"Redemption In Another World" by Tombag - Chapter 147
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2025 4:21 am
After giving a stern lecture to Lexton, Erin proceeded to the next part of their plan. This was getting a spare maid uniform from the dressing room of the staff, which would then be used as a disguise for Stacey.
Once she got to the dressing room, the redhead was happy to see that there was no one else there, meaning that she would be able to look for a uniform in peace. She immediately went to the closet that was supposed to hold the spares and opened the door.
Unfortunately, while there were plenty of uniforms, none of them were a fitting size for Stacey, who was around the same size as Erin. The only ones left seemed to be fitting either for very large races, like trolls or ogres, or very small ones, like gnomes or goblins.
“Of all the things for our plan to stumble with,” the redhead muttered to herself in annoyance. “Let’s see if we can use any of these remaining ones. Maybe she can miraculously pull it off?”
Erin first grabbed one of the smaller uniforms and held it close, trying to compare it to herself in order to measure the size properly. Much to her disappointment, it was far too small for Stacey, as either of them trying to wear it would look like they were dressing up in clothes made for a baby.
“Yeah, that’s not working. We would draw far too much attention to ourselves,” the redhead said as she put the smaller uniform away and grabbed a larger one. “Maybe this will work.”
Unlike the smaller outfit, Erin was actually able to fit inside the larger one. The problem was that her whole body fit inside with plenty of room to spare. It looked like she was wearing a large blanket over herself.
“This one’s a miss, too… What am I going to do now?” the redhead said with a sigh, as she began to take off the uniform, only to find it difficult. “Before that, how the hell do I get out of here? Where’s the door?”
As Erin was struggling to free herself from the large maid uniform, Julianna entered the room. The maid was quite surprised to find what appeared to be a living uniform moving right before her eyes. At that moment, the redhead was able to free herself, coming face to face with a rather confused colleague.
“Uhh… Hi!” Erin greeted Julianna nervously. “I was just… Umm… Trying out some outfits! Nothing else!”
“Yeah… I can see that,” Julianna said. “My question is, why are you trying on something that’s clearly too big for you? I’ve heard about putting yourself in the shoes of someone else, but I don’t think that’s what it means.”
“Well… you see… I kind of need a new uniform,” the redhead began to try and explain herself, but was struggling to come up with an excuse. “It’s for my… work…”
“That’s an obvious lie,” the maid said bluntly, shocking Erin. “I can tell just by looking that there’s nothing wrong with your uniform at all, so why do you need a new one? We can’t exactly afford to waste our resources.”
The redhead let out a small sigh of relief inside her mind. At first, when Julianna had caught her lying, she had feared that her cover had been blown. While it was a good thing that her true intentions hadn’t been uncovered, it still wouldn’t save her from her current predicament. She still needed to find a reasonable excuse for what she was doing and her mind was drawing a blank.
Suddenly, an idea popped inside Erin’s mind, as she realized that Julianna was about the same size as herself. Perhaps she could…
“Hey, what are you spacing out for!?” Julianna asked angrily, as she wasn’t getting a response from the redhead. “Would you mind and tell me already why you were messing around with uniforms that were clearly not your size!?”
“...The thing is that I needed a new one for another maid!” Erin said as the story began to take form inside her mind. “You see, she kind of had an “incident” with one of the guests and is in the need of a new uniform. That’s why I’m here.”
“Okay, but why couldn’t she come here herself?” the maid asked. “Why did she need you to come here for her? And is it really that bad that she needs a whole new uniform?”
“Well, she is rather distraught after what happened and is a… bit of a mess to say the least. She didn’t want to be seen in the state she is right now, especially with the guests we have right now,” the redhead explained. “Because of that, I came here in her place, as I’m going to need her help in cleaning the room that Golorath’s lady is staying at.”
“Cleaning the room of-? Hang on, wasn’t it cleaned earlier today?” Julianna asked. “In fact, wasn’t it you who did that?”
“Yes, but there was some sort of an accident there that apparently made a big mess or something!” Erin quickly explained as she tried to hold back her panic that was slowly building up. “From what I was told, it was so bad that it requires at least two people to clean it up! That’s why I needed the new uniform for my partner, who was supposed to help me! But since you’re here, maybe you could help me instead!?”
Silence fell over the two of them, as Julianna stared at Erin, taking in the story she had just been told. The redhead could feel beads of sweat fall down her face, as she tried her best to remain calm while hoping that her story was believable enough.
