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After receiving the command to become Ethan’s exclusive maid from Harold, I reluctantly accepted it and the next day.

Apart from becoming Ethan’s exclusive maid, there was also some news for my colleague Isabelle, who shared the same room with me.

She was assigned a single room for herself instead of the bedroom with a 2nd-floor bed that we used together.

While it was indeed a small piece of news compared to me becoming Ethan’s exclusive maid, Isabelle didn’t seem to feel that way.

As she left the bedroom with the 2nd-floor bed, she let out a somewhat regretful sigh.

“This room may have been small, but it was nice when I was here with Lillis…”

“Well, it can’t be helped. We need to clear this out in anticipation of new junior maids coming in later. Besides, you staying alone in a two-person room without me would just make you feel lonely for no reason.”

“Yeah, maybe…”

In truth, this had been decided practically a few days ago.

With Aria and Alicia gone, there were two empty private rooms for junior maids.

It was only natural that Isabelle, as a new junior maid, would take one of those spots, nothing more or less than cause and effect.

Originally, I was also supposed to receive a private room for junior maids like Isabelle, but…

“Lillis will be living on the 4th floor starting today, right?”

“…Yes, that’s correct.”

Due to the rule that an exclusive maid must always be by their side, my room was scheduled to be moved to the exclusive maid waiting room on the 4th floor, not the junior maid room on the 3rd floor.

…Awkward, really.

“L-Lillis! Is this all? Should I move your belongings upstairs?”

“I’ll handle it, so just leave them there for now.”

“Uh, huh?! I didn’t hear you clearly, so I’ll bring them up to the 4th floor for now!”

“Sigh… I’ll go up too, Isabelle.”

“Yeah…”

Katarina carried my luggage to the exclusive maid waiting room on the 4th floor, unaware of others’ speeds.

Following a brief conversation with Isabelle, I also followed her upstairs.

To the 4th floor where Ethan and Harold’s room was located at the top of the mansion.

“Darn it.”

Despite moving from a 2-person room on the 3rd floor to a private room on the 4th floor, I felt rather downcast in various ways.

In the end, all I gained from the deal with Harold was a momentary sense of impending danger and a firmly established position as an exclusive maid.

If I had known it would turn out like this, maybe it would have been better not to confront Harold after all.

On the 4th floor of Blackwood Mansion, a place frequently encountered while playing “Luminor Academy,” the familiar scenery.

After taking a quick look around, I unlocked a room next to the stairs and stepped inside.

The dreadful place right next to Hammond’s bedroom, referred to as “Lillis’s room” in the game.

“Wow, is this really where Lillis will be staying from today onwards?”

Carrying my luggage, Katarina entered the room with me and started examining various aspects as if she had seen something extraordinary.

I placed the bundle she carried for me in a corner of the room and sat at the table, contemplating what needed to be done next.

“In the end, I ended up coming into this room.”

Lillis’s room.

As I entered the unpleasant room that I couldn’t avoid visiting several times while playing Lillis Route, my mood became quite uncomfortable.

Of course, since Lillis was still in the state of being ‘assistant to Ethan,’ the room itself was not much different from a typical exclusive maid waiting room.

However, in about 2 to 3 years, the atmosphere of this room would likely transform from its current dull feeling to one adorned with all sorts of decorations.

The biggest problem was that these decorations were unpleasant items that could sap one’s mental strength just by looking at them.

Restraints like handcuffs, ropes, collars, as well as devices used for bondage play, such as a triangular horse or chain bed, and even adult toys like DilX and BarXXXXX, filled the room, creating a scene that made one feel a rising sense of discomfort as if something unpleasant was crawling up from within.

It’s pointless to question why there are adult toys in a fantasy world. After all, this game was essentially a dating simulation game disguised as an SRPG game.

Rather than complaining about the lack of authenticity in medieval fantasy aesthetics, there were more people getting excited over releases moaning over DilX, indicating a preference for indulging in fantasies rather than historical accuracy.

I never once thought I would become someone who gets excited over such things.

“L-Lilith! It must be because it’s the exclusive maid waiting room! Everything from the furniture is different! The b-bed here is much larger and softer compared to the one in my room, and the mirror too…”

Seeing Katarina joyfully exploring the room, I felt a sudden desire to grab her by the back of her head, though she probably wouldn’t resist.

Should I just grab her since she’s already leaning forward?

“…Forget it.”

I quickly dismissed the fleeting urge, reflecting on how exploiting others’ weaknesses and acting on personal whims was one of the behaviors I despised the most.

Moreover, behaving that way towards Katarina would make me no different from Aria, which I found unsettling.

Still, seeing Katarina prance around the room with a smug expression irritated me enough mentally to imagine grabbing her by the back of her head several times.

It’s just in my mind, so cut me some slack.

“…Please refrain from running around too much. It might disturb the lower floors.”

After cautioning her to be moderate, I earnestly pondered on what steps to take next.

Having explored my room to some extent, Katarina turned to me and cautiously asked,

“It feels quite fascinating. Is this how noble ladies’ rooms usually are?”

“I’m not sure, but rooms belonging to decent noble ladies are probably even grander than this. Especially regarding clothes, instead of having a closet in the room, they likely have a separate dressing room where maids or valets bring the attire. It seems designed to provide the exclusive maid with a sense of luxury and nobility.”

“Ah, Lilith truly knows about nobility! I, I naturally thought only noble ladies use rooms like this…”

“If you’re a lady from a minor baronial family or below, your room wouldn’t be much different from this. Not all nobles are wealthy landowners.”

“I-I see… Indeed, Lilith…”

In truth, it wasn’t because I was a noble that I knew this; it was knowledge gained from targeting noble heroines in my past life.

Due to the setting that commoners couldn’t use magic, all magical heroine characters were labeled as nobles.

By pursuing these heroines, I naturally ended up entering their private rooms.

Moreover, among the heroines in this “Luminor Academy,” there were princesses or imperial princesses somewhere, making noble ladies’ rooms a familiar sight to me, having cleared all routes in my previous life.

Despite spending over 500 hours on Lilith’s route, her room still felt overwhelmingly unfamiliar.

“…Well, the Edan instructor hasn’t started yet.”

Under the guise of being appointed as the exclusive maid of humiliation, it’s only a matter of time before this room transforms into a scene of chaos.

To prevent that from happening, it will be crucial for me to act proactively from now on.

While I couldn’t avoid the fate of becoming Edan’s exclusive maid, it certainly didn’t mean that I was completely powerless in my current situation.

With my current stats at level 5, three skills, and a vast amount of mana approaching four digits, I had considerable power at my disposal.

It’s regrettable that I haven’t learned Mana Blast, but it’s not the only means to achieve something.

Above all, the original game’s Relise Rosewood and my current self had different personalities from the start.

Unlike the Release who couldn’t refuse the young master’s orders and found herself a sex slave, Lee Ji-hwan, a university student from South Korea, was fundamentally different.

So, unlike the foolish Release who endured everything, if there’s even a slight chance of being humiliated by that damn Edan, I will resist in any way possible.

I will never allow myself to be treated like the ‘foolish maid Release’ in the game.

“Ah, I-I’ll go back to my room now! R-Rest well, Release!”

“Yes, please go ahead.”

After thoroughly inspecting my room, Katarina returned to the staircase leading to her own room on the third floor.

Alone in the room, I quietly pondered, leaning forward on the table.

Since I couldn’t avoid the position of Edan’s exclusive maid, I knew I had to conduct myself well from now on to survive.