"~~~~

　Humming a tune, I clean Master's office.

　Master is currently on his way to a meeting of the Demon King's Army. He's going to meet with the other leaders of the army and I don't know what they're going to talk about because it's difficult for me to know.

　But there are things we can do in the meantime.
　Your master is here every day, busy with paperwork.
　He'll be spending a lot of time in this room, so it's necessary to clean it carefully.

　It is basic for a maid to pay as much attention to make the master's life as comfortable as possible while he is working.

　I will clean everything without missing a single speck of dust!
　Remove the dust from the top of the bookcase with a paddle.
　Carefully wipe down the desk and other areas with a cloth.
　Finally, the floor is swept all over.

　It's been about an hour. The room is now so clean that the time and effort we put into it has made a huge difference.

　The master doesn't tend to get his rooms dirty, so it didn't take as long as I had expected.

　Nevertheless, Satie was satisfied with the cleanliness of the room.

''Well... I guess I'll just have to get the tea and coffee.

　When we had finished ventilating the room, I closed the window and went to the kitchen.
　I'm sure master will come home from his meeting exhausted.

　It's my duty as a maid to make sure he has something to drink that he wants.

　If he is tired, perhaps a cup of tea that is sweeter than usual?　Or is it a dark coffee that runs bitter to help you do your job better?

　I tried coffee at the suggestion of master once, but...

　.........was it too early for Satie? It was already bitter at the smell, and when I put it in my mouth, it was bitter as if my whole body had become a poisonous plant.......

　 I'm still a long way from Satie.

　Just as I was leaving the office and heading for the kitchen, I heard

Well..........oh....

　Standing in front of the room was Giron, the orc who is the master's right-hand man, the orc who serves as the chief of staff in the 8th Legion.

　He is holding a large bundle of documents.

　Because of the high pile of documents, I can't even see my front. He is staggered and unreliable, balancing himself unsteadily.

'Jiron-san, are you okay?'

Hmm?　Oh, you're Satie? Heh, it's nothing to worry about.

Can I give you a little something to help you with that?

Well, that's great...

　It was at that moment that I held out my hand to him.
　Giron-san kicked and tripped over the carpet on the floor - and fell as hard as he could.
　The documents fluttered in the air with a splash.

　It looked like a sky on which a huge snowfall had fallen, and I thought it was beautiful.

Oh no, I shouldn't have done that. Ike's husband will have to look at the documents for me...

I'm here to help, Mr. Giron. It won't take long for us both to get it together.

Yeah, yeah. Oh, I'm sorry, Satie, I'm sorry. I owe you one.

　As I said this, Jiron-san and I began to gather up the papers that were scattered on the floor.

　Fortunately, the windows in the corridor were closed, so we didn't have to scatter them so widely. It would take two of us to finish gathering this much, but it seemed to take two of us to finish it quickly.

　........But even so, it's a huge amount of documents.

Your husband reads them all for work, right?

I guess so. I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work. I don't have a clue about it.

Don't you understand, Mr. Giron?

I don't know. I'm just an idiot.

　Mr. Giron looked soft and scratched his cheek with a peck on his cheek.

''That's not true. Master has chosen Jiron-san to be his chief of staff from among the many demon tribe members. There must be some advantages that Jiron-san himself may not be aware of.

'Haha, I hope so. Well, I'm the guy who's been entrusted with governing the city for a while when my husband isn't in town, but I hardly even have the paperwork to make sense of it.

　As he said this, he began to gather up the papers scattered in the hallway.

　Sometimes I glance at them, but they are so difficult to read that I don't even understand what they say.

What is this.........paperwork about?

That's the construction paperwork.

Construction, sir?

'Oh, you can't do construction work without permission. As long as you build or tear down a building, there will be dust flying around and noise. If it's a private house, you can just go around and greet people yourself, but this is construction work on a building owned by the city. During the construction period, the streets will be narrower, and we have to get permission for all sorts of things.

'Oh, okay ... so what's this then?　What are the documents?

It's a festival document. Apparently it's a harvest festival in honor of the Earth Mother God. This kind of festival also takes over a part of the city and uses it. You can't open it without permission. You need the permission of your husband, the lord of the land.

'There are a lot of circumstances, aren't there?

I wouldn't know anything about that.

　Mr. Giron held out his hands and shook his head gently.

'From what I've read, it's something about lightening the tax rate for people who farm or something like that... yeah, something like that. Apparently it's a tax document.

I see...

　I read what I was told, but I have no idea.

　Doesn't your husband stare at these incomprehensible documents all day long and his head explodes? I'm worried.

Well, I don't know. Well, let's leave it to Ike's husband. I'm sure he'll do everything right.

Mr. Giron, you are relying on your master for help.

Of course. He's a great guy.

The amazing man...

Yeah, he's a great guy. I've been with the Demon King's Army for a long time, but I've never heard of anyone with that kind of intelligence. I was a brigade commander not long ago, and now I'm the commander of the crying Eighth Legion. I thought he was amazing when I first met him, but now I can only say that he's so amazing!

Yes. I think so too.

'Right?　We're lucky to have each other's attention, right?

　Yes," I reply cheerfully.
　I am the person I am today because the master found me that day.

　If I had never met the master, I would have been lost on the streets. If I had not met the master, I would have been lost on the streets, and I would have left the world with a lonely feeling.

　It is as if the master saved me.

Good. It's all coming together at last.

I'll take half. The door's open.

Oh, that's great, Satie. You're very prepared. You're very helpful.

　This time, I pile up the documents high enough that they don't fall down and take them to my master's desk.

　When I look at it again, it's still a huge amount of paperwork.
　It was amazing that he could handle so many documents all by himself.
　I realized how "amazing" he really is.