Volume 2 Chapter 2 (1/2)

My cousin, Han Miyeong, was a hysterical girl

Her eyes were sharp She wore glasses She was slightly taller than ht of 177cirl She had charcoal-colored short hair that almost appeared as if it were cut with a knife Her veins were visible on the back of her hands and her feet as well Her foot size was 270irls with the same physique as her, so her hands were similar

She wasn’t fat Her figure was outstanding To the point that you couldn’t vaguely say soood side’ She had proportions that were difficult to obtain even if one were to ai offers to becodae was a h she would occasionally receive offers to become an idol, it wasn’t because of her appearance but because her height and physique were limited to the upper class

She had a lot of popularity Mostly froirls Second to that was fro Pepero Day, one of those boys had even shoved a box of pepero within our newspaper slot and ran away It seee to coh to take the next step Of course, even if he did, there’s a large possibility that he would have just witnessed the sight of the pepero going intodidn’t eat snacks that well She did buy them Moreover, she’d even spend tens of dollars not at convenience stores but at imported sweet stores, at that However, she was a felloho, instead of tossing the snacks she bought into herat the calorie label for a long ti it in ure, she absolutely wasn’t overweight

It couldn’t be helped

She was a girl, after all

Soht, concerned about her own shoe size, and concerned about her weight Someone who can’t even meekly accept any positive evaluations, and would instead inflate the negative parts before harboring it Coher than her age,

an irritable girl

My cousin, Han Miyeong, was that kind of girl

I’ll organize the current situation

I, as dragged here by the white maid, was thrown aside on top of a bed in a small room

The end

If there’s so that can be added onto this situation that soht novel title, then it’s the fact that, in the end, the wrist on ht arm was bruised As a matter of fact, my body was sore because of theinjured any more than this

Though that wasn’t in my hands

“······Hota’ rii, akatu’ ziena?”

The whiteHowever, since I couldn’t understand her, I responded by looking around the room instead Approximately 65 square meters There were no s, but there was one wooden chair and desk Instead of there being a closet, clothes were stacked on top of the rack that was attached to the wall In the spot where I was situated, I was on top of a piece of furniture that was si that was unknown to me However, whether it was because they weren’t washed for a long period of time or not, the covers that e color and the areas where the body touched ht yellow

“Kime’ ke’ kr-mera?”

The white maid spoke once more As expected, since I couldn’t understand her, I stared at her, or rather, at the door that was right behind her A door made of wood As I had stated earlier, since there were no s, the roo shut If this ive off such a boundlessly scarlet glow, then facing each other would have been difficult

“Hrehesieve······ hreromehe-hieehe?”

The white ain

Although I still couldn’t understand what she had said⎯⎯⎯this tiazed at the white maid

There were two reasons for this

The first reason was because there were noany further

The other reason was because the vocalization method of the words that the white maid had just spoken⎯⎯⎯I realized that her words just noere different compared to what she had uttered earlier

If you think about it, the vocalization uely different as well

The reason behind that was revealed in the next moment

“······is it, this language? Korean? Is correct?”

“······, ······, ························Yeah, that’s right”

I nodded⎯⎯⎯and responded

The whiteone hand to brush her hair to the side, she crossed her arms and stared down at me

“My name is Sii Sii Garno Mikatni As maid of Her Excellency the Silver Lion Earl, I work in this castle”

The word ‘Sii’, which was repeated over and over again earlier, the word that I faintly expected to be a nah her Korean graraive her, it was a self-introduction that could still be understood

“I’m, Yujin My full name is Han Yujin”

“Han Yujin?”

“Yeah”

“Okay Yujin”

Sii nodded her head, walked forward, and stood before me

She inhaled deeply,her foot

I was stepped on

“Kuh······!”

My breath, was stifled Sii, who had put enough strength into her feet to s underneath the crushed, lowered her back and stared into my eyes

“Formal speech”

“······uh, ······, ······!!”

“Foret? Because this place is not where you lived, Yujin Going along with my mood is for your future Understand?”

