The Peaceful Life Of A Maid Who Hides Her Power And Enjoys It - Chapter 321

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Part 2, Chapter 119

Before the banquet began.

At my request as I arranged Lu’s disheveled hair, he gave a cold sneer.

“Are you telling me to just watch helplessly even if you’re dying?”

When I reminded myself that he had forgotten me. This level of emotional reaction should be something to welcome gladly.

“No, it’s not helpless. I am….”

I won’t die.

Probably.

“….”

And that “probably” prevented me from giving Lu the confidence that “nothing will happen.”

From my perspective, it was a plan that was no different from gambling. I had no intention of failing, but that didn’t guarantee success either.

‘If I reveal that fact to Lu, will he understand?’

Will he recognize the danger and escape on his own at the right time?

No. If he were that kind of person, I wouldn’t have had such worries in the first place.

“…In the first place, we came on this journey together for that moment.”

“That moment? The purpose of hiring me was to find your parents, wasn’t it?”

“I thought I could find them. But I was wrong. The day to find my parents will never come.”

Of course, what I told Lu was sophistry.

But I had no choice. The current Lu is weak.

That fact made me worry about and think more about Lu’s safety than my own. Had Lu felt this way when he looked at me during our past time together?

Was that why he always worried about me even over trivial matters, got angry, and tried to awaken my vigilance with vague words?

‘Spolia will absolutely never touch Lu.’

I could be certain of this alone. If he had planned to deal with Lu while he was weakened, he would have approached him long ago.

As I felt with Lu too, the two don’t approach each other more than necessary.

…For now, that’s quite fortunate.

“…You’re cleverly changing your words.”

Lu’s eyes as he said this seemed to doubt my sincerity, and also seemed a little disappointed in me.

“Promise me.”

I held out my pinky finger in front of Lu’s chest as he stood expressionless. When I urged him despite his lack of response, Lu reluctantly hooked his finger with an unwilling face.

His golden eyes lingered over the silver ring on his ring finger for a long time, but that was all.

Now that I had Lu’s promise of survival. What remained was….

Spolia just smiled happily even at my unrestrained cursing, then at some point wiped away all traces of laughter and said.

“How about it, Daisy. Are you ready to finish our bet now?”

Finish, my ass.

I was amazed at how confident he looked after disrupting things less than an hour after the banquet started.

“Come on, tell me the answer to who your birth mother is. Hurry…. Right now I’m concentrating on your voice more than ever.”

Of course, I had reached a conclusion. But would my judgment be the correct answer?

‘As if that’s possible.’

It was a ridiculous expectation. That despicable deity of the Western Continent wouldn’t start a bet he could lose!

Whatever my conclusion was and whatever answer I spoke, this bet was one I couldn’t win.

I had no intention of becoming Spolia’s possession.

The thought of losing my precious people…. Even more so.

“Sorry, Spolia. I never started a bet with you.”

“….”

“So there’s no correct answer to tell you. Does this serve as an answer?”

Spolia tilted his head to the side and narrowed his eyes.

His gaze examining my face searchingly wasn’t as purely shy or joyful as before.

Mechanically cold eyes. With eyes like that, he speaks of love? Does he take me for the fool of the century?

“Strange, Daisy. The you I know isn’t someone who would give such an answer….”

It was different from what I expected, thinking he would handle things while feeling regretful.

I swallowed dry saliva.

No, I made it look like I swallowed dry saliva.

“Daisy, you’ve prepared a move I don’t know about.”

My tense appearance would stimulate him further.

“Ah. I wonder what kind of move it could be?”

As if he couldn’t contain his anticipation, Spolia lifted his head and let out a faint laugh, then approached me with a deep smile.

One step.

“What could our Daisy have prepared to entertain me? …I’m truly curious.”

Two steps.

“I like how consistently altruistic you are, Daisy.”

Three steps. And finally….

“Having you stolen by Kalerpa…. Yes, that was my mistake.”

At a distance where we could feel each other’s breath.

“So I dislike him.”

The empty blue eyes slowly drew closer.

“Because your gazes are too similar.”

At that moment.

[Level 1 Crisis Detection.]

A sharp alarm sound echoed throughout the vast banquet hall. People passing by stopped moving and looked up at the ceiling with blank eyes.

