Chapter 1: The Maid

It had already been a week since I was possessed and regained my senses.

“Chloe! Move it, move it! You’re too slow!”

“I’m sorry!”

I cleared the plates left over after the Count’s family had eaten, and was scolded. Every day since I was possessed a week ago has been hell.

“This! There! That! Over there!”

“Uwaaah!!”

I’d done a lot of part-time jobs, but I was overwhelmed by the discomfort and difficulty that were on a different level from working at a restaurant, and I was forcibly getting used to this world.

“Can’t you do it right?! How did someone like you get in as a maid…!”

“I’m sorry! I’m sorry!”

I was busy apologizing every day. When I was first possessed, I was out of my mind and got angry, and I guess they thought I was rebelling, because I was already firmly marked among the maids.

It didn’t take long to realize that this place was the world in that novel right after the possession.

Because the memories of the owner of this body were slowly being engraved in my head.

‘This place is Sergia County, my name is Chloe Byella, a low-ranking maid of 16 years old.’

Let’s briefly review the contents of the novel.

Yudith, whose mother died and who entered the Count’s family as an illegitimate child.

Abused by family members who did not welcome the illegitimate child, and harassed by maids as a way to relieve stress.

Yudith, who had been abused in this way, gave up the Count’s family and was entrusted to the Marquis family after demonstrating a powerful Magic talent.

The Marquis family, who were kind at first, were actually working with the Count’s family behind the scenes to force Yudith to undergo human experimentation.

In order to have that great Magical power themselves.

Yudith, who could no longer trust people, ran away every day. She avoided the chasing pursuers, slept in the stables, and ran away, being stoned by the villagers as a beggar.

There were people she met along the way, but none of them ended well.

Yudith, who ran away and ran away and found nothing at the end of the world.

Lamenting her life, she becomes a witch who will destroy the world.

This is the plot of the first part of this crazy novel.

‘What was I thinking when I read this crazy novel?’

It’s not like I asked to be possessed, I just woke up in this body.

And the biggest problem for me, Chloe Byella, the owner of this body.

She was a crazy maid who started abusing Yudith properly.

She obsessively abused only the inside of her clothes so as not to be caught by the people of the Count’s family, and

She was a crazy woman who even waterboarded the child with the nonsense that it was to relieve stress.

In the end, when all the members of the Count’s family went out to search for Yudith who was running away, it was Chloe who found her…

She was a pathetic and trashy third-rate villain who was torn apart and killed as the first victim of Yudith’s Magic, who had gone mad with anger.

That was Chloe Byella, the owner of this body.

‘Then wouldn’t it be enough if I didn’t harass her?’

The timeline was still Yudith’s childhood. And I was not yet assigned as Yudith’s exclusive maid.

I have no intention of walking into the obvious death flag with my own feet.

It would be enough to prevent Yudith from running away to the Marquis family. There would still be time until Yudith manifested her Magic talent.

Because it was written that she had been abused for a long time. It hadn’t even started yet, so I thought there would be some time.

I don’t know to what extent I can change the original story. But at least if I cherish Yudith here in the Count’s family, I can avoid my death flag.

‘I absolutely refuse an ending where I’m torn apart and burned to death.’

First of all, since I was not yet assigned as Yudith’s exclusive maid, I decided to work hard at the maid’s work.

First, I decided to improve Chloe’s treatment, who was being bullied because she couldn’t adapt to the maids.

“Leave it to me!”

“Oh, okay…”

I took the work from my senior and did it myself.

“Take a break! I’ll go and do it!”

“Oh… okay… thank you…”

I ran and worked like crazy whenever my seniors thought they needed it. I hadn’t had much experience in social life, but I could still do this much with a sense of what was going on.

Fortunately, my efforts paid off, and I heard from a whisper that my evaluation among the senior maids had improved. I thought I could live like this, working hard…

An incident occurred that was not written in the original story.

Yudith’s exclusive maid, who used to take care of Yudith, threw herself from the roof of the detached building.

“I heard it was suicide?”

“Suicide…?”

Yudith’s exclusive maid committed suicide. Why? Before I could even ask why, the Count’s family was busy covering up the matter.

The maid, who was judged to have committed suicide without a proper investigation, was buried in the Count’s family cemetery because she had no hometown.

I got goosebumps. According to the original story, I would soon be in charge of Yudith’s exclusive maid as a replacement for that maid.

But who would want to go to the place where the predecessor committed suicide? I couldn’t help but feel a physiological aversion.

