The Peaceful Life Of A Maid Who Hides Her Power And Enjoys It - Chapter 236

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Part 2, Chapter 34

I wasn’t particularly trying to check Natasha’s reaction, but for someone who had just learned about a long-time friend’s hidden family history, she seemed remarkably calm.

‘If Maricops the Elder received imperial support to verify my parents’ identities, it wouldn’t be strange.’

Malicops nodded as if this moment had finally come and moved to the table on the opposite side.

“I’ve been preparing thoroughly for today over the past 4 years.”

With a face full of pride, he pulled away the golden cloth covering the table. What was revealed beneath the cloth was…

“…A newly bought toy for the elderly?”

“Oh my! Don’t say such things. This item is one of my life’s masterpieces. It can be excellently utilized as academy teaching material.”

Malicops’s masterpiece looked like a miniaturized theater stage, to put it simply.

On top of a rectangular box, the interior of an ordinary family home was decorated in miniature, with a wooden doll that clearly looked like Malicops and a wooden doll that clearly looked like the Assassin Butler facing each other in confrontation.

“Ho. Is this the audio textbook you mentioned before?”

Natasha examined the stage with interested eyes. Malicops cleared his throat and gently stroked his beard.

“I’ve added visual elements as well as auditory ones. Look here, Weatherwax Baroness. The official name of this device is 【Audio-Visual Textbook for Children, the Elderly, and the Disabled Season 1】. The development motivation was to draw the attention of major guild investors who appeared one after another following the Seer God’s Great Declaration to our Gray Spear…”

“Old man. I get it, so just tell me whether my mom and dad are dead or alive.”

“It will be an excellent business item, so promise your support for mass production.”

“Let me see it first.”

At my words, Malicops pressed the power button on the mechanical device.

A man’s voice came from the stage.

【Narrator: The time was 4 years ago. When Malicops went down to Queen’s Island on Caliphate’s orders to determine the life or death of Pager family members.】

The Malicops doll spoke to the Assassin Butler doll.

【Malicops: Depending on the investigation results, my return home might be delayed. I’m counting on you to take care of the estate, Danahan.】

【Danahan: Don’t worry about it.】

Soon the small wooden pieces moved by themselves and the stage changed.

It was Queen’s Island.

The Malicops doll, who had been looking down at the ground, shouted into the air.

【Malicops on Queen’s Island: Well… I had my suspicions, but it’s really true! What was in the Pager family’s coffin was nothing but clay dolls…】

【Malicops on Queen’s Island: The funeral was all fake. Irene Pager and Gid Pager didn’t die!】

【Sound Effect: Ta-dum.】

The narrator was one thing, but having even the sound effects in Maricops the Elder’s voice was a bit much.

【Narrator: At the same time. A suspicious shadow was falling over Weatherwax Manor.】

The stage changed back to the interior of Weatherwax Manor. Two new dolls appeared.

【Calamity Lien: Good, good. What a splendid estate! So where is Ash Pager?】

When the black doll threatened, the maid doll hid in a corner with a tearful expression.

【Renya: Sob sob.】

It was Renya, who had once been Maricops the Elder’s maid but was now part of the Weatherwax family.

【Calamity Lien: Cowering maids and servants. I have no interest in vermin like you. Now… tell me where Ash Pager is.】

【Renya: The, the master is not here!】

【Calamity Lien: Hmm? I know that too. I’ve been watching this area continuously.】

The butler doll lying on the floor spoke tremblingly.

【Severely Injured Danahan: Cough… What business do you have with him?】

【Calamity Lien: Heart. I need our cute newcomer’s heart.】

【Severely Injured Danahan: Heart…?】

【Calamity Lien: Yes, heart. Haha. I took it out once, but annoyingly it grew back, didn’t it? I need to kill him completely and make both that splendid body and heart mine. So where is our newcomer?】

【Frightened Renya: Sob, sniff. I don’t know… We don’t know anything…】

At that moment.

Renya’s doll in maid’s clothing suddenly folded in half with a snap.

Startled, I looked at Malicops urgently.

“Old man, don’t tell me Renya is…”

“Oh my, it was defective. Don’t worry. I can just replace it with a new one.”

…That’s exactly the kind of thing that’s really problematic, old man.

A fifth doll that gradually appeared bowed its head to Lien.

【Calamity’s Minion: O Calamity… This woman speaks only the truth.】

【Calamity Lien: Disappointing. Then he must be resting on the Northern Continent after all? This has become troublesome. That land is tricky…】

【Calamity’s Minion: …】

【Calamity Lien: An interesting idea has occurred to me.】

At that moment.

【Narrator: Alert! Weatherwax Manor is cursed.】

“Calamity Lien says. From now on, all of you! Unless the god of the Southern Continent permits it, you will not be able to leave this estate! If you want to break the curse, beg Ash Pager! Tell him to come find this god of calamity and death…”

Hahaha! Malicops even imitated Lien’s characteristic psychotic laughter well. I looked at him questioningly.

“Why are you doing the last part by voice?”

“I haven’t finished recording this part yet.”

Problematic to the very end.

“Casualties?”

“There were injured, but no deaths. It’s fortunate.”

“Yeah, really fortunate.”

Lien.

That bastard.

‘Southern Continent, calamity, death. He’s a very busy piece of trash, being active as a god in various fields.’

Then what kind of epithet should I attach other than Southern Continent? God of maids? God of druids? Whatever I attach from my confident areas looks crappy.

“And regarding the Pager family…”

“I’ll explain that part, Elder Malicops.”

Natasha, who had stopped Malicops, pulled over a nearby chair and sat down as she spoke.

“Immediately after determining that the death reports of Irene Pager and Gid Pager were false, they were put on the wanted list under charges of being a married con artist duo. But we haven’t achieved any meaningful results yet.”

Married con artist duo. It sounded ridiculous at first hearing, but it wasn’t wrong.

“Actually, internally we suspect them of being spies from the Contaninos Republic.”

“Spies?”

“Yes. I’m certain they’re spies, Daisy. A hundred years ago, and two hundred years ago too, the Contaninos Republic and Pen Rota have been sending secret spies to dig into each other’s military secrets and various activities.”

So my parents turned out to be spies?

It was an identity I had never considered.

“Their behavior patterns are quite consistent. Especially when a man and woman are on the same team. Typically they band together as one family, with parentless siblings or infertile couples being most common.”

“…”

“When a child is born unexpectedly, or when a child is born deliberately during mission execution. That child is designated as a dangerous individual and must be eliminated. They kill them in advance before processing their own identities as dead or missing. Usually in a way that leaves no body.”

“Oh my. You cute pet bird. This doll is not a toy.”

“But sometimes there are exceptions.”

“Like me?”

“…Yes. When those who have experienced major changes in feelings or circumstances reveal their identities to Pen Rota’s military and request protection.”

“Are there records of my parents requesting protection?”

Natasha shook her head with a sigh.

“No, there are no records. But the fact that you’re alive and the coffin was empty is enough to consider it an exception. They had grown attached to Queen’s Island. So they filled their coffins with dolls instead of other people’s corpses, and couldn’t bring themselves to kill you either. Operationally, they made a big mistake.”

After a moment of silence, she looked me in the eye seriously and said.

“I’ll help you find your parents, Daisy.”

I met Natasha’s eyes full of trust and affection and listened to her next words.

“I’m keeping a list of suspected individuals, and I can create new identities in the Contaninos Republic. All other supplementary preparations are complete. When will you start moving?”

I answered without hesitation.

“I’m not going to move.”

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