Edgar Family Chief Butler Ryōshū/Identity Story

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Identity Story

Speaker	Dialogue
	Clack, clack.
Chief Butler Ryōshū	You there, third from the right. Yes, the one who just wiped the window sill.
Edgar Family Timid Junior Butler	Y-yes ma'am?!
Chief Butler Ryōshū	Look at where the frames meet. Mold residue.
Chief Butler Ryōshū	Remember. No second chances.
Edgar Family Timid Junior Butler	A-apologies, ma'am!!!
	Clack, clack again.
Chief Butler Ryōshū	You there. Yes, the new hire from 23 days ago. Do you not see what's wrong with your broach?
Chief Butler Ryōshū	I suppose it'll look proper once I S.Y.N.C. Is that what you want?
Edgar Family Scared Junior Butler	I-I-I-I-I'll wear it right, ma'am…
	The child pays no mind to the fearful voices.
	She leaves nothing behind but the sound of her low-heeled boots clacking against the wooden flooring.
	There is less than a day to go until the wolven hunt begins.
	Thus begins the morning of the Chief Butler.
	She was never too nice to her subordinates to begin with, but…
	… clearly, she was much more on edge than usual, and that was clear in her attitude.
Edgar Family Ishmael	Lady Ryōshū.
Chief Butler Ryōshū	… What.
	Another child, one of her subordinates, walked up behind the Chief Butler.
	Her expression is grim. She's obviously gearing up to bring up a rather serious subject.
Edgar Family Ishmael	The other Butlers are… rather anxious. They're saying that you are quite different from your usual self, that the upcoming—
Chief Butler Ryōshū	"Quite different" from my usual self? Me?
Edgar Family Ishmael	… This is not to say that you normally do a sloppy job of overseeing our work. But you're much less lax than usual as of late.
Chief Butler Ryōshū	Hah, B.S. I would never let such imperfections slide.
Edgar Family Ishmael	Certainly. But usually, you often took it upon yourself to take care of such 'imperfections' because ordering someone else to do it for you was too bothersome.
Chief Butler Ryōshū	… Tsk.
	The child was quite self-aware of her own behavior.
	In fact, this newfound attitude was a deliberate one.
Edgar Family Ishmael	… I'll keep my guard up. I won't weigh you down once the hunt begins.
Chief Butler Ryōshū	Hm. I don't appreciate you trying to read me.
	The child sighs as she leaves the hallway. Something didn't go according to plan.
	She was merely trying to keep everyone on edge, so that…
	… when the wolf would inevitably come to besiege the manor, they could at least save their own skin.
	But her uncharacteristic actions were immediately obvious to those around her.
Chief Butler Ryōshū	Right… I suppose I'll stick to what I'm good at.
Chief Butler Ryōshū	Because…
Chief Butler Ryōshū	… I'm the best there is at housekeeping.
	A tenebrous night descends.
	The 'Wolf', the target of this hunt…
	… was much more powerful than anyone had anticipated. He emerged, imposing his intimidating strength before the child and the rest of her subordinates.
	The child instinctively knew.
	That no matter how much her subordinates mentally prepared themselves… there was no possible future in which they will survive this encounter.
	So she had but one choice. There never was an alternative.
Chief Butler Ryōshū	All of you. Get out of here.
Edgar Family Ishmael	Lady Ryōshū…?
Chief Butler Ryōshū	He is beyond all of you. You and your pathetic skills won't even leave a scratch on him.
Chief Butler Ryōshū	There's much work to be done back at the manor. You haven't even started your morning duties, have you? Run along, get to work.
	The child glared at the formidable wolf before her as she slowly drew her long knife.
	And that was the end of discussion.
	She didn't have any more words to impart to her subordinates. She needed every strength she could conserve…
	… to even have a chance at defeating this foe.
Chief Butler Ryōshū	R.U.D.E.
??? ???	Indeed. I am making a rather unfortunate, destructive entrance.
	The child's voice was as low and collected as it always was.
Chief Butler Ryōshū	I hardly imagined that such an encounter would lie in our future back when I raised you.
??? ???	…….
	But there was an odd shudder at the tip of the dagger she held. A little fear. Or perhaps, regret.
??? ???	I see that you now have much you must protect, Ryōshū.
??? ???	While I, as always, bring nothing but ruination. I only see what I must maul and destroy.
Chief Butler Ryōshū	… Hmph.
	The child fell silent.
	She wondered, for a moment, if things could have been different. If she had done something differently then.
	But they both knew very well that there was no point to such contemplations.
	At this point of no return, when nothing could possibly change... there was only one option left for the child.
	Hmph. I'm just taking care of an unfinished housekeeping chore.
Chief Butler Ryōshū	… To hunt the wolf that bares its teeth at the one who raised him.

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