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Chapter 02
[1. Meals and lodging provided. However, you cannot leave the premises for one year. If you need anything, you must place a separate request with the supply team that visits once every two weeks.
- Curfew is enforced. From midnight to 6 a.m., you must remain in your room at all times. We are not responsible for any incidents that occur if you wander outside your room during curfew hours.
- You must patrol the mansion once a day. However, you may encounter strange phenomena during patrols. As long as you follow the rules, it is not dangerous.
- ……]
“What the heck. It’s just a joke post……”
Still, I was jealous. If a job like that actually existed, how great would that be? Forget 1 billion won—even 100 million would make me sign up immediately.
And apparently, I wasn’t the only one who felt that way.
[Comments]
adsfjw This sounds insanely easy. I’d absolutely do it.
ilililii Does it have to be just one year? Can’t I do three?
xkqjf Please stop posting these meaningless questions already……
vpdlzm LMAO I knew this looked familiar. This is Napolitanㅋㅋㅋㅋ
What was “Napolitan”?
I typed on the keyboard at the unfamiliar word I’d never seen before.
└ orehmai What’s Napolitan?
The other person must’ve been online because a reply came instantly.
└ vpdlzm Spaghetti
└ ililliiil Spaghetti is delicious
“Spaghetti?”
Just as I tilted my head in confusion, a ding! sound suddenly rang out with a notification.
It was the sound the café used whenever someone sent me a private message.
Looking at the ID, it was the exact same user who had uploaded the post I was reading earlier.
[Are you interested in a new job?]
Uh, absolutely interested.
Without much thought, I opened the message.
“Huh?”
When I came to my senses, I was lying on the floor surrounded by people.
The very first thing I saw was a gigantic chandelier.
A chandelier? Something like that belonged in a luxury hotel, not in my cramped little goshiwon room.
Even to someone like me, who knew nothing about expensive things, the glittering lights looked absurdly costly.
Just as I squinted against the dazzling brightness—
“Ack.”
Suddenly, memories came flooding chaotically into my mind.
They were the memories of “Rina,” the body I now occupied.
No way… transmigration?
“Rina. Are you awake now?”
“Head Maid…?”
Slowly, I pushed myself upright.
The memories settled into my head naturally, as though I had always been Rina from the beginning.
Thanks to that, I didn’t feel much confusion despite suddenly transmigrating.
“Are you alright? You suddenly fainted, and everyone was very worried about you.”
“Huh? Ow, ow…”
Only then did I become aware of the pain at the back of my head.
I reached up and touched it.
It was swollen, as if I’d been struck by something.
What happened?
Right before I transmigrated, Rina—the original Rina—had been trying to leave the mansion through the main gate.
But the moment she touched the door, she felt pain in the back of her head and blacked out.
As I followed that final memory and turned my gaze toward the door—
“Rina, are you going outside?”
A soft whisper reached my ears.
I hadn’t realized it before, but the Head Maid was staring at me intently.
And not just her.
The other maids and servants were all staring at me too.
Oh no. They must’ve all been worried about me.
I was kind of touched.
“No. I’ll go back to my room.”
I didn’t know where Rina had been trying to go, but in my current state, wandering around anywhere seemed impossible.
My head hurt, and more importantly, I needed time to sort this situation out.
“I see!”
The moment I quickly said I’d return to my room, the Head Maid broke into a radiant smile that showed all her teeth.
Wow, the Head Maid has really healthy teeth.
“Would you like me to escort you?”
“No, it’s okay. I can go by myself.”
“Really?”
“Yes. I’m really fine.”
“Alright. Don’t work anymore today and get some proper rest.”
What a blessing.
“Thank you.”
Leaving behind the people worrying about me, I headed straight for my room.
Rina’s room was located on the first floor of the mansion.
Interestingly enough, each maid here had her own private room. The employee benefits were on another level.
Click.
“Phew…”
Once I arrived, I locked the door.
Alright then. To summarize the current situation…
“This is a noble family’s mansion, and I’ve become Rina, a rookie maid who only started working here two weeks ago.”
And…
…I think the previous me died.
When Rina’s memories flowed into me, I instinctively realized it.
The days up until yesterday had all become my past life.
The moment I clicked on that private message displayed on my laptop screen, I heard what sounded like a gas explosion.
Ah, wait a second.
I may have had a rough life, but I was still a youthful twenty-six-year-old. My life ended just like that?
This should’ve been a complete mental breakdown situation…
“To die and instantly get a second life. And I even already have a job!”
…but it wasn’t.
Because I never wanted to continue living as a job seeker anymore.
Do you know what happens when someone spends too long searching for work?
Your complexion becomes haggard, and your whole atmosphere turns gloomy.
You start radiating defeat itself.
And to make matters worse, I’d been a liberal arts major who felt guilty just for existing.
I kept failing to get employed, and I was constantly broke.
Trying to survive in Seoul—with its hellish cost of living—on part-time job wages alone was the kind of thing only possible in dreams.
“To start a new life and immediately get employed too? That’s insanely lucky.”
With my positive mindset, I successfully overcame the unexpected confusion.
After organizing my thoughts, I looked around.
Since this was technically my first workplace, I figured I should at least learn what kind of place it was.
After all, from the memories I inherited, Rina had definitely wanted to leave this mansion.
You never know. Maybe this place was actually a black company.
The memories I inherited from Rina were incomplete.
Only the parts related to her actions had been passed on. Scenes from the mansion appeared like scattered fragments.
It was as though the “why” from the five Ws and one H had been completely omitted.
So while I remembered that Rina had tried to leave the mansion, I had no idea why she wanted to leave.
“If this place turns out to be the worst, I’ll need to start preparing for a job change as soon as possible too.”
Having made up my mind, I began thoroughly searching the room.
While doing so, I discovered a rolled-up bundle of parchment inside the drawer of a dark brown desk in one corner of the bedroom.
“This must be my employment contract.”
With solemn determination, I unfurled the parchment.
<Richmond Count Family Employee Work Regulations>
“Work regulations?”
Contrary to my expectations, it wasn’t an employment contract.
Still, work regulations basically meant company policy, right?
A former job seeker like me actually getting to read company policy.
Feeling strangely excited, I began reading the text.
[Welcome to all of you who have become servants of the Richmond Count family.
These work regulations have been created to help servants adapt quickly and safely to their duties.
Even if you have no prior work experience, there is no need to worry. If you thoroughly familiarize yourself with these rules, you too can become an excellent servant worthy of this prestigious count family.
- Working hours for resident servants are from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. In order to improve the working environment of its servants, the Richmond Count family provides one 30-minute break per day in addition to meal times. Personal activities are permitted during break time. However, do not enter the sixth floor of the mansion. The Richmond Count family does not have a sixth floor.
- Meals are provided three times a day: 7 a.m., 1 p.m., and 7 p.m. Each meal period lasts 50 minutes, and consuming food outside designated meal times is prohibited. If someone offers you food, politely refuse. What they prepared for you will likely not be very pleasant to the palate.
- Richmond Mansion consists of five above-ground floors, one basement floor, and a western annex building. The annex is a restricted area forbidden to servants, and Butler Alfred manages the key. If you discover that the annex door is open, notify the butler immediately. The door must remain closed at all times.
If you hear sounds coming from inside the door, hold your breath and return to the main building. Even after arriving there, do not let your guard down. Return to your room without speaking to anyone. It cannot see ahead of itself, so as long as it does not hear your breathing, you will be safe.]
