“……So, you’re telling me to use this room now?”

“Yes. Is it not to your liking?”

‘There’s no way I wouldn’t like it.’

It was overwhelming, to the point of being burdensome. As soon as the maid led her into the room, Lina’s words were completely stuck.

The lavish paintings drawn on the ceiling. Highquality carpets that were only made in the south. It was definitely not a room to be offered to a maid.

‘I thought they were going to assign me a separate room, I assumed they would give me just one room in the corner.’

Most of the maids visiting other domains either used leftover beds in the existing maids’ rooms, or if they were lucky, were assigned a separate room.

So when they told her she’d be guided to her own room, she was happy, thinking she’d be fortunate to have a private room. However, her feelings quickly cooled upon seeing the room.

The maid’s respectful manner, as if dealing with a noble, gave rise to the delusion that she had become the lady of a nobleman.

‘It’s clear that they think I’m the Duke’s wife.’

In the faraway capital of the Permanence domain, the rumor had become infamous. Here, closer, there was no way the rumor hadn’t spread.

But now, she no longer had the strength to confront the Duke about the rumor.

The Duke, indeed, seemed to be unconcerned about the rumor, only doing more to cause misunderstandings around him.

Even Lina was gradually becoming detached from the issue.

“You must be tired, I’ve prepared a bath. Would you like to wash first?”

It was just in time, as her body felt fatigued from riding in the carriage for a long time.

“Yes, I’d like that. Where is the bathroom?”

“Over there. If you go in first, I’ll serve you……”

“No, I’m fine!”

Bathing services. Lina was surprised and refused, and the maid stepped back and said,

“Then I’ll just prepare your luggage and leave while you bathe. If you need anything, please feel free to call me.”

“……Ah, yes. Thank you.”

In fact, she didn’t need her luggage prepared either, but she was too weary to refuse and so she accepted.

Lina, feeling overwhelmed by the extraordinary treatment she was receiving for the first time in four hundred years, entered the bathroom.

“I came here as a maid to the Duke, didn’t I? What’s with this overthetop behavior……”

Lina recalled the Count’s appearance she had seen upon arriving at the mansion. She had hastily returned his greeting when he had looked at her and nodded.

It seemed to them that she was not the Duke’s maid, but rather, someone he loved though did not adore.

“Sigh. Forget it. Whether they think that or not.”

Thinking about it a hundred times would not improve anything. If she didn’t like the situation, the only way was to leave the Duke’s side as soon as possible.

Just endure until then. Thinking thus, Lina undressed.

Everything was nervewracking, but she had been mentally exhausted from forcibly sticking to the Duke’s side.

“The Duke went straight to a meeting after arriving……”

As soon as they arrived at the mansion, the Duke headed elsewhere with the Count.

It had taken a whole day to get here by carriage. And yet, he went straight to work without resting.

“The Duke’s job isn’t easy either.”

She grumbled, sinking deeper into the warm water.

The hot water seemed to completely soothe her tense muscles. Splashing, she bathed for a long time.

It was time to leave, she thought, and stood up.

“I forgot to bring my clothes.”

In her surprise at the maid’s offer to serve her, she had entered the bathroom without even bringing a change of clothes.

Real noble ladies would change their clothes outside the bathroom.

Maids like Lina had to change their clothes in the small bathroom, and that habit was ingrained in her.

Lina hurriedly covered herself with a large towel and stepped out of the bathroom.

The maid had already left, and there was no one in the room.

Afraid of showing her bare skin in front of strangers, and worrying about what to do if the maid was still there, Lina breathed a sigh of relief.

“More than the bag… Ah.”

The luggage that had been placed on the sofa was nowhere to be seen. It seemed that the maid had already put it away in the wardrobe.

Lina looked around the room to find the wardrobe, but no matter how hard she looked, she couldn’t find the closet she was thinking of.

Except for the bathroom, everything looked like a wall, but the handles attached made it noticeable that they could be opened.

But the problem was that there were too many of these handles.

“All of these open…?”

The room was too large and unfamiliar to her. With a sigh of exhaustion, Lina began to open the doors closest to her.

From a powder room that ladies would use to a small reception room for tea time.

It seemed everything that could be put in a room had been put in.

“They’ve given me a very extravagant room.”

Dripping water from her hair, and accidentally touring the room, Lina stared at the doors she hadn’t yet opened.

There were only two doors left.