(MTL) Episode 17.
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The atmosphere in the courtyard froze.
Rachel hardened with a pale blue face.
The servants also did not know what to do, and the soldiers… … .
“Are you back?”
“Live and live, you hear all kinds of nonsense.”
“You said Mrs. Rachel was like that? It gives me goosebumps.”
“Lady, are you okay?”
The last word was Enzo.
He ran to me holding Heidi, Betty.
He looked at me closely and looked at my father.
“You weren’t hurt.”
Rachel was startled at that. Reaching out her trembling hands to her father, she hastily made excuses.
“Come on, General, this is, so… … If you listen to me, you will understand... … .”
“That mouth-”
Boom-!
It was a feeling of pressure that Taesan was crushing.
It was my father who manifested the blessing.
The vases placed in every corner of the courtyard cracked and cracked.
“—Close it.”
Rachel, the servants, and even the soldiers were hardened as if they were rooted in the ground.
Dad walked slowly past Rachel.
And he reached out towards me.
'Nana? Hug?'
What if, under the influence of that protection, my whole body is torn apart!
When the monsters that had been disassembled by my father's protection on Mount Hadix surfaced, my heart pounded.
It was meant to be, but I'm afraid I'm going to die.
But it's a bit like avoiding this place.
I hugged my father.
“Say it with your mouth. What happened?”
Then Mrs. Rachel's face turned blue.
“Come on, General—”
“It’s Lecce Booing. The maids are dogs. Maids. Take good care of me. Lecce buing angry. (Mrs. Rachel. I harassed the maids. The maids. Be nice to me. Take it. Ms. Rachel is angry.)”
"therefore."
“I am. I'm going to save the maids. Because. Because it's the master meme. Guron. Mrs. Lecce speaks badly.”
“… … .”
“Call me dirty blood!”
She stretched out her finger at me and pointed to Mrs. Rachel.
“… … !”
Mrs. Rachel frowned in embarrassment.
The soldiers burst out laughing.
“That was crazy.”
It was the horse of the 3m tall man Mosco.
Enzo looked at her.
“I don’t want to thank the general for having me as a butler in consideration of the merits of my deceased husband, but I dare say such things to the young lady.”
“I, I… … General, I-!”
The skinny model-shaped man chuckled.
“The general’s eyes were different.”
Mosco snorted.
“As far as I remember, he had those eyes when he killed people on the battlefield.”
They were soldiers, and even the officials were chattering.
“The mind… … .”
“I don’t even know where the subject is… … .”
“I’m embarrassed… … .”
Mrs. Rachel's face lit up at the sound of the gossip. He looked like he wanted to hide in a mouse hole.
Father said.
“I authorize the opening of the punishment room.”
“Go, sir—!”
“Put your respect for my daughter deep in your bones.”
“Sir, please save me. Please save me, sir! I beg you! Thinking of her relationship with her dead husband... … dismissal! dismissal!"
The maids dragged her away.
'Five… … .'
I watched Mrs. Rachel scream as she hung from her father's neck and shrieked.
The punishment room is a space opened when the servants cause great harm to the house.
A space where the master does not participate, only the servants condemn each other.
'I've been whipping the servants like that so far, so it's hard to get out safely.'
It looked causal.
I secretly waved my hand to Rachel, who was screaming desperately.
'Hi!'
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night.
After eating, I found the medicine prepared in the room.
“Is this all?”
When I asked Heidi, she laughed hehehehe.
“The owner told me to prepare it. I think you were concerned that the young lady might have been very surprised by this.”
“… … .”
I touched the medicine wrapper.
'I guess my father is a good person. perhaps… … . Ugh.'
What are you thinking!
I slapped my cheeks with both hands.
“Oh my gosh, girl! Why are these precious cheeks... … !”
"You'd better hit Sir Enzo!"
"that's right!"
While the maids were in a hurry, I thought.
'Are you trying to wish for the affection of the family again? I almost became a fool with no learning ability.'
The moment you wish for unrequited love, you become a dog wags its tail.
Isn't that what I experienced when my mother and stepfather wanted me to love them as much as my half-brother?
'And even while fighting the disease... … .'
“Why is our Hyemin having a hard time? It seems like your mother made you sick because she suffered so much. It's all my mother's fault."
I looked forward to my mother who was crying and hugging me when I was sick.
