“Curses, curses!”

Aesilwood Jajak, who had been driven out of the banquet hall, couldn’t contain his anger.

“A lowly wench with blood not yet dried on her head! How dare she!”

The noblewoman, upon seeing a magic stone, immediately smashed it.

This implied that the wench also knew that the magic stone had a tracking spell on it.

“Damn it!”

Even the nobles, who were almost ready to invest as if it were their own affair, turned away.

Once it was revealed that they didn’t possess magic stones, their interest vanished instantly.

“It was almost done!”

Frustrated, Aesilwood Jajak took determined strides forward.

Without noticing the maid coming from another corridor, Aesilwood Jajak walked past her.

The clean tablecloth she held brushed against Aesilwood Jajak. Sensing it sharply, he turned his head abruptly.

“You wretched thing! How dare you dirty my clothes! Can’t you walk properly!”

Caught off guard by his outburst, Delma belatedly gasped and bowed repeatedly.

“Forgive, forgive me! It was not intentional, please forgive me!”

“Forgive? Do you even know how much this garment is worth? This dress costs more than your monthly wages combined!”

“I’m truly sorry! Please, just forgive me!”

Frustrated by the useless young girl, Aesilwood Jajak redirected his wrath.

As he met the maid passing by, who had a rather ambiguous face, he thought she wouldn’t be bad.

“I’m really sorry. But I have urgent business… May I go now?”

“Hmm, thinking about it again, I just can’t let this slide.”

“I’m sorry. Please, just once, forgive me…”

“Well, if you can immediately repay the value of my clothes, I might let this slide quietly…”

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Buzz. A small vibration came from the bag.

Startled by the sound, the frightened young ladies anxiously searched their surroundings.

“Oh my, looks like a bee is flying around somewhere!”

“Ahh! A bee?!”

“Where is it? Please don’t come near me! Mr. Bee!”

“Bee? Where is it? Where?”

Everyone covered their heads with both hands, busy avoiding the nonexistent bee. Only Miguela rose from her seat, assuming a defensive stance.

“M-Miguela-nim…”

“It’s okay! I’m not afraid of bugs!”

Observing them silently, I discreetly got up from my seat.

“Oh! Dia-nim! Don’t get up! A bee might come from somewhere and sting you!”

“I’m fine; I’ll just go into the mansion for a moment. I have something urgent.”

“Urgent matter? What kind of… Oh, I see!”

Fortunately, Miguela winked at me, allowing me to slip away. I discreetly moved to an empty room, opened my bag, and sighed.
[This is strange! It’s shining! Making sounds by itself!]

When I opened the bag, Eunbam handed me a communication stone with its tail. In fact, the mysterious sound that surprised the maids earlier was due to this communication stone.

‘Oliver’s invention that he created and discarded.’

When I met the merchants before, I accepted a communication stone from them. And I made one request to them.

‘If any noble from the capital tries to approach the detached house, please let me know!’

The merchants readily agreed to my request. And now they were trying to convey that information to me.

I tapped on the communication stone.

“Oh, miss?”

“Yes!”

“Oh! It’s real! I can hear a voice, miss!”

The surroundings became noisy. Everyone seemed distracted, fascinated by the communication stone.

Fortunately, before I could intervene, Theophila’s voice reached them.

“Oh, you noisy ones! Miss, one of the capital folks has come here, just as the miss said.”

‘As expected!’

I quickly gripped the communication stone properly, ready to speak when the voice came again.

“Oh, but she’s not alone. The maid who used to be with the miss is here too.”

“Who?”

“Oh, what was her name? Ah! Delma! It was Delma!”

“Delma, you say?”

“Oh, yes! That name is correct.”

“Miss, what should we do? Should we chase after that guy now? This is somewhat amusing…”

The communication stone was cut off there. I shook it, but the communication didn’t resume.

‘They took Delma.’

Why did Jajak do that? Along with the question, the story I heard from Miguela popped into my mind.

‘Although not recently, for a while, there were quite a few rumors circulating. People who know will know. How much Jajak exposes women and behaves badly…’

No way! I quickly got up from my seat. With a chilling sensation, I headed straight to the detached house.

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At the same moment, Bart returned to the mansion humming a tune.

“Hmm, a joyful holiday, a happy holiday. Dash.”

He had taken a few days off in advance and visited the market early in the morning on the way back. And he bought some snacks that the young miss liked.

Of course, the young miss only ate dishes made from the finest ingredients by the best chefs every day, but that’s why she seemed to really like these stimulating street foods that I brought secretly.

‘As long as the master or the other nobles don’t find out.’

Ah, Master Davan was fine. Even if he was caught, if we offered snacks, the young miss and he would eat together.

‘Where could our young miss be, Dash.’