In that way, the original story came one step closer to me.

“Chloe… Chloe Byella?”

“…? Yes! Yes!”

“Pull yourself together.”

As soon as the funeral was over, the head maid called me for a personal interview. I probably expected it.

I felt that the original story was approaching me.

This must be an interview to order me to be assigned as Yudith’s exclusive maid.

“Well… as you know, the position of Yudith’s exclusive maid is currently vacant.”

The funny thing about this mansion is that they still call Yudith ‘Miss’ even though she’s an illegitimate child.

They always ignore and abuse her, but the fact that they still call her ‘Miss’ is ridiculous.

“So… I want you to take that position.”

I had no choice. If it was going to flow according to the original story anyway, I would just have to protect Yudith as much as I decided… I have to twist the original story as much as possible to survive.

“I’ll do it.”

“… You’re accepting so quickly. I was going to give you some time to think.”

“It’s okay.”

“… Then I’ll leave it to you.”

That’s how I was appointed as Yudith’s exclusive maid. I packed my bags in the dormitory and followed the head maid to the detached building where I would be working from now on.

The appearance of the detached building I followed was beyond imagination.

‘It looks like it’s haunted…’

“Doesn’t it look like it’s haunted?”

As if she had read my mind, the head maid said exactly what I was thinking.

It was definitely a haunted house that looked like it was haunted.

It wasn’t even properly managed, so vines were growing on the walls, and the eerie atmosphere coming from the cemetery right in front made the detached building even darker.

“The attic on the third floor of this place is Yudith’s room.”

The detached building, which was opened with a lock, was dusty and full of cobwebs, whether it had been managed or not, making it hygienically the worst.

I went up the creaking stairs and found the attic at the end of the third floor.

Perhaps sensing our presence in the attic, a blonde girl opened the door and peeked out.

“That person is Yudith.”

“… Haa…”

I sighed. It wasn’t a sigh because I was pathetic about Yudith.

It was a heavy sigh because I was disgusted by this damn Count’s family.

Yudith’s condition was the worst. I wondered if she even had an exclusive maid, she was in such a bad condition.

Her hair was matted and her whole body was covered in dirt because she hadn’t been washed properly.

“Then I’ll leave it to you.”

The head maid patted me on the shoulder and went down the stairs.

It was only after the sound of the huge door of the detached building closing echoed to the third floor that I realized the reality.

That I am now Yudith’s exclusive maid.

I approached Yudith slowly to minimize my size and not scare her. Yudith flinched and looked at me as the distance narrowed.

When I was a few steps away, Yudith hid inside the attic. I opened the attic door to find Yudith who had hidden, and I couldn’t close my mouth at the sight that appeared.

The attic was covered in dust, and the blankets and pillows, which I don’t know when they were washed, were yellow and moldy. There were mold and bugs flying around in the wooden bowls because the food hadn’t been washed.

‘Is this a garbage dump or an attic…’

As I took a step into the attic, Yudith, who was looking at me in front of the bed, trembled.

“… Hello…?”

“H-Hello…?”

I accidentally spoke informally. Still, it was basic to use honorifics to Yudith as a maid, so I pulled myself together and spoke again.

“Hello. Miss Yudith.”

“…”

I lowered my head to meet Yudith’s eyes for Yudith, who was just standing still and looking up at me. Her pupils were shaking because she couldn’t look at me properly, as if she was uncomfortable with eye contact.

I sighed softly and looked around the room again.

‘This is definitely not an environment for a child to grow up in.’

There was a lot to do. First, I had to clean the room, wash Yudith, and prepare Yudith’s meal. I had to do all of this alone.

I lowered my head and looked down at Yudith, who was still standing still. If it were the original Chloe, she would have slapped her and started abusing her here, but…

I lowered my head again to meet Yudith’s eyes and raised my hand, and Yudith tensed her body as if she thought she was going to be hit.

I sighed softly at the sight and stroked Yudith’s dirty cheek once. Yudith widened her eyes as if surprised by the sight and looked at me.

“I’ll start cleaning.”

I took out the dusty cleaning tools from the corner, tied my hair, and prepared to clean.

It starts now.

In addition to avoiding the death flag, I wanted to plant at least one good memory in Yudith’s mind among the hardships that would come in the future.

I tightened the apron strings and made up my mind.

My goal is to make Yudith’s childhood happy.

I’ll protect you, Yudith, for the short time I can take care of you.

So.

Please don’t kill me later.