Mechanical Marie

Arthur Louis Zetes has wealth, looks, and status—along with a deep mistrust of everyone around him after seeing too much greed. Convinced that people can’t be relied on, he asks his butler to find him the ideal maid: a robot. With that impossible under current technology, the household settles for a more practical substitute.

Enter Marie Evans, a debt-ridden former child martial arts prodigy whose famously blank expression makes her perfect for the role. She takes the job and commits to acting like a machine, even as Arthur—sharp-tongued with humans—shows unexpected tenderness toward his “personal robot.” As Marie watches his determination and the quiet care he extends to her, their unusual arrangement begins to feel less like an act and more like the start of something genuine.