Daniel Frost, Lydia's own brother, hasn't been back to the manor since they had a big fight a few months ago.

This is the main reason why Lydia is angry, she knows that her brother is avoiding her, saying that she is out of sight and out of mind, but she is not the kind of person who is cautious, and if there is a conflict, she should calm down and discuss it slowly, instead of running away.

As Daniel never returns, Lydia's mood does not ease, but becomes more and more agitated, as she is anxious to find an opportunity to reconcile with her brother.

Now, when she was going to receive guests as a noble lady, this annoying brother suddenly returned, and she was not mentally prepared to face her brother, if she made a fool of herself in front of the guests at that time, she would never be able to raise her head again.

"Tsk, why is that guy impartial and chooses to go home today?" Lydia couldn't help but mutter.

Sitting in the living room, Emile and Sain had been secretly watching the situation here, and although they could see that Lydia was troubled, they were not convenient to help due to their different identities.

"What's wrong? Miss, do you have more important things to do on my side? Jolson asked with concern.

Lydia was annoyed when she was suddenly reminded, so she hurriedly said.

"Ah yes, these two guests were sincerely invited by my grandfather, but I can't slack off, if Daniel is in my position, I will also think that hospitality is the most important thing, so you take them to the bathhouse first, and I will personally go to meet Daniel."

"Oh?"

Joelson looked at the two guests, his face was embarrassed, like Phyllis, he did not want to see the common people, but as a servant of the noble family, he should observe the same etiquette as the nobles.

"Yes, Miss Lydia." Joelson bowed, then walked to the living room.

Lydia breathed a sigh of relief at the sight of the butler doing so, but the thought of meeting Daniel again made her nervous.

"Alas, it's annoying."

As soon as she opened the gate, she saw Daniel's carriage parked outside the iron fence of the manor, and he himself had entered, waiting for the butler to greet him.

Daniel had the best relationship with Jolson, the butler, and every time he came home, he greeted him, ignoring the other servants.

If you want to say that the least aristocratic person in this family belongs to Daniel, so although many servants feel that the nobles should look down on them, they also hate his attitude.

Lydia knew the reason for this, the siblings had lost their parents since they were young, their grandmother had died at an early age, and the only remaining relative, Mosswood, was so obsessed with forging swords that he had no time to care for them, and the only servant in the family who appeared as an elder was Jolson.

Perhaps Daniel saw his father's shadow in Jolson, and whenever Lydia thought about it, she felt a little more sympathy for her brother, who had been annoying her.

And what about herself? In fact, it is not completely exempt from vulgarity, when she was fifteen years old, there was a sword teacher, the male teacher was handsome, handsome, personable, a famous knight from the royal capital, because he wanted to travel the whole country, just passing by here, so he temporarily lived in her house.

Lydia fell in love with this handsome knight in an instant, she plucked up the courage to confess many times, but was disturbed by her brother, how could the knight not understand the girl's mind, but he seemed to have a heart, and the eyes that looked at Lydia were always like a father looking at his child, full of love.

As time passed, Lydia also came to understand that what she thought of as love was actually born from a desire for her father's love, so when her teacher left two years later, she didn't feel sorry at all.

She has always hated herself in her heart for longing for her father's love, and when she thinks of her brother who has the same past as her, she is disgusted.

At this time, seeing Daniel standing in the courtyard of the manor, waiting for the other servants to inform Joelsen of the lonely figure, Lydia instantly increased her blood pressure, and under the fierce emotion, she walked over angrily.

“…… Yo, look who's back, isn't this my brother? ”

When Lydia came to him, her anger vanished at once, but she wanted to say a few pleasantries, but she blurted out such mean words that even she was surprised.

"Well, Lydia, long time no see."

Daniel squinted and smiled, he was always so humble and polite, even in the face of his own sister.

Lydia suddenly raised a nameless fire, listening to his tone, it seemed that he had not come back for a long time, and the brother and sister greeted each other, not taking the previous quarrel to heart.

"Hmph, don't you want to upset me? How do you get it back? Lydia folded her hands on her chest and twisted her face to the side, not wanting to look at him.

"Alas, I don't want to, but I heard that my grandfather has brought a new apprentice to the manor, you see that I, as a member of this family, should always be condoled." Daniel said, scratching his head.

"Hmph, why are you so concerned about etiquette this time, it can't be that your esteemed Lord Chrysti asked you to tempt it, right? I want to see if Grandpa's new apprentice is qualified to forge a sword for her. ”

"Temptation? What do you mean," Daniel was a little confused, so he had to change the subject and say, "What about Jolson?" Why didn't you see him come to meet me? ”

"I said you," Lydia glared at him, "can't I, as my own sister, come to meet you?" Do you hate me that much? ”

However, Daniel was stunned when he heard this, and he lowered his head, seeming a little sad.

"No, I ......"

Lydia's heart immediately softened when she saw him like this, if she hated her brother, it must be not wrong at all, but to say that Daniel hated her would be too wrong.

Lydia knew very well that Daniel was just not good at expressing his feelings, he was always obsessed with the affairs of the Knights, because he was usually a taciturn person, and every time he was there, no matter how lively the occasion was, he would immediately be cold, and he was also very self-aware, so he simply gave up interpersonal communication and devoted himself to his career.

Lydia knew this brother too well and wanted to have a good relationship with him, but because she was angry with him for not coming home for a long time, she said such hurtful things.

“…… I'm sorry I said the wrong thing. Lydia whispered.

"It's okay, I want to apologize to you for what happened last time."

Daniel is naturally not angry with his sister, he just sometimes doesn't understand that he has done nothing wrong and accommodated his only sister in everything, but he still makes her unhappy.