I had high hopes for my stepfather, who always comes to the hospital with my mother on the weekends.
'Maybe I was in the minds of the two of you.' do.
I thought that being sick might not necessarily be a bad thing.
“So how many death insurance do you have?”
“Let’s go to the car and talk about that.”
“It’s a pain when a child is sick, and you should definitely listen to what’s important. How much tax did you pay when you started your business? It looks like our Se-eun won’t be able to go to study abroad.”
“Looks pretty good. How thorough is he in that?”
─Until I hear the two of them secretly talking.
You don't know how much I cried when I heard that.
'Disassembled.'
After that, the death insurance was completely canceled.
Naturally, my mother and stepfather rolled their eyes.
“How can a person be so poisonous!”
“Die with you? okay? Do you feel comfortable when you die? The living must live!”
“Sister, it’s really bad.”
My feelings fell as far as I could go, and those words didn't hurt me in the slightest.
So waving bundles of bills and waving,
“If you have everything to say, go. The door is over there.”
- and gave him a lot of medicine.
Anyway, I don't believe in the saying that parents love their children unconditionally.
It was a realization that came from experience.
'You have to work hard to maintain a good relationship with your father.'
I clenched a fist the size of a bean cake and decided.
"miss."
Just then, Heidi spoke up.
I said, “Huh?” and looked at her.
“Mrs. Rachel has been kicked out. It's all thanks to the lady. I really, really appreciate it.”
“Yes, miss! It must have been a huge embezzlement of internal funds. The general found every grain of dust and put it in debt.”
“In the punishment room, the maids treated me very harshly. Is not it?"
“I got it back because I hit someone like that.”
I nodded my head at the two of them.
“Gromon, who is the butler now?”
"well… … . Wouldn’t the servant with the longest experience take over?”
Heidi shook her head at Betty's words.
“If it’s Morris-sama, you’ve just been kicked out crying. All of Mrs. Rachel's limbs must be expelled."
“Then half will be kicked out.”
“It’s good for half. I will be busy.”
"Huh. I do.”
But Heidi and Betty were smirking.
It's better to be busy than to be right.
'Butler.'
Finding new people won't be easy.
In a field where servants are kicked out so much, the handover will not work properly.
'If you don't have the skills... … . Ah!'
I had a good idea.
I giggled as I looked out at the garden.
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the next day.
I came out of the garden in the morning and looked around.
'No?'
As I was looking around, I saw an old man carrying a sack from afar.
'This is Michelan.'
I sprinted towards him.
“No!”
“Hello, miss.”
Michelan greeted me with a friendly smile.
“Habuji, here Inne. I'm done! (Grandpa, here you are. Good luck!)”
"Yes?"
“The servants. Mani, go out. If you go to the lower map, don't worry. (Servants. I went out a lot. Grandpa shouldn’t go out either.)”
Michelan's eyes widened slightly. But then he laughed haha and said, "Thank you." said
'You seem to know something?'
Michelan is not an official servant of this jurisdiction.
He was a temporary worker from outside.
You don't seem to be friendly with the servants, do you already know what's going on inside the mansion?
“Did you listen to the lower map?”
When asked, Michelan smiled and said.
"no. I haven't heard anything yet.”
“Do you know how the servants got out, Guronde?”
“Look over there.”
I turned to where Michelan was pointing.
There were some drag marks on the floor.
“Given the size and shape, the luggage bag was drawn.”
"Uh."
“Someone must have gone out with a luggage yesterday. It won't be noble. A servant can't manage a noble's burden like that. Then the servant himself must have left... … .”
"Uh."
“It is not good for the owner to see such marks, so they must be removed quickly. But the marks are still there until the sun rises.”
“… … .”
“So I thought there was a shortage of manpower. A lot of the servants have been driven out.”
I almost had my mouth wide open.
what is a detective
This is something you'd only see in anime shooting anesthesia guns.
'Indeed, the most favored vassal of the empress!'
If he was so quick, he would have been able to hit the player even when the Empress Dowager tried to catch the dead Queen Seon-Hwang-bi's pod.
'He's the right person for this jurisdiction.'
The person you need in times of confusion like now.
He is loyal and has great abilities.
He was the perfect general butler.
'Let's try a little bit of luck.'
I lit up my eyes.
“If Ha Ha Ji-ji was the butler, I would be drowsy.”
