*POW*

“What the?!”

 

Ariana’s body was airborne for a moment as I felt a throbbing sensation in my fist.

After being sent flying backward by my emotion-filled punch, she landed on her ass on the floor of the preparation room.

 

“Ariana?!”

 

Alicia rushed over to her as soon as she fell, her voice filled with concern.

She didn’t pay much attention to Catherine, who was lying on the floor with a bruised and swollen face, but she certainly had a different attitude towards Ariana.

 

“…Aha.”

 

So that’s what happened, then.

Well, there’s no way Catherine, who’s so good at her job and seems to have such a soft heart, would take the initiative to delegate tasks to her juniors.

Now that I’d somehow understood the relationship between the three senior maids, there was only one thing left to do.

To beat this bitch up right here and now.

I’d have to beat her up at least as much as she’d done to Catherine, I thought, and then I’d be able to get my head out of my ass.

 

“You, you, what do you think you’re doing?! How dare a first-year junior maid assault a senior…!”

“Big mouth, huh?”

*BAM*

“Wha-?!”

 

I kicked Ariana, who was lying on the floor and shouting nonsense, unable to regain her senses.

My shoe hit her near the ankle, and she groaned again, rolling on the floor.

 

“Ugggghhhhhh….”

“You fucking bitch… you are so dead to me. I’m going to make sure you know who the boss is once and for all.”

“……!”

 

Sorting out the hierarchy with Ariana.

It was a task that had to be done at some point.

As I’ve said before, this Ariana bitch was one of the two who had aligned herself with the future Ethan and tormented Lilith.

She wasn’t just following Ethan’s orders like Alicia; she genuinely enjoyed tormenting Lilith.

There was also a lot of harassment that was so hardcore that it could almost be considered same-sex rape, at least based on the cut scenes from Luminor Academy, so it was better to clean up the hierarchy now than later.

I definitely don’t want a future where I’m getting treated like shit by men, nor by women.

 

“Bitch. It was easy for you to hit me and mess me up, wasn’t it? You really do have a death wish.”

 

Of course, I wasn’t actually going to kill her. If it came to that, that would mean escaping from the mansion, and the Blackwoods would be watching me even more closely than they already were. I’d end up in trouble for no reason.

At the very least, I needed to at least let the bitch know who was in charge.

I somehow had to break her spirit right here, right now, to keep her from using Ethan’s power to abuse me in the future.

Just as I’m about to slam my fist into Ariana’s face as she tries to rise from the floor…

I felt a strong hand emerging from behind, grabbing my wrist.

 

Grab.

“Ah.”

 

Oh, shit. I almost forgot that there was one more.

 

“Ariana, I’ve got her!”

“Don’t let go of that bitch, you hear me?!”

 

Alicia, the tallest of the senior maids, caught me off guard and grabbed both of my arms from behind.

Due to the basic difference in strength, my body was pinned to hers, unable to break free.

 

“You worthless bitch…!”

*POW*

“AGH! Damn……!”

 

A sharp pain surged through me momentarily as a strong impact hit my abdomen.

What the hell was she doing, hitting my solar plexus so accurately like that?!

Even in the game, she was a bitch in more ways than one, but in real life, Ariana was even more of a bitch.

That bastard would, no doubt in my mind, try to kill me no matter what.

 

“Haaaah, haaaah, this damn….!”

“What’s wrong? Since you instigated a fight, I’m sure you were prepared for the consequences.”

*POW*

“Guuuhhhh……!!”

 

This jerk keeps hitting back after being hit…!

The pain was excruciating and the realization that I couldn’t resist properly because of that damned Alicia was just as painful.

If it were one-on-one, I could easily fuck that bitch up!

 

“Well, it’s no fun if you’re too naive like Catherine. So, I’m sure playing around with someone like you must be fun, right?”

“You’re talking nonsense…. you bitch….!”

*POW*

“It’s laughable how your brain is just as rotten as Catherine’s. Is it because neither of you even has the intelligence of a bastard?”

“Haaa, haaa, shut up….!”

 

Ariana, who had just been beaten to a pulp on the floor, began to snort excitedly as soon as she had the numerical advantage.

Not to mention, it was so unfair to be tied up in Alicia’s arms and unable to resist.

