Exclusive Maid (4)

The day after I was ordered by Harold to become Ethan’s exclusive maid and had no choice but to accept it.

Separate from me becoming Ethan’s exclusive maid, my roommate Isabelle also received some minor news.

She was assigned her own single room instead of the shared bedroom with bunk beds we had been using.

Compared to me becoming Ethan’s exclusive maid, it was truly minor news, but it didn’t seem that way to Isabelle herself.

As she left the bunk bedroom, she couldn’t hide her disappointment.

“It was a bit cramped, but I liked staying here with you, Lilith…”

“It can’t be helped. We need to vacate this room for the new maids who’ll come later. And it’d just be lonely for you to stay alone in a two-person room without me.”

“Yeah, I guess so…”

Honestly, this had been practically decided days ago.

With Aeria and Alicia gone, two single rooms for junior maids had become vacant.

It was only natural that Isabelle, as the new junior maid, would take one of those rooms-nothing more, nothing less.

Originally, I was also supposed to be assigned a junior maid’s single room like Isabelle, but…

“Lilith, you’ll be living on the 4th floor from today, right?”

“…Yeah, that’s right.”

Due to the rule that an exclusive maid must always stay by her master’s side, my room was to be moved from the junior maid’s quarters on the 3rd floor to the exclusive maid’s waiting room on the 4th floor.

…This is seriously depressing.

“L-Lilith! Is this all your luggage? S-should I carry it upstairs for you?”

“…I’ll do it myself, just leave it there.”

“H-huh?! I didn’t hear you properly, so I’ll just take it to the 4th floor!”

“Sigh… I’ll come with you, Isabelle.”

“Okay…”

Katarina, oblivious to my feelings, carried my luggage up to the 4th-floor exclusive maid’s waiting room.

After hastily wrapping up my conversation with Isabelle, I followed her upstairs.

To the top floor of the mansion-the 4th floor where Ethan and Harold’s rooms were located.

‘Fuck.’

Even though I moved from a shared room on the 3rd floor to a private room on the 4th floor, my mood was worse than ever.

After all, the only things I gained from my confrontation with Harold were a momentary sense of mortal danger and the firmly confirmed position of exclusive maid.

If I’d known it would turn out like this, maybe I shouldn’t have gone to confront Harold in the first place.

The 4th floor of Blackwood Mansion-a place players of [Luminor Academy]’s Lilith route inevitably encounter many times.

After briefly surveying the familiar scenery, I unlocked a room next to the stairs and stepped inside.

The room right next to that bastard’s bedroom-the horrifying place referred to in-game as “Lilith’s Room.”

“W-wow…! S-so you’re really staying here from today, Lilith?”

Katarina, who had carried my luggage and followed me inside, began examining every corner of the room as if she’d seen something fascinating.

Meanwhile, I tossed the bundle of luggage she’d carried for me into a corner and sat at the table, pondering what to do next.

‘In the end, I’ve ended up in this room after all.’

Lilith’s Room.

As soon as I entered this unsettling room that players can’t avoid visiting multiple times in Lilith’s route, my mood soured intensely.

Of course, since Lilith hadn’t been “trained” by Ethan yet, the room itself was just an ordinary exclusive maid’s waiting room with no major differences.

But in about 2-3 years, the atmosphere of this room would undoubtedly change from this plain look to one decorated with all sorts of ornaments.

The biggest problem was that those “ornaments” were disgusting items that would drain one’s sanity just by looking at them.

Restraint tools like handcuffs, ropes, and collars, as well as equipment like a triangular horse, chain bed, and drugs for shady purposes.

Even adult toys like dXXXs and vXXXXXs would fill this room-just imagining it made a wave of disgust rise from deep within me.

And don’t ask why such adult toys exist in a fantasy world. This game was, after all, an adult dating sim disguised as an SRPG.

There were far more people who’d get excited seeing Lilith moaning with a dXXX inside her than those who’d complain about historical inaccuracy in a medieval fantasy setting.

Though I never imagined in my past life that I’d become the one “moaning with a dXXX inside me.”

“L-Lilith! The furniture here is totally different since it’s an exclusive maid’s waiting room! Even the bed is way bigger and softer than mine, and there’s even a mirror…!”

While Katarina excitedly explored the room, oblivious to my complicated feelings, I suddenly felt the urge to punch the back of her head.

If I punched or yelled at her here, she probably wouldn’t even resist.

Should I just do it? I’m already pissed off-why not just punch her once?

‘…Ugh, forget it.’

I shook off the bad thoughts that flashed through my mind and scolded myself.

Taking advantage of someone’s weakness to act as I pleased was one of the things I hated most.

Besides, if I did that to Katarina, I’d feel no different from Aeria.

Still, seeing Katarina happily running around my room made me imagine punching her a few times in my head.

Cut me some slack-I only did it in my mind.

“…Don’t run around too much. You might disturb the floor below.”

After giving her a mild warning, I seriously contemplated my next steps.

Once Katarina had looked around the room, she turned to me and cautiously asked:

“It feels so fascinating. Is this what noble ladies’ rooms are usually like?”

“I’m not sure, but most noble ladies’ rooms would probably be bigger than this. Especially for clothes-they’d have a separate dressing room instead of just a closet, with maids or butlers bringing things as needed. This seems like it’s just for the exclusive maid’s comfort and to give a noble-like atmosphere.”

“W-wow! You really know a lot, Lilith! I-I thought this was the kind of room only noble ladies use…”

“For viscount families or poor baron families, their daughters’ rooms wouldn’t be much different. Not all nobles are rich or have wealthy territories.”

“O-oh… I see… As expected of Lilith…”

To be precise, it wasn’t because I was a noble that I knew this-it was knowledge I gained in my past life while romancing noble heroines.

Since commoners couldn’t use magic in the setting, all mage-type heroines were nobles by default.

And while romancing them, I naturally ended up visiting their private rooms.

Some heroines in [Luminor Academy] were even princesses or imperial princesses, so noble ladies’ rooms were a familiar sight to me, who had 100% completed all routes.

Though ironically, despite playing Lilith’s route for over 500 hours, this “Lilith’s Room” felt completely unfamiliar.

‘…Well, it’s still before Ethan’s “training” begins.’

Once that bastard starts “training” me as his exclusive maid, it’s only a matter of time before this room turns into a nightmare.

Making sure that doesn’t happen is what I need to focus on now.

I couldn’t avoid becoming Ethan’s exclusive maid, but that doesn’t mean I’m completely powerless in this situation.

Right now, I have Level 5 stats, three skills, and a massive mana pool nearing four digits.

It’s a shame I haven’t learned Mana Blast yet, but I don’t necessarily need it to act.

Most importantly, the Lilith Rosewood from the original game and the current me are fundamentally different in personality.

The Lilith who couldn’t refuse her young master’s orders and ended up a sex slave, and Lee Ji-hwan, a Korean university student, are worlds apart.

So unlike the foolish Lilith who just took it, I’ll resist that damn bastard at the slightest hint of “training.”

I won’t let myself become the “Foolish Maid Lilith” from the game.

“O-okay, I’ll head back to my room now! R-rest well, Lilith!”

“Yeah, go ahead.”

After thoroughly exploring my room, Katarina headed back to the 3rd floor where her room was.

Alone in the room, I leaned forward on the table and quietly contemplated.

Since I couldn’t avoid becoming Ethan’s exclusive maid, I need to handle things carefully from now on to survive.