Chapter 46 – Part 1 Hunter – Sister’s Secret (1)

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Caller: Maria

This is Maria.
We have selected a candidate for your home.
I would like to meet you to confirm.
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“Yes?”

I was eating breakfast when I received such an email from Maria.
Did you find it already? I thought it would take at least a week. Work is fast
I swallowed the bread I was chewing and said to the two people who were having breakfast together.

“Minerva, Milene. I suddenly have something to do. I think I’ll have to act differently today.”
“Is it Mushun’s business?”

She says as Milene puffs up her cheeks with her bread.
I’m not talking while eating.

“It seems that the candidate for the house to live in has been decided. I’m going to see you for a while.”
“The house you were talking about yesterday?”

Come to think of it, I said something like that yesterday. Good timing.

“That’s right. Would you like to go with Mylene? It’s the house you’ll be working in, so I think it’s okay to check it out in advance.

At my words, Milene widened her eyes.

“Are you hiring me?”
“Didn’t I tell you yesterday? I just need a good kiss.”
“Uh, yes. Thank you, Yuzu. I’ll do my best…”

Milene blushed as if she was happy or embarrassed.
Hard? Does that mean kissing hard? Haha.
Minerva is staring with her ax eye open. Let’s pretend we don’t know

“Then let’s eat and go together. And the person we’ll meet this time is the preliminary maid. He’ll be Mylene’s boss.”

At my words, a dark cloud formed over Mylene’s face.

“…Are you afraid of the head maid? If you don’t clean properly, you’ll starve, or if you break a plate, you’ll be beaten with a cane…”

Hungry? Rod?
What is that. Are you a bad mother-in-law?

“Well, I don’t think that’s the case.”
“Ugh. I’m nervous for some reason.”
“There’s nothing to be nervous about. He’s a good person. If you meet Milene, you’ll know.”
“Yeah … Will her sister come too?”

Milene asks Minerva for her salvation, and her eyes twinkle.

“Then let’s all go together. It’s Minerva’s house anyway.”
“…Okay.”

I don’t know how Milene came to have such a prejudice. Could she have some trauma?
I wrote back to Maria and made an appointment to meet her after breakfast.

*

The place Maria had designated was a luxurious cafe in District 2. The sign…What does it read? It is written in strange letters that are difficult to understand.

Anyway, it was a very uncomfortable atmosphere for me. It’s a quiet and luxurious cafe, so if you make a loud noise, the security guard will kick you out.

“This is Yuzu-sama. The party has arrived. This way.”

She is guided to a private room on the second floor by a butler-like staff.
When I opened the door and entered, a strange woman was waiting inside.

“Welcome, Master.”

The woman who saw me stood up and greeted me politely. She slightly bends her knees and bows her head in an aristocratic greeting. Unceremonious, I stood stiffly to be greeted.

Apparently a stranger, but the voice belonged to someone I knew well.

“…Is it Maria?”
“Yes. This is Maria.”

It was also Maria.
Maria threw off her usual tacky overalls and wore a gothic maid outfit that at first glance could tell she was classy.
Her bouncy, honey-colored hair was tied back in a neatly braided ponytail. Her elegance was evident in every single gesture and expression on her face, and her bright eyes showed that she was a competent woman.
Today’s Maria was a woman who worked in a noble family.

I thought it would be pretty if I decorated it, but I never thought it would be this much. Did she say that a woman’s transformation is innocent?

“…This is Maria, our head maid. And this is my adventure partner, Minerva and Milene.”

I tried to hide my embarrassment and introduced each other pretending to be calm.

“It’s an honor to meet you, master’s party members. I am Maria.”
“My name is Minerva. Nice to meet you.”
“Well, thank you! Maria-sama! This is Milene!”

Minerva introduced herself familiarly, but Milene looked very nervous. It is understandable if she was the usual friendly Maria, but it is understandable that she is difficult when dealing with this Maria. Because she exudes a perfectionist force that doesn’t tolerate mistakes.

