Chapter 22.2

after becoming a maid, jian came whenever she had the time just to trouble me, and curtis was also unlucky.

“huuuu…”

i’m so sad! i’m so sad that i don’t want to live anymore!

whether it was in a novel or a game, people lived well as a noble lady! why do i have to be abandoned in this shitty game and work as a maid?!

“huuuu…”

valérez, who was watching me as i cried and hit the ground, hugged me awkwardly.

“my lady, i know that you’re not living here because you want to.”

i couldn’t see his expression at all, but i could tell from his trembling voice that he too was restless.

“i’m sorry to have questioned you so much when your job as a maid must be really hard, huh?”

he took out his handkerchief, pressed it to my wet eyes and continued to talk to me.

“stop crying. please.”

“huu!”

“you’ll get dehydrated at this rate, my lady.”

i wanted to stop crying at that instant, but i couldn’t because i was trapped in the game and haven’t cried even once.

“it’s driving me crazy. stop! stop!”

“…”

valérez, who was patting me on the back as i suffocated and coughed from crying too much, sighed and chewed his lips.

“good girl. now let’s get out of here.”

my eyes widened at his words as he hugged me.

“i kind of have a situation with the marquis. if he finds out i’m here, it could start a war.”

“what? war?”

if it was a war between the marquis and the duke, it was like a civil war. i found myself stammering at valérez’s unpleasant words.

“well, why did you come all the way here then?” i asked.

“try guessing,” he said as he tapped my red nose with his finger and smiled mischievously, “i’m here to see you.”

i pouted my lips at his refreshing smile.

‘lier. he said earlier he came to confirm my identity and asked why i lied…’

why was he so good at flirting when he was a virgin and an innocent man? his smile shook women’s hearts, befitting his nickname.

* * *

valérez didn’t take me to the red house. although it was located downtown of the imperial capital, we arrived at a huge mansion and he pushed me to a corner after pushing the front doors open.

“hey, where are we?”

my eyes almost popped out of their socket to a place i had never seen in a game before.

“my house,” he answered briefly and looked at me from head to toe. “let’s wash up and change our clothes first.”

‘is it very dirty?’

well, after being bathed with all the dust in the study, i even sat down in the garden and cried…

my apron, which was covered in dust, grass, and tear stains, was gray as if it was never white in the beginning.

“bring me some clothes for this lady to change into. it’s all dusty,” he said as he beckoned a passing staff, and then added sarcastically, “anyway, that pig-like marquis is really something to his employees.”

“all people from the marquis abina’s family are like that,” the staff answered sourly.

it was the same face that i had seen from red house, and noticing that i was staring at him, he turned and bowed to me politely.

“hello, miss. you can call me mallorca.”

“oh, hello.”

“yes, please follow me this way.”

i followed the man who introduced himself as mallorca up the huge spiral staircase in the middle of the entrance.

‘it’s an incredibly huge mansion considering its downtown of the imperial capital.’

i didn’t know much about the alfrenheim empire, the game’s background, but it was common sense that this mansion was quite unusual as the houses in the imperial capital had higher housing prices.

‘it looks even more expensive compared to marquis abina’s mansion in the capital.’

the size was also humongous, but the level of delicacy of the golden lions decorating each floor of the stairs was surprising. the lion’s teeth, with its mouth wide open, shone with various jewels.

‘…can’t i just take one off?’

then it would be possible to end my life as a maid. as i thought of touching the lion’s jewel teeth, mallorca smiled and pointed to the door on the left side of the stairs.

“you can enter the room marked as the toilet. someone inside will help you change.”

carefully opening the door with mallorca’s guidance, my jaws dropped to the ground as i completely forgot about my situation.

“wow…”