The Peaceful Life Of A Maid Who Hides Her Power And Enjoys It - Chapter 183

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Chapter 183

I forgot to even swallow my dry saliva as I checked the floor.

The sky with swirling snowflakes was pitch black, and despite the tattered curtains being wide open, not a single ray of moonlight fell into the room. Only the sound of wind seeping through the window cracks added to the eerie atmosphere.

Through the sparse shadows, I could confirm that there were more than five fallen fruit-shaped heads.

“Occupied Pushkov Castle….”

“Did it.”

“Don’t tell me you already killed them all….”

“Executed them.”

I looked down at my feet again.

Though I couldn’t see the face, judging by the hair color and length, I could deduce that this head belonged to Ropski Sereniye.

Lu casually asked me.

“Anything else you want to ask?”

“…What happens to the Astrosia Kingdom now?”

“War needs justification. The royal family defined us as rebels, but we have our own justification of ‘reclaiming the lost throne of the Seven Princes to end the chaos of the nation and royal family.'”

So the owner of the next throne was already decided. It seemed there was a royal who cooperated with this powerful and ruthless army.

“Then what about Dian? What happens to Dian, the legitimate heir of Sereniye?”

“Ah, Dian Sereniye. I don’t like him.”

A random answer came from the darkness.

“You too, of course.”

This answer was the same, but I couldn’t rebuke Lu.

If my intuition wasn’t wrong, today’s Lu was in a very sensitive mood. His temperament touching my skin felt as chilling as a blade forged from ice. Even more than the ghostly wind sounds faintly heard from the distant Ghost Castle.

“You’re always like that, Ash. You’ve never answered questions nicely. You either demand corresponding compensation, or need to be threatened….”

I tried to ignore the voice that was muttering like a soliloquy unlike usual, but I lacked the courage to ignore the following statement.

“To make you open your mouth, do I need to take off your clothes after all.”

“No!”

“No? Then tell me now. Which head is it?”

I surveyed the rotten grape-like heads with complicated feelings. Just a few days ago, I had resolved not to easily speak about Dian’s private life….

“Ash.”

Lu’s sigh-like voice was heard again.

“You know, I hate bastards with many secrets. Nine times out of ten, such guys are useless. They only ruin the internal atmosphere.”

At that point, I decided to raise my hands in surrender.

‘Dian’s circumstances and whatever, at this point it’s better to just honestly reveal it.’

Today’s Lu is strange.

Strangely persistent, unpleasant, and while not forceful, somehow threatening. Since I couldn’t predict what might happen, I had to move according to Lu’s wishes to some extent.

I picked up one of the heads placed under the bed.

“This one.”

As I personally turned around to show the unlucky face, Lu clicked his tongue briefly and warned in an annoyed tone.

“Don’t hold it like you’re hugging a teddy bear.”

“Why would I hug this thing like a teddy bear? You take it. Anyway, thanks for caring. Dian will surely be grateful for today’s work too….”

…Will he?

‘But why is Lu trying to find who caused the wounds on Dian’s back.’

Out of pity? Was the state of the back he accidentally saw too miserable? But he’s not the type to easily sympathize with someone.

“You’re fucking too fearless.”

Lu, who let out a long sigh, slowly revealed himself from the darkness.

It was a tired face. Black blood was splattered widely around his chest and below his knees, making it hard to distinguish whether it was shadow or not, but only his eyes were gleaming.

His cold golden eyes examined my face searchingly.

“Woman, fearless personality, excellent martial arts, light green eyes… and this face. No matter how much I think about it, it’s not in my head.”

“….”

“How do you know me?”

“There’s no heir who doesn’t know the monster of Sereniye’s Spire.”

“Right, even if you know the Spire monster, you don’t know ‘Lu’. Nobody knows ‘Lu’, because that’s… the name I abandoned when the slave farm where I was raised was submerged by rising river water.”

Slave farm?

Lu, who had walked through the obstructing heads, stopped right in front of me and looked down at my face.

“I’m curious why you pretend to know me. If you knew my past, you could never do that.”

The moment his long, fine fingers, uncharacteristic of a swordsman, touched my chin, something intense and eerie struck my heart like lightning.

