The Second Son of the Marquis Wants to Laze Around
Chapter 124: I Honored to Marry Sera

Chapter 124: I Honored to Marry Sera

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Back in Eren’s room at the Valmont mansion, the boy was, as usual, sprawled lazily on his luxurious bed, fingers clicking away on his game console.

Just like he said before, the moment he returned home, he slipped right back into being a lazy shut-in. His system, Useless, could only metaphorically roll its nonexistent eyes, having expected nothing less from its Master.

But this time, he wasn’t alone. Someone else was in the room.

"How long are you planning to ignore me?"

Seraphina’s cold, displeased voice pierced through the silence. She had been standing there for nearly an hour now, arms crossed, waiting for her new Master to finish his game so they could talk.

Not to mention—he was the one who summoned her here!

"Hm?"

Eren paused the game and turned his head lazily from the bed, his gaze falling on her. His brow rose slightly as he noticed her new appearance.

Seraphina stood with a slight frown in her golden eyes, arms folded, her half-fox ears and tail now hidden by illusion magic. To any normal observer, she looked like a tall, graceful human woman. Her long silver-purple hair flowed elegantly down her back and shoulders.

But what stood out most was her outfit—a newly tailored, high-quality maid uniform, the official style of House Valmont. The refined black corset hugged her waist, laced with deep purple ribbon that matched the accents at her collar. Puff sleeves, ruffled edges, and a flowing white skirt adorned with subtle lace gave the ensemble an air of elegance and charm. Delicate cuffs and shoulder frills added a final touch that made her appear both noble and enchanting.

Seeing her dressed like that, Eren silently admired the design.

"Stop giving me that annoying look," she groaned, clearly irritated.

She hated wearing this humiliating outfit, which marked her new status as a maid. For someone like her—a former demon lord—to be reduced to this because of her ridiculous human Master was enough to make her fists tremble.

"Well... I think it suits you," Eren murmured honestly, yet flatly. "Though you’re still missing something," he added, his eyes drifting down toward her chest.

Seraphina’s eyes flashed with fury when she saw his gaze.

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A quick flashback to how all this happened:

Just yesterday, Eren had requested his parents to assign Seraphina as his new personal maid.

His words shocked not only his parents and the head butler, but even the nearby servants who overheard—especially poor Marie.

Who is Marie? She is the young Master’s original maid if you forgot.

Before making that request, Eren had already introduced Seraphina under her new alias, "Sera," a fabricated human identity.

He had crafted an elaborate story about what happened after he got "kidnapped" and end up in a dungeon, where he met Sera—a woman with no memory of her past.

According to Eren’s very creative retelling:

After waking up in a dark prison cell, Eren found himself captured by mysterious hooded figures. Starving and desperate, he concocted a genius plan to fake being sick. The panicked prison guard opened the cell to check on him, only to receive a swift and devastating blow... to the crotch, as he ended the guys generation.

Eren then made his escape.

While sneaking through the strange facility, he discovered a room filled with magical artifacts. There, he grabbed a weapon and a teleportation scroll. Just as the hooded figures caught up to him, he activated the scroll and vanished.

He then reappeared in a mysterious dungeon, where he was attacked by monsters. At the last second, he was saved by Sera, who had apparently been living in the dungeon for years. She had no memory of who she was or how she got there.

Eren explained that they formed a bond through survival, promising to help one another. Thanks to Eren’s idea, as they couldn’t find a way out up, he decided to explore deeper into the dungeon, searching for the dungeon core to destroy it and escape.

Together, they fought monsters, grew closer, and eventually defeated the dungeon boss. After destroying the core, they were teleported out as the dungeon collapsed behind them. That’s how they ended up in the Dry Forest, where Valmont knights later found them.

That was Eren’s completely made-up story.

The moment everyone heard it, the entire whole was swept with emotional reactions. His mother, Isadora, burst into tears and hugged him tightly.

"Oh, my poor baby! You’ve suffered so much!" she sobbed.

"It’s okay. You’re safe now. You don’t have to worry anymore," his father, the now-handsome Marquis Edric, reassured him while patting his head with glassy eyes.

Even the servants were moved to tears, believing their young master had endured months of pain and struggle.

Meanwhile, Seraphina stood silently beside him, utterly dumbfounded by how easily they all bought into his ridiculous fiction. She wanted to roll her eyes so hard they’d pop out.

After the heartfelt reunion, Eren insisted that Sera, his supposed savior and dungeon companion, become his personal maid. He claimed it was out of gratitude and the deep bond they developed.

