99th Actress Chapter 3

Chapter 3. Possessed as the 99th Supporting Actress

It was Belisha, who was in the death squad.

She was a friend who had been very helpful since that day. Furthemore, in this strict hierarchical workplace, she was the one of the few people Lian could talk to. Here, she didn’t have many people to talk to, and it was difficult to get the answer she wanted.

She was swayed because she was the only friend who took care of her, but it was still not possible.

“I’m sorry, but I also have so much work today and I’m a little under the weather… I don’t think I can help.”

With a sullen look on her face, she began to speak undaunted by Lian’s words.

“Lian, I’ll take good care of your allowance. My mother is in critical condition… I couldn’t even take a day off in advance because it was so sudden… If I didn’t go and my mother suddenly died…”

Belisha continued with tears in her eyes.

“You know that I don’t even see the duke’s nose these days, right? Rumors say there was an invasion from the north. It must have been so large that he was called by even His Majesty. You know I haven’t seen him in almost a month. You will never have anything to worry about!”

Lian was slowly persuaded with the addition of a tearful attack and her friend who treated her warmly for the first time.

Belisha, who caught the expression, made the final blow.

“I’ll give you double your work allowance.”

“I’ll do it.”

“Thank you, my friend!”

Belisha was holding Lian’s hands and smiling brightly.

***

She accepted it by surprise, but Lian somehow couldn’t walk away because…

‘Three hours in the morning and three hours in the evening. All you have to do is pour hot water into the bathtub every hour, then drain the water after 30 minutes and clean it thoroughly. Simple, right? Meanwhile, to clean clothes, just mix dirt-removing detergent and the detergent in a 5:5 ratio, scrub with a brush, and then pour water. Turn on the dryer to dry the side. There should be no moisture. And after cleaning, pump the citrus scent on the left side three times in the morning. In the evening, pump the green woody scent on the right twice. That’s it. It’s not difficult, is it?’

“You do this three times in the morning and three times in the evening?”

‘Yes, absolutely. It’s a routine. Please take care of me for a few days. Thank you, friend!’

After explaining what Lian should do, Belisha, who gave her a big hug once, thanked her by hitting her back twice and quickly disappeared.

Lian carefully entered the Duke Lepierre’s bathroom, which was jaw-droppingly luxurious. Both the faucet and shower were made of gold, and the transparent glass crystals at the corners emitted light and began to spin as the bath was filled with water.

Lian, once again admiring the Duke’s wealth, lost her train of thoughts at the spectacular room for a while.

The water slowly warmed up like that, and she filled up the water and went out. Then 30 minutes later, she came back to drain the water and start cleaning.

She was doing what she’s told, but at first she wondered what the point of this was. She kept adding water to the bathroom no one wouldn’t even use. After 30 minutes, she got used to it, but it was one thing she didn’t understand. Did becoming a eunuch really make him go crazy? It was clear that this was not normal as she kept cleaning the bathroom when he was not using it.

It was the third and final day. Still, she thought it was worth doing this way, because she only worked in the morning and evening, the rest of the time was free time. In the meantime, she started sewing as a side job and earned a lot of extra income.

They say humans are creatures of forgetfulness… She felt like she could do it again if someone kept asking her to do it. She doesn’t know where her resolutions from last time went, but she was shaken by the money in front of her.

However, on the last day, the cold energy that had lasted for several days began to bother Lian in earnest. Lately, she hasn’t had an appetite, so she left behind whatever she eats. Perhaps that’s why her complexion hasn’t been good today.

That evening, she was about to come out after putting water in the bathtub, but there was something that stopped Lian’s feet.

Lian actually wanted to try it from the first day she came into the bathroom, but there was something she tried to ignore……

Yes. She has been a sauna fanatic since she lived in Korea. Because she knew the feeling so well, she knew how good it would be to soak her body in that hot place, and she must have thought about that 15 times.

“Cough.”

She thought it would be perfect to go into the hot bath and relax just once with all the body aches she has now. Previously as she went for a sauna, she always felt refreshed and healed as she had washed up. So, she became more desperate on the last day.

Moreover, in Korea, it was a place she could go to if she had the money, but it could have been her first and last time seeing a bathtub in this place where the caste system is rampant.

‘No one knows I’m going to use the bathroom anyway, so wouldn’t it be okay if I just go in and out for about 10 minutes…?’

Whether her body was hurting and her judgement was clouded, bad desires were slowly dominating her brain.

There was no way that the duke, who had never come for more than a month, would come in the space of ten minutes she had briefly entered. Lian, who was so crazy that she began to put her decision into action.

Lian soon became lethargic after taking off her clothes one by one. The clothes she took off were folded up, placed in one corner, and put her feet in the bath. The temperature was just right, and when she was relaxed, her muscles seemed to be loosening. Lian, who soon immersed herself, lamented unknowingly.

“Haa~ it’s so nice…. I feel like I’m going to live….”

Even if she was an extra, she was happy at this moment. As soon as she got here, she suffered from labor every day. She felt like her whole body was revitalized, almost as if she was drinking the water of life.

With her eyes closed, her whole body became drowsy and she thought she would sleep well tonight.

Lian, who eventually saw a mysterious crystal, began to get closer and look. Something like white glass beads were circling on the water and emitting light. Maybe it keeps the temperature up, right?

She was in the midst of watching the small thing, but soon she began to feel strange. Hearing the door opening, it seemed like it was another butler or servant. Soon after, she heard the sound of walking this way.

As the sound of the steps grew closer and closer, Lian had no choice but to dive deep into her head because she thought it would be a big deal if she was caught. Lian lamented her unluckiness and held her breath thinking that if she got caught, it would be over.

The sound of footsteps grew closer and stopped. When no sound was heard, anxious Lian’s eyes went above the water surface, but there was nothing in sight.

She was holding her breath desperately, but she began to reach her limit. Her breath, which she was holding back, came up to her neck. She thought the sound was gone, but sadly, she could hear the sound and felt someone come into the bathtub.

Lian felt dizzy, perhaps because she held her breath for too long. Moreover, because she was startled by the sight of someone coming in and accidentally drank the water, she had no choice but to exhale and jump out of the bathtub.

“Fuha…!”

As she rose above the water, exhaling a harsh breath, what she saw was the Duke of Lepierre, standing naked with a firm look through the hazy steam.

Unsurprisingly, Lian soon fell unconscious.