The Maid In The Reverse Harem Game Wants To Quit - Chapter 8

Irene put the last remaining sandwich in her mouth, pondering.

‘Anyway, if she had worked under Henrietta, the work would not have been difficult…’

Henrietta Lavrenti was Otis’ mother.

After the death of the first wife, who gave birth to Ahibalt, she quickly moved there. However, it was only an arranged marriage. Henrietta was a very beautiful woman. She had been brought up preciously and was considered worthy of love from everyone.

And because of that, she proudly attracted her lovers home and abandoned her son, whom she gave birth to.

“Honestly, I got scolded a lot by Madam Henrietta, but it was also the Madam who wrote me a letter of recommendation telling me to go to Lavrenti when I was fired. Seeing that, I think she must be a good person.”

…No, it was because she wanted to mess with her son.

“But, what the hell are you doing here? Do the Masters usually kill people thoughtlessly like that?”

“It is just a joke, a joke.”

‘I am sorry, Louise. Actually, there are a lot more killings than you think.’

Irene, feeling a little guilty, rolled up the finished sandwich wrapper and threw it into the trash can.

A little while ago, the two of them had just finished talking with the butler about salary, and came up to the room with sandwiches from the kitchen for dinner.

The room used by the maids is a room for two, but after Louise arrived, she and Irene were set to share the same room. That is why she was able to say “Good morning, Louise!” every morning.

Finally, when she wiped her lips with a napkin, Louise, who had finished eating earlier than Irene and was waiting, asked with her eyes shining.

“Have you finished?”

“Yes, I am going to work now. It’s already evening, so we just need to clean up the fourth floor.”

Depending on the work the maids were doing, such as the duty, the name they were called was varied. For example, maids who work in the kitchen are kitchen maids, and those who clean rooms are housemaids.

And because Irene and Louise were the chambermaids, they were arranged to clean the bedrooms and the main rooms used by the Young Masters.

“Today, the Third Master is away for work and is not at the mansion. So, it would be better if you do not worry and just organize simple things. Do you remember what I told you earlier?”

“Yes!”

“All right. Then, I’ll clean up the Second Master’s room, and Louise…”

Irene’s words paused for a moment.

Because this was the episode’s checkpoint.

Which was commonly referred to as the breaking point of the target route.

This was the first choice that will dictate her path. On the first day of arriving at the mansion, Louise’s path depends on whose room she is cleaning.

Although right now, there were only two options.

Otis’ room and Rodion’s room.

‘Because the First Master does not allow any maids other than the butler and me to enter the room…’

Now that she thought of it, Irene could understand why he reacted so sensitively to her letter of resignation.

Anyway, the important thing is that now is the turning point.

‘If you choose Otis’ room, it would be Otis’ route.’

And, if you select Rodion’s room, you will enter the route to Rodion and Ahibalt.

The rough part of what kind of ending Louise will face in this life was decided by just choosing one room. Even if there are some funny parts, since this is the plot of the game, it cannot be helped.

This is the story of Louise, which is just the beginning of her hardship.

‘Still… I want to send her through the most painless route among the endings.’

Then, what is the answer?

“…Please clean up the Third Master’s room.”

Rodion.

From what she had observed, the route with him was the mildest of the three. Unaware of Irene’s thoughts, Louise was as gallant as ever.

“Yes! I will do my best!”

Louise spoke cheerfully as she rolled up her sleeves, opened the door to Rodion’s room, and entered.

Irene silently glanced at her back with a slightly complicated gaze, but quickly shook it off.

‘It is more comfortable to have more than one person.’

So far, there has been only one chambermaid in this mansion, Irene, so that is why she was able to talk often with Lavrenti’s three men.

And now, Louise will take over the work for her.

‘She is going to make a lot of mistakes today, but she will get better.’

Even though she had taught Louise six times with all her heart and sincerity, she had never done it properly. The folded clothes were sometimes crumpled, the duvet would be turned upside down, and the curtains used to hang out of shape.

