'Hey, what is this?'
Her eyes were wet as if she had been crying the whole time.
What happened just now couldn't be called a dream. It was so vivid as if she was reliving that moment again.
'Oh, I feel sick.'
Odette trembled as she hugged herself.
The terrible loneliness of the moment of death. The coldness of the blood flowing from your head. The sickening sense of realizing how worthless you are.
It felt like something that had happened in her previous life had just happened to her.
A translucent system window appeared before her eyes.
[Settlement Complete!]
[Settlement details: 24-hour stamina/mental power debuff (cumulative)]
The grandfather clock struck midnight again. It seemed like exactly 24 hours had passed.
'Is this the price for using the necklace?'
Odette trembled and looked at the status window with a complicated expression.
'I have to check the male protagonists' level of disgust... I have to continue using this necklace in the future.'
She really didn't feel like it. She never wanted to experience the mental debuff again.
Even after changing out of her sweaty clothes, her body temperature did not return for a while. She didn't feel like going to sleep at all.
Odette sat down at her desk. She felt even more terrible in bed.
Even though the candles and fireplace were lit, it seemed as if death had just occurred.
Yes, dying was such a terrible thing.
'If I can't stop the <Fenrir Prison Incident>, I will surely die by Karl's axe in this life as well.'
The incident would occur in four days. She felt an urgent need to stop it at all costs.
Odette folded her arms, trembling, and looked lost in thought.
'On the last day of this founding, just like in the previous life, a disaster will suddenly appear in the Fenrir Detention Center.'
Disaster. A black hole that looks like a pitch-black black hole suddenly appears in the air and sucks in everything around it.
As expected from a 19+ rated game, those who are swallowed up by this disaster meet a very horrible death.
First, all of the life force is sucked out of you, and you become a dried-up, twisted corpse like a mummy. After that, the corpse is torn to pieces and vomited out.
Fenrir's children also met such a death.
'Karl will turn around after seeing the children's corpses in such a miserable state. Naturally, his resentment will be directed at me.'
They will also learn that the reason Karl wasn't in the detention center that day was because of Odette and that it was Odette who insisted on the location of the detention center being there.
'In fact, it's all because of my father, who would not be satisfied even if I chewed him up.'
Odette wanted revenge on the Count. She wanted to return all the pain she had suffered in her past life.
The pain that absolutely had to be returned included the misery of being chased by monsters and having his throat cut by Karl's axe.
'To use Karl as a chess piece of revenge, simply preventing the <Fenrir Prison Incident> is not enough.'
It couldn't end with simply having nothing to complain about. She had to earn Karl's loyalty.
Fortunately, Karl doesn't hate Odette yet.
Even in the settings book, it was said that he didn't have any feelings for Odette until the <Fenrir Prison Incident>.
After Odette was informed that the Fenrir clan had been put in a concentration camp, the fact that Karl did not resent Odette during his three years in the camp was largely due to his past as a Crown Prince.
Because he had realized that the decision to confine the Fenrir clan to the camp was ultimately a political choice of the Emperor.
So the current Odette has never incurred Karl's resentment at all.
'On the last day of this founding, I must become Karl's benefactor.'
She had to win Karl's favor. She had to gain his true loyalty.
Unlike her last life where she was Karl's master in name only and was no different from his enemy, in this life, she can become Karl's true master.
'In this life, Karl's red eyes shed tears of blood. His persistence. His hatred. Everything will be directed at my father, not me.'
Mrs. Becker drank her tea with a weary sigh. She didn't know how long it had been since she had tea. She had been so busy these past few days that her eyes were spinning.
'Why do these things happen while the Count is at the palace?'
What if all the captured slaves suddenly run away? What if the incoming trade ship sinks? What if the building suddenly collapses?
Each business suffered severe losses, so the partners came and went from the mansion every day.
The maids and servants were already busy serving the guests, and even the madam was under house arrest. With so much work to do, it was no wonder that nine of the subordinates suddenly submitted their resignations.
Mrs. Becker was busier than the other servants because she was suddenly assigned to manage the estate.
'Oh, by the way, I forgot to hide the stolen jewelry in Lise's closet.'
It was only now that she remembered that she had tried to blame Lise for the theft that Odette had caught her for.
Well, now that Madam has been given a pension, there is no longer any need to rush to pass it on.
'Odette, I must retaliate for that thing that crawled up to me.'
It would be best to tell the Count rather than bother him herself.
As the Count entered the palace, he threatened to kill anyone who interfered with the negotiations and cut off all contact.
Because of that, she couldn't even tell about Odette's rebellion.
So she had to take revenge with her own hands, but these days, especially today, she's just so tired. She's so tired that she doesn't even want to bother anyone.
'Odette's tuberculosis will be cured soon, so I'll just bother her slowly later. I really don't want that disease to spread to me.'
The moment she reached that conclusion, she heard butler Rolf calling her.
“Mrs. Becker, we are running low on wine and meat in the storeroom. Please give us some money so we can buy some.”
Lately, Rolf has been calling Mrs. Becker with a sour look on his face as if asking her for something like this was extremely humiliating.
'You look like you're asking why I'm taking on the work that was supposed to be yours.'
