Chapter 38: Rowling, a Human Being (3)
And then there's my story, Rowling Ogoupelle, the child of Baron Ogoupel and his mother, who was a maid in the baron's house, and yes, I was a noble lady with no name.
After I was born, I was placed with my mother in the courtyard of the Baron's house, and my mother has always told me about it since I was sensible.
"As long as you do what the Baron says, you must not resist the Baron, so there will be no problem!"
I obeyed my mother's words, did everything as the Baron commanded, never objected, and lived to please the Baron and his mother.
Probably my efforts paid off, although my identity was not recognized by the Baron, and we were not taken back to our home, but the Baron did not embarrass us, and my mother and I were still able to live without worry.
However, this life also came to an end suddenly, and when I was fifteen years old, a fire broke out in the courtyard, which took the lives of my mother and many others, and I survived.
Probably God gave me the punishment of living alone, and I suffered severe burns on my back in that fire, leaving an ugly scar.
Overwhelmed by this sudden accident, I was called back to my home by the baron.
It was the first time I had been back to my home since I was born, and I thought it was the Baron's great mercy that would accept me back to my home.
However, it is not.
"The scar on my back seems to be serious! In that case, you can't be used as a prop for a political marriage, I don't need you anymore, get out! ”
Contrary to what I had thought at the time, I could not make any response to such a baron.
Until now, I, who had been trying my best to please the Baron, lived only to please him, and I used to be proud that I had not been bullied.
The reason why I wasn't bullied was because I just thought I was useful.
To the Baron, I'm just a prop.
And now, I don't have any use value, so it's a matter of course to throw me away!
In this way, having lost my home, my family, and the meaning of my existence, I applied for recruitment at the Duke's Palace of Ibecar and went to work as a maid in order to learn etiquette.
Then I became one of the many maids who served the eldest lady Elizabeth in the Duke of Ibecar's house.
Probably because Miss Elizabeth has been pampered since she was a child, so her attitude towards the servants is quite willful and mean, so the maids who serve Miss Elizabeth basically can't do it for long.
But I can't just do it like them.
Because unlike the other trainee maids, they still have a place to go back.
I'm homeless, and if I'm kicked out, I don't know where I'm going to go.
"As long as you do what the Baron says, you must not resist the Baron, so there will be no problem!"
I've always been here that way, except now, I've replaced the Baron with Miss Elizabeth.
Therefore, I never say what Miss Elizabeth does not like to hear, I never hinder Miss Elizabeth's desires, and I completely obey Miss Elizabeth's request.
In this way, even the wayward Miss Elizabeth is satisfied, and I can live in peace.
It turns out that this is how I lived, and I was just a prop, so even if I changed places, I just had to do my part as a prop.
However, Miss Elizabeth, who broke her head, completely changed after lying down for a while.
No longer arrogant, no longer willful, and no longer mean to people.
He became a bear child who could climb trees in a skirt and go earthworm fishing.
What can I do to satisfy her? I'm really confused about that.
Until now, I have tried to cooperate with others, please others, and live according to their expectations, never knowing what my own will is.
I was overwhelmed by the inability to grasp the proportions of getting along with the eldest lady, and I didn't know what to do at all.
However, when I came back to my senses, I had already begun to say what I wanted to say with my own will and my own thoughts.
There were no flattering words and no unprincipled identification with her, but Miss Elizabeth was not angry with me, but apologized to me.
Also, Miss Elizabeth even gave me a birthday present, and I have never received any birthday present since I was sensible.
Every year, the eldest lady would give me some seemingly insignificant small gifts, such as the crooked "Elizabeth Special Batch Rowling Day Holiday Roll", the wood carvings that I couldn't tell what they were, the flower petal sachets that I had cultivated, and so on, all of which I treasured without exception.
Although it is very hard and worrying to serve such a Miss Elizabeth, it is more happy and fulfilling than the ten years spent in the baron's house.
I really wanted to be like this, to be by Miss Elizabeth's side all the time, and just when I began to have such thoughts before I knew it, retribution came.
A few years later, Baron Augustelle, who had not contacted me since I came to the house of the Duke of Ibecar, sent me a letter.
"You've already decided who you'll marry, so come back quickly!"
I was overwhelmed by the content of such a letter.
Didn't you say that I had a scar on my back and couldn't be used as a prop for a political marriage? Didn't you abandon me? Why don't you let me go?
If it was me in the past, I would definitely go back immediately! It's impossible for me, as a prop, to disobey the Baron!
"As long as you do what the Baron says, you must not resist the Baron, so there will be no problem!"
I remembered my mother's words again, but I am not the same person I used to be.
I want to be here, I want to be around Miss Elizabeth.
Therefore, I threw away the letter and pretended that I had never received any letters, and I should have been able to pass it perfunctorily.
But I thought it was too simple, and a few weeks later Baron Augupel himself came to pick me up at the Duke's house in Ibecar.
For some reason, I was called to the reception room, and I saw Baron Ogoupel himself, who had not changed much from a few years ago, sitting there.
