Since It's My First Time Being a Lady, I'll Cause Some Trouble - Chapter 36

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A Lady Does This for the First Time — Episode 36
Someone was screaming.
Whether it was a cry or a scolding, I couldn’t tell, but there was definitely commotion coming from somewhere beyond the darkness.
I didn’t know who it was, but my head was pounding, and I wanted to ask them to quiet down for just a moment.
“Ugh…….”
The sudden, sharp pain made me wince. My entire body ached as though I’d been beaten.
And for some reason, I was lying face-down.
‘What’s going on?’
Through my palms and cheek, I felt the cool, damp sensation of soil.
‘Why am I sprawled on the ground like this?’
I strained to piece together my memories when I heard Betsy and Misty’s voices from above.
“Miss! Miss! Can you hear me? If you can, please answer!”
“Miss! Miss! What do we do……? She’s not—she’s not dead, is she?”
“Calm yourself. I’ll stay here and keep watch. Go and fetch help at once.”
Ah, that’s right. I fell.
‘I was taking a walk on the Rear Mountain when I discovered a hollow space beneath the ground, and while I was explaining it……’
Who could have predicted the ground would suddenly cave in? And on a mountainside, no less.
Even if it was just the Mountain Foot, it was still part of the mountain.
“Ungh……!”
I tensed my muscles and pushed myself upright. My entire body throbbed with pain, but fortunately, it didn’t seem like anything was seriously broken.
Lifting my head to look up, I saw the hole I’d fallen through and Misty’s face peering down from the opening.
Judging by the distance, I’d fallen from roughly four meters up.
For someone who’d fallen completely unprepared, I’d been remarkably lucky not to sustain worse injuries.
The moment I got to my feet, Misty’s expression softened with relief.
“Miss, are you all right? Are you hurt anywhere?”
“Everything hurts a little.”
“Thank goodness. You’re safe.”
“No, I’m saying I’m hurt.”
“Just wait a moment. Betsy’s gone to fetch people, so we should have you out soon.”
While Misty smoothly ignored my protests and offered reassurance, I examined the pit I’d fallen into.
First of all, it was dark. The only light came from the sun streaming through the hole in the ceiling above.
‘Which makes sense, since it’s underground.’
And the structure was peculiar.
Before I’d looked around properly, I’d assumed this was simply a depression in the earth. But in reality, it was more like a straw with one end sealed.
Toward the lower Mountain Foot—toward the Estate direction—it was blocked off, but the other end was completely open.
The deep shadow cast by the sunlight pouring from above proved this much.
‘What is that?’
Beyond the thick darkness, something that looked like a faint light flickered at the edge of my vision.
To see better, I narrowed my eyes and ventured inward.
“Miss? Miss, where are you going?”
“There’s something over there.”
Misty’s voice told me to stay put, but her words weren’t nearly enough to stop my curiosity.
A moment later, having confirmed what the light was, my face went rigid.
It was a lamp.
An old lamp with flames dancing in its bowl hung from the ceiling of this place.
‘Someone deliberately dug a tunnel here!’
Judging by the scale of the tunnel, this was absolutely not the work of a small handful of people.
Given that the ground had been solid yesterday but suddenly collapsed today, it seemed this tunnel was likely heading toward the Viscount’s Estate.
‘Could it be bandits?’
The only ones who would attempt such suspicious work in these mountains were bandits.
It seemed they’d chosen to tunnel rather than scale the steep mountain—tunneling left far less chance of being discovered.
If you’re bandits, use the mountain! Don’t dig tunnels!
‘If I hadn’t taken my daily walks, we never would have found this. Who knows how long it would have gone undiscovered if I’d stayed inside like a proper lady.’
We might not have discovered it until the bandits came pouring into the Viscount’s Estate.
I turned back toward the spot where I’d fallen. No matter how brave or strong I was, I had no intention of charging into a bandit den alone.
With a light thud of impact, Misty appeared, her face etched with annoyance.
“Miss, I told you to stay where you were.”
“That’s not the problem right now. Someone’s dug a tunnel here.”
