I Became a Tyrant’s Maid - Chapter 57

To be honest, Calix was on the verge of going crazy.

“Ah, fortunately, I learned about emergency first aid when I was young.”

He thought she would be flustered. After all, restarting a stopped heart isn’t within the realm of human capability.

However, Rose was now ‘explaining’ to him with utmost composure.

About how to make a heart beat again.

“The human brain needs oxygen, and the heart’s role is to deliver that oxygen. Since the heart had stopped, I had to forcibly compress the chest from the outside… Your Highness?”

He couldn’t understand any of it.

Calix couldn’t properly look at Rose’s face as she calmly spoke of such incredible things.

Rose seemed to misunderstand Calix’s expression, as she said to him with a resolute face.

“Your Highness, although it might seem a bit complicated, it’s quite essential knowledge that you should know.”

Not only had she revived him from death, but she was now trying to teach him how to revive dead people.

‘Is she a necromancer…?’

It was a reasonable assumption to make.

“If you cross your hands like this and compress strongly about 30 times just below the sternum, while also breathing into the airway, and repeat this process, it should work.”

“Airway?”

To Calix’s question, Rose casually pointed to her lips and answered.

“Because you need to supply oxygen, you open the airway like this and breathe in, Your Highness. Ah, also for hyperventilation symptoms…”

He pondered her words for a while.

Breathe in?

Calix unconsciously touched his own lips.

“Your Highness, are you listening?”

For the first time, he felt as if his intelligence had plummeted to the ground.

Rose’s eyes still sparkled blue, full of intelligence as she looked at him.

Calix glanced briefly towards the spacious bed.

And he thought.

When they get to the capital, he must definitely get separate rooms.

***

“Your Highness, why don’t you get some sleep?”

No wonder. He drank an entire bottle of wine by himself.

Calix slumped into the carriage with bleary eyes, and I looked at him, inwardly clicking my tongue.

“I’ve heard that red wine tends to cause quite severe hangovers, Your Highness.”

At my words, Calix looked at me with a seemingly aggrieved expression, gritting his teeth, then slouched back in his seat and replied.

“It’s not a hangover… Just ignore it.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

“But don’t ignore it completely, just ignore it moderately.”

“…Yes.”

I have no idea what he wants to do.

Is he trying to joke around? Anyway, Calix, befitting the male lead, managed everything smoothly.

He spoke the Desart language fluently without any magical artifacts, and somehow he managed to arrange for a carriage, getting everything done efficiently when he asked.

He’s truly versatile, a jack of all trades.

Calix seemed quite tired, falling asleep as soon as he rested his head on the carriage backrest.

‘Is he asleep?’

I waved my hand in front of Calix’s eyes.

Not a single movement.

Only then could I finally relax, letting out a sigh of relief.

Actually, I have been anxious since yesterday.

Due to the circumstances, I had to be with him 24 hours a day, so I didn’t have a chance to look at the diary.

I carefully reached into the luggage bag and took out the diary.

It was the same diary as always.

‘I’m sure this is what made me lose consciousness.’

According to Calix, it was a mana backflow phenomenon.

Isn’t it strange to have a mana backflow phenomenon without mana?

He’s clearly intelligent, so he must be suspicious of me.

But why is he just leaving me be?

Is he planning to purge me later?

If so, why did he bring me along when I fainted in the collapsing cave?

Moreover, Calix’s mood seemed very good since arriving in the Desart Empire.

‘It seems clear that he’s trying to look after me…’

The situation was becoming complicated in many ways.

I still couldn’t understand what Calix Posman was thinking, and I still had no idea what I needed to do to return home.

I tried to forget, but my situation was desperate.

Even if I met a magician, would they know how I could return home?

Is the diary really one of the reasons I fell into this world?

‘What if it’s not something arranged for me, but originally Rose’s?’

Can I really go home? What if I can’t?

What should I do?

I didn’t know anyone here.

Even if I had Milla and Aaron, whom I became close to in the palace, they were still strangers in the end.

All my friends and family are in Korea.

Can I really live here without them?

With trembling hands, I opened the first page of the diary.

And immediately closed it.

Cold sweat poured down.

‘This can’t be.’

