The Main Heroine Likes the Extra

9 – Phyllis

Just yesterday evening.

On the way back to the dormitory, I saw Riel’s expression claiming to be thinking about something.

She asked her if she was worried about something, but she was startled and shook her hand saying it was nothing.

…I don’t think it’s anything at all.

It’s not easy to read her emotions when she’s expressionless, but it seemed to become easier to read the moment her guard collapsed.

“Mr. Kyou, do you have any concerns?”

“… Huh?”

“It all comes out in the expression.”

And it seems that I am also easy to read emotions.

I told the story of the duel to my exclusive maid, Phyllis, who read my expression.

And Alan’s name and Riel’s name came out in the process.

It wasn’t hard to notice the unusual change in Phyllis’ expression.

Phyllis Barnoa.

Many years ago, since she was still a young girl, I have been her exclusive maid, but in fact I don’t know much about her.

First of all, she is a character who does not appear at all in her original work, so the only thing about her is the information I got from contacting her.

…In the original, there was no such thing as an exclusive handmaid for Kyo Wentos.

Well, the first thing I know is that she is from a noble family.

Even so, she comes from a family with dozens of children, so she is close to being a noble in words.

And before coming to our house, he served another family.

She didn’t ask in detail because in the past, she had a very sad expression when she told this story.

And when Riel’s name came up this time, I could roughly guess it from the change in her expression.

That Phyllis was a maid serving Duke Ignis.

And when she asked her about it, she said her answer was spectacle.

“The family was going crazy.”

Phyllis Barnoa is the son of Viscount Barnoa.

Even so, Viscount Barnoah has only five wives and a dozen or so children, and she herself belongs to a very delicate position of being the daughter of her third concubine and the eighth daughter among them.

So, she moved out of her childhood home. To find her own way to live.

The place where she settled was the Duke of Ignis, one of the three dukes in the kingdom.

But it was a strange place.

A strange space where the common sense of this world does not work.

People who are influenced by every single word and every action of ‘a commoner boy’.

People who take it naturally.

Duke Ignis was a strange place.

Since the Duke and Duchess of Ignis started to leave the place frequently with his heir, the enemy, the tendency has become more severe.

It felt like the people of the duke’s family, who were just kind to the ‘commoner boy’, almost ‘idolized’ him.

When he turned his attention to the ‘second daughter of the duke’, it began to appear in the direction of ‘the followers’ jealousy’.

Her vicious bullying, such as secretly gossiping or isolating her, began.

Phyllis, who became her second daughter’s exclusive lady-in-waiting because she was close in age, was very frightened and disgusted by such an atmosphere.

‘Does this really make sense?’

Excluding the duke couple and the red man who were away, there were three people who couldn’t keep up with the atmosphere of this house.

Eve Ignis, the eldest daughter of the Duke.

The duke’s second daughter, Riel Ignis.

And Phyllis Barnoa.

As soon as Eve Ignis reached the age of going to the academy, she left the duchy as if she were running away.

Riel Ignis just endured without saying anything.

Phyllis Barnoa focused on protecting Riel Ignis.

As a result, Phyllis Barnoa was banished from the Ignis duchy.

While the duchess was away, the chief chamberlain charged Phyllis with trying to manipulate her second daughter.

Speaking of her nonsense, Phyllis expressed her opinion.

Miss Riel says Alan Ludwig is difficult for her, and she hates even having him in front of him.

But no one believed her.

No, it wasn’t a matter of believing or not. No one would forgive Alan Ludwig for speaking ill of him.

This mansion was crazy.

‘I can’t leave my lady in a place like this!’

Phyllis even contemplated taking her little girl on her late night getaway.

If it’s the first lady…

If she was Eve, who was studying at the academy, would she protect Riel?

She vaguely thought so and acted.

But Phyllis’s plan failed because she was still young.

“You! You’re doing this!”

Where did she leak the information? Phyllis was chased by her knights and had no choice but to flee with only her life spared and badly wounded.

If Count Wentos hadn’t found her Phyllis on her return to the North, she probably wouldn’t be alive.

Leaving her still-young girl, Riel Ignis, in that hell was a lingering lingering feeling in her heart for her whole life, Phyllis.

