"Nice to meet you. I'm Thoma, housekeeper of the Kamisato Clan of the Yashiro Commission! It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Rita... and Lord Higokumaru."
Thoma looked at Rita before him, whose beauty and elegance were no less than his young mistress's, with curiosity and surprise in his eyes. He had already received a letter from Kamisato Ayaka, which had roughly explained Rita's situation.
Now that Kamisato Ayaka had brought Rita here herself, it seemed she truly regarded her as a close confidante and friend!
This was the first time Thoma had seen Kamisato Ayaka place such importance on someone. Although the young lady of the Kamisato Clan was courteous and polite to everyone... she had very few friends. Thoma knew that better than anyone.
Without him and the head of the Kamisato Clan by her side, Kamisato Ayaka often... did not even have anyone with whom she could speak her true feelings.
"I had heard Ayaka mention you long ago. Now that I see you... you are more or less as I imagined."
After sizing up Thoma a few times, Rita's first impression of him was quite favorable. That was likely because Kamisato Ayaka, Yoimiya, and even Kujou Sara had all mentioned him before.
And all of them had thought very highly of Thoma.
In Yoimiya's eyes, Thoma was someone exceptionally good with words. Whenever something came out of his mouth, there was always thought behind it. Whenever she ran into something even she could not handle, she would ask Thoma to step in.
Even when another version of herself, Raiden Mei, had chatted casually with Kujou Sara, Kujou Sara had expressed great desire for Thoma's talents.
The Tenryou Commission estate was just as large as the Kamisato residence. If it had such an outstanding housekeeper as Thoma,