Her grath in her boot continued to increase If I didn’t show a response, then she truly was going to continue until I broke, that was her intention

The feeling of anger and indignity fro violently forced to use forer than me⎯⎯⎯I can confidently say that I wouldn’t have that sort of reaction

No, I was used to it

There was a tied to Chanmi’s house and was mistreated by 5 maids at the same time Like I would always say, any experience will become helpful in the future······

“Understood”

Once I obliged iht satisfaction appeared on Sii’s face

She lessened the strength in her leg for ait back

“Miss”

The feeling of anger and indignity fro violently forced to attach a title to a er than me⎯⎯⎯I can confidently say that I wouldn’t have that sort of reaction

No, like I said, I was used to it

When I was dragged to Chanmi’s place, there was a ti back at it now, it’s just a distant memory······

“Miss Sii”

“Yup”

Sii displayed a satisfied expression and lifted her foot She then dragged a chair over to the bed before sitting down on it and crossing her legs With half-opened eyes, her red pupils appearing like a pair of setting suns that had been cut in half by the horizon and flipped upside-down, she looked down atme

“Boy?”

“Yes, Miss Sii” I immediately responded with formal speech and raised my upper body “I am a boy”

Sii furrowed her brow as she watched et down onto ether It wasn’t the twisted smile that she made while in front of the other maids, but a truly happy sainst the floor ether, before pushi+ng the end of her foot towards me

As expected, if I were to speak fro her foot out towards a kneeling boy can be narrowed down to six things

A them, if it’s the reaction that’s hoped for by the type of people like Sii, then······

(TL note: Warning: Foot stuff)

“······”

I courteously supported her foot and placed the end of her boot against my mouth

“!”

Sii twitched While looking up towards that Sii with upturned eyes, I moved my head and sucked audibly Lick, suck The dull taste of leather The stale taste of dirt and dust Not avoiding it but accepting it fully⎯⎯⎯I sed Suck, lick Each tiue resonated, her knees twitched The face of the twitching Sii was dyed red

(TL note: Foot stuff is over)

Her face was completely flushed

Not only her eyes, but her entire face was giving off a ruby gloell

She wasn’t⎯⎯⎯only embarrassed

“Yup!”

Siime aith her other foot and stood up fro shoulders before pouncing onmy neck into an embrace She then (stretched out her hand that was, as expected, bright red) patted my head

“Yup~~!! Good!”

I think I was on the mark

“Good Yujin Yup~~ very good! Because you’re good, really! Like this from now on, with sincerity! Have understood? Because if you do, then I won’t step on you like earlier······since I won’t make you hurt, this Sii Garno Mikatni promises It’s okay to trust me Do you understand?”

“Thank you very much, Miss Sii”

Sii barely listened to the response that I gave her She rubbed her cheek, which was so flushed that it appeared as if you could feel the heat radiating fro my head If her pale white skin could be described as fallen snow, then right now, she was like fire spreading on top of oil Did her entire body turn red? In terainst her heated chest, so the peculiar feeling from that soft sensation and the scent of milk mixed with sweat⎯⎯⎯I can confidently say that I wouldn’t feel anything from that

In the first place, it wasn’t even soft If you want to get technical, then it was indeed soft, but it was a softness that was no better than a chicken breast As I saith irl had a body that was lamentably skinny

As I’ve said s

Before that, this wasn’t even sti

The for this maid known as Sii, this was a situation that was pitiful in several different s······

“Yujin, Yujin Chest, hurts? The place I stepped on earlier······ Did I make it hurt a lot?”

Sii, who ainst me, lifted her head and started to hitto pat it down If someone were to ask me which moment hurt more, then it’d be now

“A little······ Miss Sii You’re strong”

Those words, which would have on and rain her royal wrath down upon me if I were to ever say that to her, made Sii become redder She then cleared her throat with an ‘Ehem’, put her chest out, and,

“Yup! That’s obvious I’!”

“Indeed, Miss Sii”

“If I put ainst er!”

“Thank you for going easy on me”

“Yup yup Is obvious, Yujin Be relieved Since Yujin is a good kid, even I won’t go all out!”

