Daniel Frost, Lydia's brother, has never been back to the manor since they had a big fight a month ago.

This is the main reason for Lidia's anger. She knows that her brother is avoiding her, saying that he is keeping her out of sight and out of mind, but she is not the kind of petty person. If there is a conflict, she should calm down and take it easy.

Discuss and resolve, rather than evade.

In the previous month, as Daniel never came back, Lydia's mood not only did not ease, but became more and more anxious, because she was eager to find an opportunity to reconcile with her brother.

Now, when she was planning to receive guests as a noble lady, this annoying brother suddenly came back. She was not mentally prepared to face her brother. If she made a fool of herself in front of the guests, she would no longer be able to show off.

It's begun.

"Tsk, how come that guy is so impartial and chooses to go home today?" Lidya couldn't help but mutter in a low voice.

Emil and Sean, who were sitting in the living room, had been secretly paying attention to the situation here. Although they could see that Lidia was troubled, they were unable to help due to their different status.

"What's wrong? Miss, do you have more important things for me to do?" Joelson asked with concern.

Lidia was worried when she was suddenly reminded, so she hurriedly said.

"Ah, yes, these two guests are sincerely invited by my grandfather, so we can't neglect them. If Daniel were in my position, he would also think that hospitality is the most important thing, so you take them to the bathhouse first, and I will personally

Go meet Daniel."

"oh?"

Joelson looked at the two guests with a confused look on his face. Like Phyllis, he did not like the common people, but as a servant of a noble family, he should abide by the same etiquette as the nobles.

"As you command, Miss Lydia." Joelson bowed and walked to the living room.

Lydia watched the housekeeper do as he was told and couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, but when she thought about meeting Daniel again, she had to become nervous again.

"Oh, that's really annoying."

As soon as she opened the door, she saw Daniel's carriage parked outside the iron gate of the manor, and he himself had already come in, waiting to be greeted by the housekeeper.

Daniel had the best relationship with his butler Joelson, who would greet him every time he came home and ignored the other servants.

The person with the least aristocratic demeanor in this family was Daniel, so although many servants felt that it was appropriate for nobles to look down on common people, they also hated his attitude.

Lydia knew the reason very well. The siblings had lost their parents since childhood, and their grandmother also passed away very early. Mosswood, the only remaining relative, was obsessed with making swords and had no time to care about them. And the only one in the family who was regarded as an elder

The servant whose identity appears is Joelson.

Perhaps Daniel saw the shadow of his father in Joelson. Every time Lidia thought about this, she would have a little more sympathy for the brother who had always annoyed her.

And what about herself? In fact, she is not completely immune. When she was fifteen years old, she had a swordsmanship teacher. The male teacher was handsome and personable. He was a famous knight from the royal capital. Because he wanted to travel around the country, he happened to pass by here.

, so he stayed at her house temporarily.

Lydia fell in love with this handsome knight in an instant. She mustered up the courage to confess her love many times, but was disturbed by her brother. How could the knight not understand the girl's thoughts, but he seemed to have already thought about it.

Belonging, the eyes he looks at Lidia are always like a father looking at his child, full of love.

As time went by, Lidia gradually understood that the love she thought was actually caused by the desire for her father's love, so when the teacher left two years later, she did not feel any regret at all.

She has always hated herself from the bottom of her heart for longing for her father's love, and when she thinks of her brother who has the same past as her, she feels disgusted.

At this time, seeing Daniel standing in the yard of the manor, waiting for other servants to report Joelson's lonely figure, Lydia's blood pressure instantly rose. In a fierce emotion, she walked over angrily.

"...Hey, look who's back. Isn't this my elder brother?"

When Lydia came to him, her anger disappeared immediately. However, she wanted to say a few words, but what came out of her mouth were such harsh words that even she was surprised.

"Well, Lidya, long time no see."

Daniel narrowed his eyes and smiled. He was always so humble and polite, even when facing his sister.

Lydia suddenly rose again

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There was an unknown anger, and judging from his tone, it seemed that he would not be back for a long time. The brother and sister greeted each other and did not take the previous quarrel to their heart at all.

"Huh, don't you want to upset me? Why are you coming back?" Lidia folded her arms and turned her face to the side, not wanting to look at him.

"I don't want to either, but I heard that grandpa brought a new apprentice to the manor. You see, as a member of this family, I should offer my condolences." Daniel said, scratching his head.

"Hmph, why are you paying so much attention to etiquette this time? It's not your respected Lady Christy who asked you to test it, right?"

"Testing? What do you mean?" Daniel was a little confused, so he had to change the subject and said, "Where's Joelson? Why didn't he come to greet me?"