Then, Phyllis, who was living and working in the count’s family, heard her longing for her name.

Riel Ignis

…And Alan Ludwig.

She is the nemesis of the count family she serves, the year when Kyoun Tosu enters the academy.

That year, when she was gathering information on the people who would be admitted to the academy, she saw the name of Riel Ignis.

As the daughter of a duke, her name is inevitable.

And, naturally, I was able to discover Alan Ludwig’s name.

…You’re tenacious, you follow me all the way to the academy. Grinding his teeth inwardly, Phyllis followed Kyo Wentos to the academy.

Phyllis, who came to the academy, found Riel shortly thereafter.

But she couldn’t make a quick move.

In the first place, she is now a maid serving Count Wentos, and she can move freely, and her perspective is limited.

In addition, Alan always followed Riel, and in the dormitory without Alan, maid Ilia followed her.

Phyllis knew Ilia. She remembered being taken care of because she was her junior who had entered the duke’s family at a slightly younger age than herself.

And when the people in her mansion falsely accused her, it was Ilya who took the most initiative.

After that, when she heard that she had filled the position of Riel’s exclusive maid, she thought so too.

After some time, at the academy, Riel ostracized Alan and used to hide her body.

However, her movements at that time were difficult even for Phyllis to keep up with.

Due to her limited time, it was difficult to contact her.

One day she was looking for an opportunity to contact Riel so she did.

In the mouth of the little master she served, the names of the two came up.

She

… Had some idea that her master was on a rough note with Alan Ludwig.

First of all, because his fiancée, Liliana Edwin, has fallen for Alan and abandoned her master.

At that time, the victim vaguely possessed by Alan ended up appearing, such a pity.

And her anger at him for hurting her new master as well.

But after that, she was really surprised that Riel and the little owner became friends.

The girl she saw, Riel Ignis, was a girl who had been swayed by the environment around her and couldn’t act on her own and closed her heart.

Phyllis, who noticed that her self-reaction was unusual, confided all of her relationship with Riel Ignis to her little owner, and with his cooperation, Phyllis finally got a chance to contact Riel Ignis.

Phyllis disguised herself as an errand boy and passed the alarm magic and entered the female dormitory of Aurum Hall.

No, actually, the errand boy is right. Although she is an errand boy with only a cause so that she can contact Riel.

But she still has Ilya.

She doesn’t know if she remembers me, but if she does remember my face, things get annoying.

Phyllis, who was looking for an opportunity outside, saw Ilya coming out of her room, and she immediately climbed the wall and headed for the window.

As soon as I knocked on the window, Riel Ignis opened the window slightly and looked outside.

When she calls her name quietly, she is startled and turns her head in her direction.

Her eyes opened very wide.

“P…Pipil…Phyllis…!”

“Lady Riel.”

It was supposed to be her reunion after nearly ten years, but Phyllis smiled as she saw Riel recognizing her right away.

“I…Are you really Phyllis…?”

“Yes, it’s been a while.”

Riel groped her Phyllis’ face with her trembling hands.

Then Riel removed her hand from her Phyllis’s face, and her Phyllis’ hands wrapped around Riel’s.

“It really took a really long time.”

“P… Phyllis…”

“This time…I can help her.”

Her tears welled up even in Phyllis’ eyes, who somehow tried to keep her cool.

“So ma’am, if there’s anything I can do to help, tell me”

She settled down unshakably.

She has developed her skills that will not be defeated by any force.

She also got a strong back.

Phyllis set out to save Riel this time.

“I am waiting for you here.”

The place where Phyllis guided Riel and me was a tea house.

She… She said that Riel is a nice place with few people, and the teahouse she guided.

Here, she is waiting.

The person who will have a chance to overcome the second crisis brought by Alan Ludwig.

When Phyllis opens the door and enters the teahouse, you can see her red hair.

The same fiery red hair as Phyllis.

She must have been in her early twenties, she was a beauty dressed in a classy uniform.

“……”

As Riel looked at her, her gaze turned to her.

“Riel.”

She looked at Riel.

“…Long time no see.”

“…Un…Ni…”

Riel called her despite her struggle.

The eldest daughter of the Duke of Ignis, and a wizard belonging to the kingdom’s magic division.

Her name was Eve Ignis.