Chapter 45: I Must do Everything to Protect Her
It’s been two weeks, and nothing really happened, different from the game where events could happen in sequence here it’s my life, so time doesn’t jump out of nowhere, so I had to go through the days without anything new related to the game.
However, it’s not like I didn’t do anything, I was studying magic books while Eve was training fencing alone and getting physically stronger nothing really grand, but little by little we can accumulate power.
Of course, the other candidates for the throne decided to take advantage of their freedom now that the competition has started, which made it difficult to just find them around, and after losing to me, Augustus started locking the door during his meals, so eating with him became difficult, at least the affinity didn’t go down.
"Eve, are you ready for what I’m going to do?" I say, holding Eve’s face, squeezing her soft cheeks while staring into her face.
"Of course, Evelyn-sama, I’m always ready for anything... but what should I be ready for? It’s too early, you’d normally be asleep," she says as I release her cheeks and take a few steps back.
"Ah yes, I just thought about this at night, everyone has rooms where they can eat, but I can’t just keep eating anywhere or keep invading other people’s rooms! So I’m going to take a room for myself by force if necessary!... Of course, if I try, I’ll get beaten, so it’s up to you to help me!!" I say to her, and she nods.
"Great, I like your confidence, I’ll explain how it works, the head maid is the one who takes care of it, and she’s a bitch who has hurt me a lot of times, so don’t have any pity!"
"When we ask for the room, it’s obvious she’ll attack, as long as you defend and hit her, she’ll probably give up and cede the room, because she won’t have the strength to fight for the room," I say as Eve makes a cute confused expression.
"But why would she attack you? You’re a candidate for the throne, isn’t it ridiculous for her to attack you for a room for your meals?" She asks me.
"Normally yes, but that viper is terrible! And the worst part is, since demons always value strength, if I complained to someone, no one would help me because I’m weak."
"..." Eve makes an extremely serious expression.
"It’s okay, I’ll do my best," Eve says with delicious conviction and confidence, then I get excited.
"Great, I’ll get a beautiful and nice dress," I say with a smile, going to the closet, already knowing which room I want for myself.
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"This is it, Eve! Look at this wonderful room," Evelyn-sama says to me with a smile as she opens her hands, presenting an enormous room with a large table and several chairs. This room is near the throne room and is really elegant.
"This room here, Eve, is almost twice the size of Augustus’s room and 5 times smaller than the royal dining hall, without a doubt a very good room, and it will be ours!" She says confidently as she sits in the host’s chair at the table.
"Eve, I’ve already told Clarissa to bring food to this room, so Verena, who is the head maid, should come to check why food is coming to an unspecified room."
"She won’t say anything, she’ll probably just attack me, and if she does speak, it’ll be rude things, so please defend me, I’ll try to maintain the image of someone who doesn’t care about the attack, do your best." She encourages me, putting her palm to her mouth and blowing me a kiss.
"I’ll do my best," I say as I look at the door. On the way to this room, Evelyn-sama told me a few things, and I must say that my hatred for that filthy prostitute is enormous for what she did to Evelyn-sama.
’I’m sorry, Evelyn-sama... but I won’t be able to just give a common blow as you expect...’ I know Evelyn-sama doesn’t want me to really hurt her, just show that I’m a threat, but I can’t help but attack to really hurt when she broke Evelyn-sama’s child’s arm.
’What hatred, what hatred, what hatred, what hatred, what hatred, what hatred, what hatred, what hatred, what hatred, what hatred, what hatred, what hatred, what hatred, what hatred, what hatred, what hatred, what hatred, what hatred, what hatred, what hatred, what hatred’ This word seems to repeat endlessly in my mind. No one hurts Evelyn-sama and gets away with it.
’How can someone do such evil to someone who was a sweet, kind, and beautiful child... this filthy bitch will regret it.’ I see Clarissa bringing food, she brings cart after cart of food for 20 minutes.
Filling the table with various dishes, Evelyn-sama said that Clarissa is taking food from the other candidates, so these meals should go to the other throne candidates, which is again unfair that no one made food for Evelyn-sama, this is so ridiculous.
’Well done’ I look at Clarissa, nodding positively, her having the courage to take food from the other candidates shows that she is really trying to be loyal to Evelyn-sama, and that is something I approve of.
"What is this mess?" Finally, someone comes pushing the entrance door, I see a young-looking woman with short, slightly disheveled silver hair, partially tied back by a discreet black bow.
