Chapter 111 [Dormitory Commotion (2)]

 

“Are you in your right mind, Young Master Ethan?”

 

As soon as I heard Ethan’s statement about barging into the narrow servant’s single room instead of using the perfectly fine double bed, words of frank advice towards him automatically spilled from my mouth.

Isabel, rather than Ethan, was the first to react, surprised at my words.

 

“Lilith?!”

“Even though I’m using the dormitory in a marital/engagement relationship with you, Young Master Ethan, it doesn’t change the fact that you, young master, are the highest-ranking person in here. For you, Young Master, to say you’ll crawl into the narrow room used by servants, leaving the best sleeping quarters – it doesn’t seem like you’re speaking with a sound mind at all.”

“Lilith! You, you shouldn’t speak to Young Master Ethan like that…!”

“…No, it’s alright. I’ll talk with Lilith myself, so Isabel, give us some space for a moment.”

“Y-yes…”

 

With Ethan’s words to not interfere, Isabel carefully slipped out from between me and Ethan.

In a situation where we were left facing each other, Ethan continued his response to my frank advice.

 

“I understand why you would say that, Lilith. It would seem strange to you, my exclusive maid, for me to use the servant’s room as my bedroom.”

“It’s not just a matter of seeming strange, it’s a completely nonsensical idea. How could someone like you, Young Master Ethan, who should know better, engage in such an eccentric act…?” [GalaxyTL/Axiomatic]

“But before being nobles and servants, you and I are men and women. Naturally, living spaces between the sexes should be separated.”

“The issue can be resolved by having Isabel and I use the servant’s room and you, Young Master Ethan, use the large room alone.”

“…Lilith, you just said it yourself. The ‘narrow’ room used by servants. Do you think two people can live together in a narrow room with only a single bed?”

“That’s…”

 

Ethan was giving logical arguments of his own, so I stuttered for a moment, unable to organize a response.

Taking advantage of that opportunity, nonsense about how he should use the servant’s room spilled from Ethan’s mouth as if it were only natural.

 

“Think about it simply, Lilith. All we’re dealing with is just a single room and a double room. And I’m saying that I, being a man, will use the single room alone.”

“…No, it’s more appropriate for Isabel and I to use the single room, even if it’s a bit cramped. I’m sure Isabel said she’d come to the academy following me, fully prepared for that much. Right, Isabel?”

“M-me?!”

“……”

“……”

“I’ve shared a small room with Lilith before when I was a junior maid, so I don’t mind sharing a narrow room with Lilith, but…”

“You heard that, right, Young Master Ethan? Isabel also agrees with my opinion…”

“…But still, since the young master is the highest-ranking person here, I think we can only reach a conclusion if the young master ultimately agrees.”

“…I understand, Lilith,” Ethan said.

“……”

“S-sorry, Lilith.”

 

The situation was flowing towards a 2v1 due to Isabel’s unexpected betrayal.

No, strictly speaking, Isabel, being a servant of the Blackwoods, was in a position where she had no choice but to quietly follow whatever decision Ethan made.

Anyway, it seemed Ethan himself wouldn’t back down from this argument unless I could persuade him, and in the end, if I didn’t persuade him, Ethan might really go into the servant’s waiting room. [GalaxyTL/Axiomatic]

Pushing the young master I serve into the servant’s waiting room while two maids live comfortably in the spacious room? What nonsense is that?

Although I moved according to things that benefited my own survival and benefit, I still had a minimum level of conscience.

No matter how much Ethan himself said he would crawl into the servant’s room, I wasn’t rotten enough to accept that at face value.

 

“Although Isabel said she would follow your decision, my opinion hasn’t changed, Young Master Ethan.”

“…Lilith.”

“It’s only right for you, young master, the heir to the Blackwood family, to use the larger room. As someone who agreed to be Young Master Ethan’s exclusive maid for the four years of attending the academy, this is something I absolutely cannot concede.”

“…Then what about the two people using the single room? Won’t one of them have to sleep on the floor?”

