Mushoku Tensei Spanish:Chapter 02

Capítulo 02 - La sirvienta inexpresiva

1ª Parte

Lilia en su día estuvo trabajando como criada guardiana en el palacio de la concubina del rey de Asura.

Una criada guardiana es una sirvienta que además se encarga de la protección.

Por lo general, las criadas guardianas actuaban como simples sirvientas, pero cuando era necesario portaban sus armas para proteger a su señor.

Lilia realizaba fielmente su labor. Su trabajo como sirvienta nunca recibió queja.

Como guerrera sin embargo era sencillamente mediocre.

Este fue uno de los motivos que la llevaron a recibir una herida en la pierna por un asesino que atentó contra la recien nacida princesa; en un descuido, la espada corta del oponente la alcanzó.

La hoja de esa espada estaba recubierta de un veneno diseñado especificamente para acabar con la vida de la realeza, para el que no existía antídoto ni curación mágica que pudiera tratar su virulencia.

La herida fue tratada con urgencia, y sobrevivió gracias al esfuerzo de los médicos que probaron varios métodos para curarla; y aunque su vida ya no corría peligro, el veneno dejó secuelas.

Estas secuelas no le causaban ningún problema en su día a día, pero jamás podría correr o saltar con su antigua fuerza.

El reino la despidió sin dilación.

No era nada fuera de lo habitual. Hasta Lilia lo comprendió.

Daba por sentado que si no era capaz de ejercer su cometido perdería su trabajo.

Aún tras no recibir ninguna compensación monetaria, se consideraba afortunada de no haber sido silenciada en secreto por el simple hecho de haber trabajado en el palacio de la concubina.

Tras esto, Lilia se marchó de la capital.

Nunca supieron quién fue la persona tras el intento de asesinato.

Lilia comprendió que la despidieron pensando que sería la siguiente.

O quizás el reino la hizo marchase con el propósito de exponer al culpable.

Siempre se preguntó porqué alguien sin fama, renombre ni familia había sido aceptada en el palacio de la concubina. Ahora finalmente lo comprendió: tan sólo querían contratar a una sirvienta que fuera de utilidad para más tarde descartar sin revuelo.

Por su propia seguridad y sin importar cómo, tenía que alejarse lo más rápido posible de la capital.

Aunque el reino la usará como cebo, no tenía razón para quedarse, viendo como no le habían dado ni órdenes.

Y en absoluto sentía la lealtad necesaria como para completar su cometido a riesgo de su vida.

Tras varios trasbordos, llegó a Fedoa, un pueblo principalmente agrícola en la frontera más alejada de la capital.

La región de Fedoa, sin contar la ciudad principal de Roa, poseía únicamente extensos campos de trigo. En resumen, un lugar tranquilo.

La intención de Lilia era encontrar trabajo en esta región.

Pero su herida le impedía conseguir un trabajo que requiriera fuerza física.

Tenía la opción de enseñar a usar la espada, pero prefería trabajar como sirvienta.

El sueldo es mayor después de todo.

Fedoa es una región en la que hay un número relativamente alto de espadachines, sobretodo comparados con el número de sirvientes entrenados exahustivamente para encargarse de las tareas del hogar.

El salario será mayor siempre que haya menos alternativas.

Aunque sería peligroso trabajar para el gobernador de Fedoa o cualquier noble con un estatus similar.

La gente de ese estrato social sin lugar a dudas tendría trato con el rey.

Si descubrieran que trabajó anteriormente en el palacio de la concubina, cabría la posibilidad de que decidieran utilizarla como una herramienta en las intrigas de palacio.

Y esto llevó a Lilia a mantenerse lejos de Roa, para evitar verse nuevamente al borde de la muerte.

Aunque la recién nacida princesa no tuviera la culpa de su intento de asesinato, Lilia deseaba mantenerse tan alejada como le fuera posible de la realeza.

Por otro lado, si el salario era demasiado bajo, no podría mandarle dinero a su familia...

Buscar un trabajo seguro y con un salario estable y pudiente no es tarea fácil.

2ª Parte

Tras deambular por la región durante un mes, Lilia encontró un anuncio.

En una villa de Fedoa llamada Buina, un caballero de clase baja quería contratar una sirvienta.

