Chapter 101: At That Time, in Baron Reinbach’s House ③

Translated by AmaLynne

―――In the Reinbach residence, a well-armed and militant maid, ready for a trip, was being pinned down by her old butler colleague as she was about to leave the house.

「I’m coming, Young Master Sam!」

「Don’t do this.」

「Don’t stop me, Derrick-san!」

Daphne, the maid who cries out at the door, is on her way to Royal Capital after hearing through the guild that her beloved Sam will be dueling with a court wizard in Royal Capital.

Derrick, the old butler, is desperately trying to stop Daphne.

「I’ll stop you. What is the use of Daphne going to the Capital?」

「But my sweet little boy is going to duel with a court magician! And with the most powerful one in the kingdom!」

「I am surprised too, but the duel will not be canceled even if Daphne goes. Even if you leave now, it will take several days to get there in time for the duel.」

「―――I hate being in the countryside!」

Derrick sighed in exasperation as Daphne sobbed softly with her hands on the well-cleaned floor.

「You are not the only one, the servants are also worried about him. They wonder if Young Master Sam can fight against Albert Frege, even though he is a child and can use magic.」

「I received information from the guild that he is not a man to be admired.」

「I don’t want to judge his character by gossip, but he seems to be a man who has achieved the strongest position solely based on his abilities. However, I also heard that the duel that took place was not very flattering.」

「Daphne here will not allow my sweet little girl to fight against such a barbaric person!」

「I am sorry, but there is nothing we can do. I hear that Young Master Sam has found an excellent master. Then perhaps she will guide him.」

「I hope so.」

「And Daphne has a lot of work to do, so don’t miss it. Now, Yolanda-sama wants to see you.」

Hearing the name「Yolanda-sama,」Daphne’s complexion turned pale.

Daphne gets up and tries to escape, but Derrick grabs her by the collar.

Daphne flailed her legs and resisted.

「I don’t want to do this anymore! I don’t want to be subjected to those selfish old hag’s tantrums!」

Daphne and the other servants were currently having a hard time with Yolanda, Baron Reinbach’s mistress.

It all started when Manion, the second son of the Baron Reinbach family, kicked out Sam, the eldest son, without permission, which angered his father.

The incident came just as a marriage proposal was about to be finalized.

The other party was furious because his daughter liked Sam.

Of course, Manion’s father, Carius, is furious as well, because Manion had kicked Sam out without permission, but his son shows no remorse, and Yolanda is just glad to get rid of the incompetent man and defends Manion.

Fed up with this, Carius decided to stay at his mistress’s house and take her as his concubine.

Harriet, his mistress, was a good-natured town girl, and Carius, fed up with his wife’s temper tantrums and vices, was very comforted by her presence.

In addition, Harriet has a son named Harry.

Unlike Manion, he was a good boy who never stopped smiling and striving with his sword.

Moreover, he is a talented swordsman.

It was impossible for Carius not to adore him.

As a result, Carius invited Harriet to the house as his legal wife and Harry as his successor.

There was no way Yolanda would keep quiet about this.

She had been sitting on her haughty ass as the head of the household, taking the servants under her chin, and throwing tantrums and raging.

Fearing that her life of freedom and the future of her beloved son would be destroyed, Yolanda attempted to murder Harriet and Harry.

It was too rash of an act.

Moreover, instead of doing it herself, she ordered her servants to put poison in her food.

Of course, no servant would follow the orders of the detestable Yolanda and told Carius.

As a result, Carius, enraged by the foolishness of his wife, placed Yolanda under house arrest in a corner of the mansion and left her there.

Since then, they have been told that they need to take care of her only minimally.

The only duties of the maids were to bring her food and to watch her when she left the room.

But even in such a situation, Yolanda still insists,「It’s not my fault!」「I am the victim!」She said to the maids who took care of her,「Take my side or I’ll do terrible things to your family!」She was hated even more and was not taken seriously because of her tantrum.

Since then, she seemed to believe that only Daphne, whom she had known for a long time, was on her side, and she repeatedly called her up, complained, and threw tantrums.

「She hated us to begin with, and now she’s ordered us to murder and is now complaining that it’s our fault that she failed. I mean, the new wife is a very good person, so how could we possibly side with that old hag?」

「…It was an attempted murder you know. The master seems to have given up on her completely after this one incident and is in the process of divorcing her.」

「My, that’s wonderful.」

「I am sure that Yolanda-sama will not agree, but we should be thankful that we were only separated from her. I heard that Harriet-sama told the Master and became enraged and took out his sword. He said that it was his fault and that he will take care of it.」

「She was the one who could have done it, even though her life was threatened. I mean, if that old lady wanted to take a shot at her life, it should have been the master, not her wife. It was the Master, of all people, who took a woman from outside and changed the main family and the successor.」

As for Daphne, she doesn’t care if Karius, who has despised Sam, is killed.

All she cares about is that Yolanda got what she deserved.

「I don’t think that old lady and the little shit will have a future as aristocrats anymore. They are being punished for making the Young Master suffer so much. It’s a nice feeling.」

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