Surviving as the Villainess’s Servant in a Martial Arts Novel - Chapter 14
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Episode 14
Bang-!
I flinched at the sudden loud noise.
It seemed like the Young Miss had struck and broken something inside her room, but the next thing to be broken might be me… Still, I couldn’t back down now.
‘Now that it’s come to this, I have to push forward.’
The setting that I’m completely smitten with the Young Miss!
“You, you, you’re spouting that nonsense again!”
“It’s not nonsense. I’m being sincere!”
“What ridiculous…!”
“Why do you think it’s ridiculous? Young Miss, please think about it. Haven’t there been any suitors pursuing you until now? Hasn’t there been anyone who fell for your magnificent beauty?”
“…”
The Young Miss couldn’t say anything. There must have really been many.
I spoke in the most earnest voice I could muster.
“I’m… I’m the same. Just like them, I’ve also… fallen for you, Young Miss. Actually, I wasn’t going to say this either…”
“…”
“But you keep trying to drive me away. When I thought I might not be able to see you anymore, I had no choice… I’m sorry. For someone as lowly as me to harbor such feelings…”
I let my words trail off bitterly. Then, as if suddenly remembering something, I hurriedly continued.
“Ah, but you don’t need to do anything for me! I didn’t confess expecting anything grand. You can just act as usual. If it makes you uncomfortable, you can curse at me or even hit me. Just…”
“…”
“…please let me stay by your side. If I can just watch you live happily from beside you, I want nothing more…”
“…”
“Please give me just one chance.”
Only then did the Young Miss react.
“A chance?”
I immediately said.
“One month, please give me one month.”
“…”
“Ah, no no, I misspoke. Three months, please give me three months. For three months, I’ll prove to you how sincere I am.”
“…”
“If, if even after that time you still can’t believe me, if someone as lowly as me still makes you uncomfortable…”
I squeezed my eyes shut.
“Then… I’ll leave on my own.”
“…”
“I mean it.”
The Young Miss said nothing.
I remained still with my eyes closed. My heart was pounding like crazy.
Damn, is three months too short? Should I have said six months, or even a year? But then she probably would have scolded me for playing around with her. Actually, I have no intention of leaving…
I just kept swallowing dry saliva. How much time had passed? I heard a small sound from behind the door. And when I opened my eyes.
The Young Miss’s soft voice could be heard.
“Get lost.”
* * *
…That’s what I said, but surprisingly, the Young Miss granted my wish.
She really gave me three months.
In fact, it seemed like the Young Miss had set the deadline at one month rather than three, but I thought this was better than nothing.
Moreover, perhaps wanting to give me a proper chance, the Young Miss didn’t say anything even when I freely entered and left her room. Of course, the usual refrains of ‘get lost, get out, shut up’ remained…
‘At least she’s not throwing things.’
She wasn’t laying hands on me anymore!
How surprised I was when I realized that fact. When I saw the Young Miss being surprisingly well-behaved for several days, I came to understand.
‘Did I actually do well with that confession?’
At the time, I had just blurted it out thinking I’d at least buy some time. At the same time, I also had this thought.
What if I really could win over the Young Miss?
What if the Young Miss really came to have feelings for me?
Of course, I don’t think the Young Miss will fall head over heels for me. But if I could gradually seep in like a gentle rain soaking clothes, and she no longer tried to drive me away…
‘That’s it.’
Let’s begin.
The project to win over the Young Miss!
And so, the first method I devised to win over the Young Miss.
“Young Miss!”
Greeting her with a smiling face every day.
“Young Miss, good morning!”
“Get lost.”
“How are you feeling today? The weather is particularly sunny today, did you know?”
“I said get lost.”
“It’s a shame the sunlight doesn’t reach here. Outside, the sunshine is so warm and pleasant… Oh, would you like to take a walk with me? Not far, just a little bit out front…!”
“I said get lost! Are you deaf?”
“Of course not! I’m always listening carefully to everything you say. If you don’t want to, then it can’t be helped. Actually, I thought it might be a bit difficult for me too. Just thinking about taking a walk with you makes my heart race like crazy, I can’t calm down…”
“Hey!”
Of course, the Young Miss wasn’t easy to deal with.
No matter how much I greeted her with a smiling face or tried to strike up conversation, she would always get angry or ignore me.
At one point I felt hurt, but I quickly changed my mindset. Right, she’s lived as a shut-in for a long time, so it must be hard to suddenly get along with people.
Let me, someone with many friends, be understanding!
