LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter 57
“I’m going to end up buried in work and die. Why are there so many documents piling up like this?”
When I returned from managing the territory, I saw an enormous stack of papers on my desk today.
If I exaggerate a little, it was as high as my height.
After being reincarnated into this world, I wanted to escape reality for the first time.
“If I run away from reality, I’ll have to say goodbye to Chloe, so I worked hard.”
Thanks to that, I succeeded in conquering the mountain of documents, but I never want to go through such terrible overtime again.
“I should promote Antonio, who has been managing Cafe Medici since it opened, to handle issues related to coffee throughout the cafe. If I keep managing everything like before, I might just die from overwork.”
Some crazy person who enjoys sending Shiba Inus to Mars says you have to work 100 hours a week.
A person doing that will surely die within a few years from heart disease or high blood pressure.
And if you think about it, the reason people work hard is to live well, not because work itself is the goal.
“I need to relax my mind a bit by chatting with Chloe.”
When I pet her, seeing her act spoiled like a puppy gives me the will to live for tomorrow.
I would probably have a migraine from stress like Zhou Zhou if it weren’t for Chloe.
Lost in thought, as soon as I opened my door, Chloe greeted me.
“Young Lord, welcome back.”
“Don’t even mention it. I thought I would collapse from all the documents I had to handle.”
“Should I give you a knee pillow?”
“Please do.”
Chloe spread her legs on the bed and pointed to her thigh.
Lying with my head on her thigh made all the fatigue in my body melt away.
“Do you really like my knee pillow that much, Young Lord?”
Who would dislike a knee pillow from a beautiful girl?
To be honest, even a homosexual who feels attraction only to men would certainly like this.
“If Chloe is okay with it, I want to do this all tomorrow instead of working.”
I wouldn’t get bored lying here all day.
“Is that so? Then I’ll keep doing this until you fall asleep tonight.”
A long silence passed between us.
The tranquility that made my heart feel at ease even without exchanging words.
While I was feeling the calm of everyday life, Chloe suddenly asked me.
“I’m sorry to disturb you, Young Lord, but may I bring up something important for a moment?”
It had been just over a year since I started being with Chloe, but she had never hinted before that there was something she wanted to discuss like this.
‘She must have thought about it dozens of times before bringing it up.’
I wasn’t in a state of collapsing from exhaustion right now, and thinking of the courage she mustered to say it, I should listen.
“What do you want to talk about?”
Chloe asked in a voice full of longing, like a girl tormented by unrequited love.
“As a mere maid, it may not be my place to ask this, but how do you feel about me, Young Lord?”
I had never experienced romance in my life, not even once in this world or in Korea, but upon hearing those words, I wasn’t so clueless that I wouldn’t understand the implications.
It sounded like something someone would say right before confessing their feelings.
Was the moment finally here where all the effort I put into making Chloe my personal maid would bear fruit?
In any case, I should take her feelings seriously right now.
“No matter what anyone says, I consider Chloe to be family.”
“Is that so? I… ”
Chloe took a deep breath.
Then, after looking around and contemplating, she finally confessed her feelings.
“I love you, Young Lord.”
Before I could respond, Chloe continued speaking without pause.
“Just seeing you focus on your work in the office makes me smile. I love how kind you are, eating cakes you don’t like for my sake. I’m so happy that I wish these days would last forever.”
When I stretch while feeling tired from work, Chloe often looks at me and smiles gently.
The moment our eyes meet, she pretends she wasn’t looking and shifts her gaze back to the book she’s studying…
But her face turns as red as an apple.
Sometimes, I tease her like that.
“Did I get something on my face?”
Just asking that makes her stutter and bury her face in her book.
“So I thought it would be nice to always be like this… but now it doesn’t feel like enough.”
A drop of tear fell on my face.
Although my vision was blocked by Chloe’s chest, she must surely be crying, right?
“Other maids around you, not to mention Christina, seem to be secretly attracted to you, Young Lord. Although she doesn’t seem to realize her feelings yet, considering how charming you are, I’m sure she’ll fall in love before long… just like I did as a maid.”
“Chloe.”
“I like you, Young Lord. That’s why I always strive to be helpful to you. I’ve worked hard studying things I’ve never done before, like writing, math, and accounting. I may not be of help yet, but when you praise me for doing well, it warms my heart. But at the same time, I feel so anxious.”
Chloe gulped and said in a small voice, almost pleadingly.
“You are so wonderful, beloved by everyone, and I know that someday you’ll marry some noble lady from a prestigious family. I understand that I can’t monopolize your affection forever, but still.”
She gripped my hand tightly.
Chloe’s hands were slightly trembling, or rather, quite a bit shaking.
“I want to be your woman, even if I’m just your ‘number.’ So, I have tried my best to become the type of girl you like. I studied hard, exercised to keep in shape, and since it seems you like big breasts, I’ve even massaged myself when I thought you weren’t looking. So, please…”
In dramas, when a girl confesses like this, the male protagonist usually interrupts by kissing her.
But I think that’s not a good idea.
When someone gathers the courage to speak desperately, you should at least let them finish!
“Every time I touched myself, I imagined it was your touch. Each time, that part of my heart ached a little more…”
Chloe carefully removed her head from my knee.
We faced each other.
Tears were already brimming in Chloe’s eyes, which expressed every emotion inside her.
Fear of rejection, hope that love would blossom, an unwillingness to let go—all kinds of emotions reflected through her gaze.
“Please, Young Lord. Make me your woman and let me find peace in that.”
At this point, asking if it’s okay for someone like me to be with her is a foolish question.
The person saying it might have good intentions…
But from my perspective, it sounded so ridiculous that I questioned whether my ears were working properly.
‘She’s confessing so passionately because she likes me that much.’
Questions like “Don’t regret this” would be something a fool would ask.
“I’m sorry I couldn’t say it first.”
I reached out and stroked Chloe’s hair and cheek.
Tears still lingered in her eyes, but a relieved smile spread across her face.
“Please accept me, Young Lord.”
Instead of responding, I leaned in for a kiss.
Chloe cautiously began to undress herself.
Under her maid outfit, she was wearing quite daring lingerie—no, a negligee was hidden away.
As her underwear was revealed, she lowered her head and stuttered.
“I wanted to look as pretty as possible for my first experience with you, so I saved up my salary to buy this. I also asked the butler to let me drink two cups of coffee, saying it might hurt at first. I probably won’t be able to sleep tonight.”
While coffee can stimulate desire, there’s no way it alleviates the pain of a first experience…
Chloe placed my hand on her chest and whispered.
“Please color me with your essence, Master, until the night is over.”
That night, I finally stepped into adulthood.
After enjoying my first night together until morning, I woke up to find Chloe sleeping under the covers, which was so cute that it happened again, making me unable to go to work the next day.
Sebastian prepared a meal for me that day consisting of seaweed soup loaded with eel, oysters, almonds, and garlic.
“Young Lord, we have a guest outside.”
Upon hearing that, I clicked my tongue.
“Who could it be, Sebastian? I’m busy taking care of the things I postponed yesterday.”
“It’s Duke Ducat, the commander of the First Division of the Toscan Empire.”
Though it was a bit later than I expected, the Emperor had said he would give me an opportunity to achieve military merit, right?
So I figured I’d be doing something akin to military service.
But of all things, it had to be the division where that Pereira guy is profiting off supplies?
“I can’t even imagine what kind of work they’ll assign me. Damn it.”
The Emperor really doesn’t give me any easy tasks at all.
I just hope I don’t pull a muscle while exercising at night and end up bedridden for a week.