123 – EP.6 Until a girl becomes a maid

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Parental love is said to be endless, but her parents were an exception.

Her parents, who ran a small inn, relieved the stress on her and her younger sister when the operation deteriorated and life began.

A meaningless mess.

Abusive language pouring in every day.

Hand jjigeom flying every day.

Even though she was young, she thought she would die soon.

And that thought helped her make the decision to take her sister and leave the house.

Leaving home, she and her brother traveled a long way with the stolen money.

At least, it was the judgment that there would be a way to make a living if you go to a big city with a lot of people.

However, the city I arrived at after walking aimlessly was not as good as I thought.

Children who thought the same as her were already lined up on the streets, and adults who wanted to take advantage of such children approached her without hiding their dark hearts.

It had to be harsh in order to survive.

Emma became ferocious, just like my parents had been.

If other children snooped in the alley where he had settled down, he would drive them out with an iron pipe.

Sometimes, when my sister begged for food and was beaten by adults, she took revenge by throwing stones.

To survive in the city, he rummaged through garbage cans and shoplifted.

Emma was quick to adapt to it, but her sister, Annie, was not.

If Emma earned 5, Annie didn’t earn 1.

Obviously, they left home to be happy, but Emma forgot about it and treated Annie harshly.

Annie searched the trash can desperately.

“Sorry unnie. I’m not feeling well these days.”

One day, while listening to Emma’s reprimand, Annie cried and clung to her, and Emma realized her mistake only when she saw her sister crying in her arms.

As if it was not a lie that she was sick, Annie’s condition worsened day by day.

I didn’t eat anything, but my stomach was full, and my limbs were skinny.

His face was pale, and it was difficult to breathe.

“My sister will bring the doctor.”

Items could be obtained by pickpocketing, but doctors could not be called that way.

The proud adult in the white coat would not move unless he paid a fair price.

The amount the doctor suggested was absurd.

It’s an amount that you can’t fill half of the money you have now.

“Money, I need money.”

Sitting at a street fountain, Emma looked for a target.

Already, rumors about children like Emma have been circulating, and people are hiding their wallets tightly.

Others tied their wallets to a string and tied them to their wrists.

So, she decided to target outsiders.

After waiting for a long time, I was able to find a neatly dressed outsider.

As if he wasn’t familiar with the geography of this place, he looked around all over the place.

Seeing her defenseless, she quickly started working and failed.

The butler around the gentleman grabbed her hand and raised it up.

“You bastard! How dare you know who this is!”

“Let this go!! Let go!!”

He struggled in the air, but the difference in strength between an adult and a child was absolute.

“Sebastian. Put the child down.”

When the gentleman spoke, the bearded old man threw Emma to the floor.

“Little boy. Do you need help?”

The gentleman came to eye level with Emma, who had been knocking her ass on the stone floor.

The gentleman did not ask, ‘Do you need money?’

The kindness she received for the first time in the city eased young Emma’s heart.

“Oh, my brother is sick.”

She still didn’t know why she wept when she said this.

After hearing her words, the gentleman was guided by Emma to where his brother was.

The butler next to him showed disapproval, but he didn’t say anything about how often this happened.

After examining Annie’s condition, the gentleman hugged her and went to the doctor.

Emma was surprised to see that the talking doctor, who had told her to bring more money if she wanted to go on a business trip, treated the gentleman with worldly kindness and courtesy.

“Of course I heard the name of the master.”

When I asked the butler the reason, he gave a stupid answer.

After the treatment was over, the gentleman called Emma aside.

“Little boy. The doctor says your brother is already exhausted. You have left the disease too long.”

Realizing the meaning of the words, Emma cried out loud on the spot.

“No eh… Annie… Annie…”

The gentleman knelt on the floor and lightly patted the crying Emma on the back.

When Emma had no more tears to shed after crying for a long time, the gentleman opened his mouth.

“By any chance, do you sisters have a place to go? Other than that alley.”

“…No.”

Emma shook her head.

“Hmm…”

The gentleman, lost in thought for a moment, calls the butler.

The gentleman instructed the butler to do something, and the butler seemed to resist for a moment, but nodded saying he would understand soon.

Annie came out after receiving a simple treatment, and the gentleman left the hospital holding Annie in his arms.

“Let’s go with uncle.”

In front of the hospital, the gentleman said.

