HH Chapter 12

My stomach growled, empty after a whole day without food. If I could see the hunger debuff window right now, the number would probably be close to zero, flashing red.

I figured Haylan was no different. Or rather, he could have been starving for days.

‘…Ah, this is bothering me.’

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I couldn’t bring myself to eat alone. The thought of him stopping still and stuffing his cheeks like a squirrel whenever given a snack made me feel uneasy.

How can they starve a child who loves food so much?!

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Torn between my hunger and my conscience, I finally decided to share my food with Haylan.

‘It’s just one meal.’

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My room was on the opposite side of the mansion from Haylan’s room. That meant opposite ends of the hallway. The usual strategy was to explore the 2nd-floor hallway and, if Haylan came out of his room, hide in the player’s room to avoid a chase.

“Excuse me.”

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I placed the plate in front of Haylan’s door and knocked. But even after knocking several times with the back of my hand, there was no response from inside.

“Mr. Haylan, I’m leaving it at the door.”

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I returned to my room, feeling pleased with myself for doing a good deed.

It felt like a past life when I initially protested against working. Surprisingly, I’d come to accept that being a mercenary suited me. I enjoyed helping others. Every time I did, I felt like a good person.

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And….

“Thank you for the food!”

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A good deed never goes unrewarded!

After delivering dinner to Haylan, an upgraded meal was delivered to me. It seemed the servants viewed my good deed favorably. The steaming soup was perfectly seasoned, and the bread was so soft it melted in my mouth even on its own.

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I felt happy after enjoying a hearty meal. After filling my stomach, I started cleaning the room.

I peeled off the black sheet attached to the window and meticulously wiped away the dust accumulated on the floor and walls with my hands. New bedding would have been nice, but I had a cheat key that could clean even old bedding.

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[Consuming 1 Quest Point.]

[Laundry complete! Drying will take two hours.]

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For things like this, I find it more satisfying to see the dirt being washed away with my own eyes rather than using a cleaning spell.

I used a makeshift magic circle to hang the cleanly washed bedding outside the window to dry and continued with the rest of the cleaning. The thorough cleaning I started in the evening finally finished as dawn broke.

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‘Now it’s finally livable.’

I felt a sense of accomplishment looking at the clean room. As I neatly arranged the dried bedding on the bed, breakfast arrived. The maid’s jaw dropped.

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“The room…….”

“Isn’t it nice? It’s the room I’ll be using for a while, so I cleaned it up all night!”

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I thanked the servant, whom I would be seeing every day from now on, and wrapped up the extra bread I had set aside to share with Haylan.

‘As expected, people need sunlight to live.’

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I sat on the window sill, swinging my legs cheerfully. It wasn’t a bad start. For some reason, I felt an unfounded confidence that I would be able to complete the quest easily.

─── ⋆⋅☼⋅⋆ ───

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“Yur, how is he?”

“Ah, the guest?”

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Even after calling him a guest with her own mouth, Yur hesitated, feeling awkward for some reason. It was understandable, as it was the first time they’d welcomed someone who could be called a ‘guest’ since moving here.

This mansion was practically a fortress. The servants consisted of only a minimal number of trusted individuals, and even deliveries had designated days. The number of people allowed to leave this place could be counted on one hand.

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“We gave him a room. He’s inside right now.”

“Was there a clean room available?”

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Yur shook her head. With their current number, even tidying up the essential areas was a struggle; there was no way they would have prepared an unused room in advance.

The room, lacking proper furniture, was dusty, and the closed-off air was stale.

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“I suppose he’ll manage on his own.”

Yur muttered sarcastically.

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That man was an uninvited guest. None of them were pleased with his presence either. They had no intention of cleaning that room, even as an afterthought.

“The head butler has decided to personally bring Miss Christine here after receiving the address from the guest. We gave the guest the room farthest from the Young Master’s bedroom.”

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“Good, well done. We shouldn’t do anything to upset the Young Master.”

The mansion servants consisted only of those who already knew Haylan’s true nature. Most of them had inherited their positions from their families.

