Surviving as the Villainess’s Servant in a Martial Arts Novel - Chapter 12
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Episode 12
I was speechless for a moment.
What, what? What did I just hear?
“Uh… Young Miss? Did I hear correctly just now? You definitely told me to come out, right? Or was it to get lost? There’s no way our Young Miss would obediently tell me to come in, right? Ah! I must not have recovered fully yet. Now I’m even hearing things…”
“Come in!”
At the venomous shout that came again, I finally gaped with my mouth wide open.
The Young Miss told me to come in.
The Young Miss told me to come in!
At the same time, words brushed past my ears…
“Rest easy and get plenty of sleep. There won’t be any more incidents like this.”
It must be real.
Our Young Miss must have changed!
“Yes, yes, yes! Young Miss, I’ll come in. I’ll come in right away!”
I answered in an ecstatic tone and grabbed the door handle. Then my heart was beating so fast that I took a deep breath for a moment before vigorously opening the door.
“Young Miss, it’s been so long since I’ve seen…!”
At the same time, I froze.
‘What, what is that?’
The scene before me was very different from what I had imagined. Standing in the dim room was… a sack ghost.
Not a person, but a sack ghost.
…Why is that thing here?
“Young, Young Miss?”
When I asked in a disbelieving tone, the sack ghost turned around. Shockingly, a youthful voice flowed out from inside the sack.
“That’s right.”
“No, but why…”
Why are you doing that?
Are you asking me to play ghost with you? —those words rose to the tip of my throat, but I held back. And looking more carefully, it wasn’t a sack. The Young Miss was wearing a face veil made of opaque cloth.
A face veil inside the room?
What was even more absurd was that the white cloth draped down to her feet, covering her entire body. From how thick the cloth looked, it didn’t seem to be just one layer either.
‘Is that a sack or a human curtain?’
It was utterly ridiculous, but I tried hard to compose myself. And I opened my mouth professionally.
“Why… did you call for me? Is there perhaps something you need? Or are you finally going to take the medicine…”
“I heard you like money.”
Before I could answer, something came flying at me.
Thud.
I looked at what had fallen at my feet. It was a money pouch made of luxurious material.
“Open it.”
I picked up the money pouch as if entranced. Then I carefully untied the string and looked inside to find horseshoe-shaped silver lumps… silver ingots were inside.
Silver ingots, silver ingots?
“What, what is this…?”
My voice trembled on its own.
What are silver ingots? Aren’t they a fortune worth 50 taels of silver?
One and a half taels of silver is enough for a poor commoner to live on for a year. Then 50 taels of silver? Enough money for poor commoners, that is, Mother and I, to live on for about 15 years…!
“That should be enough, right?”
Yes!
No, that’s not it.
“Pardon? No, pardon?”
“I’m telling you to take it and get lost.”
“Pardon?”
My eyes widened.
“Where else would you get to touch this kind of money? Actually, considering what you’ve done so far, throwing you out empty-handed wouldn’t be enough, but I’m showing this much sincerity for Chief Steward Jeok’s sake.”
“…”
“Take that and disappear while I’m being nice. Don’t loiter around in front of me anymore and get lost. Understand?”
I couldn’t give any answer. At my silence, the Young Miss’s tone became even sharper.
“What, is it not enough? Even though I’m giving you money that you might not be able to save in a lifetime, it’s still not enough? Don’t tell me you’re protesting for more? Ha, you really act according to how you look. Your heart is as disgusting as your ugly appearance.”
‘Please tone down the brutal facts.’
“Your father must have taught you that way, right? Like father, like son, they say. As expected, lowly things can’t be helped. If you’re uneducated, you should at least be humble. Don’t invite disaster by being greedy beyond your station.”
‘I don’t have a father.’
“Don’t you understand even after being taught a lesson once? Did hitting your head make you completely crazy? Or were you born stupid so you can’t tell right from wrong? I’m giving you a chance right now. A chance to leave quietly. You’re dull-witted and can’t even understand what I’m saying. Why do you even carry that head around?”
‘To listen to what you’re saying, Young Miss.’
I was secretly amazed. I didn’t know the Young Miss could talk so much. If she was such a chatterbox, how did she live in silence until now…
“Fine, I get it!”
Get what?
The answer came immediately. Something else fell at my feet as I was quietly listening.
Thud.
