While everyone is stunned by her “immeasurable” magical level, Rae stays mum about the fact that she, the protagonist of the otome made flesh, is a water-and-earth dual wielder. This is incredibly rare even for nobility, and it’s the first sign to Claire that Rae isn’t your typical commoner.
Because Rae isn’t included in the overall ranking, Claire considers their bet off. However, Rae was careful to make her promise to do one thing for her “if she didn’t win”, and Claire did not technically win. Fortunately, Claire doesn’t ask for anything lewd; just for Claire to promise never to give up.
While this seems like a random request, the fact of the matter is Claire ends up losing everything in the otome—she is the designated antagonist. Rae intends to keep forging route of her own making—a route that ends with winning over Claire.
For now, Rae’s strategy seems to be remaining in Claire’s presence as much as possible. To that end, she applies for an open maid position in Claire’s household. The head maid informs an exasperated Claire that Rae is actually the most impressive and qualified maid by far, and her apparent devotion to Claire only makes her a more enticing candidate.
Of course, the last thing Claire wants is for this creepy commoner to serve as her maid. Her father Dole, third in line to the throne, initially takes her side, but a few cryptic yet knowing phrases from Rae and a brief private meeting later, and Dole is insisting Claire take Rae on, citing a Francois’ need to “hold a restive horse’s reins”. Political blackmail—You know I love it!
Claire grudgingly accepts, and warns Rae that she’d better do everything she says. We meet Claire’s other maid, Lene, who has served Claire since childhood and acts like a big sister. Lene takes an instant liking to Rae, which makes sense as she’s one of the few people who know Claire as well Rae does, if not better.
The benefit to Rae is obvious: she has an easy excuse to always be by her beloved’s side, even at a tea party with Claire’s noble friends. When told she likes Claire and awful lot, Rae says she doesn’t like her, and her reward is a look of shock from Claire. Of course, she doesn’t like her, she loves her.
When the time comes to bathe Claire, Lene handles the washing of her body, while Rae is tasked with washing her hair. Claire admits Rae is quite good at this, and Rae takes the opportunity to praise Claire’s hair, which is naturally straight but put in curls by Lene every morning to honor her mother.
Lene like Rae and has high hopes for her, but Claire, always possessed of the lowest possible opinion of commoners (that is, those who aren’t Lene), believes Rae will eventually give up her games and make a run for it. When Lene tells Claire to stop calling Rae “commoner”, Claire says she’ll stop if Rae stops with the lovey-dovey talk. Rae, of course, immediately refuses.
That night, Rae sees to it that Claire is okay after spending so long in the steam. She sits beside her bed saying she’ll stay until Claire falls asleep. Claire sits up and tells Rae to come clean: why does she keep claiming to be in love with her? Rae tells her: she’s so cute she can’t stand it.
When Claire dismisses her love as skin-deep, Rae also says she loves her personality. That’s when Claire one has her realest moments yet, admitting that she knows she doesn’t have the kind of personality that people like. She’s convinced Rae is one of those people, and demands to know what she’s “really after.”
Rae tells her the truth: she loves her; there’s no ulterior motive, political or otherwise. She draws in close so their moonlit eyes meet, and says if Claire doesn’t believe her, she’ll do her best to make her believe her. With that, she leaves Claire, who blushes into her sheets. It’s the first sign that her tough armor is finally starting to crack. That said, I’d hope that the hard edges of Rae’s pushiness are smoothed off at some point.
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