My Maid is Cute Chapter 62 : A Request ( Tomrrow update untill final chapter ! ) (Patreon)

A Request

After reuniting with her colleagues, Rebecca, accompanied by Wendy, headed to her former room.

“Ah… it hasn’t changed,” Rebecca murmured upon entering.

The room was much the same as she remembered. The placement of a few things seemed different, but mostly it was untouched.

“I left it just as it was, so you could come back anytime.”

At Wendy’s words, Rebecca looked around the room and asked, “Did you even have it cleaned?”

“Yes, of course.”

Wendy had believed she would return. Feeling her heart warmed by Wendy’s sentiment, Rebecca bowed her head.

“Thank you, Milady.”

Raising her head, she shared a smile with Wendy.

Suddenly, Wendy looked as if she noticed something. She crouched down on the spot and looked Rebecca straight in the eye.

“Becca… your eyes.”

“Yes?”

“The color of your eyes… is different.”

“Ah.” Rebecca nodded with a wry smile. “This was my original color… Years ago, when I ran away from home, I dyed them black with magic. The magic’s effect has worn off now.”

“I see…”

Wendy made a slightly complicated expression. Tilting her head, Rebecca continued, “If you wish, Milady, shall I change them again?”

At that, Wendy looked surprised. “Eh… why? It’s fine, leave them as they are. They’re such beautiful blue eyes.”

“Is… that so?”

Wendy laughed looking a little troubled and placed her hand on Rebecca’s cheek.

“You know… somehow… I realized something.”

“Yes?”

“I… I thought I was Becca’s closest friend… but actually, I didn’t know almost anything about Becca.”

Seeing Wendy look a little lonely, Rebecca felt a pang of guilt squeeze her chest. She placed her hand over Wendy’s and spoke.

“…My number one is you, Milady. Since long ago…”

At those words, Wendy looked surprised, then looked up at Rebecca through her lashes.

“…Really?”

“Of course.”

“What about that person?”

“Eh?”

“That weird person called Rieserago. She seemed very close to you, Becca.”

Wendy said this somewhat sulkily. Rebecca hurriedly shook her head.

“W-Well, that’s true, but… my number one is absolutely you, Milady!”

“…Really, truly?”

“Yes!”

When Rebecca replied firmly, Wendy finally exhaled in relief. She then hugged Rebecca again.

“Becca… thank goodness, truly… for coming back… I’ll never let you go again.”

Rebecca gently stroked the back of Wendy, who whispered those words.

After a while, when Wendy pulled away, Rebecca asked her a question.

“Um, Milady, there is something I want to ask you…”

“Hm?”

“Um—”

Just as she was about to ask Is it true you’re getting engaged?, she choked on her words. She was very curious, but having just reunited, was it alright to ask such a personal thing? As Rebecca pursed her lips tightly in thought, Wendy tilted her head.

“Becca, is something wrong?”

“Ah, um…”

Just as Rebecca was about to continue, there was a knock at the door, knock-knock.

“What is it?”

When Wendy replied lightly, Jeanne’s voice was heard from the other side.

“Milady, dinner is ready. Lord Christopher requests that Rebecca-san join as well.”

At those words, Wendy and Rebecca looked at each other. Rebecca smiled and said to Wendy, “Looks like I’ve been summoned.”

“…I suppose so.”

Wendy stood up slowly, and Rebecca headed for the door. When she opened it with a click, Jeanne was standing there.

“Is it really okay for me to join?”

At Rebecca’s question, Jeanne nodded. “Yes, Lord Christopher insisted. Rieserago-san has apparently already headed there.”

Rebecca’s face broke into a smile. She turned to Wendy and said, “Let’s go, Milady.”

“Yeah.”

Rebecca and Wendy naturally held hands and left the room. Following Jeanne, they headed to the dining room.

Upon arriving in the large room, the long table was the first thing to catch her eye. Christopher and Rieserago were already seated. Near Christopher sat a woman Rebecca didn’t know. She was a beautiful woman with a gentle air, possessing flaxen hair and large dark brown eyes.

