Reincarnated Maid is About To Be Captured by All Players

Around 7:40, Nora came to inform us that Enrique's merchant caravan had appeared at Ende.

Hohenheim confirmed through private messages the scouting status of external team members, discovering no suspicious ambushes. Perhaps Enrique's plan wasn't what Nora had imagined.

Both Sigrdrífa and Carol Cat had changed back into their usual attire, each hiding within the castle, waiting for Enrique's demands.

Five minutes later, the impeccably dressed Enrique visited Ende Castle.

"Good day, Master Enrique. May your life be peaceful and fulfilling."

"Good morning, Miss Anastasia. After not seeing you for several days, you seem to understand how to dress yourself better than before."

Enrique spoke teasingly, appearing to be in an excellent mood.

"You flatter me. Please, have a seat."

"I don't see Miss Christiana. Are you the only one receiving me?"

"Yes. But this is absolutely not Lady Chris intentionally being negligent. Lady Chris believes you wouldn't want outsiders to disturb you, so it's more convenient for her not to appear."

"Precisely so... Then I shall accept Miss Christiana's consideration."

Enrique sat in the exquisite chair, leisurely crossing his legs.

"Yesterday Miss Christiana should have told you of my intentions. I'm honored to have my wish fulfilled today. I'm willing to provide the merchant caravan as cover for Amaryllis to leave the city. To ask such a beautiful flower as Miss Anastasia for payment pains my heart greatly, but I still hope you can satisfy some small conditions of mine."

So it really isn't free after all.

This result is perfectly normal. I inquired seriously.

"Thank you for your assistance. However, I'm merely an ordinary maid and fear I cannot provide compensation that would satisfy Master Enrique. I hope Master Enrique will be understanding when the time comes."

"An ordinary maid... you say..."

The corners of Enrique's mouth lifted slightly.

"First, set up an [Area Silencing]. You can do that."

He doesn't want our conversation to be known by Chris and the others? Time is pressing with none to waste, so I did as Enrique requested.

"Claiming to be an ordinary maid is being rather overly modest."

"Umm... what does Master Enrique mean?"

"Don't forget, you are the daughter of a witch."

The daughter of a witch.

Enrique confidently revealed my background, but I remember this belongs to my character setting, information already made public to adventurers, and not some shameful secret.

Thinking in reverse, since Enrique deliberately emphasized this insignificant identity of mine, it proves Enrique's target is... my mother?

Eh... so he's into mature women... no, what am I thinking? There must be some quest requiring my mother, right?

"Mother is indeed a witch."

"The means to contact witches in this world are pitifully few. Miss Anastasia's magical talent must be inherited from the witch's excellent genes. I've always wanted to personally visit the legendary witch, but lacked the connections. My request is... I hope you can take me to meet your mother." The source of this content ɪs Nov3lFɪre.ɴet

Enrique's request was unexpected.

Not demanding something from me, but wanting to meet my mother once.

To be honest, having lost my mother while still in swaddling clothes before transmigrating, I still lack a real sense of connection to my new identity's mother in this game world.

Witches are mysterious and rare individuals, and my mother is one of them.

"...I'm terribly sorry, I cannot fulfill your request."

"Why not?"

"Since I settled in Rothschild, Mother has never visited me."

"I know that..." Enrique raised an eyebrow. "Could it be... you yourself don't know how to find your own birth mother?"

"I'm truly very sorry."

I bowed in apology. Actually, I really don't know how to find my birth mother.

But even if I knew, would I really reveal it? I'm uncertain of my own thoughts, only vaguely feeling that I don't want Enrique to approach my mother, even though my memory of mother's appearance is quite vague.

Enrique seemed quite troubled. A mother who can't even be found by her own biological daughter is certainly rare.

"Then what information do you have? Name? Appearance? Roughly which area is she active in? You must have some impression."

"Mother... hmm..."

Let me think about what I know.

Name? She didn't tell me.

Appearance? I can't remember clearly.

I shook my head, indicating I knew nothing.

Enrique had a complete expression of "what was the point of your mother giving birth to you?" But how would I know? Mother didn't ask my opinion when she gave birth to me, did she...

"Fine, your mother will surely come to visit her biological daughter someday."

"Hopefully so."

"So although you cannot pay the compensation I desire now, you can in the future. How about signing this contract document as temporary payment?"

Seeing he couldn't obtain more information about Mother from me, Enrique instead produced a contract document.

On the surface, Enrique was asking for my opinion, but I had no choice in the matter.

I read the text on the contract document word by word, avoiding accidentally signing some strange indenture contract.

The contract document has certain binding power, but overall I would still remain free. The conditions Enrique proposed in the contract document were mainly that until I actually make contact with the witch, I must work as a maid under the name of Enrique, Grand Council Member of the Watertown Merchant Association.

Witches again...

Why is Enrique so obsessed with witches?