I Mistook the Hidden Identity of the Sub Male Lead Chapter 10

 

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Usually, it was a manner to send a letter to introduce yourself to society.

 

I checked the letter once again because I thought the recipient was wrong, but my name was correctly written in the letter.

 

Now that I’ve received it, I’ll have to open the letter. I carefully opened the letter. The letter, written in a flowing style, contained a concise sentence.

 

To summarize roughly, it was a letter about ‘Work as a maid in the Imperial Palace starting tomorrow.’

 

「BY. Diel.」

 

What’s with you? Sending a letter using Diel then asking me to come to the Palace?

 

Instead of a contract that I couldn’t tear no matter how much I wanted to, I crumpled the handwritten letter in my hand.

 

My resentment that had accumulated while throwing a pile of letters on the floor subsided a little.

 

“Oh, miss?”

 

“Please throw away this trash, I don’t want to see them. No, burn it. So that no traces remain.”

 

“Yes!”

 

Ronnie nodded nervously about whether she thought my hysteria had begun to explode again.

 

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It was an ordinary day except for the letters I received this morning. This day was the last day of the New Year’s banquet.

 

Soon, Radiata and Ellex would meet, like fate at a gorgeous party.

 

Radiata proposes to marry in exchange for her safety from their first encounter! It was a proposal for a contract marriage, but it was a pretty romantic scene.

 

‘I want to see that scene.’

 

Hasn’t she been bitterly beaten by Grandiel because of his useless curiosity already? One such mistake was enough.

 

‘I might get a strange misunderstanding if someone saw me while looking around for nothing.’

 

The desire to hit the drum alone in the Imperial hallway while Radiata proposes, but when I think of Ellex, my excitement quickly dies down.

 

‘Yes, what am I doing? It doesn’t mean that money falls just by seeing that scene.’

 

I put aside my curiosity neatly and went down to the restaurant to appreciate the peace I have now.

 

My mother and father arrived in the dining first.

 

While looking at the dinner this evening, I suddenly realized that Rendle’s seat was empty.

 

“What about Rendle?”

 

“Didn’t you hear from him yesterday? He went back last night because he had to start training today. He said that he would be staying at the palace for three years.”

 

He graduated from the Academy with good grades and joined the Imperial Knights. Yesterday, Rendle stopped by to ask about his diploma and my parents’ blessing.

 

‘I tried to clear up some misunderstandings and rebuild our relationship…’

 

I would also stay at the palace from tomorrow, so I would meet him again soon anyway, but somehow, if I happened to bump into him at the Imperial Palace, I thought he’d be annoyed asking, ‘why are you here in the Imperial Palace?’

 

I couldn’t help it when there was nothing I could do.

 

I decided to think about Rendle later, and once I opened my mouth to tell my parents about my job.

 

“Mother, I…”

 

“Why? Did you get into trouble again?”

 

However, my words were cut off even before I brought the subject up.

 

I stopped talking and shrugged slightly at my mother’s sharp voice.

 

It was because of the habit of talking to my mom and dad immaturely and calling them “mother”, or “father” whenever I get into trouble.

 

‘Yes, I was in trouble again.’

 

115 gold trauma in the dressing room.

 

A cold sweat ran out my forehead. Of course, I’ll pay it back, but if I get caught now, my mother’s full-power back-smashing hand would fly on me.

 

The taste of my mother’s hand, which was stronger than most knights, gave me chills.

 

I shook my head quickly, “I’m an adult now. More than that, I’ll start working at the Imperial Palace tomorrow.”

 

I turned the subject away with a hint of embarrassment.  I spoke smoothly, but my mother’s lavender-colored eyes, which resembled Rendle, were bitter.

 

She was staring at me, trying to figure out what kind of trouble I got into.

 

“Work? What are you going to do?”

 

“I’m going to work as a maid in the Imperial Palace.”

 

My mother didn’t spit it out of her mouth, but her face shows it like,’ You? You’re going to be a maid?’.

 

Honestly, the idea that I would become a maid was a story that Rendle would laugh at.

 

‘I wanted to be a maid.’

 

The poor Viscount’s daughter, the maid was just a decoration in the painting. The salary was not a problem, but I have no talent to excel in other jobs.

 

Unlike a maid who does chores, a lady who was a high-class maid working in the Palace had to have noble blood.

 

It doesn’t matter if they were aristocrat relatives or a fallen aristocrat, but the commoner was not allowed unless it was a special case.

 

Even to become an exclusive maid for a high status as a royal family or a duke, they had to at least be on a ‘Count‘ level of an aristocrat.

 

Usually, some aristocrats are unable to participate in society because they were unable to get married, have no money in their families, or their families have fallen, and they generally wanted to serve a noble with a high rank.

 

Who would want to work as a maid of honor for a perishing Viscount family?

 

Anyway, I tried to make excuses that I had been preparing to alleviate my mother’s suspicion. If it weren’t for my father putting down his fork and knife.

 

“It was sudden, already starting tomorrow to work in the Palace?”

 

My father, who was listening to the story, said softly. The line was thin and weak for a man, but I knew it. What if he’s really angry, he’d be scarier than my mother.