Who is she? Rebecca wondered. Christopher spoke up.

“It’s the first time for Rebecca, isn’t it? This is my wife, Lisette.”

Startled, Rebecca hurriedly straightened her posture.

“N-Nice to meet you! My name is Rebecca Lion.”

When she introduced herself, Lisette smiled faintly and spoke.

“Nice to meet you. I am happy to meet you. I have heard much about you, Rebecca-san.”

It was a calm and gentle voice.

Just as she was admiring how beautiful she was, Wendy tugged lightly on Rebecca’s hand.

“Becca, sit here. Next to me.”

“Ah, yes!”

She hurriedly followed Wendy. As soon as Rebecca took her seat, the meal began.

Rieserago, as usual, shoveled the food brought by the servants into her mouth with gusto. Perhaps liking the taste, she nodded in satisfaction.

“Yeah, this is good.”

Dish after dish disappeared into Rieserago’s mouth. It was a familiar sight for Rebecca, but the others were wide-eyed. Rebecca smiled wryly at the sight and carried food to her own mouth. Just as Rieserago said, it was very delicious.

“It’s delicious…”

When she involuntarily murmured, Wendy next to her spoke.

“Isn’t it? A new chef arrived recently. They are very skilled.”

“It really is delicious.”

“Let’s have them make what you like next time, Becca.”

While enjoying the conversation with Wendy and continuing the meal, Lisette suddenly broke into a smile and spoke to Christopher.

“Somehow, today is different from usual; it’s lively and fun, isn’t it, Chris-sama?”

“…Yeah.”

Christopher answered briefly with a somewhat complicated expression.

Rebecca suddenly realized. Christopher and Wendy had not exchanged a single word in this place. Far from it, she felt they were even avoiding making eye contact. What on earth happened during the four years I was absent? While she was thinking about this, the meal progressed, and eventually, it was time for dessert.

It was Reed who brought dessert to Rebecca. At the same time he placed the glass with ice cream on the table, he spoke to Rebecca in a low voice.

“Lord Christopher has something to discuss with you.”

“Eh?”

“I will call for you later.”

Before Rebecca could ask for details, Reed returned to his work.

Carrying the cold ice cream to her mouth, she wondered, What could the discussion be? Wendy watched Rebecca quietly.

After the meal, Rieserago gave a light greeting and left the dining room early. Presumably, she headed to the room she was given. Rebecca also spoke to Wendy before returning to her own room. Just as she was about to look around the room once more and organize her luggage, the door made a sound, knock-knock.

“Rebecca-san, it’s me.”

Hearing Reed’s voice, she hurriedly ran over and opened the door. Beyond the door stood Reed, expressionless as always.

“G-Good work today. Um…”

“I apologize for the late hour. Lord Christopher insisted on speaking with you no matter what. Is that alright?”

“Ah, yes. Of course.”

Rebecca answered and left the room, closing the door. Reed nodded slightly and began walking. Following the slowly walking Reed, she imagined what Christopher’s talk could be about.

Eventually, Reed stopped in front of a large brown door.

“This is—”

“Lord Christopher’s study.”

Saying that, Reed knocked on the door. Immediately, Christopher’s voice was heard saying, “Come in.”

When Reed opened the door, it revealed a spacious room housing many books. She could see Christopher sitting on a large sofa in the center.

Seeing Rebecca, Christopher smiled faintly.

“Sorry for calling you so late at night, Rebecca.”

“Oh, no, it’s fine.”

“I have something to talk about. Sit there.”

Told so, Rebecca timidly stepped into the room and sat down on the sofa facing Christopher. Suddenly, she glanced at the bookshelf installed on the wall. Among the many books, she discovered one she knew.

“…Ah.”

She inadvertently let out a voice, but at the same time, Reed placed tea that he seemed to have prepared in advance in front of Rebecca. She hurriedly turned to Reed and thanked him.

To Christopher, who was quietly lifting his tea cup to his lips, Rebecca spoke.

“Um, Lord Christopher, about the discussion…”

When Rebecca spoke, Christopher made an awkward face for just a moment. Then, hesitatingly, he opened his mouth.

