Chapter 7 - Pain (1/2)

Translator: Blushy

Editor: delishnoodles

A few hours later, my sleep was naturally cut off, and my eyes opened.

I had asked Claire to come to wake me up in the evening, but she didn’t need to.

My headache, which should have subdued, had gotten worse. It was painful, and it felt like it was being beaten with a hammer.

I sighed. It’s probably because I slept too much.

I moved my heavy body because I was awfully thirsty and got off my bed. I picked up the jug of water that was on the dresser, poured it into a glass cup and gulped it down.

When the lukewarm water slid down my throat, my mind became clear, and my headache felt a little bit better.

I suddenly looked at the big mirror in front of me.

A woman with a bad complexion and a gloomy expression was reflected in the clear mirror. Her ruffled hair that fell on her shoulders and back coupled with her gloomy face made her look like a ghost.

――― What an ugly face.

Her appearance was completely different from Diana’s shining one, whom I met in the afternoon, and it was appalling to think that such a woman was acting selfish and domineering.

I pressed my hands on my forehead to relieve my pounding headache, sat down on the bed and held my head.

――― It hurts.

I hung my head down in depression, but that finally became painful, so I laid back down again.

I closed my eyes tightly and endured the pounding pain.

I don’t know how long I did that for, but after a while, I heard a knock at the door. I thought that Claire had come to wake me up, so I gave her permission to enter the room.

“Excuse me.”

Standing behind the door was a young man who was stylishly dressed in the black uniform that the servants wore.

He had dark brown hair, grey eyes, fair skin and delicate features.

He would look friendly if he laughed, but the expression that he directed towards me was stern, and I didn’t feel any courtesy from him.

I got up with a frown, brushed away my bangs which were in the way and said, “Oh my, this is rare for you to come to my room. Right, Juris?”

The young man’s name is Juris Heiman.

He is still young, but he is a butler of this mansion.

“You look awful, Madam,” a cold voice originated from his thin lips.

Juris hates me, and it clearly showed in his attitude.

He is gentle and friendly to everyone, but he takes a blatant attitude when he is in front of me.

However, Juris’s reaction is very reasonable if you think about my daily behaviour.

It was natural for people to hate me if they are decent human beings.

As for servants, they might be disqualified to be one.

“What can I do? I was sleeping until just a little while ago. If you don’t like it, then get out. I want to nap again,” I said purposely even though my drowsiness had already been blown away and I was unlikely to get any sleep tonight.

I had to act selfish and domineering even in front of Juris.

Juris made an expression that looked like the one his master would make, and sighed deeply.

“It’s already evening.”

“What’s wrong with sleeping when I want to sleep even if it’s in the evening or during the daytime?”

Juris shrugged his shoulders as if he was stunned and stepped inside the room.

Claire and Renee appeared from behind him one after the other. They stopped at the door and bowed like usual.

I looked at Claire, and she glanced at Juris, then she bowed her head again apologetically.

“What? So, you guys are here too? You look like rats hiding secretly behind Juris.”

Claire and Renee didn’t change their expressions, but Juris frowned.

“Stop bullying your servants.”

“I’m not bullying them. I’m just saying what I think. Don’t stand separately at the corner of my eyes… So, what is it? What do you want with me?”

“Lord Orpheus has summoned you.”

“I don’t want to. Is he going to lecture me again? I’d already refused him, but did he not hear what I said? I wonder if he was too focused on his dear Diana. Ah, it’s such a joke that I have to see him twice a day…”

“He wants you to have dinner with him.”

I was playing with my hair in irritation, but those words made my hands stop.

I didn’t know why he was inviting me to eat with him at this point in time and asked in return, “Hah?”

“Dinner, you say? What?”

“Just what it is, Madam. Lord Orpheus wants to have dinner with his wife tonight. So please get ready now. Do your hair, change your clothes and put on makeup…”

“That’s a joke!” I jumped off the bed and raised my voice.

My brain jolted because of my sudden movement, and my head hurt badly, but I was in the middle of acting, so I firmly endured it.

“Why do I have to have dinner with that man? No, I don’t want to! I refuse!”

“Ma-madam…”

Perhaps because I had suddenly shouted, Claire’s shoulders shook from behind Juris.

I apologised for surprising her in my head and argued vehemently, “He’s just going to nag me again anyway! What’s with him? I’ve already heard enough from him yesterday morning. What?! Is bullying me that much fun?!”

“I don’t know what Lord Orpheus is thinking. I have been ordered by him to bring you to him.”

“Then tell him I said no!”

“I have been ordered to bring you to him. If you don’t want to eat with him, then please tell him directly.”

“Juris! Are you not going to listen to me even though you’re just a servant?!” I screamed hysterically.

I laughed inside at the horrible high-pitched and selfish scream.

Claire widened her eyes in surprise, met my eyes and nodded in admiration.

However, it didn’t seem to work on Juris, who was used to my tantrums, and he remained calm as if he hadn’t heard anything.

He turned back nonchalantly and ordered the two maids who were waiting behind him, “Help her get ready.”

“Hey!” I raised my voice in objection, but he glared at me.

“If you are unsatisfied with me, then please tell your complaints to Lord Orpheus.”

“What did you say?!”

I knew that it was useless for me to complain about him. My clenched hands shook, and I grind my teeth in annoyance.

“You’re really annoying! … Fine, alright! If you’re going to say that much, then I’ll go! ――― Claire and Renee, just fix my hair and makeup! Once I’m done, I’ll do what that man wants and complain until his ears fall out!” I drove out Juris with words appropriate for a loser’s remark and ordered Claire and Renee to start my preparations.

I had told them to only fix my hair and makeup, but the skirt part of my dress was full of wrinkles and looked terrible, so I ended up changing into another dress.

I chose a chiffon dress in pale yellow with no useless decorations.

I took many deep breaths while walking to the dining room and tried to calm the feelings welling up inside of me.

――― I will have to argue with Orpheus once more.

When I thought that, I wanted to run back to my room and shut myself inside, but I scolded myself and continued forward.