It’s Been 500 Years as an Extra, and the Original Story Still Hasn’t Begun - Chapter 133

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500 Years as Just an Extra,

 

The Original Story Still Won’t Begin

 

Episode 133

 

Sophia was irritably beating down with the washing paddle in her hand.

 

“Damn it, why is there so much.”

 

She had been repeating the same task for three hours already, but the baskets piled up behind her showed no signs of diminishing. Today was particularly busy with an unusually large amount of work.

 

It had already been nearly two months since she was demoted to the laundry room after being caught threatening Hilda. Moreover, her rank was also demoted from a 2nd-grade to a 3rd-grade maid, and even her salary was reduced.

 

Since she wasn’t constrained by money anyway, the pay cut wasn’t something she needed to worry about. The problem was that her range of movement had greatly decreased.

 

Unlike before when she managed the main building rest room, she simply had no spare time at all.

 

Getting up at dawn and being stuck in the laundry room, the sun would set in an instant. Sometimes she even had to mend clothes or do ironing after dinner.

 

‘How on earth did I end up in such a state…!’

 

Working day and night, she had no time to meet with retainers, let alone time to chat with fellow maids. She couldn’t even think of freely wandering around the Grand Duke’s Castle to collect information like before.

 

After barely finishing her assigned work and having a late dinner, she returned to her lodging to find it was already well past 8 o’clock. At least today was fortunate that there was no additional work.

 

“If it weren’t for that damn mage…!”

 

That woman who was supposedly the Grand Duke’s daughter’s tutor. She heard later that the woman had reported everything about her threatening Hilda directly to the Grand Duchess Dowager.

 

Even the head maid who usually showed her favor, and the retainers she had charmed with bribes and feminine wiles, all showed reluctance. They said there was nothing they could do since it was directly ordered by the Grand Duchess Dowager herself.

 

‘I should have at least taught that insolent wench Hilda a lesson.’

 

She tried to incite the servants she had recruited in advance to do something about Hilda. But not long after, Hilda was appointed as the Grand Duke’s daughter’s court lady.

 

Since she had officially become a retainer, there was no way for ordinary servants to approach Hilda.

 

“What?”

 

She was applying cosmetics and oil to her rough and cracked fingers. Sophia felt the vibration of her necklace and got up from her seat.

 

After thoroughly locking the door and even drawing the curtains, she carefully removed her necklace and placed it on the desk. Then a faint light flickered from the pendant and a murky voice flowed out.

 

[Report.]

 

“This humble servant pays respects to the great Twilight.”

 

[Confirmed. What is the current situation?]

 

“There is nothing… particularly to report.”

 

[Nothing to report when even the Second Prince has visited? Are you even properly active?]

 

“Th-that is…”

 

Sophia bowed her head deeply to the unseen opponent and broke out in a cold sweat.

 

Being so overwhelmed with work, she couldn’t properly collect information. There was also a limit to forcibly fabricating content by picking up stories from other servants.

 

She had already given up two weeks ago on squeezing out such information that didn’t matter whether she knew it or not. Now she had no more words to make up.

 

[The informant at Tillan Fortress has been discovered.]

 

“…Is that true?”

 

[So it’s natural that you have nothing to say.]

 

Hearing those words, Sophia let out a sigh of relief.

 

When Tillan Fortress passed along some clues, Sophia would add detailed content based on that and relay it. The higher-ups were probably cross-verifying each piece of information.

 

‘I thought it was strange that there was no contact last week, but an incident had already occurred.’

 

She didn’t know how the situation was unfolding, but it was fortunate enough that they weren’t holding her responsible.

 

[Refrain from any suspicious behavior until March. There will be no contact from this side either. If you obtain information you think is important, you may contact us first.]

 

“Understood.”

 

[Remember this. You must be careful with your actions before March.]

 

With those words, the light from the pendant disappeared. Sophia, who had been tense the entire time, could finally relax her expression.

 

“That was lucky.”

 

She did feel a bit sorry for the informant at Tillan Fortress, but she had no sympathy to spare for someone whose face and name she didn’t even know.

 

‘The Grand Duchess’s birthday is March 14th.’

 

It was just mid-February now, so preparations for the birthday banquet would probably begin in about a week.

 

Banquets held by noble families were occasions to show off the family’s prestige and wealth. Naturally, the maids would have much more work to do, and they would often be assigned to areas outside their usual duties.

 

‘I just need to hold out a little longer.’

 

A smile crossed Sophia’s lips as she finished applying oil to her fingers.

