It's Overwhelmingly Convenient That the Female Lead Has Darkened - Chapter 58

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A corrupted heroine is overwhelmingly convenient.
#58
Chapter 14. Edelgard Hall
“Bernard, how have you been?”
Kaelyun smiled as he patted the elderly butler’s shoulder.
‘So he does know how to smile.’
Daisy glanced sideways at Kaelyun and thought to herself.
In the original work, Kaelyun was a character who expressed emotion sparingly.
Even Daisy, who’d lived under the same roof, had scarcely seen him smile.
Yet here he was, smiling like that for the butler.
“You seem to have lost some weight.”
“Not at all. I’ve been getting on splendidly, so don’t you worry about this old man. It’s the young masters who toil so hard at the Academy — I’m just loafing about the manor all day.”
“Bernard Moer, loafing? Even a dog passing by would laugh at that. Everyone in the manor knows you’re a workaholic.”
“Nothing compared to the young master here. To see you grow so splendidly — I’ve no regrets left in life, should I pass tomorrow.”
“Don’t talk like that. You’ll live a very long time yet.”
“Young Master…”
Someone abruptly stepped into the elderly butler’s field of vision.
“Am I invisible or something? At this rate, next time I’ll have to come separately from my brother.”
At the rough but affectionate voice, the butler’s face brightened considerably.
“How could I overlook the second young master? Did the sword I sent you arrive in good condition?”
“Yeah, that one’s great. I told you the butler’s got good taste. Do me a favor next time too?”
For Chester Sableheart — ordinarily such a ruffian — that was remarkably courteous.
It would have been surprising in any other context, but with the butler as the subject, it seemed only natural.
Bernard Moer, the elderly butler of the Sableheart Family.
He was no ordinary servant.
Having served in Edelgard Hall since The Count’s father’s time, he had witnessed the boy grow into manhood, receive his title, marry, have children, and watched those children grow in turn.
Or perhaps it was more than merely witnessing.
He had even taken the place of a father to The Count’s two sons — a man who took no interest in his own children.
The boys, starved of paternal love, followed the butler blindly.
The Count himself was aware of this arrangement and made no objection to it.
In fact, he counted it as fortunate.
After all, every child needed someone to care for them.
And that very fact had elevated the butler’s position in the manor beyond what a mere servant’s should be.
To what degree, one might ask…
……
So far that he could look down upon Daisy Sableheart — The Count’s own daughter — with that cold gaze.
‘A passing insect would look warmer to him than that. Unbelievable.’
Daisy scratched her cheek as she descended from the carriage.
“……So the young lady has also come.”
The voice carried frost like a cutting blade.
But the two young men didn’t seem to notice.
The moment Kaelyun and Chester’s gaze touched the butler’s, his expression shifted to a genuinely warm smile.
“What a pleasant surprise to see you arrive.”
His expression changed so rapidly that a slight afterimage was visible.
‘That’s another league entirely from those children at the Academy.’
Daisy found herself genuinely impressed.
A fighting spirit she’d forgotten amid the childish antics of her peers suddenly flared back to life.
When all was said and done, this old man had played no small role in causing Daisy’s suffering.
Of course he’d been acting on The Count’s orders, but The Count hadn’t verified the arrangements directly, so the butler needn’t have been quite so scrupulous in his obedience.
Yet the butler had been relentlessly harsh with Daisy.
“Didn’t Father tell you to bring her along?”
Kaelyun asked with some confusion, and the butler replied in mild tones.
“……Yes, it appears the message was somehow omitted. Had I known beforehand, I would have sent a separate carriage for her.”
Omitted, my foot. Someone deliberately left it out.
Daisy felt the loss more keenly than the butler, who was barely masking his regret.
If only that pathetic little carriage had come, she’d still be back there…
Then she’d have seen that scheming old man’s face for a shorter time,
‘And I’d have spent less time in the manor. Well, that would’ve been a shame.’
She’d read the original’s descriptions so many times she had a rough sense of Edelgard Hall’s appearance, but she hadn’t expected it to be like this.
Edelgard Hall, rendered in physical form, was breathtakingly beautiful.
It was enough to make one pity Daisy, who had never once enjoyed a place like this.
“…….”
Wait—then couldn’t she simply start enjoying it from now on?