“Sorry. Actually, I intended to tell you earlier, but… I didn’t know how to explain it. Besides, it was a little difficult to talk about in front of Wendy.”

“Eh?”

“Four years ago… after you were kidnapped… and went missing, a lot happened. I thought I should tell you about that.”

Christopher took another sip of the tea Reed had poured and placed the cup on the table. Then, he began to speak slowly.

“…Four years ago, when you disappeared without saying anything, I thought it was definitely strange. I suspected your family might be involved.”

Bullseye, Rebecca muttered in her heart.

“I hesitated quite a bit, but I went to the Lionfall house to look for you. Thinking I would somehow get them to hand you over, I prepared various negotiations… But when we arrived, the Lionfall house was already in a terrible state. Part of the mansion had burned down… The head of the Lionfall family and his sisters were lying there covered in wounds. Even when I asked them what happened after they woke up, they just made a fuss and wouldn’t answer clearly. But I managed to get out of them that they had kidnapped Rebecca. It was tough, really. It seems they were trying to offer you to a certain noble. In exchange for a large sum of money…”

“Me, or rather, in exchange for my magic power, right?”

At Rebecca’s words, Christopher nodded with a grimace.

“Exactly. It seems there was a noble who wanted your high magic power, and they had already made arrangements… However, in the end, since you disappeared along with the fire, the incident ended there. But we didn’t know why the fire started or where Rebecca had gone. Presumably due to the shock of the fire, your entire family seemed to have lost their memories… They didn’t remember anything about before or after the fire.”

Probably the cause of that memory loss is Rieserago’s magic. I’ll thank her again later, Rebecca thought.

Averting his gaze from Rebecca, Christopher closed his mouth once. After making a conflicted face, he continued immediately.

“…Rebecca, this is very hard to say, but… your family home is gone.”

“Huh?”

Rebecca’s mouth hung open.

“…G-Gone?”

“Yeah… In order to investigate what happened, and to search for your whereabouts, I investigated the internal affairs of the Lionfall family. It came to light during that process… The head of the Lionfall family was drowning in debt, and trying to do something about it… he seemed to be doing some pretty malicious things. According to the investigation, he committed numerous fraudulent acts in his work. Plus illegal drug trading, and it seems he covered up a violent incident in the past using his authority…”

“Ah, that’s enough.”

Rebecca said, holding her head. The face of her brother, Samuel, came to mind.

Worst. Like a textbook evil noble.

Holding her head, Rebecca closed her eyes and asked Christopher again.

“Um, so my brother… no, I don’t consider him my brother anymore, but what happened to those people?”

Christopher answered, albeit with an awkward expression.

“The family head was imprisoned immediately. Also, the second daughter seemed to be complicit in some of the head’s crimes… and she herself seemed to be doing various fraud-like things… She was exiled from the country. I don’t think she will ever return to this country.”

Curious about the word “various,” she tried to ask for specifics but got scared and stopped. Instead, she threw a different question.

“Um, what about my other sister…?”

“Ah, the fifth daughter seemed to know nothing about the crimes. But after you disappeared, she became quite confused and her mental state became unstable… she became mentally ill. She is in a hospital now. I don’t think she will ever go outside again either.”

“…I see.”

Rebecca looked down. They were the worst brother and sisters, but her heart ached slightly at their respective ends. They had done terrible things to her, but still, they were people she once thought of as family. Murky thoughts dominated her mind. Also, what happened to the Lionfall territory and her other brothers and sisters? She started to open her mouth to ask Christopher, but closed it in the end.

I don’t want to think about it after all. It doesn’t matter anymore. Surely, they will never be involved in my life again.

At that moment, Rebecca remembered something and looked up sharply.

“Lord Christopher, there was a small servant girl named Coco at Lionfall, what happened to her…?”

At Rebecca’s question, Christopher answered as if recalling something.

