Not a Villainess but a Maid

#039 The Master of the Letter

Ruby and Amethyst knocked on each other’s beds and shouted at me.

“”Amber, come next to me!””

It couldn’t have been a truly difficult situation.

Ruby was ordering me with her stern face, and Amethyst was enjoying this situation, bobbing her head like a puppy.

‘Which one should I choose…?’

If you look at it logically, it is right to follow the orders of Ruby, the master, but the person on the other side is a royal.

Furthermore, since I didn’t want to hurt the feelings of either of them, I couldn’t make a decision easily while standing in the middle.

“I, so…”

I was just about to make a decision and open my mouth.

-Knock knock.

There was a knock on the dormitory door, and we both focused our attention on the door.

I naturally turned towards the direction where the sound came from.

“Oh, it looks like Dia is here.”

As soon as I left to open the door, I breathed a sigh of relief.

‘I lived…’

I was in a situation where there was nothing I could do except split my body in two.

Who do you like better, mom or dad? I felt like I was being asked that question.

-Squeak.

When I gently opened the door, I made eye contact with Dia.

“I’m a little late, aren’t I, Amber?”

It was a new look, but no matter how many times I saw it, I never got tired of it.

As the name Diamond suggests, it had a pretty glow in its eyes, as if it really had a blue gem in it.

As I was unconsciously immersed in her sentiments, she blinked her eyes and asked me.

“Can I come in?”

“Yes, of course…!”

When I nodded her head, she smiled awkwardly and came inside her.

‘Why am I like this, really…?’

This was already the second time I lost my mind while looking into Diamond’s eyes.

It was the same in her kitchen, but there was definitely something about her that fascinated people.

I think there was a separate name for this… What was it?

‘That’s right. Charm value…!’

Charisma value was one of the abilities that appeared in the original game [Magic Lily Chronicles].

This number goes up to 99, and the higher it is, the easier it is to target heroines.

However, since all the methods and items that can be leveled up are difficult and only appear in the very latter stages of the game, it is usually considered impossible to reach 99 even before reaching the ending.

Furthermore, the initial value of the charm ability started at 30, which was a state in which other people did not feel any emotion when they saw it.

Diamond’s charm level at the beginning of the game is probably around 30 at best, so why do I feel strangely fascinated by it?

‘I guess it’s my mood…?’

If her charm level was that high, other heroines would have been overtaken by Diamond long ago.

Seeing as there is no such sign at all, it is highly likely that it is simply my imagination.

I had no choice but to think that way now.

As she entered the room with Diamond, she saw Ruby and Amethyst blushing as her face became sullen.

Dia looked back at the two people, tilted her head and asked.

“What happened while I was gone? “Strangely, the room feels warm…”

Ruby shook her head and answered her question.

“···Nothing happened. “Nothing happened.”

Dia continued to look puzzled, but did not inquire further.

“That’s right. “There’s no bed left for Diamond to lie down on, so what should I do?”

I looked around and saw that there were no more beds left for Dia to lie down on.

It is no exaggeration to say that nobles sleep on luxurious, soft beds almost their entire lives.

So, unless it was a special situation, I thought it was a huge disrespect to let them sleep on the floor without a bed.

As I looked at her diamond with worried eyes, she smiled and shook her head.

“I’m fine. “You can sleep with Amber on the floor.”

“Are you sure you don’t mind?”

“Yes. Honestly, it’s been a while since I’ve seen something like this, so I think it might be a little fun… hehehe.”

“Then it’s okay if we share one blanket?”

“Yes. I don’t have any problem.”

Thanks to her surprisingly cool acceptance, the bed issue was decided quickly, and Ruby and Amethyst looked at each other without saying anything.

“···.”

They glanced at each other while sitting on the bed, then slowly changed their posture and got off the bed.

It was Ruby who set her feet on the floor first.

“I changed my mind. “I’ll just sleep on the floor.”

