Chapter 14.2

Occupation: Handmaid

Level: 1

※ Job-related rewards increase your stamina by 10.

※ A route related to Curtis Caballero is involved.

‘There’s a Curtis route?’

As soon as I read the system’s message, the door slammed open and Lirina came in.

“Hey! I heard you hit my maid!”

Lirina’s nose flared in anger as she stormed into the room. She grabbed me by the collar without even greeting the Marquis, her father.

“I can’t even look at her face because it was so bruised! You take care of me instead!”

I didn’t fight Lirina and followed her gasping.

* * *

Lirina, who had screamed and dragged me to her room, couldn’t make me do anything difficult. She didn’t seem to know what labor was the hardest because she herself had never worked.

She took me around her drawing room and study, and nagged me to move the furniture and clean the dust, but the room was already so clean that there was nothing else I could do.

“Wipe that doll with special care. It’s very important to me.”

“Yes.”

Eventually, when I returned to Lirina’s bedroom, I was tasked with cleaning the dirty decorations with a duster.

“There’s some dust left here,” Lirina frowned as she scrutinized the doll’s bottom.

“Oh, sorry.”

I immediately apologized and gently wiped the ceramic doll she had placed on the desk with a dry towel.

“…hey.”

“What?”

I looked up in surprise at her call. From the moment I followed her, I obeyed Lirina’s orders without going against her, but somehow, she still looked offended.

I don’t know why. Did I talk halfheartedly to her?

“Why…? Yo.”

Even though there wasn’t much difference in our age gap, I didn’t think I could speak formally to her. I thought I should follow the rules of the social status system. I added ‘yo’ as if it sounded timid.

“Don’t you get upset at following my orders?”

But Lirina seemingly didn’t notice that I was speaking informally to her. I merely shrugged in reply.

“Well. You know best that my situation has changed.”

Additionally, if you look at Edith Abina’s memories, there were many instances that she harassed Lirina as a child. It wasn’t even my fault, but I felt like I had to pay her back to some extent.

“Why? Do you feel guilty? You don’t have to.”

“Shut up. Don’t pretend to be my sister!”

Lirina’s heart seemed weak, so she raised her voice with a straight face.

“Yes. Sorry.”

At my easy apology, Lirina couldn’t help but laugh incredulously.

“Hey, did you really eat something wrong? Do people change like this overnight?”

“Circumstances make people change.”

“I guess you should have opened up and showed your head to the saint and not your body. I think you’ve gone crazy.”

I saw Lirina click her tongue and her eyes widened after I replied, “You were the one who asked for my medical treatment.”

No wonder Jian, who wasn’t even in the Marquis’ residence at the time, appeared and healed my body. At first, I thought it was Curtis, but considering his attitude towards Jian, I didn’t think he was the one who did it.

“Thank you.”

Lirina rolled her eyes as if my humble apology embarrassed her and screamed, “Shut up!”

“…”

“Why aren’t you saying anything? It’s embarrassing!”

“You told me to shut up.”

Lirina’s face slowly hardened again, maybe because she didn’t like my answer. I politely put my hands together to appease her mood.

“Anyway, I will work for you from now on, so please take good care of me.”

“If you don’t work, I’ll cut you.”

I was wondering why the sound didn’t come out.

I searched the inside pocket of my dress as if I had been waiting for Lirina’s words and took out a document.

“Oh, then can you sign here first?”

Lirina’s forehead wrinkled at the paper that fluttered in front of her eyes. According to the character’s description, Edith Abina’s half-sister, Lirina, was a simple-minded and playful person.

“Paperwork makes my head hurt! Take it away!”

It meant that she didn’t like reading.

“But it’s a labor contract, so I need to sign as my employer.”

“What?”

“A labor contract,” I repeated, “If I’m officially employed, of course I need a contract.”

As if she needed an explanation, I looked at Lirina’s surprised eyes, and I attached four points.

“I don’t know anything else, but I always give overtime pay.”