Encima, el anuncio decía que tendría prioridad una persona con experiencia en el cuidado de niños o con experiencia como matrona.

Buina era una villa pequeña en el borde de Fedoa.

Algo más pequeño que una aldea. Un emplazamiento super rural.

Era exactamente lo que buscaba, por muy incómodo que fuera vivir en un lugar tan apartado.

Que el contratante sea un caballero de clase baja también representaba un inesperado golpe de suerte.

Pero lo más importante es que reconocía el nombre de su potencial patrón.

Paul Greyrat.

Un kouhai de Lilia.

El hijo de un noble que de improviso irrumpió en el dojo en el que aprendí a usar una espada.

Según contó, se había ido de casa tras discutir con su padre y había venido al dojo a aprender el arte de la espada.

Debido a que ya había estado entrenando en su casa el uso de la espada, aunque un estilo diferente, no tardó en superar a Lilia.

Para ella, esto no fue extraño, ya que hacía tiempo que había comprendido que no tenía talento y se había dado por vencida.

Paul, una persona desbordante de talento, se fue del dojo tras cometer un desacierto.

A Lilia sólo le dejó una frase escrita en una nota: [Voy a ser aventurero.]

Una tempestad con cuerpo de hombre.

Esa despedida ha durado ya 7 años.

Lilia se sorprendió de que haya sido capaz de armarse como caballero y casarse.

Paul no era un mal chico, en la mente de la sirvienta, pero ésta era incapaz de imaginar los altibajos que ha debido de soportar para llegar a esa posición.

Si le contara lo que ha sucedido, estaba segura de que le ayudaría.

Si eso no funcionara, sacaría sus trapos sucios...

Tenía un par de bazas para negociar.

Tras confirmar su decisión se dirigió hacia Buina.

Paul le dio el puesto a Lilia sin dudarlo un instante.

Parece ser que Zenith, su mujer, estaba a punto de dar a luz y estaba inquieto.

Lilia era una persona con entrenamiento como matrona recibido para el nacimiento de la princesa; no sólo eso, era alguien que conocía y del que sabía hasta su lugar de nacimiento.

Lilia fue recibida con los brazos abiertos.

Y ya que su salario era más de lo que esperaba, el trabajo poseía todo lo que deseaba en este momento.

3ª Parte

El niño nació.

Con el entrenamiento que recibió en el palacio, el parto no tuvo problemas ni sorpresas.

Ni el más mínimo contratiempo. Un éxito rotundo.

Salvo por una cosa, el niño no lloró al nacer.

Lilia pudo notar el sudor frío recorrer su espalda en ese momento.

El pequeño dejó escapar el líquido amniótico inmediantamente al nacer, pero tras eso simplemente levantó la cabeza sin mostrar ninguna emoción y totalmente en silencio.

La inexpresiva facción se acercaba a la apariencia de The expressionless face made people think of a stillborn child.

Lilia felt the baby, and he had a heartbeat. He was breathing too.

But he just wasn't crying.

Lilia remembered her guards-maid senpai's words.

Babies who don't cry at birth usually have complications.

The instant when she thought of this.

[Ah, ah.]

The baby looked over to her, and mumbled something in grogginess.

Lilia relaxed after hearing that.

Even though there was no evidence for it, she felt there should be no problems.

The child's name was to be Rudeus.

A child that made people feel uncomfortable. Never crying or fussing. At first it was thought that his body was slightly weaker, so taking care of him should be easier, making it a good thing.

But that thought was only during the beginning.

After Rudeus learned how to crawl, he started to move everywhere in the house.

Everywhere in the house. Kitchen, back door, storage, the place where cleaning supplies were kept, fireplace...... etc.

Even the second story, though one couldn't imagine how he climbed up there.

In any case, once eyes were off him, he immediately disappear.

But he would be found somewhere in the house.

Rudeus never left the house.

Even though he would occasionally look outside the windows, he seemed to still be scared of the outdoors.

Lilia was afraid of this baby by instinct. Just when did it start?

It was probably the moment when he disappeared and was later found.

In most places, Rudeus was found smiling.

Sometimes he'd be looking at the vegetables, staring at the dancing candles' flames, or just looking at panties that hadn't been washed.

Rudeus mumbled sounds and showed a smile that made people feel disgusted.

It was a smile that naturally disgusted people.

