The Peaceful Life Of A Maid Who Hides Her Power And Enjoys It - Chapter 5

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Chapter 5

Then, a pitiful voice cut through my thoughts.

“Please spare me.”

“….”

“I failed my mission and even failed to kill myself, so from now on I’m a fugitive. If you let me go like this, I’ll never appear before you again. I promise I won’t breathe a word about you either. If necessary, I’ll even swear an oath of obedience.”

Yeah, no need.

I struck the back of the assassin’s neck, knocking him unconscious.

After knocking him out, I pondered. What to do with this guy.

‘Should I kill him?’

When it came to actually carrying it out, there were more than a few things that bothered me.

The client was someone who had sent assassins at least three times. If I killed this assassin now, another assassin would surely come. It would just become troublesome again.

So let’s capture this guy for now too.

I thought about keeping him in my room but quickly gave up on that idea. If by any chance the Head Maid caught me, I might get kicked out of this estate.

If I got kicked out of here, I had nowhere else to go, so I had to stay on the Head Maid’s good side.

While I was pondering where to hide him.

The view of the house across the way came into sight through the window.

More precisely, the slightly open window on the second floor.

“Hmm.”

Since they moved out this afternoon, it would take at least a few days for new owners to move in.

I slung the intruder over my shoulder and leaped out of the estate through the window.

Then I climbed over the fence of the estate across the way, scaled the wall, and entered through the second-floor window.

I pulled the white cloth covering the bed and bound the intruder and bed together as one. After completely sealing his mouth, I closed the window and returned to my bedroom.

“Hah.”

Is this estate cursed?

As I brushed the dust off my hands and lay down on the bed, a faint question arose.

For what reason does the client want to monitor the Weatherwax Baroness?

The next day was sunny and clear.

This wonderful workplace, the Weatherwax Estate, included a lovely schedule of finishing a brief breakfast at 9 AM and sipping tea.

Thanks to this, I was given a brief respite to enjoy after a delicious (otherworldly) meal.

Until I discovered the unexpected scene unfolding outside the window.

That couldn’t be.

“…Moving?”

When I pointed outside the window with my finger, the Head Maid, who had been absorbed in reading the newspaper, turned her head.

“Hmm? Ah, you mean the Eshuler Estate across the way? Since the Eshuler Family moved their belongings out yesterday, it’s awkward to even call it the Eshuler Estate anymore. But to think a new family would move in after just one day. It must have been quite a sudden sale.”

That’s right. The estate across the way, which should have been empty due to the move, was bustling with people moving furniture.

People moved in after just one day? When the belongings were moved out yesterday? This can’t be.

“I was careless.”

“What did you say? Stop muttering to yourself, Miss Daisy. It’s not a good habit for an employee.”

Habit or not, there was an intruder I had confined at midnight tied up in that estate.

I drained my tea in one gulp and rushed to my bedroom. There were too many people to just barge in and retrieve him right now. I needed to assess the situation first.

My bedroom was located in a corner on the second floor, but it was perfect for surveying the estate across the way. I pressed myself against the window and observed the estate across the way.

The foyer where servants were busily coming and going.

A flower bed that was quite properly arranged, unlike some family’s small garden.

An unknown man enjoying tea and reading at a round table placed in the center of the flower bed.

I was momentarily surprised by his mysterious blue hair, but then I saw the intruder kneeling gracefully beside him.

The moment I thought, ‘What? Why is he there?’

My eyes met with those of the blue-haired man.

It wasn’t a mistake.

He was looking precisely at ‘me,’ not at the clear spring sky or the view of the Weatherwax Estate.

Golden eyes as alien and brilliant as his clear blue hair were fixed on me.

His sharp nose and deeply set eyes gave off a mysteriously melancholic yet noble atmosphere.

My eyes.

My expression.

His gaze was so clear and blatant that I could feel him scrutinizing every detail of my appearance.

The slight upturn of the man’s lips gave me the illusion that he was mocking my appearance in a maid’s uniform.

Feeling displeased, I stepped back from the window.

At the same time, I realized something anew. It had been a very long time since I had felt displeasure—such a special and personal emotion—during a first encounter with another person.

“…As expected.”

This estate is cursed.

Even though it was in the past, I had reached a high enough level to cross swords on equal terms with someone called the Sword Saint. For such a person to leave such an intense and negative impression on me….

‘It means he’s damn suspicious.’

There’s no choice.

Now that it’s come to this, I’ll give up on retrieving the intruder. I’ll act like nothing happened. Let’s completely forget about yesterday’s events.

I naturally returned to the kitchen and poured fresh tea into my teacup.

“Miss Daisy? You left in such a hurry. Where did you go?”

