Chapter 43

"Then could you tell me why do you keep following me?"

This was the question that I want him to answer. I have been thinking about it but unable to find the real answer. I know that he was trying to hide something. That's why he started to stalking me.

In my past life, someone told me that being ignorant is not a sin, but if you know that you are ignorant but did not do anything to fix it, that was the real sin. Those words were the ones that keep motivated myself to learn everything that I am able to learn. But I also need to put some priority on the information that I am curious about. That's why I never ask him before. But lately, his stalking is getting worse and I could not stand it.

"What are you talking about? Why do you think I keep following you? It was just a coincidence that I went to that place." The alchemy teacher makes an excuse.

"How many times have you been caught by the sister maid this week?" I asked him about the things that I want to make sure about.

I have lost my count of Sister Ancelina grumbling about how many times she saw him following or loitering around my room these last few weeks. It was quite annoying because he keep doing it and even trying to secretly sneak into my room when I attended the other class.

'Did he finds out about my secret?'

I feel a bit scared that he might have reported my secret to the Viscount Ruach. If they found out about my secret, I don't know what they want to do to me. Should I leave this place right now when the Viscount family are going out?

I heard that they are going to the Second Prince, Prince Edmund's fifth birthday party in the capital. I'm glad that I didn't have to go to the capital city with them. Because he was one of the Capture Targets and my fiancé in the game.

"Did you mean about that rude maid?" The alchemy teacher said with a displeased tone.

'He still trying to hide it.'

"Then, could you please let me know what you are trying to find in the abandoned part of the mansion?" I ask politely with a gentle smile.

"Hmph, what are you trying to do? D-Don't come closer! Do you want to show your true self right now to silence me?" The alchemy teacher said while trembling in fear.

'What? Did my smile looks so scary?' I wonder about my expression and touch my right cheek with my right hand.

"W-What do you want to do to me? Do you thinking about how you want to kill me?" He was acting as if I was a monster and move backwards until his back hit the wall.

"Why do you think that I will kill you, teacher?" I ask while tilting my head.

'Why did he so afraid? Did he have some misperception about me?'

I really wonder about what this crazy scientist-like teacher is thinking. But as what I heard in my previous life, trying to understand a madman is an extremely useless thing to do. Especially when you are just a normal person. I look at his terrified face.

"Hiee! That looks! You must be not a human...no, you are not a living being. How could be there is a living creature that has such an expression?" The alchemy teacher screamed in terror.

'Is there something wrong about my expression?'

I wonder about what's wrong with my expression. I always think that I have an easy-to-read expression because of how Brother Winslow and Sister Ancelina are able to guess my thought easily lately. Is it only possible because they spend more time with me?

"Look carefully, I'm a human being just like you, teacher. Is there something wrong with my expression, teacher?" I try to ask him with the most gentle tone.

'Look at how kind and innocent my act was. How rude to feel afraid of a cute loli like me!'

I can't understand why he was so terrified by my expression, but I always feel that there is something wrong with how the other people in this mansion acted after looking at my expression. It has bugged me but Brother Winslow and Sister Ancelina never answered me seriously or they will change the topic.

"Y-You-You are lying! If you are really a human, how could you did not have any expression on your face? You always have that unchanging face and as if you are not a human but a living doll or maybe an undead. What?! Do you want to kill me now after I exposed your secret?" He yells at me.

"..." I was speechless with his words.

'What??? Did he say unchanging expression?!'

I was really surprised and unconsciously touching my face. I never thought that he would tell me that I have an expressionless face. Then how could Brother Winslow and Sister Ancelina guess what I am thinking about?

It was a great surprise for me. I never thought of it before. Then could it be the description of Renneshia in the game is wrong? The game describes her as someone with a cold heart who secretly looks down on other people. It was the description from the Heroine so it must be some kind of misunderstanding.

"Huh?! Expressionless!" I unconsciously said it out loud.

"Hiii! Why do you come closer? Don't kill me! I still have a bright future as a genius." For some reason, the alchemy teacher becomes more terrified as I step forward.

"Teacher, why do you scared of a little girl like me? Even if your guess is correct, but you must be able to defeat my small body?" I ask another question.

I don't understand why he fears me like this. My small and weak body was easy to defeat with his adult body and strength. It seems to be something that is not written in the books but most people know about it.

"You, you can fool me with your appearance! I know that you will be curse me when I touch you! Everyone knows that touching an undead might cause the curse of death infecting your body and it might cause a person to lose their blessings. Stop right there!!!" He screams.

"Then why do you keep stalking at me lately?" I asked him with a grin (or maybe an evil smile) and move closer to him.

I feel he still hiding something in his explanation.

'For what reason he started to stalking me?'

"S-St-Stop! I-I will tell you everything but please don't get closer! I-I'm sorry! I try to seal and purified you with some items that are known as effective for fighting the undead. But why none of them had any effects on you?!" The Alchemy teacher said with a terrified gaze.

Of course, it won't have any effects on a living person like me. But I don't have to explain it to him. I might be able to use it for my benefit. Unconsciously my grin (evil smile) gets wider and makes him more terrified.

"Hiii!!! Please spare me! I will do anything to make you spare my life." He started to beg me.

"Alright, I will spare your life but if you dare to swear with your life as the collateral. Don't worry, I won't take your life as long as you didn't tell anyone about what I will doing from today onwards. If possible, you don't have to watch what I will be doing in every alchemy class." I said it with a wide grin (maybe I would look like a cat in that popular story) and made his face turn blue.

"Gulp! M-My life!? Did you really want to kill me?!"

Seems to lose his strength, and his body slides down and trembled as he saw me as if I was some kind of terrifying monster.

"I did not say that I will kill or harm you. I only tell you to swear to me that you won't tell anyone else about everything that relates to me. If you try to tell someone about it, you will have bad luck and might be able to lose your life. Repeat it." I will try to give him some suggestions and I hope it will be like what I learned about how to make a self-hypnosis.

'I just need him to repeat my words for few times.'

"Huh?! What???" He seems to be confused about what I said.

"Repeat after me! I swear that I will not tell anyone about it or I will be plagued by misfortunes." I tell him slowly so he could easily repeat it.

"I-I s-swear that I will not tell a-anyone about it or I will be plagued by misfortunes." He repeated it while stuttering.

"You are stuttering. Say it one more time!" I told him with a stern tone.

"I swear that I will not tell anyone about it or I will be plagued by misfortunes." He repeats it perfectly in a small voice.

"Speak louder, I can't hear you." I glare at him and said.

I made him repeat that sentence for various reasons until I feel that it was planted in his unconsciousness. I'm really glad I have read and remembered about these useful tricks from my past life. Because of it, I'm able to use the laboratory freely and create a lot of things to help me with my health and beauty.

I never thought that there will be a day for me to act as an undead being to threaten someone. I could only hope he won't realize about my lie.