A Narrow-Eyed Nobleman Is Always Misunderstood

Episode 50 – The Maid Who Worries about the Master

If you ask me what is the most important thing in living life, I will answer without hesitation.

“Of course, you eat well.”

Eating well is important to people of all ages and genders and transcends time.

Especially, those who train their bodies by learning martial arts like me must eat quality food.

Anyone who wants to become the strongest warrior after eating a poor meal is like saying that he will become the strongest wizard without meditating.

Unless it is a rare genius who appears with a very rare probability, ordinary people need to eat well and train to increase their level quickly.

“Is that why the young master eats so well?”

“Isn’t that obvious? Like my father, and the knights in my family, everyone eats one meal.”

“It means that the terrifying skills of the young master came from eating well.”

“To say it twice is nagging. Eating well and eating good food is also a training process.”

Martial arts training is an act that requires very intense movements, and because of this, our body consumes energy.

Repetition of an action makes the muscles remember the action, making the body move faster than we can see and judge.

During this process, a lot of energy is consumed, and muscles grow while recovering from fatigue.

But do you know what happens when you don’t eat enough food to match the energy you expend through practice?

Something happens that the muscles created through hard training will shrink.

In other words, it interfered with the smooth growth of muscles, which I experienced myself.

Once, there was a time when I was crazy about training and practiced without eating properly.

I thought that if I practiced, my muscles would naturally increase a lot.

So what came out was training without eating.

However, contrary to my thoughts, my muscles did not increase, but rather decreased.

I ran to my father and asked him about this phenomenon, and he was scolded for being a fool who didn’t know the obvious.

Anyway, I learned something while being scolded by my father.

It was said that if I practiced without eating well, my body would become weak.

Those who practice martial arts must eat well.

The better you eat, the faster your skills will grow and your level will rise faster.

That was his father’s martial arts philosophy, and it was also his father’s own training method that he proved.

Perhaps my training while eating well may have been the background to my overwhelming growth.

Well, only God knows the truth.

After graduating from the Royal Academy, Nina and I were eating at a restaurant known for its stew.

As expected, the taste was truly excellent, befitting a restaurant known for its stew.

The vegetables, including potatoes and carrots, cut into bite-sized pieces, and the chunks of meat cut into large pieces melted in your mouth.

“Oh, boy, do you know that?”

“Hmm? Anything to say?”

While I was eating such a delicious stew, Nina started talking to me.

Usually, what Nina would tell me in these circumstances was likely to be really important information.

Otherwise, she said, because Nina never talked to me during her meal.

“Recently, a rumor has been circulating among the attendants.”

“A rumor?”

What Nina said was about rumors circulating among the attendants.

If I had to guess what kind of rumor she was about Nina bringing this up to me, it was very likely that she was about me.

“I wonder what kind of rumor it is that Nina brought her up at her dinner table. Shall we listen?”

“Yes, Bocchan, actually…”

–

Today, as always, the young master goes out to the gymnasium early in the morning to practice.

A sword master is a far higher level that ordinary people like me can never even dream of.

I can’t believe you are a swordsman who has reached that level.

Looking at the boy who goes out for training every day and comes back with a broken head, is he really a warrior who has reached the level of a sword master? I do think.

“Whew.”

But what can I do? I am the Bocchan’s maid.

Now I’m used to going to the infirmary and getting medicine to treat a young boy who gets into a mess every time.

“Ah, Miss Nina. Did you come to get your medicine today?”

“Yes, Professor.”

When I enter the infirmary, a professor greets me.

This is a professor who teaches medicine in the Department of Practical Science and Medicine.

He was from a commoner, but he became a nobleman in recognition of his achievements while saving the lives of high-ranking people several times during the monster subjugation.

“Ah, professor. Feel free to call me unnie.”

“No, how can I…”

Is that why? Despite being a noble, he treats his attendants like us without discrimination.

“A bottle of potion and two bandages today, right?”

“Yes, Professor.”

When I call you Professor, your face turns grim in an instant.

“Uh huh. Call me sister.”

“……Yes, sister.”

The professor gave me a potion and two bandages with a mild look on her face again as I called her older sister.

