平和な箱庭/A Peaceful Little World Bittersweet Gothic Romance | JP & EN
私は…メイド……なんですよね…？
ヒロインはメイドとして雇われたが、母屋の仕事ではないと告げられる。
なぜか離れの小さな一軒家が与えられる。周囲には広い庭で日当たりも良い。仕事内容は簡単な洗濯掃除のみ。旦那様の離れのリネン類の洗濯や掃除に洗いもの、お食事の配膳のみ。
なぜか同席して食事することになっているが、ヒロインは初めてのメイド仕事であり、接するのもほとんど旦那様のみなので、異様な習慣だと気づいていない。
日当たりのいい小さな一軒家
広い庭
無理のない掃除・洗濯・配膳
十分な食事と生活保障
毎日の規則正しい仕事
接する相手はほぼ旦那様
なぜか旦那様と一緒に食事する
なので、これは「労働者として雇用した」というより、「彼女が健全に暮らし続けられる生活様式を用意した」に近い
母屋では「奥様」と呼ばれているとか。ヒロイン本人は知らない。
社会・屋敷の出入口
│
【母屋】
│
一本の回廊
│
【主人の離れ】
│
一本の回廊
│
【ヒロインの離れ】
＋広い庭
大分類：恋愛
物語形式：心理サスペンス
美学：ゴシック／絵本的
情念：執着・囲い込み・静かな支配
読後感：怪談
母屋の使用人
「奥様」
主人
「ええ」
ヒロイン
自分をメイドだと思っている
※主人は両方向に対して否定をしない。
A Peaceful Little World
The heroine is employed as a maid, but is told that she will not be working in the main house.
For some reason, she is given a small detached cottage of her own. It stands in a large, sunlit garden. Her duties are simple: a little washing and cleaning, nothing strenuous. She launders the master's linen, cleans his detached residence, does the washing-up, and serves his meals.
For some reason, she is also expected to sit at the table and dine with him.
But this is her first position as a maid, and the master is almost the only person she ever has dealings with. She therefore has no idea that there is anything peculiar about this arrangement.
A small, sunlit cottage.
A large garden.
A manageable routine of cleaning, laundry and serving meals.
Plenty to eat, with all her living needs provided for.
Regular work, every day.
Almost the only person she sees is the master.
And, for some reason, she takes her meals with him.
So this is less a case of ‘employing her as a servant’ than of ‘providing her with a way of life in which she can remain safe, healthy and well.’
Meanwhile, in the main house, the servants apparently refer to her as ‘the mistress of the house’.
The heroine herself knows nothing about this.
Entrance to the estate
and the outside world
│
[Main House]
│
a single passage
│
[The Master's Residence]
│
a single passage
│
[The Heroine's Cottage]
+ large garden
Main genre: Romance
Narrative form: Psychological suspense
Aesthetic: Gothic / Picture-book-like
Emotional core: Obsession / Seclusion / Quiet control
Aftertaste: A ghost story
The servants in the main house:
‘Madam.’
The master:
‘Quite.’
The heroine:
believes herself to be a maid.
The master does not correct either side.
