Chapter 580: Shes Just Like the Holy Mother (1/2)

With a nonchalant tone, as if she was making small talk…… Illness-san spoke about the shocking fact that she’s a Count-level, High-ranking Demon.

While we were dumbfounded and were lost for words, Lilia-san was the first to recover from her confusion and drew closer to Illness-san.

[I- Illness, you’re a Count-level, High-ranking Demon!? T- That’s something I’ve never heard about after all these times……]

[You never aaaaaasked.]

[……N- No, I certainly didn’t ask but…… I mean, I didn’t expect it. P- Putting that aside, if you say you’re a Count-rank…… In the first place, why are you working as a maid at the royal capital……]

I certainly have become familiar with this world to a certain extent, so I understand that the Count-level, High-ranking Demons are part of the most powerful people in the world.

She could be the leader of one of the Six Kings’ subordinates, or even the lord of a castle with her own power.

However, I remember hearing that Illness-san had been a maid at the royal castle since Lilia-san was a child. I wonder how she ended up working there as a maid?

[Count-raaaaanks doesn’t necessariiiily mean that they have to be in a high position. As My Lady knooooows~~ I’m not good at standing ooooout, so working moooodestly is more suitable for meeee.]

[……I- Is that so…… W- Well, if that’s what you want, I won’t ask you to quit being a maid but…… Errr, Illness?]

[What is iiiiit~~?]

[I think you really should be the head maid……]

[No thaaaaaanks.]

Lilia-san, who had known Illness-san for a long time, nodded her head in agreement, but then she timidly made a suggestion.

However, Illness-san completely brushed her suggestion under the rug.

[Ugghhh, t- then, please at least accept a salary raise…… Adding with how much work you did for the mansion, you can’t just expect to be paid the same as the other common maid even though you’re a Count-ranker……]

[It’s not necessaaaaary~~ I’m quite satisfiiiiiied with my current salaryyyy.]

[Ughhhh…… E- Even if that’s so, I have a reputation to uphold. You’re doing ten times more work than the others…… The fact that you, a Count-level, High-ranking Demon, is being worked hard for a low salary is……]

Hmmm. This is probably that, right? Lilia-san is most probably just using Illness-san’s identity as a Count-level, High-ranking Demon as a pretext, as she has been wanting to increase Illness-san’s salary for some time.

However, Illness-san had refused. Thereupon, the status of a Count-level, High-ranking Demon that was discovered this time…… I have a feeling that she saw this as an opportunity and are trying to somehow get her to agree to a salary increase.

[This is something I like to do~~ so there’s no neeeeed.]

[Uuuuuu…… I- I’m not saying that we increase your salary 10 times. If we could at least double it……]

[No thaaaaaaanks.]

[……1.5 times?]

[If you can afford to raise my salaryyyy, please raise the salaries of the other childreeeeen~~ They will defintely be happyyyyyy.]

It was a complete refusal. Lilia-san looked like she was about to cry…… I guess she has been turned down like this before.