I Left the Time-limited Villainous Duke Without Saving Him - Chapter 11-2

“This kid…… she must be a gift from an angel to us…….”

“Ah, this whole damned house. I should go out.”

“I lived in such a mess…… how can …… such a small and precious gift…….”

“If you’ve been drinking, wash your feet and go to sleep! Don’t bother the kid who is sleeping well!”

“When did I bother her! Meg washed the dishes for us, with these tiny hands!”

Anyway, they are good people.

In this kind of environment, if they have this level of goodwill, they are a good person.

Nick screamed and went into his room and slammed the door shut, so Nina groaned and hugged me and went into our room.

Nina, who wiped her face, hands and feet, and changed into pajamas even when she was drunk, washed and changed my clothes as well, and undid my hair that I had braided in the morning.

Then she brushed my hair, trembling as if she was handling a newborn baby.

“Ugh, I’m afraid I might accidentally break your neck…….”

The frightening words, which did not match at all with her frightened cat-like face, was something I had already become accustomed to.

I yawned for a long time, then I couldn’t hold it in and fell asleep.

When I opened my eyes for a moment, I was in Nina’s arms, whom I had become accustomed to as well. The sweet scent tickled the tip of my nose.

Then I closed my eyes once more, and the twilight light of dawn broke through her vision.

“Betty.”

A voice I had not heard for the past three days quietly settled in my ear.

I lost my sleep in an instant and tried to get up, but someone grabbed me tightly and laid me down again. It was incomparably softer and softer than the bed I slept on with Nina.

I was taken aback, but when I finally looked forward, I heard the boy’s cold voice.

“If you keep doing this, whether it’s school or whatever, I will tie you up next to me.”

Even in the pale dawn, Duke Janus’s red eyes shone with a terrifying clarity.

It was the first time I had seen such a smileless face.

***

“As I mentioned in advance, the grade is arbitrarily determined by the temple in consideration of purification affinity and guiding type, and the characteristics or potential of the guide is not considered in it. Just because the purification time is fast doesn’t necessarily make them a competent guide, but a slow purification makes them a poor guide…….”

“Never mind. When will I know the test results?”

“…… We will ship it within a fortnight.”

A high-ranking priest wearing a purple belt came out and bowed his head, but the duke didn’t respond and immediately turned around. I followed him with quick steps.

It’s been a month and a half since I was caught by the Duke while trying to start a new life in the Black Hawk guild.

It was the first outing in exactly a month and a half.

He almost locked me in a room with a toilet and didn’t even look at me, until the day of the guide level exam, he brought me out.

Well, it wasn’t bad.

The food is well served, the room is warm and comfortable, and there are many toys.

“The child must have overworked herself while taking the test, so take some time off in the garden…….”

“She does not need it.”

As the priest feared, my legs were shaking and I wanted to take a rest, but the duke responded bluntly and grabbed me and dragged me like a piece of luggage.

It was hard to keep my balance and I stumbled, and then his cold voice came.

“Walk straight.”

“I have no strength in my legs.”

“Then try to walk.”

What nonsense is this?

I hurriedly stopped waddling.

“You’re not listening again, Betty.”

My alter ego, who had been living in society for a long time, was sending out a warning, but the body of a 10-year-old child couldn’t stand the anger and soon became furious.

Although I served him as my master, it was simply a relationship between employees and employer. I am not a serf to be bound to his estate and be his property.

It was not uncommon everywhere for a maid in charge of dishwashing, the lowest rank among maids, to run away from all the bullying and overwork.

However, no noble would imprison decent free people just because a low-ranking maid ran away.

“Don’t be stubborn and follow me. You can’t even step out of the house until you enter school.”

“Do, don’t, don’t want to.”

“What?”

A faint gasp could be heard all around.

Through the silver-rimmed monocle, red eyes shone eerily.

“Say it again.”

Oh what, are you angry?

But do you think you’re the only one who can be angry?

I’m angry too, Frieza!!*

I closed my eyes and cried out.

“I, I, said, I don’t, want, want to!”

(*Note: a nod to a scene in Dragonball 22 where Goku(?) super-saiyaned(?) and said this line.)