The Male Lead’s Attached Maid Is Too Competent - Chapter 35

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The Male Lead’s Devoted Maid is Too Competent Episode 035

His teeth ground together in rage that seemed to burn his insides.

The money he had brought for travel expenses was draining away like water through a sieve. The costs of following Prince Chase’s party, the carriage fees to reach the Northern Territory, the servants’ wages, and even this outrageous inn fee.

At this rate, he wouldn’t last even a month.

Rentro kicked the table with his foot.

He had staked everything on this visit to the Northern Territory. Eliminating Christen and becoming the ruler of the north. If not that, then adopting his son and stealing his fortune. Those were the only ways he could escape from his mountain of debt. Of course, becoming the ruler of the north himself was the priority.

He had believed Prince Chase would help him with that.

But the current situation was the worst possible.

Christen was still going strong, and he had even found a compatible person. Prince Chase wasn’t definitively on his side yet either.

Two compatible people! It was unprecedented luck in Acrasia’s history. But of all people, it was Christen who had claimed that fortune. Rentro ground his teeth furiously.

Squeak squeak.

Rentro let out a scream at the sight of a mouse scurrying around the room.

He wasn’t someone who deserved to be treated like this.

Rentro had lived a luxurious life his entire existence. Though he had many debts, he had maintained the dignity of a noble on the surface.

But now was different.

“Christen… It’s all because of Christen. Everything is that bastard’s fault!”

His father’s attempt to poison the Previous Grand Duke was ultimately because Christen’s father had monopolized all the power.

If that hadn’t happened, his father wouldn’t have done such unnecessary things to gain power and money, and wouldn’t have fed poison to the Grand Duke.

They had rights too. It was because those rights weren’t acknowledged that such things happened!

In the end, those who had committed wrongs were still clutching all of Acrasia’s power.

“I could have become Grand Duke too!”

If they had succeeded in poisoning the Previous Grand Duke, Rentro’s Father would have become Grand Duke. But his father failed, and the Grand Duke lived a bit longer. As a result, Christen inherited everything.

“It’s unfair.”

Rentro rummaged through his luggage. He pulled out a small bottle from inside and held it up to the light, his eyes gleaming. He had failed once, but he wouldn’t fail twice. He was determined to drive Christen from that position by any means necessary. Even if it meant killing him.

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“What on earth is that…”

I glanced at the chair placed in the corner of the office and muttered without realizing it.

Elisha was sitting there. With her back straight, both hands neatly placed on her knees, doing nothing and just sitting there like a doll.

Elisha didn’t move and didn’t speak. She just stared at Christen. That blind gaze would have been burdensome.

Then when Christen frowned, took a deep breath, or pressed his temples with his hands, Elisha would quietly stand up and place her hand on Christen’s back.

Then Christen’s expression would relax a little.

After staying like that for about 5 minutes, Elisha would return to her seat.

And then quietly return to her place again.

She was really like a walking, self-operating auxiliary battery. Even Aidan seemed to notice the strangeness.

Every time he passed in front of Christen’s desk for work, he made strange expressions. He pretended to look at documents while secretly observing Elisha.

This situation had already been going on for three days.

At first, I thought Elisha would say something or protest. But she said nothing at all.

She just sat quietly in her seat, only looking at Christen. Like a ghost.

No, a ghost would probably have more presence than that…

Had the Female Protagonist always been this devoted? Roella shook her head.

Well, if they stayed together every day, it seemed like Christen and Elisha would grow closer. Should she quietly slip away during lunch time? They probably needed some time alone together, right?

While Roella was having such thoughts, Christen called her.

“Roella.”

Roella looked up at Christen’s voice.

“Yes, Your Highness.”

“Did you check the quarry’s second quarter revenue report?”

“Yes, I received it yesterday. It increased by 15% from the first quarter. And as the number of workers increased, the amount of stone quarried also increased. It was enough to start construction on the outer roads right away.”

“Good. Then we can move on to phase 2 as we discussed.”

“Oh, and Your Grace.”

Besides that, the results of the work we had done were gradually beginning to show. Confirming those results was as sweet as picking and eating ripe fruit. It felt like dopamine was coursing through my entire body.

“The waste incinerator effectiveness report came out too, and it’s really better than expected!”

“Mm.”

That meant tell me more.

“Street cleanliness has improved. And resident satisfaction was high too. The Northern Territory residents chose waste management as the best thing Your Grace accomplished this year. Sanitary conditions improved so disease rates decreased too. This is a huge success!”

“It was your plan. You worked hard.”

Christen smiled. Yes, you must be proud too. I nodded while looking at Christen’s smiling face. All our hard work had been worthwhile.

But if the roads became this clean and no epidemics occurred? Among the major events that happened early after Elisha’s arrival was something called the ‘Knight of Death.’

It was an epidemic that spread at that time, called the ‘Knight of Death’ or Black Knight. Since no medicine had been developed, once it spread, the only method was to quarantine and incinerate entire villages.

And in that situation, Elisha would make a breakthrough in developing a cure.

Ah, that was such an important episode.

While I was thinking about that, Christen seemed to be thinking about something else. He suggested an outing.

“So, how about we go see the transformed Northern Territory?”

“Pardon?”

“We’ll see the changes Miss Roella made firsthand. The roads, the incinerator, and the cleaned streets too. I want to show them to Miss Roella.”

“Great! An outing? Then I’ll prepare Sir Aidan and Elisha too…”

Christen looked back at Aidan and Elisha. As if they hadn’t been in his thoughts from the beginning. Christen rubbed his face.

“No. Only Miss Elisha will accompany us. Aidan, do you think you need to go too?”

Aidan shook his head with an awkward expression.

“I have sooo much work to do. Please leave me behind.”

Is that so? A smile spread across Christen’s lips.

“Miss Roella, we’ll depart tomorrow morning. Get ready.”

“Yes!”

Roella was about to return to her seat excitedly when she suddenly looked at Elisha.

Elisha was still sitting in her chair.

With an expressionless face. That bothered her somehow.

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The next morning.

A carriage was prepared in front of the Grand Duchy Main Gate.

Christen boarded the carriage first, and Elisha and I followed behind him.

Elisha quietly climbed into the carriage like a ghost.

The inside of the carriage was spacious. Christen sat on one side, and I seated Elisha next to him. The auxiliary battery should always be nearby. And since it seemed like the two of them needed some progress between them, I hesitated before sitting across from them, when Christen glanced at me. A brief silence followed.

The silence was broken as the Northern Territory’s scenery passed by.

“Your Highness. That used to be a dirt road before. But now it’s really cleanly paved.”

“It turned out just as you planned. The technicians have good skills.”

If we can do this much. Acrasia, a city that’s pleasant to live in. How wonderful that sounds. My determination burned to definitely make it into such a place. With high achievement levels, dopamine was pouring out abundantly.

Mm, mm. This is why I work!

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