The Maid Hates Childcare (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 11
On my way back to my quarters.
I stepped down from the carriage and trudged slowly along the path.
‘My soul’s been completely drained.’
Everything that had happened today felt like a dream.
‘A wonderfully dreadful nightmare, to be precise.’
That scheming side character’s ploy was more than enough to utterly unsettle me.
I kicked a pebble caught under my foot.
‘Just give me some time to think.’
Though I’d succeeded in postponing my answer, I doubted I could stall for long.
I let out a quiet sigh.
‘Me, becoming Kashar’s lover?’
And all because my cooking happened to suit his taste—an utterly absurd reason.
Worse still, he said he liked me because I was amusing.
‘Am I some kind of comedian or what?’
I’d felt a flutter of excitement at his praise for my food—only for him to douse me with cold water immediately after.
It left me utterly uncertain whether to feel pleased or insulted.
‘Besides, this never happened in the original plot.’
I certainly didn’t want my presence to cause disruptions in the story.
Yet, upon deeper reflection, perhaps it wasn’t that simple.
‘Come to think of it, aren’t I already changing things?’
Raising the twins properly was practically the same as erasing the story’s hidden mastermind.
‘But would that really be a problem?’
Eltheas was destined to awaken as the Saintess, and the story was always meant to end with her and the male lead together.
As long as those two ended up together, did anything else really matter?
Just as I thought this, I abruptly halted in my tracks.
‘Why do I keep leaning toward accepting it!’
I shuddered, realizing I’d unconsciously drifted toward thinking it might be okay.
‘I’d better refuse.’
He was supposed to return in a week to hear my answer, but my decision had already been made.
If he tried to pick a quarrel over my refusal—
‘I’ll just cook for him a bit more.’
He clearly enjoyed my food—that much was certain.
There was nothing good to gain from getting further entangled with him.
I quickened my pace.
‘I’d better hurry and make dinner.’
This was the first time I’d been away from the twins for more than half a day.
For that reason, I missed them even more than usual.
In the distance, the abandoned palace came into view—but its entrance was blocked by a crowd.
“What’s going on?”
By now, the delivery of Kashar’s gifts should have been long finished.
The gathered people were palace servants.
Emma was speaking with someone at the front of the group.
‘Why the sudden crowd? Did the gifts draw too much attention?’
I practically ran to the entrance.
Emma, who spotted me first, made a pained face as if she’d just been saved.
“Aileen-sama!”
“Yeah, I’m back.”
I reassured Emma and stepped forward.
“I’m the maid in charge of this palace. What seems to be the matter?”
Still catching my breath, I asked—and the visitors turned toward me.
The middle-aged woman who’d been speaking with Emma opened her mouth.
“We’ve come to see the young princes.”
“Please speak with me.”
While conversing, I observed their appearance and attire.
They bore no insignia of the imperial palace, confirming they weren’t palace staff—which only made things more puzzling.
‘Why would a noble household’s maid come to the abandoned palace?’
It surely wasn’t to curry favor with the neglected princes.
When I stood my ground firmly, the maid scoffed.
“Fine. Marchioness Lemang has invited the young princes to the Olloge Party.”
“…What?”
A chill ran down my spine as I echoed her in surprise.
I’d just recalled a plot point I’d completely forgotten.
‘Why did I forget this?’
It wasn’t only Aileen who’d traumatized the twins.
Marchioness Tuberosa Lemang was a leading socialite and entrepreneur who dominated the Empire’s culinary culture.
The problem was that she staunchly supported the Empress and would go to any lengths to gain her favor.
‘The Olloge Party.’
A special event held only once a year, where noble houses presented delicacies or beverages created with their secret techniques.
In the original story, the twins had also been invited.
But it wasn’t out of sympathy—it was a calculated accident.
‘An incident occurred at the party.’
A drunken noble suddenly brandished a decorative sword, and Evan, trying to protect Louis, took a blade to his leg.
‘It wasn’t an accident.’
Empress Wayeno despised all imperial relatives except the Crown Prince.
Knowing the Empress’s temperament, the Marchioness deliberately invited the princes to provoke trouble.
As proof, that day’s incident was later twisted into a sibling fight between the twins.
And the Marchioness received a plot of land with rare herbs as her reward.
