Then Came a Lot of Cleaning
Someone knocked on my door. When I opened it, I saw Claire standing there.
My apologies for bothering you on your day off, Captain.
There are a few documents I must deliver to you regarding the final trial that is coming up.
I was supposed to give them to you during the last training session. My apologies for the delay.
I've already marked the necessary sections. Please review them first and sign where indicated.
You could have just called me over to Candle Square. Thank you for going out of your way for me.
No, I'm the one who should be thanking you.
If it weren't for you, I would have run away a long time ago.
I was only able to pull myself together thanks to your advice.
That's great.
Come to think of it, there's something Ms. Carnelia said to me when she gave me the Novice Guidebook.
If you've thought it over through and through, but are still unsure of what to do, read this book.
What she really meant by that was probably that I should learn to make decisions on my own.
The reason she named it Novice Guidebook...
Must also be because, once you're no longer a novice, you shouldn't cling to the book anymore.
I feel like I had forgotten too many of the things that really matter.
And you've reminded me of that, Captain.
From now on, I want to become a Master Maid who's respected not as Carnelia Rhys's stand-in, but as Claire.
That's a good mindset.
...But Captain.
Would you mind stepping aside for a moment?
Uh... Sure.
...Please don't tell me you leave your place in such a dreadful state?
Oh, I see! There must've been a break-in last night!
Yes. Of course it must've been.
A human's dwelling should not be in such a state.
And we ought to contact the Public Security as well.
A neighbor might have witnessed it happen.
Ahem...
Break-in...
Well...
Excuse me for a moment.
Claire stepped into the room and remained silent for a while.
...
Is that a pet spider in the corner?
Letting it roam free like that... Quite the laissez-faire approach to pet care, no?
...
Yuck...!
And this... Isn't this the donut you were snacking on two weeks ago?
Why is it still sitting there?
Just to make sure, please note that pet spiders don't eat donuts.
...Why is there a laundry pile the size of a small mountain on the sofa?
And in the laundry basket... are summer clothes.
Preparing for next summer's vacation already? Quite the impressive preparedness, Captain.
I'll clean it up...
Please do.
Immediately.
I spent a lot of time cleaning up afterwards.