The Peaceful Life Of A Maid Who Hides Her Power And Enjoys It - Chapter 21

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Chapter 21

A dark bedroom where three people and one egg had gathered closely together.

“Stop spouting such ridiculous nonsense!”

The Head Maid’s cry sounded almost like a scream.

With a distorted face, she clutched her forehead and ground her teeth with a voice thick with deep regret.

“What… such absurdity… I think I was too hasty. To carelessly show this room to Mr. Lu.”

Whatever she was muttering, Lu, the subject of her criticism, seemed not to be listening at all.

Lu was simply busy examining the surface of the Weatherwax Baroness (egg) with interested eyes.

I approached him and quietly asked.

“Is it true?”

“If you’re going to ask, add a subject to your question.”

Nasty fellow. I glanced at the Head Maid and asked again.

“I asked if this egg is really one of 【Dian Ket’s Five Legacies】.”

Dian Ket’s Five Legacies.

Legendary magical artifacts that, when all five are gathered, can perfectly cure any incurable disease.

After the Head Maid and Lu exchanged their oath. It had been only 5 minutes since the three of us came up to the Weatherwax Baroness’s bedroom together.

Even Lu, who was suspicious as they come, couldn’t hide his surprised expression upon learning the master’s identity.

He strode toward the bed. Then, as he carefully examined the egg’s surface, what he said was.

“Head Maid. You said ‘this’ is the Weatherwax Baroness?”

“That’s right.”

“That can’t be possible.”

“It may be hard to believe, but it’s true. This egg, no, the Weatherwax Baroness was entrusted to me for care by the Previous Baroness with repeated requests…”

“This isn’t a living being. It might be a highly sophisticated magical artifact though.”

“…What did you say?”

“Especially this extremely perverted taste in appearance.”

Lu, who had smoothly traced the egg’s surface with his slender fingers, showed a faint sneer.

“No matter how I look at it, it seems like a magical artifact made by that guy, Dian Ket.”

The Head Maid, who was shocked by this, accused Lu of being a liar.

While her attitude was natural considering her position, I couldn’t lend strength to the Head Maid’s argument.

‘Lu is an excellent mage.’

He was also someone who, like me, sought Dian Ket’s artifacts. There was no reason for him to disparage the egg’s identity without basis.

“…Sigh. Mr. Lu, I’ll apologize first. I think I reacted too sensitively. Anyone might have doubts about the Baroness’s identity.”

The Head Maid spoke with a somewhat calmer expression.

“Your claim is wrong. That egg has been growing for 4 years. Also, if you put your ear to it, you can feel a pulse. It is a living being.”

“Hmm. It seems the Head Maid doesn’t believe my words.”

Lu, who had shown a cheerful smile with gloomy eyes, suddenly clenched his fist tightly.

“Well, then. I’ll show you directly.”

Crack.

There was no time to stop him. Lu’s large fist pierced through and struck the pearl-smooth surface of the egg.

‘This…’

He was already crazy, but today he’s even crazier!

“No!”

The moment the pale-faced Head Maid rushed over to push Lu’s chest away. A brown pupil appeared on the pearl-white egg’s surface.

Like an eyeball.

-Damage detected.

I saw it clearly. The inside of the shell was completely empty.

-Shell repair.

Along with an alien voice, the shell fragments that had fallen onto the bed floated up into the air. As the floating shell pieces found their way back to their original places one by one, the egg returned to its original form as if no hole had ever been pierced.

The brown pupil had also disappeared, of course.

“What is this…”

The Head Maid, who had been watching that scene, stepped back with vacant eyes.

“No, this can’t be. This egg is really a magical artifact? Then… me? What have I been protecting all this time? The Baroness… what exactly did the Baroness…”

“Let’s find that out from now on.”

With a light response, Lu placed his hand on the egg’s surface and began chanting a long, difficult-to-interpret spell.

Whirring.

The egg resonated. Soon, blue light burst forth from its smooth surface.

Brilliant letters appeared in the light that gently rippled like curtains swaying in the wind. The letters that appeared one by one instantly multiplied enough to fill the entire field of vision and more.

A single tear rolled down from the Head Maid’s eyes as she watched that wondrous phenomenon.

“It really was a magical artifact.”

When the Head Maid fell into sadness, only a maid was there to comfort her.

I patted the Head Maid’s shoulder and soothed her grief.

“Not just any magical artifact, but a high-grade one.”

“…”

“We’d hit the jackpot if we sold it.”

“…Miss Daisy needs to relearn how to comfort people.”

The Head Maid slowly wiped away her tears and looked up at the letters in the air. A faint admiration began to settle in her previously empty eyes.

“But isn’t this a magical interpretation? I’ve never seen such a detailed interpretation before.”

“Of course it’s your first time seeing one. There’s only one unparalleled genius like me.”

Lu, who answered half-heartedly, slowly read through the magical interpretation. No, he summarized it.

“This magical artifact’s purpose seems to be defensive. Various wide-area attack spells are embedded in it. The purpose imprinted on the artificial ego is…”

After a beat, he added the rest in an odd tone.