After a long time, he only felt that his sister hated him, so since he couldn't change the status quo, he simply didn't care, as long as he gave in everywhere.

"Okay, I'll arrange for Jolson to receive the guests, you can follow me into the house first."

Lydia didn't want to have any more meaningless conversations, so she got back to business.

"yes, okay."

Daniel nodded, and honestly followed Lydia into the hall of the central building.

……

On the other side, there is a small pond at the back of the central building, surrounded by evergreen trees, and after passing through this wood, you can see a wooden house.

The cottage was the size of a restaurant that the emir had seen before, and it was backed by a hill about four stories high, from which a stream of water flowed down to form a small waterfall.

The water that falls from the stream just passes through the hut and finally flows into the pond, and it is amazing that the water level of the pond does not rise due to the continuous flow of water.

The emir was amazed at this, but did not show it, for the steward who had brought them here seemed to have a bad opinion of them, and the emir, as a commoner, had to do his best not to upset the servant of the noble family.

However, Sain did not judge the situation as much as he did, and did not hide his excitement, one moment he was amazed that there was actually a mountain in the manor, and the other time he ran to the pond to see if there were any fish in it, and the butler frowned when he saw it.

In fact, how could Sain not understand the butler's thoughts, but he still had to go his own way, because this kind of guy who looked down on people did not deserve his respect at all, and he admired the nobleman like Lydia the most, never thought that he was superior, and showed a chivalrous demeanor in his gestures.

"Okay, this is the bathhouse, please two of you." Joelson walked to the hut and said.

"Thank you for bringing us here." The emir hastened to thank him.

"Where, this is a matter of the next division."

Joelson nodded slightly, but snorted imperceptibly, thinking to himself, if it weren't for Miss Lydia's orders, I wouldn't have dealt with ordinary people like you.

"Hehe, indeed, Lydia told you anyway." Sain said unceremoniously.

"Tsk."

Joelsen suddenly felt unhappy, this guy actually called Miss by her name, but he didn't say anything after all, after all, no matter how much he hated these two commoners, he couldn't lose his temper with them as guests, otherwise he would disgrace Miss.

"Then if it's okay, I'll go back to serve Miss first, you two don't have to be polite, just treat this as your own home."

Jolson said that, and walked away without looking back, as if he didn't want to stay with them for a moment.

Sain watched him walk away, and finally couldn't help but complain.

"Hey, who do you mean this is?"

"Okay, okay, we're guests now, don't be like him, not to mention we have to give Lydia face, don't we? If she had a conflict with him, Lydia would have been bothered. The emir comforted him.

"Well, that's right, if it weren't for Lydia's sake, I wouldn't want to come to this kind of place."

Afterwards, the two entered the bathhouse.

Unlike the outside, which was full of dirt and fallen leaves, the inside of the wooden house was clean and the floor was polished.

It's late autumn, so you can't use cold water for bathing, and this bathhouse doesn't know what technology is used, and the stream that flows down from the mountains is heated.

In order not to make Lydia wait, they quickly finished washing, and at this point they found that the water flowing from the bathhouse was still clean, and the Emir guessed that it must have been some kind of purification device.

However, when they were about to get dressed and prepare to leave, they suddenly noticed that their clothes were so dirty, and because they had sweated a lot during the day, they emitted a burst of stench.

It is no wonder that even the servants of the aristocratic families look down on them, and if it is themselves, they probably also sneer at the dirty and smelly people.

While the two were worried, a knock suddenly came to mind outside the wooden house.

The emir was about to ask who it was, when the man outside spoke, and the voice was a woman.

"Guests, I have sent you new clothes as instructed by the young lady...... That, Miss also said, let you don't shirk it...... Please don't embarrass me and let me complete this task. ”

The voice of the person who spoke was staccato, and the Emile knew that it was the introverted maid who had just greeted them, Margaret.

"Oh, okay, thank you, Miss Margaret, you just put it outside."

“…… This, this is not good, Miss said, let me watch you change into new clothes. ”

"What?"

Emir was dumbfounded, people with a little common sense understood that they were adult men, how could they let girls watch them change clothes, wasn't this deliberately embarrassing them?

But on second thought, Lydia had made jokes several times before, and maybe this time, but anyway, it was too much.

So the emir spoke to her in a serious manner.

"Miss Margaret, I don't think you should take anything too seriously, or it will sometimes backfire, like this kind of request, isn't it excessive? Miss Lydia doesn't seem to believe that we will change into new clothes, and we have to be supervised, we are indeed common people, and sometimes for the sake of dignity, we will not easily accept the kindness of nobles, but Miss Lydia is special, and we will not be so outward. ”

"But...... If I don't complete the task, the lady will punish me. Margaret looked embarrassed.

"Really? But it makes us very unhappy, and we are unhappy with Miss Lydia, is this what you want to see? Or do you want Miss Lydia to be hated? ”

"No, no, I don't, the one I respect most is Miss Lydia, how can I have that kind of thought?" Margaret hurriedly pleaded.

"Okay, you just put your clothes outside, and then you can go back to your life, as for us, we will be one step late to the living room."

"Really, really?"

"Of course." The emir said it crisply.

“…… Okay, then don't lie to me, or I'll make you pay. Margaret's tone suddenly became cold.

For some reason, the emir felt a chill when he heard this.

"Yes, yes, of course I won't lie to you."

Sain, who was on the side, quickly echoed, and he didn't understand why this introverted maid would say threatening words.

Margaret then did so, leaving her clothes at the door, and leaving straight away.

Emile finally breathed a sigh of relief, and he made up his mind that when he got back to the living room, he would complain to Lydia, she was making a big joke.