I Ran Away And The Reverse Harem Started

Chapter 11 The maids screamed at the word ‘marriage’.I glanced over at them with a handful of fruit and a cup of water.The king must have been urging Deborah to marry him through the temple to this day.He also whispered to Deborah, whose position was unstable, that it was a good deal.At first glance, the young and handsome new noble and the saint who was loved by the common people seemed like a pretty good pair.However, the original Daniel hated Deborah, who was loved by God from birth.If there really was a God, he wouldn’t have given Daniel such a miserable life.Deborah and Daniel, both divinely destined to be born, lived very different lives.Abandoned by his parents, his orphanage burned to the ground, and years of surviving on rotten food and sleeping in a half-asleep state were etched into his body.A cold-blooded atheist, a rich man who believed in no gods, unlike the saintly woman who was beloved by God. That was the difference between them.That’s why the conflict between the two deepened even after the political marriage.But…‘But Deborah is also pitiful in her own way. Her parents are always asking for money… From being revered as a saint to marriage, none of it was a life she chose.’If you think about it, Deborah lived a life just as strange as Daniel. Of course, only I, who read the original, know all of this.But that Deborah came to the Count’s mansion!As someone who enjoyed reading the original, I was a little excited at the thought of seeing the female protagonist’s face.The male protagonists, including Daniel, were so handsome that it seemed as if they had been created by nature, so how pretty would the female protagonist be in a position where she was loved by those men?‘Of course, I have to watch from afar without saying a word.’“What are you guys doing here? Let’s go back and clean up!”The door to the maid’s quarters opened wide and Mrs. Rosa walked in.The maids gathered in the kitchen quickly stood up.I also stuffed my mouth full of bananas and headed to the room.It’s nice that the saint is coming, but I don’t like working overtime on the weekend. * * *  The office in the middle of the day, with sunlight streaming in.Daniel glanced at the documents on top with his chin tilted up. However, none of the letters listed on the white paper caught his eye. It was because of the letter from the king that had arrived the day before yesterday.A letter from Count Drunia personally told Daniel to go and accompany the saint from the temple. The king’s seal was a bonus.“… You want me to escort the saint?”Daniel knew very well what the hidden intention was in the letter.It was a subtle way of saying that Daniel had deliberately avoided the king’s meetings.Every time the king met with Daniel, he insisted that he wanted to give the commoner a proper lineage.Even though he had been granted the title of Count and land, he was a commoner with a lot of money, so the nobles secretly looked down on him.However, Daniel did not want to get married.“Haa…”Daniel sighed heavily and pushed his bangs out of his eyes.It’s hard enough to keep the shop running and organized, and I don’t want to get involved in any more politics.And marrying a woman he didn’t even like?The advice was so contrary to his values.Even if marrying a noble was part of the business…He was in an awkward position to wipe his mouth, since he already had a king’s grant of land and a family name.It was when.Knock-knock.A knock was heard from beyond the door.“Come in.”As soon as he finished speaking, the door opened and a woman with red hair tied up in a ponytail came in.She was petite and dense. If you got close enough, you could almost smell the bread…She was with her usual colorful rainbow duster.Daniel almost let out a laugh, forgetting the irritation that had filled his head just a moment ago.But if he did that, she would get angry and say, “Are you making fun of me?” and wouldn’t even come near the office…Daniel bit the inside of his mouth and held back his laughter.“Are you here to clean?”“Yeah. If you’re busy, should I do it later?”Maybe because they had lived together for so long, Rosieta would speak informally to him when they were together.Actually, it was even cringey when Rosieta spoke formally to me.Daniel waved his hand in a way that suggested that it was okay.“Just clean it. Don’t worry about it.”Daniel rested his chin on his hand as if telling her to do what she had to do and slowly closed his eyes.He had a lot to sort out in his head.He closed his eyes to sort out his complicated thoughts, and his hearing became clearer.The sound of Rosieta walking around, the sound of the window opening, the sound of dusting with a duster. And even the sound of small, faint breathing.On top of that, the warm spring sunlight was pouring down on his head.His whole body felt drowsy.