E/D: Castle
T/L: Yuki
Giorgie immediately threw a fit.
“Shut up! What do you know, it’s all about money! This costs money, that costs money, the people have to pay taxes…all this boring stuff is choking me! I don’t want to see my proud Magna talk about debts! You’ve got to do something about this!” (Giorgie)
“It’s already been made so that all you have to do is sign. I’ll go take care of my own share of business, Zahar.” (Vladimir)
“Yes, Young Master. Your Excellency, please excuse me.” (Zahar)
The butler who bowed in haste leaves the office, following Vladimir who quickly turned to leave with a stern look.
A dull echo of something being thrown against the wall resounded behind him.
Vladimir breathed a sigh of relief as he exited the office.
Vladimir’s POV
Father is always like that.
That doesn’t mean my father is incompetent. In fact, he commands enormous loyalty and support from the knights, is a graduate of Astra Studies, and is able to control even a messy branch of the family. The only person who can keep the swollen Yurimagna together in line is definitely my father, Giorgie.
However, he has a dangerous sense of self-righteousness, making decisions on whims based on his likes and dislikes.
He also had a bad habit of promising things on the spur of the moment. At Alexandra’s funeral, my father had probably slapped his chest and told the servants to come to him if they were in trouble. But in fact, he actually never wanted to personally deal with anything if they asked him for help. Instead, he would let others deal with it because it would not make him look good if he refused it himself. That’s the kind of person he is.
“Young Master, are you feeling unwell?” (Zahar)
3rd POV
Zahar looks at Vladimir with concern. He is an old butler, over seventy years old, whose hair and eyebrows have turned white, and whose once straight posture has even slumped. He had already handed over his main duties to his successor, but he was fiercely loyal to Vladimir, and he was determined to continue serving him.
“This old man will deal with the dismissed servants. Please take a rest in your room. It is distressing that you have to work so hard on your days off.” (Zahar)
“I can only do it on my days off. It would be nice if we could set up an office at the school and do some clean up work every day…” (Vladimir)
Just like what Alexei is doing.
The accounts of him renting an office in the academy as soon as he entered the academy, for the purpose of his duties in governing the dukedom is well known to some people. He did it with impunity even when his father, Alexandre, was still the duke. It was an attempt to let people know that he was in charge of the affairs of the dukedom, and to declare that he was the actual acting duke.
