The Villainous Me Turned the Losers into Blackened Bosses-Chapter 199 - Eir in Novice Town (1)

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While Leah was taken away by her mother…

While Will and Shuna were preparing to set off for the “Tenth Demon Castle”…

While Treya had returned to the palace to practice her swordsmanship…

Eir…

Was in Novice Town.

Making breakfast for herself.

As the sole occupant of their guild’s small house and the most steadfast supporter of Morning Star, she remained vigilant.

Every morning, she still baked cakes for herself, brewed her tea, and made sure her culinary skills—praised highly by her young master—didn’t grow rusty.

It was like a scene out of a famous painting—”Eir in Novice Town.”

At the same time…

She had acquired a newspaper featuring her young master and the woman she had seen with him.

She had spent several days carefully reading it!

The newspaper’s language was overly formal, so she had to consult a dictionary while reading, but she finally understood…

The article described the heroic deeds of her young master and the woman three weeks ago, bravely venturing into the Ironfire Bastion Dungeon to rescue someone.

Wow!

Her young master was amazing!

She had to carefully cut out this newspaper article—it was his first time appearing in the news! She needed to find a frame and proudly display it on his bedside table.

But…

Even clumsy Eir could count the days.

That newspaper was from three weeks ago!

And her young master…

“Something’s… something’s not right…”

“Why… hasn’t Young Master replied to any of Eir’s letters in two weeks?”

“I even wrote to him about not meeting anyone, and he hasn’t responded.”

“I thought it was just slow mail delivery, but two weeks… surely the letters should’ve arrived by now…”

“Young Master… hasn’t run into trouble, has he?”

“I don’t even know if he’s met Leah-sensei yet…”

“I don’t even know where Princess Treya is right now…”

Eir paced back and forth in the small house.

Every day, she cleaned the house until it sparkled, wiping the tables twice, mopping the floor once, making the ground shine.

She even meticulously cleaned the door.

Because…

She always hoped that one day, her young master would open that door, step inside, and…

Take out a bag of loot from his storage key—perhaps some fish or meat—and ask her to cook one of her specialties.

But…

Day after day passed.

She waited in the small house, yet neither the “black-haired, low-profile, and exceptionally capable logistics officer” her young master had described nor Young Master Will himself returned.

“Young Master… is Eir too timid?”

Eir lowered her head, clutching the hem of her maid’s skirt as she pondered.

As a half-beast, her memories weren’t very long-lasting. Her childhood memories of wandering the forest were already blurry.

But…

She vividly remembered the day her young master, unbothered by her dirty and injured state, held her hand and told her, “Believe in yourself. You can stand up.”

She had thought that, as someone abandoned in the forest, she was incapable of doing anything.

She had thought that, as a maid with no special talents, she was destined to accomplish nothing.

She had thought that, as someone with average abilities and a slow mind, she could never achieve anything.

But her young master had told her otherwise.

“Should Eir… leave this place to find you now?”

She opened the door and peeked outside.

Her ears twitched.

Her tail swayed.

If she were his childhood friend, having grown up as his equal, she would have set out without hesitation.

But she was a servant of the Hysterm family. If not for Will’s insistence on keeping her as his personal maid, she might have become a mindless slave.

Servants raised by the family were trained to follow their master’s “orders.” Setting out on her own when Will had told her to “stay in Novice Town” could easily be seen as an act of disobedience—or worse, an escape attempt.

That was why she had been pacing in circles.

Perhaps…

Deep down, she still carried the timidity of an abandoned half-beast.

But…

When she saw the posters on the pillar outside, on the bulletin board, and even on her own door…

Her pupils widened.

Her young master, with his glasses, brown hair, and blue eyes…

Was now plastered all over town!!!!

“Y-young Master?”

She reached out to touch one of the posters, her fingers trembling, before turning to look at the departing guards.

And then…

The name at the bottom…

“T-tre… Treya… Princess Treya?!”

It was a missing person notice issued by Princess Treya!

Fortunately, Eir recognized the words “missing person notice.” Her young master had once told her that if she ever got lost, he would plaster missing person notices everywhere to find her, so she should remember what they looked like.

She had remembered.

She just hadn’t expected it to be used in this way.

“So it’s not just Eir who hasn’t been able to contact him in two weeks. Even Princess Treya hasn’t found him.”

“Young Master… is really ‘missing’?”

“Then Eir…”

She carefully removed the poster from her door.

“Must take action!”

She might have been timid because of her childhood experiences.

But the years she had spent with Young Master Will had changed her.

She was the personal maid he had chosen.

She was now a holy shield knight capable of protecting the entire team on her own.

She had even learned to read and write, and she had studied “300 Questions About Blackening .”

“Wait! 300 Questions About Blackening mentioned this!”

“Question 297…”

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Eir, like a machine, tilted her head and recited the book’s answer:

“What should you do if ‘he’ suddenly disappears?”

“Become the strongest detective. Use your keen senses to track him down. Believe in yourself—no one disappears without leaving a trace. You will find clues.”

“Especially the clues that only you would notice.”

Eir stood up, clenched her fists, and encouraged herself.

“Alright!”

In this era, they even trained dogs to assist guards in investigations—surely she, a half-wolf and Young Master Will’s loyal maid, could do the same!

Eir sniffed the air with her nose.

“Before leaving Novice Town, I need to investigate the ‘necessary things’ here.”

She wanted to board a carriage to Yawick immediately.

But…

Thanks to Will’s years of influence, she had learned to think things through.

It took three or four days for letters to be delivered over such distances. If Will was already “missing,” rushing to Yawick now wouldn’t help. Besides, Leah was still nearby and would undoubtedly investigate faster.

However…

There was one thing that neither Treya, with her royal resources, nor Leah, following Will’s trail, could do.

And that was—

Eir was still in Novice Town!

In the place where her young master had last stayed and disappeared, there were things only she, who had seen that woman in person, could uncover.

Eir took a deep breath of the air outside the door.

She gripped the missing person notice tightly.

“Who was that woman? Was she ‘S’?”

“Who is ‘S,’ really?”

“Why did she approach Young Master? What was her goal?”

“If it was her, where would she take him?”

With these thoughts in mind, Eir’s first destination…

Was the tavern where Will had met “S” alone.