When I knocked on the office door, Ivan, Alexei's servant, opened the door and looked at Ekaterina and circled her eyes.

"Ma'am, I can't believe you're carrying such a big package"

It just takes a basket. Unlike Mina, Ivan, who is smiling and loving, is as attentive a servant as Mina is. He is quite handsome, with light brown hair and amber eyes being gentle and tall enough not to be so different from Alexei.

"Thank you. Can I make you all some tea?

"You smell good. What's wrong with this?"

"Ugh. I made it."

When I accidentally said it in Nico, I was stunned. You don't have to look amazing like that.

My lord, the lady is here.

Ivan, recovered, spoke up, and Alexei looked up.

"Ekaterina. What's wrong?"

"I brought your brother a meal."

"She said the lady made it."

Ivan gave him a basket to show, and Alexei rounded his eyes. Alexei as well as the Duke's executives in the office are looking up at this one at the same time.

Are you so surprised?

Just in time.

"Ladies and gentlemen, stop your hands a little and do not eat? It's about a snack, but I tried to cook it."

"I didn't know you made it... no way"

"Yes, brother, rent the kitchen in the dining room, I will.... Well, I made it while I was teaching you, and I don't think you're so worried."

While I'm saying it, my servant Ivan, who can, arranges the plates and serves the crêpe dressing out of the basket. Yeah, well, I remember, Ekaterina gave Ivan something well wrapped in paper.

"This is for you, I wrapped it to keep it cool. Enjoy it when you've been served."

"Is that for me too?"

Ivan received with surprise and pleasure.

"... delicious"

Ekaterina rose when she heard Alexei whining with mild surprise after a bite.

Yay! That wasn't a compliment! Poirot was out of my mouth!

My brother praised me!

"This is the kind of snack that a common man would buy and eat in a street. I used to eat it when I was a student, I miss it... or the sausage is spicy and delicious"

The young mine chief among the executives is squeaking and biting. With his scholarly look in glasses, he says his name is Aaron Kyle.

"It tastes like home in the Imperial Capital. At my parents' house, sautéed onions and bacon was a classic, but potatoes and bacon are delicious too."

It is Alexei's right arm, Boris Novak, who says idyllic things in a sinister voice. Since the Novak family is a division of the Yurnova family, I thought they were from the Duke's territory, and my grandfather Sergei set me up where I was a junior official of the Imperial Capital, and he became the son-in-law of the Novak family.

"I've had sweet ones with jams and stuff on the Duke's territory, but these kinds of utensils are good too. There are similar dishes in other countries."

Interestingly, Khalil Tarar is the director of commercial distribution. It is clear from the brown skin that he is from another country. He said he could draw the blood of a great chamber of commerce lord based in every country of the world and speak a number of words in detail about the circumstances of other countries.

In addition to them, the Forest Agriculture Director, the Treasurer, the Administrator, the Knights Commander, the Lawyer (the Legal Counsel), etc. work as Brayne of Alexei, who instead visits this office to make reports, petitions for leave, etc. Many of them are talent found by their grandfather Sergei, and are elite in their respective fields. You can call it the greatest fortune Sergei has left to his grandson. It was only with them that it was possible for Alexei to combine his studies with his work as Duke.

It is a rare sight for them to soothe chatter unrelated to their work, surrounded by common food.

"I've never heard of Novak's parents before. Where in the royal capital?

"It's Lower Town, Your Excellency, you know it. I haven't turned my legs on this in 20 years either...... it would have been a lot different.

Aaron, how about you? "

"My parents are very shabby, too, because they are five men at all costs. My parents must have forgotten I was here."

"If you're five men, we're still ten men and brothers alone. My father has three wives."

"That's amazing, Khalil"

The laughter of the men rose - I stopped perfectly remembering the presence of Ekaterina.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please don't worry. It sounds like fun, and most importantly."

Ekaterina grins. I've been experiencing sexual harassment all my life in the company life, so even if my wife is concerned about the subject with three people, I just want to know what's going on.

"I don't often talk to people like this. Thanks to you, Ekaterina."

"I'm so happy for your brother."

Ugh, and that was Ekaterina who would already smile at the full face. It's a good thing to change your mood even if it's short, as a countermeasure to the overwork death flag.

"I'll make something tomorrow, so can you have it?"

That said, Alexei glanced.

"I'm glad to hear it, but you cook from hand to hand. I'll make sure I have these things in the kitchen, so you should stop them already. What if I get hurt?"

"But let's not let it make you feel like it. If you don't demand special treatment from the school, you may want to consider that it could damage the reputation of the Duke of Yurnova."

"Mm..."

Oh, I knew it.

It's partly because of my lack of focus on food, but I guess I care about this neighborhood, too. It's a hit.

He used to say he'd do anything for you, like grades, but he said he wouldn't want to talk about himself.

"Someone in the same class made your own lunch. We cooked together, chatted, and enjoyed ourselves. Please let me continue."

"... if that's what you want"

As Alexei nodded reluctantly, the executives secretly bit off their laughter. Alexei, who had no love at work, but a big sweet look for her sister was a smile for them.

Even after Alexei and the others resumed their work, Ekaterina stayed in the clerk's office to help in detail, and nearly the end of her lunch break, Alexei cut off her work, before returning to the classroom.

Even after Alexei leaves, the executives continue to work in the office. There are mountains of instructions, paperwork, and things to do to their men in line with the policy they have decided to take during the lunch break. We have to separate them by the time Alexei gets back after school.

"I didn't think you could have your lady's hand cooking. I've never seen you before, but Master Ekaterina is beautiful and kind.

Besides, my brother thinks of you. When the Duke finally has a family that cares about you, he's emotional. "

Aaron says gladly.

"I agree, but that doesn't seem to be all you are.

Sir Novak, how about this proposal? Mr. Ekaterina's proposal. "

"I don't know - what is this, a carriage?

When he saw the documents he had received, Novak looked scratchy.

"It's a commercial revitalization measure for the Duke's territory, which has been a concern for a long time. Mr. Ekaterina, who saw that, saw in his report to Sir Aaron, wondered if he could make use of the wagon carrying gold from the mine to the Imperial Capital.

Returning from the royal capital to the Duke's territory, the carriage of the carriage is empty. If you want to go back to the Duke's territory with an escort at any rate, you can go home with a small shop or other luggage that cannot be purchased from the Imperial City without your own carriage. You said that this would increase the number of stores that could handle the royal capital's products, and that business would become more active.

Think of it, the freighter owned by our parents' chamber of commerce is loaded as much as possible, both round trip and back. We do the same thing in a carriage. "

……

Novak starts loading documents with a true face.

"Business is out of specialty...... it sounds like a casual idea and sounds like a pretty groundbreaking proposition. Our idea becomes vertical. People are rarely able to combine flexibly beyond that."

To Aaron's words, Khalil nodded.

"Exactly. I was surprised that a lady in a deep window who didn't know the world would come up with such a proposal. That's your sister, Lord Sergei's grandson."

When Ekaterina heard this assessment, she said, 'I'm just an arrasser who has developed logistics systems in my previous life! Sarsen!' he would scream in his heart.

But this was just the beginning.

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