The Villainess's Exclusive Maid Is Too Good at Her Job - Chapter 46

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Chapter 46

Oops.
Jeron, who had been muttering to himself, hastily clamped his mouth shut.
But Janet and Julietta had already heard Jeron’s words.
“A hero? Kid, did you just say hero?”
Blink, blink.
Unable to even shake his head, his blinking eyes answered for him.
“Miss Julietta.”
“Yes.”
The two exchanged glances and hurriedly scanned their surroundings.
But with so many people crowded about, finding the one presumed to be Kendrick was no easy task.
“Janet. Are you perhaps looking for Ken-, ahem. That person?”
“Yes, we are. Have you seen him?”
“I did catch a glimpse of him from a distance. He vanished in an instant, though. Ah, but I do know what clothes he was wearing.”

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Janet and Julietta quickly slipped out of the Ballroom.
A deep blue jacket and a deep blue mask.
A distinctive vine pattern etched across the chest of the jacket.
As they asked passersby if they’d seen anyone matching that description, they found themselves in the Garden beyond the Ballroom.
The Garden too was adorned befitting the masquerade.
Beneath the lanterns scattered here and there stood several couples who appeared to be lovers.
The figure presumed to be Kendrick was nowhere among them.
“Has he already left?”
Julietta murmured in a hollow tone.
“Did he really come just to see the boy and nothing more?”
“Miss Julietta.”
“…I know. There’s no reason he should have come to see me.”
But.
Clench.
Julietta, her fists clenched tight, wavered and sank to the ground.
“Are you alright, Miss Julietta?”
“I’m fine. My legs have simply lost their strength.”
Julietta, her voice tinged with melancholy, muttered with self-deprecation.
“It’s ridiculous, really. I hurt him first, and I was the one seeking his forgiveness. What right do I have to feel disappointed?”
“…Miss Julietta.”
“I’ll give up for today. I can find him myself next time. If he won’t see me, I’ll come back ten times, a hundred times—whatever it takes.”
The words were resolute enough, yet the voice speaking them trembled.
I noticed the torn hem of Julietta’s dress. It appeared she had snagged it on something while moving about busily in search of Kendrick.
Her hair, neatly braided below her shoulders, was also disheveled and tousled in every direction.
Her small frame, crouched on the ground in a most unbecoming manner for a noblewoman, looked particularly diminished today.
Janet gazed down at Julietta for a moment in silence, then turned her head away.
“It’s a beautiful day, my lady.”
“…Hmm? Yes, it is nice. But why suddenly talk about the weather?”
“Just because. It feels like the perfect day for a conversation.”
With that, Janet pulled her hair back tightly with a ribbon and secured it.
I felt sorry toward Sandy, who had taken such care to style my hair for the party, but there was no helping it.
“Janet, you…”
“You were looking forward to today, weren’t you?”
A smile.
Janet’s smile shed the irritating mask she had been wearing.
“I’ll search a bit more and return, so please sit in a nearby chair.”
“There’s no need for that.”
“I’d feel better if you did.”
Janet shrugged as she answered, then slowly surveyed her surroundings.
It was merely intuition, but something told me that Kendrick wouldn’t have simply left like this.
‘If that’s the case, he would have gone somewhere without people.’
Janet’s destination was the Maze Garden.
Unlike the main garden, the Maze Garden, located on the relatively outer edges, was not crowded with people.
Janet gripped her left wrist as she looked around.
‘I wish this would be helpful at a time like this.’
But the light on her wrist remained dormant. The characters reading “Salvation” that had always puzzled me were no different.
That was when it happened.
A rustling sound.
At the sound of footsteps behind me, Janet spun around sharply. A shadowy figure loomed in the darkness.
I wondered if it might be Kendrick, but I shook my head. That couldn’t be.
How would he know I was pursuing him and come looking for me?
“Who are you?”
At Janet’s question, the figure hidden in the shadows slowly moved forward.
“Oh. You caught me faster than I expected.”
A masked man spoke with a laugh. Judging by his somewhat youthful voice, he seemed to be around Janet’s age or perhaps younger.
“Were you following me?”
“You caught my eye, so I simply followed.”
So he had indeed been following her.
“Do you know me?”
“Yes. I know you well enough.”
The man nodded with a derisive smile.
“You almost became my grandmother. Or is that still happening?”
Grandmother?
The unfamiliar word made my eyes narrow.
“It seems you’re family with Count Berdin.”
“Yes. Our grandfather is Count Berdin.”
Hearing that name after so long drew an irritated laugh from me.
“I was quite worried when I heard Grandfather had taken an interest in some young woman. But for someone nearly my age to become my grandmother? That’s absurd.”
“There’s no need to worry. Even if I died and came back to life, I would never become your grandmother.”
At my firm words, the man’s lips curled into a smirk.
“Then what about me instead?”
“…Pardon?”
“I followed along out of curiosity to see this young grandmother candidate, and it turns out you’re exactly my type.”
The man closed the distance with long, confident strides.
“If you have no interest in meeting our grandfather, why not meet me instead?”
“I have no such intention.”
“Don’t be so cold.”
Without warning, his hand seized my wrist.
“I’m being kind to you right now. Don’t you know your family is falling apart? The reason you wanted to marry our grandfather was for money anyway.”
“Let go of me.”
At my cold response, he tightened his grip on my wrist.
“Ha. Don’t play hard to get when you’re cheap goods. I have plenty of money too, Miss Graham. I’ll buy you at a premium price, so just be with me, alright?”
…
“I’m telling you I like you!”
He shouted harshly and yanked my arm.
But my body didn’t budge an inch.
“What? Why aren’t you moving?”
“I’ve always been confident in my strength.”
During my time at Graham.
Carrying multiple heavy sacks of flour was routine, and I moved furniture alone without difficulty.
I could proudly say my stamina and strength surpassed anyone’s.
“Grandfather and grandson are exactly alike.”
“What?”
“They say blood doesn’t lie, after all.”
With those cold words, I drove my heel straight up between his legs with all my might.
“Ugh!”
The man released my hand and bounced around in pain.
Tsk.
How pathetic.
I had wanted to avoid causing a scene at Jeron’s birthday, but I wouldn’t tolerate anyone crossing the line.
Since he was the one who transgressed first, I had no intention of reporting this incident.
What bothered me, though.
‘Then have Earl Graham and his wife already figured it out?’
The fact that I’m working as a maid for Princess Julietta.
I’ve been thinking it was strange, to be honest. I made Simon keep quiet about it, but rumors spread through High Society in the blink of an eye, don’t they?
Especially when a new maid appears in the service of the “villainess” who draws so much public attention.
People wouldn’t keep such juicy gossip to themselves.
‘I just hope nothing troublesome comes of it.’
Since they haven’t come looking or reached out until now, they might be content to leave things as they are.
Janet pretended not to notice the man writhing on the ground in pain and turned her direction back toward the Maze Garden.
However, after taking only a few steps.
“W-wait! I won’t let you get away!”
The man, recovering faster than expected, snatched up a large stone nearby and charged toward Janet.
His eyes wild with fury, he closed the distance in an instant, swinging the stone in his hand with menacing force.
But in the next moment.
“Ugh!”
The man’s body went limp like a puppet with its strings cut, crumpling to the ground.
The stone he’d been clutching rolled across the floor.
Janet blinked in surprise.
Behind the fallen man, another figure slowly emerged from the shadows.
A dark blue jacket and a dark blue mask.
A distinctive vine pattern carved across the chest.
“…Kendrick?”
It was unmistakably the person I had been searching for so desperately.

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