I lowered my trembling gaze. A luxurious money pouch similar in shape to the earlier one. Just in case, I picked it up and checked, and sure enough, there was another silver ingot inside.
‘Just how many does she have?’
If I hold out a little longer, might another one come flying?
But the Young Miss mercilessly crushed my selfish desires as I suddenly raised my head. A voice as cold as a death sentence flew at me.
“Now decide. Whether you’ll take those and get lost. Or be thrown out empty-handed.”
I gulped down my saliva.
This time, I really had to decide.
‘What should I do with this…?’
Honestly, it would be a lie to say I wasn’t conflicted. Two silver ingots, 100 taels of silver. It was an enormous fortune.
With that much money, I wouldn’t have to worry for a while. Would I just not have to worry? I could wear nice clothes, eat delicious food, and make as much medicine for Mother as needed.
It’s money that anyone would be tempted by. Tempting money, but…
“That’s enough.”
I swallowed a sigh and said.
“I don’t need this kind of money.”
“What?”
“Ah, of course if you ask whether I don’t need money at all, that’s not it. I do need money. But receiving money like this feels uncomfortable, I think this isn’t quite right…”
“You…!”
“Anyway, there’s no need to give me such a large sum. Even if I had this kind of money…”
It wouldn’t be of much use.
What was the first thing I had planned to ask for if I gained the Young Miss’s trust?
A renowned physician to treat Mother, rare medicinal herbs.
All things that 100 silver ingots wouldn’t even come close to covering. Not just in terms of money, but in other ways too. Such precious resources require not just wealth, but the right connections and information networks.
Even the mysterious renowned physician called the Medical Sage can’t be met with money or ordinary connections—that says it all.
‘But if it’s the Master of Seo Family, it might be possible.’
With the Master of Seo Family’s information network, connections, and wealth—having searched all over the Central Plains to cure the Young Miss who had been sick since childhood…
“…Would I even use it properly? With such a large sum suddenly appearing, there’s a high chance I’d squander it on gambling or spend it recklessly. And I know my place—who knows what trouble might come from carelessly accepting something like this? What if I meet a violent death from a blind sword?”
However, I had no intention of telling the Young Miss this directly. Someone who’s already desperate to kick me out would hardly be inclined to help if I told her the truth.
‘First, I need to build trust.’
For that, I needed to stick tenaciously by the Young Miss’s side, but I couldn’t think of a plausible reason.
Who would want to stay after refusing two silver ingots?
Unless they had some sinister ulterior motive…
“Then, I’ll write you a bank note. If you keep it in your clothes…”
“I don’t know any martial arts, so how could I carry a bank note around? If I run into street thugs, nine times out of ten they’d rob me.”
Sinister ulterior motive…
“Th-then. If I send you money little by little each month…”
“How would that be different from working here? And how long would you send it? What if I go somewhere else?”
“That’s…!”
Sinister ulterior motive…
“Young Miss, do you want to give me money that badly? Actually, there is something I need more than money…”
“Something you need?”
When I deliberately trailed off, the human curtain swayed greatly. She was definitely flustered. Knowing that, why was my heart wavering?
After hesitating for a long while, the Young Miss finally asked in a small voice.
“…What is it?”
“The Young Miss’s…”
My mouth moved on its own.
“Love.”
The curtain froze.
“The time has finally come to confess my feelings. I… have actually been watching over you all this time, Young Miss.”
“Wh-what…”
“Your figure quietly listening to my stories from behind the door, throwing things at me, waiting briefly when I got hurt, and that gentle, caring way you first spoke to me…”
“…”
“All of it has been accumulating in my heart bit by bit. Before I knew it, when I came to my senses, I found myself only looking toward where you were, Young Miss. When eating, when going to the latrine, when sleeping—always looking toward you…”
“Stop….”
“And during these past 7 weeks of not seeing the Young Miss, I finally realized. I cannot live without the Young Miss. I cannot survive without seeing the Young Miss! I, I…!”
I saw a hand shoot out from behind the curtain and grab a nearby tea cup, but I didn’t stop. My mouth’s brakes had broken down long ago.
As the tea cup came flying at me, I shouted loudly.
“I love you, Young Miss-!”
Crash!
I fainted again.
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Outaku82
Poor mc to be showered with insults & geting hit again 😭🫂 seorin you idoit get your godamn ass self up you tsundere wimpy brat 🤡🔥
Thanks again for you hardwork lunox team 🙏🏻💕