This entire event was summarized in just three lines in the original novel, after which Aileen continued her abuse.
But something was off.
‘This happened in spring, when the twins were eight years old.’
Since it was March now, the incident shouldn’t occur for another ten months.
The original plot had changed.
Could it be—
‘…because I met Kashar?’
Before I realized it, the Marchioness’s invitation was already in my hand.
“We eagerly await your attendance.”
There was an edge to the maid’s words.
Everyone knew Marchioness Tuberosa was one of the Empress’s agents.
Empress Wayeno had already ruined countless imperial relatives who lacked powerful backing.
‘She’s crippled some and sent others into exile.’
Some hadn’t even survived.
‘She’s trying to eliminate them early.’
Imperial descendants usually awakened their dragon powers around age fifteen.
The Empress sought to kill the young princes before they developed these special abilities.
She’d left Louis and Evan alone only because they hadn’t reached awakening age yet.
But contrary to her expectations, the twins awakened their powers at just eight—an extremely rare occurrence.
‘If I refuse her invitation…’
The Marchioness would immediately run to the Empress and report that the princes weren’t following her plans.
She’d urge the Empress to torment and ultimately kill those discarded princes at her leisure.
“Well then, if you’ll excuse me.”
Even after the Marchioness’s people had left, I stood rooted to the spot for a long while.
“Aileen-sama, are you all right?”
“…Ah, yeah. I’m fine. But what about the young princes?”
“Aileen—!”
In the distance, I spotted Louis and Evan.
Louis dashed over and threw his arms around me at once.
“Where’d you go!”
“I had a quick errand. Were you two having fun?”
Louis’s face, searching for me, was bright and cheerful.
I couldn’t possibly show him a grim expression.
I forced a smile and hugged him tightly.
“Yeah! There were so many toys! But it would’ve been even more fun if you’d played with us!”
“How sweet of you to say. Shall we play together after dinner?”
“Okay!”
“I’ll get dinner ready right away.”
“Yeah! I’m hungry—!”
Louis grabbed my hand and began pulling me into the palace.
After letting myself be led for a moment, I turned toward Evan, who stood still like a statue, and held out my hand.
“Um, Evan-sama… shall we go in together?”
Unlike Louis, who’d clearly enjoyed his day, Evan seemed deeply upset.
After glaring at me, he abruptly turned his back and walked inside ahead of us.
Emma looked after him with concern and said,
“Evan-sama’s been in a bad mood all day.”
“…Mm. I’ll try to help him feel better. Let’s go in.”
Knowing exactly why he was upset, I could only stay silent and bow my head.
Because I’d returned late, dinner was simple.
Feeling guilty, I played with Louis until he was thoroughly exhausted.
‘Of course, Evan didn’t even bother watching.’
Though Evan hadn’t joined our play, he still slept beside us.
I patted the blanket covering Louis and Evan for a long while.
Dong… dongdong.
Louis’s soft breathing filled the room, having fallen asleep early.
His sleeping face was so endearing that I couldn’t take my eyes off him for a long time.
Eventually, my gaze drifted to Evan.
Despite having been in bed for a while, he remained wide awake.
“Um, Evan-sama… about what happened today…”
I struggled for the right words.
How could I explain this without hurting him further?
Seeing the child whose pride had clearly been wounded earlier made my own heart ache.
Frustrated by my silence, Evan finally let out an exasperated sigh.
Then he said,
“Stop worrying about me and just take care of yourself.”
He turned to face the opposite side, his posture plainly signaling he didn’t want to talk.
Even so, I couldn’t bring myself to leave.
My eyes fell on the blanket—specifically where Evan’s legs lay.
‘…They said there was a lot of blood.’
In the original story, the twins’ terror stemmed from the sharp sword and the blood soaking the floor.
And the ones who pushed the children to their limits were all adults.
‘I have to protect them.’
Any decent adult would have done the same.
Before leaving the twins’ room, I spoke with genuine sincerity.
“Sweet dreams, Louis-sama, Evan-sama.”
May your dreams be filled only with happiness.
Because I’ll stop every nightmare waiting for you in reality.
Male lead first thought she played hard to get, only to realize she
really disliked him
Short intro:
What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.
Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.
Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!
She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.
*
At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.
This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!
***
Synopsis:
Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…
A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead
vs.
An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead
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