The Main Heroine Likes the Extra

28 – Maid Luca and the Nightmare Mansion

Luca Altran is the third daughter of Count Altran.

Although Count Altran was a hereditary aristocrat and was quite prestigious, he was not very wealthy.

Because of the current count, who wanted a son, he had to take care of four children until the son was born, and when the child was four, it cost a lot of money.

Clever and quick-witted, Luca understood her family’s circumstances right away at a young age, and when she reached a working age, she left home to earn money.

In that way, the place where Luca succeeded in getting her a job was none other than the Duke of Ignis.

For a maid, she was a place that could be called a conglomerate.

“This is Luka Altran! Thank you very much!”

At the time her Lucca came in, Duke Ignis had her second daughter Riel Ignis about to enter her academy right in front of her.

For some reason, the duchess and her son were away, and her eldest daughter was working in the royal capital, so when her second daughter leaves for the academy, the mansion becomes an ownerless mansion for a long time.

Of course, even in a mansion without an owner, it was a situation where it had to be managed and maintained, so there were a lot of things to review, so the servants in the mansion were very busy.

Of course, even so, when her new recruit, Lukara, her senior maids enthusiastically taught her.

As Lucca undergoes her new training, she is able to see Riel Ignis, the owner of her mansion, from afar for the first time.

It was a girl with flame-red hair that reached just below her shoulders.

But her eyes were almost as dark as those of a dead person, and her expression was also expressionless, which made Luka feel a little creepy.

There was an exclusive maid next to the little lady, and it seemed that she was following her master to the royal road.

Luca, who had never been to the Royal Capital, was a little envious of that.

It must have been about two weeks since the second lady left for the academy.

She had a name she heard often while learning and working hard in the mansion.

His name is Alan Ludwig.

I had never heard of the surname Ludwig, but it turns out that he is the surname of a knight who is in charge of the knight commander in this mansion.

Although Alan Ludwig is the son of the knight, he is living in the mansion and talking to the second lady.

He also said that he went to the academy with an escort and lady, but Luca had never seen him before.

That’s why Luca thought it was very strange.

There were strangely many praises and expectations for Alan at the mansion.

There were a lot of maids who liked him, and the topic about him never stopped.

Luca couldn’t understand.

‘Aren’t you a commoner anyway?’

The head of the Knights Ludwig is not a noble, but a knight.

At least, if you are a noble, your child can be treated as a noble until the person who received the title dies or returns the title, but knights are different.

Parents work as knights to earn money and live affluent lives, and opportunities for education expand, but the treatment is no different from that of commoners.

No matter how good he is, he’s not easy to get a title of nobility, so why would he like it that much?

And even slandering the young lady?

As far as I heard, the first lady bullied the second lady, and Alan-kun stopped the situation.

But Luca didn’t believe it.

At least a commoner boy stopped a noble lady?

You have to say something that makes sense.

Perhaps always, rumors are inflated… I thought it was something like that.

A month has passed since Luca started working at the mansion.

Luca, who received a paycheck for the first time, sent some of it home and took a day off for the first time in a while and came out to the city center.

The city of Brimton, befitting the largest city in the dukedom, is a large city that boasts a large scale even if it is inferior to the royal capital.

Luca spent the day enjoying shopping and eating delicious food with her salary.

Rumors of this and that came to Luka’s ears, and he also heard rumors about the duke’s mansion where he worked.

“Where is the Duke?”

“However, it’s rare that you’re away for so long…”

It was common for Duke Ignis to be away, but this was the first time he hadn’t appeared in the mansion for over three months.

Luca came here and he was shocked to learn that it had been over three months since he hadn’t known about it since he had only been here for a month.

After the holiday, she came back to the mansion and asked the senior living in the same room about this.

“Huh? It happens often, but is something strange?”

“Yeah…But no matter how strange it is, three months isn’t it!”

“Three…Months? Was that so?”

A senior maid muttering like that over and over again.

You lose your sense of time when you’re busy working, but even so, you won’t lose the sense of time the owner is away from home.

“Well…You’ll be back someday! Our job is to take care of this mansion until then!”

“That…Isn’t it…?”

I asked not only the senior maid, but also the other servants in the mansion, but they all seemed to take it lightly.

Is it really okay?

But Luca is the newest person in this mansion. If the seniors were like that, I had no choice but to swallow the awkwardness inside.

A week has passed since the first holiday.

“Hey!!”

He found out that he overslept, and Luka was taken aback.

As usual, even if she slept a little late, the senior would have woken her up, but that didn’t happen this time.

When I looked at the seat next to her, thinking it was strange, the senior was also sleeping on the bed.

“Senior! You’re late! Wake up, senpai!!”

Luca shook her senior awake.

Her senior’s eyes opened, and as she stared at Luca with her blank expression, a light came into her eyes.

“Kyaaah!!”

“Senpai! We have to go quickly!!”

