"Only as needed to ensure their retainment of skills," she replied. A smile ghosted her lips — neither warm nor cold, merely appropriate. In the hierarchy of the estate, competence commanded respect; sentiment was a luxury the household could seldom afford.
Hayato's eyebrows rose, a small concession to surprise. "You're suggesting more work for the staff." maid kyouiku botsuraku kizoku rurikawa tsubaki 2021
Rurikawa Tsubaki adjusted the lace cuff of her maid uniform with the meticulous care of someone who treated ceremony as refuge. Even here, in the dim rose-glow of the mansion's library, there was a quiet precision to her movements — a measured grace that made the dust motes seem like an audience held in rapt attention. "Only as needed to ensure their retainment of