Sii spoke while patting h, if you consider the fact that there was soa type line in the middle of her sentence, then you can approximately tell what sort of ardless of that, her personality type was just as I had expected

Starting from the obsequious smile which she had shown in front of the other maids

To the pressure of the grip which went beyond common sense on my wrist

To the fact that she had abruptly stepped on my chest and forced me to use honorifics

The truth that could be realized just by looking at that figure which lacked in volume

This white nition and respect

Regardless of who the opposition was, she wanted her strength, her value, to be acknowledged

It was si in a particular physical attribute would be hell-bent on trying to prove his ot this excited bythe end of her boot⎯⎯⎯was th of hers had been confirood head on his shoulders She would be especially ecstatic because of that

She was someone as so easy to handle that she couldn’t be coreat would it be if every woman in the world was like her?

······No, as I thought, that isn’t right either, is it?

“Uhm, Miss Sii······”

Carefully, while loweringup at her, Ian attitude that see considerate about her mood Sii tilted her head

“Hm? What, Yujin?”

“There is so that I am curious about······ would it be discourteous of me, to ask?”

“Mm? Ah, okay Yujin was a body sus you want to ask, is there a lot?”

“Yes ······I would be grateful if you were to teach me, if you were to show me mercy”

(TL note: He’s correcting himself)

Since I’ it anyway, I should do it with certainty I backed up slightly and azed down atinaudibly to herself before she composed herself in order to let out a proud snort

“Okay! Talk If you don’t, then I can’t answer your questions”

“This room, what place is it?”

“It’s , I was allowed to have a personal rooh Miss Mercè Mikatni’s introduction, it’s not without reason!”

(TL note: Uncertain about the gender)

Contrary to her words, the room was still shabby, but if I said that out loud then I’d probably be stepped on again There was no worth in breaking the mood that I was barely able to establish

“Miss Mercè Mikatni······?”

“The best blacksh an otherworldly creature like you, Yujin, may be unaware, she’s a person with a lot of influence in the city As that person’s adopted daughter, I ca as a maid ······Honestly, I want to do a more splendid job, but because I have a disease, it’s difficult for hmy complaints”

The adopted daughter of a city’s community leader, is it? A disease Restricted outdoor activities Different to the Earl of the Silver Lion, she had truly white skin and red eyes⎯⎯⎯skin that reddened when excited A typical disease of melanin deficiency, the appearance of an albino The reason why she was always narrowing her eyes was probably because her vision eak

The part about whether albinism was a curable disease or not⎯⎯⎯let’s put that on hold

She was either plainly young and thus unaware of the truth or she was deceived into believing that a medicine that could cure her disease actually existed

There’s a possibility that the so-called Alchemy Fortress, the pharical medicine that could cure that disease

“That’s a”

“Mh deal!”

Although I think there’s nothose kinds of words when you have such a boasting expression on your face, as I thought, let’s ignore it

“Earlier those maids, those misses······”

“Don’t call them misses!”

She shouted I expected this response, but it was ihtened face, and while even uttering a shriek, I went down onto th into

Shortly after, once I carefully glanced up at her like a prisoner as pleading for ered in the eyes of Sii as still trying to catch her breath after having shouted

······No, like I said, this was easy At this point, I feel as if Ithe one to feel bad instead

“Sorry for shouting, but calling the themiss, is this Miss Sii Garno Mikatni Understood?”

Carefully, while embarrassed, but with an evidently pleased expression on her face, Sii Garno Mikatni rubbed the end of her boot against ainst her boot as if I was ed by the fact that I could even respond to her like this, Sii crouched down and patted my head

“Yup~~! Good! It’s okay if you know, Yujin!”

After strokingperiod of time, she patted my forehead with the palm of her hand

No matter how I looked at it, thisever since she started to do this

“In the first place, the majority of the other maids are idiots who don’t even know Korean They don’t have aspirations, either No passion to learn Lazybones who pushes tiresome tasks to others Because I, will never live like that”

“······I see, Miss Sii However, uhm······”

“Hm~?”

“How did Miss Sii grasp the Korean language······?”

“Learned!”