“...Alright, I suppose I could help you out,” Julianna finally said with a sigh. “I seriously don’t like going to that room, as I fear my life might end at any second, but I can’t leave a fellow worker in trouble.”
“Yes! Thank you!” Erin cheered happily. “I’ll just grab some cleaning supplies and we can get going!”
As the redhead gathered some supplies to keep up with her disguise of simply performing her cleaning duties, she couldn’t help but smile at how well she had worked under pressure. Not only had she been able to avoid any suspicion, but she had also managed to secure an outfit for Stacey to use as a disguise.
However, she suddenly realized an issue with her plan. While she had secured a disguise, it had come with something extra. Julianna was wearing it and Erin doubted that the maid would be willing to simply give up her clothes. Even if she were to explain their situation, the redhead didn’t think that the maid would be all that willing to cooperate.
They needed a maid uniform and the one they got was already being used by Julianna. That meant that they would have to take it from her one way or another. Erin could feel her face turn pale, as she fully realized what she had to do.
“Hey, what’s the matter?” Julianna asked, snapping the redhead out of her thoughts. “Your face has turned pale all of a sudden. Are you feeling alright?”
“I-I’m okay!” Erin quickly lied, trying to keep her composure. “It’s just been a long day and I’m starting to get tired.”
“I get that. A lot of people think our job is simple and fail to realize just how tough it can truly be,” the maid said. “How about after we get this done, you take the rest of the day off? I’m sure the others will be able to handle it from there on.”
“...Thank you,” the redhead said while also apologizing in her mind.
With their cleaning supplies gathered, the two maids headed to Stacey’s room. Luckily it was getting pretty late, so there were no longer all that many people walking around, allowing them to get to the room without any interruptions. Before she closed the door, Erin took a quick glance at the outside of the room to make sure that there was no one nearby.
“So where’s this big mess that you were talking about?” Julianna asked while looking around the room, not finding anything out of the ordinary. “Hey? Where’s the-?”
The maid didn’t get to finish her question, as Erin grabbed a mop that she had taken with them and put it against Julianna’s throat, chocking her out. The maid tried to fight back against the sudden attack, but had been caught completely off guard. She was barely able to put up any kind of a struggle, before she passed out and fell to the floor.
“I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I’m sorry!” the whispered apologetically to the unconscious Julianna. “I had no other choice! I swear I didn’t want to do this!”
Erin proceeded to drag Julianna to the bedroom, where Stacey was waiting for her. Upon hearing the door open, she looked up in panic, only to calm down upon seeing it was Erin. Although, some of her fear returned, once she saw the person that was being dragged.
“E-Erin?” Stacey called out to her old friend. “What is that?”
“This is one of the maids that works here. I unfortunately had to knock her out, so that we could take her uniform,” Erin explained, as she placed Julianna on the floor and began to undress her. “The plan is to have you disguise as one of the maids working here, so we can sneak out of here.”
“H-H-Hang on a second!” Stacey said in a somewhat panicked tone. “Y-You actually expect me to wear that thing’s clothes!?”
The way Stacey had worded her question surprised Erin, who stopped what she had been doing to stare back at her old friend in confusion.
“Yes? That’s the plan,” the redhead replied. “What’s wrong with it? I know that wearing a maid uniform isn’t exactly something that you’re probably looking forward to, but we need to do that in order to get you out of here. I’m sure you can manage at least a bit of discomfort.”
“The outfit isn’t the issue, it’s that thing that wore it! Do you really expect me to wear something that creature was wearing just now!?” Stacey asked in a mix of shock and anger. “Not only that, but is that thing still alive!? Why haven’t you killed it yet!?”
To say that Erin was shocked would be an understatement. The fact that Stacey was referring to Julianna like she was just some sort of an animal absolutely horrified the redhead. While she knew that her old friend was self-centered and not exactly a good person, she had expected her to have changed for the better at least a bit.
“Stacey, she isn’t a thing, okay? Her name is Julianna and she’s just an innocent maid that works here,” Erin explained, like her old friend was a small child. “She works here in order to take care of her sick younger sister and risks her life with some of the guests here. There is no reason for us to kill her! What kind of a heartless murderer do you think I am!?”
“You speak about that thing like it’s human! Look at the ears it has! That thing is NOT human!” Stacey said while pointing at Julianna’s elf ears. “How can you view something like that as the same as us!? It’s obviously just some sort of a monster that this world is full of! And you expect me to wear the clothes it has worn!? God only knows what I might get from that!”
