I Became the Maid of the Lout Prince

T/N: This bonus chapter is sponsored by James B. (3/14).

The possibility that the person he thought was a transmigrator or regressor wasn’t actually Ethan, but someone else around him…

Theoretically, it was possible.

It was a hypothesis he hadn’t even considered at first, given that not only had Ethan’s appearance changed dramatically, but most of the changed story revolved around the Blackwood family to which Ethan belonged.

However, due to Ethan’s behavior at the lakeside, Gyeongmwajogyegigwat began to give considerable weight to this second hypothesis.

The second being that there was a transmigrator who had possessed someone other than Ethan, and that person was intervening in various aspects of the story, including Ethan himself.

Gyeongmwajogyegigwat hadn’t missed that modern-sounding speech that had inadvertently reached his ears two days ago.

A familiar speech pattern he had heard quite often in his previous life, estimated to be from a man in his teens or twenties.

If it had been carelessly uttered by an ordinary male academy student, he might not have thought much of it, but what made him suspicious was the person who had spoken those words.

It was because someone with an appearance and position that made it hard to believe they would use such speech had muttered it unconsciously as if possessed by someone else.

Lilith Rosewood. 

No, for some reason, she, who had now become Lilith Blackwood Rosewood, a quasi-baroness lady, was the most likely candidate for this second possibility.

“Come to think of it, the circumstances make it the most plausible.”

After all, Ariana, who was sent to Silverwood for prostitution, was the villain who tormented Lilith in the original story.

Not only was Lizzy, who should have exited the original storyline, still alive, but she occasionally seemed to act in a way that strangely followed Lilith. [Only on Galaxy Translations! / Axiomatic]

Also, it was announced today that Lilith, a ‘mere maid,’ had proudly received the position of General Affairs *1 in Seraphine’s student council.

Although not as much as Ethan, Lilith was also a character who showed a completely different path from the original game in many ways.

…However, there was one reason that made it most difficult to think of her as a transmigrator.

“If Lilith is a transmigrator, how on earth did she tame that Lout Prince, Ethan…”

How did she, with the status of a mere maid, manage to turn Ethan into a proper person while avoiding Harold’s surveillance?

That was the part that the Hero, Gyeongmwajogyegigwat, couldn’t understand at all from his perspective.

If Lilith had laid a hand on Ethan or uttered even a single curse, she would have been punished by Harold.

If the relationship between Lilith and Ethan had gone even slightly awry, she probably would have ended up as a prostitute alongside Ariana in Silverwood.

On the other hand, it was even more nonsensical to think that she had reformed Ethan’s personality, which had been described as problematic since childhood, to a personality without violence or verbal abuse.

He could be certain that this method was ineffective based on the future that Lilith experienced in the original game. 

The result of Lilith accepting Ethan’s childish behavior one by one without refusing was Lilith, the Foolish Maid, who was violated by Ethan in the original game.

“If I could just figure out how she managed that part, I might be able to accept that Lilith is a transmigrator…”

He wanted to talk to her directly if possible, but Ethan was on guard, pointing out his promiscuous relationships with women and preventing him from approaching Lilith.

It seemed he would need a bit more time to be certain of the truth.

“…There’s still plenty of time.”

The event where Ethan loses his life, which is also the ending of Part 2, happens at the end of the second semester of the second year.

If he could be certain of how the story had changed by then, that would be enough.

“If I can just figure it out by then, I can decide on the rest afterward.”

Whether to recruit Lilith for the standard play of the original game or consider a slightly different way to clear it…

There was more than enough time to reserve judgment.

Swordsmanship Department’s Married/Engaged Couple Dormitory Room. Ethan and Lilith’s room. [Only on Galaxy Translations! / Axiomatic]

Returning to the dormitory I shared with Ethan after three days, I was greeted with an enthusiastic welcome from one person and two spirits waiting in the dormitory.

“Liliiiiith~!!!”

Isabel ecstatically rushed towards me as soon as she saw my face after three days.

{Lilith, are you okay?! Are you really alright now? Are you completely healed?}

[…Lilith, you’re not going to die, right…?]

Surprisingly, I received an active welcome from Sally and Sei, who had sincerely hoped for my safe return.

“Liliiiiith~!! I heard you almost died again this time~!! Why do you keep doing dangerous things, Liliiiiith~!!!”

“Sorry, Isabel. I made you worry unnecessarily.”

“It’s not unnecessary worry~!!!”

Isabel buried her teary face into my chest and hugged me tightly.

If something had happened to me, Isabel would probably have been greatly distressed in many ways.

Especially in her case, having followed me to Luminor Academy with the ambiguous status of being the exclusive maid’s exclusive maid, if I, the intermediary between her and Ethan, disappeared, she would truly become like a sitting duck.

Of course, because I somehow returned safely, all the tragedies that might have befallen us were canceled.

“…I’ll go wash up first. You all can talk leisurely in the meantime.”

