Publishedat 31st of July 2019 05:30:43 PMChapter 112
Chapter 112: Job of the Attendants (1)Translator: Forest Zou
Proofread by Ruriko
Delia dresses me and tidies my clothes roughly with a rustle .
"Miss Maine, I can"t talk with one who is not able to understand the job of a priestess . Well, we are running out of time . Let"s practice Fespiel . "
Rosina is preparing my Fespiel with a graceful smile . Delia"s anger is completely neglected by her .
"What ----! It"s not the time to practice the instrument!"
"Delia, it is decided by the Head Priest that it will be the practice time until the third bell rings . Before that, think carefully about what you want to say . Rosina"s job is to teach me Fespiel . Let"s talk about other tasks later . "
" . . . Ok . "
With an upset look, Delia goes to do her own work . Just before going down the stairs, she turns around and says, "I will definitely talk about it later!"
"Miss Maine, you don"t have to listen to that kind of blather . "
"No, when people are at odds, I have to listen to the details of everyone"s explanation . The Head Priest told me this . "
" . . . Is that so?"
Rosina puts on a gloomy face, but as soon as she starts playing Fespiel, her smile comes back . Rosina has been teaching me how to play before the third bell rings .
Then the Fespiel practice is over . I have to go to help the Head Priest on his official duties . Rosina puts the Fespiel back to the case for me . After I ring the bell on the table and call Fran, he comes up to the second floor with all the necessary tools ready .
"Well, I will go to help the Head Priest . Rosina and Delia, you two please go to fetch the water together . "
"Oh, what are you talking about? Isn"t that the job for gray-robed priests?"
Rosina"s eyes widen, as if I say something unbelievable, but I also look at her with surprise .
My gray-robed priests are Fran and Gil . Fran is in charge of all the clerical work, and Gil takes care of the workshop . They have been working outside .
Now, only Delia is responsible for the housework, so I want Rosina to help her .
Because Rosina will soon become an adult . I want to ask her to share Fran"s job, but I am not sure what kind of job Rosina can do . Thus, I think she can start with the work which is simple for any gray-robed priestess .
"The gray-robed priests have their own work . For the time being, Rosina will work with Delia . That"s what Fran told Delia, right?"
Hearing my words, Delia smooths out her red hair with both hands, and smiles triumphantly .
"So, I ask you to take the water to the second floor as it"s our work, right?"
"I think that rough work should be done by gentlemen . "
Rosina puts her hands on her cheeks, inclining her head to one side with a confused look .
Delia said that even one becomes an attendant, she must do some rough work while she is an apprentice . I a.s.sign the work based on Delia"s words . But when I see Rosina"s response, I feel uneasy .
"Heavy work and ch.o.r.es should be priests" work . The work of priestesses should be study of accomplishment, right? Putting the orphanage days aside, I become an attendant because of a musical instrument, so I don"t know the reason why I have to do the rough work . My fingers may hurt because of it . "
"Will your fingers hurt? You are not a blue-robed priestess . What are you talking about?!"
Though I understand what Rosina is really thinking, her intention is unfit in my house .
"The priests here can deal with the rough work . Besides, though there is a priestess apprentice in this house, no one understands art here . "
Rosina giggles, but what she says is not funny at all . Now I can understand why Delia was furious .
"Miss Maine, let"s talk about it after lunch . The Head Priest is waiting for you . "
When I"m thinking how to solve this problem quickly, Fran"s words wake me up . This is an urgent problem that I should deal with .
"Rosina, it is the time for music practice before the third bell rings . But after that, you should work together with other attendants . I"ve told you that . So, go to work with Delia, please . "
"Why, Miss Maine?! What are you talking about?!"
Rosina"s eyes widen in surprise as if she can"t believe that her advice should be rejected so rudely .
"After lunch, I will ask for the opinions of all our attendants . I don"t know much about how things work in the temple . I"ll make a decision according to their opinions . "
If she asks for my personal opinion, I will say "what you did in the past, does not mean what you should do now" . However, is this Rosina"s opinion, right? How about others? I have to know that . Without asking people like Fran or the Head Priest, I cannot make a decision arbitrarily . I leave to ask the Head Priest for his advice .
"What do you think of Rosina"s opinion, Fran?"
After we leave the room, heading for the Head Priest"s, I ask Fran . Just now, all I considered was that Delia was furious . So I didn"t ask others for their opinions . In some way, the conversation this afternoon seemed to be entirely controlled by Delia .
. . . Gil says Delia"s complaint is endless .
"I think she is affected greatly by her previous master . Miss Christine, Wilma and Rosina"s former master, is one of those rare people even among the blue-robed priestesses . She attaches great importance to art . She likes writing poems and painting, and is absorbed in music every day . Her attendants – all gray-robed priestesses, including priestess apprentices, learnt to behave like ladies of the n.o.ble families . "
. . . She is absorbed in poetry, painting and music every day . Really?
"As Rosina says, at Miss Christine"s house, those who are good at arts will be treated better than others, so Rosina almost lived a life of a gray-robed priestess . "
" . . . Now I can understand why she looks like a well-bred lady . "
Every gray-robed priestess should learn how to love and serve his/her master . I know this because Delia and Gil told me before . So, I think the gray-robed priestesses are all like that . However, Rosina was treated like a blue-robed priestess because her master liked art . She is no more than a gray-robed priestess apprentice who is good at art but does not do the rough work . I"m really surprised by such a priestess .