Luka, who quickly prepared and came out with her spirited senior, was scolded by her maid chief.

However, there were many workers who were late today, such as Luca and her senior maid, so that time ended quickly.

Aside from me… I wonder if the other servants have become disillusioned because they do not have owners?

Luca thought so and passed it on, but as expected, a corner of her heart felt bad.

After that day, the uneasy feeling in Luca’s heart only grew.

That’s also true, because it wasn’t once or twice that the servants got scolded for oversleeping or being absent-minded.

Even the chief maid or the head of the butler, who is the subject of the scolding, has even committed it several times.

No matter how many mistakes people make, if they continue to be scolded, they will be corrected, even for a short time.

But it was just scary to repeat the same thing every day.

And the situation was getting worse and worse.

“Senpai! Wake up! Senpai!”

“Eh…Luka…?”

“Yes! Senpai! I have to go to work!!”

“Uh…Yeah… I have to go… I have to work…”

It wasn’t just the senior Luca was waking up right now.

As time passed, all the users in the house became like this.

I can’t even wake up in the morning, and when I feel like I’m awake, I’m standing there blankly with my mind somewhere else.

It was not uncommon for him to lose his mind while moving things and break things.

What the hell… What the hell happened?

Could there be an outbreak of an unidentified rare disease?

What if it’s an infectious disease and I get it too?

Luca trembled with fear.

And after that, two months had passed since Luca came to the duke’s mansion.

The only person who can walk around the mansion unharmed is Luca.

“Senior! Senior!!”

I called out anxiously and shook the senior in the same room, but the senior showed no reaction as he stared into the sky with unfocused eyes.

If you hit or press hard, the only thing you can feel is the ‘ugh…’ Sound.

“Scared…Scared…!”

Luca fell into fear and panic.

Luca eventually tried to escape the mansion.

Leaving the mansion, running out of the house, what Luca saw in front of his eyes was a locked gate.

The butler has the key to the gate.

I went back to the mansion and went to the butler, but the butler was also insane.

I searched through the butler’s luggage, but the key was nowhere to be found.

I found a small safe, but it was locked with magic.

It cannot be opened unless it is the magic power of the person concerned.

Even if he tried to break it with force, it was impossible for Luka, who had no power and could not use magic, and had to give up on opening it with a key.

Neither the gate that locked the mansion nor the high walls surrounding the mansion were too high for Luca to climb over.

Even if you shout for help, there are hardly any residents around here, even if you don’t know the soldiers.

Luca realized. He said he was locked up in this mansion.

How much time has passed. Luca was living alone in the mansion.

He took care of his manners. What I learned here is things like cleaning and doing laundry.

I ate rice in moderation from the food storage. I didn’t know how to cook, but there was plenty of food to eat raw.

“Senior…”

“……”

Luca was taking care of the servants, starting with a senior who couldn’t come to his senses.

One day, Luca looked around the mansion and found that one of the servants had died.

The cause of death was starvation. The dead man was Red, a gardener who was busy eating minimal food.

For the first time, Luka, who saw someone dead, panicked.

Couldn’t it have died because I neglected it…?

But Luca had no idea what to do.

But there was one thing that Luca found out when he came to his room to rest.

These people seemed to be out of their minds, but when food or water was brought in front of their eyes, they ate it on their own.

As if it was natural, they put food and water in their hands without saying anything, as if they were eating normally.

After that day, Luca moved all the servants into their rooms and distributed food and water.

Obviously the opponent was a human, but they gave food like they would feed livestock.

Defecation also had to be taken care of by Luca.

He did not want to see people die any more, although it was a great toil.

One day, Luka realized something.

‘Ah… Barracks!!’

Soldiers are stationed in the barracks.

Couldn’t the same thing have happened in the barracks?

Are the soldiers okay?

When he first came to this mansion, he remembered the kindness of the soldiers.

But there was nothing Luca could do.

He can’t even get out of this mansion in the first place.

Luca had no choice but to suppress her worries.

After about a week or two, I heard the gate of the mansion open with a sound.

Luca, who was taking care of her senior, glanced out the window toward the gate.

Who are you?

Who finally came to help?

Thought so, Luka looked at the people entering and his expression hardened.

Those who appear to be armed knights and wizards.

As long as he didn’t know who the opponent was, the armed soldiers were a warning to Luca.

What if this really is an unknown epidemic… And they came to clean up?

Luca panicked and left the place.

The place Luca was heading to was the food depot.

He hid there, locked the door, and held his breath.

How long had passed before I heard the sound of an attempt to open the door, then I heard a bang trying to force it open.

I had to be quiet, but I had to hold my breath, but Luka, who fell in fear, screamed.

“Is anyone there?”

A male voice. But Luca continued to scream.

“Hey! There’s someone here! Hey, calm down!”

“Quaaa!!”

“Tell Eve! I found someone I can talk to! Help me open the door!”

Luca’s nightmare was about to end.