Being restrained by a woman, and not a guy, felt like shit, you know.

It was a moment when I realized that it was unfair that I had possessed Lilith, whose physical state was simply abysmal.

If only I could do something about this tall maid holding me from behind…

 

‘Ah.’

 

Yes, damn it, there was a way.

I turned my head away from Ariana’s face; she was sneering at me with a smug expression.

I immediately made eye contact with Alicia, who grabbed me from behind.

 

“Why? There’s no point in begging now. You shouldn’t have jumped on Aria without knowing the situation from the beginning….”

“Haaaaaaa…”

“…Ew, ew! What is that smell…?!”

 

It’s the smell of highly concentrated pressed garlic that I ate hundreds of cloves of today.

It’s a painful smell even for me, who was a Korean in my previous life, but there’s no way these bitches can stand it.

 

“Uuuuugh…! Bleh!”

‘That’s it!’

 

The garlic scent I’d shoved into Alicia’s face had worked just as expected.

I’d been too busy to rinse my mouth out with Clean, but I never thought keeping it that way would ever be a good thing.

My arms regained their freedom as Alicia’s grip on my arm weakened from the foul odor.

I decided to take out the tall maid first, who was a greater threat to begin with.

 

*POW*

“Uuggghhh?!”

 

The blow was weak compared to the one I’d delivered to Ariana, but after all, this body was only that of a maid in her late teens to early twenties.

In similar conditions, I would have a much better advantage, having learned many fighting techniques in my previous life.

I mean that most of the techniques I know were learned superficially from TV and the internet…!

 

*POW*

“Guh! Ughhhh….”

 

Alicia’s body leaned slightly backwards as she was struck by two consecutive punches, just like me a moment ago.

Not missing that gap, I threw one last blow….

 

*Whack!*

“Alicia, kill this bitch!”

“You bitches are so fucking cowardly!”

‘It’s not fair to lose 2 to 1 with a back-and-forth, bitches. Let’s fight fair and square!’

 

I resisted the urge to scream that at the top of my lungs and blocked Ariana’s forearms as they pressed against my body.

Her strength was relatively weak compared to Alicia’s, but her grip from behind meant that it was a difficult position to escape from.

This time, the tables have turned, and it was Alicia’s turn to come at me.

…If I get hit by that bitch, with her strong hands, I might not come out alive.

I squeezed my eyes shut and waited for her punch, expecting the pain to come easily.

 

 

 

 

 

To my surprise, a scream escaped from Alicia’s mouth, not mine.

 

*CHOMP*

“GRRR!”

“…AGHHHHHHH!”

 

Catherine, who had just fallen to the floor a while ago, was now biting Alicia’s right arm with her incisors.

 

“Aaaagh! Aaaagh!!”

 

Alicia screamed, waving her arms in the air at Catherine’s unexpected entrance.

Behind the latter, Ariana’s furious voice rang in her ears.

 

“Catherine…! Get away from Alicia right now! Do you think you can resist my orders and get away with it?!”

“Why don’t you go sleep with Alicia and mind your own business?”

“What are you talking about, you bitch…get off me…!”

 

Seeing that Ariana’s gaze was directed towards Alicia and Catherine, I immediately put my weight on my right foot and stomped on Ariana’s right foot with my heel.

I shifted my center of gravity backward just in time to hear her scream.

Ariana’s body collapses, unable to support the weight of two people on one leg.

With that, her body tumbled with me onto the prep room floor.

 

*STOMP*

“Eeeeeee…!”

 

Ariana hit the floor with a squeal like a pig gagging.

Taking advantage of the lack of strength in her arms, I shifted my position and immediately climbed onto her body in a mounted position.

I squeezed her from top to bottom as she struggled desperately, clutching at her face and chest.

 

“Die, Ariana, you bitch!”

“Aaaagh! Lilith, you fucking bitch!”

“Agh! My hands! My hands!”

“Hmph!!! Hmph!!!”

 

The yells and screams of the four lowly maids echoed throughout the preparation room.

In the midst of the chaos, we continued our madness.

It wasn’t long afterward that we stopped killing each other.

 

“Well, I heard a commotion in the kitchen, so I came over, but what the hell do you all think you’re doing…!”

 

Enter Melissa Foster, the head maid at Blackwood Manor.