“Protection of the Weatherwax Family.”

“Protection?”

“Hmm. I can’t think of a more appropriate expression than the word protection.”

“So that’s what it is, Head Maid.”

No answer came.

‘Don’t tell me she’s wailing?’

I turned my head with worry.

‘…It was needless worry.’

Contrary to my expectations, the Head Maid had her eyes wide open. Her gaze looking up at Lu’s magical interpretation was quite bright and alert.

Unbelievable for someone who had just shed tears moments ago.

‘Certainly, this is the first time I’ve seen such a long and detailed magical interpretation.’

Magical interpretation.

An act where a mage unfolds the blueprint of a specific magic in language based on their intuition, insight, and knowledge. It’s high-level magic that novice mages can’t even attempt.

I too had often seen magical interpretations through mages affiliated with the Magic Alliance. But generally, it was just a few vague words flying around, or a few short sentences appearing.

‘This is the first time in my life I’ve seen such a systematically unfolded magical interpretation.’

The one who could truly feel that greatness with their skin would be the Head Maid, not me. She was also a mage like Lu.

“My goodness. Each explanation is composed of perfect sentences.”

Respect and excitement were already welling up in the Head Maid’s wide-open eyes.

Her slightly trembling fingertips carefully traced the letters carved in the air.

Perhaps because of the wondrous magic Lu had shown, the Head Maid’s momentum in accusing him of being a liar had also diminished.

It seemed she had moved beyond denial and anger to reach some degree of compromise.

‘Now that she’s recognized the truth, will depression come soon?’

The five stages of grief. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance.

Since she learned that the being she had devoted herself to for 4 years was an illusion, the aftereffects would be quite severe.

Perhaps she might lose the meaning of life and attempt something wrong…

“Mr. Lu, where on earth did you come from? Under whom did you learn magic? You couldn’t reach such a level at that age, so I’m curious about your actual age. Every time I cast interpretation magic, my vision goes white and I lose consciousness. Is this simply due to lack of practice? Or…”

She looks perfectly fine. No need to worry at all.

But…

“Especially this extremely perverted taste in appearance.”

“No matter how I look at it, it seems like a magical device made by that guy, Dian Ket.”

But there’s been a way of speaking that’s been bothering me for a while now.

“Lu.”

“Lu?”

“Mr. Lu.”

He nodded as if telling me to speak.

“Do you happen to know Dian Ket?”

Lu crossed his arms and asked back without even looking at my face.

“Curious?”

That short counter-question gave me new certainty.

‘So they do know each other.’

Dian Ket is someone who died before I was born. Being acquainted with such a person meant Lu was at least over forty years old.

But this was just the minimum age, and considering that Dian Ket lived for over 100 years before passing away…

How old could Lu be?

‘I thought he seemed a bit crazy.’

So it was because he’s an old mage who’s lived a long time.

Since ancient times, they say there’s no one crazier than someone who studies magic well into old age. Now it makes some sense.

This added new information about Lu. One, he’s not nobility but has plenty of money. Two, he’s acquainted with Dian Ket.

“Not curious.”

“Really? That’s a shame. Then now…”

When Lu waved his hand in the air, the magical interpretations decorating the room scattered like ink dropped in water. The Head Maid sighed with a face full of regret.

“Now that we’ve confirmed our employer’s interesting identity. Let’s move on to our next plan.”

“Next plan?”

“The Nobility Council.”

At those words, the Head Maid looked at me with a deep sigh. Her complex expression was indescribable.

“Certainly, with Mr. Lu’s level of magical skill… it wouldn’t be impossible to deceive those sharp-eyed and suspicious nobles.”

“Of course.”

“The Weatherwax Baroness currently known to the public is the Previous Baroness’s nephew. To be precise, he’s the only son of the Baroness’s younger brother who was two years younger. The brother married early and had a child early too. The entire family died in battle though…”

So the nephew survived and inherited the Weatherwax Family? Since he’s not a distant relative, there wouldn’t be any gossip about legitimacy.

“He’s exactly twenty this year, so it’s the perfect age to start external activities. But I’m worried. I don’t feel comfortable sending Daisy alone. But it wouldn’t look good for us to accompany her as maids or servants.”

That’s true.

If the baroness were female, it wouldn’t be strange to bring along a maid to help with makeup or changing clothes, but if male, it could cause troublesome misunderstandings.

Especially if he’s an unmarried young man, rumors might spread that he’s bringing along a mistress.

The heir of the Weatherwax Family appearing after 4 years would surely attract considerable attention. It would be best to go and return as quietly as possible.

“Then let’s arrange a marriage. If we put a wife beside him, we should be able to control him appropriately.”

Control? Am I some unleashed dog?

It wasn’t a bad proposal, but the Head Maid’s expression remained dark.

“That’s good too, but… I’m in a position where I can’t leave the estate.”

“It doesn’t matter. I wasn’t planning to entrust it to you anyway.”

“If not me, then who’s going to play that role?”

Lu looked at the Head Maid as if she was asking something obvious.

‘Wait.’

Don’t tell me?

“Well, me, of course.”

The unthinkable happened again.

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