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Yur was the same. Haylan had been stuck at the age of six since her great-grandmother’s great-grandmother’s time.

The story of the ageless young master was a closely guarded secret, so Yur first met Haylan one summer day when she was twelve. Even now, as Yur approached thirty, Haylan still looked exactly the same as when she first saw him.

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“How is the Young Master?”

“He went into his room and hasn’t come out.”

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“I see……. Don’t go up to the second floor unless the Young Master calls for you. Tell the others yourself, Yur.”

“Yes.”

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Yur nodded cautiously.

All the mansion servants were wary of Haylan. Their young master, unlike his outward appearance, had lived for an incredibly long time and was practically an elder of the household.

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Moreover, his mood was quite unpredictable, so it was best to stay out of his sight and simply provide him with what he needed.

But then….

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“Sister, what do we do! The guest….”

“What about the guest? Did he throw the dishes because he didn’t like the food?”

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Yur chuckled. She had sent three-day-old bread and cold soup to Chahyun’s room.

Haylan hadn’t accepted the guest. Rather, he didn’t trust him, which was why he wasn’t letting him leave the house.

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So, there was no reason for them to treat someone who was out of favor with the young master with any special care. They just had to take care of him enough so that he wouldn’t die.

Chahyun, receiving the plate from Yur, hesitated for a moment before asking,

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‘What about Haylan?’

‘He’s in his room.’

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‘Does he eat too?’

Yur thought for a moment before answering,

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‘……The Young Master doesn’t need to eat.’

Chahyun hadn’t been flustered upon seeing Haylan for the first time and had treated him with respect. This meant he knew about Haylan’s true nature. Everyone interpreted it that way.

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“It seems the guest left the food we gave him in front of the Young Master’s room! Yulia said she saw the guest walking down the hallway.”

“…What?”

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“Sister, what should we do…. The head butler isn’t here either.”

“…….”

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The others couldn’t bring themselves to retrieve the plate because they were ordered not to go near the second floor unless called. The guest, already disliked, had not only loitered in front of the young master’s bedroom but also left the barely edible food in front of his door. He must be furious. Yur sighed.

“I’ll go.”

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They should have realized from the way he found this place that he wasn’t just any ordinary person…

Yur approached Haylan’s room quietly, muffling her footsteps, and carefully picked up the plate. The watery soup hadn’t been touched, and the bread remained uneaten either.

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‘Is this his way of complaining?’

Just as she was about to turn back, the door opened slightly, creating a gap. Even though she’d tried to be quiet, she couldn’t hide from Haylan. Haylan clicked his tongue upon seeing the meal in Yur’s hand.

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“……Make sure he gets proper meals.”

“Yes, Young Master.”

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“Keep an eye on him and inform me if he acts suspiciously. If he tries to escape, you can kill him.”

“…….”

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The door closed again. Yur carefully went back downstairs.

“He didn’t even touch it?”

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“The Young Master said to make sure the guest is properly fed.”

When they prepared a proper meal and sent it to Chahyun’s room, he finally smiled brightly and replied,

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“Thank you for the food!

“…….”

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That… That sly fox. 

Yur gritted her teeth.

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It would take at least two days for the head butler to bring Miss Christine. The Young Master probably didn’t want to see the guest until then.

The plan to subtly pressure him with the food had failed, but it didn’t matter. They had given him a room that was practically a storage room that hadn’t been touched in ten years, so that alone would make him feel intimidated and cautious.

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‘I wonder if he can even sleep in a room like that.’

Yur fell asleep happily, thinking it served him right. The next day, she went to Chahyun’s room to deliver breakfast. As soon as the door opened, she was momentarily stunned by the warm sunlight that poured over her.

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She stared blankly into the guest room, unable to even greet him.

‘W-What happened here?’

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She had specifically attached black sheets to the windows so that no one could see inside from outside, and she had even nailed the windows shut so they wouldn’t open…

The room, which had been uninhabitable, had been transformed into a cozy bedroom overnight.

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He didn’t even have any cleaning tools, so how on earth did he do this? 

And why was the bedding so fluffy?!

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