The Peaceful Life Of A Maid Who Hides Her Power And Enjoys It - Chapter 331

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Part 2, Chapter 129

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Magic studies are difficult.

To add a bit more detail, I find magic studies difficult.

To elaborate a bit further, I find it difficult to study even with Lu’s notes, which are clearly simplified and easy to understand at a glance.

This fact was the uncomfortable truth I had grasped after dedicating myself to basic magic studies for a full two days.

“You’re a dunce.”

Spolia, who had never helped with my learning, let alone taught me anything, muttered while moving a chess piece.

“Ah. It’s truly fascinating. An armed intruder of Daisy’s caliber should naturally be well-versed in the flow and utilization of mana… The control of mana and the control of ki aren’t that different.”

Tap. Spolia moved a white pawn one square forward and hummed contentedly with a satisfied expression.

“Well, it’s fine. That aspect is quite three-dimensional too.”

“Shut up.”

“A weak Daisy excites me.”

“Shut up.”

“And surely a rough Daisy would also…”

I closed the notebook.

I can’t concentrate.

However, I couldn’t blame this situation entirely on Spolia’s teasing. Spolia coming out to the drawing room to play chess wasn’t to ‘torment’ me, but to ‘help with my studies.’

Spolia teaching me magic studies was the price for letting him stay in this house.

And surprisingly, this proposal came from Lu’s mouth, not mine.

“…You want me to take magic lessons from that bastard? Why? Why on earth?”

The day after Spolia invaded.

To my utterly displeased question, Lu, who had gone out into the blazing sun at noon wearing a straw hat to tend the vegetable garden, walked toward me with heavy steps.

After lightly washing his hands with water he had drawn from the well. Lu, who had come close enough to cast a shadow below my line of sight, grabbed my chin and left a long kiss near my cheek.

Good grief. To think that Lu, who had lost his memory, would engage in such bold displays of affection in broad daylight!

I was so surprised that I froze, unable to react. The soft lips touching my skin whispered so quietly that only I could hear.

“Don’t forget, Daisy. Magic is a mage’s weakness.”

“…”

“Especially a master’s magic has distinctive individuality. If you know how to use your head a little, just receiving magic instruction from an opponent allows you to strike at the source of their power.”

Lu’s words were correct.

But would Spolia really not know this fact?

As if reading my doubt, he turned his head and pressed his lips to my other cheek as well, whispering in an emotionless tone.

“Of course the opponent wouldn’t be unaware either. But there are traps in this world that one can’t help but step into, even knowing the answer.”

And then he added in a voice tinged with clear mockery.

“If he… truly holds you dear in his heart.”

Lu grabbed my chin once more firmly and turned away without lingering, returning to the vegetable garden. It was to pull out the weeds that had grown up to his calves after the typhoon had wreaked havoc…

As he said, Spolia readily accepted my proposal that wasn’t quite a threat.

The only problem was.

“When exactly will the day come when I can teach my Daisy the fantastic discipline of magic?”

“…”

“I believe I emphasized twice that I would help with practical applications if you just studied the basics. Why- is there no progress…”

The fact that I’m… more of a blockhead when it comes to magic studies than Lu thought.

‘Sigh.’

Since I was sighing anyway, I did some toe exercises under the table.

Perhaps because I focused on small muscle exercises whenever negative emotions arose? Lately, I’ve been able to walk slowly without relying on walls or a cane.

Why doesn’t brain exercise exist?

Feeling slightly guilty, I gazed through the square window frame at Lu, who was still busy watering the vegetable garden today.

With the window wide open and the weather calm, all of Spolia’s and my conversation would be audible. Yet he showed no reaction whatsoever.

In fact, Lu’s complete disregard for this matter wasn’t just today’s occurrence.

Lu was treating Spolia as if he didn’t exist at all.

Three days ago and now… Lu acted as if only he and I lived in this manor.

After opening the underground cellar door with somewhat violent kicks on the first day. Lu showed no emotional reaction to any of Spolia’s words or actions.

And that fact… sometimes made me anxious enough to feel an itch inside my head.

As if it was just waiting to explode.

‘…Hmm.’

I gave up on reopening the notebook and spread out the newspapers that had been folded on one side of the table.

I flipped through the pages looking for articles related to Pen Rota. If I was lucky enough to find relevant content, I concentrated all my attention on reading the article thoroughly. It was to understand the situation in my homeland.

Then, Spolia, who had been quietly gazing into space, casually spoke up.

“It’s bothersome to have things you must protect, isn’t it?”

The brief remark that drifted by gave me considerable displeasure.

Because it was a sentence that made me feel empathy with Spolia, of all people.

“Time flows both quickly and slowly. But as you live surrendering yourself to that flow… you come to realize certain natural laws before long. For instance, the fact that coincidence is destiny.”

He, who had been blinking with an expression as boring as Lu’s, slowly turned to look at me.

“The fact that precious things ultimately only hold you back.”

I spread out the second newspaper and answered casually.

“That’s sophistry. Then are you staying in this house knowing that my existence will someday hold you back?”

At those words, unlike before, a voice soaked in vivid vitality reached my ears.

“Exactly, Daisy. That’s precisely why you make me happy…”

Tap. Following the sound of placing a chess piece, Spolia laughed quietly.

“There are traps in this world that you must step into even when you know about them.”

What a coincidence to hear the same words from both deities.

Just as I was about to turn to the next page of the newspaper nonchalantly.

[Unnatural mana concentration phenomenon detected within a 2km radius.]

A startlingly loud warning sound came from nearby.

[Activating protective magic.]

‘…Mana concentration?’

I hurriedly looked out the window.

Oh no. In the middle of the desolate flat ground not too far away, I could see distinctly clear white energy gathering like a sphere.

There was only one mage standing alone in the sandstorm.

‘…That hair color.’

This was unbelievable. Even if he had returned to an ordinary human body, how could he not notice when mana was gathering so openly?

“Ah? Oh my…”

Though he must have sensed it long ago, Spolia pretended to be surprised as if he had just detected the mana.

“I was just getting used to life here. Will it become a sea of fire after just three days?”

Haha. With a dry laugh, he threw the chess piece in his hand behind his back.

“How unfortunate. Yes, it’s truly unfortunate, but… it can’t be helped. Shall we continue our next game of house not in this boring wasteland, but in my splendid republic, Daisy.”

Only after seeing him rise naturally without panic did I suddenly understand this sudden situation.

“You.”

Just when I thought you were behaving obediently without incident.

‘You were preparing to backstab me like this?’

Beyond the sandstorm, the woman with long silver hair flowing freely had a strangely familiar bearing.

Right, the opponent was the Hahyeondal Mage, one of the most powerful mages in the republic.

A member of the Divine Knight Order.

Whooooom-

Then, the moment the swollen white ice sphere shot toward the villa.

“How about this round of play being just the two of us intimately, without uninvited guests?”

You crazy bastard.

I swung my fist toward Spolia’s shyly smiling face!

…Or rather, that’s how the old me would have been able to respond.

But my current attack would be completely useless.

Instead of swinging my fists, I carefully moved my body and climbed over the window frame.

And then.

“I’d rather die than spend intimate time with you.”

I smiled brightly at Spolia’s rigidly hardened face and threw my body toward the ice sphere.

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