The Peaceful Life Of A Maid Who Hides Her Power And Enjoys It - Chapter 55

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Chapter 55

Lu, who had been listening to the Head Maid’s instructions with a soulless expression, nodded at my question.

“Then come pick me up at the Market in 30 minutes.”

“Where?”

“I’ll wait in front of the restaurant 【Piece of Land】.”

“Empty-handed?”

“….”

“Hmm. Even though we’re a married couple who shares the same bed for peaceful sleep, still. I don’t want to owe any more debt to a heartless husband who broke our wedding ring, you know?”

Heartless husband.

Those weren’t words I wanted to hear from someone tall enough to cast a shadow over my head.

Of course, his appearance was such that it wouldn’t be strange if he saddled me with debt, bankrupted me, and dragged me around as a slave.

Jin, who was hanging on the second-floor wall cleaning the exterior windows, let out an exclamation.

“So you were married.”

Married? I glared at Lu irritably.

“Cancel that request just now. Wait until I come back.”

“Oh my. You want me to stay cooped up in the estate like a well-trained dog just waiting for Miss Daisy? Empty-handed?”

“And junior. That thing and I aren’t married. I’d rather die than marry him.”

“How cold. If it were me, I’d raise her well rather than die. Miss Daisy, of course. I’m hurt, so remember that.”

I ignored Lu’s grinning face and headed to the Market.

The wedding ring trick.

This trick is a malicious wordplay that Lu uses when he wants to torment me.

But today was a little different. The wedding ring trick had quite a beneficial effect on today’s me.

Namely, increased violence due to anger.

‘Ah, I’m angry.’

Grateful to Lu for awakening my dormant violence, I pushed open the pub door as soon as I arrived at the Market.

Clatter, clatter.

It wouldn’t move.

Was it locked from the inside? Since I entrusted the pub to the Assassin Butler, this door had never been locked.

That meant that suspicious bastard had locked it.

“Got an axe?”

When I casually asked those who had gathered in a circle to watch, the Butcher came running out.

“Here! Use this axe.”

“Thanks. Stand back or you might lose your head.”

I pushed the Butcher aside and struck down at the door with the axe.

Crack!

As the wooden door broke, I could see the interior through the gaps in the split wood… not very well.

After breaking the door panel a few more times, I stuck my arm through the gap and undid the latch that had been locked.

Creak.

With an ominous noise, rectangular sunlight fell into the pub’s interior.

The first sight I saw was Organization Members lined up against the front wall, kneeling.

Every one of them had their mouths gagged and was struggling vigorously with their upper bodies.

I stepped into the interior where sawdust from the door was floating.

At that moment.

“How careless!”

A presence that had been standing silently behind the door burst with killing intent and rushed at me.

Swish, the blade cut through the air and fell toward my head.

It was a pathetic sword strike with no weight, no sharpness, and not even a hint of precision. He should have just used a gun instead.

When I caught the blade with my index and middle fingers, the startled Intruder spat out curses through his bushy mustache.

“Not just anyone, huh? Then you must be the bitch who laid hands on our branch… Gack.”

A body that couldn’t even withstand a light kick flew backward and crashed into the wall.

I tore off the ropes that had been gagging the Organization Members.

As soon as their mouths were freed, the Organization Members exhaled “Puha!” and then.

“Big sister! That bastard came from Buried Rat!”

“He interrogated us about our accomplices, saying he knew we betrayed them!”

They immediately tattled.

“We didn’t answer, big sister. Though we got beaten to a pulp as punishment.”

Among them, the most composed Bartender thrust forward his bruised eye and reported the Organization Members’ loyalty.

“Well done.”

Hehe. While the grown Man was being bashful, I could hear the merchants whispering behind me.

“What’s Buried Rat?”

“Don’t know. Must be thugs from another neighborhood. Our neighborhood thugs reformed long ago. Tsk tsk.”

“Hey, miss! Watch your back!”

A fierce shout erupted from close by.

“Die!”

The Intruder approaching like a rat and swinging his sword down… which I anticipated and kicked the blade away with a back kick.

Ting.

Following the deflating sound, the Intruder’s blade broke.

The Intruder looked at his half-broken sword with disbelieving eyes, then snorted roughly and stepped backward.

“Listen, woman. I don’t know what your intention is, but you’ve made a mistake. Our Buried Rat never goes easy on those who interfere…”

“Shut up.”

I slapped his cheek and he collapsed, showing the clear white of his eyes.

Coincidentally, since I had to board a train soon, I didn’t have time to listen to the Intruder’s personal circumstances.