Shaking those thoughts away, Irene eventually knocked on Otis’ door, expecting Louise to mess up the room this time, too.

“Second Master, it’s Irene. May I come in?”

“Yes, come in.”

An aristocratic tone, that was neither too high nor low, flowed from the inside of the room in an elegant voice.

After putting on her gloves, as usual, Irene entered the room.

It seemed like Otis had taken a bath not long ago, as he was seen leaning loosely on the bed, wearing only his bathrobe. Since he was the one who mortally fastened all the buttons on the clothes he wore, it was very rare for him to wear only this much.

The slightly wavy, damp blonde hair was scattered over his forehead, and his dark eyes were half-covered by his eyelids.

‘I do not know what he did today, but he is in a good mood… He looked like a drowsy, appeased cat.’

Otis rolled his eyes and gazed at Irene even after she entered the room. He then swept his bangs with a delighted grin.

“I am sorry about my situation, Irene.”

“No, it is okay. After all, it is the master’s room, so just relax.”

“If you say so, I am happy.”

In fact, she was actually comfortable with it, even though Otis had brought it up.

No matter how she looks at it, it seems that Otis is lying languidly in bed now, not because he was tired or depressed, but because he was in a good mood.

‘That is weird…?’

Seeing his appearance, Irene was puzzled.

Because right now, Otis should not be smiling happily like this. He should have been laying on the bed with a dying face.

The reason is, of course, because of Louise, who came with his mother’s recommendation letter.

In the previous six lives, Otis has always locked himself up in the room with a depressing expression on the first day of 〈 Love or Die 〉 So, it was the first time Irene had seen him smile so blissfully like this.

‘He obviously did not seem to be in a good mood in the office earlier. Did something happen that might change his mood like this?’

Even if it was Irene, she still could not know everything—even the trivial events in the game.

Maybe a special event happened all of a sudden?

She does not know why, but it happened all of a sudden.

‘What can make him feel this good…?’

Except when his father died three years ago, Irene has never seen Otis’s mood change so drastically.

Irene was lost in thought as she folded the curtains.

Otis hated both his parents, but especially Henrietta.

No, it was horrible beyond dislike.

It was nothing short of a trauma.

To be honest, she felt terribly sorry for Otis, who was affrighted by his mother, who gave birth to him. So, at the beginning of the game, he hated Louise who entered with Henrietta’s letter of recommendation.

A mother who pushed a beautiful woman onto her son, who did not believe in love. It seemed like she was ridiculing him no matter how much he thought about it.

Hence, on the first day that he sees Louise, Otis would be depressed.

Because of that, with such a pleasant smile painted on his face, it was something Irene had never seen in her six previous regressions.

‘I am a little nervous… I need to organize and clean the room quickly and leave.’

It was because Irene was worried that what was happening right now might get her involved with 〈 Love or Die 〉 again.

Thinking so, Irene hurriedly tied the curtains and went towards the fireplace. After she took some charcoal and moved a heated brazier under the bed to warm it up, her job would be over.

As she tried to rummage the fireplace with an iron skewer, Otis suddenly called her from behind.

“Irene.”

‘…Why do I feel so uneasy when the Second Master calls me?’

Still confused by her thought, Irene turned around.

Otis, who had been leaning on the bed a while ago, was now right behind her. He was gazing down at her, which caused the water to drip from his bowed head.

With him being so close to her, Irene’s heart dropped.

‘Why do I keep feeling so anxious…?’

Nonetheless, Irene, pretending to be as unperturbed as possible, asked calmly.

“Yes, can I get you something? Young Master?”

Instead of answering her, Otis stared intently at her with his languid, squinted eyes.

Reflecting in his dark eyes, the burning red fireplace, behind Irene glowed captivatingly.

‘Come to think of it, I do not think that we have ever met gazes this close—’

Otis resembled his beautiful mother a lot, so among all of the three siblings, he was the best fit in a woman’s clothes.

‘He is very pretty.’

As Irene was lost in such frivolous thoughts, Otis smiled softly.