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Even beggars don’t look like this.
She expected it roughly, but she still couldn’t believe it after seeing it with her own eyes.
‘Mr. Coachman, it’s a good thing you didn’t throw up. I’m sorry. Letʼs wash now.’
If she stayed like this, she felt like she was going to vomit herself.
Reina struggled to resist the feeling of regurgitating, and hurried to the bathroom she had found earlier.
There was a large, luxurious-looking bathtub, as well as plenty of bath products such as frozen soap and frozen shampoo.
She quickly thawed them then put a lot of snow in the bathtub and melted it. Just like that, the warm bath water was completed.
She couldnĘźt stand it any longer. She immediately took off her bulky clothes and jumped into the bathtub.
“Woah, this is crazy!”
The warm water engulfed her body. The feeling of her whole body getting warm enough through the water is incomparable with the warmth of the black flame.
‘This is heaven.’
The water got dirty quickly because of the dirt on her body, but it was okay.
Even if it was a little bothersome, she could just pour snow from outside and melt it again.
So, after three hours of bathing, Reina wiped herself clean with a towel and changed into her new clothes.
‘This place is so pleasant to be at.’
This is the first time she felt this exhilarated in a while.
Besides, the dress she thought would be uncomfortable was more comfortable than expected.
She was originally going to wear a fur coat but it was so big that she had to wear the dress instead.
It was not too tight and it was easy to move in.
“…You’re even so pretty, aren’t you? Not the clothes, but me.”
She thought it was a hallucination but she couldnĘźt pretend she didnĘźt see it.
Reina, who had washed her dirty body, was so pretty.
‘I didnʼt know she was this pretty. I couldnʼt remember anything other than how she cursed and got angry in the game.’
She was very beautiful but with a different feeling from the female protagonist, who seemed like she always had a bright floral background behind her.
‘Whatʼs this hair color? Ombre, two-tone, itʼs the same, right?’
The Dukes of Rubellite had red hair from generation to generation, while Reina had both silver and pale pink hair. The color faded because of her enormous magical power.
Besides, her eyes, which they thought had been stained with blood, turned out to be dark purple. It harmonized with her silver hair, exuding a strange charm.
After being imprisoned for ten years, her skin was pale white and very dry. Nevertheless, ReinaĘźs appearance was so beautiful that she couldnĘźt even see her flaws.
Because she had been so fascinated by her reflection in the mirror, she realized later that the coachman had not eaten anything all day.
“Hey! Mr. Coachman! Where are you?”
She grabbed some jerky and hurried to her porch, where she was fortunate enough to meet the coachman right away.
Snow piled up over his thin clothes as he carried the luggage the whole time she was exploring, washing, drying, and immersing herself in the mirror.
“T-T-The statue was too heavy, so i-it took some time.”
Unable to withstand the cold, he clenched his teeth and barely spoke.
Behind the coachman were the things she had taken from the Duke’s residence.
As he said, it certainly looked heavy that it was difficult to move it alone.
No, it must have been so heavy that she wondered how he moved it.
‘…Why are there so many foolish people like him? If itʼs too heavy, do it later or say itʼs heavy.ʼ
As she complained and felt sorry internally, she handed him the jerky she had packed.
“Eat quickly. If you fall down, it’ll be difficult for me.”
He stared blankly at the jerky Reina handed him, and then carefully took it with his trembling hands.
He didnĘźt eat, he was just holding it, so when Reina stared at him, he swallowed the jerky.
He looked extremely pitiful.
‘Oh, I really donʼt want to treat you like this! But if I treat you like an ordinary man, you’ll ask me to spare your life again.’
Reina clenched her fists and made up her mind, speaking as bluntly as possible.
“There is a food warehouse on the right side of the first floor. Make sure you take care of it before I give it to you in a cumbersome and troublesome way.”
Please don’t ruin your body, Mister.
She added inside, and then told him where the place with warm clothes, the bedroom, and the bathroom are in turn.
She was doubtful whether he understood because he put a lot of jerky in his mouth and only nodded his head.
“Be careful not to get sick, as there are piles of things to do. We have hot water, so wash, wear warm clothes, and sleep in a warm room, okay?”
You’ve made it this far, so you’ll be fine. Oh, another thing.
“I might forget it, so I’ll pay your salary in advance.”