Hearing Stacey’s dehumanizing rant against Julianna caused all the shock Erin previously had to disappear and get replaced with anger. The redhead wasn’t sure if there was a reason for Stacey to view the people of the world in such a way, like the treatment she had received from Gabe and his people, but she didn’t care. The idea that Stacey looked at people in such a horrible manner, even including her friends, was something that she wouldn’t stand for.
Worst of all, it was that type of view that they used to have towards Devin and Gabe back in the day.
Having had enough of Stacey’s horrible remarks, Erin walked up to her and grabbed her by the hair, slamming her against the bed that she was still sitting on. The redhead held her down while glaring into her terrified eyes.
“Listen here. I’m not going to stand for that kind of shit at all, got it? I have friends here helping me rescue you and I will not allow you to say anything like that towards any of them!” Erin said in a stern and angry tone. “Now you get one of two choices. Either you suck it up and put on the outfit or you get to stay here and remain the toy of Gabe and his goons. Which one will it be?”
“...I’ll put on the outfit,” Stacey replied meekly.
“Good choice,” the redhead said as she let go of her old friend’s hair. “We better get going. I have no idea if someone is planning to come here and I’d rather not get caught in this mess.”
Having gained Stacey’s cooperation, Erin proceeded to undress Julianna and gave her outfit to her old friend, who put it on hesitantly. Knowing that she couldn’t just leave Julianna laying on the floor like that, the redhead tore up some of the sheets in order to tie up and gag the maid, before hiding her in a closet.
“I’m so sorry I had to do this,” Erin apologized to the unconscious Julianna. “I hope you won’t get punished for this and get to see your sister safely. If I ever meet you again, I promise that I will repay you for what you had to go through.”
“O-Okay, I’ve got the outfit on,” Stacey called out, having finished dressing up as a maid. “D-Do we get to leave now?”
“We still have a couple of things left to do,” the redhead said as she pulled out the wig Lexton had made. “First, put this on. It will help hide your identity.”
Stacey did as she was told and put on the wig. Once that was done, Erin explained to her the defense mechanism Lexton had installed into it and specified that it was only to be used as a last resort. After that, the redhead helped Stacey wash away her makeup and redid it in order to further hide her identity.
Now that Stacey’s disguise was ready, they could proceed with getting out of the hotel. Erin carefully opened the door and looked around to see if there was anyone around. Finding no one, she motioned for her old friend to follow behind her, as they proceeded towards the elevators.
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Once she got to the dressing room, the redhead was happy to see that there was no one else there, meaning that she would be able to look for a uniform in peace. She immediately went to the closet that was supposed to hold the spares and opened the door.
Unfortunately, while there were plenty of uniforms, none of them were a fitting size for Stacey, who was around the same size as Erin. The only ones left seemed to be fitting either for very large races, like trolls or ogres, or very small ones, like gnomes or goblins.
“Of all the things for our plan to stumble with,” the redhead muttered to herself in annoyance. “Let’s see if we can use any of these remaining ones. Maybe she can miraculously pull it off?”
Erin first grabbed one of the smaller uniforms and held it close, trying to compare it to herself in order to measure the size properly. Much to her disappointment, it was far too small for Stacey, as either of them trying to wear it would look like they were dressing up in clothes made for a baby.
“Yeah, that’s not working. We would draw far too much attention to ourselves,” the redhead said as she put the smaller uniform away and grabbed a larger one. “Maybe this will work.”
Unlike the smaller outfit, Erin was actually able to fit inside the larger one. The problem was that her whole body fit inside with plenty of room to spare. It looked like she was wearing a large blanket over herself.
“This one’s a miss, too… What am I going to do now?” the redhead said with a sigh, as she began to take off the uniform, only to find it difficult. “Before that, how the hell do I get out of here? Where’s the door?”
As Erin was struggling to free herself from the large maid uniform, Julianna entered the room. The maid was quite surprised to find what appeared to be a living uniform moving right before her eyes. At that moment, the redhead was able to free herself, coming face to face with a rather confused colleague.
“Uhh… Hi!” Erin greeted Julianna nervously. “I was just… Umm… Trying out some outfits! Nothing else!”
“Yeah… I can see that,” Julianna said. “My question is, why are you trying on something that’s clearly too big for you? I’ve heard about putting yourself in the shoes of someone else, but I don’t think that’s what it means.”
“Well… you see… I kind of need a new uniform,” the redhead began to try and explain herself, but was struggling to come up with an excuse. “It’s for my… work…”
“That’s an obvious lie,” the maid said bluntly, shocking Erin. “I can tell just by looking that there’s nothing wrong with your uniform at all, so why do you need a new one? We can’t exactly afford to waste our resources.”
