Chapter 1

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Chapter 1

TL: Jenn

Gasp! She opened her eyes after having difficulty breathing.

She was not used to the bright light, so she blinked a few times when she suddenly realized something.

Ah, so it was all a dream.

The scenery this time was familiar to her.

A beautiful girl that looked like a doll was reading a book while sitting on a worn-out rocking chair, beside her was a big window that let the sunshine in, accompanied by floating dusts.

She was now at a familiar house that was different from her dream, it was separated from Duke Bicester’s main house, and this was where she worked. Here, she worked as a maid and served Lady Chloe.

“Oh, my arms are still stiff.”

She must have dozed off while sitting in the corner. If Mrs. Deo, the head maid of the mansion, knew of this fact, she would’ve been scolded again.

But she was calm, as if she didn’t make any mistake. The same was true of the lady sitting on the worn-out chair.

Of course, Lady Chloe was dumbfounded by her negligence at first.

But now that she has been serving her for two years, Lady Chloe didn’t say anything about it.

In the first place, even if Blea danced samba in front of her, she wouldn’t care and laugh at her, as long as she doesn’t harm her.

Her dream was outright ridiculous. How did the lady suddenly become a man in her dream? Moreover, she came to see her on the day she quit her job as a maid. It was simply weird.

“Haha…I have a weird dream today.”

While mumbling, she quickly fixed her messy hair.

“What kind of dream was it?”

As she was removing lint from her apron, she heard her question. Lady Chloe asked her nonchalantly as she kept reading the book in her hands.

She was wondering if she could talk about her dream, in the end, she told her about it.

“I dreamed that you became a man.”

Also, she enjoyed living on her own at the house she rented.

It was just a weird dream everyone could have once in a while.

“What?”

Her eyes were wide open as she looked at her.

…would it be better if she lied?

“Lady, you dropped the book.”

She picked up the book that the lady dropped and handed it to her.

Chloe doesn’t usually make this kind of mistake. Well of course, the content of her dream is indeed a bit startling.

“I know. You can laugh at me. It was a really weird dream after all…”

“…so?”

“Huh?”

Lady Chloe didn’t take the book she gave her.

No, she didn’t even notice that she dropped the book.

“How was I as a man?”

Her red eyes gazed at her persistently, as if she was urging her to answer.

She thought of ‘Claude Dian Bicester’ again when she saw her.

Like Chloe, who was called the embodiment of beauty in the novel, he was exactly how she would imagine if Chloe became a man. Blea was sure that her beauty won’t fade even if her gender changed.

Claude was beautiful. Especially when he whispered while looking at her, her heart beats faster without her realizing it…

She could never say it to Chloe. Never.

“Ho, how is it…just, what…oh.”

“Just what?”

She was confused about how to answer her when suddenly, she thought of a word.

“…beautiful.”

Great, this is a safe answer, right?

But the lady’s face became grim. By the time she thought something was wrong, Chloe told her,

“Get out.”

“Huh?”

“Get out of here and work.”

“Re, really? I need to get out?”

“Yes, get out.”

In the end, she was kicked out. She leaned against the closed door and thought,

‘What did I do wrong…?’

***

Blea Thorphe is my name in this world.

My original name is Han Soo Ah. I was an ordinary university student who was struggling with assignments in the Republic of Korea.

But how did I become Blea…

I don’t remember it.

Right, I really don’t remember it.

But I knew that I was transported into the world of a novel called <The Lady and the Dog>

I only knew of this fact in my second year as Blea. I came to this conclusion when I saw a recruitment post of the Bicester family.

Chloe Dian Bicester.

I was even more sure about it.

Blea, who became a maid in Bicester’s separate mansion, finally became Chloe’s exclusive maid and has been serving her for two years.

The lady I served, Chloe is a very beautiful girl.

Although her silver hair is not as shiny as described in the novel, even though her personality is different and more irritable than what was described in the novel, I could see and cherish her kindness in those ruby-like eyes. The skinny girl was already beautiful and lovely, even though she was not loved as much in her past.

It’s a little bit sad to see how the heroine was different than what I expected, but oh well.

I have been kicked out a few times like today.

“Ah, really, what did I do wrong?”

I was scrubbing the stairs with a sponge and then grabbed my head.

I still have no idea why she kicked me out. It’s been a long time since I was kicked out of the lady’s room, so I didn’t even know what was wrong.

“Is it because of what I said before…? Beautiful?”