Sii puffed up her chest

“This castle’s library, it’s open to even the maids At first, I learned fros Because I didn’t kno to read the letters, I asked either Miss Zia or Miss Sophna and······ after learning how to read, mm, since it’s a picture book, I could understand the situations”

Picture books, is it? I wonder if she’s talking aboutthat Zia’s name was mentioned, then ten to one that must be the case The person called Sophna······ if I recall the time I wrote that speech, then they were the head deity of the House Contextually, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that this person kno to speak Korean as well Let’s keep this in mind

“That’s impressive It should have been difficult to learn Korean······”

“Yup~~! That’s right, it was difficult······ but the picture books were fun Wanted to read the next volue, right? I believed soood would happen if I learned it······ No matter the experience, it will be helpful If you didn’t know this, then use this opportunity to learn it well, Yujin”

Although that co I’ve already been using on you to my heart’s content, as expected, there’s really no need for ards to the fact that she was violent, easy to read, and boundlessly simple to handle, she reminded me of Eun Minseon

No, would Miyeong be more similar?

In any case

“It has certainly helped”

“Hm~?”

“Since that has allowedwith you, after all”

Sii was dyed red once h it seems that she wanted to make a pretentious expression on her face which displayed that so on that level was obvious, she was unable to control her facial muscles so her lips trembled like a worm that had found itself on a road of asphalt

“Uhuhuhuhu But certainly, because Korean was really difficult, there were a lot of hardshi+ps even after learning how to read······ I was able to e of cleaning⎯⎯⎯”

Sii abruptly stopped mid-sentence and shut her mouth

“······Miss Sii?”

“Ah······at all M If you understand, then you have to show some more sincerity!”

Sii, as if to block my mouth with her boot⎯⎯⎯Mm, it would probably be better to take out the ‘as if’ She blocked my mouth physically

Let’s think

This sort of reaction ca There are three possible explanations First, because their assigned area was under secrecy, there was a need for her to pick her words carefully Though this could possibly be the case, if she had that sort of sociability, then she wouldn’t have fooled around with me this easily The second explanation was that in the e of cleaning so she felt embarrassed Compared to the first explanation, this was 100 times more probable

Finally, the third······

······Mm

For now, I removed my lips from her boot

“Miss Sii”

“Hm?”

“What type of person is the Silver Lion Earl to Miss Sii?”

Sii twitched and then fixed her posture A the three possible explanations uess what the ansas

“Mm······”

The hesitating Sii let out a sigh

“She’s, a scary person”

As I thought, she had this sort of evaluation

“A really scary person I heard that she wasn’t like this in the past, but······ I wasn’t here back then so I don’t know that well Just a few days ago, the fact that Aria almost died······ Albeit, Aria is a lowly , well, I believed that it’d be a cheap price no ave Aria, then she enerous part about her Yup A difficult person That’s what I think”

Theft, maid, near death situation, and mercy······ ······It seems that the maid called Aria was the one who I had helped I wonder if she was roup of e of a favor, but if I get the opportunity, then I should confir people over to your side was important

“Uhm······ Yujin”

While in deep thought, Sii cautiously called out to me

“Yes, Miss Sii?”

“······, ······that basement room······ did you see it?”

That base to the torture chamber

In charge of cleaning

It was souessed at It was a used facility A rooo to enjoy herself Although it appeared as if the roouts, and bones were scattered all over the place⎯⎯⎯logically, there was no way that that would be the case Furthermore, there’s no chance that the Earl herself would clean that torture cha on a harsh stereotype, then it’s a question whether she’d even clean her own room or not Rather than that, the people beloould have to do it If that’s the case, then what room would be the most appropriate place to clean for a maid who’s treated as a sore?

Even the thing which she claie, if she truly did learn froa, then there’s no way that she would be able to converse with me as fluently as this She needed a conversation partner

She most likely had⎯⎯⎯that conversation partner

Similar to how, in this very moment, there are two otherworldly creatures that exist in that torture chamber

Those ere unable to get past the first day, the second day, or even the third day Tortured⎯⎯⎯there rammar

“······Didn’t see? That······ room”

Sii asked aze

I shookher a nod

“I saw it ······The torture chaht?”

“Ah ······so you saw it, yeah”

The recoiling Sii fiddled with her fingers before clearing her throat

“Mm~ I understand, the fact that you saw Mm······ In fact, you immediately used formal speech for s like that······ That’s right Mm mm”

Sii, who had her ar ‘Mm~’ sound, then nodded her head

“Yup, I’ll try talking!”

