My Beloved Dog is the Strongest in Another World

I interviewed Mr. Winfield

"…Mr. Takumi. What is it that you want to ask?"

"Ah… Indeed. It is something that I ask everyone… Could you tell me how it is that you came to work for the duke?"

"I see… Where do I begin? My family has now worked as servants for several generations. My parents worked for the duke's family, and that is how I was brought in."

"For generations…"

Well, it's not like the noble family would be gone in ten or twenty years. So such things were likely not unusual.

If Walter continued to work…perhaps his children may also work for this family.

"Yes. Ever since I can remember, my parents were working at the duke's house. So it felt natural for me to follow them."

"I understand. Still, I suppose it wasn't always the case with your family. You said several generations?"

"Well, a little. But Mr. Ekenhart wanted to keep a lot of things a surprise."

This was half true and half false.

He had only told me their ages and how they had worked.

After that, Claire and Sebastian had also told me what they knew. Once I told Sebastian that Claire and Liza felt there was something strange about him, Sebastian talked to me quite happily.

But I wanted him to think I knew very little, just so that I could catch him in a lie… I had not wanted to do such a thing, but Ms. Lyra had said it was necessary.

"I see… well, to be precise, it has been four generations. Back then, my family were nobles. From what I had heard, my great-grandfather was once a count."

"A count.."

"But our house fell and now we have become a family who serves."

Sebastian had not told me that it was his great-grandfather.

Well, it was a long time ago, so he likely did not know.

He just knew of the former title, and that there had been serious reasons for being stripped of it. Everything from tormenting his people to treason against the king and plotting with foreign countries…

"I heard from my parents that after the family fell from grace, another noble took in my great-grandmother and made her work as a servant."

That was certainly a dramatic turn of events.

Sebastian had said that since they had the right behavior, depending on their personality and abilities, they could be quite sought after as servants.

Even if their parents were criminals, the children were not treated badly…most of the time.

"My great-grandmother and my grandparents dreamed of restoring the family, but…my parents have given up on that. Though, I am sure they still hope…"

"I see…"

"The duke, Lady Claire and the other servants are very kind to us. And so I have no…ambitions or regaining what was lost."

Well, if I was told that my family was important over a hundred years ago, I doubt I'd care much about it either.

But then again, I noticed that Windfield told one lie just now.

Ms. Lyra noticed it as well, as she had heard from Sebastian. While pouring some tea, she nodded at me.

Also, I saw that Claire and Sebastian also had serious expressions as they looked in through the window.

Leo and Liza looked the same… I wished that she would stop waving her hand…

Well… I now realized that it would be difficult to believe Windfield if we continued to talk like this…