Responsibility for errands. That’s a maid’s duty, after all.

“What? Is it over?”

“How anticlimactic. Young people these days have no grit, no grit.”

The merchants who had been craning their necks to watch began to disperse one by one.

The Organization Members who had quietly gotten up checked the Intruder’s condition again and made tearful faces.

“Big sister, we really only have you.”

“We’ll live earnestly! Please continue to lead us well. We’ll serve big brother as our father and big sister as our mother!”

Says who?

The clock in the pub showed 9:30.

It was cutting it a bit close to walk to the Weatherwax Estate and then go to Midwintry Station.

“I have to go. Tie that up properly.”

“Yes! Should we hand him over to big brother?”

“Yeah.”

I left the pub thinking I might have to run across rooftops.

The Market floor was already narrow and inconvenient. A large, gleaming carriage was parked in front of the door.

“Where are you going in such a hurry?”

Through the half-open carriage door, I could see a handsome man. The mocking owner of the carriage.

It was Lu, my grateful partner who had awakened my violence.

Despite the pub’s wrecked state, Lu didn’t even ask about the circumstances and casually reached his arm toward my face.

“Our Miss Daisy is troublesome because she’s so careless.”

Sawdust came off the tips of his long, smooth fingers. I watched his retreating white hand with a strange feeling and coughed softly.

‘He said he wasn’t coming.’

Always like that. If he’s going to give in eventually, why does he have to be so annoying with his words? Does he find refusing amusing?

“Ah, Mr. Lu. Do you happen to need any workers?”

Instead of answering, Lu looked at the driver’s seat. His eyes asked if they were needed.

Even without having eyes in the back of his head, the Assassin Butler answered as if he’d been waiting.

“It’s not absolutely necessary, but I often think it would be nice to have one employee skilled in housework. The servants at the Eshuler Estate are excellent at odd jobs, but they lack finesse and often do the same work twice.”

Perfect timing.

I entered the pub and dragged out the intruder who had been sprawled on the floor.

“There’s no talent like a maid when it comes to delicacy. Take him and use him as a maid starting today.”

The Assassin Butler first looked over the suspicious man with eyes that said ‘this bandit?’ then looked me over with eyes that said ‘are you insane?’

“Weatherwax has plenty of spare maid uniforms. I’ll lend you the largest size, so alter it.”

“….”

“For reference, he’s a Berid Ret Guild member. He was harassing our… no, the organization members of this innocent pub.”

The Assassin Butler’s displeased gaze immediately turned sharp.

“This bastard? The employees of an innocent pub? …Understood. I’ll make sure to educate him well as a maid.”

And so, the intruder who would become the Eshuler Estate’s first maid was tied up like luggage next to the Assassin Butler.

As we boarded the carriage, the horses began heading toward Midwintry Station.

While I leaned back in the plush luxury seat and looked outside, one side of my cheek stung terribly.

It was Lu’s gaze.

Why? …Ah, greetings.

“Thank you for coming to get me.”

Lu didn’t even pretend to listen to my forced words of gratitude.

“Maid uniforms, you say. Was that your preference? You’ve strayed far too much from my expectations.”

What is he saying now?

“Or could it be that I awakened Miss Daisy to her hidden preferences? Hmm. That makes me feel somewhat responsible.”

I wondered what he was talking about, but it seemed he was referring to my talk of maids regarding that bandit-like intruder.

It was absurd.

“Lu, sometimes you….”

Lu stared at me intently.

“Make people feel tired just from trying to argue back.”

Haha. After laughing dryly once, he touched his ear and replied.

“I’m fortunate it’s only sometimes. I feel that way every single day.”

“Don’t exaggerate.”

“I wish I were exaggerating. Sometimes I find myself strange for unconsciously watching over Miss Daisy.”

Those words made my feelings even more peculiar.

Wasn’t what he just said tantamount to a confession? Being unconsciously aware of someone? Finding such a version of himself unfamiliar?

Could it be.

“Lu, do you like me?”

Lu met my eyes.

Ah, that was truly a peculiar expression.

It was also an incredibly complex emotion. It was a face that left me unsure where or how to begin pointing things out. At the same time, it was eyes filled with anguish and deep thought.

That expression was difficult to define.

It can’t be helped. I have no choice but to warn him seriously.

“Don’t like me. You’ll only get hurt, Lu.”

Lu’s eyes widened further. Clear admiration and amazement appeared in his golden pupils.

Finally, he spoke in a voice of utter disbelief.

“Miss Daisy is the first person to say such amazing nonsense to my face.”

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