“If necessary, I’ll sleep on the floor.”

“…No, I can’t allow you to sleep on the floor, Lilith. I won’t accept that either.”

 

In the midst of a sharp confrontation with no sign of either of us backing down, Ethan and I continued our conversation while glaring at each other.

Isabel, who had been watching our conversation, carefully interjected with a suggestion.

 

“…I’m sorry to interrupt the conversation between the young master and Lilith, but may I make one suggestion?”

“Huh?”

“A suggestion?”

“First, young master, you can’t accept the possibility of Lilith having to sleep on the floor, right?”

“That’s right.”

“And Lilith, you can’t concede to the young master living in the narrow room, correct?”

“Yes.”

“Then, couldn’t the young master and Lilith use the larger room together?”

“…Hmm?”

“…Huh?”

 

Wait, come to think of it, isn’t that the appropriate solution?

Anyway, what I couldn’t concede was Ethan living in a worse environment than me, his exclusive maid, so I wouldn’t have any complaints as long as Ethan came out to live in the larger room.

Also, Ethan was so stubborn because he was worried about Isabel and me living together in a narrow room, taking turns sleeping on the floor.

In the end, the problem would be solved if Isabel used the single room and Ethan and I used the double room.

As expected of ‘Clever Isabel,’ she’s really good at thinking of a win-win.

 

“From the beginning, this dormitory room was approved for use as a marital/engagement relationship dormitory for the young master and Lilith. If we follow the principles, I think it’s right for the young master and Lilith to use the large room together.”

“…No, wait.” (GalaxyTL/Axiomatic)

“Isabel has a point, young master. I can’t concede to you using the servant’s room, and you can’t accept Isabel and me entering the single room, so this solves the problem.”

“W-wait, Lilith. Are you really okay with that?”

“Pardon?”

“I’m asking if it’s really okay with you that you and I will use the same room.”

“……?”

 

Why is he suddenly making such a fuss about just sharing a room?

It’s not even the first time we’ve stayed in the same room. Just ten days ago, we shared a single inn room for four days.

Since he said there was no other meaning when submitting the dormitory application earlier, he probably wasn’t conscious of anything just from sharing a room with me.

Other than that, if there was another purpose Ethan might be aiming for, perhaps…

 

“Young Master Ethan, don’t tell me…”

“Ah, no, Lilith. What I’m worried about is just…”

“Don’t tell me you planned everything from the beginning with the intention of sharing a room with Isabel instead of me…”

“No, that’s not it, Lilith.”

“I don’t think that’s it either, Lilith.”

“……I see.”

 

…Well, if that had been the goal from the beginning, he wouldn’t have brought me along as his exclusive maid in the first place.

Fortunately, thanks to the cool-headed reactions of the two, there was no deepening of strange misunderstandings like last time, and Ethan continued the conversation with me, who had quieted down.

 

“What I’m worried about, Lilith, is that you might feel uncomfortable with my gaze as a man.”

“…What do you mean by that?” {GalaxyTL/Axiomatic}

“Even though we have experience living in the same space before, it was only for a short period of three to four days. An academy semester lasts at least three to four months, so can you guarantee that no accidents will happen while you and I live in the same room during that time?”

“What kind of accidents?”

“You know, the kind of accidents that can occur when men and women live in the same room.”

“…I’m sorry. I don’t understand, Young Master Ethan.”

“…For example, imagine if you were changing clothes and I saw you while we were sharing the same room. Wouldn’t that be embarrassing for you, Lilith?”

“……Ah.”

“Of course, we could reduce the frequency of such incidents if we’re both careful, but we can’t completely eliminate the possibility. What I’m saying is that it would be better to block the possibility of such things happening from the beginning.”

 

Ethan himself did have a point.

No, apart from whether he had a point or not, they were strangely persuasive words…

…especially from the perspective of a player who had played Luminor Academy for 2,000 hours in my previous life.

Usually, when using a ‘Couple Dormitory,’ the first event CG you obtain is the one Ethan just mentioned – changing clothes.

