The Peaceful Life Of A Maid Who Hides Her Power And Enjoys It - Chapter 189

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Chapter 189

The first breath was hot.

From the moment Lu’s aggressive warmth brushed against my lips and parted them, I could only be swept away in a daze.

Lu’s eyes, seen from a distance where our eyelashes could touch, were more beautiful than the universe itself. Lu’s head gradually lowered toward me as he kissed me deeply and deeply, as if he would seep into my very being.

Though I collapsed onto the sand as if falling, unable to bear his weight, Lu didn’t care at all. If it wasn’t my imagination, his lips were gradually moving further downward.

At that moment.

Like gears that had been stopped for a long time slowly beginning to twist, my heart, which had been beating perfectly regularly, began to pound rapidly.

‘Surely… he’s not going to continue here?’

I felt an unprecedented sense of crisis. Really continue?

In front of the crossroads to the gods?

For the entire universe to see?

“A-Are you crazy? Get off me right now!”

Though Lu had stubbornly endured all my struggles, when I bit his lip hard in my panic, he reluctantly pulled back as if he had no choice.

“What are you being so sensitive about? I’m just trying to touch my master a little.”

That brazen and shameless reaction gave me quite a shock. The Lu I knew was definitely someone who said he didn’t know what he might end up doing, and wouldn’t even let me kiss him carelessly!

“Who are you?”

I slowly backed away in confusion.

The blue-haired Lu I encounter in my inner self is Calefa Lu, not the twenty-two-year-old human Lu. But the one I’m facing right now seems just like the twenty-two-year-old Lu, doesn’t he?

Lu crossed his arms with a disgruntled face and answered indifferently.

“That’s the stupidest thing you’ve ever said.”

The brief complaint gave me clear certainty.

‘He really is twenty-two.’

Otherwise, he couldn’t be this emotional.

Still, my confusion was justified. The Lu before my eyes had blue hair, not blond, didn’t he?

‘How did this happen?’

Had he risen to the level of a demigod and penetrated my soul in just two days? Recalling that Kalerpa’s heart was blue, it made sense that Lu’s hair had turned blue too…

No, never mind understanding—right now Lu looks more suspicious than me as he searches around eagerly. Especially that expression!

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

“You really have some nerve.”

“…Nerve?”

“I already knew you had nerve, but I never thought you’d be this bold, Ash.”

“What on earth are you talking about?”

“Did I annoy you that much?”

It was an absurd question.

“Why would I find you of all people annoying?”

“Then why didn’t you hint that there would be problems with my memory?”

“That’s…”

Lu looked down at me with cold eyes as I couldn’t answer readily.

“This feeling of memories related to you gradually disappearing… it’s a really damn awful feeling. Well, I’ll probably forget even this emotion I’m feeling now soon enough.”

That he would ‘forget’ even this emotion… Though it was a fact I already knew, I somehow felt inwardly disappointed. Even more so because I knew his future.

“…is what you thought I’d say?”

Lu smiled mischievously and grabbed my waist with one hand as if embracing me. Having lifted me with his strong power, he led me toward the desert where sand stretched endlessly.

“I’ll never forget you, Ash. I think I can store all our moments together within my power that remains inside you.”

“Store them?”

Wait a minute.

‘Could it be that just as Dian’s soul held onto my memories, Lu’s power can also hold onto his memories?’

Having followed Lu absentmindedly, I looked around with a blank face. Dry desert stretched in all directions.

The path that had stretched toward the universe had disappeared without a trace, as if it had been a dream dreamed while standing. Lu seemed displeased with my behavior of looking around here and there, grabbing my head and turning it toward himself as he spoke.

“That future me or whatever, I found it damn annoying every time you mentioned him… but I like this one thing. As expected, foresight is quite useful.”

That was certainly a creative idea that even I hadn’t anticipated.

However, the Lu before my eyes was under one big misconception.

The Lu who would regain his memories wouldn’t be the twenty-two-year-old Lu who had just become a demigod, but would be Calefa Lu. Unlike Lu, who would return to the Astrosia Kingdom of 160 years ago… I was destined to return to the Pen Rota Empire 160 years later.

Lu’s memories would connect then too.

‘…Maybe it’s a meaningless distinction at this point.’

What good would it do if his memories returned?

Lu had used powerful force not permitted in the mortal world, and became a god as the price. Though I too had risen to the level of a demigod, I had no confidence that I could keep Lu bound to this earth…

“Your head seems complicated.”

His voice sounds like a faint illusion.

I closed my eyes deeply and opened them to concentrate. But each time I blinked, the world surrounding us became more rapidly blurred.

“Lu?”

The desert begins to crumble. Lu’s form was the same. Distorted beyond recognition, he was disappearing as flickering light.

“Sorry, but it’s too late. No matter how much you scheme, you can’t run away from me now. I told you, I’d chase you to the end.”

“Lu!”

Faint anxiety became fear and swallowed me.

What if this was the last time?

What if I could never meet him again from this moment on?

“No, Lu! Please come back!”

I reached out my hand, half flailing to catch the disappearing Lu, but it was impossible to reach him. Starlight that stretched out tenderly kissed my hand and whispered.

“You can look forward to it, Daisy. The real beginning starts from the moment I regain my memories.”

With that wish that was no different from a warning, I awakened from a long sleep.

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The memo Ash left that day was short.

