About the time I was picked up and adopted by Tallulah

——I was mistaken for a servant in this house!

"Hey, that little guy over there."

"..."

"That little dwarf who just came in over there!"

"..."

A man dressed in chef's clothes pointed at Orson with a spatula and shouted, while Orson looked as if he was saying, "I guess you're not calling me."

"You guy-"

"It's rude to call someone that, you know? And it's too ambiguous. Is 185cm considered short? No, what about 184cm? No, either. So if we keep iterating, what about 163cm?"

Orson questioned the chef angrily.

"163cm is indeed very short."

"...Why are you calling me anyway?"

Orson asked unhappily. Although Orson was recognized as a good-tempered person in the Reunion Movement and Rhodes Island, even Orson would get angry if he was hit on such a high intensity sore spot.

"Send this appetizer to the young master and the guests. Remember, there must be no mistakes! I don't want to be implicated."

The chef placed two plates of fruit pudding in front of Orson, then immediately ran back to the stove, apparently to prepare the main course.

The guest...you are talking about Maria, right?

Orson rubbed his hair. It seemed that it would be very troublesome to explain now. And judging from Maria's previous reaction, she probably didn't want other people to know about her actions this time.

Although I don't know why the servants here unexpectedly don't recognize me, I might as well take this opportunity to sneak in.

Orson thought for a moment, then raised the plate and immediately put himself in the role of a servant. He asked where the living room was and then started to act.

Arriving in the living room, Orson immediately saw the 'Noon Knight' who had been the subject of much discussion in the media and among the audience. Sitting next to him was Maria, the reason for his outing.

The Noon Knight looked pretty much the same as he did on TV and in the game videos, still with that humble and gentle expression. But unlike what Orson expected, Maria beside him didn't look very happy, but rather seemed a little subtly embarrassed.

Orson noticed that the Noon Knight seemed to be about to reach out and hold Maria beside him. Orson, who had no intention of stopping the two, suddenly saw Maria pulling her hand back.

"——This is the appetizer, please enjoy it, Master and Miss."

Just before the man on the pool was about to hold Maria's hand, Orson made a move to interrupt him.

Orson said this in a more mature voice, while being careful not to show his face in front of Maria.

One of the advantages of a virtual vocal cord is that you can change your voice at will. In theory, Orson can even use the voice of Hatsune Miku/Luo Tianyi, or debut as a VTB virtual anchor.

"Put it here."

The Noon Knight was stunned for a moment, but he quickly signaled Orson to put down the plate and leave. He then returned his attention to Maria.

The Noon Knight attacked again, this time seemingly intending to stroke Maria's hair.

"Master, the kitchen staff would like you to know how well-done the steak you are preparing for our guests would be."

Orson interrupted accurately again, but this time he changed his voice and hid aside to avoid being exposed.

"——Just tell the kitchen staff to do the same as usual. Don't ask me about this kind of thing again."

Although the Noon Knight still responded in a polite and elegant manner, his tone was obviously higher than before.

"I understand, Master. Then I'll cook it according to your favorite medium rare..."

"I don't normally eat raw meat! You're fired!"

The Noon Knight angrily dismissed a non-existent servant, then put the patch on the plate into his mouth and forced himself to calm down.

"I'm sorry, Miss Maria, I made you laugh."

The young nobleman was still powerful after all. The Noon Knight quickly calmed himself down and smiled at Maria.

"No, well... my coming here has caused you a lot of trouble, hasn't it? Actually, it doesn't have to be so formal."

Maria responded somewhat embarrassedly, and at the same time did not meet the other person's eyes, as if she wanted to dodge.

"It's not a big deal at all. To be able to invite the cavalryman of the Linguang family to dinner is a real blessing to me. What's more, this cavalryman has such beautiful eyes and golden hair, which makes me..."

"Master! I brought the medical kit!"

Noon Knight's cheesy love talk was interrupted again, but this time it was not Orson, but the head maid he had met before.

"Medical kit...what?"

Noon Knight was bewildered, but the head maid hurriedly opened the medical kit, took out a pair of pliers and tried to pry open Noon Knight's throat and stuff the medicine in.

"Mmmmm--cough cough! Stop it, damn it, what are you doing?"

The Noon Knight slapped the medical kit away from the head maid's hand, and then questioned the head maid loudly with veins on his forehead.

"Eh? But...you just said that 'a cherry stem got stuck in your throat while you were eating fruit pudding'?"

The head maid also noticed the difference at this time and stared at the Noon Knight with a confused look on her face.

"You... forget it. Perhaps you're just too tired, which is why you're hallucinating. It's time for you to take a good 'vacation' - Head Maid."

The Noon Knight suppressed his anger, and with Maria right beside him, he simply told the head maid to leave the room.

"I'm truly sorry. It seems my servant is feeling a bit unwell today. Miss Maria, you mentioned earlier that you were very interested in my family. So while we wait for dinner to be served, we can look for the things you're curious about. They're all in my room."

The Noon Knight suppressed his anger and, as if to avoid further complications, he invited Maria into his room.

"About the family... I know, then I-"

"Master, the head deacon suddenly packed up and was about to run away! We couldn't stop him no matter what we did!"

This time it was a deacon who interrupted the two.

"Running away—what's going on?"

Once or twice would be fine, but with so many inexplicable "interferences" appearing one after another, the Noon Knight now vaguely felt that something was not right.

"Well, I'm not sure exactly... It seems like it was a short guy who claimed to be a new butler. He ended up completely outperforming the head butler in terms of etiquette, tea-making, and housework. Unable to accept this reality, the head butler chose to retire!"

"Take me there. Sorry, Miss Maria, please wait for me for a moment."

