Heroine? Saint? No, I'm an All-Works Maid (And Proud of It)! Vol. 1 by Atekichi

Author:Atekichi
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: light novel
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Published: 2024-10-07T00:00:00+00:00

Some time earlier…

“There!”

As the carriage trotted along toward the palace, Melody examined her amber-colored hair and nodded in approval.

No one should recognize me like this. Lady Luciana isn’t even expecting me, so I’m confident this disguise will work. Thank goodness I got practice doing this when I left home.

“Was that magic just now?” Lect asked. “I’ve never seen such a spell.”

In an instant, Melody’s hair had turned as golden as his eyes, and her eyes as red as his hair. He studied her, enraptured. The white of her dress had paired with her natural coloring quite tastefully, giving her the look of a gentle angel. Now, she bore the air of the divine, of a noble and awe-inspiring seraph.

Either way, an angel, by Lect’s reckoning.

“This should solve our problem, I think,” she said.

“You’re certainly unrecognizable now if you weren’t before. Your lady won’t suspect a thing.”

“That said, please do not make this a habit. Use your words in the future, Lect.”

“Yes. Of course. I’m sorry.” He lowered his head meekly. Melody accepted his apology.

They reached the royal palace shortly after that. Melody let Lect escort her toward the ballroom, placing herself in the role of a chaperone. It wasn’t quite the same as being a maid, but it was close enough to ease her nerves and put her back in her comfort zone.

The stares they earned the moment they stepped out of the carriage undid that comfort.

Th-the guards don’t know I’m a maid already, do they? Am I too refined? I’m not acting too maidly, am I?!

Thankfully not, as maids did not often wear angelic white dresses. Melody’s paranoia was, in fact, purely founded in hubris.

The smallest of the three doors opened, and they entered the ballroom.

A grand, lavishly ornamented chamber greeted them. Magically lit lamps and lights hung about the room. Guests danced and chatted, filling the hall with a hum of energy. Melody somehow remembered to smile, but her nerves crackled as she stepped into the heart of noble society.

Thankfully, few paid any mind to entrances made via the small doors they had used. Those who did notice, though, stared. And kept staring.

Stunned, no doubt, Lect figured. He knew better than anyone how gorgeous his partner was. He recalled going similarly delirious at the sight of her when they first met. The best pieces of art always left an impact.

People made way for them as Lect and Melody passed, as though in reverence. Lect had never seen anything like it. He felt as if he’d stepped into a particularly hyperbolic fable or myth.

A certain anachronistic duo would have called it “protagonist privilege.”

All this after a simple change of hair and eye color, Lect mused. I’ll need to be twice as vigilant for spies if mages can alter their appearance on a whim. Wait…

“Lect,” Melody said, “is that them?”

“Hm? Oh, yes.” Certain pieces had very nearly clicked into place in his mind before Melody spoke up. Alas.

They approached three men: Lect’s lord, Count Cloud Leginbarth, Lord Chancellor Georic Reclentos, and a blond man Lect could not place.

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