The Peaceful Life Of A Maid Who Hides Her Power And Enjoys It - Chapter 173

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Chapter 173

Lu stared at me in my nightclothes with the expression of someone watching a mouse spinning on a plate. For quite a while, too.

Though I had boldly undressed to gain his trust, Dian’s body had its limits when it came to enduring the cold.

“Hurry up and allow it! I’m cold!”

There was no particular reaction. Just in case, I approached closer, but he only turned his head slightly to the other side and didn’t threaten me anymore.

Thinking this was my chance, I started applying disinfectant generously around his forearm area.

‘It’s good that he’s being docile, but still.’

Stubborn bastard. Couldn’t he at least say something like “put your clothes on and treat me”?

“Ah, c-cold. This won’t do. I’m going to put my clothes on.”

Without waiting for an answer, I quickly grabbed the clothes I had taken off and put them back on.

“Let me tell you in advance, don’t say things like you’re treating me because of poison or whatever. It has nothing to do with that.”

A sneer crossed his gaunt cheek that was barely visible.

“Don’t spout bullshit. Do you think I’d believe that… Shit.”

Lu, who couldn’t finish his words, bit down hard on his lower lip. I removed my finger that had been pressing firmly near the deep wound.

“Ah, sorry. I made a mistake.”

“…You.”

Lu, who had furrowed his brow deeply, looked back at me with a murderous gaze, then frowned even more roughly and turned his head to the other side.

‘Could it be that he can’t look at me because I’m not dressed properly?’

Hmm, but Dian is a man.

Well, since the surroundings were so dark, it would be difficult to distinguish between male and female even when looking closely. Dian was quite thin too.

Feeling like I’d get kicked if I touched his lower body, I focused on disinfecting and treating his upper body. Finally, after cleaning his gag thoroughly, I stood up from my spot.

“I’ll come again tomorrow.”

As I was putting gloves on my hands that had turned red from the cold, I heard a hoarse voice from behind me.

“What’s your purpose?”

Lu, who clenched and unclenched his hands chained to the wall several times as if frustrated, asked fiercely.

“You said it wasn’t because of poison, right? Then does the Lord also know that you’re doing this idiotic nonsense?”

Do you understand?

‘I’d like to confess everything about who I really am, but…’

Unless he was crazy, there’s no way he’d believe my claims.

I looked at Lu with complicated feelings, then soon sighed and turned my back again. When you can’t find a proper answer, it’s best to keep your mouth shut.

‘Still, I’m glad I could treat Lu’s wounds. My heart feels a little more at ease.’

Maybe I’m actually a genius in the medical field? Next, I should prepare some pills.

…Unlike my bold determination.

“Achoo!”

I immediately caught a cold.

Thanks to that, I had to get up right after lying down to sleep when I returned to my room. I couldn’t sleep peacefully at all because of the runny nose flowing like water.

Sorry for using your body carelessly, Dian. I didn’t know I’d catch a cold this easily…

“Sniff. Let me see, were there some medicines in the desk drawer?”

While rummaging through the desk, I suddenly realized something obvious.

‘All the books Dian studies are related to healing medicines.’

Come to think of it, all the medicines stored in the pharmaceutical room were almost new too.

Both the variety and usage traces were mostly poison-related, so I thought he was very interested in poisons. But while the poison-related books prepared in the pharmaceutical room were clean like new, the healing medicine books were all worn at the edges from diligent study.

“Is this really what I should be doing? Was I born to manufacture poisons that kill and torture people?”

So poison manufacturing was forced upon him after all.

“…Ah, here it is.”

I examined the brown glass bottles stored in the second drawer.

Looking at the notes attached to the caps, they were all medicines exclusively for Ash. Ash ointment, Ash digestive medicine, Ash antidiarrheal medicine, etc.

‘Dian really cherishes Ash.’

Fortunately, among Ash’s many medicines, I could see medicines I could use. Cough medicine, runny nose medicine, headache medicine, and…

‘Back ointment?’

Curious, I opened the cap and saw quite a lot of usage traces. No, a lot of usage traces. Wondering where this ointment had been used, I approached the mirror and lifted my clothes.

The scene that appeared next made me involuntarily let out a lament.

“What is this…”

Countless scars.

Long, hideous scars covered Dian’s back as if he had been whipped. I carefully traced the wounds with my fingertips. Had ointment been applied here? Since they seemed to have healed quite a long time ago, I felt no pain.

‘Who did this to him?’

The first face that came to mind was the Lord. Considering his vile temperament, it wouldn’t be strange at all to think he had taught his children through violence.

A family that not only forced indirect murder but also engaged in cruel violence.