“Say that Yujin is a good boy! After hearing that she doesn’t have to make you hurt anyh Miss Earl is a scary person······ she’s also a cool person After hearing the speech she gave during Aria’s incident before, yup! An ahtly······ not be non-existent······”

“Yujin······”

Sii trailed off It seeed that the reason behindin fear

Even though that wasn’t the case

I think I knohy she tried to refrain fro the precise term ‘torture chamber’ It was most likely because she had considered the possibility that I hadn’t seen it If I were suround, and thus never saw the torture chamber, then she probably believed that the very act of‘torture chamber’ would instill fear intothat she was in charge of cleaning was because of the same context In order to consciously avoid the topic about that room

Sympathy⎯⎯⎯was a bit different

Consideration

Especially the fact that she was siht ould pick her words carefully in order to not give me false hope

This child was currently being considerate of me

······That consideration,

May have come from the sense of disappointment that came from the fact that the flatterer, who treated her well, may possibly be tortured to death the next day,

It may have even coinating froht attach down the street

Perhaps, no, that was most certainly the case

A type of consideration that could be tossed, just like soe, at the ho absolutely couldn’t disobey, all for the sake of one’s own amusement

The strong to the weak to an extent

The weak to the strong to an extent

Despite that

“I see that you’re a gentle person, Miss Sii”

“Eh”

“Thank you”

Because this pure white maid felt cute tomy head (with sincerity this time)

“Ah······ Uuuu Yup~~! Mm mm mm”

Sii lit up once more like a red crab and squirmed around with her arms wrapped around her shoulders

And then,

“Mm!”

She spread her hand and patted my head

As expected, I think this is her habit

Except, the intensity of the blows this time weren’t that different to a playful hit you’d receive from a friend

In other words, it didn’t hurt

She had adjusted it Her strength

“Yujin!”

Sii laughed with an ‘Ehehe’ and stood up frorabthat it was now bruised, she let out a light gasp With her stretched out ar in place, she withdrew her smile and hesitation wrapped around her entire body

That’s why I extended my arm instead

“Ah”

I went out of ht arm that had a bruised wrist Once I s Sii s her shoulders and enjoying herself, she carefully gripped my wrist Sii Garno Mikatni then spoke to me

“Yujin Yujin⎯⎯⎯are you not hungry?”

“I’ve just now started to becory”

“Okay~~! Let’s go eat Since it’s al room and eat Lately, the menu has become rather faithful, so it’s delicious”

“Thank you very much What is the menu like here?”

“In yesterday’s case, mm~~ Memeke meat that was shi+chi came out”

“I see If I knehat Meht be easier for me to understand”

“Memeke is uh⎯⎯⎯that In Korean, it’s that animal called tentaclonis”

An apprehensive name popped up all of a sudden

“Tentaclonis?”

“Yup~~ That pillar-looking ani tubes attached to it, it caht Tentacle Obedience”

My sudden uneasy prediction was right

“But different to that picture book, Me”

“Since it feels like it wouldn’t be a good idea to drag this topic on for too long, let’s put it aside Please tellmethod called shi+chi”

“Okay In Korean ter method that cohter Predation Appreciation”

Another apprehensive named popped up abruptly

“Archduke Mother and Daughter Predation Appreciation?”

“You peel the outer layer while it’s still alive, fasten it in place, and while it’s on top of a heat-resistant plate, you put in a glass⎯⎯⎯to be exact, it’s a bit different, there’s a thing called Tios It’s like a lens, but it’s slightly different to a lens as well In any case, you put that inside and take it to a place where there’s a lot of sunlight If sunlight passes through the Tios, then it condenses and starts to heat the plate······”

My sudden uneasy prediction was right once more

daht those books, but still, dah I’ve never met you before

“I understand now”

“Okay”

I, and even Sii, avoided the other’s gaze and cleared our throats A short silence

“Then that means a meal similar to dried squid was served yesterday”

“Yup ······Ah, yup, the dried part It being······ a squid, yup Although they’re bigger than squids and live on land······ Yup, squid”

“I see”

“Yup”