The Peaceful Life Of A Maid Who Hides Her Power And Enjoys It - Chapter 54

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Chapter 54

Jin was hired as the fourth employee of the Weatherwax Family.

Her position was butler.

With her silver hair trimmed short and dressed in male employee attire, Jin had transformed into an appearance that could easily be mistaken for a man at a casual glance.

Her height in the mid-170cm range, shoulders and arms trained through swordsmanship. The firmness of her lower body felt through her pants, combined with the sharpness characteristic of an inspector, gave off a formidable impression.

‘If she just keeps her mouth shut, she’d definitely look like a man.’

Though I still don’t understand why that’s necessary.

The duties of butlers and maids are usually different. But this is the unfortunate Weatherwax Family where the master is actually a magical tool.

A place where all employees except the cook share duties under the Head Maid’s authority.

“Miss Daisy? Today you’ll go to the market with Jin. Just show him where the shops we frequent are. Here’s the list of what we need.”

So I, a maid, ended up teaching the butler’s work.

How annoying.

The Head Maid was the one who hired Jin, so why do I have to train him?

Of course, I was the one who dueled with Jin. Though technically, it was more like she dueled with my master.

“Junior.”

“Yes, senior.”

“I’ll show you the essence of running errands. Follow me well.”

“Yes, senior.”

Such a respectful fellow. I like that about her at least.

I headed to the market with my junior employee in tow.

“What? Such a young man as a butler?”

Naturally, Jin was extremely popular at the market.

“Oh my, how handsome. Oh goodness, so handsome. Come here, young man. It’s getting hot now, isn’t it? Have a glass of water before you go.”

“Thank you.”

“The Weatherwax lady must hire employees based on looks.”

“That’s not true.”

“I see. What a fine-looking person. You two look so good together. When’s the wedding?”

I shuddered in horror.

“Never!”

“Huh? Aren’t you lovers? I thought since this new bachelor became butler of such a big family, he must have connections with the young lady. Sorry for the misunderstanding, young man.”

“Tsk tsk. You’re being ridiculous. This young lady’s boyfriend is that eerily beautiful blue-haired young man.”

“No way.”

Ugh. The fact that I was mistaken as being in a romantic relationship with two completely wrong people was unpleasant, but I couldn’t say I didn’t understand the market vendors’ misunderstanding.

‘It shows just how shocking this hiring decision was.’

But more surprising than that was the fact that no one noticed Jin was a woman.

After purchasing the errand items and introducing Jin to the main trading partners and popular miscellaneous goods like 【Cost-effective Cleaning Brush Set for Skilled Maids】 and 【Cost-effective Sewing Set for Skilled Maids】, I returned home.

“Tomorrow and the day after, I’m going on a business trip.”

“I heard from the Head Maid. You’re going to Westwintery with Lu.”

Jin, who was helping organize the items, spoke with a somewhat serious expression.

“I may be worrying unnecessarily, but please be careful on your trip. Of course, you’ll be safe with Lu there.”

If Jin was saying this, Lu must always emit his aura ‘moderately’ when dealing with warriors.

“But senior, how do you train your physical strength?”

Physical strength?

I glanced at Jin at the sudden question.

It was a very characteristic question from her. I thought it was strange how unusually quiet she’d been.

Unable to hide the curiosity welling up from deep within her heart, Jin’s eyes were sparkling blue.

“With that level of strength, you’d need to repeat high-intensity training almost daily. But I don’t think I’ve ever seen you training, senior.”

Curiosity as an inspector.

Should I indulge this or not?

‘Once I start indulging it, I’ll have to keep doing it.’

My deliberation was brief. I readily provided an answer.

“I do. Every dawn, in my room for about two hours.”

Jin let out a short exclamation and asked with a very cautious attitude.

“As I thought, do you have the Weatherwax Baroness as your teacher?”

“Teacher?”

No? That’s me though?

“Actually… I was quite surprised when I came here and saw you and Lu. You don’t emit any particularly impressive aura, but I couldn’t find any openings at all.”

I understand about Lu, but I give off that kind of atmosphere too?

‘As expected of a sword demon.’

Her instincts are frighteningly sharp.

“It made me realize anew how much I’ve been living like a frog in a well. I’ve trained with the sword my whole life and I’m only at this level, but you and Lu reached such heights while working regular jobs, didn’t you?”