In the first place, as long as you’re living in the same room, it’s natural for situations where you see each other’s bare skin to occur, and there was no better scene than this to button up the first of such situations.

Of course, unlike the couple dormitories used by the protagonist with heroines for the purpose of doing naughty things from the beginning, Ethan and I were in a situation where we would use the same room due to our mutual interests, but anyway, as he said, witnessing each other changing clothes was a situation that could commonly occur.

Ethan claimed that he would use the servant’s single room in order to block the possibility of such embarrassing situations occurring.

 

‘If it’s for that reason, his reaction is reasonable.’

 

It was the moment I could understand why Ethan was insisting on entering the single room instead of the double room.

Considering Ethan’s current personality, he would undoubtedly feel sorry even if he accidentally witnessed a scene of me changing clothes.

Of course, I didn’t particularly want Ethan to accidentally witness Isabel changing clothes, or vice versa, but…

…Still, up to the point of ‘me’ being witnessed instead of Isabel, it was barely within the acceptable range.

 

“It doesn’t matter, Young Master Ethan.”

“…What?”

“…Lilith?”

“I don’t particularly mind if you happen to witness me changing clothes, Young Master Ethan. There’s no need for me to make a fuss over a simple accident without any intentions, is there?”

“Are you being serious, Lilith?”

“I am always serious, Young Master Ethan.”

 

It was also funny that I, who was a man in my previous life, would be afraid to change clothes because of the gaze of just one man. {GalaxyTL/Axiomatic}

In the first place, I didn’t particularly feel uncomfortable if it was Ethan.

I had already shown him my chest several times in the past, so there was no reason to be shy about showing him me in my underwear now.

The time to feel shame over such things had long passed. …Although it wasn’t by my own will that it turned out that way.

Above all, just by showing this attitude of not minding, the problem of separating the three people’s living spaces would be smoothly resolved.

That’s why I was deliberately showing a brazen attitude of not minding while answering.

 

“I didn’t know that you, Young Master Ethan, who has already seen my chest, would be concerned about something like this.”

“…This and that are different issues. When you showed me your chest, it was with permission, but this means you might show it without your will…”

“Yes. I won’t mind even if it’s not shown by my will. …If you find it hard to believe, I can show you right here and now.”

 

Zip.

 

“W-wait, Lilith! What are you trying to do now?!”

“L-Lilith?!”

 

Regardless of whether Ethan and Isabel were surprised, I was just unzipping the back of my maid uniform to take off the clothes I was wearing.

The maid uniform, which had been covering my body until just now, flowed down to the floor in an instant.

 

“Kyaaah?! L-Lilith?!”

“How is it, Young Master Ethan? This is a body you’ve seen many times in your room until now, isn’t it? Even if you, Young Master Ethan, witness me like this, I’m not bothered at all.”

“O-okay, I get it; just put your clothes back on quickly, Lilith!”

“If you don’t answer that you’ll use the double room with me, young master, I have no choice but to prove it like this. …If you can’t believe my state of mind, I have no choice but to prove that I wouldn’t mind showing myself in my underwear right here…”

“Okay, I get it, Lilith! I believe you! I’ll live in the same room with you, Lilith, so hurry up and put your clothes back on!”

 

Ethan, struggling between instinct and reason, desperately avoided my gaze and ordered me to put my clothes back on.

Having achieved my goal somehow, I had no reason to walk around the room in my underwear like a shameless woman. [GalaxyTL/Axiomatic]

Anyway, since I was going to change clothes before bed, I just took out clothes to use as nightwear from the luggage I had brought and changed into them.

 

“You, you’re too bold, Lilith… Haah….”

 

…I could understand Ethan, but why was Isabel, another woman, being shy?

Anyway, the issue of who would live in which room was somehow resolved, thanks to my bold decision.

Ethan and I would live together in the larger room, sharing the same bed, and Isabel would use the servant’s room alone.

…It was fortunate that my persuasion worked before I had to take off my underwear.

Even for me, it would have been a bit shameful to brazenly take that off.