“Master. I have something to tell you.”

Maria said so, and she dragged me by the sleeve and led me outside.

“Huh? Huh?”

Without even hearing the reason for Katabuta, I was dragged outside. The two people left in the room watched me being dragged away with blank eyes.

“Which one?”

As soon as Maria closes the door, she asks all of a sudden. The tone of voice has also returned to normal.
Thank god. It didn’t even change his personality.

“Which one?”
“Which of the two is the candidate for hostess?”

Maria asked with pitiful eyes. I swallowed dry saliva.

“Could it be both?”
“Ah, no, I haven’t touched my younger brother yet, but I guess I’m watching from a future-oriented perspective…”
“That means her sister’s side was touched.”
“For now, I’m going to do that…”

I answered with a little hesitation.
It is somewhat intimidating to reveal a relationship with another woman to a woman you are already dating. I’m getting permission anyway, so I should be proud of myself.

Seeing me like that, Maria smiled lightly.

“I’m not blaming you, so there’s nothing to be nervous about. I’ve told you before, right? But it won’t be easy to attack the sisters at the same time. You might get stabbed by mistake.”
“It’s okay. I’ll do something.”
“That’s right. Even if you die, you’ll come back to life anyway. Getting stabbed by a knife would be fine.”

There’s no way it’ll be okay even if you get stabbed by a knife.

“By the way, Maria, how did you dress? I really didn’t know at first.”
“Whoops. Doesn’t it suit you well? From now on, since you’re the head maid of a nobleman, if you don’t dress appropriately, your master’s dignity will be damaged, right? So I decorated it properly.”

Maria says, raising the bridge of her nose.
But it was also true that she was well-suited enough to raise her nose. Her behavior as the head maid of an aristocratic family is also excellent. At least that’s how it looked to my eyes.

“I didn’t know Maria had this side. You look so good together, Maria.”

Saying that, she gently hugged Maria. Naturally, her hand went to Maria’s hips.
Maria slaps the back of my hand.

“Stupid. Isn’t this the time? The ladies are waiting.”

Unfortunately, I decided to postpone the act of love with Maria until later. Because she’s not running anywhere.
Returning to her room, Maria cleared her throat as if nothing had happened and said,

“Then let me tell you about the candidate for her home.”

Maria took out her four leaflets and put them on her table.
Each leaflet had a floor plan with the structure of each house drawn, along with the location, size, and pros and cons. She pointed to each page and explained it to Maria.

To be honest, I don’t even know how to explain it. ‘Isn’t the most expensive house the best? Then wouldn’t it be okay to buy the most expensive house?’ Was my impression. The two people who came with me seemed to be listening more seriously than me, the owner of the house.

“The last one is the former Noble Mansion in District 1.”
“Oh!”
“Yes?”

While looking through the flyers, Milene made a loud noise when she saw the last one.
Turning her head, Minerva was covering Milene’s mouth with her hand.

“Huh”
“It’s nothing, don’t worry about it.”

Milene tried to say something, but she couldn’t speak because Minerva was covering her mouth.
It is not persuasive at all to say that it is nothing in that form.

“What is it? It’s okay, so talk to me.”

At my words, Minerva let Milene go, but towards Milene, she seems to be saying something with her eyes. Does that look mean ‘If you say it, you die!’?

“No, I thought the house was pretty.”

Milene hurriedly spoke.

“What’s drawn here is the floor plan? Can you tell it’s pretty by looking at it?”

At my words, Mylene only pursed her lips and said nothing.
What Milene was surprised to see was a leaflet of a former aristocratic mansion in District 1. All the others are in District 2, but this is the only one in District 1.

“Maria, what is this house?”
“…This is a rare property for sale in an aristocratic district. As it is state-owned property, the price is on the cheap compared to the size of the mansion, but according to the investigation, the noble who lived in the house before was executed for treason…”

Maria said and cast a suspicious look at her sister.
It was a story I had heard before. Did the bald bishop do it in the temple? They said that a while ago there was a noble whose entire family was massacred.