"Yes?"
“I know aristocrats. again again Mercy. (Even aristocrats know it. It’s smart. It’s cool.)”
“Thank you for your words.”
'Aren't you very interested in the butler's job?'
But it looks like work is needed from the looks of it.
“Are you a butler?”
“Lady, can I say something presumptuous?”
“Yes.”
“The poor do not write. If you are in a rush for money right now, you are greedy.”
I felt like I couldn't work because I was afraid I would have such greed.
But I liked Michelan even more.
'Straight up, straight up!'
Look at this beautiful loyalty.
If there is such a person, I can relax and empty my jurisdiction.
I blinked like a child.
“Patience… … ? (want……?)"
“It means poor.”
"Why?"
"that… … .”
Michelan's eyes dimmed for a moment. But soon, as before, he put on a nice face.
“I'm sorry, miss. I'm busy with work, so I'll just have to go."
"Huh… … .”
"Have a good day."
He greeted me with that perfect attitude and left.
I thought as I looked at Michelan's back.
He doesn't seem to hate the housework itself.
Instead of saying yes or no, I was advised not to save the needy.
'Then you can get rid of the worries.'
I smiled and went straight into my introspection. Then he ran to the restaurant.
When I arrived at the restaurant on the first floor, I saw my father eating. Enzo was with him.
“Don’t do it.”
As I entered, Enzo bowed his head.
“Lady, good morning. You are already awake.”
I nodded and sat down. Immediately, the servant hurriedly approached.
“Shall I bring you a meal?”
“… … .”
I stared at the servant. Then he said, "Uh... … .” and look into my eyes
"Huh. Muggle.”
The servant hurried to the kitchen.
'Extremely polite.'
He was almost shaking his hands.
I saw a lot of servants being kicked out yesterday, so I guess I'm worried that it will happen to me too.
Come to think of it, all the servants I met in the morning came running in contemplation when they saw me.
“Joe, good morning, miss.”
“Anything you need!”
It was worthwhile to get Mrs. Rachel out.
'I just need a good butler here.'
If it's Michelan, he might be able to hire good employees when he fills the shortage.
My father, who was reading the newspaper, glanced at me.
“Where have you been since morning?”
“It’s Jeongyeon. (The garden.)”
“What about the garden?”
The conversation began to flow in the desired direction.
I said innocently, pretending to be a child who knew nothing.
“It’s Jeongyeon. It’s a working Habuji here.”
But my father suddenly became quiet.
I rolled my eyes, and Enzo said, "General?" and called his father.
Father frowned and said.
“I don’t like the word grandpa. Even the word peacock.”
“… … .”
“… … .”
Apparently, his father's hatred of him was more severe than his hatred of human beings.
“Well then. Not Habu, Michelan!”
“Michellan?”
"Huh! The categorical name of Habuji is Michelan. I know two family words. again again Also, greet you very well!”
Enzo: “Hello?” Having said that, I woke up because I wanted to be at this time.
Then, I put one arm between my chin and navel and put my foot back.
"this!"
Enzo had a puzzled face.
“What kind of greeting is that?”
Enzo, a soldier, would not have known. As I tried to answer, my father's eyes narrowed.
“It is a greeting to a noble person. It is now used by the old nobles and the imperial family.”
“How does a gardener know such a greeting?”
“… … My name is Michelan.”
Yes, Michelan, who was the vassal of the Crown Prince.
'Father will find out.'
Finally, my share of the meal came out and I pretended not to know anything and grabbed a spoon.
My father thought about something for a long time.
and burst out laughing.
“If that Michelan is correct, there must have been a bonanza in my castle.”
"Yes?"
Enzo asked, but I chuckled inside.
right.
If it was Michelan, his abilities were good, and he was quick to inform the Imperial Palace.
If he becomes the butler of this castle, it's like getting a Joker card that can be used in endless ways.
“You go to the garden and meet a man named Michelan—”
But it was then.
“Wow.”
There was a huge amount of clay.
I quickly covered my mouth, and something dripped between my short fingers.
'blood… … ?'
The liquid that soaked the clothes was bright red blood.
After that, I was not feeling well for a few days.
“Erilot?”
“Abami I-”
I wanted to tell you something, but the world turned upside down.
“Erilot!”
I fell off the chair.
The last thing he saw was his father screaming.