First. I don’t force a high salary.
As long as the specified work has been done, additional work is not recommended.
In fact, it is true that he has so much money that he has no interest in the things below him, but anyway, as a maid, his employer’s indifference was the best.
Second, performance bonuses are generous.
It was a time when Ferze, who had a lot of desire for power but was not interested in material desire, scattered them to share it together.
Third, he is not interested in women.
As a natural sub-villain, he was not interested in women.
It was the same for the heroine, Riena.
Since their parents were close, Ferze and Riena had known each other for a long time.
Riena's love began when she was young, but because Ferze was so indifferent that it scratched people's insides, she only had a terrible unrequited love.
However, even before Ferze was born, Riena became his fiancee due to a promise between the families.
Ferze, who was not interested in love, was planning to marry a woman suitable for his family, and that person naturally became Riena.
I wondered if the Grand Duke thoughts would change if he got engaged, but Ferze was Ferze.
After becoming Grand Duke, Ferze spent more than eight months of the year on the battlefield.
Since it was his duty, he took the lead in fighting the enemy army or subjugating the monsters that appeared in the border area.
The Grand Duke who led the knight of the White Night Army to deal with monsters was a single-minded person who only knew about war.
Because the Grand Duke was so busy, Riena would only come to the Grand Duke's estate twice a year.
There was no reason to stop his fiancée from coming, so instead of avoiding her, Ferze also agreed to dinner.
However, even if Riena approached and talked, Ferze only gave soulless answers such as ‘I see’ or ‘Was it?’
The maids, who were waiting to serve dinner were restless because the Grand Duke treated his fiancée like a stone.
There was an anecdote that I still remember vividly.
— Do you remember being invited to Lady Nina debutante? Duke Yekart was unfortunately unable to come because you was on the battlefield at that time… At that time, sir Andro confessed that he liked me and followed me.
— I see. What’s next?
— Ha. I was dumbfounded and warned him. Don't pay attention to me, because I have a fiance. Yes, Duke Yekart? Are you listening to me?
— I can’t believe he is giving a warning to Lady Reina. I shouldn’t leave you alone.
— You're not listening to me at all, are you?
Riena expressed her displeasure at Ferze's indifference, but the Grand Duke did not blink an eye.
What he's interested in is war.
It was how to maintain the power of the Grand Duke despite being restrained by the imperial family.
— ·······Do you remember who I warned, no, the person who confessed to me, was?
— I know it’s nobleman.
— Wow, really…… You’re so mean!
The person who confess to the saint was ‘Andro!’ and the maids all knew the correct answer, but the Grand Duke made no effort to answer it.
Ferze's actions changed Riena's target from the Grand Duke to the people of the Grand Duke's family.
She’s quite brilliant, but she doesn’t need a maid’s opinion.
Rather, whenever she came, she just stole the hearts of my colleagues with soft greetings and gifts.
At the time, my colleagues kicked their tongues, saying that he was too alienated from his fiancé, and that the owner was indifferent.
But as far as I know, the problem was that Riena was having an affair.
The more Ferze turned away, the more Riena unrequited love turned into hatred. As time passed, resentment and hatred towards the Grand Duke reached its peak.
In the end, Riena, who was fed up with the indifference of the Grand Duke, chose Ferze’s cousin, the Emperor.
Then, Riena, who determines that the Yekart family is a threat to the imperial family, decides to kill Ferze for the sake of Emperor Callan.
On the surface, it was for ‘Callan’, but in reality, it was out of hatred for being ignored.
If you can’t have it, you have to kill it. The Grand Duke is a diamond that everyone covets. What idiot would leave such a rare gem on the side of the road? Even you must throw it away before another woman takes it…...
It was what Riena said to her close aide.
Originally she’s not a saint, she took her place by killing her half-sister who was a candidate for a saint.
Although it was difficult to poison someone once, it was not difficult to try to poison them twice.
It would have been better if Riena hadn't tried to poison Ferze, the owner of the Grand Duke's estate.
Since becoming the grand duke's maid, I have developed the habit of getting nervous every time Riena comes.
