The Peaceful Life Of A Maid Who Hides Her Power And Enjoys It - Chapter 325

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Part 2, Chapter 123

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After Lu left.

I didn’t even have the energy to knock on the locked door, and before I knew it, I had fallen into a restless sleep.

When I opened my eyes to a small noise, Lu was entering the room. I wanted to ask what time it was, but my mouth was so dry that I could barely speak.

Perhaps noticing this immediately, Lu helped me sit up and brought a glass of water to my lips, letting the water flow into my mouth.

My goodness, to think that a single glass of water could make my stopped heart feel like it was beating again. Along with that, I felt an intense hunger I had forgotten for hundreds of days strike my entire body.

“I’m hungry…”

Hungry? So hungry that I can’t even put strength into my body?

I’ve really become completely human.

Lu silently picked me up and left the bedroom. I could tell without asking what purpose he had for taking me out of the room. There was a savory aroma coming from the first floor.

The main menu of what might have been lunch or dinner was potato gratin.

It was the first dish Lu had ever made for me. To think I’d get to eat it again from Lu who had lost his memory. It felt strange.

Just as I was about to start eating with an excited heart, Lu suddenly scooped up a generous amount of food with a spoon and held it in front of my mouth.

“I can eat by myself though…”

I’m not a child. But Lu didn’t look like he was going to withdraw his hand, so I obediently opened my mouth and accepted the food.

Oh my.

“Hot, hot! And delicious.”

This is unbelievable. Even after losing his memory, he can make such delicious potato gratin?

Is cooking truly a talent ingrained in his bones? As I marveled and opened my mouth again, more warm potato gratin came flowing in.

I couldn’t be happier over just one dish.

Humans are such happy beings.

“The ingredients… were they originally in this building?”

Lu nodded.

You even prepared a food storage… Skuld, you’re really thorough.

“It seems abundant, so why were you cultivating a field?”

“Because I don’t know how much longer we’ll be staying here.”

How much longer…?

“Are the remaining supplies low?”

“Enough to last about 3 years for two people.”

“As much as 3 years?”

Skuld must have hidden an amazing magical ingredient storage underground.

‘But even with enough supplies for 3 years, he’s still gathering more just in case…’

Just how long is he planning to keep me trapped here? Didn’t he say it would be temporary?

Somehow I have a bad feeling about this.

I grabbed the spoon Lu had picked up and shook my head firmly.

“Thank you, but I’ll eat by myself now.”

Lu, who had been staring at me quietly, obediently handed over the utensil. Good. Now let me eat like a proper adult, I thought.

“…”

I can’t put strength into my fingers.

No, it wasn’t just a lack of strength. I could bend them slightly, but when I tried to bend them enough to use the utensil, sharp pain seeped into each joint, stabbing at me.

Thud-

I quietly glared at the potato gratin that had fallen helplessly onto the table.

‘I can’t… use a fork.’

But I can use my mouth.

Hmm.

‘Should I lick it?’

Maybe it would be faster to just hold the bowl and lick it clean…

“Daisy.”

At the call that meant to stop such foolish thoughts, I obediently put down the fork, and Lu began feeding me potato gratin again.

Surprisingly, I was full before finishing the entire bowl.

“No way.”

At my shocked murmur, Lu, who was clearing the bowl, glanced toward me. I looked up at him and muttered in disbelief.

“To be full from just one bowl.”

“That’s your reality.”

Cold Lu.

Around sunset, I refused his care and practiced walking.

While I did want to live using my own hands and feet, my main purpose was to explore whether I could find any news about the Empire within the estate.

Of course, I didn’t get any decent results.

“Haa, haa.”

I only got soaked in sweat.

“Haaa…”

There’s no progress in any way.

At this rate, I don’t know when I’ll be able to walk properly. You see, Raphael? My lack of contact isn’t by my own will. It’s just… bad luck.

Lu, who had been absorbed in reading complex foreign language books except for occasionally checking on me, returned with a wet towel.

Then he began skillfully wiping down my sweat-soaked body. Knowing that resistance would be useless, I obediently accepted his affection.

‘Did he pick me up when I was collapsed nearby ten days ago and wipe me down like this too?’

How strange. If I was that dirty, I should still feel grimy even after being wiped with a towel several times.

“Did you wipe me down five or six times a day?”

“As if.”

“Right? But why do I feel so clean?”

Lu answered in a nonchalant tone.

“I bathed you once every three or four days. You didn’t have time to get dirty.”

Ah, bathing.

Bathing…

“…Bathing?”

“Yes.”

“The thing where a naked human gets into a tub filled with water?”

While wiping my face and brushing my sweat-dampened hair behind my ears, Lu looked at me with a somewhat serious expression.

“Does bathing have some other meaning? …Don’t tell me your intelligence has regressed too?”

That’s not it.

“Do you want to bathe now?”

No, you fool…

“…Never, I never want to bathe ever again.”

I want to die.

Why? What’s so embarrassing about showing my natural naked body… But still, I want to die.

It was even worse because it was Lu. I had never shown my natural form to the previous Lu either…

‘…That’s right, isn’t it?’

But Lu seemed unbothered even after mentioning bathing. Is that fortunate? I’m not sure.

As my body temperature dropped a bit, drowsiness began to wash over me.

I dozed off next to Lu, who was absorbed in reading, covered with a blanket.

The Land of Death is cold at night.

From the moment the temperature began dropping further, the light and warmth of the fireplace began to envelop me. A fireplace in this day and age…

Even when I woke up a couple hours later, Lu was still absorbed in his book.

While I admired Lu in the peaceful tranquility, the past few days felt like a dream. The disappearance of 4 years in the blink of an eye, Lu losing his memory…

“…Hey. Is there still no sign of your memory returning?”

There’s no answer to my casually thrown question.

Did he not hear properly because he was concentrating for too long? Just as I was wondering whether I should go upstairs without disturbing him, Lu moved his lips.

“I’ve felt this since before.”

His gaze remained fixed on the book, but his voice was cold enough to feel a subtle chill.

“You seem to keep me by your side while only looking forward to that one thing.”

“What? That’s not it. I’m just trying to confirm whether your condition is improving…”

“Confirm? What? Will our relationship change once my memories return?”

Lu, who seemed to be taking a break after a long while, slowly stretched his neck and leaned back in his chair as he stared at me.

“Why. Can you love the me in your memories, but you can’t bring yourself to feel that way about the current me?”

Love.

It was a deeply awkward word to hear from Lu who had lost his memories.

‘He’s noticed my feelings.’

Lu stared at me with eyes that weren’t affectionate in the slightest, then suddenly closed his book with a self-deprecating smile.

“Don’t look so surprised. It’s not difficult to tell when I see how you treat others.”

He naturally carried me up to the bedroom, turned off all the lights that had been dimly glowing, and carefully drew the blackout curtains before turning around.

Just like that, right before the bedroom door closed completely.

“I don’t need memories anymore.”

Following that soft murmur, I heard a gentle farewell.

“Good night, Daisy.”

I remained alone in the pitch-black darkness and only fell asleep after a long time had passed.

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