Recommendations About the Maid, not the Mistress

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    LunaAngel-Eclipse Well-Known Member

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    In most of the imperial harem or transmigration or whatever other romantic josei novels that I've read, the main character is always the daughter of a noble or rich family (illegitimate child or not). Then there is always the supporting character or canon fodder of 'loyal maid'. Are here any novels that follow similar plot, but the main character is the loyal maid, not her master? It can follow the idea of a maid getting together with the emperor/king/prince or it can be a story of the maid helping her mistress become queen while getting together with one of the king's servants/guards, or anything else; I don't really mind so long as the maid character is the maid and she gets to shine!

    I like both BG and BL, so if the "maid" is a male servant, that's fine too.
     
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    Does Falling in love with the villainess count?
    It's about a (transmigrated) male servant to a brother and sister, and there's an eventual romance between him and the sister
     
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    I'm actually reading the manga of this right now! It's what inspired me to write this post originally.
     
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    I usually don't really like romance novels with male MCs unless he's the shou of a BL novel, but thanks for the rec!
     
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    you might like From Maid to Mother (have read some of the manga and if i remember correctly it's a pretty good slice of life) doesn't really fit specifications but it's about a maid so here you go...
    but....... this sort of really specific thing is kind of hard after all... the mc is the mc and an mc being a supporting character is kinda rare...

    edit:https://www.novelupdates.com/series/from-maid-to-mother/
     
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    There is something like that I webnovelb I can't remember the title. It's the dragon's bride is a translator or something like that
     
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    I wonder if 'methods to save the villain who was abandoned by the heroine' would siut you?
    The main character is the villians maid at the start but it looks like later she will be adopted by some very high (assassin) nobles. So she was a maid, but i don't think shes'll be one for much longer.
     
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    It's The Dragon Prince's Wife is a Translator.
     
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    I don't know how the story is gonna be since it seems like she doesn't stay a servant for long, but it seems to suit my tastes, i'll give it a go! Thanks for the rec!
     
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    I did start read the manga. It doesn't quite fit the criteria I had in mind but it was still a likeable manga, though I've put it on the back-burner for a while now.
     
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    That was a serious spoiler
     
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    It's literally the title of the novel
     
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