“To urinate.”

“Please express such things more delicately.”

Good. I just need to act naturally like a maid of the Weatherwax Estate like this.

Not long after making that resolution, the estate’s doorbell rang.

“…The doorbell? It’s been broken for over a year.”

The Head Maid stood up with a puzzled expression and went to the foyer. As a maid of the Weatherwax Estate, I naturally followed her.

Beyond the front gate, I could see the silhouette of someone with an overwhelming height. Just from confirming the silhouette, I had a bad feeling. Definitely a bad feeling.

“Who is it? Unfortunately, the Weatherwax Baroness is not at the estate. Please make an appointment and come back next….”

Clank. As the iron gate opened, dazzling beauty poured out like sunlight.

The Head Maid’s firm voice was cut short. A blue-haired man dressed elegantly like a city gentleman stood there.

He smiled.

“It’s me. The gardener and cook who’s supposed to start working today.”

While looking at me, not the Head Maid.

That was my first meeting with ‘Lu.’

Suspicious.

Not just suspicious. Insanely suspicious.

My five senses, which had been through hell on the battlefield, were sending very loud warnings about this man with the noble and unique name ‘Lu.’

Looking at him from the front, back, and sides, he was no ordinary person, so I should definitely be careful.

I deeply agreed with the warnings my instincts were sending.

First of all, this ‘Lu’ was suspicious from his appearance.

The moment I faced him directly, not only the Head Maid but even I, standing several steps away, suffered considerable mental shock.

It might sound a bit ridiculous, but Lu possessed such devastating beauty that it could disturb the body and mind of anyone who looked at him.

That’s right. This expression was not an exaggeration but the truth. Even his strangely blue hair, when draped over that beauty, only felt magnificently elegant without any excess.

And what about his features, harmonized with dark, refined lines? What about his eyes that shimmered gold like sunlight on the sea? What about his gaze that still seemed languid and sunken despite all this?

I decided to stop thinking because I felt like I’d spend the whole day just praising him.

“You are….”

“I’m Lu, who came to seek employment through the Employment Office. You must be the head maid…no, that can’t be right. How should I address you?”

“You can call me Head Maid. So you’re the one….”

“Yes. The cook. Cook and gardener.”

“I’m sorry, I keep repeating the same thing….”

“I understand. You’re saying it’s hard to believe that someone as blindingly beautiful as me would become a mere cook or gardener at a dying estate like this.”

“….”

“But it’s the truth, so please accept it. I’m Lu, starting work today. Please take care of me, Head Maid.”

The man who smiled elegantly soon looked at me.

Just like that moment when our eyes met from the Eshuler Estate across the way, when I was standing by the second-floor window of the Weatherwax Estate. As if there was no problem at all, quite naturally.

“And this one?”

I didn’t like his demeanor. It was an instinctive yet thoroughly experience-based aversion.

So even though it was clear he was requesting introductions, I avoided answering.

“Maid.”

“Is your name Maid? How unique. Please take care of me from now on, Miss Maid the maid.”

This bastard. His personality seemed as troublesome as his face. The probability of him being a complete scumbag looked high.

“Haa.”

Seeing the Head Maid blankly blinking and rubbing her face dry in a way I’d never seen her do even in front of me, he didn’t seem like an ordinary shameless fellow.

He walked inside the main gate as if entering his own home, then looked around the Small Garden that was nothing short of a mess.

“Hmm. Let me ask just one thing. Is this garden’s concept perhaps a garbage dump?”

The Head Maid, who had quickly come to her senses, slowly shook her head.

“If that were the case, we wouldn’t have hired you, Mr. Lu. Come to think of it, I don’t see any luggage. Don’t tell me you also came here with nothing but the clothes on your back?”

“No.”

“That’s a relief. We do have a few servant uniforms left, but with your height, Mr. Lu, I was sure they absolutely wouldn’t fit. Shall we go up then? I’ll show you the room where you’ll be staying first.”

“I appreciate the kindness, but while I’ll work here, I won’t be sleeping here, Head Maid.”

“What do you mean by that?”

The man smiled and raised his right hand to point somewhere beyond the iron gate.

“I moved into that house today.”

The place he pointed to was the estate commonly called the house across the street.

“So I’ll be commuting. What time should I come out?”

The Head Maid couldn’t say anything for a moment.

Then she asked Lu back in disbelief.

“Were you the one who purchased the Eshuler Estate? I don’t understand why someone wealthy enough for that would present himself as an employee.”

“Does one need a reason to work?”

“Generally not, but I can’t help but ask in your case.”

Lu, who had been stroking his chin, answered halfheartedly.

“Let’s call it a hobby.”

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