The Villainess Whom I Had Served for 13 Years Has Fallen - Chapter 397
397 – A Resting Side Story/(if Olivia was Ricardo’s maid.)
A Resting Story –Side Story 1-
[If Desmond Olivia was Ricardo’s maid. -1-]
This episode is a side story to lighten the mood due to the fairy’s deteriorating condition…!
This side story has nothing to do with the main novel, so feel free to skip it!
[This ‘side story’ is set in a world where Darvab was killed by heretics.]
*
The dusty streets of the slums.
“Please, just a penny.”
The beggar, asking for help for the unfortunate neighbors, held out a tin can at my feet, pretending to be pitiful.
“I haven’t eaten a single meal today.”
“…”
“Please, just a penny.”
Why is he doing that?
I let out a languid sigh as I looked at the tin can at my feet.
“Hmm… Is there a reason I should give you money?”
Because there’s no one in the world who isn’t struggling.
“I’m an unfortunate person too.”
“…”
“A poor person who works hard all day to earn money…”
“…Please, just a penny!”
“You have two healthy legs and good eyesight, so why are you begging?”
“…”
The beggar, who had listened to my nagging, glared at me once and then disappeared, muttering, “Just my luck….”
“I was going to tell him how to beg efficiently.”
I put the gold coin I had been fiddling with back into my pocket and smiled faintly. Either way, the money was saved.
Ten years since I was possessed by another world.
Having achieved considerable success in business, I was known as a somewhat famous person in the empire.
A nouveau riche, they called me.
Even the crown prince couldn’t touch me recklessly.
I had become a wealthy man whom even the emperor of the empire couldn’t sanction.
Thanks to the knowledge I gained in my previous life and the connections I made with ‘Malik.’
Anyway, today I was walking through the streets of the slums to expand my new business.
“It seems like everything needs to be overhauled.”
A business called ‘redevelopment.’
To me, the slums were ‘money.’
Countless vagrants.
Dusty roads.
And cheap land prices.
The nobles wouldn’t even glance at the land where the slums were formed because they would be ignored if they bought it, but I, being a commoner, didn’t need to worry about that.
This place, where I could buy land with basic buildings at a low price, was truly a goose that laid golden eggs.
“Hmmm…”
Walking through the streets of the slums, distinguishing between buildings that could be saved and those that couldn’t, I smiled faintly and stopped walking in the street I hadn’t visited in a long time.
-Ikuminhyuk!
“Long time no see.”
The place where it all began.
The feeling of returning to the street where I had unknowingly been possessed was better than I expected.
It was here that I met Mikhail.
– If I ask for help later, you have to help me.
– Okay!
– I don’t help for free. Got it?
– Got it!
– Hehehe… Good.
There was a time when I was beaten to death by the vagrants.
– Kill him!
– Wait, my bone…!
– Bones will heal if they break.
“Haha…!”
I can’t help but laugh.
It’s a relief that I left the slums early with Mikhail. Otherwise, I would have died a dog’s death in the heretic’s raid.
Anyway.
“It’s been a while.”
The feeling of seeing the familiar place after a long time wasn’t bad.
“Should I leave this place as it is?”
With a small smile, I slowly walked to reminisce.
Passing by the square where we took pictures together.
-One, two, three!
Passing under the bridge where I slept with Mikhail.
-Don’t push!
-Don’t do that, let’s sleep together!
-I’m a woman…!
-Why!
With a hollow laugh, I walked with languid steps.
After walking for a while, I arrived at a street bustling with people, and I couldn’t help but stop and smile pleasantly.
-Spare some change!
-My child is starving!
I had arrived at the place that made me who I am today, and where I could get the funds for my business.
Stopping in my tracks, I smiled faintly and let out a hollow laugh as I looked at the dusty can abandoned in the corner.
“It’s still here.”
The can I used to beg with.
-You have to beg differently from others. Paint it bling-bling.
-Then it won’t look pitiful.
-Pretend to put money in.
-Got it…. Clink.!
-Oh…! Oh oh…! Beautiful noble! Thank you for the 1 gold donation! Is there anything you’d like to see? Dance? Song? I’ll do it all.
-…uh.
-This is how you do it.
I looked at the indelible drawings on the can and smiled faintly, nodding my head.
“There were times like this.”
It’s an item filled with many memories.
So much so that it’s hard to throw away.
It was then.
As I was immersed in my thoughts, I began to hear a strange voice.
“…Eek?”
“…?”
“Eeeek…?”
I turned my head and smiled at the woman who was staring blankly at the begging can in her hand.