Hm, I don’t think so.

“As expected, I shouldn’t have talked about the dream…”

I didn’t know that Chloe would react that way.

I sat at the end of the stairs and sighed.

“Ahh…my pitiful life.”

Wait, let’s go back to the original topic.

The reason why I, an unknown extra, become an important character is simple.

This is all because of Chloe, the main character. And currently, this is a dark period for her.

In short, I became a maid who stood by the heroine’s side in the dark times!

A delicate main character who is confined in a separate mansion and abused — of course, she’s not delicate but anyway, I kept being on Chloe’s side.

I’ll be the one on her side, helping her through the dark times.

Turns out, I had an important role.

So, I decided to change the heroine’s painful memories. I was always kind to her. Even if she pushed me away, I’d approach her again… as a result, we were quite close before I knew it.

I thought I could be a little bit proud of this.

“Are you going to clean the stairs all day?”

At that time, a familiar voice went into my ears.

When I looked up, I could see Chloe, who was holding a book and looking down at her.

“Lady!”

“……what’s with your hair?”

“Huh?”

Chloe pointed to my head. When I touched the place where she pointed at out of curiosity, there was a bubble.

Oh no. I think it was because I grabbed my head earlier.

I grabbed my bubble-filled hair and said,

“I’ll be done in a minute.”

“Don’t come into my room until you wash your hair.”

Forget what I said about getting closer before, maybe I was mistaken.

“Lady, wait for me!”

Chloe only glared at me and went away.

…now that I think about it, I think I just became a pushover maid in her memories.

***

The meals for the servants were served in one place.

As soon as I entered the dining room, I ignored their glancing and quickly took my food.

As I moved with the tray, the nearby maids crept away from me.

I’ve already gotten used to it. It started exactly when I became Chloe’s exclusive maid.

Why did they do such useless things…?

But in reality, bullying is very likely to happen everywhere, including a workplace. There will always be childish and mean people who like to bully others.

I didn’t care about them and settled down. Sitting at the end of the long table, I was nibbling bread and saw a chicken leg at the end of the table.

The fat chicken legs looked delicious. I looked around and hid it in my apron.

By the time everyone finished eating, I went into the kitchen and packed leftover bread and chicken legs.

I quickly left the dining room after organizing my puffy apron.

After dinner, all of the servants returned to their room.

Except for me.

There’s a task I must accomplish.

“Lady, I’m here.”

I opened the door and ran to the table. The food hidden in my apron was neatly placed on the plate that I had brought as well.

“……what?”

“Today’s meal is chicken leg.”

I said to Chloe, as she came down slowly from the bed she was sleeping on.

I kept looking at her skinny body, as I pushed the plate with the chicken leg to Chloe.

“Thank you for the meal!”

I picked up a piece of bread and mumbled as if I hadn’t eaten at the dining room.

Chloe glanced at me and picked up the knife I had prepared.

“I wish I could bring some soup.”

“Do you think it’s possible?”

“Wouldn’t it be possible if I use something else, not the apron pocket?”

“No need, soup doesn’t taste good when it cools down anyway, it’ll taste greasy.”

“Yes, yes…”

I ate the piece of bread tenaciously.

It’s been two years since I started to bring dinner here separately.

Those childish people never give Chloe a proper meal.

I was angry at them for giving poor meal to a young lady, a teenager who was in the midst of growing up.

Therefore, Chloe, who had initially refused to take the leftovers from the dining room, was now used to eating the foods I bought.

I usually sit across from her and eat a second meal for my lady who didn’t like to eat alone.

Like what happened right now.

“Did you eat this?”

“What? Yes. I couldn’t stand it on the way here, so I ate one.”

Of course it was a lie.

I’m sure Chloe knew but she never said much about it. She never questioned me for some reason.

“Have some bread too. It’s good even if it’s a little hard.”

“What’s delicious about that bread…it’s just simply hard.”

“That means it’s worth eating.”

“Why do you seem to talk back to me more and more?”

“Hehe.”

I laughed innocently.

“I’ll stop eating.”

“Oh, but there’s some left.”

“I had enough.”

“Don’t do that, have one more at least.”

“Then you eat one as well.”

Chloe made a deal with me.

I pretended to eat and picked up a chicken leg.

“Okay, then you should have one too.”

So we sat facing each other and ripped off the chicken legs.

It’s impossible for a noble and a maid to sit at the same table while looking at each other.

But we were an exception.