Instead of My Beloved Sister, I Married a Monster - Chapter 45

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Chapter 45

“Oh my, you’re going to scout talent directly?”

“Not exactly scouting, but… I’ve only stayed within this castle all this time and never properly looked around Litberg. I became curious about how the people here live.”

“Then I’ll give you a proper tour of the outside today! Just wait a moment!”

Hanna, who answered with a face full of enthusiasm, bustled out of the room. She seemed to have gone to collect the remaining ninety-nine flyers she had left outside.

Evnia, who had been watching Hanna’s retreating figure with bewildered eyes, soon chuckled softly and closed the half-open window.

She wasn’t sure if this outing would achieve the goal of recruiting, but an excursion with Hanna would certainly be a good change of mood.

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Since it was a suddenly decided outing, the gathered group was modest.

Hanna, who was the originator of the plan, Evnia, who had been swayed by her words, and Count Max, who had come along to escort them.

For a noblewoman’s outing, the number of attendants was remarkably small, but the procession wasn’t entirely shabby.

This was because Count Max was at the front—the face of the group and owner of splendid fashion that caught everyone’s attention.

“You really look like a knight now.”

Evnia left an admiring compliment about Count Max’s completely changed appearance.

Unlike the two women who had come out in their usual clothes with just coats thrown over them, Count Max was dressed in brilliantly shining plate armor.

The joint movements were so delicate that it wouldn’t fall short even compared to the uniforms of the Royal Knight Order that represented this country.

When Evnia noticed his changed attire, Count Max seemed delighted and even bent his arms and legs, pretending nonchalance while striking various poses.

Then he said boastfully.

“Lord Ram bought it for me.”

“Wow.”

“Ohhh.”

Evnia and Hanna gave him heartfelt applause.

Thinking of his past self, who wore completely broken armor and constantly worried about his body touching the cracked surfaces, somehow made them feel touched.

They say a man’s transformation is innocent.

Count Max, who had regained his job and entire fortune and even shaved his beard, had become so handsome that his previous miserable appearance was unimaginable.

Now he finally looked his actual age.

“I’m really a lucky man…”

“Litberg Castle is really a good workplace.”

Hanna nodded as if she deeply agreed with Count Max’s words.

When she was under Giyermo, she definitely seemed to dream only of the day she could escape from this castle.

After being officially employed by Ram, Count Max looked exactly like someone who wanted to settle down at Litberg for life.

Evnia watched Count Max’s back as he walked down the path with excited steps, with curious eyes.

‘Regular employment is a good thing.’

The effects of excellent employee benefits, high salary, and good work-life balance were tremendous.

These days, Count Max maintained a constantly smiling face even when he was with Giyermo.

Ram’s intervention had also made it impossible for Giyermo to torment Count Max like before, but considering their relationship up until then, it was truly an amazing change.

“While welcoming new people is good, it’s a bit regrettable to think we won’t be able to get along as casually as before. Until now, it really was like playing house, as Seven said.”

As if wanting to avoid some misunderstanding, Count Max immediately added in a stern voice, “I mean, after Evnia came.”

Naturally, he seemed not to have forgotten the days when he was exploited under Giyermo either.

Back then, his life was certainly closer to a struggle for survival rather than child’s play. Though what Hanna pointed out was a slightly different matter.

“Playing house! I’ve only just started working like a real personal maid. Until now, I had no master to serve, so I just went around dusting the old dust in the castle.”

“…Miss Hanna, originally a noblewoman’s personal maid shouldn’t walk ahead of her master like this. Evnia is being extremely generous.”

“What? Then what about you, Count Max? You’re the one leading at the very front right now!”

“I’m the escort…”

Count Max taught Hanna common sense with an expression that said they had a long way to go.

Since Evnia also hoped that the same playful atmosphere would continue, these were manners she had deliberately not taught.

Evnia didn’t want Hanna to serve her respectfully like ordinary maids or just follow orders. Playing house was originally something done with friends.

What Evnia truly wanted from them was not precision but affection.

“Well, I haven’t done well either. Evnia, you must have been very tired taking care of our meals all this time, right? I’m sorry.”

“You don’t need to apologize. I did it because I liked it. It’s a good feeling when someone needs you, isn’t it?”

“You don’t need to say such empty words. Here we are, all going out together to find a chef.”

“I mean it. Actually, if Lord Ram was okay with it, I wanted to continue living like this. I really like Litberg Castle as it is now.”

Count Max looked back at Evnia with an expression of not quite understanding.

On the other hand, Hanna agreed with Evnia’s opinion without taking a breath, as if the opportunity to finally reveal her true feelings had come.

“Evnia! Evnia! Me too, I really like how things are now. Can’t we just tell Lord Ram to let us live like this? I don’t want to become just one of your many maids.”

“Don’t worry, I won’t hire more personal maids.”

“Evnia…! Then shall we just take a little walk and go back?”

“That won’t do. I have no intention of increasing maids for myself, but that doesn’t mean this castle doesn’t need people.”

“…Is there a difference? Lord Ram is trying to increase employees because of you, Evnia.”

“There is a difference. I think it’s something Lord Ram needs more.”

At Evnia’s answer, even Hanna made an expression of not quite understanding.

Since this was a feeling she hadn’t expected to explain to others, Evnia had to take time to organize her thoughts internally.

Eventually, Evnia slowly began to speak.

“Hanna, you said before that Lord Ram spent the last 10 years depressed, just sleeping.”

“…That’s right?”

“Even if he reunites with Nina, after sending her away again, I think Lord Ram will live like that again. As if the times without Nina have no meaning, just enduring blindly, only suffering.”

“…That would be the case.”

“I thought it would be good if he didn’t do that next time.”

“…”

“Having more people living together means more things to worry about. So he’d be forced to come outside sometimes, step up to solve problems when someone causes trouble, listen to trivial stories among bustling people… I thought it might be good if he lived busily like that. Sometimes so busy that he’d even forget he was waiting for someone.”

“…”

“I hope those times won’t be as painful as before.”

Litberg Castle was actually a place that didn’t need to employ anyone.

No maid to sweep and clean the interior until it shone, no chef to prepare sumptuous feasts for every meal, no gardener to beautifully maintain the castle grounds.

All roles could be replaced by the master with a single gesture, and he didn’t even want his castle to be well-maintained in the first place.

If a bride hadn’t been mistakenly delivered one day, Ram would have continued living the same life as before.

He could survive without problems even without eating or carefully tending to his health like ordinary people.

He no longer had reason to live like a human. He had long since ceased to be human.

However, a life that maintained itself without doing anything made him powerless by its very nature.

Since he didn’t need activities for survival, Ram spent all his given time purely on grieving.

A life filled only with sorrow.

Evnia thought such a miserable existence would be rare. She also hoped he wouldn’t live like that anymore.

This was precisely why she hadn’t stopped Ram’s decision to increase employees.

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