CH 3

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First. I don’t force a high salary.

As long as the specified work has been performed, additional work is not recommended.

In fact, it is true that he has so much money that he has no interest in the things below him, but anyway, as a maid, his employer’s indifference was the best.

Second, the salary is generous.

Although there is no concept of a bonus, sometimes when a war takes on the role of regent of another kingdom, gifts flock to the Archduke residence.

It was a time when Ferze, who had a lot of desire for power but was not interested in material desire, scattered to share it together.

Third, he’s not interested in women.

As a natural sub-villain, he had no interest in women.

It was the same for the female lead, Riena.

Since the parents were close, Ferze and Riena had known each other for a long time.

Rienna’s love began from an early age, but she has only had a terrible crush because Ferze is indifferent enough to scratch people’s hearts.

However, even before Ferze was born, Riena became his fiancee due to a promise between the families.

Ferze, who was not interested in love, was planning to marry a woman suitable for his family, and that person naturally became Riena.

I wondered if the Archduke thoughts would change if he got engaged, but Ferze was Ferze.

After Ferze became Archduke, he spent more than eight months of the year on the battlefield.

Since it was his duty, he took the lead in fighting the enemy army or subjugating the monsters that appeared in the border area.

The Archduke who led the knight of the White Night Army to deal with monsters was a single-minded person who only knew about war.

Because the Archduke was so busy like this, Riena would only come to the Archduke’s residence twice a year.

There was no reason to stop her fiancee from coming, so Ferze also responded to dinner instead of avoiding her.

However, even if Riena approached and talked, Ferze only gave soulless answers such as ‘I see’ or ‘Was it?’

The maids, who were waiting to serve dinner were restless because of the grand duke, who looked after his fiancee like a stone.

There was an anecdote that I still remember vividly.

— Do you remember being invited to Lady Nina debutante? Duke Yekart was unfortunately unable to come because you was on the battlefield at that time… At that time, sir Andro confessed that he liked me and followed me.

— I see. What’s next?

— Ha. I was dumbfounded and warned him. Don’t look at me because i have a fiance. Yes, Duke Yekart? Are you listening to me?

— I can’t believe I’m giving a warning to Lady Reina. I shouldn’t leave you alone.

— Are you not listening to me at all?

Riena expressed her frustration at Ferze’s indifference, but the Archduke did not blink.

What he’s interested in is war.

It was how to maintain the power of the Grand Duke despite being restrained by the imperial family.

— ·······Do you remember who I warned, no, the person who confessed to me, was?

— I know it’s noble spirit

— Wow, really…… You’re so mean!

The person who confess to the saint was ‘Andro!’ and the maids all knew the correct answer, but the Archduke made no effort to answer it.

Ferze’s actions changed Riena’s targets from the Archduke to the imperial family.

She’s quite brilliant, but she doesn’t need a maid’s opinion.

Rather, whenever she came, she just stole the hearts of my colleagues with soft greetings and gifts.

At the time, my colleagues kicked their tongues, saying that he was too alienated from his fiancé, and that the owner was indifferent.

But as far as I know, the problem was that Riena was having an affair.

The more Ferze turned away, the more Riena’s unrequited love turned into hatred.  As time passed, resentment and hatred towards the Archuke reached its peak.

In the end, Riena, who was fed up with the indifference of the Archduke, chose Ferze’s cousin, the emperor.

Then, Riena, who determines that the Yekart family is a threat to the imperial family, decides to kill Ferse for the sake of Emperor Callan.

It was for the sake of ‘Callan’, but in fact, it was because of hatred of being ignored.

If you can’t have it, you have to kill it. The Archduke is a coveted diamond. Where’s the idiot to leave such a rare gem on the side of the road? Even you must throw it away before another woman takes it…

It was what Riena said to her close aide.

Originally she’s not a saint, she took her place by killing her half-sister who was a candidate for a saint.

It was difficult once, and it was not difficult to try poisoning twice.

It would have been better if Riena hadn’t tried to poison Ferze, the owner of the Archduke’s house!

Since becoming the maid of the Archduke, I have a habit of getting nervous whenever Riena comes.

And today was the day the Archduke was poisoned.

Today Ferze invited Riena to the Archduke’s house!

Today I run around until my feet are on fire at the calls of my colleagues….