Rolf had been the housekeeper for generations and was in charge of the household affairs together with the mistress.
Perhaps that's why he was one of the people who was most upset that Mrs. Becker, a mere maid of the madam, was left in charge of managing the estate.
'How boring. You old fox cub. If the master had left it to you, I would have just kept my mouth shut and followed.'
“Okay. I’ll give you as much silver as you need.”
Mrs. Becker tried to act friendly, but inside she held a grudge against Rolf.
'You're talking nonsense, really. I'm the Count's lover, right? I'm more of a housewife than a butler. So isn't it natural for me to be in charge of managing the property?'
In fact, the government was nothing more than a mistress, but Mrs. Becker did not know her subject.
Rolf wasn't the only one who annoyed her. The housekeeper, the head maid, and the other servants who secretly sympathized with her were all unlucky.
Paula, in particular, was unusually observant of her as if warning her not to show off.
'Did I ask for it? The madam misbehaved, so the young master left it to me without permission. Are you acting as if I unfairly took this power away from you?'
It was then that she heard a voice that was flirting and acting cute.
“Mrs. Becker, I brought you the morning paper. Would you like to serve it with some refreshments?”
The only maid who acknowledged her authority from the beginning and bowed to her from the beginning. It was Maleah's voice.
'It's good that you're quick-witted. You're so sharp.'
She doesn't understand how people who have been working for over 20 years can be as bad as this newbie.
“Yes, Maleah.”
Look at that sense.
Even for something as trivial as handing over a newspaper she brought, doesn't she open the 'Capital News' section, which interests her the most, and hand it to her?
Mrs. Becker took another sip of her tea as she read the small print about a middle-aged woman who had fallen asleep and been murdered on the Red Globoznik Road.
“Young lady cough is so bad that you could catch it just by going near that room. Mrs. Becker, if you ever have to go up to the second floor, please do not go near her room.”
“Yes, Maleah.”
“You’re working so hard that you could collapse even without an illness, so how bad would it be if you got sick? I’m worried to death. Well, it’s thanks to Mrs. Becker’s hard work that this mansion is still standing. Here, have some snacks.”
Mrs. Becker felt sad. Maleah was the only one who appreciated her hard work.
'If I become the next hostess, I have to take care of Maleah.'
Mrs. Becker munched on the cookies with that determination.
The sweets seemed to give her strength. Little did Mrs. Becker know that Odette had ordered Maleah to win Mrs. Becker's heart.
The last day of the founding of the country has dawned.
A day that will be a crucial turning point in Odette's revenge.
Her eyes were wet as if she had been crying the whole time.
What happened just now couldn't be called a dream. It was so vivid as if she was reliving that moment again.
'Oh, I feel sick.'
Odette trembled as she hugged herself.
The terrible loneliness of the moment of death. The coldness of the blood flowing from your head. The sickening sense of realizing how worthless you are.
It felt like something that had happened in her previous life had just happened to her.
A translucent system window appeared before her eyes.
[Settlement Complete!]
[Settlement details: 24-hour stamina/mental power debuff (cumulative)]
The grandfather clock struck midnight again. It seemed like exactly 24 hours had passed.
'Is this the price for using the necklace?'
Odette trembled and looked at the status window with a complicated expression.
'I have to check the male protagonists' level of disgust... I have to continue using this necklace in the future.'
She really didn't feel like it. She never wanted to experience the mental debuff again.
Even after changing out of her sweaty clothes, her body temperature did not return for a while. She didn't feel like going to sleep at all.
Odette sat down at her desk. She felt even more terrible in bed.
Even though the candles and fireplace were lit, it seemed as if death had just occurred.
Yes, dying was such a terrible thing.
'If I can't stop the <Fenrir Prison Incident>, I will surely die by Karl's axe in this life as well.'
The incident would occur in four days. She felt an urgent need to stop it at all costs.
Odette folded her arms, trembling, and looked lost in thought.
'On the last day of this founding, just like in the previous life, a disaster will suddenly appear in the Fenrir Detention Center.'
Disaster. A black hole that looks like a pitch-black black hole suddenly appears in the air and sucks in everything around it.
As expected from a 19+ rated game, those who are swallowed up by this disaster meet a very horrible death.
First, all of the life force is sucked out of you, and you become a dried-up, twisted corpse like a mummy. After that, the corpse is torn to pieces and vomited out.
Fenrir's children also met such a death.
'Karl will turn around after seeing the children's corpses in such a miserable state. Naturally, his resentment will be directed at me.'
They will also learn that the reason Karl wasn't in the detention center that day was because of Odette and that it was Odette who insisted on the location of the detention center being there.
'In fact, it's all because of my father, who would not be satisfied even if I chewed him up.'
Odette wanted revenge on the Count. She wanted to return all the pain she had suffered in her past life.
The pain that absolutely had to be returned included the misery of being chased by monsters and having his throat cut by Karl's axe.
'To use Karl as a chess piece of revenge, simply preventing the <Fenrir Prison Incident> is not enough.'
It couldn't end with simply having nothing to complain about. She had to earn Karl's loyalty.
