The Peaceful Life Of A Maid Who Hides Her Power And Enjoys It - Chapter 229

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Part 2, Chapter 27

Oh, come to think of it, Deshang was here.

When I turned around while surveying the surroundings, I saw Deshang standing there looking at me in a daze.

Even when I approached and waved my hand, there was no sign of her coming to her senses.

Did she faint from shock?

‘Well… a blue cat she’s never seen or heard of that can use magic and even speak human language. It’s understandable she’d be surprised.’

I shook Lu back and forth in front of Deshang and explained step by step.

“Snap out of it. This cat. Mage. A mage transformed into a blue cat. Understand?”

At that moment, Deshang suddenly came to her senses, wiped her forehead, and let out a long sigh of relief.

“Haaaaah- I, I see, a mage… Andert became a woman through magic…”

“No. I was originally a woman. Not man to woman, but woman to man. Understand?”

Deshang’s body stiffened again. Her widened eyes were screaming silently.

“…Andert was originally a woman?”

She pointed at me with trembling fingers and spoke with teary eyes that looked like they might overflow at any moment.

“Really? You were originally a woman? That’s a lie… it’s a lie, right? Right? I can swear on my mother’s…”

“Why swear on your mother? Rather swear on mine. Though I don’t have parents to swear on since I’m an orphan.”

Actually, they might be alive. But for now, I don’t have any.

Deshang’s silent scream grew louder. Seeing guilt added to eyes that had been filled only with frustration and sadness, she seemed to feel bad about me being an orphan.

Good kid.

And the answer for bad middle-aged men who threaten such good kids is punishment.

The moment the man who had been lying like a corpse in the corner suddenly got up and swung a dagger at Deshang’s neck while shouting something about Li Arsenio!

I grabbed his head, pushed him away, and put strength into my fingertips.

Crack.

“Kuhek… dis, disaster’s… universe…”

Severe case.

Even in his final moments approaching death, he didn’t lose those eyes possessed by something, let alone show fear.

Are all of Rien’s followers like this? It was terrible brainwashing.

After disposing of the terrorist, I approached Deshang, who had started clutching her left chest and staggering in that brief moment.

“What’s wrong all of a sudden? Is your lovesickness acting up again? Are you okay?”

Deshang muttered with a dazed expression.

“This… this is the first time my heart has raced in front of a woman.”

“What are you talking about. You’d die if your heart didn’t beat.”

“This is why your favorite’s personal life should remain an eternal secret… but why…? Why do I feel such excitement… I was betrayed by the favorite I believed in, but why am I…”

Why is she like this? Is it not lovesickness but mental magic? I don’t see any signs of that though.

“Lu, can you fix Deshang?”

He answered in a rare serious voice when dealing with humans.

“The heart of a follower deeply wounded by an unexpectedly encountered truth cannot be easily healed.”

I see. I don’t know what he means, but I carried Deshang on my shoulder and went down the empty stairs.

“I’m being held… by my master who became a woman… no, by my master who was a woman…”

Outside the hotel was chaos.

Screams and swords clashed. Not that death and blood were rampant. Rather, air contracted with tension surrounded the city, and only occasional shouts could be heard in the silence.

The busy street in front of the hotel was nearly empty, unlike yesterday when it was bustling.

In the middle of the empty city, what appeared to be fewer than thirty people were confronting each other in the middle of the road.

Surrounding Rien’s followers wrapped in black clothes were those dressed neatly and formally.

They all had intense impressions and clearly looked like participants in the Pen Rota Guild general meeting held at this hotel.

“Our demand remains unchanged. Cancel today’s meeting and permanently disband the Pen Rota Guild Alliance!”

Though I couldn’t see well due to the backs facing away from me, it seemed Rien’s followers gathered in the center were holding something unknown hostage and demanding the guild alliance’s dissolution.

“Swear to disband immediately! Otherwise, we’ll detonate all the divine flames attached to our bodies and turn this city into a sea of fire!”

So they themselves were the hostages.

The expressions of those in confrontation weren’t good. Haven’t all the citizens evacuated yet?

I moved stealthily to help evacuate residents and tourists. While examining the interior of the general store, I took out the ‘New Hero Manual’ and compared it with the faces of those in confrontation one by one.

That one-eyed man continuously muttering with a displeased face… let’s see, exactly 100th place.

‘Guild master of 【New Magic Alliance】, a guild founded immediately after the Sier Gat Declaration. As major and minor disputes arose with the founding heroes and they parted ways one by one, it’s currently evaluated as essentially not a guild for heroes but the master’s personal business. He lost one eye to Rien.’

Cleverly stealing and using the name Magic Alliance. Unknowing old people might donate large sums just looking at the guild name. He certainly has a good head for making money.

I went up to the third floor of the same building and observed the blonde woman visible through the window.

Seeing people coming and going around that woman, she seemed to hold considerable power within the guild alliance.

As expected.

“That’s Baroness Piyora, master of 【Golden Lion’s Mane】.”

Whoa. Deshang, who had come down from my shoulder, smiled with an embarrassed expression.

“I’m sorry, master. My heart has settled down a bit now… anyway, I want to keep following you. That seems to be my destiny. Until the day this heart’s beating stops… let’s see how far we can go!”

You die when your heart stops beating.

“I guess nobles often found guilds too.”

“No, not often. Usually they don’t participate directly in operations but provide financial support. In that regard, 【Golden Lion’s Mane】 is a bit unique.”

Deshang used her muscles to open the locked residential door handle and entered inside.

“【Golden Lion’s Mane】 has a master from nobility, and the noble families sponsoring them are tremendous. Duke Kalpenweber, Count Raghwirten… so it’s considered a guild chosen by the imperial family. It’s a truly large-scale guild with some influence even in the republic. Ah! There’s a child hiding here!”

Deshang picked up and comforted the sniffling child, then approached me with a deeply worried expression.

“There seem to be quite a few people who couldn’t escape and are hiding. It would be faster if we split up to search…”

“No, that child is the first and last. There’s no one else around here now. Take the child and run as far away as possible, Deshang.”

“What? What do you mean? I said my heart’s beating won’t stop? I would never leave you alone…”

“Don’t forget who I am.”

Who am I?

I’m the god of the Southern Continent.

Ugh. Deshang groaned and twisted her body, then stepped back with rough breathing.

“I don’t mind dying…”

Deshang is definitely a bit strange.

After watching the two figures disappear into the alley, I walked back toward the hotel.

Now I noticed there was someone sitting alone on a vegetable crate, separated from the others. That face is definitely…

‘The Assassin Butler.’

I found the Assassin Butler’s face in the magazine. Surprisingly, he was ranked within the top 20.

‘Graysphere, master of 【Grey Spear】, evaluated as a rising guild… his actual skill is far outside the top 20, but he received a high influence score for receiving Pen Rota’s silver lion emblem, so he’s ranked 19th.’

I turned toward the great 19th-ranked hero and asked Lu.

“The divine flames the followers attached to their bodies, are they not ordinary explosives?”

“Hmm. It seems to refer to Rien’s magic… it is a troublesome flame. It absolutely cannot be extinguished by ordinary means.”

“Ah, that fire. It was troublesome.”

So that’s why they can’t move easily even though this area is empty.

Perhaps hearing our casual conversation, the Assassin Butler’s head turned toward us.

Then his eyes widened in disbelief. His lips parted in a daze, losing all wariness.

I approached the frozen Assassin Butler who couldn’t say anything and said.

“I’m here.”

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