The Guild uniform, the sort that could make an ordinary person look like a country bumpkin, did nothing to conceal her tall, shapely figure. Instead, it only accentuated her innate air of intelligence.
But right now.
Haimo noticed.
Two very obvious dark circles hung beneath Eina's eyes, and even her usually immaculate, shoulder-length brown hair had a few strands clinging untidily to her cheeks from exhaustion.
Clearly.
This was the result of severe sleep deprivation.
"Good evening, Miss Eina."
"It looks like work at the Guild has been as grueling as ever lately. Have you still not been getting enough rest?"
Haimo stopped and greeted her naturally.
His gaze swept over the two obvious dark circles beneath Eina's eyes as he did.
"I-I'm doing all right..."
With her exhaustion pointed out so directly.
A flush immediately spread across Eina's cheeks.
She hurriedly raised her right hand and tucked the loose brown strands behind her ear, using the gesture to hide her unease.
"Actually, thanks to you, Lord Haimo, Chairman Royman reassigned most of my miscellaneous duties to other staff members the day before yesterday."
"My sole responsibility at the Guild now is handling all matters related to your Familia. I no longer have to deal with all those trivial coordination tasks like before."
"It's just that I felt I hadn't finished organizing some files on the latest changes in the Dungeon's middle floors."
"I thought that, with how quickly your Familia members level up, you'd soon need detailed information on the deeper floors. I didn't want to hold things up, so I volunteered to stay late and organize it..."
As Eina explained quietly, her gaze unconsciously flicked toward Haimo before she hurriedly lowered it.
After hearing this, Haimo shook his head helplessly.
"You don't need to work yourself so