“Is this the house you lived in?”

At my words, Milene looks at Minerva’s face with a face that looks like she’s about to cry.
I just mentioned the predictions that came to my mind, but judging from this reaction, it seems to have hit the core.

“That’s right. The former nobles who lived in that house are our family.”

Minerva sighed helplessly.

“As far as I know, I heard that the whole family was massacred.”
“Everyone except the two of us was executed. Millene and I were still young and female, so there was no way for us to succeed. We survived because other nobles pleaded with us.”

Minerva spoke bluntly, as if she were talking about someone else’s business.

“Master.”

Maria tugged at my sleeve. Do you want me to follow you? The expression is not very good. Even if she brought her, her face asked if she had brought a woman from a traitorous family.
I signaled that it was okay with her hand gesture to her Maria and went on with Minerva and her.

“What is treason? A coup? Did you commit treason against the royal family?”
“That’s…”
“I didn’t do anything like treason!”

It was Milene, not Minerva, who shouted so loudly.

“Father and older brother always! We’ve been working hard for the kingdom! We’ve been working harder than anyone else, not resting and saving time to sleep! But why…”

Bead-like tears fell from Milene’s eyes.

“Hey, ugh, why do I have to suffer the death penalty or something? Oops… Minae-sister! Why does everyone have to die!!”
“…Sorry, Mill.”
“Crying!!”

Milene buried her face in Minerva’s arms and began to weep. Minerva held Milene still with her bitter expression.

Ah…Well…
I was just choosing a house to live in, so why is it like this?

There were parts that I thought were strange when I saw the two of them from before, but was that really the case? Since she suddenly threw a girl from an aristocratic family into the world, it’s understandable that she became an unsuitable hunter in order to survive.

But the problem is…

“Master. Just because you let them go doesn’t mean they’re innocent. The country must be monitoring the two and looking for the traitor they’re connected to. If they’re wrong, they might get entangled.”

Maria speaks seriously. For some reason, when the clothes change, the person seems to change as well.
As Maria said, it is possible that these two are decoys. When the two are released outside, the logic is that the person who extends a helping hand to them is an accomplice.

“I apologize for not telling you. I didn’t mean to fool you, but it was hard to tell.”
“We, uh, did nothing wrong…”

Minerva apologizes profusely, and Milene cries over her mess.
Whatever the case, I decided to turn the story around.

“Hmm. So, Mylene wants to go back to her original home?”
“What, later?”

At my question, Milene turns into bright red rabbit eyes and looks at me.

“Of course, even if I go back, I’m not going to be the landlord. As I said before, as a maid. I don’t know how I used to be, but I can’t live as comfortably as I did before. Can I clean, wash, and work every day?”
“Wait a minute, master. It’s dangerous to be involved with two people knowingly.”
“I know what Maria wants to say. But at least the two of them didn’t do anything like treason, and I don’t care about that. Even if they were involved in treason, they would only involve former nobles. No matter how much I try to shake a guy like me, nothing but dust comes out.”
“That’s true, but…”
“What will a man do if he can’t even protect one or two women who came into my arms? No matter what anyone says, my thoughts won’t change.”

Maria didn’t argue any further, perhaps knowing that my will was unshakable.
Even if it could be dangerous, there is no number of cases in my head of dumping two people. In the worst case, go into exile in the Empire.

“How is it? Mylene wants to go back to her original house? Or does she like a new house?”
“Woah, she wants to go home, originally…”
“It doesn’t matter if you work as a maid? The scary head maid might be harassing you?”
“Hey, I’m sorry…”

Milene was unable to answer her tears, and only nodded her head eagerly. She held back her tears as Minerva also made an o shape in her mouth.

Big. This makes both of them my prisoners. Gradually it becomes impossible to escape from my grasp.
And Maria, don’t pinch her side. It hurts. It hurts