And the monumental day on which my salary was increased was the day Archduke Ferze died.

Ferze was a great employer.

It would have been better if Riena hadn’t tried to poison Ferze, the owner of the Archduke’s house!

Since becoming the maid of the Archduke, I have a habit of getting nervous whenever Riena comes.

And today was the day the Archduke was poisoned.

Today Ferze invited Riena to the Archduke’s house!

Today I run around until my feet are on fire at the calls of my colleagues….

And the monumental day on which my salary was increased was the day Archduke Ferze died.

Ferze was a great employer. How I wish I could leave it in the monument after he died, “He was a villain, but he was an employer who paid regularly!”

To be honest, I didn’t like the male protagonist, Callan, nor Ferze, but I thought I could leave that much for the generous owner.

However, contrary to my simple wish, the reality was cold.

When Archduke Ferze dies, what will happen to the maids and servants who have looked after him?

Vassals and knights? What about the gardeners who worked hard to cut the rose field for Riena?

The answer was set.

Everyone is going to die. In terms of games, it was a perfect kill.

*****

I was standing at the dinner table of Ferze and Riena.

As I am a human being, my eyes immediately turned to the food on the table.

Grilled duck meat, an appetizer made of olives, cheese made with refined active ingredient- in milk, and pumpkin soup stewed with stock.

All of them were dishes made by the chef of the Archduke with high ransom.

Are we eating together?

Of course, it’s not.

As a maid, I only stood far away from the Archduke and watched their meals.

‘I can’t even talk about so many dinners!’

I swallowed my saliva while waiting for Riena’s meal.

I must had a calm expression so as not to offend the nobles.

If there was any left, the maid would eat it, but now that was not important.

After clearing the disturbed breathing, I listened to Riena with an expression that was no different from usual.

‘Wake up, Ciel! Today is the day the great duke dies.’

I paid attention to the conversation between Riena and Ferze.

Riena, who sliced duck meat and put it in her mouth with elegant movements, opened her eyes wide.

It gave me a little chills.

Even when trying to kill people with such angelic face, your taste buds are still alive.

Riena said with a smile.

“I saw it very often when I was young, but it’s a pity that I don’t think I’ll be able to see Yekart anymore after we got engaged.”

“There was a lot of work in the border area.”

“Isn’t it always like that, even if you don’t have a job?”

Ferze smiled out of courtesy instead of answering.

There doesn’t seem to be any strange conversation.

By age, Riena was much older and Ferze was higher in status, but they were of equal standing to each other.

Unaware of what was to come, the Archduke was holding a glass of port wine after a light dinner.

“Do you remember what happened a year ago? When I was kidnapped by the Visena family.”

“Ah, about that time.”

“If it wasn’t for your highness the Archduke, I might have been seriously injured. Considering that Sharkis Visena kidnapped me….”

Riena’s face turned white.

When I saw that the saint, who is usually bold, became pale, Viscena looked quite scary.

Ferze murmured lowly that he had a strong relationship with the Visenna family, and then burst into laughter.

“He was confident when he kidnapped my father, and I didn’t know he would kidnap the saint of the empire.”

“That’s their nature. I’m still looking at the time in the temple, but I’ll clean them up when Visena breaks down.”

As expected, she was like a heroine full of ambition. Riena voice was a little shaky considering her ambition.

After that, it was a normal conversation.

Perhaps being cautious repeatedly, Riena looked at the Archduke with a side glance while eating.

The nobility’s dinner was more than a meal, the purpose of which was fellowship. Drinking wine while eating was more like a tool to relieve tension.

Riena did not intend to assassinate immediately, but with a bottle of poisoned wine in front of her, she drank the tea the butler had prepared.

When the wine the Archduke was drinking was reduced by half, she took out the Chardone wine she had prepared.

“It’s a wine from the northern Serate. It’s not for sale, but I got it specially.”

“Serate, it must be precious.”

“I prepared it to celebrate your safe return from the battlefield.”

Riena, holding the wine with both hands, said with a smile.

Soon after handing over the wine bottle to the servant to see if it was heavy, she winked at him to pour it.

When the servant standing next to him opened the cork of wine, a refreshing scent came up.

I didn’t even pick the wine myself, but my hands were starting to tremble.