“Ah, Young Master Ethan. Your change of clothes…”

“I’ll take care of it, so don’t worry and just rest well for today, Lilith.”

Click.

With those words, Ethan entered the changing room with underwear and nightwear.

Thanks to this, I had to listen to Isabel’s worried nagging for almost 10 minutes straight.

“…So don’t do dangerous things, Lilith. Why do you, who are an exclusive maid like me, keep getting into crises wherever you go?”

“Sorry, I have no excuse.”

“…If you really almost die doing something dangerous again, then I’ll really cut ties with…”

“……”

“Ah, no… Cutting ties might be a bit harsh. I-I won’t talk to Lilith for a week…”

Whether it’s because she’s too soft-hearted to actually say she’ll cut ties or if she quickly lowered the intensity of the punishment, thinking I might do something dangerous again even after saying this… [Only on Galaxy Translations! / Axiomatic]

It was a strangely cute declaration, but anyway, I could only bow my head and apologize to Isabel now.

After all, she was my only connection that had continued since before I regained my memories of my previous life, and I didn’t want our relationship to become distant.

{Lilith, Lilith.}

“Ah, Sally. What is it?”

{Can I eat your mana now? Or do you need to recover more…?}

[I want to eat your mana too, Lilith…]

“Ah.”

Come to think of it, it had been three days since I last fed these kids.

Of course, just because we had a contract didn’t mean they absolutely had to absorb only the mana I possessed. They could maintain enough mana to live just from the mana in the atmosphere.

However, if they don’t eat enough of the contractor’s mana, the spirit’s affinity and growth rate decrease, so consistent supply is important.

Now that I had completely overcome the crisis of nearly dying and my body had fully recovered yesterday, there was no problem in providing mana to the two spirits.

“As much as you like, Sally, Sei. I couldn’t take care of you properly for three days, so feel free to eat as much as you want.”

{Awesome~!!}

[Okay, I’ll eat well…]

The two spirits, with brightened expressions at my answer, attached themselves to my right and left hands, respectively, and began to absorb my mana.

Since a high-ranking spirit and a mid-rank spirit were simultaneously sucking my mana, I could feel the sensation of mana leaving my body, but for me, who had leveled up from level 12 to 16 in one go and had my maximum mana exceed 3,000, it was a comfortably manageable amount of consumption.

{Lilith! Somehow, the mana concentration seems to have become denser than before!}

[And, it tastes better, mmm…]

“I wonder. Could it be because I became stronger in the process of defeating the Kraken?”

{At this rate, it seems like we could make a formal contract soon! Hurry up and get stronger quickly!} [Only on Galaxy Translations! / Axiomatic]

“That’s not as easy as you make it sound. This time, we were only able to win because the conditions happened to be right for defeating the Kraken. And I actually almost di-“

“Umm…”

“…didn’t, but anyway, it was a close victory. I don’t particularly want to engage in any more life-threatening battles.”

“…Phew.”

The truth was too painful to say outright, given Isabel’s worried gaze. That’s especially because her reaction wasn’t just out of petty anger, but genuine concern for me.

In the first place, if someone as loyal and kind-hearted as Isabel was angry at me, it was most likely my fault.

If I had made my closest friend worry so much, I had to accept the consequences.

“Come to think of it, Sally and Sei, did both of you stay put? I thought you would have gone looking for me during the few days I was away.”

{You told us to wait quietly, didn’t you? I was a bit worried, but I just waited. I also heard from the conversations of the other humans in this room that you had at least survived.}

[If we’re contracted, we can tell if you’re dead or not. …There was a moment when it was cut off, which was a bit scary.]

So they do listen well to what their contractor tells them to do, as expected of contracted spirits.

Anyway, it was fortunate that these two spirits didn’t unnecessarily wander around outside looking for me. [Only on Galaxy Translations! / Axiomatic]

If they had gotten lost somewhere or if the Academy Church had to deal with Sally and Sei, my recovery might have been delayed due to blood loss.

…Still, considering the Kraken subjugation, I should definitely bring at least one of them with me from now on.

“Lilith, you can use the bathroom now.”

“Ah, yes. Thank you, Young Master Ethan.”

In the midst of such reflection, I responded to Ethan, who had just finished using the bathroom and headed to the dormitory changing room with my nightwear and underwear.

After washing up in the well-equipped dormitory bathroom for the first time in a while, I immediately faced a new problem upon returning.

“Lilith, how about lying down on the bed soon? Both you and I have classes from the morning tomorrow.”

“……”

“…Lilith?”

“…Ah, yes. Th-that’s right… As Young Master Ethan said, we should probably go to bed soon. Yes…”

On the double bed where Ethan and I sleep under the same blanket…

That bed where I had been falling asleep comfortably every day suddenly felt incredibly unfamiliar today for some reason.

T/N

The position of General Affairs (총무, chong-mu) is in charge of comprehensive and general administrative work in an organization; in this case, the student council. 

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