The Peaceful Life Of A Maid Who Hides Her Power And Enjoys It - Chapter 60

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Chapter 60

‘Five rooms. When I checked the windows from outside, the lights were on in the fourth and third rooms from the back.’

The room the assassin entered first was positioned where the house owner would typically use as a bedroom.

Creak. The door opened very quietly.

Sure enough, this room had more furniture compared to the other rooms.

Judging by the extravagantly ornate red floral canopy that clearly reflected an old man’s taste, it seemed he had found the right place.

The assassin carefully approached the bed and pulled back the canopy that hung down like curtains in one swift motion.

Swoosh!

At that moment. An object shot out like lightning and struck his chest.

“Kugh!”

It was a deadly attack that made his vision turn white.

The assassin hastily rolled backward and retreated toward the wall.

‘What was that? A sword? Or a gun?’

He felt around his chest area.

The pain existed, but he couldn’t feel any sticky blood. Unbelievable. It was definitely a vicious blow that felt like it would tear his heart apart!

Gulp.

The assassin who swallowed dry saliva drew a knife from his coat. This short but sharp blade was optimal for cutting an opponent’s throat.

‘…Nothing there.’

But the opponent who had attacked him was nowhere to be seen.

No, the moment he thought that, he heard unfamiliar breathing sounds from behind. The assassin instinctively turned around.

Facing the vague presence in the darkness, he raised both arms to cover his face. That was the only way to block his opponent’s…

“Huk.”

He couldn’t block his opponent’s attack at all.

“Kugh!”

He got beaten.

“Urgh.”

He kept getting beaten.

“Kuk…”

Continuously.

“…”

Forever.

“N-no! Stop!”

At that moment, the fist that had been persistently targeting the assassin’s face suddenly stopped.

Was this what it meant when they said your vision turns yellow?

When he raised his head amidst the burning pain, he saw a very alien woman standing in the bluish darkness.

The woman’s face, silhouetted against the moonlight, was pale.

Her brilliantly shining light green eyes were colder than those of any warrior he had ever seen.

The assassin instinctively realized.

‘She’s a master I could never dare to face.’

I can’t escape from this woman.

Along with this realization, the assassin tried to reach for the 【Merciful Bite】 hidden in his mouth…

“Looking for this?”

The assassin stared at the small pill caught between the woman’s index finger and thumb. It was 【Merciful Bite】.

‘Why is the pill that should be embedded in my gums over there…?’

His situational assessment was quick.

The assassin hastily searched his sleeves. He always kept a spare 【Merciful Bite】 for situations like this…

“Sorry, but there are two.”

Nothing there.

‘Huh.’

He looked up.

The pills between the woman’s fingers had increased to two.

Haha. The woman let out a laugh so dry and murderous it gave him goosebumps, then raised her right hand as well.

“Actually, it’s four.”

Four 【Merciful Bites】.

That meant…

“Heave-ho.”

The woman walked behind the bed, picked up something that had fallen on the floor like a piece of luggage, and dropped it in front of the assassin.

“Kwek!”

With an utterly hideous scream, his eyes met a familiar face that had fallen to the floor.

It was another assassin who had been carrying out the Malicops Group kidnapping mission with him.

‘When did this happen?’

Despair washed over him.

When had he ever felt such vivid hopelessness before?

The assassin had prided himself on having faced many crazy murderers.

In his eyes, the opponent’s actions and words were definitely not ordinarily insane.

Usually, those who want to show off their power either act leisurely or create the opposite—a murderous atmosphere. That’s how they can crush their enemy’s spirit.

But he felt no such signs from this woman.

She was… normal.

An ordinary woman spending an ordinary day, very ordinary and frail.

The woman was like that. That’s what made her seem more insane.

‘Especially those eyes!’

Look at those crazy eyes.

Eyes that felt no emotion toward him, an excellent assassin. Those kind of vacant eyes were always more dangerous.

His body trembled like an aspen leaf.

Tap, tap. The woman lightly dusted off her hands, dragged over a wooden chair, and sat in front of them.

Then she mentioned a very surprising name.

“Unexpected move. I didn’t know 【Clone】 would extend their reach this far.”

How did she know that fact?

The assassin glanced at his companion.

Seeing him shake his head vigorously, it didn’t seem like this guy had spilled anything.

