Chapter 116

Determination of Rosina

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"Though increasing the attendants is a better way to ease the burden, they want me to learn what I can't . . . . It's not bad to learn to do the things which I have not mastered yet, but Miss Maine said abruptly that she doesn't need an attendant who does not work .

"Yes, that's right . Different from Miss Christine, Miss Maine is a commoner . She is not a noble . So she does not have enough financial power to afford a team with more than 10 attendants .

All she considers is earning money by themselves in order to buy enough food for children who have not been baptized in the orphanage . I don't think she has enough money to keep enough attendants as she needs .

"Miss Maine is a blue-robed priestess, right? It's impossible to . . . "

"The blue-robed priest in the temple has 5 attendants, right? Miss Christine is special . "

Usually, they have 3~5 attendants . Besides, they will hire cooks and assistants .

But they cannot be compared with Miss Christine, who had 2 waitresses sent from her home, 6 gray-robed priestesses for arts, 4 gray-robed priests for rough work and routine work, and several others including cooks, assistants and tutors .

"Rosina, maybe you are unsuited to Miss Maine as an attendant . It's not good for you to live together while complaining with each other . "

"Do you also advise me to go back to the orphanage?"

"So far, the criteria you have considered are different . I think Miss Maine has one choice only . "

Yes, finally, I feel relieved . Miss Maine also told her to return to the orphanage .

" . . . Miss Maine asks me to think about it till tomorrow . She told me to make a choice: go back to the orphanage, or accept the environment different from Miss Christine's . "

"Well . It depends on you, finally . "

Miss Maine agrees to my suggestion and gives Rosina some time for consideration . I have nothing to say since she has compromised so far . All that Rosina has to do is making a choice .

"Wilma . . . Don't you think there is anything wrong to ask a priestess do priests' work?"

Seeing that I start painting, Rosina asks me anxiously . She looks bewildered, because even I, who served Miss Christine with her before, do not support her .

"No, I think that's natural at any house other than Miss Christine's . "

" . . . Then it must be my fault . "

Rosina murmurs, complaining . Miss Christine means everything for her . Rosina knew nothing about life of the orphanage when she left . Since she came back, she has been yearning for the lifestyle which she had lived with Miss Christine before . So, it's hard to deny all that she had been taught .

But since that kind of life has been gone, she has to understand that things taught by Miss Christine can hardly be used at anywhere else .

"Rosina, it's not your fault . What Miss Christine required is practical only at Miss Christine's house . On the contrary, what Miss Maine requires is practical only at Miss Maine's house .

"Practical . . . ?"

"Yes, Rosina . Think about is . If you were taken away by other blue-robed priests as an attendant, maybe you wouldn't even have a musical instrument . Even flower offering would become your work . Can you express your dissatisfaction?"

It wouldn't be accepted if a gray-robed priestess argues with excuses like "I won't go because there is no musical instrument", or "Flower offering is done by the priestesses who are not well educated" .

"Miss Maine doesn't forbid music, right? She just says that you cannot spend all day on music . She wants you to work with other attendants . She takes your advice for fear of hurting your fingers and suggests you remember the routine work . You said you would serve Miss Maine with your whole heart . Is it lip service?"

It's easy to fire an attendant who refuses to follow the master's advice . But I can feel that Miss Maine has compromised as possible as she can .

"You have made your master give in . If you are still disaffected, it means you can only be Miss Christine's attendant . So, before you cause too much trouble to others, it will be better for you to go back to the orphanage . "

Rosina weeps in a daze, as if giving up all hope . Her long eyelashes lower slightly .

" . . . I can't go back to those years even though I become an attendant of a priestess apprentice . "

"Right, because Miss Christine has been gone . Anybody else cannot become Miss Christine . "

While I have completed painting on several pieces of paper, Rosina is still sitting on my bed, drooping her head and weeping quietly . I leave her alone when she keeps weeping as if she is driving away various kinds of feelings, till her tears dry naturally .

" . . . Wilma . "

When Rosina raises her head, I can sense the determination from her eyes .

The determination of letting go of the past, to which she has clung so far, and looking firmly ahead makes her so beautiful that I feel regret not to have painting tools at hand .

"I cannot leave music . So I will return to Miss Maine . Besides, I will remember those routine work . "

"If you work hard, you will be accepted by Miss Maine, just like the first time when you were praised at the orphanage . . . Maybe all that I can do is just listening though, may you be successful . "

A few days later, Miss Maine comes to the orphanage, smiling delightfully . Although Miss Maine is a priestess apprentice, she has a build no stronger than the children who have not received baptism here .

"You gave her advice, right? Rosina works very hard to memorize the calculation, though she is not good at it . Thank you, Wilma . "

Miss Maine smiles ingenuously, with her golden eyes squinting . She looks so cute that I want to lift her with my hands . But she is my master .

Since Miss Maine is a commoner, she is approachable . I don't mean to say that Miss Maine is not graceful . Comparing with Miss Christine, a trueborn noble, Miss Maine is not dignified enough .

"The Head Priest asks Miss Maine to take Rosina as attendant, because he wants Miss Maine to acquire artistic cultivation . Since there is no blue-robed priestess in the temple as the role model, the best model is Rosina who followed Miss Christine as a close friend and got educated . As Rosina tries her best to overcome her weakness, I think Miss Maine will work hard to acquire artistic cultivation, right?"

Emm . . . Miss Maine is at a loss for words, and her embarrassed eyes are wandering . However, intrinsically, people of the top rank should not look bewildered .

"Miss Maine, when the attendants were gathered for the meeting, did Rosina avoid eye contact? Did she sob for lack of company?"

" . . . Or did she face up, and stick to her own opinion?"

Miss Maine tilts her head to one side, as if wanting to say that she cannot understand . Children's behavior looks lovely, but a master should not act like this .

"That's the right way that the nobles deal with a problem . . . . Rosina came to my room and cried . She had well controlled her feeling till then . "

" . . . Do I have to behave like Rosina?"

Miss Maine looks up at my face, biting her lip . Her eyes are as resolved as Rosina's .

"Since even the gray-robed priestesses of the orphanage can learn their mode of behavior, I don't think it will be a problem for Miss Maine . Please learn the mode of behavior from Rosina . "

" . . . Alright . "