Fortunately, Karl doesn't hate Odette yet.
Even in the settings book, it was said that he didn't have any feelings for Odette until the <Fenrir Prison Incident>.
After Odette was informed that the Fenrir clan had been put in a concentration camp, the fact that Karl did not resent Odette during his three years in the camp was largely due to his past as a Crown Prince.
Because he had realized that the decision to confine the Fenrir clan to the camp was ultimately a political choice of the Emperor.
So the current Odette has never incurred Karl's resentment at all.
'On the last day of this founding, I must become Karl's benefactor.'
She had to win Karl's favor. She had to gain his true loyalty.
Unlike her last life where she was Karl's master in name only and was no different from his enemy, in this life, she can become Karl's true master.
'In this life, Karl's red eyes shed tears of blood. His persistence. His hatred. Everything will be directed at my father, not me.'
***
Mrs. Becker drank her tea with a weary sigh. She didn't know how long it had been since she had tea. She had been so busy these past few days that her eyes were spinning.
'Why do these things happen while the Count is at the palace?'
What if all the captured slaves suddenly run away? What if the incoming trade ship sinks? What if the building suddenly collapses?
Each business suffered severe losses, so the partners came and went from the mansion every day.
The maids and servants were already busy serving the guests, and even the madam was under house arrest. With so much work to do, it was no wonder that nine of the subordinates suddenly submitted their resignations.
Mrs. Becker was busier than the other servants because she was suddenly assigned to manage the estate.
'Oh, by the way, I forgot to hide the stolen jewelry in Lise's closet.'
It was only now that she remembered that she had tried to blame Lise for the theft that Odette had caught her for.
Well, now that Madam has been given a pension, there is no longer any need to rush to pass it on.
'Odette, I must retaliate for that thing that crawled up to me.'
It would be best to tell the Count rather than bother him herself.
As the Count entered the palace, he threatened to kill anyone who interfered with the negotiations and cut off all contact.
Because of that, she couldn't even tell about Odette's rebellion.
So she had to take revenge with her own hands, but these days, especially today, she's just so tired. She's so tired that she doesn't even want to bother anyone.
'Odette's tuberculosis will be cured soon, so I'll just bother her slowly later. I really don't want that disease to spread to me.'
The moment she reached that conclusion, she heard butler Rolf calling her.
“Mrs. Becker, we are running low on wine and meat in the storeroom. Please give us some money so we can buy some.”
Lately, Rolf has been calling Mrs. Becker with a sour look on his face as if asking her for something like this was extremely humiliating.
'You look like you're asking why I'm taking on the work that was supposed to be yours.'
Rolf had been the housekeeper for generations and was in charge of the household affairs together with the mistress.
Perhaps that's why he was one of the people who was most upset that Mrs. Becker, a mere maid of the madam, was left in charge of managing the estate.
'How boring. You old fox cub. If the master had left it to you, I would have just kept my mouth shut and followed.'
“Okay. I’ll give you as much silver as you need.”
Mrs. Becker tried to act friendly, but inside she held a grudge against Rolf.
'You're talking nonsense, really. I'm the Count's lover, right? I'm more of a housewife than a butler. So isn't it natural for me to be in charge of managing the property?'
In fact, the government was nothing more than a mistress, but Mrs. Becker did not know her subject.
Rolf wasn't the only one who annoyed her. The housekeeper, the head maid, and the other servants who secretly sympathized with her were all unlucky.
Paula, in particular, was unusually observant of her as if warning her not to show off.
'Did I ask for it? The madam misbehaved, so the young master left it to me without permission. Are you acting as if I unfairly took this power away from you?'
It was then that she heard a voice that was flirting and acting cute.
“Mrs. Becker, I brought you the morning paper. Would you like to serve it with some refreshments?”
The only maid who acknowledged her authority from the beginning and bowed to her from the beginning. It was Maleah's voice.
'It's good that you're quick-witted. You're so sharp.'
She doesn't understand how people who have been working for over 20 years can be as bad as this newbie.
“Yes, Maleah.”
Look at that sense.
Even for something as trivial as handing over a newspaper she brought, doesn't she open the 'Capital News' section, which interests her the most, and hand it to her?
Mrs. Becker took another sip of her tea as she read the small print about a middle-aged woman who had fallen asleep and been murdered on the Red Globoznik Road.
“Young lady cough is so bad that you could catch it just by going near that room. Mrs. Becker, if you ever have to go up to the second floor, please do not go near her room.”
“Yes, Maleah.”
“You’re working so hard that you could collapse even without an illness, so how bad would it be if you got sick? I’m worried to death. Well, it’s thanks to Mrs. Becker’s hard work that this mansion is still standing. Here, have some snacks.”
Mrs. Becker felt sad. Maleah was the only one who appreciated her hard work.
'If I become the next hostess, I have to take care of Maleah.'
Mrs. Becker munched on the cookies with that determination.
The sweets seemed to give her strength. Little did Mrs. Becker know that Odette had ordered Maleah to win Mrs. Becker's heart.
***
The last day of the founding of the country has dawned.
A day that will be a crucial turning point in Odette's revenge.
Support Novellate!
Comments
Post a Comment