The first page, is filled with jumbled red letters written in Korean.

This is why I couldn’t shake off the thought that this damned diary had something to do with why I fell into this world.

“Huh,”

Suddenly overcome with fear, I hastily threw the diary back into the bag.

“…What is it?”

“Ah, it’s nothing, Your Highness.”

I must have been too flustered.

“What is it? Tell me.”

Calix looked at me with a serious face, but I deliberately avoided his gaze.

My mind became incredibly complicated.

It felt like my thoughts were splitting into multiple directions, each running wild.

‘What is it? What are those red letters? A ghost? The diary always had Posnian language, but Korean? Korean? Korean? Korean? Korean? Korean?’

That’s when it happened.

Calix suddenly grabbed my wrist. Startled by the unexpected contact, I looked up at him.

My hands, held by Calix, were trembling.

“What on earth…”

I didn’t even realize I was shaking.

Calix held both my trembling hands, examining me closely with a not-quite-awake expression.

“You. What’s going on?”

“It’s really nothing, Your Highness. I’m worried that I might have disturbed your sleep by causing a commotion.”

However, disregarding my words, he reached out and checked the pulse on my neck.

“Why is your condition like this again?”

I hastily retreated from him.

I can’t be found out.

“I’m perfectly fine, Your Highness.”

Calix’s expression completely sank, seemingly displeased with my attempt to act as if nothing was wrong.

Then, in a voice I had never heard before, he spoke as if warning me.

“There are quite a few things I haven’t asked you. Why do you think that is?”

I looked at Calix, curling my toes at his question.

It became difficult to breathe.

Thump, thump. My heart started beating rapidly with a fear I had never felt before.

I had anticipated this.

Of course, he would have known.

That I was different from others.

And that I wasn’t an ordinary maid.

With such a quick-witted male protagonist, it was impossible for him not to know. It would be strange if he didn’t know.

“I prefer things with clear pros and cons. Among them, you are a pro to me.”

His voice started to soften gradually.

“As long as you’re beneficial to me, I intend to continue accommodating you.”

Calix wiggled his finger.

It meant to come closer.

“If you had intended to ruin me, you would have done so already. You’ve had plenty of opportunities, and you’re not stupid enough to miss them.”

At that moment, my heart plummeted to the floor.

“I’m not curious about your identity, nor do I want to know.”

“Your Highness…”

“But it would be troublesome if it interferes with your work.”

Calix let out a deep sigh as if to say that was enough, and pulled me closer to him.

“It would be inconvenient if you faint again.”

For a moment, I felt as if something was leaving my body.

I reflexively looked at Calix, who was holding my hand.

He looked back at me with an enigmatic expression, then briefly glanced towards my luggage.

Just for a very short moment.

“The trembling has stopped.”

Calix was silent for a while.

He just stared into space, clenching and unclenching his hand.

“If these symptoms appear again in the future, tell me immediately.”

I bit my lip hard and just stared at the floor.

“It’s not as much as when you fainted, but it seems a very small amount of mana has flowed into your body.”

Calix discovered that I wasn’t an ordinary person and his attitude of seemingly understanding and accepting such a person as me.

It was strange. There was no reason for him to just let it go.

Another unpleasant feeling started to creep up.

I decided to ignore the rising thoughts and focus on finding a solution first.

‘Mellory, I need to find Mellory.’

I needed to find a clue.

I had to figure out the true nature of the diary.

“It seems you have no intention of answering.”

“That’s not it, Your Highness. How could I dare to…”

“I’m very curious about what would happen if you mention ‘dare,’ ‘status,’ or anything of the sort to me one more time.”

Calix’s tone, which had softened, became sharp again as if agitated.

Calix would smile like that, raising the corner of his mouth crookedly, when he was displeased with a situation.

Is it me he’s displeased with?

“Yes, Your Highness. I will follow your orders.”

“Orders?”

“…”

“Why are you suddenly acting like this again? How on earth can I… Hah, at this point, I feel like I’m the strange one.”

Calix gritted his teeth as if unable to control his anger.

I raised my head to look at Calix.

He looked as confused as I was.

I don’t know why.

He trembled for a moment, then took a deep breath and said with a solemn expression.

“…I’ll consider you a fairy.”