The Peaceful Life Of A Maid Who Hides Her Power And Enjoys It - Chapter 53

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Chapter 53

A morning when the sun rose particularly high.

The Head Maid delivered the news I had been waiting and waiting for.

“Miss Daisy. Do you remember the elder from Westwintery I mentioned a few days ago?”

“Yes.”

“I’ve received permission to visit them. The day after tomorrow, you and Lu will go together…”

However, it wasn’t only news from Westwintery that arrived at Weatherwax Manor.

Ring ring ring ring.

The sharp sound of the doorbell.

Beyond the iron gate standing straight at the entrance, silver hair glinting in the early summer sunlight. Heavy luggage and even a sword at the waist.

An uninvited guest bowed toward us.

“Greetings, I am Jin Berkleighton. I’ve come to see the Weatherwax Baroness.”

What was bound to come has come.

The Head Maid glanced over and met my eyes. Since this was a matter we had discussed beforehand, neither of us was greatly flustered.

The Head Maid walked familiarly toward the gate and asked.

“I haven’t heard anything from the Baroness. Is this a previously scheduled appointment?”

“It wasn’t quite an appointment. But I clearly expressed my intention to visit.”

“I’m sorry, Jin Berkleighton. The Baroness is currently out. You’ll need to come back later.”

At the cold dismissal, Jin’s already haggard face darkened further.

‘How unexpected.’

Jin had been educated and raised as the heir to a grand ducal house.

Having lived as nobility for quite some time, rather than shouting at the Head Maid’s cold treatment, she seemed remarkably composed.

As long as she could learn swordsmanship, status didn’t matter? Well, she’d have to be that blindly devoted to leave a ducal house behind.

Then.

Jin, who had been standing beyond the gate, suddenly knelt down.

“…Jin Berkleighton?”

Jin declared her intentions firmly with a roughened voice.

“I don’t mind what work you assign me. I came here to receive the Weatherwax Baroness’s teachings. Please accept me.”

“P-please stand up! How can someone who is the heir to Berkleighton kneel before a mere employee? Doing menial work makes even less sense. Please stand…”

“I am no longer the heir to the Berkley-Greytown Family. So you may use me as a maid, no, as an errand runner for this estate.”

Haaa. The Head Maid let out a long sigh, looked around, and let Jin inside.

“Come inside for now. At this rate, strange rumors will start spreading.”

As soon as Jin stepped inside the gate, I approached her.

“Permission?”

I asked again to Jin, who looked at me with puzzled eyes.

“The Swordmaster’s permission?”

Only then did Jin answer with a calm attitude.

“I received it. My inheritance rights have been officially revoked.”

“He sent you here without any conditions?”

“…”

Is she bad at lying?

She couldn’t manage her expression at all when asked a pointed question.

And the fact that Jin is bad at lying—could the Swordmaster really not have known that?

“What condition was it?”

“…”

As expected, no answer.

But that behavior looked quite unnatural to me. Jin wasn’t the type to come shamelessly equipped with a bomb.

With a suspicion, I checked both of Jin’s arms. On the inside of her left arm, a single mark of an oath was carved.

“This, an oath made with the Swordmaster?”

“…”

No answer again.

She wasn’t refusing to answer. She couldn’t because of the oath.

‘To openly carve such a mark and send her. This is clearly provocation.’

Had the Swordmaster always been such a fox-like man? What could this mark be an oath about?

‘An oath to dig up all the secrets of the Weatherwax Family? An oath to find Dian Cecht’s relics in the estate?’

Of course, I could interfere enough on my own… But coming with an oath made me feel uneasy.

‘This disrupts my plan to accept her casually and then kick her out again. I can’t bring in someone bearing the mark of one who tried to destroy Weatherwax.’

Moreover, an oath is a promise made with one’s soul.

If Jin fails to fulfill her promise due to my interference, she will surely die.

But in Jin’s eyes, I couldn’t find any fear of death.

“This mark is a burden I must bear. I swear on my soul that I will never cause trouble for the Weatherwax Family.”

The Head Maid responded to Jin’s unwavering pledge.

“You can’t even reveal what this oath is about. How can we possibly believe those words?”

“If it causes harm to the Weatherwax Family, I will take my own life. If you wish, I’ll bring a mage and make an oath.”