The redhead let out a small sigh of relief inside her mind. At first, when Julianna had caught her lying, she had feared that her cover had been blown. While it was a good thing that her true intentions hadn’t been uncovered, it still wouldn’t save her from her current predicament. She still needed to find a reasonable excuse for what she was doing and her mind was drawing a blank.
Suddenly, an idea popped inside Erin’s mind, as she realized that Julianna was about the same size as herself. Perhaps she could…
“Hey, what are you spacing out for!?” Julianna asked angrily, as she wasn’t getting a response from the redhead. “Would you mind and tell me already why you were messing around with uniforms that were clearly not your size!?”
“...The thing is that I needed a new one for another maid!” Erin said as the story began to take form inside her mind. “You see, she kind of had an “incident” with one of the guests and is in the need of a new uniform. That’s why I’m here.”
“Okay, but why couldn’t she come here herself?” the maid asked. “Why did she need you to come here for her? And is it really that bad that she needs a whole new uniform?”
“Well, she is rather distraught after what happened and is a… bit of a mess to say the least. She didn’t want to be seen in the state she is right now, especially with the guests we have right now,” the redhead explained. “Because of that, I came here in her place, as I’m going to need her help in cleaning the room that Golorath’s lady is staying at.”
“Cleaning the room of-? Hang on, wasn’t it cleaned earlier today?” Julianna asked. “In fact, wasn’t it you who did that?”
“Yes, but there was some sort of an accident there that apparently made a big mess or something!” Erin quickly explained as she tried to hold back her panic that was slowly building up. “From what I was told, it was so bad that it requires at least two people to clean it up! That’s why I needed the new uniform for my partner, who was supposed to help me! But since you’re here, maybe you could help me instead!?”
Silence fell over the two of them, as Julianna stared at Erin, taking in the story she had just been told. The redhead could feel beads of sweat fall down her face, as she tried her best to remain calm while hoping that her story was believable enough.
“...Alright, I suppose I could help you out,” Julianna finally said with a sigh. “I seriously don’t like going to that room, as I fear my life might end at any second, but I can’t leave a fellow worker in trouble.”
“Yes! Thank you!” Erin cheered happily. “I’ll just grab some cleaning supplies and we can get going!”
As the redhead gathered some supplies to keep up with her disguise of simply performing her cleaning duties, she couldn’t help but smile at how well she had worked under pressure. Not only had she been able to avoid any suspicion, but she had also managed to secure an outfit for Stacey to use as a disguise.
However, she suddenly realized an issue with her plan. While she had secured a disguise, it had come with something extra. Julianna was wearing it and Erin doubted that the maid would be willing to simply give up her clothes. Even if she were to explain their situation, the redhead didn’t think that the maid would be all that willing to cooperate.
They needed a maid uniform and the one they got was already being used by Julianna. That meant that they would have to take it from her one way or another. Erin could feel her face turn pale, as she fully realized what she had to do.
“Hey, what’s the matter?” Julianna asked, snapping the redhead out of her thoughts. “Your face has turned pale all of a sudden. Are you feeling alright?”
“I-I’m okay!” Erin quickly lied, trying to keep her composure. “It’s just been a long day and I’m starting to get tired.”
“I get that. A lot of people think our job is simple and fail to realize just how tough it can truly be,” the maid said. “How about after we get this done, you take the rest of the day off? I’m sure the others will be able to handle it from there on.”
“...Thank you,” the redhead said while also apologizing in her mind.
With their cleaning supplies gathered, the two maids headed to Stacey’s room. Luckily it was getting pretty late, so there were no longer all that many people walking around, allowing them to get to the room without any interruptions. Before she closed the door, Erin took a quick glance at the outside of the room to make sure that there was no one nearby.
“So where’s this big mess that you were talking about?” Julianna asked while looking around the room, not finding anything out of the ordinary. “Hey? Where’s the-?”
The maid didn’t get to finish her question, as Erin grabbed a mop that she had taken with them and put it against Julianna’s throat, chocking her out. The maid tried to fight back against the sudden attack, but had been caught completely off guard. She was barely able to put up any kind of a struggle, before she passed out and fell to the floor.
“I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I’m sorry!” the whispered apologetically to the unconscious Julianna. “I had no other choice! I swear I didn’t want to do this!”
