STVS 14

Chapter 14

Bang—!

I flinched at the sudden loud noise.

Surely, the young lady had just smashed something in the room, but next to break could be me… However, there was no turning back now.

“I have to push forward now.”

I had to stick to my act of being completely infatuated with her!

“You… you, you’re spouting nonsense again!”

“This isn’t nonsense. I’m serious!”

“Ridiculous…!”

“Why is it ridiculous? Think about it, young lady. Hasn’t anyone ever courted you before? Haven’t there been people who fell for your wonderful presence?”

“……”

The young lady couldn’t respond. Must have been a lot.

I spoke in as earnest a voice as I could.

“I… I feel the same. Just like them, I… I’ve fallen for you. Honestly, I wasn’t going to say anything, but…”

“……”

“You keep trying to chase me away. I thought I might not get to see you anymore, so I had no choice… I’m sorry. For having these feelings despite being someone so lowly…”

I trailed off bitterly. Then, as if suddenly remembering, I hurriedly continued.

“Ah, but that doesn’t mean you need to do anything! I’m not confessing to ask for something grand. You can behave just as usual. If it bothers you, you can scold me, or even hit me if you like. But…”

“……”

“…just let me stay by your side. I don’t want anything else—if I can just see you happy from nearby…”

“……”

“Please give me… just one chance.”

Finally, the young lady responded.

“A chance?”

I quickly replied.

“One month… please give me one month.”

“……”

“No, no, that was wrong. Three months—give me three months. I’ll prove to you in three months how sincere I am.”

“……”

“And if, by then, you still can’t believe me, if someone like me still irritates you…”

I squeezed my eyes shut.

“Then… I’ll leave on my own.”

“……”

“I mean it.”

She didn’t say anything.

I remained still, eyes closed, heart hammering like mad.

Damn it, was three months too short? Should I have asked for half a year, no, a year? But if I did, she’d probably yell at me for joking around. I actually had no intention of leaving…

I swallowed hard. After some time, I heard a faint sound from behind the door. When I opened my eyes, I heard the young lady’s soft voice.

“Get out.”

…Even though she said that, surprisingly, she granted my wish.

She really did give me three months.

I suspected that in her mind it was more like one month, but still, this was something.

Moreover, it seemed she was finally willing to give me a real chance. She didn’t say anything when I came and went freely from her room. Of course, she still added “Get out, leave, shut up” every now and then…

“At least she’s not throwing things anymore.”

And even better, she wasn’t hitting me!

I was shocked when I realized this. Seeing her behave more quietly for a few days, I finally understood.

“Did I… do well confessing?”

At the time, I had only blurted it out to buy time. But then I thought:

What if I actually manage to seduce her?

What if she actually starts to like me?

Of course, I didn’t expect her to fall head over heels. I just hoped she’d slowly warm up, like raindrops soaking clothes, until she stopped trying to chase me away…

“That’s it.”

The project to seduce the young lady begins!

The first method I devised to seduce her:

“Yoooung lady—!”

Smile and greet her every day.

“Good morning, young lady!”

“Get lost.”

“How’s your mood today? The weather is really nice… Would you like to go for a short walk outside?”

“I said get lost!”

“No way! I always listen carefully to your words. If you don’t want to, that’s fine. Honestly, thinking about walking with you makes my heart race so fast I can’t calm down…”

“Hey!”

Of course, she wasn’t easy.

No matter how I smiled or tried to talk to her, she always got angry or ignored me.

At first, I felt a little hurt, but I quickly changed my mind. Right, she’s been a loner in her room for so long. Suddenly interacting with someone must be hard.

I, who have lots of friends, will understand!

“Don’t shout so much! You’ll just tire yourself out.”

“Who do you think you are? Do you have no shame? Even if you’re ignorant, shouldn’t you at least have some decency, unless you’re worse than a beast?”

I pouted as she rambled on.

The young lady was usually quiet, but she occasionally opened her mouth—especially to scold me.

In the original story, she always cursed at the protagonist, but it was politely biting. With me, she freely called me scum, beast, and other names.

Honestly, at first, I was a bit upset… but I’m a professional servant. Now, I don’t mind at all.

The second method to seduce her: listen carefully.

“No wonder you’re worse than a beast. At least beasts recognize the one who feeds them, but you don’t even know who feeds you and keep acting up!”

—“I’m upset because you won’t listen!”

“You have no idea of your place! How dare you climb above yourself when you have nothing? People like you just make trouble for yourself!”

—“I should behave because you’re worried?”

“Well, if you understood, you’d have bowed down already. But no, you’re dumb, slow, and clueless. You don’t even know your own place. What use are you?”

—“I’m still useful to you, got it?”

“Yes, understood.”

I had listened so many times that my ears automatically filtered what she said.

I smiled faintly to myself.

“She’s exercising her mouth as usual today.”

But I couldn’t let her keep talking forever. If I ignored her too long, she would get sulky.

So, the third method to seduce her: respond appropriately.

“Even freeloaders are better than you! What can you even do?”

“Of course, I can do something too.”

“What?”

“I… am… your love’s devoted servant ♥”

She exclaimed.

“Get out—!”

Crash!

She finally lost it and overturned the table, so I had to run out quickly.

Since she had started tolerating me, she had changed the way she vented her anger. Instead of hitting me, she overturned tables or broke things, leaving the room in chaos.

“I have to clean all that up anyway.”

Was this leniency or a new kind of torment? I didn’t know, but I decided to think positively.

For several days, I continued persistently approaching her.

“Surprisingly…”

It had no effect whatsoever.

How could this be? I had sincerely pursued her, yet there was no effect at all?

Her anger only seemed to increase. At this rate, I worried she wouldn’t die from her illness but from high blood pressure…

“This won’t do.”

I needed something special. Something that would make her heart flutter—a big move!

“What can I do? What will make her melt? What will make her happy…?”

Then a thought crossed my mind:

[How a younger man seduces an older woman.]

I had read it online before. A humorous post I glanced at idly. But now, it came to mind so vividly.

[Younger men usually have a cute image, but if they show masculinity occasionally, older women go crazy. But don’t be too forward—just give a small reverse-charm…]

The skill was called…

[Occasional Reverse Politeness.]

A heart-fluttering skill!

It was simple: polite first, then casual. As long as you followed this rule, it worked.

“Could this really work?”

I was a bit doubtful at first, but quickly changed my mind. This was a common trick in romance novels!

“The young lady might like it too, right?”

It was worth trying.

Excited with this new method, I hurried to her. Brimming with confidence, I kept chanting in my mind:

“Polite first, then casual! Polite first, then casual!”

So, when I opened her door, I said:

“Young lady, I’m here!”

“You again…”

“Have you been well?”

“……?”