chapter 204
204 – Scene 204# Annihilation Maid
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There was a minor misunderstanding, but we quickly resolved it.
And I took it upon myself to take care of her.
As for her nursing care, it was much easier compared to the day before when she had a fever.
Wendy only has a mild fever, so if she gets enough rest, she will get better on her own.
However, it would be best to keep an eye on her until you are sure she is completely healed.
In fact, there was no need for me, as a count, to take care of Wendy.
But perhaps it was because of the long bond she had built with him. Or maybe I was just tired of the endless schedule.
I canceled all my plans and stayed with Wendy all day.
When I was in this world, I hated children.
However, rather than hating it, it was more like something I avoided because I didn’t know how to treat children.
A being with an immature ego who screams, cries and throws tantrums all the time is the child I was thinking of.
In that respect, Wendy was someone who completely destroyed my perception.
Wendy had a hard time since she was young, so her mental age was more mature than other children her age.
Moreover, he was calm and gentle. If all the children in the world were like Wendy, there would definitely be no one she didn’t like.
Of course, it was a bit unreasonable to compare a real-life child and Wendy along the same lines.
Because there was not only an age difference between her and me, but also a social status barrier.
It was natural for Wendy to react extremely negatively throughout her illness. But even taking that into account, Wendy was a mature child.
I was worried that she might be uncomfortable with me, but Wendy seemed very happy to hear that I would stay with her all day.
No, she couldn’t hide her joy. She sometimes smiled shyly when our eyes met, or she had a shy reaction whenever I fed her soup.
“I think I’ll be happy even if it hurts every day…”
“Don’t say anything embarrassing.”
And that night, Wendy fell asleep in my arms. The sight of her shivering was so pitiful that I decided to willingly share my body heat with her.
I looked at Wendy’s face as she was fast asleep.
I was sleeping with a face like an angel, completely unstained, despite the fact that it was my death flag.
In that face, I saw an image that overlapped with the one I saw at a festival not long ago.
-I… I really like the Count.
On that day, Wendy told me that she had become a beautiful young lady, not a child.
-As for how good it is… Daily… I love him so much that I can’t sleep thinking about him. Really.
I thought of her as her little brother or cute daughter.
When Wendy told me in her adult form that she liked me, her her destructive power she was no joke. And I confirmed the love Wendy had for her.
I reached out and touched Wendy’s her sleeping cheek her her her her.
There were too many things I carried on my shoulders to accept this lovely girl’s heart.
A future predicted by curse, fate, and invasion…
When I thought about that, I couldn’t help but feel gloomy.
There are still days like today where I spend a peaceful daily life with characters from this world… Days like this will soon disappear.
“Ugh… Count…”
I was shocked to see if she had woken up, but fortunately Wendy was talking in her sleep.
As I was trying to cover myself with the blanket, Wendy snuggled into my arms.
Do I want to act like a fool in my sleep?
I gave Wendy a gentle hug. Then she pressed her face against his chest.
“Lol… Jo… It’s great… Really…”
“…”
I thought as I looked at the innocent smile on Wendy’s sleeping face.
About the great destiny surrounding the two worlds, this world and the real world.
And my identity in between.
Perhaps one day, the day will come when I will be able to explain these things to her.
Even then… Will Wendy smile at me the same way?
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Perhaps thanks to my nursing, Wendy got better in just one day.
Since we both decided to stay off school until today, she told Wendy to rest at the villa with her family, but she flatly refused.
“Oh, I will take care of the Count just for today… ” !”
“… Do whatever you want.”
“Yes, yes!”
Are you thinking of repaying me for taking care of you all day? Or maybe they’re trying to fill the void left by Helga being hospitalized… I don’t know…
When I saw Wendy’s big eyes, I couldn’t bear to refuse.
Okay. I don’t have any plans to go out of the mansion today anyway…
The place I headed with Wendy was Albert’s studio, which was secretly built in the lakeside basement on the grounds of the mansion.
However, Albert was not in the basement, but he was sitting by the lakeside with the maids.
“Oh, are you here? Count.”
Albert, who was carving incantations on the maids’ backs with his back to the lake, took off his reading glasses.
And…
“Young master… !”
When the four maids saw me, they smiled broadly and bowed their heads.
The atmosphere was much brighter than before.
Looks like I’ve adapted to life here… That said, they are maids who worked at the mansion about 10 years ago. In a way, it is natural to adapt quickly.
“Uh… ? Those people…”
Wendy tilted her head when she saw them.
Oh, I haven’t introduced it to Wendy yet.
“Wendy. Let me introduce it to you. These are the people who served me in the past. “Muri.”
“Yes.”
Muri, the oldest, bowed to Wendy. A full smile of maternal love was a bonus.
“Muri has been working since I was born. Wendy, you can be considered a senior by a long time. And Cynthia.”
“Yes.”
Cynthia, a cool-looking maid wearing glasses, bowed to Wendy.
“Cynthia was my childhood teacher. I learned from her the etiquette of a nobleman, her dignity, and simple swordsmanship. Next is Rika.”
“Yes!”
The person who came forward courageously was Rika, a woman with a healthy body.
“Rika is the maid who was in charge of cooking at the mansion. “She cooked many dishes for me as a child.”
“Apple pie is my specialty. Oh, now that I think about it, you liked apple pie when you were young, so I secretly brought it to you.”
“Finally, Beth. “Come here.”