[Emergency evacuation initiated. All personnel must evacuate safely according to guidance.]

I could feel powerful magic beginning to surround the sky above the Imperial Palace.

“What is this….”

“Level 1 crisis?”

The people in the banquet hall murmuring without easily taking a step was only momentary.

“Quiet.”

Everyone’s gaze turned toward the voice coming from the banquet hall entrance.

The figure leading black-uniformed knights who had rushed in instantly.

It was the Swordmaster, Jigharke Berkleighton.

“From now on, we swiftly leave the Imperial Palace.”

“Y-Your Excellency! What on earth is happening?”

[Emergency evacuation initiated. All personnel must evacuate safely according to guidance.]

“No questions. Exit the banquet hall and follow the Jenail Knights waiting outside.”

The Berkleighton Knights and Jenail Knights.

Don’t tell me. The reason both Raphael and the Swordmaster had been missing at some point was….

‘Because they detected Spolia’s presence.’

Was it because of the Swordmaster’s appearance as he coldly gave orders, with his usual relaxed atmosphere completely gone?

After a commotion broke out in the banquet hall, everyone who had been enjoying dancing, drinking, and music began pouring out of the banquet hall.

However, the escape route didn’t stay open for long.

“Excellent. But too late.”

With Spolia’s low voice….

Bang.

The banquet hall entrance closed.

At the same time, all the lights went out, and the indoor atmosphere became chaotic with panic.

“No, no!”

“Open it! Open it now! Push the door!”

The sound of frantically pounding on the door, throwing chairs at windows, and crying…. Various noises that incited fear turned the banquet hall into chaos.

“A play needs an audience.”

The moment a detached voice in the darkness whispered in my ear.

There was a voice heard amidst the commotion.

“Tara? Is that you? Your forehead is glowing strangely.”

“Huh. Captain Wokhood… what’s that strange pattern glowing red on your forehead?”

“Duke Hailo? Your forehead is…”

Beyond the dark vision, a red laurel crown began to rise like embers.

“Hurry, Daisy.”

Following the amused urging, dizzy voices tangled like threads and struck through my head.

“A strange light? Wait… Sister, my forehead is too… Ah, argh…!”

“Knight Commander? Are you alright? Hey, you there! Come quickly and help support the Captain!”

“Stay calm. Don’t mind me and check if there are any casualties.”

Spolia’s delighted voice circled above my head.

“There isn’t much time… The mark won’t wait for you, Daisy.”

I counted numbers.

One.

“No! Tara! Get a hold of yourself, Tara!”

“…Captain Wokhood? Pull yourself together. Captain! Knight Commander Liwein Wokhood!”

“What is this all of a sudden… Bring cold water! His Highness the Grand Duke’s forehead is hot as if burned by fire, quickly!”

“You wouldn’t want to see your friends’ heads explode like fireworks, would you?”

Two.

“It’s, it’s a curse! The curse is spreading to people!”

“It must be Calamity Lien’s curse. It’s definitely a divine curse! Damn it, break down the door! Smash it!”

Three.

And before four.

I closed my eyes and concentrated all my mind on the energy flowing through my entire body.

‘Don’t hesitate, Daisy.’

You have a way out.

The power of immortality’s awakening.

‘That power isn’t limited to just my body.’

Just as Lu turned back time for me and Lien… my immortality too, could save others besides myself.

I’m calling their deaths to me.

‘If possible, not just one but two deaths.’

Not two but three, four, five deaths…

Everyone.

All of them.

“When the scales of balance are broken… what restrictions would one face when using awakening power excessively?”

“If you exceed the limit, you lose your divine reason. Temporarily, though.”

I don’t care if I lose my reason for a while.

I counted four.

I opened my five senses to embrace the sky.

Just as I had released sword energy and drawn it into the form I desired, I thinly released my awakening, spread it out, and overturned the entire banquet hall.

After all preparations were complete.

“Are you giving up? This time is a bit disappointing, Daisy.”

Five.

I gripped the ring on my ring finger.

‘Lu, please.’

Don’t look at me…

Now that the red laurel crown flashed white.

“My God… No, Your Highness the Grand Duke! Your Highness!”

Now that screams of terror dominated all directions.

All deaths poured into me.

I swelled like a balloon and burst out.

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