Not to be outdone, Amethyst also quickly came down to the floor.

“That’s right. “It’s been a while since I felt like lying on the floor…?”

“Yes? “Suddenly?”

I quickly changed my attitude and gave a questioning look towards the girls who came down.

People who didn’t even think about getting out of bed until just now…

Just when I was confused, Dia stood up with a slightly touched expression on her face.

“Aha. I guess you’re doing this because you want to give up your bed for us. Ruby, Amethyst?”

At those words, the eyes of the two people widened.

“···Huh?”

“No, we are not like that…”

Before they could say anything, Dia smiled and said to me.

“Otherwise, there is no reason to leave the bed and lie down on the floor. “Isn’t that right?”

You knew that the floor was an uncomfortable place, but you decided to sleep on the floor for me, a commoner.

I was slightly moved by that sight, and tears came to my eyes.

“···Did you two really mean that?”

After seeing my reaction, they looked at each other in turn and said with awkward smiles.

“···Okay then! It’s much more important to us that Amber sleep comfortably. Right, Amethyst?”

“···Of course! Dividing sleep based on social status or something like that is too classic. hahahaha···”

In this case, it would be rude to refuse their favor.

I smiled and nodded with a very touched face.

“Thank you for yielding. After all, I only have two people.”

“”Yes…””

So, I settled down in the bed I was originally lying on, and Diamond settled down in Ruby’s bed.

“Good night, everyone.”

I turned off the lights and spoke, but strangely there was no response from them.

While I was sleeping all night, I felt like I heard the sound of someone grinding their teeth on the floor.

***

The next morning, I woke up at the crack of dawn.

The place I wake up so early and head to is the student council room.

Normally, I wouldn’t leave the girl alone, but now that Amethyst and Diamond are together, I can leave the room with peace of mind.

“Chairman, I’m coming in.”

As usual, I knocked on Citrine’s office door and opened it.

The reason I came here was because I wanted to hear from Citrin as soon as possible about the progress of the investigation into the case.

As soon as I opened the door, her loud screams entered my eardrums.

“Oh, I’m so annoyed!”

“Why are you doing this, since morning?”

I asked, confused, as she screamed while looking at her messy ceiling.

Citrine looked at me and spoke with eyes full of dark circles.

“Listen, commoner. “I’ve been sitting in front of the mailbox since yesterday afternoon.”

She said that in order to catch the culprit, she took each letter from the students who came to put it in the mailbox and inspected it.

“Everything about it?”

“Yes. But there wasn’t a single letter like yesterday. Not a single one! Even the pink letters!”

Now I see that Citrine’s desk is littered with large coffee cups.

“Oh my god. “This much in one day…”

As I was making a shocked face, Citrine frowned and said,

“I drank it because I couldn’t fall asleep. “The criminal could come and visit while I’m taking a nap.”

When I looked at her, I felt something like her wonder.

Where does this tiny body get so much energy?

Citrine roughly pushed aside the papers she had piled up on her desk and said.

“You don’t have to clean today. “I’ll be leaving again a little later.”

“You’re going again? “What about class?”

“Class? I memorized the entire textbook anyway. “Professors won’t say much.”

“Wow…”

Citrine took off the blanket covering her and stood up from her seat.

“I won’t ask you to do anything today, so you go and watch over your master. “You never know when they might try to harm you.”

“···Yes.”

The back of Citrine leaving the office looked somehow cool.

You go out of your way to solve a student’s problem.

You have to be at that level to become student council president.

***

On this day, my mind was filled with thoughts about citrine throughout class.

‘···I think I’m leaving it up to Citrine too much.’

She told me not to worry about her because she was fine, but it had already been two days since she had missed sleep.

After finishing her club activities, I spoke to Ruby who was packing her bag.

“Miss, please go in with others today. “There are times when I stop by for a moment.”

“···Really? “How long are you planning to stay?”

