“Yeah, I was wondering where I’d seen you.”
A chilling voice drops overhead.
“You were a child kidnapper.”
The man’s words should have frightened her, but Eugenia’s eyes widened.
“Now, what did he? What did he call me?”
Jesus, crazy…
“How the hell did this happen?
Of course, she knew exactly where it started.
It all started four or five days ago.
* * *
This was just very, very wrong.
Despite her knowledge, Eugenia searched the room. There was panic in her touch.
“I can’t help it.”
She muttered to herself as if to comfort herself.
“I need the money to get away.”
Of course, there was no money since the failed writer was broke, she was now focused on finding something valuable to sell.
This was the Marquise of Careyton’s room, which was ownerless.
However, the condition was so serious that it was hard to see that this was the room of a lady of noble birth.
The curtains were half-torn and ragged, and the quilt, which always smelled of stiff, dry sunshine, was crumpled with the scorching marks of many hands.
Whoo-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee.
“Kka, it scared me.”
Eugenia exhaled for a long time, pressing down on the patting heart.
Eugenia let out a long breath, pressing it firmly against her pounding heart.
Someone had thrown a rock from outside, and the cold wind coming in through the broken window continued to make frightening noises, adding to the creepy atmosphere.
“Ugh, what a mess.”
As the Marquis’ maid, it was Eugenia’s duty to keep this place clean and organized.
But instead of organizing, she chose to make a mess.
In the quilt, under the bed, in the wardrobe, between the books, behind the curtains, and even in the drawers of her dressing table!
“……Damn.”
After searching everywhere, Eugenia found nothing. All she got was old dust.
She cursed herself.
“It’s too late, too late, I should have come to steal it sooner, you fool, you rascal.”
If you’re going to get screwed, don’t feel guilty about it, and don’t think about it, “Should I steal it or not?
There must be a timing for stealing.
And he missed that timing, so now she was playing the back game.
“Oh, really. I see you’ve taken all the money you can get.”
Eugenia grumbled, her face scrunched up in frustration.
“You people have no sense of duty.”
She coughed up a dry cough, cursing viciously at her former co-workers who would have robbed this room before her.
Nothing more was forthcoming, but Eugenia, feeling a little desperate, took one last look at the carpet and fluffed up the pillows. But there was no way she was going to find her missing valuables with a bang.
“Let’s go.
She shook her head in disappointment.
“So you’ve made a habit of stealing?”
Eugenia stopped moving at the sound of a mocking voice from behind her.
The voice was still young, but there was a chill in it that she couldn’t ignore.
Eugenia stiffened and turned her stiff head to look behind her.
“Hmph.”
In the darkness, she could see Joshua Ron Kereiton, now nine years old, staring back at her with his arms crossed in a very arrogant manner.
“Do… young master?”
Embarrassed, she swallowed hard and hastily righted herself.
Joshua looked up at her with a pathetic look.
He was so much smaller and younger than her, why did he send a chill down her spine?
“Is it because the male lead is different from the start?
Even so, Eugenia continued to study Joshua’s face. In fact, it might be more accurate to say that she couldn’t take her eyes off him.
“He’s got a great attitude, but he looks like he has a lot to look forward to.”
His skin was flawless, and his hair was downy soft. His eyes were slightly raised, like a cat’s, giving away his sharp, bold nature.
Eugenia rolled her eyes and stuttered out her words.
First of all, I can’t look even more hateful here.
If He cut the salary, she will only be one step closer to death.
She tried desperately to make excuses.
“That’s not it…I’m going to… clean up…ahaha,ahaha…”
The moment she opened her mouth, Joshua frowned.
Eugenia knew she sounded weird even to herself, but she couldn’t help it.
“How am I supposed to know what’s the right way to say something, I don’t remember this much detail!
And she knew full well that what she had just said was a lame excuse.
As expected, Joshua snorted as if he had no intention of being deceived and pushed her without giving her a break.
“Cleaning up? The Marquis, who’s all fucked up?”
“…”
“And you, the one who got fired last night?”
Eugenia laughed out loud, trying to deflect the situation a little.
“Well, I guess it’s kind of… weird… to think of it that way, hahaha. hahaha. hahaha. hahaha…”
Joshua’s eyes were frowned upon even more.
“Now, are you laughing?”
Eugenia pursed her lips, studying Joshua’s eyes.
“Am I funny?”
Eugenia pursed her lips.
She crossed her hands over her stomach and shook her head vigorously.
“No. How could I possibly dare?”
Joshua, who hadn’t spoken for a moment, glared at her with a sour expression on his face.
“I guess they’re going to watch it.”
Eugenia breathed a sigh of relief and let her shoulders drop, which had risen with tension.
‘Oh, never mind, let’s just leave, money or no money. she’ll run away faster.
From the moment she realized what had possessed her, she’d wanted to leave immediately, but she’d held back because of the money. It was the money.
“Let’s go before he gets here.”
she doesn’t know how long she’s been dead on the other side.
‘It must have been instant death.
She just woke up feeling like she’d had a long sleep and woke up in this world.
She didn’t want to die twice anyway.
‘As soon as Joshua turned his back on her, she thought she would get out of this bloody mansion.’
But as if he could read her mind, the boy looked back in her direction.
For some reason, he seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then he turned to Eugenia and said, “Eugenia.
“Eugenia.”
“Huh! Yes, Master, why…?”
Eugenia was startled to the point of shuddering, but she put her hands together in front of her and answered politely, trying not to offend him as much as possible.
The nine-year-old boy then pointed a finger at her with an extremely arrogant and cocky expression.
“Get lost! This is a class-based society!”
“Even though you’re a male character, isn’t your attitude too cheeky?”
If it was my nephew, not a male character, who held her life, she would have kicked his tongue and squeezed it, but she couldn’t do that now.
‘Fuck you! Class society!’
Eugenia swallowed hard, holding back her rising anger.
“I am Eun, I am Eun, I am Eun.”
Constantly reminding herself of her position.
Joshua continued to jerk his finger at Eugenia.
“Follow me. Let me see you for a minute.”
“Me? What’s wrong, he still wanted to watch… Can’t he just keep watch from here?”
Eugenia’s face darkened with frustration.
“I don’t want to get entangled!
Joshua scowled at her as she continued to frown.
“Follow me, that’s not what we’re talking about here.”
“…Yes, sir.”
* * *
Joshua took Eugenia to his room, not the drawing room.
‘Wow, this place is a mess.’
It was less messy than the Marquise’s room as if she had assumed there would be no valuables in it since it was used by children.
“What are you doing in there? Come on in. Close the door.”
Meanwhile, Joshua was already seated at the small tea table in front of the bed.
“Master, have you been here the whole time?”
“If not here, then where could I and Sherry be?”
“But…”
“Who would have thought to take us in after what happened, the servants have run off with everything of value, and besides, the knights of the duchy are looking for us, and they can’t take us with them.”
“…”
Eugenia pressed her lips together. She didn’t know what to say.
The little boy was all too aware of what was happening to him.
She didn’t dare say something like, “No, what do you mean, I’m sure you have relatives who will take you both in.
A clumsy lie that she couldn’t be held accountable for would only hurt his children, giving them false hope when they already knew the reality.
Joshua was trying to put on a straight face, but his young face was full of hardship and inner struggle.
Eugenia looked around the room once more with a heavy heart.
It looked so different from when the Marquis of Kerayton was alive.
Then she spotted someone.
‘Ah…! That’s him, that…’
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