Chapter 12: Yuria

The next day,

-Knock, knock.

As if on cue, I heard a knock at 7 o’clock.

“The head of the family wishes to see you.”

The old butler, whose hair was starting to turn white, couldn’t hide his worried expression from outside the door.

It has come.

I patted the old butler on the shoulder, signaling him not to worry.

“I understand.”

He’s quick-witted, anyway.

It seemed that what happened yesterday had reached the head of the family. It was only natural.

The moment the story of raising a vampire in the family without permission came out, it was clear that inquisitors would flock here tomorrow, branding me a heretic.

“Wait a minute, the rest of you don’t need to come in.”

I stop the maids who are crowding into my room for a moment.

I called only Harzen and refused other services, worried that Yuria might have left a deep hickey on me, and got dressed.

Two men were waiting in front of the office.

The protagonist, Dylan, and the second brother, Cain.

I lightly ignored their heavy gazes and opened the door.

A wave of mana comes.

And at the sight of Ian, who lightly erased it with a glance.

“…! You, what-“

It was Cain’s reaction, who immediately turned around and was greatly surprised, but Dylan’s reaction was to nod his head calmly.

If it was someone of that guy’s level, he could easily ignore the pressure with mana.

Then, Cain’s pupils contracted to the size of a grain of rice and said.

..When did you become so good at handling mana? Weren’t you a guy who couldn’t even solve a magic formula because you were practically a non-responder?”

“Brother, if you’re scared that I’m going to join the race for successor, just say you’re scared.”

“…What?”

“How long has it been since I awakened my mana and secretly grew up with my mother’s backing, and you’re already making that face. Shouldn’t you be as relaxed as Dylan, brother? Ah. Is it because things haven’t been going well for you lately?”

Cain’s lips twitched as if he had been hit in a sore spot.

He was so surprised that Ian, who used to not even make a sound at his words, had changed so much overnight that he couldn’t even speak.

I crushed the mana Cain had sent with a smile, as if to show him in front of his eyes.

Originally, the ruffian Ian deserved to be 욕, but this guy was so annoying that I couldn’t help but be mean.

From the start, he would have embarrassed me and, as always, said, “Ian, you still can’t even handle this kind of pressure? If you can’t even do this as a fellow noble…” and so on. And he would have regained his self-esteem, which had been lowered by being compared to Dylan.

Thinking about that, I didn’t need to bow my head.

Cain was a nobody anyway. He was a guy with a lot of connections to the merchant guilds, but it was clear that he would stab me in the back even if I befriended him, so it wouldn’t hurt to be on bad terms with him.

It was only a moment before the door closed with a thud.

Britina Karman.

He was an old man with wrinkled skin.

He was an old man with wrinkled skin. However, despite his age, he still maintained a sharp gaze and a dignified atmosphere, just like when he was young.

‘…Indeed, he wants to have a proper talk.’

“Ian, is it true that the maid you brought in as your s*x s*ave is a vampire?”

I inadvertently shut my mouth at the guy’s move to go for the jugular from the start. It was my body’s instinct, not mine.

An enormous sense of weight.

He scattered his mana and spoke in a threatening tone.

“Have you become mute now? If not, what are you doing, not answering quickly?”

I met his cold golden eyes and opened my lips. I almost fell for his atmosphere.

“It’s not true.”

I lied first. Yuria doesn’t have the power to do anything right now, but if I can just hide her for a few years, I could raise her into a force that could easily destroy this family, and I was going to leave this family anyway.

‘…Well, Yuria, who just refilled her blood yesterday and is in perfect condition, might be able to destroy the mansion right now. But since she’s not doing that, she must have her own plans.’

Crucially, considering that all the witnesses were servants, it was highly likely that they couldn’t even be sure that she was a vampire, so it was a gamble worth taking.

If I told the truth here, the losses would be enormous, so at least for my sake…

‘I have to deceive him well, no matter what.’

Of course, it’s a dangerous thing to do. If you get caught improperly covering up for a mere servant, you’ll be executed without a doubt. However, I’m going to die from an incurable disease soon anyway. So I didn’t feel any fear or trembling.