“Now, don’t shout like that. You’re only making yourself feel worse.”
“Who do you think I’m shouting because of? Do you really have no shame? Even if you’re uneducated and ignorant, shouldn’t you at least have some shame? Unless you’re worse than a beast!”
Seeing the Young Miss become talkative again, I pouted my lips.
The Young Miss was usually quiet, but there were times when she would open up.
Specifically, when she was cursing at me.
In the original work, she did curse at the Main Character every time, but those were moderately polite harsh words.
Somehow with me, she didn’t spare any words like “this bastard,” “that bastard,” “beast-like bastard,” and so on.
Honestly, at first I felt a bit wronged… but I’m a professional servant. Now that time has passed, it doesn’t bother me at all anymore.
And so, method number two for winning over the Young Miss.
Being a good listener.
“No, you could say you’re worse than a beast. At least beasts recognize and obey the master who feeds them, but you don’t even know who feeds you and keep crawling up, don’t you?”
—’I’m upset because you won’t listen to me!’
“Know your place, huh? What are you relying on to crawl up like that when you have nothing? Ignorant fools like you unnecessarily step forward and hasten their own death, understand?”
—’I’m worried, so you should behave quietly?’
“Well, if you understood, you would have backed down long ago, would you be holding out like this? You’re stupid, can’t understand words, have no sense, and now you don’t even know your place—what use are you anyway?”
—’But you’re very useful to me. Got it?’
‘Yes, I understand.’
I had even reached the level where my ears automatically filtered what I heard because I’d heard it so much.
I thought with a gentle smile.
‘She’s getting proper mouth exercise today too.’
But I couldn’t just let the Young Miss keep talking like this. Not because my feelings were hurt… but because if I kept pretending not to hear, the Young Miss would eventually get sulky.
Once I ignored her and she got sulky, and it took a long time for her to open up again.
Therefore, method number three for winning over the Young Miss.
Responding appropriately.
“Even parasites that just waste food and take up space would be better than you. What can you even do!”
“Of course I can do things too.”
“What?”
“That is…”
I said while shyly covering my cheeks.
“Being the Young Miss’s love slave♥”
The Young Miss was amazed.
“Get out right now!”
Crash!
In the end, the Young Miss exploded and flipped over the table, so I had to rush out quickly.
Since the Young Miss decided to spare me, she changed her way of venting anger. Instead of hitting me, she started making a mess of the room by flipping tables or breaking things.
‘I’m the one who has to clean all that up anyway.’
I wondered if this was actually sparing me or a new type of harassment. But let’s think positively, I clicked my tongue.
And so, after several days of persistently pursuing the Young Miss.
‘Surprisingly.’
There was no effect at all…
How could this be? I secretly put my heart and soul into pursuing the Young Miss, but there’s absolutely no effect?
Rather, it seems like the Young Miss is getting angrier as time goes on. At this rate, I’m worried the Young Miss might die from high blood pressure rather than from illness…
‘This won’t do.’
I need some special move.
A big hit that the Young Miss might fall for!
‘What is there? What should I do to tempt the Young Miss? What should I do to make the Young Miss happy….’
Suddenly, a certain article flashed through my mind—
[How younger men seduce older women.]
It was an article I had seen on the internet.
It was a humorous post I had briefly glanced at for entertainment before, but why was I remembering it so clearly now of all times?
[Younger men tend to have a cute image, but if they appeal to their masculinity once in a while, older women fall for it completely. But if you come on too strong they’ll hate it, so you need to give them just the right amount of surprising charm….]
The name of that skill was none other than….
[Occasionally using semi-formal speech with them.]
The Heart-fluttering Semi-Formal Speech Skill!
The method is simple.
Formal first, casual later. Just follow this rule and you’re done, it said.
‘Will this work?’
At first I was a bit skeptical, but I soon changed my mind. Come to think of it, this skill often appears in romance novels too!
‘The Young Miss might like it too, right?’
It’s definitely worth trying!
Having found a new method, I rushed to the Young Miss in a hurry. More confident than ever, I kept muttering the technique.
‘Formal First, Casual Later! Formal First, Casual Later!’
And so when I opened the door to the Young Miss’s room and entered.
I delivered it.
“Young Miss, I’m here!”
“You again….”
“Have you been well?”
“…?”
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Outaku82
Formal first then casual 🤣🤣 haha my stomech
Lietarlly the MC messed the order 🤣
Also thanks for your hard work lunox team 🙏🏻