When Lilia was working in the concubine palace, she'd had to go to the main palace for her missions. The higher ranked nobles that she met there had similar smiles.

Bald-headed with a fat shaking stomach, staring-at-Lilia's-chest type of smile. Compared with a baby who was born not long ago.

The scariest thing was carrying Rudeus up.

Rudeus nostrils would flare up, the corners of his mouth would rise, and his breathing would quicken as he buried his face into her chest.

And then he would make strange noises, as if hiding his own laughter, with [Huuu] and [Orhhh] in between those sounds.

In that instant, Lilia's whole body would be assaulted by a terrible shivering cold.

And she couldn't help but want to throw the baby and smash him into the ground.

Cuteness, this baby had not.

That smile made people afraid.

The same smile that the high ranking nobles had, the people who were rumored to purchase many young female slaves.

Even though he's a baby that was recently born.

Lilia felt unbearable discomfort, and even experienced feelings of peril.

Lilia thought things over.

This baby was very strange.

Could there be that there was something bad that possessing it?

Or something similar, like a curse.

Lilia stood up in anxiety.

She went to the item shop and spent a little money to buy some necessary things.

When the Greyrats went to sleep, she did her home's ritual to chase evil away.

Of course, this was kept from Paul and his family.

The second day, after carrying Rudeus again, Lilia understood.

It was useless.

And he was still as disgusting as usual.

A baby just showing off this expression made people feel scared.

Zenith said, [When feeding this baby milk, he will lick.....]

This had become serious.

Even though Paul didn't have any restraint towards women, it wasn't this disgusting.

This hereditary thing was just too strange.

Lilia remembered again.

She had heard of a story in the palace.

In the past, an Asuran prince was possessed by a demon. To revive that demon, he would crawl around with his limbs every night.

And when a maid who didn't know anything at the time hugged him, the prince used a knife that was hidden behind his back to stab that person's heart, killing her.

It was too scary.

Is Rudeus something like that?

There was no mistake. He was that kind of devil.

He's still safe now, but one day he will awaken, and when everyone is asleep, one by one he'll.......

Ahh..... I was too quick in deciding.

Just too quick in deciding. I shouldn't have taken this job.

I'll get attacked sooner or later.

.......Lilia was a person who seriously believed in this kind of thing.

Part 4

In the beginning of the second year, she was still afraid of him.

But she didn't know when it started,

Rudeus' unpredictable movements started to change.

He didn't disappear like a ninja anymore, and usually stayed in Paul's study on the second floor.

Speaking of the study, it was just a room with a few books.

Rudeus stayed there without leaving.

Lilia secretly observed him, and found him mumbling to himself while reading a book.

A meaningless mumble.

It should have been. At least, it wasn't a commonly used language in these lands.

It was still too early for him to be learning how to talk. Of course, letters hadn't been taught to him yet.

So he was just a baby looking at a book and making random sounds.

Otherwise, it would just be too strange.

But Lilia always had the feeling that those sounds carried meaning and structure.

Rudeus seemed to understand the contents of the book.

It was too frightening.....

Lilia always thought that when she observed Rudeus from the gap in the door jamb.

But the strange thing was that there it didn't give her any disgusting feelings.

Come to think of it, ever since he started locking himself in that room, that unknown source of discomfort gradually disappeared.

Though he occasionally showed his disgusting smile while she carried him, it didn't feel unpleasant.

He wouldn't bury his face into her chest, and he wouldn't suddenly pant.

Why had she always find him scary?

Lately she had begun to feel that he was sincere and hardworking, and didn't want to disrupt him.

Zenith seemed to share her sentiments.

After that, Lilia felt that not to care for him was better.

It was an idea that went against common sense.

In fact, it was abnormal for human beings not to care for a child that was born not long ago.

But recently there were signs of knowledge in Rudeus' eyes.

They had been only "chikan" eyes a few months previously, but now there was a strong will and shining knowledge in them.

What should be done? Even though she had knowledge of taking care of children, Lilia, who lacked experience, found it hard to judge.

She couldn't remember whether it was her guards-maid senpai or her mother back in her hometown who said this, but there was no one correct way to bring up a child.

At least she no longer felt disgusted, uncomfortable, or frightened.

So she decided it was best not to disturb him. After all, it might cause him to go back to how he was originally.

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