Isn’t that what they say in novels? The one who has nothing left to lose is the scariest. Perhaps the head of the family would be forced to think about the timid and ruffian-like Ian before I came.

The head of the family stroked his chin and frowned. Then, pressing his temples, he let out a big sigh.

“…Are you saying that, knowing which maid your s*x s*ave injured? It’s none other than the only daughter of Knight Commander Rupert. Does it make sense that a mere servant girl injured such a girl? This is not a matter that can be settled with just words.”

“…I’m sorry.”

“What good is it to apologize to me? Go and apologize to Sir Rupert directly. I heard you were making excuses, citing a special constitution… if it’s not a vampire, what is it? And why did you touch Sir Rupert’s daughter in the first place?”

“I have also apologized to Sir Rupert and his daughter. Do you know how difficult it was to stop Sir Rupert from drawing his sword and trying to behead your s*x s*ave?”

Damn it, if that idiot Knight Commander tried to fight Yuria alone, he would have his limbs torn off, but I couldn’t say that, so I had no choice but to bite my lip.

That guy, Sir Rupert, had no idea that Yuria was the final boss.

First, I lowered my waist and said.

“…It is my fault for not properly educating my personal maid. I’m sorry. I will make sure to teach her more strictly so that this does not happen again in the future.”

“Sigh, alright. You are of Britina’s blood. Always be mindful in all things and think before you act. Don’t forget that your every action can tarnish the family’s face.”

“I will keep that in mind.”

Nodding, the head of the family, who had been leaning on his chin, got up and approached me, asking.

“And, let’s not beat around the bush. Ian, tell me about the s*ave’s special constitution. As far as I know, that s*ave has no special constitution, so what’s going on?”

That question came.

I had expected Yuria to be exposed as a vampire at that timing, so I had spread some excuses among the servants.

But fortunately, this guy is incompetent in the original work as well.

He was just strong like the other Knight Commanders, but he had a very narrow mind for a head of the family.

Even in the original work, the head of the family readily believed the protagonist’s words when he spoke without avoiding his gaze.

This was one of the ways to target the head of the family in the original work, and one of his quirks.

The old man had a habit of believing that if you averted your gaze even once, you were definitely lying.

The protagonist was barely able to meet his gaze at that time because his mana had been tremendously trained, but the reason why I can do this is…

‘Because someone even stronger than you sometimes comes into my room when she’s angry.’

Without changing my expression, I looked directly into the head of the family’s eyes and said.

“…She’s afraid of blood.”

“Afraid?”

I reel in the head of the family, who has taken the bait I prepared.

Ian, smiling inwardly, said.

“Didn’t you hear from the servants around you? She must have been trembling, blinking her eyes, and shaking her legs like an aspen tree.

And she was stammering and out of it. That’s how people who are afraid of blood usually react.”

“…Hmm, the servants’ stories vary.

However, they all said that her eyes turned red.”

“It must have been a misperception. The servants have never seen a vampire before, so they must have made a fuss.”

As I said. The servants’ stories were often exaggerated.

A full moon, a vampire, a bloody incident.

Just those words alone were enough to create rumors among the servants, and it was their gossip.

If they really thought she was a vampire, the witnesses would have said something. With that thought, he nodded and opened his lips.

“…I understand. I will trust you, but don’t forget that if this happens again, I will execute that s*x s*ave without mercy or send her to the Holy Kingdom.”

Even though I had caused this much trouble, I should be satisfied that it ended with a confinement order instead of death.

Originally, it was a crime punishable by beheading or hanging, but it was possible because the atmosphere was that it was mostly the fault of the ruffian Ian that the s*x s*ave was the way she was.

‘Even if Yuria was to be executed, I would have stopped it with all my might.’

“I will keep that in mind.”

It seemed that things had been resolved to some extent. At that moment.

Karman, who had a stunned on his face, spoke from behind Ian, who had grabbed the doorknob.

“I have given your s*ave Yuria a temporary leave. It wouldn’t be right to have such a dangerous person next to a patient.

I will either visit the s*ave market again to find a new one, or I will choose a new butler or maid to attend to you among the new recruits.