Seraphina, inwardly groaning, had to play the part of a lost amnesiac with no memory of her past.

"Well..." Edric, the Marquis, looked troubled by the idea. Isadora also hesitated, clearly unsure how to respond.

She tried to reason gently. "Son, I understand what you’re feeling. But..."

But what?" Eren asked, tilting his head in innocent confusion.

"We still don’t know her real origin. Not to mention—!" Just as his father, Edric, tried to explain his hesitation, he caught sight of his son’s displeased, pouting expression... and stopped mid-sentence.

The servant understood too well. The young master had clearly developed deep feelings for that mysterious woman. If she became his personal maid, their bond would only grow stronger.

This could evolve beyond mere gratitude between a savior and the one she saved... into something undeniably romantic.

Trying to gently explain the concern, Isadora stepped in.

"Honey, I understand how grateful you feel toward her and that you want her close. But you must realize... the two of you might end up feeling something more than just admiration."

"...Huh?"

Eren blinked, his eyes dull with pure confusion, as if he had absolutely no idea what this beautiful woman was talking about.

Meanwhile, Seraphina raised one eyebrow, her expression twisted in mild annoyance and disbelief as she quickly understood what the human mother meant.

’Why in the world would I ever fall in love with that evil human...?!’

The Marquis cleared his throat. "Ahem. What your mother’s trying to say is... perhaps it’s better to reward her in some other way like assigning her to work in the mansion. If we make her your personal maid, we’re afraid you might... develop certain feelings and grow to like her... as a woman."

He finally said it, awkwardly masking the embarrassment in his voice. Isadora quietly nodded in agreement.

But Eren, finally understanding what they meant, could only sigh with half dull stoic eyes.

’What kind of ridiculous, cringe thought did they cook up in their heads?’

Still, he couldn’t entirely blame their assumptions. After all, they had all fallen for his fake story. They truly believed he had deep feelings for Seraphina.

Seeing an opportunity, Eren decided to use this misunderstanding to his advantage. After all, keeping the former demon lord close would be far easier this way.

"But Mom," he said in a soft, innocent tone that caught everyone off guard. "Isn’t it normal to like someone?"

He continued, now acting with a sincere, emotional gaze. "To me, Sera isn’t just my savior. I also see her as an older sister I admire deeply. And even if I do fall for her someday, I won’t mind. I’d be happy—no, honored—to marry her."

[PFFFFT!]

A weird noise echoed from the system in his head—but Eren ignored it for now.

With a serious expression, he turned back to his stunned parents, whose eyes were wide open in disbelief. The servants and maids stared with dropped jaws. Even the butler looked shaken.

Then Eren stepped toward Seraphina, who still had a frozen expression of pure shock. Without hesitation, he took her hand tightly in his own—putting on the most serious act of his life.

"I want her," he declared, brows furrowed with conviction. "I want to make her my personal maid. I don’t care what other people say or think."

"Even if she comes from a pitiful background... like a girl who was exiled, abandoned, betrayed by her own family, thrown into a dungeon, and called a loser and sinner by everyone she once trusted—"

"Ugh!"

Seraphina clutched her chest, as if stabbed by those words.

To her, they struck directly at her past trauma—the life she endured and the humiliation she had in the demon realm.

But to everyone else in the room, it looked like her heart had been moved by the young master’s emotional confession.

Seeing their son’s unwavering determination, Edric and Isadora finally sighed in defeat. There was no stopping him.

After everything their beloved child had been through, they could not bring themselves to deny him even this.

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And just like that... Seraphina was officially assigned as Eren’s new personal maid.

Of course, she didn’t care one bit about whatever rumors or outrage this might stir within the noble society of the human kingdom. Whether the aristocrats whispered or how the maids reacted—it didn’t matter.

All that truly mattered to her was enduring the next one hundred years of her contract—serving this frustrating, lazy, evil human—while regaining her full power and ultimately exacting her revenge.

Seeing the clearly displeased expression on her face, Eren simply ignored it. He knew she hated wearing the maid outfit—it was an insult to her pride as a former Demon Lord, after all.

"So, what do you want? Why’re you here?" Eren asked casually, sitting up from his bed while lazily putting aside his game console.

A vein popped on Seraphina’s temple as she glared daggers at him. Her voice sharp and low.

"You were the one who called me here."

Eren blinked in surprise, eyes widening slightly. "Oh... right."

He finally remembered that he had asked her to come to his room tonight.

His nonchalant reaction made Seraphina even more furious as she clenched her fists tightly, suppressing her rising irritation.

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