Surviving as the Villainess’s Servant in a Martial Arts Novel - Chapter 25

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Episode 25

 

I was flustered.

 

I had expected her to ignore me as usual or at most say ‘come in,’ but I never anticipated that the Young Miss would come out first.

 

But my confusion didn’t end there.

 

“Is your foot okay? Does it not hurt anymore?”

 

“Pardon?”

 

“…It’s faster than I thought. Are you really okay? Shouldn’t you still avoid moving around?”

 

“Pardon?”

 

“Did Physician Jeong really say you were fine? Did he say it was okay to move around now? You didn’t just decide you were fine on your own and get up, did you?”

 

“Pardon?”

 

I was so flustered that I could only ask back like an idiot. Perhaps my appearance seemed suspicious, because suddenly the Young Miss looked like she was about to step outside.

 

“This won’t do. I need to go see Physician Jeong myself…”

 

“No, no! It’s not like that, Young Miss!”

 

‘Can you really just go outside like that?!’

 

I broke out in a cold sweat looking at the Young Miss who was only wearing a thin cotton cloth.

 

When was it that she used to hide her entire body with cotton cloth and face veils, staying locked in her room for fear someone might see her? Now she was trying to run outside on her own?

 

I hurriedly blocked the Young Miss and said.

 

“I’m really fine, really fine! Please don’t come out for now, and if you’re suspicious, I’ll get a medical certificate from the physician. You can look at that, can’t you?”

 

“…”

 

“And look at this. See how well my ankle moves now. He said not to run yet, but there’s no problem with daily activities. If you look closely here, the swelling has gone down a lot, so now it’s no different from before…”

 

“That’s enough then.”

 

Thud.

 

Only then did the Young Miss close the door and go back inside. I finally let out a sigh of relief. I couldn’t make sense of what had just happened to me.

 

As I stood there in a daze.

 

Creak.

 

The door opened again. And what the Young Miss said as she peeked her face through the crack was…

 

“…Aren’t you coming in?”

 

I gaped in bewilderment.

 

‘The Young Miss is acting strange!’

 

The Young Miss’s eccentric behavior didn’t end there.

 

Of course, it wasn’t as extreme as the first day. After that, the Young Miss returned to normal. She was still quiet, and she still looked disgusted when I got too excited.

 

But the Young Miss had definitely changed.

 

“Young Miss, I’ve brought your medicine!”

 

“Mm, come in.”

 

“Yes! …Yes?”

 

She would let me in without resistance.

 

“Good morning, Young Miss! Did you sleep well last night? Did you have good dreams?”

 

“…Not really. What about you?”

 

“I knew it! I… huh? Who? Me?”

 

“How about you?”

 

Suddenly showing curiosity about me.

 

“…So for now, Physician Jeong decided to go see our Mother first. If the Physician doesn’t know the cause either, Master said he would introduce us to a famous physician he knows.”

 

“That’s good. I don’t need any, so take some medicinal herbs with you.”

 

“What? …No, Young Miss, what do you mean you don’t need medicine! Even now you’re so frail like this, you need to eat well and sleep well to grow big and strong. You’re even shorter than me… You do know that Young Miss is old-, no, my older sister, right? Big sister is my woman~.”

 

“Shut your mouth.”

 

She also listens well to my useless chatter.

 

“Young Miss, what are you doing? Are you reading a book? What are you reading?”

 

“The Tao Te Ching.”

 

“Ah~. …What’s that?”

 

“…”

 

“No, no. There’s no point in showing it to me. I told you I can’t read. Besides, this book looks difficult at first glance, so unless someone reads it to me, I wouldn’t understand what it’s saying anyway.”

 

“…”

 

“Young Miss?”

 

“…Should I read it to you?”

 

She tries to be kind to me.

 

‘Who are you?’

 

Honestly, it felt unfamiliar. Setting aside not being sharp-tongued, this was the first time I’d seen the Young Miss being so gentle.

 

Still, it wasn’t a bad feeling. I was moved that the Young Miss finally seemed to have opened her heart to me, and I thought this strange feeling would naturally become familiar with time.

 

However, there was just one thing.

 

The only thing I couldn’t get used to was—

 

“Young Miss, I…”

 

“What?”

 

At my call, the Young Miss turned to look at me. I swallowed dry saliva. An overwhelming sight unfolded before my eyes.

 

A snow-white face as if sculpted from white snow, long eyelashes that seemed like butterfly wings fluttering each time she blinked. The melancholy shadow cast beneath them, and the large night-sky-colored eyes that appeared when her eyelashes lifted…

 

‘Ugh!’

 

At some point, the Young Miss had started showing her bare face!

 

No, before she used to be anxious and worried, covering herself with a face veil like a curtain in case even the silhouette of her body might show. What kind of change of heart was this? Now she had even thrown off her cotton cloth.

 

Is this it? Changes in clothing based on affection levels? Young Miss, were you such an easy woman?

 

“What’s wrong? You don’t look well…”

 

Suddenly, the Young Miss leaned her face closer. My heart dropped with a thud. The wrinkle gently creased above her beautiful forehead came into view.

 

Wow, how can even wrinkles be so pretty…?

 

‘No, this won’t do! Get a grip!’

 

I squeezed my eyes shut and hurriedly shouted.

 

“Cotton cloth!”

 

“What?”

