But Eugenia nodded, not bothering to point it out.
“I’m not from this village, I’m an outsider, so it’s easy for me to leave.”
“Still, it’s hard to leave your home country behind, even if it’s a neighboring country where you speak the same language.”
“Well, adjustment is different for everyone, and besides, I have business in the Eisa Empire to attend to.”
“Hmm?”
Albury’s eyes lit up.
“Miss Eugenia, have you ever been to the Eisa Empire before?”
“No. If I’m hired, this will be my first time.”
“Well, it shouldn’t be much different, since that’s where all the people live.”
“Does that mean…… you’re going to hire me?”
Albury’s eyes widened and he smirked as if I were asking the obvious.
“Of course. I’m leaving soon anyway, and I’ve been stuck with no more applicants, so if you’d like the job, I’d be more than happy to have you.”
He sounded as if he hadn’t had any applicants in years.
“Hiring was easy, but look what happened afterward.”
A little later, I realized I should ask him about the things I should look out for.
The reason I postponed it was because there were other matters that needed to be discussed first.
“I have one thing I’d like to ask for your understanding about.”
“Asking for understanding? What is it? Please tell me.”
Alberty tilted his head, signaling for her to go ahead.
Eugenia swallowed hard and opened her mouth.
Thankfully, her voice was calm.
“Even if I get paid less, can I bring more companions?”
“Do you know how much you’re getting paid to say that?”
“It doesn’t matter how much it is, actually.”
Originally, I wanted to make a lot of money to buy a transit pass.
But if I can legally cross over to the Eisa Empire with Albury, I won’t need to go through all that trouble to make that money.
“Of course, the more money, the better…. After bringing the twins to the Duke, I can earn it.”
Eugenia took a deep breath and stared at Albury.
Albury raised one eyebrow upon hearing her words.
“You want to increase the number of people…. How many?”
Eugenia swallowed hard and turned to face Albert.
“I have twin children, and I’d like to take them with me since there’s no other guardian here besides me.”
What if he say no?
Nervously, she repeated herself.
“They’re young, but they’re not old enough to be out of hand, and I’ll make sure they don’t get in your way when you’re working.”
“I don’t think that’s up to me to decide.”
“Well, it’s ……, so who decides?”
Eugenia looked at Albury with a look that said, “You’re the employer, right?”
He pushed himself up from his chair and said.
“Right away, I’ll go meet my… I mean, your master. Miss Eugenia just needs to say what she wants to him.”
At that moment, Eugenia’s expression blanked out.
She hesitantly spoke towards Albury.
” master…? Isn’t Mr. Albury going to be my employer?”
“Huh?”
As if wondering what nonsense this was, he slowly closed his eyes and then opened them.
Then, as if understanding something, he let out a slight laugh.
“Oh, since I posted the notice in my name, you could think that way too.”
Albury spoke up.
“But your employer is not me. I am also here to serve that person.”
“Oh…”
Eugenia blurted out, and Albert shifted to open the door.
Eugenia stood up from her crouch.
“The master is staying on the third floor if you’d like to come up with me.”
“Yes, I’ll follow you.”
Eugenia followed Albury, a pensive look on her face.
“What is my real employer like? you can’t be telling me he’s going to cancel my job because he doesn’t like me.”
She took a quiet breath and then turned to Albury with a question.
“Mr. Albury, is there anything I should be aware of?”
“Um…… well.”
he paused for a moment, then spoke again.
“Don’t wonder who your employer is, and don’t flirt with them personally. Just those two things.”
Someone’s secretive.
Eugenia walked after him, mulling over Albert’s advice. Suddenly, it occurred to her that this recruitment was odd.
She wondered if he knew who she was and could make this decision so easily.
‘Even the other maid candidates before me were fired within a day.’
Isn’t it common to be more cautious and sensitive about bringing in new people?
”If I were you, I’d be more careful.”
I thought that was odd.
After a moment’s hesitation, she asked cautiously.
“Mr. Albury, by the way, do you have any questions about me?”
“Not really?”
“What if I’m a thief or a bad person…….”
