What Does That Evil Dragon Live For?

“This is the man from the carriage-owning family.”

 

“Oh, hello?”

 

At the officer’s introduction, Emily nodded and greeted the man across from her.

 

The man, who looked to be in his early fifties, rose from his seat at Emily’s entrance and greeted Emily. 

 

He didn’t look like a commoner, but he was much more of a gentleman than she had feared.

 

“I’m sorry about what happened to your father. I don’t know if this will be any consolation, but I asked them about the cost of removing the body.”

 

“Thank you.”

 

Emily unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief. And now she doesn’t know what to say. She only fiddled with her shabby apron.

 

Fortunately, the conversation was led by that man.

 

“I know this may be rude, but while I was checking Mr. Dustin’s family details when I was doing the victim’s identification, I heard that Miss Emily is his only real family member. Is this true?”

 

“yes. My mother and younger siblings live separately.”

 

“Oh my god…Now that your father is dead, Miss Emily will have no family to support you.”

 

“No. I was supporting my father. My father stopped working for a long time. I also got fired from my job, but I’ll be able to find a job soon, right?”

 

At those words, the man raised his eyebrows and asked cautiously.

 

“Excuse me, but may I ask what you did?”

 

“Oh, I worked as a maid for a noble family. But since I was kicked out without a letter of recommendation, I probably won’t be able to work as a maid anymore, and I’ll probably end up working at a market or restaurant—”

 

“You worked as a maid? “What a coincidence!”

 

Emily was nervous because she was confused by the man’s sudden interest in her.

 

However, he seemed to understand her, and he explained his reaction politely.

 

“Actually, we are urgently looking for a maid. I returned to the country at the end of last year with the master of the family, but because I was busy taking care of various matters, it was a bit late to find a maid for him. But in the empire, they say you can only get her maid if you get introduced, and we were in a hurry, so we…”

 

He looked at Emily with an expectant expression.

 

“If you don’t mind, Miss Emily, how about working as a maid at our mansion? I will give you twice the salary you were getting before.”

 

“What? Are you serious?”

 

“Yes. You might think I’m shameless for causing the accident that resulted in your father’s death, but I’ll give you a big payment for this.”

 

Emily’s hands trembled slightly.

 

The man was apologizing to Emily, but for Emily, this was the greatest luck she had ever encountered in her life.

 

‘The person who was harassing me is dead, and in return, I can work at a better job!’

 

“Yes! I accept it, I will work really hard!”

 

“Well, we owe you a favor, Miss Emily, and I’m so glad you’re willing to accept. I’m sure you’ll need some time to organize your father’s funeral and get your affairs in order, so work will begin in 15 days. Do you need more time?”

 

“Oh, no. That is enough.”

 

“And I will send someone to pay the down payment within today. Oh, by the way, you can come to this address by eleven o’clock in the morning after 16 days.”

 

Emily took the note the man handed her and looked at it closely.

 

“84 Flona Street, Aix District…”

 

“It’s a bit difficult to walk in, so take a carriage. We will pay for the carriage.”

 

“Thank you.”

 

Emily sat up, hoping that if this was a dream she wouldn’t wake up.

 

“Excuse me, how should I address you?”

 

“Oh my god! I didn’t even introduce myself in front of the lady. My name is Hubert Lowell. I am the butler of Count Lindell’s family.”

 

“Hubert Lowell, The butler of Count Lindell’s family…All right. Please take care of me in the future.”

 

“That’s me.”

 

Emily smiled happily, feeling that for the first time in her life, there was hope for her future.

 

* * * 

 

“What you said was right.”

 

[What I say is always right. But which one of them?] 

 

“Emily!”

 

Elaine smiled brightly, waving the letter in her hand.

 

“Emily is working as a maid again for another noble family! Her drunkard father had an accident. She says her father died. By any chance, did Rabes kill him?”

 

[I didn’t directly intervene. I just cast some magic to remove the biggest problem in that person’s life. It seems like that person’s father was the biggest obstacle in her life.]

 

“I shouldn’t be happy when someone dies.…but Honestly, I feel relieved.”

 

[Try to show that kind of reaction to your work. It seems to me that your uncle and cousins are no different from her father either.] 

 

Elaine chuckled and read Emily’s letter again.

 

In fact, the most surprising thing wasn’t the news that Emily’s father had died.