 

“Cotton cloth, aren’t you wearing cotton cloth anymore?”

 

“…What?”

 

“No, well, you used to wear it all the time before. Actually, it wasn’t even cotton cloth but you diligently wore your face veil without fail. Suddenly you’re not wearing anything, so it’s strange and I’m curious…”

 

“Would you like me to put it on?”

 

“Pardon?”

 

Suddenly the Young Miss’s voice became sharp.

 

“Why? You used to sing ‘take it off, take it off’ so much before, but now that I actually took it off, it’s not good? Now that you’ve seen everything there is to see, you wish I’d please cover it up again?”

 

“Ah, no! Why are you saying it like that? You’re making me sound like some shameless person! It’s not that, it’s just that I haven’t seen the Young Miss’s face many times so it’s a little awkward…”

 

“Awkward? Everything’s awkward to you. Then hurry up and get used to it. You don’t think I’m going to cover my face again just because someone like you feels uncomfortable, do you? If you’re really that uncomfortable, then you can leave. If you don’t want to see my face that badly!”

 

“Oh my, why do you keep getting angry~! When did I ever say I didn’t want to see it? Bad, bad mouth. Bad mouth! I won’t say such things again. I want to see the Young Miss every day. Please stop being angry. Okay? Okay?”

 

“You’re always just smooth with your words! Really…”

 

The Young Miss continued fuming for quite a while. After saying one wrong thing, I had to work hard for a long time to appease the truly angry Young Miss.

 

Even so, I felt strangely relieved. That’s right, this is exactly our Young Miss. She has to point fingers at me calling me ‘someone like you’ and ‘a guy like you’ while pouring out all kinds of curses to be our Young Miss!

 

She’s finally returned to normal! I must have grinned without realizing it.

 

“Like that…”

 

“Yes?”

 

At the voice that suddenly came, I listened carefully. But the Young Miss couldn’t continue her words for a while, and only belatedly muttered in a small voice.

 

“…Is my face not good?”

 

I completely froze up.

 

See?

 

I told you something really became strange!

 

* * *

 

“…So lately the elder sisters say people carrying swords are often seen on the streets…”

 

‘Is this right, is this really right?’

 

I picked at my food while half-listening to A-so chattering in front of me.

 

Of course it was a good thing. Compared to being mistreated by the Young Miss day and night while running away, this could be called paradise.

 

But it was also true that one corner of my heart felt uneasy.

 

Especially whenever I saw the Young Miss who had changed only toward me, whenever I saw the Young Miss who seemed the same as usual but had mysteriously become gentle and sat quietly beside me, my chest felt stuffy as if I had indigestion.

 

What is this feeling that seems good yet strange, seems anxious yet secretly exciting…

 

‘Am I… in a situationship?’

 

Is this the green light?

 

“Hey! Are you listening to me?”

 

At the loud voice that suddenly came, I quickly raised my head. A-so, who was right in front of me, was frowning and glaring at me.

 

“Ah… Ah! Of course, of course, I was listening. So people carrying swords on the streets…?”

 

“Martial artists!”

 

A-so, who had shouted loudly, sighed deeply.

 

“Martial artists are often seen on the streets lately. Originally Boluo County was quiet with barely any martial artists, let alone outsiders coming.”

 

“Mm-hmm.”

 

“But since some time ago, rough-looking people keep appearing, so the surroundings are unsettled. Strange rumors are spreading too. That the Demon Cult has appeared again and is killing and capturing people indiscriminately…”

 

“Demon Cult?”

 

At the word I heard, I unconsciously muttered and then realized.

 

‘Demon Cult’. It was definitely a term I knew.

 

Because they were the main villains of 【Lord of Heaven and Earth】.

 

Before 【Lord of Heaven and Earth】 shifted its direction to harem, the original main story was about stopping the Demon Cult. To prevent the Demon Cult, who committed inhuman acts, from taking control of the Central Plains.

 

Thanks to that, the protagonist killed countless Demon Cult members. Whenever anything was related to the Demon Cult, he would seek them out and kill them all regardless of age or gender…

 

‘…Ugh.’

 

Suddenly my temples began to throb.

 

“Just hearing about it is scary. They kidnap people to use as sacrifices, they eat living people alive, the rumors about the Demon Cult are so vicious…”

 

“…”

 

“Still, it’s fortunate that they only appear in major cities or places with many people… but you never know. It’s also scary that many martial artists are coming. So you should be careful when you go around too.”

 

“…If you put it that way, shouldn’t A-so be more careful? A-so is a young girl.”

 

Suddenly A-so got angry.

 

“Ha, only treating me like a child? And you’re actually also…!”

 

At that moment.

 

“Oh my, big trouble, big trouble!”

 

A commotion arose from outside.

 

A-so and I were startled and got up from our seats. We were already talking about scary things like the Demon Cult, so when the sudden commotion started, our hearts began beating anxiously.

 

We hurriedly tidied up and went outside. Then we grabbed a passing maid and asked about the situation.

 

“What’s wrong? What happened?”

 

“Don’t even mention it, the Master isn’t even here and suddenly a guest came…”

 

“A guest? What about the guest?”

 

When the maid was about to answer.

 

“Young Master Wang Ju-geon of Byeokdo Gate has come to propose to Lady Seo of the Seo Family Estate!”

 

What?!

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