Reincarnated Maid is About To Be Captured by All Players

“Decided!”

At the lunch table, Chris clapped her hands after setting down her cutlery.

“Higdelytha will clean the inner chambers, Carole Meow will clean the exterior walls, and Anna, you’ll warm the bed~”

“My lady, please be dignified.”

“Just kidding! Anna will be like Nora, my personal maid, and clean my room. You can ask Nora if you have any questions.”

Chris had arranged our tasks. I had no issues with mine, but Carole Cat and Higdelytha…

Surprisingly, they seemed eager. Were they really excited to experience being maids?

“Everyone, be kind to the newcomers.”

“Yes!”

The neatly arranged maid brigade responded in unison.

“Lady Chris, Lily hasn’t been assigned a task yet.”

Lily raised her hand, prompting Chris to ponder, her shoulders trembling slightly. Dressing Lily as a maid seemed more like a personal interest of Chris, but she didn’t appear to have planned any actual work for her.

“Lily… ah… um… well…”

“Lady, the flowers by your bed need replacing.”

“Eh? That sort of thing doesn’t need my approval…”

Chris seemed to have an epiphany.

“Right! Lily, how about watering the flowers in the garden?”

“Watering? Okay! Lily will do her best!”

Chris seemed to exert a lot of brainpower to find an easy task for Lily.

At this moment, Higdelytha nudged my arm.

“Anna, don’t you think… there’s something unusual about Lily?”

“Not really unusual, but Lily is indeed very enthusiastic.”

She was the same at the hot spring, volunteering to help.

After a few days of recuperation, Lily’s injuries had mostly healed without any lingering effects. I was glad to see her energetic, but could she have her own thoughts about something?

“We probably shouldn’t have discussed the 【Child of the Devil】 in front of Lily, right?”

Higdelytha shared my concerns.

“I worry she might start doubting herself…”

Our protection of Lily, given her potential as a 【Child of the Devil】, might not be well-received by others.

Nevertheless, Duke Borgias’s abnormal behavior contradicts the knowledge of a noble lord. In my eyes, Lily is not a cursed sinner but a child deceived by the duke.

Maybe Duke Borgias’s grudge against Lily has to do with his hatred for the Child of the Devil. His eldest son died due to the second princess’s curse. But the duke couldn’t possibly have the ability to identify a Child of the Devil, nor does it explain the living dead Lily saw in Runion Castle.

My resolve to protect Lily won’t change, regardless.

The maids began clearing the table, with a few familiar ones greeting Higdelytha. Elves are rare in the Kingdom of Mikael, so everyone seemed eager to chat with her.

“Miss Anna.”

“Carole Meow… sorry for dragging you into this.”

“No trouble at all… hmph, you know, Anna, I once went to a maid cafe with my brother and friends. I said I wanted to work there during the summer, and my brother, who has the emotional quotient of a rock, laughed out loud! It was so mean, meow.”

Carole Cat stood confidently with her hands on her hips.

“This is a great opportunity for practice, meow. I can be a maid too!”

Her doubt might not be about capability. I glanced at the noticeably deflated fabric on Carole Cat’s chest, impolitely guessing the reason.

“You have a brother, Carole Meow?”

“Meow?!”

Her tail puffed up suddenly.

“Is he also an adventurer on Limoria continent?”

“This, this meow… Right! I tried to contact Baron Trafalgar, meow.”

For some reason, Carole Cat awkwardly changed the subject. I was very interested in the current situation of Trafalgar, Ivanhoe, and the rest of Anna’s backup team, so I didn’t press on Carole Cat’s brother. Even though they were adventurers who could resurrect, I couldn’t bring myself to remain indifferent.

“What did Baron Trafalgar say?”

“He’s offline, meow. But he left a message saying to contact him if we’re safe.”

I see, Trafalgar stayed up late with us yesterday. The game allows playing in a sleep state, but even in-game characters have fatigue settings. Trafalgar didn’t use his baron status to develop a guild and wasn’t a professional gamer.

We’ll have to wait for Trafalgar to come online to contact him.

Carole Cat swayed her tail and left with another group of maids. The other maids finished cleaning the table and started tidying up the utensils, with Lily being escorted away by a few older sisterly maids.

The large dining room was left with just me, Chris, and Nora

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“Lady Chris, may I boldly inquire about your plans for the afternoon?”

“I hate afternoons… I have to hand out quests, such boring work. Not as interesting as Aunt Susan’s ** being stolen.”

Chris was the nominal lord of the Barony of Ende. Her father had given her the authority to distribute weekly tasks for the barony, making her the quest giver for Ende’s weekly tasks.

“What are Lady Chris’s weekly tasks?”

“Eradicating bandits.”

“Eh? You can do that every week?”

Ende seemed peaceful enough for such a task to be surprising.

“Yes, bandits respawn like the local wildlife when killed.”

“???”

Should I thank the bandits for providing a steady supply of targets for adventurers?