That alone is enough for me to know, this is Verena, the head maid, the disgusting, repulsive, and filthy bitch who hurt Evelyn-sama.
"Oh, Verena, can’t you see? Maybe squinting your eyes all the time is messing up your vision? I’m obviously just enjoying my meal in my room," When Evelyn-sama says this, Verena’s eyes momentarily open wide before her expression closes into an ugly one.
"This room is not yours, it belongs to the castle, and you are unworthy of such a place, and besides... these meals on the table, they are not yours, but belong to other candidates for the throne who truly deserve them," She says arrogantly.
"Unworthy? Hahahahaha a mere maid wanting to talk about worthiness? How cute, it seems a pig that receives luxury rations has ended up thinking it’s the farmer now," Evelyn-sama speaks with a smile, her laughter is so sweet.
"..." This clearly enrages Verena, who lets out a sigh.
"Leave this room, or I’ll have to take measures about it, a failed noblewoman like you has no valuable opinion, so your opinion of me is the same as that of a worm beneath my feet," Verena speaks, filling me with fury.
"How sweet of you, but I understand what you mean, it’s probably because of that failed personality that you’ve never gone beyond being a mere head maid," Evelyn-sama says something that seems to shake Verena.
’Evelyn-sama said she is greedy for higher positions, but has never been able to climb to anything bigger.’ She doesn’t have what it takes to be anything more than a head maid.
"..."
"I’ve given my warning, I hope you don’t regret your choice," Verena speaks as she moves quickly, she’s too fast for Evelyn-sama to even see her move, but it’s obvious that for me she’s not that fast.
I see her drawing a dagger from her clothes and aiming for Evelyn-sama’s right eye, but before she can hit, I cover the entire distance, holding her hand with the dagger extremely close to Evelyn-sama’s face.
"..." I see Evelyn-sama’s look, still confident, ignoring us two, she grabs a piece of toast and takes a bite, giving an arrogant smile to Verena, who tries to overcome my strength, but can’t, her hand trembles as she tries to stab the dagger, soon she looks at me coldly.
"Let go... Grrh," She lets out a strange groan when I squeeze with extreme force and twist, breaking her arm at a horrible angle, part of the broken bone piercing through the skin, causing blood to drip onto the table.
I see the surprised look on Evelyn-sama’s face, who probably didn’t expect my reaction. I release Verena, who leaps back, distancing herself while holding her terribly broken arm.
"Oops, my hand slipped, it seems your arm is weaker than a branch," I say, looking directly at her neck as a warning. She bites her lip while adjusting her posture, ignoring the serious injury.
’She’s good, not that strong, but she definitely has a resilient mentality.’ To not even scream despite the serious injury, I have to give her at least some credit.
"...I regret speaking too much... I will leave your room, enjoy your meal," She speaks, admitting defeat while bowing slightly, not enough to show respect, just enough to show that she knows her position is that of a servant.
"..." She turns and leaves with blood dripping on the floor, I hear the grinding of her teeth and still see the vein in her forehead, she’s furious at being humiliated.
"See, Evelyn-sama, this room is yours now," I say with a sweet smile to Evelyn-sama.
"Oh... yes, thank you, Eve... you’re quite strong," She says, surprised.
"Really? I still think I’m weak, it just happened that she was weaker than me, it was a surprise even to me that her arm broke like that," I say, taking a handkerchief and cleaning the blood from the table.
I knew I would break it, from Verena’s movement, she’s probably specialized in being a silent assassin, which explains the lack of sound in her steps, but assassins aren’t as fast as me, they’re weak and rely on the element of surprise.
So it was obvious that when confronted by someone like me, the only result would be defeat and a serious injury. Her arm was broken to a level where a human would probably need amputation if not treated with magic.
"Now enjoy your meal, Evelyn-sama, don’t worry, that woman doesn’t deserve anything from you, so just enjoy your victory," I try to make her not feel bad.
"Yes, you’re right, she didn’t even scream, right? Maybe the injury just seemed serious because I’m not used to it, it probably wasn’t that bad," Evelyn-sama says with a certain innocence, deciding not to think about it while returning to eating, without even suspecting how serious that injury was or the fact that I purposely injured her as much as I could.
Verena didn’t scream, but that wasn’t because it didn’t hurt, it was because she has an image to maintain, and she decided that screaming would break the image she projects, so she preferred to hide the pain like a good servant should, since the servant’s pain should never affect their master.
’No one should ever make you suffer, Evelyn-sama... don’t worry, I’ll protect you, it’s my duty.’ I will definitely protect her from everything.