In the original work, Daisy had followed the butler’s word with absolute obedience.
The butler’s word was, after all, the Count’s word.
Daisy Sableheart had been a disgustingly good daughter.
But thinking about it now, that was true.
Had the Count cherished Daisy for being so obedient?
Not in the slightest.
Rather, he’d probably thought her useful as a chess piece.
Then…….
It was then that those green, docile eyes flickered with light.
“Before I see Father, I’d like to wash up a bit.”
Kaelyun said.
The butler nodded his head in matter-of-fact agreement.
“Of course. Kevin! Prepare a bath for the young master.”
“Yes, sir!”
“Me too~.”
“Prepare one for the second young master as well.”
“Me too~.”
“And for the young lady…….”
The butler, speaking out of habit, suddenly whirled around to face Daisy.
Had she lost her mind?
The butler’s eyes said as much.
A little?
Daisy’s eyes answered back.
“…….”
“…….”
A strange tension flowed between the two of them.
Sensing something odd in the atmosphere, Kaelyun turned back just as he was about to enter the manor.
“Bernard?”
“Ah, my apologies. This old man’s mind was wandering. The infirmities of age, I’m afraid—I’ve been forgetful lately. Shall we head inside?”
The butler hastily turned his head and followed after Kaelyun and Chester, speaking as he went.
But an unexpected voice caught him by the ankle.
“So you really have gotten older?”
At the girl’s voice tinged with amusement, the butler spun around faster than thought itself.
She was smiling.
That Daisy Sableheart.
What on earth was happening?
“Mine too, if you don’t mind preparing it.”
“…….”
So shocked was Bernard that he could not answer at once.
He could not fathom why she was doing this.
Had she eaten something wrong at the Academy?
Kaelyun spoke to the bewildered old butler in a puzzled tone.
“Bernard, what are you doing? Prepare three hot baths.”
“Three… three, yes.”
In that moment, Butler Bernard Moer realized how strange this arrangement was.
Ordinarily, the three of them would not have arrived together at all, but had they come together, the two would have entered the manor without so much as a backward glance.
It was always the way—lazy Daisy Sableheart was left behind.
But today, oddly, the two of them had kept waiting.
For what, exactly?
No—for whom?
“……You there, prepare a bath for the young lady as well.”
“Yes? Yes……!”
The maid summoned by the butler shot back a disgruntled question, then caught sight of the butler’s expression and hastily bowed her head.
“Thank you.”
Daisy patted the butler’s shoulder twice, just as Kaelyun did, then passed everyone and entered the manor first.
‘Go run and tattle to the Count.’
Nothing would change anyway.
The Count had never taken any interest in Daisy anyway.
He only sought her out when she was ‘useful’ to him.
In other words, there was no point in his making a fuss over something as trivial as bathwater.
‘Daisy wouldn’t have thought that far ahead, of course.’
As always, he’d probably issue some punishment through the steward.
But that was…….
‘Ignore it and move on!’
Daisy climbed the stairs with a light step, swinging her small handbag.
No matter how obediently she behaved, she’d die anyway.
So then?
From now on, I’m playing the Contrarian Meta.
With firm resolve, Daisy reached the third floor and recalled the original work.
“So Daisy’s room is…….”
At the end of the Third Floor Right Corridor, wasn’t it?
After traversing the infuriatingly long hallway, Daisy reached the room at the end of the Third Floor Right Corridor and grasped the door handle.
She hadn’t held high expectations, having read the original’s description.
‘Edelgard Hall was different from what I expected, so maybe this place will be too?’
With a flutter of cautious anticipation, Daisy turned the handle.
Click.
With a heavy metallic sound, the wooden door slowly swung open.
And the room that lay before her was…….
“Ha, ha ha…….”
Daisy couldn’t help but let out a short, hollow laugh.
Seriously…….
“How infuriating.”
It was certainly different from the description.
Different in every worse way.
A carpet layered thick with dust.
A fireplace that seemed never to have been used in ages.
A grimy window that let in not a single ray of sunlight even in broad daylight.
Bedding worn thin and frayed.
A barren room containing nothing a child should own — only a bed, a desk, and a chair.
This was a prison.
A prison made only for young Daisy Sableheart.

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