The days when I was a maid in another world

Fortunately, Alger is leaning on a clothes rail, smoking a cigarette and waiting for me.

"Donnie, it's past 03:30." He pointed to his metal watch.

"Sorry, I'm late, the workload is too much, I'm too tired to lift my arms now." I put the basin by his feet, then snatched his cigarette and put it in my mouth, pointing to Curtains in the Basin, "Thanks for coming to help!"

He smiled helplessly and began to help me dry the curtains, while I smoked on the clothes rail like he did before.

"Donnie..." He stopped what he was doing, looked at me and hesitated to speak.

"Huh?" I looked at him, waiting for him to continue.

"It's not good for girls to smoke..." He hesitated.

"You mean it's good for boys to smoke?" I asked back.

"No, I mean, smoking is not a good habit, regardless of boys and girls."

"Then haven't you been smoking too?"

"Didn't I form a habit?" He whispered, then looked at me and sincerely advised: "If you don't have a craving for cigarettes, stop smoking, or you will not be able to quit if you form a habit!"

"Okay," I threw the remaining cigarette on the ground and stamped it out with my foot, "If there is nothing bothering me, then I will never smoke again."

"You don't have to smoke when you're upset. You can come to me..."

Seeing that he had finished drying all the curtains, I deliberately ignored his words and said, "I have to go back and clean the laundry room, so let's go first, see you another day!"

"You..." He stretched out his hand to stop me, hesitated for a while and then gave up, "Okay, see you another day."

When I went back, I walked and thought: Although Alger can help me a lot, but he always touches me, I'm afraid he will get stuck on me.If he's an asshole, I can have zero stress at all, but he happens to be a nice guy, which makes me feel a little guilty.

But if I stay away from him and don't get close to him, I won't even be able to tell a few jokes. Anna is too young and a girl, so it's hard for me to mess around with her.

Although a bit selfish, but the contact with Alger can't be broken for the time being.

***

Finally, in the daily washing and washing, I made it to the end of the month.

Although Anna and I were promoted less than a month ago, our salary was calculated according to the salary of the new job for one month.

Looking at the ten copper coins in her hand, Anna said with some emotion, "I can finally send money home this month."

I put my five copper coins into her hand, and said before she could speak: "I lent it to you! I will pay it back later."

"You know that I will be in short supply for five years..." Anna's eyes became moist again.

"Then pay me back in five years!" I smiled, and then added in my heart: But by then I had already left.

"How should I thank you, Donnie? I..."

"Okay, it's just a few copper coins, don't worry about it!" I rubbed her golden hair and decided to change the subject: "Halloween is coming, do we need to prepare anything?"

I successfully attracted her attention: "I heard from the head of the kitchen that the lord is going to hold a masquerade ball."

"Oh, God, we're busy again!" I expressed my headache, knowing that the last dance left a deep impression on us.

Anna obviously also thought of the "disaster" brought about by the last prom, but she seemed to have looked away and told me: "It's different from the last prom, this time, we can also participate!"

I'm not interested in being able to go to the dance, I'm interested in maybe taking this opportunity to go to the third floor again.

"Can we also participate? Then who will serve the guests?" I asked puzzled.

"The lord said to hold a buffet-style dance party, we just need to prepare the food and drinks in advance!"

"Then, who will come to see the cloakroom?" I accidentally mentioned this place that we don't want to remember.

"It may be because of the relationship last time. The lord decided to lock every cabinet. If you need to use the cabinet, you can keep the key yourself..." Anna's voice became softer as she spoke.

"He should have done that!" I couldn't help but chuckle.

Anna quickly covered my mouth with her hands, and whispered, "Shh, don't let anyone hear you! In the mansion, we can't say anything wrong about the lord!"

Seeing me nodding, she let go of her hand and continued: "Actually, we are low-ranking, and we were not qualified to participate in the ball with the nobles. But Halloween is meant to commemorate all living beings, so on this day, beggars will also be respected." .”

Her eyes lit up suddenly, and her tone revealed a hint of excitement: "Donnie, we can dance to the music at the ball!" She said, and she took a few steps lightly, "Look, you taught me last time I still remember my dance steps!"

Seeing her happy made me feel better.

"At the ball, there will be handsome men who will invite you to dance!" I said with a smile.

Her cheeks turned red in an instant, and her tone was shy: "How is it possible, I'm just a maid... Donnie, can I dance with you then?"

"But wouldn't it be strange for two maids to dance together?"

Although "Masquerade" as the name suggests can be dressed in any way, I think it's better not to revert to men's clothing, in case someone finds out that I am a man, it will be bad.

"Dancing with men, I always feel so embarrassed..." Anna whispered.