"I'm talking about you," Lidia glared at him, "can't it be enough for me as a biological sister to welcome you? Do you hate me so much?"

"..."

Daniel was stunned when he heard this. He lowered his head and seemed a little sad.

"not me……"

Lidia immediately softened her heart when she saw him like this. If she said she hated her brother, it would be absolutely correct, but to say that Daniel hated her would be too unfair.

Lidia knew very well that Daniel was just not good at expressing himself. He was always obsessed with the affairs of the Knights, because he was usually a taciturn person. Whenever he was around, no matter how lively the occasion was, he would immediately become silent.

He was also very self-aware, so he simply gave up on interpersonal relationships and devoted himself to his career.

Lidia knew this brother too well and wanted to have a good relationship with him, but she said such hurtful words because she was resentful of him not coming home for a long time.

"...I'm sorry, I said the wrong thing." Lidia said softly.

"It's okay, I also want to apologize to you for what happened last time."

Naturally, Daniel was not angry with his sister. He just didn't understand sometimes that even though he had done nothing wrong and he accommodated his only sister in everything, he still made her unhappy.

As time went by, he just felt that his sister hated him, so since he couldn't change the situation, he simply didn't care and just gave in everywhere.

"Okay, I've arranged for Joelson to receive the guests. You can follow me into the house first."

Lydia didn't want to continue the meaningless conversation, so she returned to the topic.

"okay."

Daniel nodded and followed Lidia obediently into the hall of the central building.

…

On the other side, there is a small pond behind the central building, surrounded by evergreen trees. After passing through the woods, you can see a wooden house.

This wooden house was as big as the restaurant Emil had seen before. It was backed by a hill about four stories high, with a stream flowing down from the mountain, forming a small waterfall.

The falling stream water just passed through the wooden house and finally flowed into the pond. Miraculously, the water level of the pond did not rise due to the continuous inflow of stream water.

Emir was surprised by this, but did not show it, because the steward who led them here seemed to have some complaints about them. As a commoner, Emil had to try his best not to upset this servant of a noble family.

However, Sion was not as careful as he was in assessing the situation. He did not hide his excitement. At one moment he was amazed that there was a mountain in the manor, and at another moment he ran to the pond to see if there were any fish in it. The butler frowned as he looked at it.

In fact, how could Sion not understand the butler's thoughts, but he still wanted to go his own way, because such a look-down guy did not deserve his respect at all. What he admired most was nobles like Lydia, who never considered himself superior to others.

Every gesture and gesture shows the demeanor of a knight.

"Okay, this is the bathhouse, please excuse me." Joelson walked to the wooden house and said.

"Thank you for bringing us here." Emil thanked him quickly.

"No, this is a matter of the next level."

Joelson nodded slightly, but snorted unnoticeably, thinking to himself, if it hadn't been for Miss Lidia's instructions, I wouldn't have dealt with common people like you.

"Hehe, it's true, Lidia gave you orders anyway." Sion said unceremoniously.

"Tsk."

Jolson suddenly felt unhappy. This guy actually called the lady by her first name, but he didn't say anything in the end. After all, no matter how much he hated these two common people, he couldn't say anything to them as guests.

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temper, otherwise the lady will be humiliated.

"Then if nothing happens, I will go back and serve the young lady first. You two are welcome, just treat this place as your own home."

After saying that, Joelson left without looking back, as if he didn't want to stay with them for a moment.

Seeing him walking away, Sion finally couldn't help but complain.

"Hey, who do you think this is?"

"Okay, okay, we are his guests now. We don't want to be acquainted with him. What's more, we have to give Lidia face, right? If we have a conflict with him, Lidia will definitely be troubled." Emil

comfort him.

"Oh, you're right. If it weren't for Lidya's sake, I wouldn't want to come to a place like this."

Afterwards, the two entered the bathhouse.

Unlike the outside where there was mud and fallen leaves everywhere, the inside of the wooden house was actually spotless and the floor was polished.

It's late autumn now, so you can't use cold water for bathing. But this bathhouse uses some technology to heat the water flowing down from the mountain.

In order not to make Lydia wait any longer, they finished washing quickly. At this time, they found that the water flowing out of the bathhouse was still clean. Emil guessed that some kind of purification device must have been used.

However, when they were about to put on their clothes and prepare to leave, they suddenly noticed that their clothes were so dirty and smelled even more because they had sweated a lot during the day.

It's no wonder that even the servants of noble families look down on them. If it were them themselves, they would probably sneer at dirty and smelly people.

When the two of them were worrying, they suddenly heard a knock on the door outside the wooden house.
To be continued...