“Aren’t you going to ask how I knew?”

The woman who asked this grabbed the assassin by the collar.

“Aren’t you going to ask?”

Those eyes filled with pure curiosity. The assassin instinctively opened his mouth.

“Kuk. H-how did you know?”

“I’m Midwintry’s top 【Clone】 hunter.”

‘…Midwintry?’

Suddenly, the description of a person of interest flashed through the assassin’s mind.

Light green eyes and brown hair. A pale but small, round face. A vacant expression. Ah!

“Daisy Pager!”

That woman was here. He hadn’t received any notification from the Guild higher-ups who were monitoring the Weatherwax Estate?

Daisy Pager looked at his surprised face with a strange expression.

It was a face that seemed to wonder, ‘You’re only recognizing me now?’ Then she soon nodded as if she understood.

“Ah, right. You didn’t sneak in targeting me. Then… you were after the owner of this estate? Grandfather Malicops?”

“…”

“It is Grandfather Malicops, right?”

“…”

“You’re pretty tenacious.”

I like tenacious kids.

Right after that muttering was heard, his vision flashed.

A pain unlike anything he had ever experienced in his life pierced through the assassin’s body.

After that, they were beaten to near death again.

“Don’t feel wronged. I’m not hitting you for fun. I’m using violence for peace. So what’s your purpose?”

The assassin sniffled and answered.

“Kidnapping the Mallicops Group…”

“I can’t hear you.”

“Kidnapping the Mallicops Group!”

“What about the map?”

“…Excuse me?”

“I’m asking if you’re not looking for the map.”

“We… only received the kidnapping mission…”

“So kidnapping, but not the map.”

Daisy Pager, who had been listening quietly, let out a short exclamation and turned to look at the assassin.

“Ah, right. You guys received a mission to annihilate Weatherwax, didn’t you?”

The companion kneeling on the right immediately shouted.

“I haven’t heard anything about that!”

“…”

“Looks like the one on the left has.”

So they weren’t companions but enemies.

The assassin’s complexion turned pale.

He recalled the memory from 2 minutes ago when he was beaten like flour dough by this crazy woman. His tongue moved on its own.

“It, it was only briefly mentioned once. The annihilation mission was adjusted to a surveillance mission.”

“Surveillance? You’re saying you’ve been watching the Weatherwax Estate? You didn’t even know I was staying here.”

“We also! That’s why! We were surprised! To see you, Lady Daisy!”

“That’s right!”

Daisy Pager’s eyes fell into contemplation again.

Before long, she turned her gaze toward the bed and asked.

“Lu. Did you happen to deal with the ones who were doing surveillance?”

Speaking to an empty space.

Just when the already frightening woman was about to become even more terrifying, a voice so low it tickled the eardrums was heard.

“Yeah.”

A very tall man was standing in front of the bed.

‘When did he get there?’

The man was extremely tall. Perhaps because his head was positioned so high up, his face was hidden in dark shadows, with only the area below his chin faintly visible.

The man wearing a lustrous black nightgown leisurely continued.

“Because they were ruining the lawn.”

Stroking his clean-shaven chin without a single whisker, he muttered lightly.

“Hmm. 【Clone】, was it? I think there was another guy too.”

“Who?”

“I didn’t catch that. He committed suicide right away. People these days live too rigidly. Some can’t bear to kill, so they push others into other people’s houses as guard dogs. Right?”

“You should have stopped him from committing suicide. Can’t Lu even do that?”

“Can’t do it. When you get old, there are many limitations to instant judgment and action.”

The bedroom fell silent after that.

It seemed like Daisy Pager glared into empty space and whispered “Raphael…” But the silence didn’t last long.

Rising from her chair, she stood in front of the assassin.

“For now.”

The moment the assassin’s eyes met Daisy Pager’s light green pupils.

“Go to sleep.”

As the world turned black, the assassin’s consciousness was cut off.

* * *

I sat the unconscious assassins against the bed legs and tied them up tightly.

Then I brought Renya and explained everything that had happened today from beginning to end.

“Ah, assassins were targeting the master? My goodness. What in the world is going on?”

“Don’t you have any guesses?”

“Guesses… parts I can guess…”

Suddenly, Renya’s face crumpled and she burst into half-tears, shouting.

“What should we do? There are too many!”

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