The Peaceful Life Of A Maid Who Hides Her Power And Enjoys It - Chapter 298

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Part 2, Chapter 96

When my teeth sank into Lu’s flesh.

He showed a very displeased expression and tried to push me away as if brushing off a bug.

But that was only for a moment. As he grabbed my forehead to pull me away and was about to apply force, he hesitated, and I felt a faint sense of joy in that movement.

What?

Why is he happy?

Feeling an inexplicable uneasiness, I slowly pulled away from him. But Lu, who had been examining me as if searching, extended his opposite arm.

“Bite here too.”

“…”

“Go ahead.”

If you tell someone to bite when asked, they’re a dog.

Since I’m not a dog, I glared at him and stepped back, annoyed by his trivial yet somehow very Lu-like command despite having lost his memory.

He looked completely puzzled.

“Why won’t you bite?”

“Why should I bite?”

“Watching you bite me felt strangely familiar and endearing.”

That… that could be possible.

“Why is that?”

That’s… probably because I used to bite you often?

“Did I raise you like a dog?”

“Absolutely not.”

I sighed deeply and asked.

“Lu, do you really, truly, remember nothing at all about me?”

I tried to ask as calmly as possible, but my voice seemed to tremble slightly at the end without me realizing it. Lu, who never missed such things, raised one eyebrow with a suspicious expression.

“You’re making a face like you’re blaming me. Were we perhaps in some special relationship?”

I couldn’t shake my head or pretend to be indifferent to those words, so I did my best to glare at Lu.

Perhaps realizing this was my way of affirming, Lu, who had been silent for a while, turned his gaze toward the door and spoke slowly.

“…When I opened my eyes, I was a cat.”

It was a voice soaked in self-doubt, not the confident and assured tone I rarely heard from him.

“I couldn’t remember my name, my hometown, or why I was staying with the humans in this place… But I could instinctively feel that I was human, not a cat, and that I could return to my original form whenever I wanted.”

Lu quietly closed his eyes and chuckled softly, as if finding it absurd even upon reflection.

“It’s strange. I remember language, magic, and all the basic common sense needed to live, yet I’ve completely forgotten about myself.”

“…”

“I felt the need to know the cause of this situation. The reason I first went to the dining room when I woke up was because it was the only place in this area where I could sense human presence. Twelve humans recognized who I was, but you were the one who hugged me as if it were natural.”

I recalled Lu sitting blankly in front of the dining room. Thinking of how he looked lost with nowhere to go after losing all his memories made my heart ache for no reason.

As he spoke, he seemed to gain more certainty, and Lu’s somewhat hazy gaze now felt much clearer.

He faced me directly and asked.

“…Yes, Daisy. If I’m special to you, then I must have regarded you as special too. So what am I to you?”

I am… the person you love.

The person you promised a lifetime to.

Normally, it would have been an answer that came out immediately without much thought.

But for some reason, I instinctively sensed that Lu would feel great resistance to the relationship of ‘lovers.’

Whether it was a demigod’s intuition or the perception I had naturally developed with him, I couldn’t tell, but this wasn’t mere worry—it was certainty.

Forcing the specialness of love or lovers on the current Lu would surely be a bad move.

‘Lu has lost his memory. So it wouldn’t be particularly strange if he felt resistance.’

I didn’t act stubbornly and considered a better approach.

Should I say we’re family?

Didn’t Lu also mention familiarity and bring up things like sister or mother?

‘No. Family would be the worst lie.’

While I might plausibly gain Lu’s trust for now, the gaps would widen over time and the lie would be exposed.

Besides, I’m not Lu’s blood relative to begin with, am I? Most importantly, blood relatives can’t become lovers. If we became family, Lu might regard me as his sister for life…

Then, friends?

No matter how I looked at it, it was the safest answer.

But being safe meant it lacked any trust or binding force that our relationship should maintain. If Lu suddenly planned a journey to find himself, it would be hard to hold him back by force.

‘In the end, the most important thing is giving Lu a reason or obligation to stay by my side…’

Slave.

Or someone sold to pay off their parents’ debt.

Among these unpleasant examples, I thought of an approach that would preserve Lu’s dignity and the binding nature of our relationship, while also drawing less suspicion from the incredibly wary Lu.

“You are… a guard mage temporarily employed by me.”

“…Guard mage?”

As if it were an unexpected answer, Lu slowly stroked his chin while examining my face and asked back in a quiet voice.

“If it’s temporary, is it different from a regular guard knight?”

Could you tone down the sharp questions a bit? I nodded naturally.

“I suppose so? Above all, you’re not a knight since you haven’t received knighthood. You’re a mage affiliated with Rogue, but you willingly became my guard.”

Phew. Good, that was a clean answer.

I hoped he would just agree, but Lu continued to stare at me with that intense gaze.

“The relationship between employer and employee isn’t usually like this.”

“Well… we’ve… known each other for a very long time. We’re practically friends. I was much more comfortable with that too.”

“A friendship of biting and being bitten?”

“To be precise, only I bit. You were generally the one being bitten.”

Seeing him nod in understanding, he must have been feeling that ‘being bitten felt familiar’ since earlier.

“Then what was your reason for employing me?”

This was definitely a crisis.

Making up a trivial reason could arouse unnecessary suspicion. Rather than attaching some random circumstance, it might be better to scale things up a bit.

“I am…”

Yes, rather.

“I’m looking for my missing parents.”

Lu’s eyes widened slightly.

“We were separated when I was very young… Actually, I thought they had passed away all this time. But recently I heard news that both of them might still be alive. The information I have is quite limited, so I decided to get your help.”

Since it was an answer based somewhat on facts, it came out smoothly without any unnatural parts.

‘I never thought I’d use it this way.’

Perhaps that’s why? Lu also accepted it immediately.

“I see, is that so.”

Indeed, using parents in difficult situations was the best approach. I should remember that.

With that answer, Lu got up from the sofa. I hurriedly grabbed his hand and asked.

“Where are you going?”

Lu answered with a face that said I was asking something obvious.

“Anywhere. I can’t spend the dawn by your side, can I?”

But you can’t… We always spent it together… I hid my disappointment and nodded.

Lu, who had moved without hesitation and was turning the door handle, suddenly looked back at me.

“I want to ask one more thing. So why did I lose my memory?”

The exact truth about that could be revealed later without being too late.

I pretended to recall unpleasant memories and answered calmly yet slowly.

“I remember you attempted extremely dangerous magic. You might not believe it yet, but you’re actually one of the greatest mages in the world…”

“I know.”

“…”

“Isn’t that obvious?”

Yes, you’re amazing.

“Hmm. The expression ‘one of’ the greatest mages is irritating. But… yes, I can’t make excuses in this state. I’ll acknowledge it for now.”

I asked back with an incredulous feeling.

“You said you don’t remember any facts about yourself?”

“I can know without remembering. I can feel that there’s no magic impossible for me.”

I see.

“But why did such a magnificent me end up in this state… I can’t recall it at all.”

Trailing off her words, Lu opened the door with a hazy and wistful expression, as if wandering through a dream.

“It seemed like it was for a very important reason.”

Click.

The bedroom Lu left was frighteningly quiet. It felt like being left alone in an empty world.

To shake off that vivid loneliness, I picked up a pen and sent a letter.

The recipient was Jin.

The content was that I planned to return to Midwintry as quickly as possible, so let’s meet there.

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