The Peaceful Life Of A Maid Who Hides Her Power And Enjoys It - Chapter 283

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Part 2, Chapter 81

“Haaa, hoooo…”

I inhale deeply and slowly exhale a long breath. As I silently repeated inhaling and exhaling, Lu, who had been sitting obediently in front of me, tilted his head.

[What are you doing?]

“Don’t make me talk. I’m doing labor breathing.”

[…What?]

“On the battlefield, you sometimes experience unimaginable things. Once, I helped a pregnant woman give birth. This is the breathing technique the midwife taught me then.”

Of course, it’s breathing to reduce pain, but it also helps clear distracting thoughts and focus the mind. See? My chaotic head has become quiet, hasn’t it?

“Lu.”

Meow.

“A deity cannot kill another deity. Right?”

Meooow-

Then there’s only one way for me to defeat Rien.

“I need to increase Rien’s divine power and break the balance.”

If I can’t kill him, I have no choice but to make him a complete deity and chase him away to that distant space.

“The odds aren’t bad. Since this isn’t the Southern Land, if I can just hold Rien here…”

Then I’ll somehow get into a brawl and induce him to use his divine power. Mm. It’s an excellent plan.

Lu, who had been quietly staring at me, gave cold-eyed advice.

[As you said, this area where Rien erected the Wall of Fire isn’t his land, so there are disadvantages in maintaining balance. But Rien has a strong desire for power, so he would have prepared considerable measures to maintain his divine power.]

He wasn’t wrong. As he said, if I tried to solve this carelessly as usual, I might actually let Rien escape.

Tap, tap. Lu, who had been striking weeds with his long tail, called me gently.

[Daisy.]

“Yeah.”

[What you desire most right now… would be revenge against Rien.]

“Mm. Honestly speaking, I could consider personal grudges as nonexistent. But just because I ignore Rien doesn’t mean that bastard will leave me alone.”

Even if I forgave Rien’s surprise attack, making a hundred concessions, that would be the end of it.

Rien touched my people. At that point, I was in a position where I couldn’t back down.

Hmm. The large blue kitten slowly blinked his big eyes and said to me.

[If you fail this time, leave it to me.]

“No.”

What kind of nonsensical request was that all of a sudden?

And leave it to him? Lu isn’t in a state where he could take on Rien even if I handed him over, is he? Now I was getting a bit angry.

“Are you trying to do something reckless again? Forget it, it’s unnecessary. Lu, just watch from the sidelines now. While watching, if you… can’t stand it, go scratch a tree or something.”

The blue kitten, who didn’t even pretend to listen to me, raised his small bottom and began stepping forward in the opposite direction, step by step.

“Where are you going?”

[To Rien.]

“Rien?”

…Ah, his stronghold was right in front of us.

[Once I’ve spoken, I don’t change my words, Daisy.]

“…”

[Now that I’m in this state, there are bound to be limits to how I can help you. I’m telling you in advance that you might be disappointed depending on my judgment.]

Huh. It was such a firm declaration that it was hard to scold him immediately.

Of course, I acknowledge that Lu cherishes me, or rather, at least the stable state of my physical body, terribly.

The problem would be that he cherishes it too terribly.

‘No matter how I think about it… he’s obsessing over my divine power more than necessary.’

I admit that I’m still in an immature state. But isn’t this overprotection like treating a newborn baby?

I had already used vast divine power in the confrontation with Rien, and I was worried about Lu, who was expending considerable energy maintaining my balance.

Simply turning back time and turning the physical state of a body back to the past are worlds apart.

‘Even though it was just two days, it would have required vast divine power.’

Just four years ago, when I hadn’t achieved unity of mind and body… we almost said eternal farewells while trying to return my broken vessel to a stable state.

I had no choice but to ask Lu.

“Do you find me that unreliable?”

Though it was disappointing, objectively speaking, it was a cold judgment.

What had he called my attempt to attack Rien? Hitting a rock with an egg? …I think he used an even more shocking comparison.

Lu’s already slow pace had now become crawling level. He answered calmly.

[It’s not that I find you unreliable, Daisy. I’ve watched the path you’ve walked for over ten years with my own eyes. How could I, having done so, consider you unreliable?]

“…”

[You look like you don’t believe me… Then I’ll be a bit more honest with you.]

Lu turned around and plopped down on the ground, raising one front paw. Sharp and cute claws popped out and shone brilliantly in the moonlight.

[I’m jealous. So angry that I’m sick of it.]

Jealous?

[The beginning of your journey was certainly interesting. I have such old memories remaining. The memory of following your footsteps during the ten-year Mage War.]

“Mm.”

[Yes, I thought it would be similar to then… but it was a great miscalculation.]

Swish. The sharp claws mercilessly slashed through the wildflowers swaying before his eyes.

[Watching you focus on someone like Rien, struggling desperately to stay by your side. I know that since it’s your revenge, I shouldn’t interfere or control it arbitrarily. Well.]

It was a voice that sounded somewhat, no, definitely tired.

[Now I wonder what any of that matters. I’m afraid that my patience will really run out and I’ll disappoint you of my own accord… That moment that will come soon…]

Lovely golden eyes looked at me and smiled affectionately.

[I’m truly looking forward to it.]

Oh my.

To say he’s looking forward to the moment when he’ll endure and endure until he can’t anymore and cause a scene.

“You’re really in a serious state, Lu.”

[Thank you for understanding, my cute Daisy.]

Lu, who had primly raised his tail, began walking again. I let out a sigh loud enough for him to hear.

‘I understand his feelings, but…’

I didn’t know he had bottled up this much inside. Should I say it’s amazing that he never showed it once? Or should I say he gets jealous over the strangest things?

‘So how exactly will he cause a scene?’

He can’t kill Rien anyway. Does he mean he’ll use every method available to destroy his balance? But how, in that physical state?

‘If there were an easy way, he could at least tell me.’

Lu said.

[Remember, Daisy. You must never kill Rien.]

“I know. The curse of the land… I think that’s what it was called.”

I glanced at the back of the blue kitten’s head. It was something I had overheard during his confrontation with Rien.

[One who kills an awakened deity receives the curse of the land and cannot stand on the ground with both feet. You’d have to avoid the curse by living hanging from trees like a monkey or floating a sailboat on the sea for lodging. Unfortunately, you’d never see the Eastern Continent in your lifetime.]

Never being able to step on land for life. That’s quite a terrible curse.

Before long, traces of a path where people had walked appeared through the thicket. At that moment, Lu jumped up into the trees and hid himself. He seemed to intend to move separately.

I entered inward, keeping the dirt path to my side while minimizing any signs of my presence.

Eventually, a dilapidated village appeared.

The village, with at most five or six wooden houses clustered together, gave off a gloomy and dark atmosphere like the land of the dead.

Among them.

There was a different scene that caught my attention.

A well located in the center of the wooden houses. And beside it, an old stone statue standing silently.

A knight’s stone statue wearing a winged helmet and raising a great sword high toward the sky.

Though I was ignorant about the deity called Deus, I knew the name of that stone statue.

The Knight of God, Dunain.

Though this was the first time I’d encountered it directly, it was a scene I had glimpsed through others’ memories.

“…This place is.”

I had suspected, but there was no doubt.

This was Rien’s hometown. The place where he lost his sister and decided on revenge…

At that moment.

The woman who had been standing behind the tree hesitantly approached me. Then, with a face full of fear, she said.

“Please, please take me out of here….”

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