When I pointed in the direction the tunnel began, Misty’s expression turned serious.
Seibow was a mercenary guild specializing in protection and security. Yet someone had dug a tunnel right to the doorstep of their charge, and they’d missed it entirely. It was a clear failure on their part.
“Let’s get out of here first. The servants outside are preparing for the rescue as we speak.”
As she said, servants summoned by Betsy had gathered near the hole.
“Miss! Thank heavens you’re safe!”
“Please wait just a moment. We’ll fashion a rope ladder and lower it down shortly.”
The servants had brought a ladder, but finding it too short, they apologized and began weaving a Rope Ladder instead.
“Before that, call the Military Police. There’s a Tunnel here—dug by bandits.”
The servants’ faces clouded with disbelief at the mention of bandits and a Tunnel.
They had witnessed her usual behavior for so long that they dismissed her outright—’She’s saying something strange again’—without considering it seriously.
Since I had become the young miss, I’d worked to restore the Netzer Family’s reputation and comported myself far more demurely than she ever had, yet here was their scorn anyway.
Miss, what on earth possessed you to be so reckless?
“Please inform your captain as well. There are indeed people attempting to infiltrate the Viscount’s Estate, just as the miss says.”
Once Misty confirmed that I was telling the truth, the servants finally took the situation seriously.
To be trusted less than an outsider they’d known for mere days—how bitter.
As one swift servant dashed toward the mansion and the others hastily wove the Rope Ladder, I ventured deeper into the Tunnel.
I wanted to see if there might be anything useful for getting us out.
Unlike an ordinary cave, this one had considerable width and height—which meant the bandits would need tools to escape upward as well.
“Miss, did I not tell you not to wander about carelessly!”
“No, I was just―”
Then it happened.
A rumbling sound, and suddenly clouds of dust and earth engulfed everything around us.
“Cough, cough! What―what is this?”
“It appears the Tunnel’s walls and ceiling have collapsed.”
“Huh?”
Indeed, between the hole I’d fallen through and where we now stood, a towering heap of stone and soil had accumulated.
It rose to about the height of a small hill, though not so high that I couldn’t see our entrance; I felt certain we could scramble over it if we had to.
The problem was that we couldn’t.
Misty attempted to climb up as a test, but the moment she pushed off with her feet, the earth and stones crumbled beneath her and she slid back down.
The bandits’ excavation had weakened the ground so badly that the walls continued to collapse. Staying here seemed genuinely dangerous.
Meanwhile, chaos erupted outside. The ground had caved in again, making it far more difficult to rescue whoever was trapped below.
“We’re all right!”
I called out as loudly as I could to reassure them.
“I’m going to look for another way out of here!”
That only made the commotion outside worse.
“Why would you wander around in such a dangerous place, likely a Tunnel dug by bandits?”
Misty snapped, her voice sharp with anger.
“Listen to me.”
I spoke in a calm, measured tone.
“When do you think the bandits dug this Tunnel? This place didn’t exist until yesterday at this hour—I walked this exact path yesterday and I’m certain of it. So they must have dug it last night after sunset.”
“But―”
“It’s afternoon now and the sun is still up, but evening will come soon enough. When it does, the bandits will return to dig more, won’t they? What happens to us then? Wouldn’t it be better to find another way out before they get here?”
Misty fell silent, lost in thought.
It was sound reasoning—far too sound to dismiss as mere foolishness from a scatterbrained young miss.
Even the finest bodyguard would struggle to protect a charge in the face of overwhelming numbers.
And fleeing from dozens of bandits in such a confined space seemed nearly impossible. With walls on all sides, where could we even go?
“…Very well. We shall proceed as you suggest. However, do nothing to draw the enemy’s attention.”
“Am I mad? Of course I wouldn’t do that.”
I had a gun with me, but only six bullets—a foolish oversight, leaving the pouch with extra ammunition back in my room.
I’d been careless, assuming nothing could happen during a simple walk near the house.
“Let’s go.”
I led Misty deeper into the Tunnel.

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