I can guarantee this isn’t because of Lu.

‘This unpleasant aura.’

This alien yet not entirely unfamiliar aura, nauseating and stale like the scent of poisonous weeds blooming in a gutter… it reminds me of Mephistopheles’ power.

“Wait a minute, Lu.”

Along with the anxiety of ‘no way,’ the worst possible hypothesis dominated my mind.

I turned my head to escape from Lu’s grip on my chin, but Lu’s large hand didn’t budge.

“So Ash, stop beating around the bush and obediently reveal the truth.”

“Wait.”

“If you make me more annoyed here, forget Dian Sereniye or whatever, I won’t let you leave this room….”

If I couldn’t escape, I had to forcibly draw his attention. I grabbed Lu’s head with both hands, pulled him down forcefully, and shouted.

“I said wait, you idiot! Shut up and just answer my question!”

His golden eyes widened slightly. Taking advantage of Lu’s silence, I quickly spat out my business.

“Listen carefully. A disgusting aura is faintly flowing from you. Don’t tell me you ate Calepa’s heart?”

No reaction. In that moment of silence, I felt my heart plummet with a thud.

“Really… did you eat it?”

Lu, who had been staring at me, showed a deep sneer.

“What are you so desperate about? You keep confusing me. Are you originally this interested in other people’s lives, or is it because it’s me?”

Lu’s expression as he said this was gloomy. Eyes seething with twisted and settled emotions bound me.

“Do you act like this with other bastards too?”

The hand that had been holding my chin was now gripping my neck. As if ready to crush the bones immediately.

“Or is it because I’m a precious tool to save Dian Sereniye?”

I could only let out a bitter laugh.

Tool?

Did he just say tool? And what? Am I originally this interested in other people’s lives? You who appeared before me when I was focusing solely on survival after my resurrection, shaking my entire life, dare to say such things to me?

‘Ah.’

This won’t do. I’m going to overload at this rate.

No, I’ve already overloaded.

“You bastard! You were the one who first suggested we have a child!”

At that moment, the grip that had been clutching my neck disappeared without a trace as if it had been a momentary illusion.

The most dumbfounded face since reuniting with Lu asked me back.

“…What?”

That look was so infuriating that I clenched both fists and struck Lu with all my might.

“You, first, when we were much younger, seduced me, you, bad bastard! Trash! Even if I fed you the Head Maid’s cooking for a thousand years, it wouldn’t be enough!”

“What bullshit are you talking about, when did I ever… ugh.”

Lu, who had been getting beaten for a while, seemed to think this wasn’t right, so he restrained both my arms again and muttered with a stupid face.

“Did you develop delusional disorder?”

Perhaps because I had already snapped once? I maintained the rationality to calmly deal with Lu’s extremely realistic yet pathetic question.

“Right, I’m mentally ill. That’s why I call you Lu. Are all your questions answered now? I don’t care what you think of me at this point either. You’re really awful.”

No matter what curses I spat out, Lu’s dumbfounded face was gradually melting from some point. He looked at my face with eyes that had become annoyingly soft.

“Much younger than me? Hmm. I don’t get that feeling at all though.”

“Get lo….”

I was about to tell him to get lost but closed my mouth. If he really left, I wouldn’t be able to find out if the source of power circulating in Lu’s body was truly Calepa’s heart.

With an extremely serious face, he asked me.

“So did you have the child?”

“Shut up!”

“Why are you angry? You said I was the one who seduced you first…”

Before I could hear any more disgusting nonsense, I snatched the sword from Lu’s waist and pointed it at him as a warning.

“Before you die and I die, just answer my questions honestly.”

Fortunately, Lu nodded obediently. Whatever was so satisfying to him, his extremely satisfied expression made me sick.

“Did you eat Calepa’s heart or not?”

“I didn’t.”

“Don’t lie! If you didn’t eat it, then why do you have that filthy…”

“It’s a curse.”

“What?”

“Remember the blue magical device that was embedded in my back? Loqwe’s demigod cursed me, Ash. It’s shackles he placed preemptively to prevent his precious avatar from running far away.”

Lu whispered affectionately and continued leisurely as if it were someone else’s business.

“My heart will stop in four days.”

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