The Noon Knight smiled at Maria, then followed the acting butler out of the living room with an expressionless face.

"Aha……"

Maria, confused about the situation, sighed deeply. In fact, she was a little uncomfortable with the Noon Knight's cordial invitation from the beginning, but she didn't know how to express it.

Just as Maria was thinking about what to do next and whether to leave here, a hand reached out from beside Maria.

"follow me."

It was an extremely familiar voice. Perhaps because I was in an unfamiliar environment, this voice seemed even more reassuring.

"Orson...?"

Maria looked at the butler in front of her in surprise, and at the same time, without any resistance, she held Orson's outstretched hand and followed him out of the living room.

"Walk this way, you can avoid most people's sight."

Orson led Maria around most of the crowded areas in the mansion and soon arrived at the entrance.

"Orson, why are you here?"

"Don't forget I'm also Maria's Knight-Squire."

Orson opened the door and signaled Maria to leave the Sangster family mansion first.

"Wait a minute, I can't leave like this, I still have something to say to Mr. Noon Knight-"

"Let's talk next time, Maria."

Orson rarely takes the initiative to dissuade others from doing certain things, but at this moment he just wants Maria to leave the house of this knight.

"I see."

Maria didn't say anything else, she just nodded in agreement with Orson.

Just as the two were about to leave, the Noon Knight, who had come up empty-handed, came to the entrance and immediately saw Maria who was about to leave, and Orson with his back to him.

"You're—um, you're the infected person from the knight competition?"

Unlike the servants in the mansion, the Noon Knight recognized Orson.

"Hello, Mr. Noon Knight. I am Maria's attendant knight, Orson. I'm here to take my master home. I didn't expect you to know me."

Orson bowed slightly to the young master of the Sangster Knight family in front of him, but after the Noon Knight recognized Orson as the 'Infected Knight', he showed an expression of disgust that was barely concealed, and took two steps back to keep a certain distance from Orson.

——Although it’s not as serious as in Ursus, the prejudice against the infected in Casimir has always existed in another form.

"Ms. Maria—could I have a word with your knight?"

"Eh? Uh, okay."

Maria seemed to be still not used to this "upper-class status" where she had subordinates to control, and she was stunned for a moment before responding.

"Well, Mr. Orson—let me be frank with you, you are not fit to be with Miss Maria."

After getting Maria's approval, Noon Knight lowered his voice and spoke to Orson.

"The Long Cavalry of the Linguang Family is not something a lowly infected person like you can touch. What do you want to use her for? I have no interest in it, but I cannot tolerate someone like you parasitizing the Linguang Family."

Although his words were extremely sharp, the Noon Knight who spoke them maintained the same smile as in the TV commercials.

"You filthy fellows should be aware of your own existence. Infected ones like you are nothing more than maggots that happened to crawl out of the sewers. How dare you attempt to touch those knights and nobles? There's a limit to joking. Your existence simply disgusts me."

"There won't be a next time. You'd better pray you don't see me at the knight competition, or I will kill you myself in front of everyone in attendance."

After saying that, the Noon Knight also saluted Orson, then waved to Maria to indicate that he would be fully prepared this time and she must come when the time comes.

On the way home, although Maria wanted to ask Orson why he appeared in the Sangster family mansion, she didn't dare to ask for some reason.

In the end, Maria could only manage a subtle "You're not angry, are you, Orson...?"

"Angry? Of course not."

Orson tilted his head, and seeing his silly look, Maria felt a little relieved.

"So... Noon Knight, what did Mr. Sangster say to you?"

Maria asked curiously. The conversation between the two before they left did not reach Maria's ears because the Noon Knight lowered his voice suspiciously.

"Well, it's nothing serious. The guy at the pool said my housekeeping skills were amazing and asked if I'd be interested in working for him."

Orson didn't intend to tell Maria about the other party's rubbish and harsh words, so he just said a few words casually.

"That won't do...! Orson is still my attendant knight, right?"

"Of course, my Lord."

Unexpectedly, Maria's reaction was surprisingly big. Seeing Maria's anxious look, Orson smiled, stood on tiptoe to create a height difference, and rubbed the pony's hair.

"Zzzz... Hmm? You guys are back... What's up... Zzz?"

After Orson and Maria returned home, they opened the door and saw Zofia lying on the sofa, looking dazed and drunk.

Although my aunt usually gives people the impression of being a serious and decisive social elite, in fact, she often works hard at home on her days off when her assets at the company do not need her to take care of anything.

"Really...I tend to drink too much if I'm not careful."

Orson sighed, picked up Zofia from the sofa in a standard princess hug, and then prepared to take her into the bedroom to let her lie down.

"Large pillow... hehehe, mua~"

I don’t know if it was the effect of alcohol, but the drunk Zofia seemed to treat Orson as a pillow. She stretched out her hands with a silly smile on her face and hugged Orson tightly.

Not only that, Zofia also pouted her lips and looked up at Orson's lips as if she was going to attack him.

"Aunt, aunt, calm down!?"

Maria, who saw this scene, immediately rushed over to interrupt the spell, snatched Sophia away with a weeping willow, and took her into her room in a panic.

"Wow..."

Orson blinked at Maria's form, hoping his aunt wouldn't vomit from that position.

After Maria left, Orson took out his cell phone and dialed a number.

"Ms. Platinum? Yes, it's me—no... I'm not asking you out for fun, but please be considerate of those who don't have a day off—and don't hang up!? Anyway, I want to check the information of a tournament knight, the 'Noon Knight.'"

Orson's expression was extremely serious. He was very concerned about the 'Noon Knight'.

Of course, a few seconds later, after hearing Platinum's "the price is 20 times of 'free shopping bag carrying' tool man", Orson still couldn't hold back and complained.