I’m the Only One Who Can Guide the Tyrant to Sleep - Chapter 34

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I trusted Caesar. I had chosen all three questions with things related to us: the white ribbon, the bouncy ball, and the delphinium bouquet.

“The selection for the exclusive maid of the Crown Prince’s palace has been made. I will announce the candidates starting with those who received 2 points.”

The head maid carefully read from the paper she held in her hand.

“Devitt.”

Purplehead immediately cheered. She boasted that she took all three and was lucky enough to get two right.

“Marmid.”

A veteran maid with short curly hair nodded in satisfaction. Perhaps her long experience working in the palace had enabled her to guess correctly.

“Hannah.”

Someone let out an audible sigh of relief. It was a tall and well-built redhead.

“Next, the person who received 3 points, which means a perfect score.”

My heart pounded heavily.

“The person who received 3 points is…”

I opened my eyes wide, and soon a smile formed on my lips.

“Evelyn.”

I couldn’t help but smile.

‘Caesar…!’

My trust in Caesar had been well-placed. He had undoubtedly designed the test to pass me.

‘When I become the exclusive maid, I’ll explain everything immediately! And maybe I’ll find a way to discover the Guide. Then…’

“And finally, Arinna.”

What?

I stared in surprise without even thinking to conceal my reaction. Arinna received 3 points too? How?

With black hair, she was looking at me with an exuberant expression, as if she had expected this outcome.

Arinna and I both received 3 points, but when you added up the previous scores, Arinna was undoubtedly in first place.

All five of us safely became exclusive maids, but among us, Arinna eventually became the Crown Prince’s primary maid, responsible for managing his schedules, almost like a secretary.

With the next highest score, I became the maid in charge of the Crown Prince’s food, clothing and room maintenance. In other words, when Caesar had duties outside the palace, Arinna would accompany him, and when he was inside the palace, I would be responsible for him.

‘It turned out well for me.’

I needed time to talk to Caesar personally, and my duties didn’t seem much different from the companion maid I had been with Floria.

‘It’s convenient that I can have personal time when Caesar goes out,’ I reflected, considering how it would be easier for me to find Katana or gather information about the Guide.

“Next is Hannah,” the head maid called.

Hannah, the redhead, nodded quietly.

“Hannah, you will be in charge of managing schedules and budgets. You have experience in this kind of work, so it should suit you.”

“Yes, understood.”

I later learned that Hannah came from a well-known noble family and had enough experience to manage estates, even those outside the palace.

“Marmid.”

“Yes.”

“You will oversee the overall management of the palace. Now that I’ll be returning to my original position, Mamid, you will become the head maid.”

“Understood.”

It seemed that from the beginning, the head maid had intended to entrust the position of head maid to the experienced Marmid. I had heard that she had nearly twenty years of experience working in the palace.

“Lastly, Devitt.”

“Yes!”

Excited, Purplehead responded to the head maid’s call. Having become the exclusive maid by pure luck, she was brimming with enthusiasm.

“Devitt will…”

The head maid, looking a bit awkward, chuckled.

“Assist the new head maid, so, in other words, you will be the assistant to the new head maid.”

“Oh… Yes.”

Devitt’s enthusiasm quickly deflated.

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As exclusive maids, we were assigned various tasks and had to undergo intensive training, which felt like a crash course in the first week.

We had to memorize the layout of the vast Crown Prince’s Palace so well that we could recite it with our eyes closed. We also needed to familiarize ourselves with the names of numerous servants and palace guards.

In my case, I had to study Caesar’s food, clothing and room maintenance meticulously.

I needed to know if he had any food allergies, what attire he preferred for lunch gatherings, which perfumes he used for baths, and his bedding preferences for a good night’s sleep…

In short, I’m basically doing everything, and I couldn’t help but think, ‘Do I really need to do all of this?’

I worried that, despite being called the Crown Prince, he might receive subpar treatment, but at least outwardly, it seemed that the treatment we received was not much different from what Floria had experienced.

Today was the day I had finally learned all these details and at the same time, I was finally going to meet Caesar face to face.

T/N: Unfortunately, I’ve decided to drop this novel. Other translators are free to pick up this project! If you’re interested, I can send you the raws, just contact me via discord at the CA discord server.