No matter how much I want to avoid the villain, he saved me twice, and since he is insistent, it is no longer possible to bravely refuse to work as a maid.
Nelia sneakily looked up at Duke Hart.
“Your Grace.”
Swallowing hard. Though I am incredibly worried about working alongside this villain…
“I have caused inconvenience, so I will be your hands and feet for a while. If you don’t need money, then I must pay with my body.”
Even the body… When I said it, I realized that it had an odd ring to it, but it was already spoken.
However, Duke Hart seemed to pay it little mind, his face regained a smile.
“Thank you for making a difficult decision, Nelia.”
Glad you understand.
Without realizing, Nelia swallowed and stared at the beautiful man in front of her.
‘I’m not sure if this is superficiality.’
Perhaps because of his exquisitely handsome face, he didn’t seem like a bad person who would tripping someone out of revenge.
If I don’t pay attention to his true identity from the original work and diligently assist him, my foot will probably be healed before I know it.
Swallowing dryly, Nelia asked.
“When should I start working as a maid?”
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]As a result, the next day, Nelia was standing in Duke Hart’s mansion.
‘It’s huge…’
It was incomparable to the size of the Count Benedict’s mansion.
‘I wonder how large the estate is.’
Duke Hart’s domain is said to be in the west. Surely, it must be several times larger than the domain of Count Benedict.
Amazed, Nelia approached the mansion.
“Who are you?”
The gatekeeper blocked Nelia and asked.
“I am Nelia Benedict, from today, I will be working as a maid for Duke Hart.”
Whether the Duke had spoken in advance or not, the gatekeeper obediently opened the gate.
“Please come in.”
Nelia cautiously stepped inside the gate.
Between the mansion and the gate was quite a large garden, it was a place where delicate landscaping stood out.
“When you enter the main entrance, the butler will welcome you.”
Nelia nodded her head and began to explore the unfamiliar place where she would work.
The mansion’s layout was slightly unique.
From the moment she entered, she felt the walls were exceptionally high and the thickly stacked red bricks made it seem like a sturdy fortress.
Especially, it was impossible to see the inside from the outside.
And next to the main building, a warehouselike building was visible, but its sturdy exterior, which seemed to focus only on construction, was out of place with the surrounding antique buildings.
After finishing her tour, as she entered the entrance, a middleaged man with round glasses greeted Nelia.
“Are you Miss Nelia?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“Nice to meet you. I am Ton, the butler who manages Duke Hart’s mansion. Please come in.”
The butler, who introduced himself as Ton, seemed very stiff and oldfashioned.
From his round glasses to his hair neatly combed without a single strand sticking out, it was obvious.
“The master is still out, so you can stay in the reception room.”
“Understood.”
Ton guided Nelia to the reception room with a robotlike angular stride.
Seeing him, Nelia’s worries deepened.
‘I can’t work like that, what should I do.’
In her past life, she had done a lot of parttime jobs, but because most of them were server or cashier positions, she didn’t have confidence in serving others.
‘But there’s no way that a maid in this large mansion is alone.’
Duke Hart had specifically said ‘chief’ servant.
Being chief means being the first, so naturally there are other servants and maids, right?
“Please call me if you need anything. Then I’ll be off.”
“Hold on a moment!”
Nelia hurriedly stopped Ton who was about to leave.
“What is it?”
“Can I… ask something?”
Ton nodded his head like a soldier, with due respect.
“Go ahead.”
“Before Duke Hart arrives, could I meet other maids or servants in advance? It’s my first time being a maid…….”
“There are no other maids or servants here.”
At Ton’s firm voice, Nelia blinked her eyes.
“Wha… But certainly…….”
“Duke Hart has kept only one chief servant by his side.”
Then why call it a chief…!
“Originally, there were several maids and servants, but recently he dismissed them all.”
“……Why?”
“Talking about the master’s personal affairs is strictly forbidden.”
Ton was embarrassingly adamant.
It seems that the information he can provide is up to that point.
Ton pulled out a pocket watch and looked down.
“It seems that the Duke will take some time to arrive.”
“Ah…… yes.”
“I will prepare some tea for you to drink while waiting. We have jasmine, chamomile, and earl grey, which one would you like?”
“Ja, jasmine please…….”
“Understood.”
Ton bowed his head 90 degrees and walked away briskly.
‘The more I see, the more he’s like a robot.’
Nelia was very suspicious of his identity.
Looking at the spot where Ton had left, Nelia realized that wasn’t what was important at the moment.
‘Thinking about it… I’m the only maid?’
Being alone was a bit burdensome……
Why would Duke Hart dismiss the perfectly fine maids and servants?
Nelia, who had been looking down, rested her gaze outside the reception room window.
The one chief servant she had, had also returned to her hometown.
Then does the family live together here……? Probably, right? They wouldn’t live alone in such a large mansion.
If she had known this, she would have investigated Duke Hart in this world.
While she was getting lost in her thoughts, there was a commotion outside.
“Is Duke Hart here now?”
“He is not here.”
“Then wait inside.”
It seemed as though an uproarious guest had arrived, and the disturbance of the roboticlike butler could be felt from here.
“Duke, there is already someone inside….”
Bam!
Someone opened the door and came in.
The man had the same hair color and eye color as Duke Hart.
This man was also a magnificent beauty, but his lines were thicker than Duke Hart’s, giving him a much more masculine impression.
‘Who is he…?’
Could he be Duke Hart’s brother?
While Nelia was guessing his identity, the man walked in.
“Are you by any chance, Miss Nelia?”
The man seemed to already know her.
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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