Erin proceeded to drag Julianna to the bedroom, where Stacey was waiting for her. Upon hearing the door open, she looked up in panic, only to calm down upon seeing it was Erin. Although, some of her fear returned, once she saw the person that was being dragged.
“E-Erin?” Stacey called out to her old friend. “What is that?”
“This is one of the maids that works here. I unfortunately had to knock her out, so that we could take her uniform,” Erin explained, as she placed Julianna on the floor and began to undress her. “The plan is to have you disguise as one of the maids working here, so we can sneak out of here.”
“H-H-Hang on a second!” Stacey said in a somewhat panicked tone. “Y-You actually expect me to wear that thing’s clothes!?”
The way Stacey had worded her question surprised Erin, who stopped what she had been doing to stare back at her old friend in confusion.
“Yes? That’s the plan,” the redhead replied. “What’s wrong with it? I know that wearing a maid uniform isn’t exactly something that you’re probably looking forward to, but we need to do that in order to get you out of here. I’m sure you can manage at least a bit of discomfort.”
“The outfit isn’t the issue, it’s that thing that wore it! Do you really expect me to wear something that creature was wearing just now!?” Stacey asked in a mix of shock and anger. “Not only that, but is that thing still alive!? Why haven’t you killed it yet!?”
To say that Erin was shocked would be an understatement. The fact that Stacey was referring to Julianna like she was just some sort of an animal absolutely horrified the redhead. While she knew that her old friend was self-centered and not exactly a good person, she had expected her to have changed for the better at least a bit.
“Stacey, she isn’t a thing, okay? Her name is Julianna and she’s just an innocent maid that works here,” Erin explained, like her old friend was a small child. “She works here in order to take care of her sick younger sister and risks her life with some of the guests here. There is no reason for us to kill her! What kind of a heartless murderer do you think I am!?”
“You speak about that thing like it’s human! Look at the ears it has! That thing is NOT human!” Stacey said while pointing at Julianna’s elf ears. “How can you view something like that as the same as us!? It’s obviously just some sort of a monster that this world is full of! And you expect me to wear the clothes it has worn!? God only knows what I might get from that!”
Hearing Stacey’s dehumanizing rant against Julianna caused all the shock Erin previously had to disappear and get replaced with anger. The redhead wasn’t sure if there was a reason for Stacey to view the people of the world in such a way, like the treatment she had received from Gabe and his people, but she didn’t care. The idea that Stacey looked at people in such a horrible manner, even including her friends, was something that she wouldn’t stand for.
Worst of all, it was that type of view that they used to have towards Devin and Gabe back in the day.
Having had enough of Stacey’s horrible remarks, Erin walked up to her and grabbed her by the hair, slamming her against the bed that she was still sitting on. The redhead held her down while glaring into her terrified eyes.
“Listen here. I’m not going to stand for that kind of shit at all, got it? I have friends here helping me rescue you and I will not allow you to say anything like that towards any of them!” Erin said in a stern and angry tone. “Now you get one of two choices. Either you suck it up and put on the outfit or you get to stay here and remain the toy of Gabe and his goons. Which one will it be?”
“...I’ll put on the outfit,” Stacey replied meekly.
“Good choice,” the redhead said as she let go of her old friend’s hair. “We better get going. I have no idea if someone is planning to come here and I’d rather not get caught in this mess.”
Having gained Stacey’s cooperation, Erin proceeded to undress Julianna and gave her outfit to her old friend, who put it on hesitantly. Knowing that she couldn’t just leave Julianna laying on the floor like that, the redhead tore up some of the sheets in order to tie up and gag the maid, before hiding her in a closet.
“I’m so sorry I had to do this,” Erin apologized to the unconscious Julianna. “I hope you won’t get punished for this and get to see your sister safely. If I ever meet you again, I promise that I will repay you for what you had to go through.”
“O-Okay, I’ve got the outfit on,” Stacey called out, having finished dressing up as a maid. “D-Do we get to leave now?”
“We still have a couple of things left to do,” the redhead said as she pulled out the wig Lexton had made. “First, put this on. It will help hide your identity.”
Stacey did as she was told and put on the wig. Once that was done, Erin explained to her the defense mechanism Lexton had installed into it and specified that it was only to be used as a last resort. After that, the redhead helped Stacey wash away her makeup and redid it in order to further hide her identity.
Now that Stacey’s disguise was ready, they could proceed with getting out of the hotel. Erin carefully opened the door and looked around to see if there was anyone around. Finding no one, she motioned for her old friend to follow behind her, as they proceeded towards the elevators.
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