After arranging Lamb's funeral affairs, Horace personally led Lane to find his daughter.
On the way, Horace introduced his daughter to Lane:
"Nanali... is actually quite reassuring. But she has a somewhat unruly personality and is difficult to take care of for ordinary people. I think it might be difficult for you to accept this job, Lane."
Lane shook his head: "I have already made the knight's vow and naturally cannot go back on it."
"In that case, I will find a new butler to take care of Nanali as soon as possible. Before that, it will be hard for you."
Lane didn't really care. Just a count's daughter. Could she be more difficult to deal with than a demon general?
"We're here."
After walking for a while, Horace stopped in front of a room.
Horace raised his hand to knock on the door, but after his hand hovered for a moment, he shook his head:
"Better for you to knock. Let you get to know Nanali. I... I'll leave first."
After saying that, Horace hurriedly left, leaving Lane alone, as if avoiding something.
Watching Horace go far away, Lane turned his head and looked at the door in front of him.
And then, it was the scene that happened at the beginning.
Being sized up silently like this by Lane, Nanali was obviously a little unhappy. She frowned her petite eyebrows and said:
"Who are you?"
The childish voice was also very pleasant, like a jangling silver bell. It would be better if there wasn't that impatient tone.
Lane also realized that he was a little impolite. He showed a smile that he thought was rather friendly:
"Hello, Miss Nanali. My name is Lane and I will be your personal butler starting today..."
"Bang!"
Before the self-introduction was finished, Nanali turned her head and closed the room door.
Lane stood at the door, still wearing that smile on his face, but at this time, it was a little stiff.
Could it be... that I look very annoying?
Lane thought his appearance was rather handsome. The biggest feature of black hair and black eyes was not discriminated against in this empire. Instead, it was more likely to be favored. Maybe... it was because the old Lamb who had been taking care of Nanali just passed away, so Miss Nanali was still a little sad?
It should be. Lane guessed that just introducing himself as Nanali's personal butler might have hurt Nanali.
Let Nanali calm down for a while. Don't mention the matter of the butler in front of Nanali for now. Just follow the principles of a butler.
Next, it was Lamb's funeral.
A feast, of course, there wasn't one. There was no such custom here.
But as the old butler who had served the Yashi family all his life, the scale of the funeral held was also quite large. It was completely held in accordance with the funeral scale of a direct descendant of the Yashi family's passing.
Lane, as Lamb's adopted son and with the identity of a knight, was arranged at the front. He was responsible for placing the body in the coffin, presenting flowers, and praying with the priest.
Throughout the entire process, Nanali never showed up.
After the funeral of old Lamb, the count couple left.
Watching the count couple leave, Lane only then realized that it seemed from the time he arrived here until now, the count couple had never met their daughter Nanali either.
Strange family relationship...
But since the count couple had already left, it meant that they trusted Lane to take care of Nanali with peace of mind.
Coming to the butler's room, Lane opened the closet and changed into a well-fitting butler suit.
Raising his index finger, Lane silently recited a spell in his heart. Then a circular water surface like a mirror appeared in front of Lane. Looking at himself wearing the butler suit in the mirror, Lane nodded in satisfaction. This was much more comfortable than wearing armor.
"It's magic!"
"It is magic."
Just when Lane was posing showily, two light female voices suddenly came from the doorway.
The movement of Lane's pose slightly froze. Turning his head, he saw two cute young girls in maid outfits lying on the side door frame of the room, staring at him intently.
The reason why they were said to be young girls was that they seemed younger than Lane. They both had flaxen hair and were holding handkerchiefs and brooms in their hands. It seemed they were maids of the residence and came to clean the room.
After a moment of silence, Lane calmly returned his pose to normal. After adjusting the bow tie of the butler suit, he introduced himself to the two girls:
"Hello, I'm Lane. I will be the personal butler of Miss Nanali from today."
"Hello, Mr. Butler!"
Among the two girls, there was a very energetic double ponytail girl who waved at Lane with a smile and said:
"My name is Daisy, and this is my sister, Darrie!"
As the elder sister, Darrie was more steady than Daisy. Her flaxen hair was not tied up like Daisy's but instead flowed down her back like a waterfall.
Darrie smiled slightly and gave Lane a standard maid's courtesy:
"Mr. Butler, excuse me for being impolite."
"No need to be so polite. Just call me Lane."
Lane carefully sized up the two girls again and then asked: "How many maids are there in the residence?"
"Reporting to Mr. Lane, there are only my sister and I as maids in the residence."
Lane: "..." With Count Horace's capital, it seemed that he could afford to hire a few more maids, right?
Noticing Lane's confusion, Darrie smiled and explained:
"It's not that the count is stingy, but this residence is already manageable with just my sister and I."
Well, very confident. Lane liked to discipline such young knights the most when he was in the knight order.
Of course, this wasn't the knight order here, and Lane was only a temporary butler.
"Mr. Lane!"
Daisy trotted up, her small face almost touching Lane's, her eyes blinking:
"Can you teach me that magic just now? With that magic, it must be very convenient to do housework!"
"Daisy!"
Seeing Daisy like this, Darrie's tone was slightly annoyed.
Lane, however, waved his hand: "Of course, I'll teach you when I have time."
"Yay!"
Darrie rubbed her brows, seemingly having no way with her lively sister.
Lane glanced at the sky outside and said to Darrie: "It's time to make dinner, right?"
Darrie nodded: "Yes, I was about to cook after cleaning this room with my sister."
Lane thought for a moment and said: "How about I make this dinner?"
"Ah?"
Darrie was stunned for a moment, then quickly waved her hand: "How can this be..."
"Good! Good!" Daisy, however, smiled and interrupted Darrie's words: "At the first sight of Mr. Lane, Mr. Lane gave me a feeling that he can do everything. I'm looking forward to Mr. Lane's dinner!"
"Surely won't disappoint you."
Lane was very confident.
In the memory of that unlucky transmigrator, there were many methods of making delicious food. Lane had long wanted to give it a try.
However, during the days of the knight order's expedition, Lane had no chance to try at all...