“Ash.”

“…”

“How did Dian endure in this kind of house with what kind of mindset?”

“…”

The sleeping hawk had no answer.

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I woke up from my barely achieved sleep when ice-cold water poured over my head.

“Gasp!”

The sudden cold didn’t give me time to assess the surrounding situation. With my already poor health and cold water poured on top of that, it felt like all my organs were shrinking.

“Cough, cough! What is…”

What on earth is happening?

“Dian Sereniye.”

Then, someone roughly grabbed me by the collar and pulled me up.

Helplessly dragged up, I blinked my eyelids several times, trying to make out the other person’s face.

“How dare you fall asleep when your older brother is speaking?”

This ugly bastard is…

‘Isn’t this the guy who sat next to me at the dinner and kept picking fights?’

Moreover, this wasn’t Dian’s bedroom. In the relatively small drawing room, there were only the ugly man and me.

Looking at the sky color outside the window, it was around 5 PM. It seemed like Dian had been dragged here, fallen asleep, and then I had taken over his body.

‘No wonder my limbs feel a bit numb.’

Could it be that despite being Dian’s sibling, he not only poured cold water but also used violence? As soon as I suspected this, a large hand struck my cheek.

Smack!

“You bastard, I told you not to do other things! You pathetically weak bug, do you really want to die by my hand? Huh?”

Has this guy lost his mind? Who is he slapping right now? When I glared at him irritably, he shook my collar as if having a fit.

“Where are you glaring? If you don’t want to die, speak up right now!”

“Cough, cough… What exactly do you want me to say?”

“Tell me how you’re going to educate that monster in the spire!”

With those words, I immediately understood.

‘He’s trying to steal Dian’s credit.’

Even so, to resort to violence so crudely. He doesn’t look that young, but his thinking is short-sighted.

“I don’t want to.”

“What? Ha! Are you acting so arrogantly because you have Father backing you? This won’t do, I’ll make you come to your senses after a long time.”

It’s almost time to go apply ointment to Lu. I was getting tired of dealing with this ugly bastard.

‘Sigh. Since he’s Dian’s family, there’s nothing I can do about it.’

I tapped the ugly man’s hand that was gripping my collar and warned him.

“Enough. Let go of this hand. Before I tell Father everything. He’d be so pleased to know you’re interfering with me like this. Right?”

Contrary to my expectations, the ugly man wasn’t flustered by my threat at all.

He sneered for a while as if it was ridiculous, then approached the window and pulled out something that had been hidden behind the curtains.

“Go ahead and tell, you bug bastard.”

A dome-shaped iron cage with a small chirping bird perched inside.

“The moment you do, I’ll kill this little bird you’re so fond of right away. You experienced it once before, didn’t you? Huh?”

It was Ash’s cage.

‘…Last time too.’

At those words, I recalled the medicines that had been piled up in the drawer. The reason Dian felt unusually anxious about Ash’s health was perhaps….

Crack!

A sharp sound of cutting through air erupted. In the Ugly Man’s hand was no longer a cage but a long whip. With his eyes blazing red, he commanded me with a bloody smile.

“Crawl over here, Dian Sereniye. I’ll teach you whose words you should be listening to.”

A whip.

…Ah, right. It was because of you.

“It was because of you that Dian’s back was in that state.”

“What?”

I pushed my wet hair back behind my forehead and slowly got up.

It’s cold. But I can walk. Dian was weak, but not as fragile as an insect.

“This crazy bastard has been ignoring my words? Didn’t you hear me tell you to crawl over… Huk!”

The Ugly Man, who took a punch to his solar plexus, knelt down with a pale face.

“Heok, huk.”

I looked down coldly at the wrong-faced creature rolling on the floor, unable to breathe properly.

‘Is this okay?’

He’s Dian’s older brother.

He’s family who shares blood with Dian. What if Dian suffers later because of this?

He’s Dian’s sibling….

Dian’s….

“Hah. I don’t know either.”

“Ah, ahhh!”

The Ugly Man, whose shoulder was being stepped on by me, struggled violently.

Sorry, Dian.

But this is an unavoidable choice. This kind of thing isn’t a sibling or family, right? Family is supposed to embrace and protect, not wield whips. Right, whips are usually wielded by enemies.

“So from now on, you’re my enemy, Ugly Man.”

Mastery is achieved through the agreement of body and soul.

Perhaps because this wasn’t my body, it was a bit unstable, but this was sufficient enough to use. Even if I lacked strength, I could vaguely follow the techniques.

“Hey.”

“Ah, ahhh! Let go of this! You insect-like…!”

“Shut up and just take a beating first.”

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