“Please allow this girl to be your personal maid, young master”

...

?

Who is this girl?!

And why is she so damn beautiful?!

“W-Who are you?”

In front stood a middle-aged woman with blond hair and a girl of my age, 16

They both had blond hair and facial features like each other, stunningly beautiful

“I am Isabella Helflore. I know I am not good enough but please accept me as you personal maid”

Such a sweet voice

“She is my daughter, young master, and when she was born she was decided to serve you for life”

“Erika, You could have told me sooner if you were bringing a girl into my room!”

Ah, This room is a mess!

What is the Jocker doing inside my socks

“Young master, let me help you”

“You ca-”

My underwear!

“I-Isabella? Was it? Can you please wait outside while I clean the room?”

“Yes, of course, my lord”

The closed doors are much better

“Erika?”

“I am sorry to have not told you sooner about it. But if you desire I can explain”

Erika has always been a mystery to me

I can never tell what she is thinking

She always has an emotionless look on her face

Nevertheless, She is still excellent as the head maid of the castle

Her family has long been serving the royal family since ancient times

It seems like that beauty waiting outside is to continue that tradition

“But is she willingly serving me?”

“It was her decision she chose to continue our family legacy”

“Are you sure you didn’t do it like-Choose between being a failure or serving a prince”

She looked at me

Stood up

And called “Isabella young master wants to meet you”

So she did do that!

“Young master please talk and solve your way out of the doubts. It’s time for the mistress’s bath”

She left (;-_-)

“Can I be permitted to know the decision, my lord”

“H-hey are you sure you want to be a maid?”

“I am sorry.I didn’t understand your question, my lord”

“I mean. Are you okay with all this? You have your whole life ahead of you. You still want to become a maid?”

“...”

She isn’t understanding at all -_-

“What do you really want to do? What will you be happy to do?”

She stayed silent for a few moments then finally said

“My will does not really matter”

She doesn’t understand this at all!

(⇀‸↼) How can I make her...

“But if you are generous enough to be concerned if I am happy then rest assured, my lord”

She is happy...to serve me!

I can’t help but smile

We will spend our days in so-

“I am continuing my family legacy and obeying my mother’s will after allه’́⌣’̀ه ̀ ”

(-_- ;)

“I-If it helps you to lighten up I am extremely good at pampering according to my mom if I may say so...”

Her voice grew timid toward the end

In the 15 minutes that we have met this was the first time I saw her expressions

Unlike Erika, who wears her poker face all the time, she is still a rookie at that

But she is about my age

Or at least should be

“How old a-. Nevermind”

I shouldn’t ask a woman her age

Where are my manners?!

Well, Forget manners I have to do something about the whole serve-you-for-life thing

“Are you really not going to change your mind that you are happy doing it?”

“I am afraid I will not”

“Then I will-”

Just as I was about to refuse her offer Erika burst open through the door

“Forgive my sudden intrusion young master but it has already been approved by her majesty”

“Mom?”

“Yes, young master”

She looked at Isabella

That was the first time I had seen her not wearing that poker face

She scornfully glared at her

While Isabella wore a face that was saying ‘I am really, really, really sorry!”

(*╯-╰) (｀へ ′ )

While angrily glaring at her she left the room

“From now on I will be your personal maid so please feel free to call me if you need anything. I will likely be stationed outside of your room”

She will be my personal maid... huh?

I will definitely go to hell for being happy about it

Well mother would be busy in the courtroom so might as well go with the flow for now

“So where are you from, Isabella?”

“Liesenberg, Northern district of Northern plains”

Oh!

Northern plains...

They lie just a bit below the northern mountains

Harsh place, harsh weather

A tough place with arrogant people who don’t want to leave their ancestral land

I don’t think anybody who works in the capital will ever live at a place so far

“Who did you live with? Your mom was here as far as I can remember?”

“I lived with my brother and my aunt until I turned 10 . After that I moved her”

Her face grew sad

Is she missing them?

...

“The weather is nice, isn’t it?”

“Yes, my lord”

“Yes...”

...

Can’t she read the atmosphere?!

Why is she standing there?

Come, on A teenage boy needs some privacy!

“Um, Are you not going to unpack?”

“I have already done it, my lord”

“...”

“My lord, It is quite selfish of me but I never heard your decision”

?

“I thought Mom saying yes was enough”

“I apologize but you are my lord not her majesty”

Hmm

I don’t want to mess with her childhood

How can I refuse her and also make clear what I want to say?

She can’t seem to get a grasp for freedom

Ah, What about-

“What did you wanted to become when you were a child? It can’t be a maid, right?”

I mean no one wants to become a maid

You have to do stuff for people always have that strict, straight posture with that blank face

“I wanted to become like my mom. She happened to be a maid that’s why I chose this career”

( -_- ; )

Some people never change

“Ok, Then. Fine by me. Do what makes you happy”

For a brief moment, I saw a smile on her face

She really does seem happy being a maid!

“On one condition, though”

“And what may that be?”

“When you think it’s too much you have the liberty to refuse a task”

“Very well, my lord”

My lord

It makes it look like she is my servant

“Can you please call me by my name?”

“That is unforgivable. I can’t commit such a crime, my lord”

But I won’t remain at peace unless you do so

No

No no no! Stop it!

“Then how about master”

“Very well, master”

I am definitely going to hell (´д｀)

~

From that day onwards my life changed

Isabella became my personal maid

I am still not fine with that

After all who wants to become a maid!

But mom says that her family circumstances are a bit complex and that it is the right thing to do

But even I can’t doubt her skills

She takes upon any task, no questions asked

She never used her right to refuse

I am kind of annoyed by that

After all, I went out of my way to give her that right

But she isn’t using it

I am a little curious to see in which situations she would use that

I tried to ask her once

“Isabella when do you think it is too much for you”

“You are never too much for me, master”

She replied that with a confident yet calming smile

I think I am falling for her

I wonder what her expressions will be when she is surprised

I want to see them

Maybe a little teasing won’t hurt

“Isabella, do you have a moment?”

“Yes, master,” She said entering my room

“Watch this”

I pointed a card and made it vanish into thin air

Her face didn’t have many changes, as always

But If you look closely she was stumped

“And then reappear” The card appeared between my fingertips

A classic back palm

Works every time!

“Do you want to know how I did it?”

“Y-Yes”

I made her stutter!

(Smirk) I can’t stop now!

[Teasing mode-Turned on]

“I will tell you. I am the grim reaper. I am here to kill you”

“E-Eh?”

She let out a short squeak

Now you don’t need to look closely to tell that she is terrified

People of this world aren’t accustomed to magic tricks

If there is anything they can’t make sense of they quickly associate them to the supernatural

I practiced card magic in my plastic bubble in my previous life (I had nothing else to do after all)

So you could say I am kind of an expert

I once tried those tricks in front of th council in my father’s court

(｀∀´) I am still known by few as the MESSENGER OF GOD

“Would you give me your life? That’s an order from your master”

“I-I...”

This should be around the time she makes a run for it

What will you do Isabella?