『Special training method for a healthy body.

Daily: 2 hours walking, 2 hours running, 300 push-ups, 200 pull-ups, window cleaning…

Studying is good, but don’t neglect physical training.

You are Dian, who will become the world’s greatest healer.』

Dian, who read the handwriting that could only be described as vigorous several times, closed her eyes and reviewed the memo again.

‘…Good, I’ve memorized it all.’

After closing the notebook, she stretched long and started a new day.

The wake-up time was 8 AM as usual. Dian headed to the pharmaceutical room, wondering what time of day to fit in the that Ash had advised during her daily routine.

Osrtoura Castle after a long blizzard was milder than Sereniye’s summer.

Ghost Castle.

“Pfft.”

Recalling the excellent nickname that Ash mentioned like a habit made her laugh foolishly. Judging by how the soldiers she encountered along the way looked particularly bright compared to yesterday, it seemed good news had come to the rebel army.

“The Leader’s fever has dropped a lot. Now it’s just a mild fever level. He’ll probably regain consciousness soon. This is all thanks to you, Dian. You really are the best healer! I’m truly grateful.”

“Not at all. I’m more grateful that you say such things.”

Dian liked this castle.

Among other things, what she liked most was that people of various ages, hometowns, and genders had gathered with a single purpose. Having left Sereniye, she was gradually learning what community spirit meant.

However, even her mood that had been pleasant all day gradually faded after sunset.

‘The current time is… 11 PM.’

Too late.

When exactly would she fall asleep?

If she could fall asleep even a minute earlier, Ash would be able to move around more comfortably. Buried in such worries, she buried her face in the pillow.

The next day, Dian opened her eyes at 8 AM.

But today, Ash hadn’t left a memo.

“…Hmm.”

It happened occasionally.

Ash was someone who lived very busily through days that weren’t given many hours. When Dian’s active hours had become overwhelmingly long like recently, she would have to handle all her business in a short time, so she must be twice as busy.

‘Besides, Ash seemed quite close to the Rebel Commander.’

White had hinted that Ash had been by the Commander’s side all day since he collapsed. According to testimonies from those around them, the two seemed to get along quite well.

‘Do strong people attract other strong people?’

But the opponent was that Commander who was once called the Spire Monster, wasn’t he?

“Squawk!”

Dian found that man uncomfortable and frightening.

There would be no one in life as uncomfortable and repulsive as that man. If she were to list the reasons one by one, there would be no end, but apart from trivial grounds, it was right to say that his very existence was uncomfortable. He was someone who made her desperately understand the expression ‘incompatible from birth.’

“Squaawk.”

Objectively speaking, it was the same.

This Rebel Commander was a person who didn’t suit Ash at all.

Unlike Ash, who was kind, fun, cool, and like a proud older sister you could show off anywhere, that golden-eyed man was annoying, arrogant, and violent, and though he was handsome…

“Squaawwk!”

“…Ah! Sorry, Ash. I’ll let you out now.”

She hurriedly opened the cage and let Ash out.

As if displeased with his tardiness, Ash pecked at her fingernails with his yellow beak and began looking around the bedroom with prim steps. The cute bell attached to his foot swayed with each step.

The next day.

Dian opened her eyes at 8 AM.

Today too, Ash had left no memo.

With a worried heart, she left a long greeting in the notebook. It contained a message asking that if there were any problems, please convey it through White. Below that, she briefly recorded what had happened that day.

Hoping that tomorrow Ash’s reply would be left there.

But the next day too.

And the day after the next day too, Ash left no memo.

‘Why could it be?’

Why was Ash no longer leaving memos for her?

As Dian sat blankly for a long while, a pristine book that was as good as new came into her view.

【Advanced Herbology】.

She had brought it with the thought of ‘someday,’ but had never actually opened the book even once. She had been complacent, thinking that what she had now might be enough.

『You are Dian, who will become the world’s greatest healer.』

Suddenly, the last sentence of the final memo came to mind. Dian picked up the book as if enchanted.

She opened to the very first page and began reading very slowly and carefully. However, before long, large droplets began falling one by one onto the stiff paper, disrupting her concentration.

“…Sob.”

“Squawk.”

Just then, light footsteps were heard and the bedroom door burst open.

“Good morning, Dian! Did you sleep well? Finally today the Leader woke up…”

White’s voice was as bright as always.

An ordinary day like usual.

My little hawk, same as usual.

Same as usual… the upcoming day that would be nothing like usual at all.

The moment she realized that fact, the tears she had been holding back finally burst forth.

“Sob. Sniff…”

“Huh?”

White, who had frozen at the door with a bewildered face for a long while, belatedly came rushing over in a hurry.

“Dian? A-are you crying? What’s wrong? What happened? Who made our Dian cry! Who is it! Come out right now!”

Her booming shout spread throughout the entire Ghost Castle.

Soon after, rebels who popped out from all directions swarmed around Dian like a colony of ants. They raised their voices among themselves, debating about ‘the circumstances that led Dian, who is more mature than adults, to burst into tears.’

However, no matter how much warm affection surrounded him, the large hole pierced in one side of his chest could never be filled.

Ah, so this is what loss feels like. It was a realization that brought no joy at all.

Ash had left.

Blaming himself for not being able to leave even a proper farewell, Dian shed tears without stopping.

For a very long time.

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