When I saw him, I felt like I was in an ice cellar, and all the heat in my body was drained in an instant.
"I helped you find a kind person who is willing to ask for a defective product like you, and it seems that you will not come back, so I came to pick you up with great mercy."
This man who once abandoned me found me an old man in the aristocratic circle who you are notorious for, with a wife and concubine who can't be counted on both hands, not to mention a short temper, and who is older than my parents.
Probably because of the huge amount of money! Marrying into such a family, I will definitely have no chance of happiness.
After all, if you want to be happy as a prop or something, it's really impossible!
"What are you still doing? Hurry up and explain the situation to the Duke of Ibecar, and then pack up your things and go back with me!" ”
The man who had abandoned me was anxiously urging me to be good.
My happy days have really ended here, I'm still just a prop.
I wanted to stay with Miss Elizabeth, but I had to go so far.
Just when I was thinking so.
"Wait a minute!"
With the sound of rapid running, a man broke into the reception room, and it was the eldest lady of my family, Elizabeth.
"You're Rowling's father, aren't you?"
"Huh? Well! Yes. ”
Elizabeth asked with a pant of breath, casting a sharp glance at Baron Ogupel.
Facing the eldest lady who suddenly broke in, Baron Ogupel looked a little scared, and lost the arrogant momentum just now.
"Can you think about Rowling's marriage again!" Miss Elizabeth grabbed my arm hard and said.
"Rowling has been with me for so long, and I'm embarrassed not to be without Rowling! So please hand over your daughter to me! I'm going to make her happy (help her find a good home). ”
Miss Elizabeth, who had uttered such terrible words, kept glaring at Baron Ogupel with sharp eyes and exerting pressure on him, but Baron Oquapel had long been stunned by Miss Elizabeth.
For some reason, Miss Elizabeth's arm was hot, and then the heat gradually warmed my frozen body and mind.
I've always been a prop, a prop for others.
But at the Duke of Ibecar's house, by the side of Miss Elizabeth, I learned to use my own will to decide what I said and did, and before I knew it, I was no longer a prop.
Now, I'm just Rowling, a human being.
Even though I'm just a maid serving Miss Elizabeth, I said that I would be embarrassed without me, and I said that I would be happy.
When I came back to my senses, my body and mind, which had been frozen, seemed to be bathed in the spring breeze again, especially my eyes, and my tears couldn't stop.
As a result, because of the appearance of Miss Elizabeth that day, my marriage was temporarily closed.
After that, Miss Elizabeth went to the Duke of Ibecar to explain the situation, and after the Duke of Ibecar's investigation found that I had been arranged for such an excessive marriage, she directly put pressure on the family of Baron Ogupel, and finally dissolved the marriage.
I am really grateful to the Duke of Ibecar, and in recent years, the Duke has actively arranged for my marriage and introduced me to several very good marriage partners.
But......
I declined them all, and I still had to stay with Miss Elizabeth.
So, to this day, I am still in the house of the Duke of Ibecar, working as a maid in the service of Miss Elizabeth.
No matter how much Miss Elizabeth causes trouble and how cruel she is, this Miss Elizabeth can always attract everyone's attention.
Why is everyone so obsessed with her?
Actually, I know better than anyone else......
The eldest lady made me, as a prop, a human named Rowling.
On that day, the words I heard, the arm that was clenched by the eldest lady, I will never forget it in my life.
But the eldest lady is going to the Academy of Magic, and of course I will go with her.
Although Miss Elizabeth said, "I'm all right!" I can do those things by myself! ”
However, the eldest lady will always make a mess when she wears a skirt alone, and if no one is around to take care of her, I'm afraid the eldest lady won't even be able to take care of her hair well, and it is completely unreassuring for the eldest lady to live alone.
"But, Rowling is also of marriage age, and you can't follow me for the rest of your life!"
It seems that the eldest lady is worried about my marriage, and when I heard the eldest lady say this, the corners of my mouth unconsciously turned upward.
Seriously, I don't have any interest in getting married or anything, I only have one expectation.
"Who else but me can take care of the eldest lady? So I'm going to the academy with you. ”
"What if, I mean, if I lose my status as a lady and I'm going to run, what will you do?"
Miss Elizabeth, who suddenly said such inexplicable words, seemed to be in a somewhat depressed mood.
"Of course, I left the eldest lady behind, and then escaped by myself!" I jokingly replied to her.
The inner thought is: of course, I will follow the eldest lady, no matter where the world is.
After hearing me say this, the eldest lady seemed to be happy and smiled happily.
Oh, yes! Whatever the future holds, she will enter the palace as she is supposed to be Prince Bekas's wife, or she will escape with Miss Slokay II and settle in a distant land.
Wherever Miss Elizabeth is, I intend to follow her.
"So please leave your daughter to me! I'm going to make her happy! ”
My refuge, my happiness, is by Miss Elizabeth's side.
So I have only one expectation, which is to serve Miss Elizabeth at all times until death.