“…A new personal servant, you say?”

Ian’s face visibly contorted.

It was the moment when he had barely managed to get close to Yuria.

I was planning to instill fear in them about my incurable disease, and now that we had a secret, I was planning to work on increasing her favorability, but it was annoying to be interrupted like this.

Besides, new recruits or those from the s*ave market were often clumsy, and if something serious happened to me, I didn’t know how they would handle it.

To be careful, I also had selfish reasons. I like Yuria, so I had a feeling that being apart from her would make me feel lonely.

‘…And Yuria is the final boss. I don’t know what she might do if I leave her alone.’

Even for the sake of the world, it might be better for her to stay by my side.

Honestly, Yuria was also good at her job. So it was convenient in many ways.

With that decision, I opened my mouth.

“Please cancel that.”

It was a thoughtless remark.

The managers around me were surprised.

-Wh, what… now to the head of the family’s words…

-Seeing how composed he is… he must be crazy… tsk tsk.

It was the first time Ian had ever objected to the head of the family’s words.

As if he hadn’t expected this to happen, the head of the family’s face hardened for a moment.

“…I don’t allow it. Yuria is dangerous to you. If she had attacked you with her claws or something else instead of Rupert’s daughter, someone else might have been in your place.”

“I’m fine. Even if I bring in other servants, it won’t extend my short life, and it will only make me feel worse. You know, Father. That the servants hate being around me. In a way, it might be a punishment for Yuria too.

And… I’m quite fond of Yuria.”

“Even if you’re fond of her, no means no. What if you cough up blood or spit blood? That personal maid will be trembling in fear.”

“

It’s okay if it’s not blood from a torn skin. It’s blood from a wound that she’s afraid of, that’s what I meant. Besides… she hasn’t been doing that at all lately.”

The room fell into a cold silence, as if cold water had been poured on it.

Honestly, the talk about blood from the skin or torn skin was bullshit.

It was just something I said on the spot, and that’s why.

I deliberately appealed to my status as a terminally ill patient as a cheat.

At least if they were human, they wouldn’t be able to say anything more here. It was the first time I felt that being a terminally ill patient was convenient.

As expected, my father, who turned his head, wiped his dry face with one hand.

“

…I understand. I will respect your wishes. She was the first servant you chose, after all. And don’t forget. Yuria’s appearance is outstanding, but that’s just her appearance. She’s someone whose inner thoughts you can’t know. Her mana is also…”

“Yes, I know. It’s black, which symbolizes destruction, right? I’m fine. Yuria has never harmed me since she became my personal maid.”

“…If you’re not careful, it will sound like you have feelings for Yuria.”

“You’re not entirely wrong.

It’s natural for a master to like and favor his personal maid.”

It was a half-lie.

In fact, I didn’t feel any feelings of marriage or love for Yuria. It was just that she was a beautiful work of art, and I wanted her to grow up well.

But right now, this was the best way to make the head of the family’s head hurt as much as possible.

Rupert’s daughter dislikes the personal maid, who is favored by her master, and… well, the intertwined human relationships were giving me a headache just thinking about it.

Anyway, when the episode comes around this time, Eloa will be grinding her teeth in anger at the nobles. She probably won’t be long before she leaves this mansion. She’ll focus on building up her strength, and if she gets another chance, it’s clear that she’ll have her first encounter with the protagonist.

So there’s no way she’ll be interested in a supporting male lead like me…

At that moment.

A hologram window fills my vision in the air.

[…??? You gain favorability from the quest target (Hidden: Yuria).]

[Yuria is showing interest in you!]

[Yuria feels affection for you!]

[Target: Yuria has sprouted feelings of love for you!]

[Clear(CLEAR!!) Hidden Quest: Reach 50 Favorability with the Final Boss!]

[Clear(CLEAR!!) Hidden Quest: Reach 55 Favorability with the Final Boss!]

[Rewards will be given in the status window.]

[Title: Achiever of an Unbelievable Feat. is given.]

When I turned around.

I saw red hair peeking through the crack in the door.

…Was she listening to everything?