enthusiasm.

I had imagined him to shout that “my pain in the butt, boss, is finally came back!” and make a disgusted face.

「……Ryou?」

Cain-bouchama had been awoken by Alan’s shouting and while rubbing his drowsy face, he slowly rose. Cain-bouchama probably has low blood pressure. Morning was when he looked sheepish.

Alan was extremely delighted. I see, I see.

Damn Alan. He had wanted to spout his nonsense to me all this! What a reliable brat. Initially, I had thought that he was such a cute henchman, but now I have to return the borrowed sense of warmth.

「So I heard a rumour about some henchman that had been behaving riotously while his boss wasn’t around. Since there was no way to resolve this problem, I have returned.」

「Eh! Someone is behaving riotously…… You, do you have any other henchman other than me!?」

「I don’t have any other henchman.」

「This means…… some other henchman out there, is he from another faction!? Could it be the brat from the adjacent town at fatty arms Coffin’s place!? No worries, Ryou. That dude definitely has plump arms, a bulging belly and fat legs. There is no way he can oppose me! 」declared Alan braggingly. He puffed up his chest in pride and looked at me with his twinkling eyes.

“As expected of my henchman, reliable!” was what I wanted to say, but I won’t say it anyways!

…… Somehow, rather than being the ‘boss’ (oyabun), I am more like the ‘parent’(oya). Well,  I am their maid, so that’s fine.

Chapter end