Chapter 23: The cat maid is famous
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Several days after my house was built, it had become a famous landmark.
Before anyone noticed, a house was built in the vacant lot. Many were surprised that the house was shaped like a Maid, and even the person living inside looked like a Maid.
Around my house, there were a lot of spectators observing from a distance.
For that reason, I haven’t gone outside at all recently.
On the first day, I went outside for meals, but now I’m making and eating my meals at home.
"Big sis Nicole, I’ve finished dismantling today’s portion."
Marie came by every day for her dismantling work, so I’ve been giving her one day off for every three days she works.
Furthermore, her dismantling quota was five bodies a day.
For that reason, she was normally finished in half a day.
"Thank you, be careful on your way back home."
"Big sis Nicole, aren’t you going to work?"
"I’ll go…eventually."
Certainly, I’ve been acting like a hikikomori recently.
At this rate, it’s only going to get worse, huh.
Tomorrow, should I go to the guild first thing in the morning?
The next day, for the first time in a while, I woke up early and headed to the guild.
"Ah, Nicole! You finally came!"
Elena shouted as she caught sight of me.
You’re being a nuisance to everybody!
"Good morning, Elena."
"What have you been doing? I was waiting for you."
"You were waiting for me?"
"Yes, there is a designated request for you."
"A designated request?"
"Yes, the request came from a noble Archlight."
"…Who?"
I don’t know a person by that name.
"You don’t know of him? Archlight is the honorable Feudal Lord of this city."
"Honorable Feudal Lord?"
"Yes."
It seems like it will become extremely troublesome.
If you were to ask me what I thought about nobles, my opinion would be based on the Royalty from manga or light novels, where they were an existence that invited trouble.
If possible, I don’t want to get involved with them.
That’s why…
"I Pass."
"Eh?"
"I refuse."
"Eh?
"I’m going home, bye!"
"H-hey! Hold on a second!"
Elena jumped over the reception desk and grabbed onto my Maid clothes.
"What do you want?"
"What, do you plan on going home?!"
"I want to sleep, so I’m going home."
"I-it’s still morning."
"It’s fine for me to sleep whenever I want, right?"
"In that case, please listen to the request, because although Miss Nicole doesn’t come to the guild very often, Archlight has come many times for this request."
"That has nothing to do with me, right?"
"If nothing else, please at least listen to the request!"
"Don’t wanna."
"Please~ I’m begging you!"
"Is it okay to refuse after listening?"
"Why are you so against this?"
"My grandmother’s dying wish was for me to stay far away from nobles and Royals."
"What is that supposed to mean?!"
"It means that nobles and Royals are the kinds of people who will immediately kill or imprison someone that they don’t like. Upon seeing a beautiful woman, they’ll demand her body and threaten her if she refuses. They’ll condemn innocent people without proof or extort money from commoners. They’re the kind of existence that lets their money do the talking, always getting away with whatever they want. Furthermore, their children are arrogant, boastful, selfish, and self-important, right?"
"What is with that biased way of thinking?"
"Am I wrong?"
"It’s true that the nobles Miss Nicole described exist."
They do exist.
"However, Archlight is different. He’s a gentleman."
"Have you met him in person?"
"I haven’t."
"In that case, you wouldn’t know for sure."
"I haven’t heard any bad rumors like that though."
"If people were killed secretly, you wouldn’t know. After all, dead people can’t talk."
"Why do your thoughts go that far?!"
I couldn’t say that it was due to the influence of mangas and novels.
"Oi! What’s with the ruckus on such a crowded morning!"
"Guild master!"
"Elena, you know it gets crowded in the morning. What in the world are you doing?"
"It’s not my fault! Miss Nicole has a designated request from Archlight but, because she has a strange prejudice against nobles, she won’t even listen to the request."
"Prejudice?"
"She was saying things like nobles will kill people they don’t like, demand women’s bodies when they see them, or that their children are arrogant and selfish."
"Yeah, that’s true."
"As I thought."
"Guild master!"
"My bad. Of course, those kinds of aristocrats do exist, but Archlight is different, so you don’t need to worry."
"Absolutely?"
"Because he’s an acquaintance.”
Certainly, it’s not strange for the Adventurer’s Guild’s guild master to have personally met the Feudal Lord.
"Please listen, if you refuse, it will affect the guild’s credibility."
"Fine! I’ll listen to the request, at least!"
"Thank you very much…though I say that, there’s not much to the request. It’s just a request for you to visit his house."
"The heck?"
"Perhaps he just wants to meet the rumored Maid girl?"
"Maid girl?"
"You didn’t know? It’s Miss Nicole's nickname."
"I knew about demonic Maid or Bloody maid, but not that one."
It’s an unpleasant nickname though.
"The Bloody Maid is what the male adventurers call you. The female adventurers and children just call you Maid Girl or Catgirl."
I didn’t know.
"But, what are the rumors?"
"You look like a Maid, defeated packs of wolves and goblins by yourself, defeated a goblin king, and completed a large number of subjugations as a beginner. Then you summoned Maids and even built a Maid House. Of course, there would be rumors."
"What Maid house?"
Elena hadn’t heard about that.
"What, you didn’t know? This girl rented a plot of land and built a house, ya know. It’s even shaped like a Maid. Moreover, it was built so quickly that nobody knows when it was built, which is why everyone has been talking about it."
"Is that what she did with the land from the other day? I had no idea."
"So, because I’m the rumored Maid girl, the Feudal Lord wants to meet me?"
"Yeah, I guess that’s how it is."
"After all, everybody is reporting information about you, be it the Adventurer’s Guild, the Commerce Guild, the town gate, or the town guards."
"Information?"
"Ah, the Adventurer’s Guild reported about a promising rookie in a Maid suit. The Commerce Guild reported that a Maid girl built a Maid House without anyone noticing and the gate soldiers reported about the summoned Maids. The town guards would have also submitted a report when you walked around town with that appearance. With so many reports about you reaching him, of course, he would want to meet you."
What? That’s scary.
Is there no law like the Protection of Personal Information Act?
All I did was complete the Adventurer’s Guild’s requests normally, I build a Maid House with magic normally, used magic to finish my subjugation quests faster by summoning normally, and stroll around town in my casual Maid clothes.
"Can’t I refuse?"
"Beats me. At the very least, the average adventurer wouldn’t refuse a commission from a noble. If they did, they would be skipping town. In any case, adventurers would normally agree to requests like this one and meet the noble."
"So troublesome."
"Don’t say that, he’s probably just curious. Why don’t you just try meeting him?"
"By the way, assuming I go meet him, when would be a good time? Since he’s a Feudal Lord, he should be pretty busy, right?"
"Yes, I received his schedule for the next few days. Any time tomorrow or in the afternoon five days from now should be fine."
Had everything already been decided, including the day we meet?
"Fine, whatever! I’ll go meet him!"
Reluctantly, I decided to meet him tomorrow afternoon.
- Writer
