I Became the Maid of the Lout Prince

Chapter 429

To meet a hero as a mere maid, one had to be quite cautious throughout the process.

First of all, the situation where Lilith and I meet alone could easily appear awkward under normal circumstances. If others saw us, it could become troublesome.

The most problematic people, if we were caught, would be Ethan on my side, and Seraphine, Luke, and Silena on the hero's side.

At the very least, it was better not to let those four see us talking alone. While I could brush it off with others, it wouldn't be easy to convince them with words.

If I had been a part of the hero’s party, I could have avoided suspicion by claiming to be another party member. However, the only connection between the hero and me was the secret that we came from the same place in a previous life.

Still, sneaking a meeting with the hero wasn’t too difficult. The recent items I obtained were quite helpful in that regard.

Using the “Whispering Leaf,” which reveals the target’s location, I pinpointed where the hero was, and the stealth ability of the “Silent Dagger” helped me wait for the moment when he was alone.

“So, during this festival, we’ll all...”

I saw the hero talking alone with Agnes about the festival.

Holding the Silent Dagger in my hand, I hid in the shade of a tree, waiting for their conversation to end.

“Alright, I’ll let them know later.”

“Thanks, Agnes.”

“Remember your promise though, the research class next semester has to be the Flame Studies Research.”

“I know, I know.”

It wouldn’t have been a problem if Agnes caught me talking to the hero, but it would still be difficult to converse as freely with her around.

Once the two parted ways, I quietly approached the hero from behind.

“I’ve spoken to Agnes, now I just need to convince Natalie and Thomas...”

“What are you planning? What are you doing for the festival?”

“Wow, damn. You scared the hell out of me! I thought you were Luke sneaking up on me like that.”

Well, Luke was a character specialized in stealth and infiltration in the original story. The fact that the hero mistook me for him, even for a second, meant the Silent Dagger was working perfectly.

“This thing works great, huh? I retrieved it over the summer break.”

“That’s the ‘Silent Dagger,’ right?”

“Yeah. Originally, you were supposed to get this when you visited Blackwood Estate, but since it didn’t seem like you had plans to visit, I just grabbed it. Better than it falling into the hands of some dangerous character.”@@@@

In the original story, it was supposed to go to Luke to increase his favorability, so I figured I should report this. If the hero went to Blackwood Estate only to find it missing, it would slow his growth.

Agnes aside, Natalie was a key character in contributing to the café’s revenue. If I took her away, it could mess up the hero’s plans.

Agnes also helped by using fire magic for large-scale cooking, which was useful for handling many customers at once... though her charm as a maid was somewhat lacking.

‘Guess I’ll have to prepare something else for Ethan and me to join.’

As I thought about it and was about to stand up, the hero suddenly added more to the conversation.

“I already talked to Agnes about it, but in hindsight, I could’ve just come to you directly.”

“...Huh?”

“When I mentioned doing the maid café at the festival, Luke suggested your name. He said if we’re going to engrain the maid spirit in a short time, it’d be best to ask you for advice.”

“...What? Luke said that?”

“Yeah, he said you were the model maid. So, I figured you must be enjoying your life as Ethan’s maid if Luke is saying stuff like that.”

“...I haven’t really talked about maid life in front of him... oh.”

...Now that I think about it, there was that one time. During a humanities research class, we shared a room. It must have left quite an impression.

“Anyway, the idea came up to bring you along if we’re doing a maid café. Seraphine and Agnes are fine with it, and the others don’t mind either.”

“If I join you, what about Ethan...?”

“Of course, he’d come along. Since having another guy would make the numbers a bit uneven, we thought about changing it up a bit from the original maid café setup.”

“Changing it up how?”

“Since it’d be boring with just maids, the guys would wear butler uniforms, while the girls stay in maid outfits. We’d run it similarly to the original maid café.”

...Now that I think about it, there was an option in the original game to run a maid & butler café if there were too many guys in the party. Though I never really tried it, since my party was almost always all-female.

“You want to see Ethan in a butler uniform, don’t you? Of course, it depends on whether he’ll wear it or not, but it’s a festival, so he’ll probably go along with it.”

“Ethan in a butler uniform...”

“Now that I think about it, you were curious about what we were doing for the festival, so does that mean you were planning to join us? If you don’t have any other plans, we could all do it together. With ten people, we could even rent a bigger activity room.”

“...That’s true.”

Listening to the hero’s suggestion, it didn’t seem like a bad idea.

As a maid, I couldn’t ask Ethan directly to wear a butler uniform, so maybe this would be better than the play.

Either way, making unforgettable memories at the Luminor Festival wouldn’t change.