A Date in the Mountains

It was a day off.

Elysia had left early that morning for a social gathering.

She had been getting busier lately. With Montbell becoming the strange sort of place that was practically the center of the Empire's food culture, there were more and more occasions where she had to show her face.

Marie said as she watched her go.

“The mansion is quiet when my lady isn't here.”

“It's less that it's quiet and more that there's less smell of money.”

“My lady will get upset if she hears you say that.”

“Lady Elysia doesn't get upset. She just quietly raises the prices.”

Marie thought for a moment, then nodded.

“That's frightening.”...