“Ah. That child seemed to have been treated quite terribly by the Lionfall family. She testified a lot about Rebecca’s kidnapping case. She apologized to Rebecca over and over. It seems she was forced to do criminal-like things by the head and the second daughter in that house, but since she was still a child, she wasn’t charged with any crimes. After the incident, fortunately, a relative in another country was found. She was taken in as an adopted daughter there. It seems she is being cherished, so don’t worry.”

“Is that so…”

Thank goodness, she stroked her chest in relief. Rebecca was saved four years ago thanks to Coco removing the collar. She was genuinely happy that she was safe.

“…I truly caused you trouble. I am sorry. And, thank you very much, Lord Christopher.”

Rebecca bowed deeply to Christopher again.

“No. Don’t worry about it. I am truly happy that you came back.”

When Rebecca raised her head, Christopher smiled faintly and added words.

“Please, stay by Wendy’s side once more, Rebecca. That child… really cherishes you.”

Rebecca stared straight into Christopher’s eyes and answered briefly,

“Yes.”

At that answer, Christopher sank into the sofa with a relieved expression.

“…Sorry for talking so late, Rebecca. Shall we rest soon?”

“Ah, yes…”

Rebecca stood up from the sofa. Christopher ordered Reed,

“Escort Rebecca back.”

However, Rebecca declined.

“I’m fine by myself. Please don’t worry.”

“But…”

“I’m fine.”

When Rebecca smiled and shook her head, Christopher said nothing more.

Bowing again, she approached the door. Just as she was about to go outside.

“Rebecca.”

Christopher called her to stop.

“Yes?”

Rebecca turned around. Christopher looked down for just a moment. Immediately looking straight at Rebecca, he asked.

“—That person called Rieserago, who… is she really?”

At those words, Rebecca almost averted her gaze. But staring back at Christopher, she answered firmly.

“She is a friend. A very, very close one.”

Then, smiling brightly, she said,

“Excuse me.”

And stepped out of the room.

She walked down the hallway back to her room.

“Ah, that’s right…”

I should have asked Christopher what happened with Wendy, she remembered too late. She didn’t know if he would answer, but she should have asked. Maybe I’ll ask Milady directly tomorrow, she thought as she walked.

Finding a silhouette in front of her room door in the darkness, Rebecca was surprised.

“Welcome back.”

“Milady…”

She hurriedly ran to Wendy, who was standing in front of the room.

“Have you been waiting here the whole time?”

“Yeah.”

Wendy nodded slightly. Rebecca hurriedly bowed her head.

“I am sorry. I had a little business…”

“I know. You were called by that person, right?”

Rebecca was surprised by Wendy’s curt words.

“That person…”

Could she possibly mean Christopher? The Wendy of the past wouldn’t have called Christopher that. Truly, what happened between these siblings—

While Rebecca was thinking various things, Wendy touched Rebecca’s hand.

“Um, Becca.”

“Yes?”

Wendy continued, looking embarrassed for some reason.

“Umm, you see. I feel bad asking you this when you’ve just returned… but, um… I really—”

Wondering at Wendy’s fidgeting behavior, she looked blank. However, within a few seconds, it clicked for Rebecca, and she gently squeezed Wendy’s hand.

“—Milady, would you like some warm milk?”

At those words, Wendy gasped. Immediately after, she crouched down on the spot with a face on the verge of tears.

With tears moistening her eyes, she whispered to Rebecca.

“With honey, okay?”

At the nostalgic request, Rebecca nodded and smiled brightly.

“Yes. I will prepare it for you.”

At those words, this time Wendy shed tears freely. Then, she smiled back slightly.

Background Info

• Lisette Gemma Caldwell

Daughter of Viscount Branfield. She married Christopher two years ago and became his wife. She is a beauty with a laid-back atmosphere, but she is very scary when angry. Her family has been a lineage of knights for generations, and she is also a master of swordsmanship. Her athletic ability is high, and she is much stronger than the average man. In her student days, she was secretly called a “Gorilla in a Lady’s Skin” behind her back. The catalyst for their meeting was when she found Christopher collapsed from overwork and anemia during their student days and carried him to the infirmary in a princess carry. She and Christopher are deeply in love.