too good of a timing

chapter 2 : too dumb to be guilty

"Expressss your wishhhhes!"

Roswaal spoke with his usual antics.

Subaru stood up from his seat, and while looking at nothing in particular, exclaimed his desire as enthusiastically as he could muster.

"I only have one request, and it's to work at this mansion!"

An awkward silence hung in the air. She sneezed.

"Hiku.."

She could not fathom what his angle could possibly be.

'That's a weird decision to make. What is he trying to achieve? He could have asked for money, or to live here as a permanent resident, but he decided to work here instead? Perhaps he wants to use his role as a butler to investigate something while avoiding our suspicions, but the imbecile doesn't appear to be smart enough to do that. If he is a spy, he is an utterly incompetent one... pathetic. Even Rem is getting suspicious of him despite my warnings. I have to get her away from him before she takes matters into her own hands.'

"Nee-sama, we should go find him a uniform first. Let's choose one together."

"Rem, I doubt we will find one for him. He is short and has small shoulders- truly a pathetic man. I will take his measurements and will give you the uniform to tailor later. You should begin preparations for dinner, we can't get behind schedule because of his incompetence."

"Understood. Nee-sama truly thinks about everything!" Rem replied, a massive smile on her face.

'I have to keep an eye on him. I also can't let Rem close to him. Given his utter lack of tact or discretion, she is beginning to notice his even more suspicious behaviors.'

"Barusu. Come here. I will show you around the mansion."

"Ok, Nee-sama but how about my cool butler uniform? Wearing it will probably give me the stat boosts I need, since I got isekaied without any decent gear."

"Barusu. For your butler uniform, I don't think we have one of your size. Only women's clothes would fit you, you pathetic excuse of a man."

'What nonsense is this fool spewing? What does he mean by 'got isekaied'. I have never heard that word before. Is he a foreigner? Perhaps it refers to some sort of magic or curse. He talked about needing 'stat boosts', so maybe he is just telling me his gate is damaged in some bizarre slang? 'Boosts' implies something about power or strength, but I also don't know what he means by 'stats'... I am probably giving his words too much thought. They are closer to the ramblings of a delusional child. He is truly a confusing sight...'

She sighed. It was, still, too early to be dealing with this.

"Nee-sama why are you sighing? Why am I feeling like I dropped in your esteem? Please don't do that, I need to regain my social-links! And what's with turning my name into a blinding curse?!"

Ram, seeing him beginning to complain again, began walking towards the door with a deadpan expression. None of this was amusing. She had work to... not do.

Finishing listing his complaints, he noticed she had walked off while he was absorbed in his whining. Subaru ran towards through corridor to catch up to her.

"Nee-sama you are horrible! You let me talk alone!"

'Wait. Regain what now?'

The tour was not going well.

"So this is the primary guest room."

"So here are the baths."

"So here is the kitchen."