"What if you catch a cold coming out like this?"
"Hehe. I was waiting for Daddy. I want to sleep with Daddy today."
"Oh my. Miracle is still such a spoiled child."
"Phee, do you not want to sleep with me?"
"Of course not. Let's go quickly."
Hugging Miracle tightly in his arms, Father... the Duke walked away.
Even though he had clearly found me, and we had made eye contact.
That day, I suffered from a severe fever all night.
No one took care of me.
Abandoned alone in an empty room with only dust floating around, I suppressed the tears that were welling up alone.
The only feeling I felt at that time was.
Loneliness.
'……It's a dream.'
I blinked my dry eyes.
My vision is blurry. Where am I?
At least I knew that it wasn't the attic where I had been staying.
Because the room I stayed in didn't have this much moonlight pouring in.
"Fortunately, it was just a temporary loss of consciousness due to a mild concussion. However, the problem is that she is in a very serious state of malnutrition and has a high fever……."
Then I heard someone's voice.
When I turned my head with difficulty, I saw the back of an old man wearing a white gown beyond my blurry vision.
Judging from the looks of it, he seems to be a doctor…….
Only then did the previous situation come to mind one by one.
'I went to the library, and Bansis chased after me and we had a fight…….'
A book fell…… right, me.
'I lost consciousness trying to save Bansis, that jerk.'
After recalling the memory, my head seemed to throb.
At the same time, I felt very dirty.
'I even had a dream I didn't need to dream because of him.'
I was very upset to see the memories I had tried to bury again through my dream.
"I'll prescribe a herbal medicine, so it's best to be careful for the time being."
By the way, who is that doctor talking to?
There is no one who can be called my guardian in this house.
'It can't be the Duke or Ligrin.'
Then, an unexpected voice was heard.
"Yes, I will. Thank you for your help."
'A woman?'
The voice that came back was that of a young woman.
Soon, I felt someone approaching me as the doctor left.
Then, our eyes met.
"Oh my. You're awake?"
My vision became clearer and clearer.
A woman with brown short hair, who looked to be in her early 20s, was looking down at me.
"……Who?"
When I moved my dry lips, the woman smiled brightly and said.
"First of all, get some more sleep. Here, have some warm water. That's right, you're doing a good job."
Instead of introducing herself, the woman half-raised me and poured warm water into my mouth.
Thanks to that, my throat, which had been as dry as if I had swallowed a handful of sand, became moist.
Not only that, but the woman also delicately wiped my face with a lukewarm water-soaked towel.
It was as soft and careful as if she were handling glass crafts, and her brown eyes were full of warmth.
She even smiled brightly when our eyes met from time to time.
'Who on earth is this person?'
Could this also be a dream?
Is it a fantasy that I created unconsciously by having such a dream?
I thought so as I fell asleep with warmth and drowsiness.
I woke up the next day at noon.
Contrary to the thought that the woman I saw last night might have been an illusion.
"Oh, you're awake! I'm glad your body has recovered a lot."
The woman was still there.
She opened the curtains and approached me, smiling brightly and introducing herself.
"My introduction was very late, right? My name is Marin. I was assigned to be Miss Lucia's maid this time."
"A maid?"
When I asked in surprise, Marin nodded vigorously.
"Yes, please feel free to call me Marin. Oh, and of course, speak casually to me!"
Soon, I realized what was going on.
'This is the result of provoking the Duke.'
He's trying to calm down my dissatisfaction by providing me with a moderately comfortable environment.
Fortunately, it seems that it has been achieved in the direction I wanted.
Then…….
I turned my head and looked at the window where the sunlight was shining brightly.
It was a large window that could not be compared to the small window in the attic where I could only look outside.
'It's dazzling.'
I had been living in a narrow room where only a weak light of sunlight and moonlight came in, so I couldn't adapt well to moving to a room with a large window.
'The bed is also very fluffy.'
In the attic, I slept on an old mattress with only a blanket on it.
Thanks to the magic of warming that was applied to every room in the mansion, it wasn't cold, but I couldn't get used to the hardness and discomfort.
On the other hand, the bed I'm lying on now is very fluffy and cozy, as if I'm lying on a cloud.
Not only the windows and beds, but everything that came into view was unbelievably sparkling and amazing.
'Is this really my room?'
This is what I was aiming for, but what should I say?
I didn't expect it to be this much, so I couldn't feel the reality well.
I was just blankly looking around when-
Creak.
Marin, who had gone out for a while, came in with something.
It was a trolley.
At the same time, a fragrant smell filled the room.
The trolley soon stopped in front of me.
"You must be very hungry because you haven't eaten all day yesterday? The chef took special care of you."
When Marin lifted the dome-shaped lid, glossy foods appeared in front of me along with white steam.
It looked very appetizing at a glance.
"The doctor told me not to eat too much, so I prepared something relatively light."
At Marin's words, I almost burst out laughing without realizing it.
Is this light?
When I just stared at the food blankly, Marin tilted her head for a moment and soon said with an embarrassed face, "Ah!"
"I heard from my senior that I should explain the food when I bring it out…… I forgot because this is the first time I'm serving you directly. I'm really sorry."
That wasn't the reason, but Marin seemed to think that I was sulking because I didn't show respect.
Before I could clear up the misunderstanding, she quickly pointed to the food with her finger and explained.
"This is a salad with sliced duck meat, and this is mushroom soup. This is grilled sea bream, and the sauce applied on it is the chef's special sauce. And this is braised meat, and I asked them to make it especially softer because Miss will be eating it."
Marin explained really one by one in detail. The problem is…….
'I can't understand any of it.'
In my life, the only food I had was potato soup made by mashing potatoes and mixing them with water, and old, hard bread.
Even that, after losing my sense of taste due to Karcho, I couldn't feel the taste anymore.
Even if Marin explains it in detail, it means that I can't even understand it.
Moreover…….
'I don't know where to start.'
When I was just hesitating, Marin tilted her head.
"Is there any problem?"
I paused at Marin's question.
Marin did not understand at all that I did not know how to eat this food.
It's natural.
As Marin said, this would be a light snack at Rodbel.
I had no intention of explaining these circumstances in detail.
I was about to pick up a fork and eat something when.
"Ah, I see!"
Marin clapped her hands together and said with a bright smile.
"You're still not feeling well, are you?"
"It's not that-"
I tried to say that it wasn't, but Marin didn't even give me a chance to.
"Then I'll feed you. Here, ahh."
Marin brought a spoon filled with white fish meat to my mouth.
I shook my head in horror at Marin's behavior, as if she were treating me like a newborn baby.
"No, it's okay. I'll eat it."
I got goosebumps all over my body because this was the first time I was treated like this.
But Marin was firm.
"I told you, I'm Miss Lucia's exclusive maid. An exclusive maid has to be able to do things like this."
'Things like this' that Marin is talking about can't be treating me like a baby.
"It's really okay……."
"Ahh, Miss. My arm is about to fall off. The fish is too heavy."
Marin didn't even listen.
Rather, she made a fuss and gave me a look to eat quickly.
'Haa.'
I barely swallowed the sigh that had risen to my chin.
'This is not what I wanted.'
The change in environment that I was trying to get through the Duke was literally a change in the 'environment.'
It was enough to just change the room, but somehow I ended up with a maid who was difficult to deal with.
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