With her little girl's personality, she would definitely be embarrassed when she had physical contact with a man.But she really wants to dance, and I can't get back into men's clothing to dance with her...

I thought for a while, and then I had an idea: "Anna, do you know Alger?"

She thought for a while and said, "Is it the deputy captain of the patrol?"

"Yes, it's him." I nodded, "He's a nice guy, and he won't do anything rude. I can ask him to dance a few dances with you."

"...Is this okay?" She seemed a little hesitant.

"There's nothing wrong with it, don't worry, he will be a good dance partner!" I think this arrangement is very good.

At that time, Anna and Alger, who are most familiar with me, are dancing happily, while I slip away quietly, then sneak up to the second floor, and then...

***

In recent months, every night when the monthly salary is paid, Alger will come to me with food.

This time, he brought sausage as I wished.

When I sat on the edge of the flower bed and ate it, he looked at it and said suddenly: "Seeing how delicious your food is, I'm almost drooling."

I broke off a small piece of sausage and handed it to him. He hesitated for a moment, but took it and ate it.

I have inquired, and the average member of their patrol team can earn at least forty copper coins a month, and his monthly salary as the deputy captain will definitely not be less than fifty copper coins.

In other words, he could afford anything to eat, and he had nothing to spend when he was single.So eating his food, I feel less and less stressed.

"Alger, can you dance?"

He was startled, then looked at me and replied, "Yes."

"Can your patrol go to the Halloween dance?"

"Only Captain William and I can participate, and the others have patrol missions."

"That's great!" Seeing that everything was in line with my thoughts, I couldn't help being happy, "Alger, can you do me a favor?"

"What's the matter?" He asked, looking directly at me.

"Can you dance a few dances with Anna?" I looked at him expectantly.

"Huh?" He was obviously taken aback, "Dancing with... Anna?"

"Yes!" I nodded, "Anna wants to dance, but she's afraid that she won't have a suitable male partner, so I decided to ask you for help."

"...What about you?" He asked in a low voice.

"Me?" I froze for a moment, "I can't put on a suit and dance with her as a man, can I?"

"I mean..." He took a deep breath, his voice still deep, "Who is your male partner?"

"No one." I shrugged. "Because I'm not interested in dancing."

"Okay, I promise you to dance a few dances with Anna." He agreed, "However, Donnie..."

Seeing that he seemed to have additional conditions, I looked at him, waiting to hear what he had to say next.

"After dancing with her, can you dance with me?" He seemed to muster up a lot of courage before asking.

Seeing his cautious and courageous appearance, I suddenly wanted to laugh.But I knew that if I laughed out loud, it would not only be impolite but would definitely hurt him.I suppressed myself and said with a smile: "Okay, if there is a chance."

"Agreed?"

"Well, that's for sure."

***

It’s a good thing for the lord to hold a dance without class distinctions, and it’s also a good thing for the sake of us poor maids to let the mistresses bring out some worn dresses, but I have to wash all these dresses, I just want to explode foul language!

Why doesn't whoever takes a fancy to a piece take it back and wash it by himself?

I found Emilia and told about this, and she replied flatly: "The dance is coming soon, everyone is busy, only you have this time to do laundry."

I:"……"

Knowing that it was useless, I had to take those dresses to the laundry room for cleaning.

The only good thing about this job is that I can pick out the dresses that will suit Ana and me in advance.

I picked a small white tube top dress for Anna. It is estimated that after she wears it, and then hangs her blonde hair down, it will be so beautiful that all men can't take their eyes off!

And in order not to be so eye-catching, I chose the most common and conservative dress, and when I put on a mask and wig, no one would recognize me, and no one would care about me.

I washed these two clothes in advance to hang them, and when they were dry, I took them directly back to the dormitory.

While hanging the clothes, I happened to meet Alger again.I pulled him close to the two dresses and said, "Remember, Anna is wearing this white dress at the prom, and I am wearing this light pink dress."

He nodded, then looked at the light pink dress, frowned and said to me, "Donnie, the dress you chose is not very nice."

"But I like it!" I couldn't help but give him a blank look, and said in my heart: What do you know, what do you do with such a good-looking dress?You can only do things in a low-key way by wearing ordinary clothes!

"But, I think you look better in this white one..." He stubbornly made a suggestion regardless of my eyes.

Wearing that tube top dress?Excuse me, how can I conjure up the double peaks, so that the skirt will not slip off?How can I conjure up cleavage and look like a plunging skirt?

I glared at him hard, ignored him and turned back.

"Hey, Donnie!" He seemed a little anxious, "I just said that casually, don't be angry!"

Unexpectedly, Alger, who seems to be honest, also likes women to wear low-cut dresses with no shoulders.

"See you at the dance!"

I dropped the next sentence and left without looking back.