episode_0049

The worries were immense. All the servants living in Arkaden looked at Baekryeon with prejudiced eyes.

A foreigner with an ominous appearance is a butler. Although he was only a servant, there was not a single person who disagreed with the opinion that a butler was an important position.

Not only does it have a wide range of duties that involve managing the big and small affairs of the household, but sometimes it also includes personnel who assist the head of the household.

We can’t leave it to such a foreigner. To such a foreigner…

But soon, the evaluation of Baekryeon began to change.

“No…! Who knew there was such an easy method of arithmetic?! How could foreigners be so smart… Huh.”

The Arkaden officer looked at Baekryeon’s expression. Even though he was appointed as a butler, he was openly criticizing her right in front of her.

I was so excited that I didn’t even have time to look back on my actions.

“I never thought I’d get the documents done this quickly…”

The job that Baekryeon was assigned was to calculate and compare the growth rate of wheat harvests by district in the Dukedom of Arkaden. Although it was a simple task that required arithmetic, it was a type of chore that took quite a bit of time because it was close to simple labor.

But I received the documents so quickly that I thought they had been rushed. They were documents with advanced forms that I had never seen before.

“Where on earth did you learn this stuff?”

“… I had the opportunity to learn in my hometown.”

In fact, the calculation method Baekryeon used was the same as that used in Korean personality tests, and the table drawn in the document was a graph commonly used in modern times.

“Oh my goodness, this is the first time I’ve seen such easy-to-view material. From now on, I’ll have to change the format of all the documents I submit to the Duke.”

The officer glanced at Baekryeon hesitantly, then cautiously asked.

“Ahem, if it’s okay with you, I’d like you to teach me all the knowledge…”

“Okay, I will.”

Baekryeon readily agreed.

At best, it is just a trick. How much can a modern high school student know? Academic weaknesses will be revealed quickly.

It would have been better to teach someone and win their favor.

“Well, thank you…”

Still, he is unable to make eye contact with me, perhaps because his pride is hurt by being taught by a foreigner.

I wasn’t particularly angry.

Rather, I think it was a preventive measure.

Baekryeon was prepared to be ostracized and hear such abuse, telling her not to show off by using such unfamiliar forms.

There was a woman who was anxiously watching the back of the white lotus.

It was Bernacien.

‘It’s so different from what I imagined…?’

Even after watching Baekryeon’s movements for a week, no faults were found. Even if she was being bullied, I thought I would stop her, but Baekryeon blatantly ignored the ill intentions directed at her.

As a result of doing my work silently, I was finally recognized by an official in a high-ranking position.

The warrior of his time was a peculiar man. Bernaciens evaluated him thus.

Meanwhile, Baekryeon’s journey did not end there.

“Oh… This taste…?!”

A chef burst into tears in the middle of a luxurious kitchen.

“This is like a shooting star popping inside my mouth…!!! Gasp… Gasp…”

While adding some strange sentiments.

“The cuisine of foreigners is also a delicacy… It’s so spicy that I can’t stop reaching for it. What’s the name of this dish, butler?”

“It’s called tteokbokki.”

“It seems like a name that a girl who likes purple would like…”

It is unclear why it is purple, but at least the white lotus has caught the chef’s eye.

This tteokbokki dish was inexpensive, so anyone could enjoy it as a snack. It seemed likely that it would soon become popular among maids.

That was when.

“Hey, over there… Let me have a bite too…”

Bernacien came out from behind Baekryeon and expressed her appetite. Baekryeon then handed her a fork, and Bernacien managed to put a piece of tteokbokki in her mouth.

… inevitably a stereotypical reaction popped out.

“Every, every…! It’s spicy…!”

“… Doesn’t this food look spicy to anyone?”

“That’s a pity…!!!”

Heh, heh…

It seemed that the people of this world didn’t enjoy food that tasted more than spicy. I hadn’t paid any attention to the taste of food since I was summoned to this world, so I just realized it now.

“I think it would be best to clean it up, Chef.”

“Okay, wait a minute!”

“…”

Bernacien’s urgent dissuasion brought silence. Perhaps the still, heavy air was burdensome, and she barely managed to confess her desire, sweating profusely.

“Ha, just give me one more bite and then clean it up…”

“…”

“…”

The chef and Baekryun both shut their mouths at the same time.

Soon, one bite became two, then five, and she finally finished the entire bowl.

After that, Baekryeon presented Korean dishes with ingredients available over three days. It was a stroke of luck that she was able to do it because she took up cooking as a hobby in her home country.

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It’s been two weeks since Bernacien was impressed by tteokbokki.

Although his gaze toward Baekryeon was still not kind, it was not entirely hostile either.

Baekryeon is a man who is honest in everything he does. He is also a well-mannered young man. His only shortcoming is that he is difficult to approach because he never smiles.

Everyone began to secretly realize that, although they had different appearances, they were essentially no different from other imperial people.

“What the… You said you’d help me, but you just follow me around.”

“No, that’s not true.”

“Really? How did it help you?”

“…”

“Why… no answer?”

“…”

It was a white lotus that was difficult to contain a lie.

If I had to pick one thing that helped, it would be emotional stability. If Bernacien hadn’t been chattering away, my days at the mansion would have been quite dreary.

“You… will be helpful. Somewhere.”

“Please don’t speak in a hypothetical tone! Rather, it’s not something that will help you right now, but somewhere?!”

Her striking beauty was deeply disturbing. Her expression clearly showed signs of self-loathing.