Hmm.

‘If she’s confident enough to make such bold claims… surprisingly, it might be an oath not greatly related to the Weatherwax Family.’

Then it must be an oath related to maintaining the security of the Berkley-Greytown Family.

“Haah… In such cases, you should say you’ll ask for forgiveness. Not suicide.”

The Head Maid seems to be thinking similarly to me. She doesn’t know that the Swordmaster is targeting the Weatherwax Family, so she’d think that even more.

While neither the Head Maid nor I could easily make a decision.

Lu, who was sitting at the garden table reading a newspaper, casually said.

“Why don’t you accept her?”

“…Is there a reason you say that, Lu?”

“She’s like Miss Daisy.”

For a moment, I was speechless.

I looked back at Jin.

‘This kid who only knows swords is like me?’

The only things Jin and I had in common were being sword-obsessed and having no family.

I wasn’t someone crazy about swords like Jin, and Jin wasn’t someone who lived carelessly like me.

In what way could we possibly be similar?

“What do you mean, like me?”

“Well. Having a clear sense of purpose?”

An unexpectedly ordinary answer.

I thought he’d say ‘stubbornly looking only ahead.’

“I am now a drifter with no connections. If you’ll just accept me, I’ll complete any task.”

Before her kneeling again, the Head Maid shook her head with a pitying expression.

“I’m sorry, but we can’t afford to take on another maid. I understand your situation…”

“A maid… Do you mean it’s difficult because I’m a woman?”

“It’s not only that, but it’s not entirely wrong either.”

“I see. I understand.”

Swish.

Jin threw down her luggage and drew her sword from its sheath. However, I didn’t block the Head Maid’s path. I couldn’t sense even the slightest killing intent from Jin.

“If I cannot stay at the Weatherwax Family as a woman.”

Jin brought her sword to her hair tied high up.

“Then it means it’s possible as a man.”

Slice.

Her long silver hair was cut away. The finely scattered silver strands fluttered lightly like snowflakes, decorating the Small Garden.

The Head Maid stared blankly at Jin’s roughly cut hair.

“What are you…”

Jin knelt again and shouted loudly.

“Please, Head Maid. I beg you to accept me as a member of the Weatherwax Family!”

Would she accept her?

‘The Head Maid is such a strict person.’

But that strict Head Maid was looking at Jin with pierced, startled eyes.

“How could you… cut off such preciously grown hair in one go?”

“If cutting off mere hair like this can show you my sincerity, I could shave off every last strand without hesitation.”

“…I can’t deny it. That was an excellent performance that made your determination immediately felt. It made my heart ache with regret.”

“Thank you.”

What exactly are you thanking her for?

The Head Maid asked me with serious eyes.

“Miss Daisy? Could you lift Lu and me, one in each hand?”

It was a sudden request, but when a maid is told to do something, she must do it.

I lifted the Head Maid up by supporting her around the hips with my right arm, and lifted the garden chair Lu was sitting on from the bottom with my left arm.

The Head Maid asked Jin, who was blinking in surprise.

“To work at Weatherwax Estate, this level of strength is absolutely required. Though you are an excellent inspector, not all inspectors possess great physical strength. Can you do this?”

Jin nodded with determined eyes.

“I can do it. No, I’ll work my bones off to make sure I can do it.”

“…The Weatherwax Baroness is a very busy person. You might not see her face even once until you retire. Would that be alright?”

“That’s fine. I’ll find a way to meet her somehow.”

“The salary will be much less than what you could receive at other estates. Since this is an unplanned hire, it can’t be helped. Does that not matter to you?”

“It doesn’t matter. I trust that you’ll feed me well.”

I can put them down now, right? I quietly lowered both arms.

“As you proposed, our Weatherwax Estate will employ you as a man, not a woman. And we’ll require you to do all the household work that can be demanded of a male employee. Both difficult tasks and dangerous ones. Can you handle that?”

“I can handle it. I actually welcome orders that will help with my training.”

What’s this? Why is the atmosphere so good? She’s not going to accept her just because she cut her hair short, is she?

The Head Maid raised the corners of her eyes and solemnly announced to Jin.

“Very well. Jin Berkleighton, no, Jin. I will employ you as a butler at our Weatherwax Estate.”

You devil, don’t tell me.

You’ve caught another person!

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