 

Since this was an event hosted by the Retis Grand Duchy after a long time, various benefits would be given to the servants as well. Perhaps she could even get her current punishment appropriately reduced.

 

Moreover, considering the indoor decorations and guest reception preparations, there was a high possibility they would reinstate her, given her long experience managing the break room.

 

“I’ll go to bed early today.”

 

After carefully applying cream even to the backs of her hands, she put on thin gloves and lay down on her bed.

 

Perhaps because she had let go of her burden, she felt drowsy even though it was only 9 o’clock.

 

* * *

 

“She still gets to use a private room even after being demoted?”

 

“If we made her move rooms in that situation, it would just cause unnecessary discord among the servants.”

 

“That makes sense.”

 

After all, Sophia was someone who had been a 2nd-class maid, so her pride would be quite high. The 3rd-class maids would view such a Sophia quite unfavorably.

 

“So, does this seem like useful information?”

 

“Yes. Thanks to this, we’ve properly caught their tail.”

 

Termion roughly organized the documents spread out on his desk and let out a hollow laugh as he recalled what had just happened.

 

After finishing dinner and being deeply absorbed in work, suddenly a flash of light burst from one side of his office and Ailesia appeared.

 

Since this was the first time she had visited so unexpectedly without notice, Termion couldn’t even react properly.

 

Then Ailesia suddenly pulled out a large mirror and raised her finger to her lips as if telling him to be quiet.

 

Thanks to that, Termion was able to watch in real-time as Sophia, reflected in the mirror, had a conversation with someone.

 

“Were you wiretapping or something?”

 

“Of course not. I set up a simple barrier in Sophia’s room. So I can check immediately when mana wavelengths are detected.”

 

“You’ve been maintaining that continuously ever since coming to the Grand Duke’s Castle?”

 

“What’s the big deal about that? I destroyed the Town House’s spatial distortion barrier in one go too.”

 

“…That’s not wrong.”

 

Even so, Ailesia’s magic was amazing every time he saw it.

 

A barrier that detects mana wavelengths was actually just basic magic. It’s just that one rarely thinks of utilizing it the way Ailesia does.

 

‘Maintaining a barrier in a specific location without a single magic tool is something that doesn’t make sense in itself.’

 

Another research topic to throw at Lord Dayford has appeared. Termion muttered to himself and stood up from his seat.

 

“Shall I get you something to drink?”

 

“You’re going to make it yourself?”

 

“Though my skills aren’t particularly impressive.”

 

“Then that thing we drank at the advance base last time… what was it? The one with alcohol in chocolate.”

 

“You seem to have liked it.”

 

Inside the office, there was a separate tea room. Termion opened the door and went in, making rustling sounds before soon appearing with two glasses of warm chocolate milk.

 

“Wow, I’ll enjoy this.”

 

“You could drink as much as you want if you just asked a maid.”

 

“But then the atmosphere wouldn’t be right.”

 

“This isn’t the middle of a mountain range either.”

 

“No? It was nice because you brought it to me.”

 

At those words, Termion flinched and only turned his eyes to the side while keeping the cup at his lips, but Ailesia continued with a mischievous expression.

 

“If not at times like this, when else would I get to boss around the Grand Duke?”

 

“…Is Elly asleep?”

 

“She’s probably playing with Kalior? Don’t worry since Hilda and Rebecca are with them.”

 

Termion, who barely managed to change the subject, tilted his cup while pretending to be calm.

 

The sharp alcohol scent hidden in the sweet liquid that smoothly coated his mouth hotly swept down his throat.

 

That feeling was just like Ailesia. Lately, whenever he faced her, he always felt this way.

 

‘Still a long way to go.’

 

How could he be so shaken by just a single word, a single gesture? After swallowing a few more sips to calm himself down, he asked Ailesia.

 

“That aside… What should we do about that maid named Sophia?”

 

“We could just arrest and interrogate her right away, couldn’t we?”

 

“I don’t think moderate methods would work at all.”

 

Baron Baton and Noid Warren had opened their mouths quite obediently, but those two were people who had belonged to Retis before betraying them.

 

Thinking of Sigmund, who had stubbornly held out until the prohibition curse was lifted, there was a high possibility that Sophia, who had been infiltrated from the outside from the beginning, would also be no easy opponent.

 

“There is a simple and certain method though.”

 

“How?”

 

Ailesia, who was tightly gripping her cup with both hands, answered in a calm voice.

 

“Mental manipulation magic.”

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