Surviving as the Villainess’s Servant in a Martial Arts Novel - Chapter 11
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Episode 11
I had a strange dream.
In the dream, I had become a vicious monster.
I had come down to the village to find a bride, kidnapped a fair and lovely bride, and in front of her as she cried saying she didn’t want this, I thrust my hips and performed the Courtship Dance…
“Gasp!”
I opened my eyes wide. The familiar smell of medicine brushed past my nose.
‘Right, I fainted.’
Though I hadn’t performed the Courtship Dance but rather showed off my ultimate secret technique, ‘Spicy Sweet Tanghulu,’ and ended up cracking my head… Why do I feel like I became even more shameless than that monster?
As I was breaking out in cold sweat, a familiar head suddenly popped out. It was the Chief Steward.
“Are you alright?”
I looked at the Chief Steward in a daze and said.
“Am I… going to be kicked out?”
The Chief Steward looked bewildered.
“What are you talking about?”
To the Chief Steward, it probably seemed like ‘the kid has finally lost his mind,’ but I was completely serious.
Some attention-seeking guy had been pestering her all this time, and they’d overlooked it, but now he was thrusting his hips and harassing her right in front of her – who wouldn’t be horrified?
‘Even if the Young Miss had foamed at the mouth demanding to kick him out immediately, there would be nothing to say…’
As I quietly lowered my eyes and reflected on my past mistakes of trying to show off ‘Ppikki-ppikki’ when even ‘Spicy Sweet Tanghulu’ didn’t work, I heard a small sigh right in front of me.
“Good grief. Should I say you’re a good person, or excessively optimistic…”
“Pardon?”
“Child, do you know that you’ve been hovering between life and death for a whole day? That your head was torn open and had to be stitched up?”
Oh, they stitched up my head?
“Did they?”
No wonder my head felt duller than usual. When I raised my hand to touch my head, I could definitely feel bandages wrapped around it.
I suddenly remembered the maid who had been carried away after getting hit in the head the same way before.
“It really could have been a disaster back then. If treatment had been delayed even a little, we might have had to prepare a corpse…”
I hurriedly bowed to the Chief Steward.
“Oh my, if the Chief Steward hadn’t treated me quickly, my life wouldn’t have been safe either. Thank you, how can I ever repay this kindness…”
“No. You shouldn’t thank me, but rather…”
The Chief Steward stopped mid-sentence and cleared his throat.
“Ahem, anyway, it’s fortunate that you’re safe. For the time being, stay in the guest room and recover. You don’t need to think about work.”
“Is that really okay?”
“Of course it is. And since you won’t be able to go home while you’re receiving treatment, I’ll send someone to look after your mother. This is our responsibility, so I’ll explain properly and apologize…”
“No.”
I quickly added.
“I’m truly grateful, but could you please not tell Mother the truth and just make up something instead? Her health isn’t good as it is, and I don’t want to trouble her heart as well.”
The Chief Steward looked at me with eyes that had much to say, but soon nodded his head without further comment.
“…Very well.”
Only then did I feel at ease and comfortably lay down on the bed.
The pillow was soft, and the blanket was gentle. Rather, since I could now rest legally, this wasn’t such a bad thing after all, I thought cheerfully.
The Chief Steward, who had been strangely hesitating without leaving until then, finally opened his mouth belatedly.
“I’m saying this now… but I’m truly sorry about this incident.”
“No, sir. I also made mistakes.”
“No, everyone knows how hard you’ve been working until now, so what could you have done wrong? If by any chance… it becomes too hard to bear, please tell me.”
“Pardon?”
“There are many things to do in the manor grounds besides attending to the Young Miss. Especially since you are sincere and do your best in everything, you would be welcomed anywhere. If you dislike the Seo Family, I can write you a letter of recommendation for another place, so don’t feel too burdened…”
So to summarize, it was a story of ‘If it’s really hard, I’ll help you change jobs.’
I looked at the Chief Steward with fresh eyes.
Just a few days ago, the Chief Steward was the one who had been happiest of all, saying ‘Thanks to you, the Young Miss has become lively’ to me when I came back beaten up…
It was unexpected, but what I had to say was already decided.
“I’m really fine.”
“Hana…”
“This time an accident just happened to occur, but normally the Young Miss isn’t that severe. I’ve just gotten used to the work, so if it’s alright with you, I’d like to continue working.”
As expected, the Chief Steward’s face brightened.
“Yes, then that’s fortunate! I’m always grateful to you. How can I repay this kindness… Ah! I’ll prepare some reward money for you in addition to your salary. If the Master hears of your hard work, he will surely understand…”
“It’s fine.”