Looking at those eyes full of determination to become stronger, I recalled something Lu said yesterday morning.

“Like Miss Daisy.”

It wasn’t something I particularly agreed with. It wasn’t exactly something that made one feel good either…

But strangely, those words keep coming to mind.

“Training manual. Should I teach you?”

Was that why?

I found myself responding to Jin’s curiosity, which I would normally have ignored claiming I was too busy surviving.

Jin also seemed not to have expected this, asking back with surprised eyes.

“Really?”

I neither particularly like nor dislike Jin.

But somehow I seem to soften a bit toward Jin who wants to become stronger.

Like accepting the duel, and not completely crushing her intention to enter the Weatherwax Estate.

Why is that?

Is it because Jin is the same gender as me, an inspector, a sword demon? Because she has no family?

“But there’s a condition.”

“Please tell me.”

“For one week, absolutely no training other than what I teach you.”

“All I have left now is time. I’ll follow any training.”

“We start now.”

“Yes!”

“Clean all the window frames on the second floor.”

“…”

“(Like me) Without anyone’s help, (like me) finish it within a day.”

“…”

“And for one week, sleep at night without thinking about anything. Don’t even touch your sword. Execute!”

Jin looked at me somewhat blankly, unable to do this or that.

I thought she had a fierce and rigid personality, but she has some absent-minded aspects too. This is why you can’t know a person after just a day or two.

“…”

“Repeat after me. Execute!”

But I can’t accept being spaced out during training. Jin, who was startled, soon shouted back loudly.

“Execute!”

Watching her run toward the back of the kitchen to get cleaning rags, I finished putting the remaining items in the drawers.

Why am I helping Jin?

‘Because I want Jin to reach a new level of swordsmanship?’

No.

I’m certain that’s not the answer.

* * *

The day to depart for Westwintery dawned.

Since we were just moving to the neighboring city and our business was quite modest, the schedule was also modest.

Today at 10 AM, board the train to Westwintery. Arrival at 4 PM.

Tomorrow, handle business.

The day after tomorrow at 11 AM, board the train to Midwintry. Arrival at 5 PM.

It was a job that would take a total of 2 nights and 3 days. Even the companion was the same.

“Are you ready? Because I got the train tickets so last minute, it became a 2 nights 3 days schedule… The old gentleman isn’t a difficult person. Since you’re going anyway, rest comfortably. Westwintery has many places to see, so it’ll be fun to walk around here and there.”

“That’s a relief to hear.”

“Please take good care of Miss Daisy, Mr. Lu. I feel uncomfortable having to assign you troublesome work when you haven’t been back long.”

“It’s just two days. It feels like taking a walk, so it’s fine.”

“I suppose so. Here, pack a few things. This is a letter I’m sending to the old gentleman…”

Explain to me too, Head Maid. I’m the errand runner. Don’t just look at Lu while explaining.

I was listlessly watering the Small Garden in place of the busy gardener Lu.

“Ahem. Ahem. Miss Daisy?”

A wrinkled finger that popped out from outside the main gate poked my back repeatedly.

It was the general store merchant.

As soon as he made eye contact with me, he looked around noisily, then pulled out a small piece of paper from inside his chest and held it out.

“Here, take it. It’s a se. cret. note. sent by the Potato Selling Old Woman. A se. cret. note, so you know you have to look at it secretly, right?”

“A secret note?”

“Shh! Shh! Hey, what’s this. It seems like a suspicious guy has snuck into the market… We’re all watching, so don’t worry. Anyway, check it in hiding.”

He says it’s a secret but spills everything. Isn’t this a secret that all the market merchants know?

‘But to think contact would come this quickly.’

It hasn’t even been two weeks since I hired the Potato Selling Old Man as a secret organization member.

When I unfolded the crumpled paper, neat handwriting revealed itself. The content of the note sent by the Potato Selling Old Man was simple.

A suspicious man entered the pub and hasn’t come out for 2 hours.

And that suspicious man is someone who regularly visits the pub once every three months.

The person who came to mind was clear.

‘Berid Ret.’

The Assassin Butler also said it was about time for those guys to start moving.

“Mr. Lu. Do we have time before the train?”

It seemed I should lightly exchange greetings before leaving.

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