“Where are you?”

“There’s a villa where I’m staying for a while. Let’s stay there. So that my brother… can rest comfortably…”

Annie was sleeping soundly in the arms of a gentleman.

It looked better than before, but it still looked sick.

“Yes, got it.”

Emma had long since given up the idea that she might be following a bad adult.

Even if the gentleman suddenly changed and did something bad to her and Annie, she was resigned enough to accept it.

But as if to make fun of her concerns, the gentleman took great care of Emma and Annie.

The maids washed Emma and Annie clean and gave them pretty clothes.

“Sister… am I pretty?”

Annie, wearing a black dress with frills, lay down on the bed and called for Emma.

“It’s like a scarecrow in clothes.”

Emma replied bluntly, but did not hide the smile on her lips.

The gentleman called the doctor every day to check on Annie’s health.

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Doctors took care of Annie as best they could, but they only stopped the deterioration temporarily and could not cure it.

The gentleman gave Emma and Annie the food they wanted to eat without harming Annie’s body.

“Sister, this must be paradise.”

Annie smiled brightly as she ate the baked potato and the cream on top.

Emma’s heart felt heavy at the sight of her younger sister with her cheeks hollowed out.

2 weeks like that.

Annie, who had been persistent, passed away without seeing the next morning.

Emma’s voice calling her sister’s name rang through the villa, and the maids who had become attached to Annie stole tears.

‘Sister, I’m really happy.’

The words of her brother, who had been eating roasted chicken legs the day before, were the last words Emma could remember.

a month like that.

A gentleman visits Emma, who is locked in her bedroom.

“Now, we’re leaving here.”

“……”

“I came for a vacation, so I’m going back to my original house now.”

“…….”

“What are you going to do next? If you want, I’ll give you a little money for self-reliance.”

“…….”

“Or you can live in the villa and take care of it. I’m a little worried about being alone, but it’s better than the alleyway.”

“Mister, I have something to ask you.”

“Why be nice? I tried to steal your wallet.”

The gentleman’s mouth fell shut at Emma’s question.

“Unlike you, I’m a lowly person on the street. Why are you being nice to me?”

“Is there anything you want from me?”

Emma’s wet words hit the gentleman in the chest.

In Emma’s doubts, the gentleman bit his lower lip.

I felt sorry for the girl who fell into a situation where the gentleman had no choice but to be suspicious.

“Hey.”

The gentleman bends his knees and makes eye contact.

“I believe in the good heart that humans keep deep in their hearts.”

The gentleman stroked Emma’s hair.

“A good… heart?”

“Yes. A kind heart. Just like how you cared for your brother.”

“However….”

“They said they did bad things because of bad circumstances, but it was for the sake of their little brother. I have no intention of blaming it.

“……”

“And high or low status doesn’t matter to me. Of course, it’s true that I’m a noble… but I think all humans are noble. All humans deserve to be treated the same.”

Although this society divides up and down based on social status, I don’t like that kind of thing. added the gentleman.

“It was for that reason that I helped you. I helped you because your heart was wonderful, and because you deserved to be respected.”

“…okay.”

“That’s why I don’t feel comfortable leaving you like this. Street life isn’t kind to a young girl like you.”

The gentleman looked at Emma with a worried look.

“How would I better help you? I’ll help as much as I can.”

Emma thought for a moment.

Emma’s gaze turned to the door.

The busy sounds of servants packing up to go home could be heard from outside the room.

The sound of loading something, the sound of dragging something, the sound of making a fuss.

Emma felt the sound with her own ears.

“Mister. Can I follow him?”

“Um? Me?”

“Yes. Let me work as a maid at Uncle’s house.”

After thinking for a while, Emma said.

***

“That’s how I met the owner, and thankfully, the owner accepted me.”

When Emma spoke at the end of the long story, Inho shed a tear without realizing it.

“Are you crying?”

Emma approached In-ho with a sad face.

She took a handkerchief from her bosom and carefully wiped the tears from Inho’s cheek.

“I didn’t expect you to cry over a story that’s been around for decades. Kind master.”

“It’s the first time I’ve heard of it.”

Upon hearing about Emma’s dark past, In-ho protested, feeling depressed.

Emma gave a small smile at Inho’s words, which sounded like a child’s complaint.

After the sunset, night came to the mansion.