“Very we… What?”
“The reward money is fine. I received enough recently.”
The Chief Steward looked puzzled. I smiled lightly and said.
“I mean the medicinal herbs you gave me last time.”
When Mother had collapsed.
At that time, I really felt like everything was going dark before my eyes. I hastily wrote a prescription, but it was all hard-to-obtain medicinal herbs, so I didn’t know what to do.
When I ended up crying even in front of the Young Miss, one day the Chief Steward secretly called for me.
“I hear your mother is unwell?”
“Pardon?”
For a moment, I froze.
It seemed that the incident of me crying then had reached the Chief Steward’s ears. Would I be scolded? Would he ask why I did that there? When all sorts of thoughts were tangled up.
“Bring me the prescription.”
“The, the prescription?”
“Yes, we recently brought in many medicinal herbs from Beijing. There will be plenty left over after making the Young Miss’s medicine, so I’ll share some with you. There are many rare medicinal herbs, so it should be sufficient.”
When I stood there dumbfounded, perhaps misunderstanding me somehow, the Chief Steward laughed heartily and said.
“I’ll give them to you for free, so don’t worry.”
—Having received such great help, how could I ask for more here?
I spoke with sincerity.
“The medicinal herbs that the Chief Steward gave me at that time were of great help. Thanks to them, Mother was able to safely overcome her crisis. Having received such great kindness, how could I try to receive anything more? There’s no need to apologize anymore either. This is already more than I deserve.”
At my answer, the Chief Steward seemed a bit dazed.
“You really are….”
The Chief Steward smiled slightly.
“A good person.”
“Hahaha, enough with the flattery.”
“I’m speaking sincerely. If it’s you, then really….”
“Pardon?”
Since the rest was spoken too quietly for me to hear, I had no choice but to ask again. However, the Chief Steward didn’t answer and only shook his head.
The Chief Steward asked me a few more questions about my well-being before finally getting up from his seat. I barely managed to raise my upper body to see the Chief Steward off. However, the Chief Steward hesitated at the door.
Suddenly, the Chief Steward turned around and said to me.
“Rest easy and get plenty of sleep. There won’t be any more incidents like this.”
Then he disappeared like the wind.
I couldn’t even guess what this meant and just blinked my eyes. I simply stared at the door through which the Chief Steward had left, feeling bewildered.
‘What’s this about? Did something finally go missing from the Young Miss’s room?’
* * *
Just as the Chief Steward said, I rested well.
Eating three meals a day properly, sleeping well, and even having a maid — A-so — assigned to help me, I wondered if this was heaven.
‘Mother should have been the one here.’
Just because I hurt my head a little, I was being treated more like a patient than a real patient, which was quite embarrassing.
Still, I felt relieved about Mother’s situation since the Chief Steward sent someone to care for her as promised. He even provided nutritious tonic medicine, so I couldn’t be more grateful.
‘I need to get better quickly and repay this kindness!’
Fortunately, my recovery was quite fast.
Even Physician Jeong, the Young Miss’s personal physician, expressed amazement every time he came to see me. He even subtly asked if I was secretly taking anything else on my own.
I was also surprised by my recovery speed, but I didn’t mind it much. I was just happy that I could return to work quickly.
A week later, I removed the bandage from my head.
By then, moving around had become easier, so I prepared to start working again. Of course, the Chief Steward tried to dissuade me, saying ‘you can rest more,’ but I felt self-conscious about lounging around here any longer.
“Phew….”
So-nang Garden, which I was visiting after a long time, was more nerve-wracking than I expected.
Maybe it was because my head had been cracked open here just recently. As soon as I saw the door to the room, my hands and feet trembled and cold sweat poured down, making me feel like I might develop PTSD.
But I gritted my teeth and endured it. Wasn’t it me who said I would continue working here?
‘My body hasn’t fully recovered yet, so if the Young Miss throws something, will I be able to dodge it? Honestly, I don’t think I can… If the Young Miss has any conscience, won’t she throw things gently today? If she’s human… Wait, no. The Young Miss isn’t human, is she?’
After wavering back and forth for a while.
I finally pulled myself together. Right, if she says no today, I won’t be stubborn and will just retreat.
Having decided that, when I opened my mouth.
“Young Miss, I’ve brought your medicine!”
“Come in.”
“Yes, I shall withdraw…”
“…”
“…Yes?”
What, what did she say?
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Outaku82
Poor mc her head cracked , my shayla & my baby ; looks like either seorin get scolded or become aware of her actions 🤔😯
Also thanks for translating this novel again 🙏🏻💕