Then I heard a croaky laugh from the front.
“If you’re going to steal something, do it without getting caught.”
“What? What do you mean?”
Albury stopped walking and looked back at Eugenia.
“If I catch you cheating on your master, I will…….”
He brought the blade of his hand to my throat and drew it across it, then made a snapping sound.
“You will die without a chance to defend yourself.”
“You mean I won’t get fired?”
“If you had applied earlier, you would have gotten fired, but now that the master’s patience has run out, I’m not sure it will end that way.”
He said it like he was joking like he wasn’t joking.
“Ah, life.”
Eugenia sighed briefly.
“Why do I have to risk dying this way and that?’
She pressed her lips tightly together, swallowing back tears.
By now, they had reached to the room.
After knocking softly, Albury raised his voice.
“Master, we have an applicant for your maid.”
There was no answer from inside, but he opened the door all the same.
“Please come in.”
“I didn’t ask permission, is that okay?”
Albury nodded.
Eugenia stepped inside, a little nervous.
“Excuse…… me.”
Albury closed the door from the outside, making the room even darker.
‘I see he’ve closed all the windows and curtains.’
Then a low voice came from behind her.
“There’s a chair four steps ahead. Sit there.”
A man’s voice, almost commanding, rolled along her ear drums.
The sound of that voice gave her chills.
‘Without a sound…….’
Eugenia swallowed hard, feeling intimidated.
She took a few steps as instructed and sat down in a chair in the center of the room.
After clearing her throat, she spoke calmly.
“I apologize for the delay in introducing myself. I’m Eugenia, starting today as your maid.”
But the employer said nothing.
“What do you want me to call you from now on?”
“……Enrique.”
Thankfully, this time, he responded.
But the man who identified himself as Enrique omitted his last name. Eugenia read in those brief words a warning not to ask more questions.
‘Okay. Let’s not be curious. The most important thing to me right now is the safety of Joshua and Selmia.’
Eugenia, who had been muttering to herself, spoke up.
“I’ll call you Enrique, then.”
“…….”
“Mr. Enrique, I apologize for the introduction, but I have something to tell you.”
“What is it?”
“Before I came up here, I spoke to Mr. Albury first……. I would like my twin siblings to accompany me to the Eisa Empire.”
“Your twins?”
Enrique repeated, interest evident in his voice.
Eugenia quickly dried her dry lips and spoke the reason she had prepared.
“Yes, one of them is sick…… and I want to go to a bigger country to see a doctor. If you’ll let me accompany them, I don’t mind taking less pay, but if you say no, I’m sorry, I’ll cancel my job offer.”
After quietly but firmly stating my intentions, I waited for Enrique to make a decision.
It was then. Bam-. The room lit up with the sound of wicks burning.
Enrique must have turned on the light.
Eugenia could finally see him properly.
The first thing she noticed was the black gloves.
Then she checked out his face and was genuinely impressed.
‘Wow, he’s handsome.’
His jet-black hair was jet-black, and his blue eyes were so cold they could freeze a flickering candle in its tracks.
The high bridge of his nose and the shading of his eye sockets were deeply shaded, adding to his aura.
The man was like a full, hungry leopard.
A top predator who had probably never been beneath someone before in his life.
Just looking him in the eye was intimidating. But he made no attempt to hide the raw, dangerous wildness he was born with.
And yet, Eugenia thought he looked beautiful.
The man’s every muscle and presence seemed to her like the handiwork of a true master, a masterpiece that truly ignited my artistic soul.
I thought to myself, “If I were to sculpt a god, he would resemble this man.”
As I pondered this, he started to move around Eugenia, who was seated in the middle of the room, taking slow steps.
His actions were akin to a predator stalking its prey, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.
“You look familiar.”
How could it be?
“Haven’t we met somewhere before?”
“No.”
It was possible that Enrique didn’t remember Eugenia, but it didn’t make sense that she didn’t remember this man.
How could she forget such a handsome, wonderful man?
He was so good-looking that even on his deathbed, She could die with a smile on his face, recalling,
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