 

‘Becoming the maid of Count Lindell?!’ 

 

Since there cannot be two families with the same name, it must be the mansion where Sergey lives.

 

“Do you remember the person I told you about becoming my friend last time? It’s Sergey.”

 

[ah…That cemetery friend?] 

 

“Haha, yes, that’s right. But it’s a huge coincidence, right? This is my friend’s mansion where Emily went to work as a maid.”

 

[Hoo…That’s truly surprising.] 

 

Rabes said as if he knew nothing about it.

 

Even though killing Emily’s father and bringing her to Count Lindell were all Rabes’ own plans.

 

[If you go to your friend’s house later, you might be able to meet that person named Emily.] 

 

“That would be nice, but I wouldn’t dare go there to play.”

 

[Why can’t you go?] 

 

“The noble mansion is a place you can only go to by invitation.”

 

[If that guy is your real friend, shouldn’t he just invite you to his house?] 

 

“There are other things to worry about besides that. If I want to go there, I have to get a pass and write down my destination on the pass. Then L’Arch will find out, and he will probably prevent me and Sergey from meeting.”

 

‘I don’t know why, but it was almost a certainty. Maybe he prevented me from interacting with other nobles even in my past life. I just didn’t know…’ 

 

It was a very reasonable suspicion, considering the subtle bullying that continued even after Lorina left the temple, the fact that she was placed in the farthest place from the nobles’ seats whenever they attended a service, and the person who had been friendly until recently suddenly became cold to her.

 

So Elaine did not want L’Arch to know that she had become friends with Sergey.

 

‘I felt like I would be quite hurt if Sergey even became cold to me.’

 

[Well, don’t worry about that anymore. If both of you are destined to become true friends, your cousin’s interference will be of no use.] 

 

“I hope so.”

 

Elaine smiled brightly and neatly folded Emily’s letter again.

 

It was the happiest day she had since her return when she had changed the fate of one who had been miserable because of her.

 

* * *

 

‘Was this drawing room always this cozy?’ 

 

Lorina, who had been out of the temple for the weekend, stopped by the house for a moment and then went straight to visit Count Newt’s mansion.

 

Newt’s mansion, where Elaine and the only maid who had been kind to her were kicked out, felt more comfortable than ever, and Lorina was spending her time waiting for L’Arch.

 

‘Now that Elaine is gone, there is nothing that can stand in the way of the love between me and L’Arch.’ 

 

I thought it should have been like this a long time ago, but now it doesn’t really matter.

 

She can’t believe she is drinking tea in such a cozy and good mood since she announced her visit. 30 minutes later, L’Arch came into the living room.

 

“L’Arch! I’m here.”

 

As soon as Lorina saw him, she jumped up with a happy face and greeted him, but L’Arch’s expression was quite different from her expectations.

 

“You go out often.”

 

“yes…?”

 

“Well, it’s not taboo for saints to go out, so it’s not strange.”

 

“Yeah, that’s right.”

 

L’Arch sat down in his seat, staring at Lorina.

 

“how are you?”

 

“yes! Thanks to L’Arch…”

 

Lorina, who was sitting awkwardly along with L’Arch, was a little confused as she couldn’t tell whether he was welcoming her or finding her annoying.

 

However, that anxious feeling was quickly relieved by L’Arch’s words asking ‘How were you?’ That is until L’Arch spoke next.

 

“How is Elaine doing?”

 

“yes? Why are you suddenly talking about Elaine?”

 

“Because Elaine and you are classmates. It seems like you see each other quite often.”

 

“Did Elaine say that?”

 

“No. Not Elaine…someone else I know.”

 

Lorina sipped her hot tea to calm herself.

 

“Well, I don’t know. Elaine seems to be avoiding me a bit since we see each other often….”

 

“Well, Miss Lorina didn’t like that kid before.”

 

Lorina’s eyebrows furrowed for a moment at those words that seemed to blame Lorina, not Elaine.

 

‘It’s clear that Elaine gossiped about me to L’Arch. That bitch!’ 

 

‘I felt like I was picturing Elaine in front of me, pretending not to be interested in L’Arch on the outside, but behind the scenes, she was trying to put distance between me and L’Arch.’

 

Lorina thought she would use this opportunity to expose the truth about Elaine.

 

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