“Oh, yes!”
Beth, the youngest of the four, approached quickly and bowed her head.
Perhaps it was because Beth had liked Tristan in the past, but she kept avoiding my gaze.
I don’t know if she still has those feelings, but… I wasn’t so bad that I couldn’t care about this girl’s feelings
“Beth… When she was young, she was the child who became my friend.”
“…”
“You could say he is a childhood friend of mine.”
Beth lowered her head and said nothing. She was just a little upset and was putting her hand on her chest.
But it wasn’t just Beth who was in tears.
“Well, you really did it…” “Wow…”
Wendy was looking up at me with her tear-filled face.
“Count… You finally did it! Black…”
Wendy is overwhelmed with emotion.
The last time she saw them was sleeping in the treasure room, so seeing them come back to life before her eyes must have made her emotional.
“But, master…” ” . This kid… ?”
“This child is Wendy. She is currently my exclusive maid.”
In response to Muri’s question, I introduced Wendy.
“You look very young. How old are you?”
“Sniff… Well, first of all, they are 1 and 12 years old…”
“Oh my god… !”
Not only Muri but also the other maids were surprised when they heard Wendy’s age her.
“That’s amazing. It must be so outstanding that someone as strict as you, Master, would make it his exclusive job her her her her …”
“Well… Oh no! I made a lot of mistakes and was reckless… Ugh…”
“… “Stop crying and talking.”
“Yes… Ugh…”
“Come on, snap. Blow your nose. “Pang.”
“Thank you… I’m so touched, so stopped…”
Mu Li approached Wendy and made her blow her nose with her handkerchief. She took care of Tristan ever since he was born and was very good at handling her children.
The four maids began to comfort Wendy and talk about various things. They quickly became close friends, probably because they were grateful for Wendy’s concern for them and for shedding her tears.
And around the time Wendy stopped crying…
“Uh? Ship, Count. Excuse me…”
“Why are you doing that?”
“Master… Blanchet is coming… ?”
When Wendy looked in the direction she pointed, Blanche was indeed coming here.
What happened all of a sudden?
As I approached, Blanche bowed her head sternly.
“Sorry for the sudden visit.”
“What brings you here?”
“I heard that the Count has been unwell these past few days. So, my lady asked me to give her some medicine, so I did this…”
I wondered what was going on and it turned out that I was visiting a hospital.
It wasn’t me who was sick, it was Wendy, but it seems like Bella was worried that I was off school too.
“Young master. “Are there guests?”
Murie and the maids who discovered Blanchet appeared.
But when Blanche saw their faces, she froze on the spot.
“Count… ? They… No way… No way…”
“They are the ones who served me a long time ago.”
“This… “What are you doing now?”
“?”
There was something strange about Blanche’s reaction
She even felt a chill in her body.
That’s clear evidence that she’s angry.
“Count! No way… Are you really planning on taking advantage of them?”
Ah… !
It was only after listening to her that I realized.
Blanchet, who was the assassin of the Ruelberta family, naturally had a similar relationship with the ‘annihilation maids.’
Moreover, since I had been working on a plan to revive them and kept it completely hidden in a secret workshop, I could fully imagine how it would appear in Blanche’s eyes.
No. She didn’t even have to imagine.
Because Blanche was very angry right now in front of my eyes.
“Blanchet. These are what you think-.”
“Don’t make excuses! They are dead! Do you know what the Count has done now?! “They despised and insulted the dead!”
The basket in Blanche’s hand
“As much as you… It will be different from Millium… I believed it would be different from that man… !”
Blanchet’s anger reached its peak.
It seemed like he had no intention of listening to me anymore. But. It properly touched the trauma of her life as an experiment for the Ruelberta family.
‘I can’t help it…’
I took a breath and prepared to repel Blanchet’s outburst her.
It’s been a long time since the fight her on the roof of her department store that I’ve had to deal with her like this again.
There weren’t many cards that could be used back then, but not now.
“I was a fool to believe that you would understand people like me.”
A cold chill blew from Blanche’s back to her. As she befits a person with the nickname ‘The Witchbeast of the Cold’, he possesses the magical power of a beast that freezes everything.
She said in a cold voice.
“I will free them from your clutches.”
“… !”
Blanche closed the distance with her incredible speed and extended her cold fist.
That moment.
-!!
“… Phew!?”
What stood between Blanche and me was a group of human figures.
“I thought you were a guest, but I guess you weren’t.”
It was Cynthia who blocked Blanchet’s fist
Her hands were freezing from the momentary cold, but she didn’t seem to care at all.
It wasn’t just Cynthia.
“Uh… “Then can I consider him an uninvited guest?”
“You… !”
Rika stepped in front of her as if to protect me from Blanche.
Even in the face of Blanche’s fierceness and coldness, her maids seemed unharmed.
Because they were murder dolls that couldn’t feel pain.
“You are now being controlled by the Count!”
“You’re being manipulated?”
“Yes!”
Myuri tilted her head and said as if something suddenly occurred to her.
“Are we by any chance spherical?”
“?! Do you really remember?!”
In response to Blanche’s question, Myuri exchanged looks with the other maids.
And she slowly shook her head.
“No… Sorry, we don’t remember who you are. I’m not sure what kind of relationship they had, but if they try to harm you any further than this…”
“Um, us!”
It was Beth who continued Murie’s words.
“We will do our best to exclude you!”