 

“Do you know how upset I was to buy a ruby ​​of a lower grade than Razvia? So I’m going to buy a new necklace and beat her!”

 

If I told them that I suddenly realized the truth overnight and reflected on it, who would believe me? I used to spit out excuses that I could make.

 

My mother sighed with sad eyes while saying, “That’s what you are..,” and my father, who was nodding his head, smiled.

 

“You bought a new dress for the New Year’s party.”

 

“What?”

 

My head was blank for a while because of the unexpected subject. I got scolded by my mother for wearing a dress with 30 gold on credit last time.

 

For the time being, buying new dresses was prohibited, and even the dressing room where I often go was blocked to stop me from buying due to our low credit.

 

‘But I’m an immature spine breaker!’

 

I wanted to get a new dress somehow, so I asked the same group of nobles to introduce me to a new dressing room, so I bought three without my parent’s knowledge. But why does my father know that?

 

“By the way, you only attended the New Year’s party on the first day.”

 

“Come to think of it!”

 

My mother, who noticed the strangeness of my father’s words, also responded, “No, it was actually a fight with Nouner! I didn’t want to be humiliated because I entered alone without an escort.”

 

“Ah, I heard it from Rendle. He said he raised his hand to you in the parlor.”

 

My mother’s voice became bloody. It was an impromptu excuse, but thanks to Ren’s statement, the credibility of my excuse has increased.

 

‘Rendle, good job!’

 

From the beginning, my mother hated Nouner because he only had a smudged shell and rotten inside.

 

She said that he was like a civil servant who pretends to be educated, and she only allowed him because I begged him that I wanted to be engaged to him. I decided that now was the time to bring up the story of the breakup.

 

“Mother, father. I told Nouner that I was going to break our engagement.”

 

“So you decided to be a maid in the Imperial Palace?”

 

Oh, this is how it continues like this. I was accidentally caught up in spite of my sloppy lie.

 

I nodded my head. There were few future choices for aristocratic women who could not get married even though they were adults.

 

Representatively, the Imperial court maid or the priest in the temple. However, if I entered as a priest in the temple and did not have divine power, I would have to do chores.

 

Without pay! For this reason, being a maid in the Imperial Palace was more popular. Thanks to the high competition rate, it was difficult to enter without a recommendation letter.

 

‘It’s a free pass because I’m recommended by the Crown Prince.’

 

I didn’t know that I was going to get a parachute job here that I hadn’t experienced in my previous life. After all, I ended the conversation, thinking that my network of people was the best.

 

“I’m sorry for doing whatever I want.”

 

“No, it’s better to work as a palace maid than to marry trash who raises their hands recklessly. And it wouldn’t be bad for you to work yourself and develop a sense of managing your own money.”

 

My mother defended me with her shallow sigh, and my dad was confused about something, but he didn’t open his mouth.

 

The dinner ended peacefully. I was fortunate that it worked out better than I thought. It was refreshing as if ten-year-old constipation had gone down.

 

‘No, I still have cheap poop left, so I shouldn’t let my guard down.’ 

 

‘Debt and contract.’ The unexpected dung increased, but I decided to think positively.

 

It’s an opportunity to work steadily, pay back debts, save money, and prepare for my stable retirement.

 

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When I arrived at the Imperial Palace, my heart was pounding. I don’t have to do much of a maid’s job, but I heard that a neck falls for just one small mistake.

 

‘Well, it’s okay as long as I’m not in charge of the evil woman.’

 

Stella Magnolia is the villain of the novel. The Queen’s first daughter had a long unrequited love for Ellex.

 

‘In fact, she believed that she would be marrying Ellex before the Queen’s death because they had talked about marriage a few times before her death.’

 

However, her shock must be enormous since Ellex married the illegitimate child of the count who suddenly appeared.

 

‘Anyway, it’s a story that has nothing to do with me.’

 

My role was an extra who gets sent off on the last day of the New Year’s party after being dragged out by Ellex.

 

However, the New Year’s party passed safely, and there were no more scenes where I appeared.

 

My complete freedom!  I hummed my way to the main palace with the joy of not having to be entangled with the original.

 

The letter said to go and find ‘Sedum’.

 

It was a sentence like finding a needle in the desert, but I walked lightly thinking that I would know where he was if I asked someone when I arrived at the main palace.

 

“How the hell did you know about this place?”

 

A familiar voice. A familiar line. It was an ominous feeling as if the warmth of the sun shining had disappeared.

 

I swallowed and turned my head in the direction of the sound. There stood Ellex, who was frowning grimly.

 

‘Wasn’t that guy my stalker at this level?’

 

It was absurd. First, he called the person who was walking and pretended to know them, but he was talking as if I had been chasing him.

 

I was annoyed, but I tried to understand his attitude because he was distrustful of my past mistakes. I calmly explained my situation and opened my mouth to resolve the misunderstanding.

 

“Duke, I’m…”

 

“You’ve been quiet for a while, and now you’re chasing me even in the palace. I’m sick and tired of it.”

 

I’m sick and tired of it. This damn thing again. Why are you picking on me for someone else’s stalking? Besides, this guy, it seemed like he had no intention of listening to whatever I said.