It would be better to give him his salary now, as he will realize later on that something has happened to his family and may have to leave in a hurry.
There is no cash, so it would be better to give something that can be exchanged for money at any time.
‘It has to be worth a lot of money.’
She looked around and then she saw it. Reina strode to the golden statue of the first Duke.
‘I don’t know how much this is worth, but it must be expensive because it’s gold. Giving all of this seems a bit overkill.’
Grasping the wrist of the statue, she used her power to separate the hand from the arm.
Perhaps because her power control was still immature, melted gold was dripping from the hand to the floor.
Reina didnĘźt care either way, and threw the hand to the coachman.
“Take it.”
“Ugh!”
The coachman was startled when he suddenly received a lump of gold in his hands.
‘T-This is my salary?!’
He knew he wouldnĘźt be able to own even just a finger regardless if he works hard in this life, in the next life, and the life after that.
‘You’re giving me such a huge amount of money casually as a salary? Am I dreaming right now?!’
Even the statueĘźs hand was a problem. The owner of the hand was one of the great heroes who completed the founding myth together with the first emperor.
It wasnĘźt that he took the hand of such a great man. He just happened to received it as his salary.
‘It would be outrageous if anyone ever found out. My head might fly off immediately.ʼ
The coachman alternately looked at the statue with the wrist amputated and Reina with an innocent face.
“What in the world is this! What, what are you doing?”
‘I wondered if she was really the Demon King of the oracle, but she rescued me, hired me, and gave me the first dukeʼs golden hand as a salary.ʼ
The coachmanĘźs eyes, which had been dazed for a moment, shook relentlessly.
He still had no idea what she really is, but one thing is for sure.
‘I finally found a lord to serve!’
This was where he belong. The coachman got a lifelong job.
***
Reina, who had unwittingly gained a subordinate full of loyalty, doesnĘźt want to be in the same space as he is so that he can eat and rest comfortably. After she said that, she naturally left.
“You can get out of here and rest or not. However, if I see you again like this when I come back, I will not leave you alone.”
“Yes, yes! Please go!”
The coachman bowed 185 degrees to see Reina off.
It doesnĘźt seem like a good way to talk, but because of the image created by the oracle, she had to speak as roughly and coldly as possible to communicate well with others.
In fact, even in her previous life, she was so ill that she hardly interacted with others. As a result, she didnĘźt know how to speak kindly, so she felt comfortable inside.
‘Where should I go, by the way? Itʼs too early to go to bed, and thereʼs nowhere to look inside the mansion.’
It seemed like it would be better to go outside to get some fresh air.
The coachman will also need some time to look around the mansion comfortably.
Reina, who stepped out of the door with a determined expression, regretted her own decision within a second.
“…It’s cold.”
Without her ability, she was so cold that she immediately froze.
Did the coachman kept moving back and forth to move the luggage like this?
‘You’re so silly Reina. Of course, there must be a place where people are bound to be a little weak. Ugh, it’s so cold Iʼm going to die.ʼ
Reina, who got annoyed, grumbled and made several torches and installed them all over the place.
“There may be animals passing by and most especially the coachman, so you must not harm any living things. Of course, it must never be turned off even in a blizzard. In order to not get lost at night, give me a soft light, okay?”
There was no response from the flames, but Reina continued to command them.
Creating flames to warm the body inside and outside the mansion, figuring out the structure, informing the coachman, and even worrying about him.
As she moved for a while, muttering like her grandmother, feeling like she didnĘźt know who the real servant was, the area around her mansion became warm like spring.
‘This way, even the coachman will be able to work warmly.ʼ
It was cumbersome, but it made her feel much better because she didnĘźt have to see the poor coachman anymore.
As she stretched her body, she heard a loud sound.
‘Ah. right. We can‘t live together inside the mansion all the time.ʼ
Finally, Reina put dozens of warm flames on the stable and led the horses there before she returned to the mansion.
She then jumped into the bed in the biggest room she had spotted before.
The thawed blanket smelled like that of the freezer, but as soon as she laid down, she immediately fell asleep.
ItĘźs been a long time since she have been on a soft bed, and she felt like sheĘźd been dragged around since dawn.
‘…Tomorrow, I’ll have to figure out what to do with the smell.ʼ