‘Should I close my eyes before going to the temple?’Daniel just laid his hands on the desk and laid down with his cheek on them.When he had just finished his first job, there were times when he only slept for two hours a day.At that time, he was so excited by the thought of making money with his own hands and in his own name that he didn’t even get a good night’s sleep.He always slept by lying face down on the desk, and only ate simple bread while he was on the move.He was built like that for Holden.But the king kept trying to put a spoon on it, so.Daniel frowned involuntarily in the midst of his sleep that was slowly pouring down.Even as he fell asleep, he felt annoyed at the thought of the king, and his eyebrows naturally tense up.But then, he felt a light touch.Someone lightly pressed his eyebrows.A familiar voice was heard softly in his consciousness that was slowly sinking down.“… Even when he sleeps, he frowns.”A giggling laugh and a familiar voice. A soft scent settled on the tip of his nose.Rosieta thought Daniel was completely asleep, so she gently pressed his eyebrows to release them.Daniel quietly closed his eyes and accepted the touch.A faint floral scent seemed to linger in front of him. Perhaps she had sprayed that perfume again.‘You were so embarrassed before, making such a fuss…’It seems like she sprayed the same perfume she had last time.Maybe she likes perfume, Daniel thought, though he doubted it.‘Maybe I’ll buy some perfume when I go to the capital.’Daniel pretended to sleep and closed his eyes while receiving her touch.Rosietta carefully stroked Daniel’s black hair, then ran her fingers along his nose and even gently touched his eyebrows.It was just like playing with someone else’s face, not fidgeting.Come to think of it, Rosieta used to play with someone’s face whenever they fell asleep.In the past, he just found it annoying and left it alone, but at some point, Daniel also entrusted his face to her and slept soundly.When he was young, Colin looked at him curiously, wondering how he could sleep in such a situation.‘… You haven’t changed at all.’He opened his eyes secretly. Through his eyelashes, Rosieta’s white wrist was visible.And then, when he noticed a scratch on the inside of her delicate wrist, her hand slipped away.‘… What is that?’Did I see it wrong?The sound of tools being packed away was heard from afar, as if cleaning was finished.Is she leaving already?I felt a little disappointed.“Good night.”Daniel truly, magically, gradually fell into sleep at the soft voice above his head.And yet, he secretly thought that he was glad he had brought her to this mansion. * * *  The maids had been cleaning all morning and gathered in the lobby to see off their master.Apparently, the king had asked Daniel to escort Deborah.Daniel climbed into the carriage, looking as grim as ever, and didn’t even bother to look at the servants.It was obvious that he didn’t want to go.‘Well, the relationship between the two was close to hatred before marriage…’No, but you should at least loosen up your expression. The women will love you if you go like that.I already started to feel sorry for Deborah, who had to face that creepy face alone.The carriage prepared to leave, and the servants bowed to Daniel.Daniel, who had been looking straight ahead, sat down and turned his gaze out the window.And then our eyes met.I looked at Daniel as naturally as possible, in the manner of a maid in this house.I would speak informally without hesitation when it was just the two of us, but now all the servants were gathered in the house.However, Daniel, who I thought would quickly look away, stared at me for quite a long time.“……?”Just as I was feeling strange about that gaze, the carriage slowly started to move away.That was when Daniel turned his head.‘Yes, have a nice trip, you punk.’I just prayed that you would go without fighting with Deborah.The Count went to escort his fiancée, so it was safe to say that there was nothing for the maids to do until dinner.After seeing Daniel off, each maids walked to their quarters.I also planned to quickly return to my quarters to collect the letter to send to Lynne.At that moment, someone grabbed me.“Mrs.?”It was Mrs. Rosa, the head maid.I opened my eyes wide and looked at her kindly expression.She smiled brightly, though I wasn’t sure what she was thinking.Mrs. Rosa smiled with a round face and said.“Rosieta, it’s break time now, but can I ask you something?”“Yes? What…”I looked at Mrs Rosa with an anxious face.“It’s officially break time, but I haven’t changed the bedding in the guest room where the saintess will be staying. Why don’t you go and change it now?”“Yes? Right now?”Is this the overtime I’ve only heard about?But I didn’t know what to say because she wasn’t a senior maid, and she was the maid in charge of my work reputation.I just need to change the bedding and that’s it..When I was trying to think of a good thing, I noticed the senior maids passing by me.To be exact, they were the senior maids who had been secretly ignoring me with Angela.“Oh my, overtime work. Well, I have to do that much work when I have a single room to myself.”“Who said no?”“Oh, I should go in, stretch my legs, and take a nap.”Excuse me, I can hear everything. Could you talk somewhere else?No, she was muttering to everyone so they could hear, so there was no way I wouldn’t hear.But it was in front of the head maid, so there was nothing I could do.I was just going to keep my mouth shut, but then Mrs. Rosa saw them and smiled brightly and said.“Oh my, Miriam, Anne! Can you go to the dorms and tell the kids? Since it’s break time, let’s all go on a picnic to the back mountain.”“Pardon?!”