“By the way, did you say the person you serve is…Alberto?”

“Why are you suddenly asking about the young master?”

“No, that’s what I mean…”

The professor looked around, made sure no one was there, and motioned for me to come closer.

As I approached the professor, he whispered in my ear.

“Actually, I’m just letting you know. Your son’s name goes up and down quite often among the nobles, not just servants.”

“Yes…?”

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“Don’t talk, just listen. It’s still just a rumor, and everyone says it’s nonsense…But I’m telling you because I think you should know.”

I began to listen to what the professor was saying quietly and without saying anything.

“Not too long ago, Cadet Rodren carried out an ambush, right? I heard that before that ambush, there was a clash between the two at the welcome banquet for freshmen.”

“…….”

“It’s obviously Rodren’s fault for the surprise attack, but some people say things like, ‘Alberto is also responsible for his actions that caused a fight in the first place.'”

“…….”

I was dumbfounded when I heard that.

Princess Lordren must have quarreled with the young master first, but to speak like that!

In addition, Lady Hanaeel expressed her gratitude for protecting the merchants belonging to the family’s merchant guild.

It was Prince Lordren who made the misunderstanding, Prince Lordren was the one who started the fight first, and Prince Lordren was the one who carried out the surprise attack.

I don’t understand why you are making the mistake of thinking that the boy is also responsible for what happened.

“Most cadets dismissed it as bullsh*t, but some cadets took this claim seriously.”

“…….”

“Right now, I don’t know because the number of them is small… But I just wanted you to know that there are people who have taken a bad look at your young master.”

“Okay, sister.”

–

After hearing Nina’s explanation, I silently nodded her head.

Well, he seems to be a person who doesn’t have much to do and doesn’t have the ability to think for himself.

To be able to take the words of slander straight away.

“That’s what happened. Seriously…These people have nothing to do. They practice during that time, slandering others.”

Usually, I’ve heard that these people are people who fall into an inferiority complex and ruin their lives when they go out into society.

A proper sense of inferiority can be a good motivation for self-discipline, but if it is excessive, it can destroy a person.

Like Rodren, who died at my hands.

“I asked an attendant I’ve known since that day, and he said that there are people who really think that way. And they say that the number is not small.”

“I’m not going to care about such people. It’s impossible to be liked by everyone anyway, and some people will hate me because they are jealous of my abilities or feel inferior.”

“However, the boy’s reputation is that of the family…”

At my answer, Nina looked at me with a vague look.

“It’s okay. Nina. I also do what I think.”

“Bocchan… What do you think?”

“I am also a person who thinks. Nina.”

Who does Nina think I am?

Is it that I seem to live without thinking?

“Don’t worry.”

“However, this should not be taken lightly. If done wrong, the young master’s reputation could be seriously damaged.”

“Nina. Have I ever let you down?”

“Yes. A lot.”

“…….”

Uh, um. I don’t need to be so quick to say…….

You mean I’ve disappointed Nina many times?

“I must have disappointed Nina many times.”

“Of course. Being attacked by Prince Lordren, sparring with a golem and coming back in a mess… There are so many other things.”

“But… ….”

Rodren’s attack was unavoidable, and sparring with the golem was the process of refining my own skills to reach the state of being beyond the sword master.

“I know too. That the young master is working hard. He can’t show his skills to others, so he works hard even in hiding, I know… I know…”

Suddenly, Nina started crying for no reason.

It’s a pity that the room the two of us are in is a well-soundproofed private room, otherwise it would have attracted everyone’s attention.

Why are you crying?

“Please… please… take care of yourself a little more. Do you know that when you get hurt, it’s hard for me too?”

“Nina…”

“Have you ever imagined how much pain my heart hurts every time the boy comes back injured? Every time I clean the wounds on the boy’s body and treat him, it’s like my body is collapsing!”

“…….”

I couldn’t answer Nina’s cry that was close to screaming.

What should I say to her to make her feel like her heartfelt reply?

I thought quietly, and one thing came into my mind.

Then he got up and went to Nina.

“…… !”

Without a word, I quietly hugged her.

This was the best answer I could give her.