Chapter 10

Now I as a person have never fallen in love or had a "crush" but damn. I may be narcissistic but this is another level how can someone be so perfect? If I didn't know who my father was I might think he was me. After all nothing can be more perfect than this. Autosexual is not how I'd describe myself as I believe gods can't fall in love or have sex. After staring at myself for a while I hear a grunt. So I turn and there is Eve's guard. Glaring at me.

"What are you looking at?"

"A narcissist."

"You mean a hot narcissist and why are you still here?"

"As I have been Eve's guard for longer and know the premise more, I thought you would prefer that I lead you to your room."

"So you're guarding Eve tonight?"

"Does Eve require a guard at night?"

"Are you a dumb*ss?"

"Pardon?"

"You would leave a defenseless girl alone at night as her guard?"

"She is safely secured in the manor."

"If she doesn't need a guard in the manor why are you here?"

"To be her chaperone when she is outside of the manor."

"How about I guard Eve during the nights and days because you incompetent and you go f*ck off!"

"I have decided that I will no longer lead you to your room."

"Did you listen to me at all?"

"Who listens to a horse before they start pulling carriages."

After his last statement he leaves and walks into the house. There are a few things to unpack about what was just said. The guards dumb, Eve is unguarded at night, and horses don't get opinions when they are little, you have a cold? Suck it up. After thinking I enter the house and ask a servant where Eve's room is and they give me directions. After arriving in front of Eve's door, I open the door and see Eve jolting up.

"Hey, I'm going to sleep in front of your bed so you're safe if you need anything, ask!"

She nods but looks scared and I feel like a broken record how many times have I said that! It's getting old but if it makes people feel safe, it's worth it getting old! So I sit at the back of her bed, on the floor of course and go to sleep.

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I wake up legit not even 5 hours later as for how I know it's five hours I just do. So I need much less sleep than normal, probably somewhere around half as much. But what should I do with the remaining time? Magic is dangerous, not good for kids. Swordsmanship is loud with enough force and waking up to see a burly man holding a sword is probably not the best experience. I could fake sleeping! And waste time! I could read if I brought books beforehand. I guess I could draw, there's a quill and some paper on the desk by Eve's bed.

Now it's time to let my artistic talents flourish! And now my artistic talent is subpar at best. My snake looks like a river and a crab at the same time. I could try carving? That shouldn't be too loud, now where to find the wood? There is an old table in the corner with some mold on it so I head over and start to carve. Now I did say magic is not a good idea but enhancing the letter opener on Eve's desk with fire magic is ok right?

My first idea of what to carve is a seesaw horse thing. So I cut off one of the table legs and cut out all of the moldy-rot on the wood. I slowly shave off layer after layer of the wooden leg forming one leg of the horse. It's a large curve with a half of another leg attached to the middle of the curve. That will eventually hold up the horse. After I start on the second leg I hear a gasp, and look up to see Eve staring at me.

"Are you ready to start your day?"

"Y-yes sir."

"Please don't call me sir, call me Max or Maximus."

"Y-yes Sir."

Through one ear out the other, at least she seems to be stuttering much less than before. It's only a matter of time before I'm her favorite person in the whole world! Instead of asking what I'm doing she just stands up and looks back at me and the door, repeatedly. It takes me quite a bit before I realize she wants me to go get a servant to help her. So I lead her out of the room as I'm not going to fail as a guard. I lead her around the house until I see a servant who looks kind enough not to kill Eve while she is changing.

It takes quite a while as most of the female servants look like mass murderers, they have huge bags under their eyes and look like they haven't eaten in a while. But I finally find a servant who looks like they have had enough rest to remember how to dress someone. She looks very p*ssed at me for asking her to do more work but still follows me. I send her and Eve into Eve's room so Eve can get changed.

Also do I already look the part because I haven't seen the house's owner since I was bought and the servants just listen to me, without getting told about me, I assume. Being, I didn't get a pep talk or even told what I'm supposed to do! Except guard this guy's daughter.

This whole scenario seems like I'm going to get murdered and fed to the familia on a silver platter. I mean why are the servants so sleepy? I know I did not get a welcome party last night! I feel like I need to make sure Eve's lives to adulthood and I will need to be a full on babysitter! She's not my kid. I didn't even know her name until yesterday!