Life as a Tower Maid: Locked up with the Prince - Chapter 273
Chapter 273
Translator: Yonnee
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On the day she saw Albert kissing the feet of those vile people, Rosé Artius fell in love.
She was well aware of the cruelty of Marquis Evnen.
To survive, she was busy bowing her head deeper in front of him, in complete subservience.
Even if she found it repulsive, there was nothing she could do. It was necessary for her survival.
But Albert Grey was different.
Even in moments when his humanity was being trampled upon, just like with her, that man remained dignified.
She couldn’t take her eyes off all of his actions.
It wasn’t just because he was handsome. His actions and attitude made him shine even more.
He was like a prince straight out of a fairy tale.
‘I wish such a person would love me.’
She thought about the love story from the fairy tale book she found discarded on the street back then.
It was a story where a beautiful prince loves a commoner girl, takes care of her, lives with her, and they become happy together.
All Rosé Artius wished was to be happy.
At the banquet of Marquis Evnen, not only Schubert, Liam, and Mercy had a new milestone in their lives.
That day was also a significant turning point in the life of Rosé Artius.
It was the day her hopeless unrequited love for Albert Grey began.
Realizing this ‘love’ was not what changed Rosé’s life.
It was because she could not meet Albert Grey at all after that day.
Under the abuse of Marquis Evnen, Albert was too far a person for her to get close to.
Thus, Rosé learned dark magic. Her teacher was a man in his 30s who was nearly at death’s door.
The pitiful dark mage, whose life was shortened by using dark magic and was at the brink of death, followed Marquis Evnen’s orders for money.
Nevertheless, he was very proud of the fact that he was the descendant of a nearly extinct lineage of dark mages.
He brainwashed Rosé into thinking how noble and great dark magic was while teaching it to her.
“Isn’t it great to have magic that makes it possible for you to overcome your limits?”
Every time he taught Rosé dark magic, he said that.
Rosé managed to learn dark magic in that way. She had more talent than expected.
With the money provided by Marquis Evnen, her teacher indulged in luxury. Rosé quietly studied.
To avoid being beaten.
She harbored this hope in her heart—that maybe, if she studied hard like this, she would gain the power to leave this place.
‘Then I’ll meet my prince again.’
This was her only reason to live.
To Rosé Artius, Albert Grey was the strength that made enduring painful things possible.
Just once, she had asked her teacher. It was a question she dared not ask Marquis Evnen.
She didn’t want to confide in her teacher, but he was the only person around her, so she had no choice.
“Master, what should I do to make the person I want love me?”
“Hah. Love, you say? That’s not even funny. Who would love such a worthless kid?”
Her teacher laughed off her serious concern as a joke, and her heart was wounded because her sincerity was denied.
Mental pain was different from physical pain. It hurt even more. That night, Rosé cried all night long.
One thing was clear.
The teacher did not love or cherish her.
And Rosé’s premonition was not wrong.
Not long after, Rosé realized that she would be sacrificed alive so that Marquis Evnen would gain magical power.
Rosé ran away. She wandered from village to village to escape Marquis Evnen.
She thought about going to another country to escape Marquis Evnen’s grasp, but Rosé couldn’t forget Albert.
The thrill of the memory given by her first love was too intense.
When word spread that Albert had been appointed as a prince, Rosé eventually became a maid and entered the palace.
There was a risk of encountering Marquis Evnen, but she couldn’t miss the chance to see Albert again.
At first, she thought it would be enough just to see him from a distance. But the more she watched Albert from afar, the more her desire grew.
She still used dark magic quite effectively.
Rosé knew that Rosteratu despised Albert. This meant Albert’s position was in danger.
…Then wouldn’t it be okay if he was with her?
The benevolent prince had no power, but she had dark magic.
The places with other nobles were dangerous. There were still many who disliked her prince.
…She wished to be closer to the prince, too.
She wished the prince would like her, too.
She wished to be loved, too.
…Of course, among the ways to make Albert safe was to elevate him to the throne as soon as possible.
But Rosé was anxious.
Even now, there were many people around Albert Grey.
If he became king, he would be further away from her reach.
And like the old days when they were separated, she might never see him again.
‘I don’t want that.’
Rosé wanted Albert to love her.
In the end, she used dark magic to manipulate Rosteratu’s mind and succeeded in getting imprisoned in the tower with Albert.
If they spent everyday together in the same space, she believed Albert would surely come to love her.
Love was inherently like that.
It was entirely possible to become lovers just by being together, in close proximity.
But Albert wouldn’t even glance at someone like her, a maid, so she needed a trigger.
That’s how the contract and the wand came into being.
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