“It might be a little late. If it gets too late, I might go in at dawn…”

“You’re not trying to do something dangerous alone like last time, are you?”

“It’s not like that. “I promise.”

When Ruby looked at her as if asking for consent, she nodded her head with an expression of disapproval.

“Okay. “Don’t push yourself too hard.”

I’m not sure it’s not dangerous, but since Citrine is with me this time, it’ll be okay.

Due to the nature of citrine, there was a high possibility that it had not eaten anything until now.

On the way, I stopped at the kitchen to grab some food and water, and when I arrived at the mailbox, she was sitting on the bench right across from me, just as I expected.

“What, commoner, why did you come? “I told you to stay next to her.”

“It’s okay because the lady is with other people right now. Chairman, you have to stay alone, right?”

When I said that and shook the container containing the snacks, Citrine’s expression changed as if she couldn’t agree.

“···Why did you bring something like that? “Anyway, it’s okay.”

They said that, but it seemed like they didn’t deep down hate me for coming.

She naturally sat down next to her and opened the container containing the snacks.

“Eat it. “You must have been hungry.”

The container contained bread and cookies that had been made in advance.

When Citrine picked up one of her cookies and put it in her mouth, I naturally paid attention to her reaction.

“···How do you feel?”

“Yuck.”

···It was an expected reaction, but it was still heartbreaking.

“Is it strange? “I followed the recipe this time.”

“What does it taste like? “It’s really uniquely tasteless.”

When she explained to her what was in her cookies, Citrine shook her head and said,

“Aren’t you so talented? “It must be difficult to achieve this taste with those ingredients.”

As Citrine said that, she quickly picked up the cookie and ate it.

“···You keep eating it even though you say it doesn’t taste good.”

“It’s making so much growling noise, it’s because I’m trying to fill my stomach with something.”

I guess I was really hungry. She emptied her snack container.

Of course, I did gag a few times.

The sky has already turned dark, and night has come to the Academy.

From earlier, Citrine had been dozing off and tapping her head on my shoulder.

I said, “I don’t like what she looks like.”

“If you can’t hold on, close your eyes. “I will be watching.”

“···.”

“···Chairman?”

I felt her head on my shoulder and looked next to her, and before I knew it, she had fallen into a deep sleep.

‘··· After all this ranting about not sleeping, she eventually collapsed.’

Did he feel relaxed because I was next to him?

He had such an angelic face that I wondered if he was the same Citrine who always criticized me like that.

Anyway, if we just wait like this, will the culprit show up?

The last threatening letter was said to be the seventh, so there is absolutely no way to guess whether it will come again in a day or two.

Perhaps he stopped coming after hearing the rumor that letters were being inspected.

Waiting for someone in the dark like this without an appointment made me feel like an undercover detective.

“Haam…”

Slowly, fatigue accumulated as I watched, and I was about to become tired.

– Rustle.

The sound of someone walking was heard from afar, and a figure holding a letter appeared.

‘Are you here…!?’

It was a dark night with no lights, so I couldn’t see his face clearly, but I was certain that he was wearing our school uniform.

When I sensed that the culprit had finally arrived, I quickly shook Citrine next to me and made a small noise to wake her up.

“Chairman. President···!”

“Umm…Hmmnya.”

“Wake up. “I heard someone came…!?”

“···Cool.”

She seemed to be sleeping very deeply, even her snoring.

‘No, it’s times like this…’

I had no choice but to leave Citrine behind, get up alone, and head towards someone in the dark.

As we got closer, her facial expressions became apparent, and her hair was all brown.

‘Brown hair? Or, did she put something on her head?’

Time was too short to take a slow look.

‘I’m going to miss it like this. ‘Let’s catch it first!’

As soon as she reached her mailbox, I quickly ran over and put my hand on her shoulder.

“Hey…!”

Then, she reflexively turned her head and made eye contact with me.

“···!”