“Hello~”
It seemed that this woman was the new owner of the begging can she had abandoned.
Judging by her appearance, she seemed to be a noble who had once been well-off. The dress she wore was a luxury item, and her skin, which had not been damaged despite long street life, was something only a noble could have.
Above all.
“That’s mine.”
Those eyes.
Those aggressive eyes that looked like they could throw a punch at any moment were the eyes of someone who had been at the top of the food chain. I could tell at a glance.
“…”
I took out the gold coin I had intended to give to the homeless person from my pocket and fiddled with it.
“…”
I wanted to pay the price for being able to see an item filled with old memories again. Above all, the woman’s face was my type, so for someone like me who practices gender discrimination thoroughly, it was worth giving alms.
I cautiously gestured towards the hesitant woman. I wasn’t a bad person, so it was okay for her to come closer.
“Hey.”
“…Huh?”
“Are you the owner of this begging bowl?”
“It’s not a begging bowl, it’s a money bowl.”
“…I see.”
The woman started to approach slowly, correcting the name of the begging bowl.
“It’s mine.”
“…”
“Don’t touch it.”
I almost laughed at the sight of the woman being greedy over something trivial. Thinking, ‘If it’s that precious to you, you should take good care of it.’
“How old are you?”
The moment my cautious question spread into the air, the woman said something I hadn’t expected.
“F*…!”
A curse.
“Don’t talk down to me.”
Anger and then.
“Are you good at fighting?”
She made a bold demand.
She was a crazy woman.
Meeting her was something else.
*
Three years later.
“Miss Maid.”
“…Huh?”
“You should say ‘Yes’ instead of ‘Huh’.”
In front of the kitchen, which was piled high with dirty dishes, I was having a quarrel with a woman dressed in a maid outfit.
“But I’m a noble.”
“And I’m your employer.”
“Eeeeeh?”
“Eeeeeh. Forbidden.”
“Hooo!!!”
“…”
Olivia, who had become a maid, was diligently wrecking the mansion. Not quite fitting for the role of a maid.
I didn’t expect it to turn out like this.
– Take me in.
– No.
-I’m pretty, aren’t I?
-I still don’t like you.
-I’m kind.
-I heard bad rumors about you.
-…Ugh.
Even becoming a homeless person as depicted in the novel.
And the villainess from the novel begging for work.
Olivia’s situation was pitiful.
-My father died.
-…
-He said he would earn a lot of money… but he was attacked by heretics…
Because she lost someone she loved.
It might have been a good thing for her not to face the same tragedy as in the original novel, but since it couldn’t comfort her who had experienced the tragedy, she decided not to think about it.
Instead.
-Clang!!!
“Miss Maid!”
“Huh…”
“Are you hurt?”
“My heart is hurt.”
Her hopeless singing skills showed no signs of improvement. Even after three years had passed.
“`
“…”
“Heh!”
“Don’t laugh. It’s an expensive plate.”
“uuu…”
I smiled as I patted Olivia’s head. Even if I didn’t know much else, I thought her face was the most beautiful in the world.
And then.
“Hey.”
“Yes.”
“Hug me.”
It seemed inevitable that a pleasant smile would naturally form on my face due to the unexpectedly deep development of our relationship.
I grabbed Olivia’s legs and lifted her up in a hug.
“Eek?”
Olivia, with her eyes wide open, looked at me with sparkling eyes, and I gave her a small smile in return.
“Beautiful maid.”
“Huh?”
“Do you have a boyfriend?”
At my question, Olivia blushed and nodded.
“I do.”
“You do?”
Olivia closed her eyes tightly and brought her lips close to mine.
“`
“You.”
I opened my eyes after the brief touch of lips disappeared and said with a small smile.
“Tonight might be a bit long.”
“…The sun is still up?”
“If I say it’s night, then it’s night.”
That night, Olivia’s night was long.
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-Flash.
“Mm.”
Olivia woke up and looked out the window.
And then.
“Damn!”
She rubbed her reddened cheek and called out the familiar name of her butler. He had the audacity to appear in her dream and do something strange.
“Ricardo!!!”
Olivia looked at Ricardo, who was dressed in his butler uniform, and smiled with satisfaction, nodding her head.
“You called?”
Indeed.
“Ricardo is definitely a butler.”
I preferred the butler next to me over a wealthy rich man. Because I liked a butler who laughed and chatted beside me rather than a greasy one.
Olivia smiled and said,
“Hug me.”
Ricardo smiled and replied,
“No.”
As expected.
“Eeeeeek!!!!”
I think I like Ricardo.