And today was the day the Grand Duke was poisoned.
Today, Ferze invited Riena to the Grand Duke estate!
Today I'm running around to the call of my colleagues so my feet are on fire.......
And the monumental day on which my salary is raised, is the day that Grand Duke Ferze dies.
Ferze was a great employer.
How I wish I could leave it in the monument after he died, “He was a villain, but he was an employer who paid regularly!”
Actually, I hated the male protagonist, Callan, and I hated Ferze, but I thought I could leave that much for the generous owner.
However, contrary to my simple wish, the reality was cold.
When Grand Duke Ferze dies, what will happen to the maids and servants who have looked after him?
What about the vassals and knights?
What about the gardeners who worked hard to cut the rose field for Riena?
The answer was set.
Everyone is going to die. In terms of games, it was a perfect kill.
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I was with Ferze and Riena at dinner.
Since I am also human, my eyes naturally turned to the food on the table.
Grilled duck meat, an appetizer made of olives, cheese made with refined active ingredient- in milk, and pumpkin soup stewed with stock.
All of them were dishes made by the chef of the Grand Duke with high ransom.
Are we eating together?
Of course not.
As a maid, I just stood far away from the Grand Duke and watched them eat.
'I can't even say a word about all those dinners!'
I swallowed my dry saliva while serving Riena’s meal.
I must had a calm expression so as not to offend the nobles.
The maids will eat it if they leave it anyway, but that was not the point now.
After catching my breath, I attended to Riena with an expression no different from usual.
'Wake up, Ciel! Today is the day the Grand Duke dies.'
I paid close attention to the conversation between Riena and Ferze.
Riena, who cut duck meat and put it in her mouth in an elegant motion, opened her eyes wide.
Seeing that gave me a little chills.
Even when she's trying to kill someone with her angelic face, her sense of taste seems to be alive.
Riena said with a bright smile.
“I used to see Your Highness very often when I was young, but it’s a pity that I can’t see anymore after getting engaged."
“There was a lot of going on in the border area, saintess.”
"Even if you don't have work, it's still like that, right?"
Instead of answering, Ferze smiled politely.
A seemingly normal conversation took place.
In terms of age, Riena was much older, and Ferze was higher in social status, but they were of equal status to each other.
The Grand Duke, unaware of what was to come, was holding a glass of port wine after finishing a light dinner.
“Do you remember what happened a year ago? When I was kidnapped by the Visenna family.”
“Ah, about that time.”
“If it weren’t for Your Highness, I might have been seriously injured. Considering that Sharqis Visenna kidnapped me..."
Riena's face turned white.
Seeing that the normally bold saint had turned into pale flour, Visenna must have been quite scary.
Ferze muttered lowly that he had a bad relationship with the Visenna family, and then burst into laughter.
“He was confident when he kidnapped my father, and I didn’t know he would kidnap the saintes of the empire.”
"That's their nature. They're still jealous of the temple, but when Visenna is in a daze, they'll be sorted out."
As expected, she was an ambitious female protagonist. Even though her voice was a little trembling, but it was a statement full of ambition.
After that, everyday conversations took place.
Perhaps out of caution, Riena looked at the Grand Duke from the corner of her eye while eating.
The purpose of a nobleman's dinner was more than just a meal, it was about fellowship. Drinking wine while eating was more of a tool to relax.
As if she wasn't planning on assassinating him right away, Riena drank the tea prepared by the butler with a bottle of poisoned wine in front of her.
When the Grand Duke's wine was reduced by half, she took out the Chardonnay wine she had prepared.
“It’s a wine from the northern part of Serrate. It’s not for sale, but I specifically got it."
“If it’s Serrate, it must be precious.”
“I prepared this to celebrate your safe return from the war.”
Riena, holding the wine in her hands, said with a big smile.
Soon, she handed the wine bottle to the servant, perhaps heavy, and motioned for him to pour it.
When the servant standing next to Ferze uncorked the wine, a refreshing scent came out.
I didn't even open the wine myself, but my hands began to tremble.
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