“Actually… That’s right. I knew that too. That much…”

As soon as Bernacien finished speaking, a dog barking was heard.

“Krrr…”

As I walked, wherever my feet took me, I soon found myself approaching Hailey’s dog house.

Hailey seethed menacingly as she watched the white lotus enter her territory.

“Haley, stop. It’s okay.”

“Kkuu…”

Whenever I saw them, the level of rapport between the two was amazing. Even though they were different species, they understood each other’s meanings as if they were old friends.

Soon, Bernacien sat down in front of Haley and muttered a weak murmur.

“This is an extension of what I just said. I’m really someone who hasn’t been able to do well even as an adult… I’m not good at anything.”

“…”

“I told you, right? I learned a lot of different things because of various circumstances. Actually, I ended up like that because I was trying to find something I was good at.”

“A passionate life… might not be so bad.”

“Oh, oh? I feel comforted somehow. Anyway, uh… At this age, it’s time to stop making excuses like “I’m a witch.” ”

“Was the witch a race without work?”

“There’s no way…! Oh my god…”

Baekryeon is shocked by his cynical verbal abuse. Bernacien immediately corrects his misunderstanding.

“This is a fact that even Herace doesn’t know, but witches actually grow incredibly slowly. Their development and intelligence are the same. How old do I look to you?”

“That’s…”

“Don’t worry about how much age to subtract from the original to feel better.”

“Ah…”

“… You’ve been thinking about it. I feel a bit guilty. So, what’s the answer?”

Baekryeon took a few seconds to carefully open her mouth.

“… Twenty-two years old?”

“Ding, that’s wrong. It’s been over 200 years since I was born, so what the heck.”

Bernacien waved her index finger lively. Baekryeon’s shoulders hunched as she faced her.

“…… I’m sorry for speaking informally to you. It’s strange to be polite to someone you should kill…”

“Oh please…! Don’t do that. I beg you. If you insist on that, I’m not broad-minded enough to use formal language toward the person who came to kill me.”

Bernacien had a premonition that he had done something great.

The lotus was broken. It was creaking and creaking like a tin doll that hadn’t been oiled for months.

To Baekryeon, who was born and raised as a nobleman of the Republic of Korea, age was a cold-blooded measure of hierarchy. Flirting with a woman who would naturally receive a deep bow at the ancestral rites table was something he should not do.

“Ahem…! Anyway, I feel like I’ve survived well all these years. Things have gotten better since ‘that kid’ started taking care of me to repay the favor.”

“If that kid…”

“Ah, it’s the story of Herreis. The little kid was chased by a beast and ran away to the forest where I was staying. I saved him and let him stay for a few days, and he said he’d treat him well or something… Hehe.”

Bernacien’s hands covered his own cheeks.

“This guy’s beauty is beyond help, really. Just in case, I’m saying this, but shouldn’t you fall for him?”

“I don’t like it.”

“She’s so pretty and has such a good personality?”

“Because it is a variable that has nothing to do with it.”

“I know it’s a bit presumptuous, but I’d like to know why. Honestly, it’s rare to find a guy who doesn’t get excited after talking to me for a few minutes.”

“…”

Baekryeon thought seriously.

I asked myself whether I could tell this reason. I wondered if it would cause any trouble later. I kept asking myself these questions as they continued to follow one after another.

“…… I’m sorry. I can’t say anything other than it’s physiologically impossible…”

“What, what did you say…?”

“I have no regrets.”

However, the tastes he had in his original world were summoned to this world and became more solid.

I hate the humans of this world.

That is the truth that Baekryeon was avoiding.

Plus, I hate myself for harboring such feelings.

Since the day I was summoned, I have been censoring myself.

I have witnessed the ugliness that the empire I am supposed to protect is desperately trying to hide, treating me like a disgrace.

It was Baekryeon who decided to endure this. It must have been the right choice.

That is why I decided to live my life by eliminating bad thoughts and selecting only good thoughts.

‘But I guess what can’t be helped is what can’t be helped.’

After all, the only people I could truly love in this world were my dead comrades.

“Oops…”

Suddenly, my stomach churned. As soon as I recalled the tragedy of the Demon Realm, I was overcome with a feeling of nausea.

Baekryeon barely managed to calm her confused insides and took a deep breath of clean air.

This series of actions were quite natural to Baekryeon, but to Bernacien, who was unaware of the circumstances, it seemed to be the most shocking.

“You hate me that much…? So much so that you feel like vomiting just thinking about it?”

“Um, no, that’s probably a misunderstanding. Not to that extent.”

“How much is that! Is it slightly below that level? Or much below that level? Or is it slightly below the middle point between slightly below and much below? If you don’t tell me straight up, I won’t know…!”

This woman has amazing pronunciation and articulation. The non-literary passages in the mock Korean language exam were listening comprehension questions that would make a nobleman hear them.

Baekryeon was in a state of confusion.

Hailey jumped up and barked loudly.

“Woof! Woof woof! Grrr…”

It wasn’t hostility towards Baekryeon.

Hailey’s loud report pointed to a third person, completely outside of Baekryun and Bernacien.

“Why does he bark at me every time he sees me?”

The woman screamed as if she was being treated unfairly.

She was a maid with auburn hair that flowed down to her shoulders.

“Hey, that’s Attila?”

Bernacien called the name of the maid walking towards him.

Attila.

It was a long relationship, and she was later recorded as maid A in the mansion.