The Peaceful Life Of A Maid Who Hides Her Power And Enjoys It - Chapter 332

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Part 2, Chapter 130

Facing the chilling vortex that made my skin sting, I heard the sharp, nerve-stimulating sound of alarm bells for the first time in a very long while.

‘Might die’ and ‘will definitely die’ are completely different propositions.

If I were completely exposed to this murderous magic, I, who was no different from an ordinary human, would vanish without leaving even dust behind.

Of course, I couldn’t just die and leave Lu behind.

“…!”

I thought I heard an urgent call from behind me.

As expected, a powerful force grabbed my waist tightly and pulled me back. It was Lu’s warmth that brought me peace and tranquility. His warmth that would never lose to a mere human mage, no matter how much he had lost his memories.

But something was strange.

There should only be one person capable of protecting me with such amazing reaction speed, yet my body was caught between two forces—one pulling from behind and one pulling from the front—unable to move.

Hissssss-

I closed my eyes as thick smoke scattered in all directions.

The frost magic that had been flying with tremendous force instantly decomposed into steam and rose in all directions.

I slowly opened my tightly shut eyes. When I looked down, I saw my body held in someone’s embrace.

No… to be precise, my body was caught between two massive forms like castle walls.

‘…What?’

I could see who was holding my face from the front. It was Spolia.

He looked down at me with wide eyes, then soon let out an incredulous laugh.

“…Ha.”

It wasn’t his usual mask-like expression, but an agitated face clearly showing disturbance.

“A mere human recklessly jumping into danger? Do you still think you’re immortal…?”

Before his words could reach their end, Spolia’s head was roughly twisted to the side.

A punch so clean it was admirable.

With the left hand, no less.

‘To have perfect balance between right and left hands. Indeed.’

Without even a moment to purely admire it, the figure who had been standing firmly like a fortress behind me gently pulled my body back.

Ah, yes… This is the touch. This touch is right for me. This touch with perfect balance between left and right hands…

As I obediently allowed myself to be held without resistance, I felt large hands slowly stroking near my abdomen. Then the one who left a deep kiss on the nape of my neck—Lu—looked at Spolia with cold golden eyes that were completely different from his gentle yet strangely possessive touch, eyes that were mercilessly sharp.

Ptui.

Spolia, who spat blood onto the ground where dust hadn’t even settled, slowly turned his head to look at me.

As befitting an archmage, his swollen left cheek had returned to its original color in the blink of an eye.

Standing with a doll-like expressionless face, he slowly raised his gaze, met Lu’s eyes, and twisted the corner of his mouth.

“Are we breaking it?”

Breaking what? Did some promise I didn’t know about exist between them?

“Even though you’ve become such a pathetic sight, the reason I’m staying still… you don’t think it’s simply because of a whim, do you?”

If not a whim, then what.

But Lu was only glaring at Spolia with a murderous expression without giving any particular answer.

The atmosphere wasn’t good.

I didn’t care about Spolia, but I was worried about Lu.

I slowly stepped backward and pushed Lu’s body to create distance between the two, but Lu stood rooted to the spot as if mocking my little tricks.

As I was wondering if there was any proper way to stop this standoff.

“Father-!”

Suddenly, a woman’s desperate cry came from not far away.

My head naturally turned toward the main gate of the estate.

The woman roughly shook the firmly closed iron bars, then discovered Spolia standing beyond them and reddened her eyes.

“Ah… Father!”

The tears that rolled down were pitifully heartbreaking.

This woman—the powerful ‘Hahyeondal Mage’ representing the Republic—was completely different from the strong and calm attitude she had shown at the Wall of Fire.

“You really were here! Disappearing without a word like that, this girl was so very worried…!”

The woman, who was at a loss because she couldn’t enter, rolled up both sleeves and began climbing the wall.

Indeed, does a strong mage require a strong body?

She crawled up the wall like a mouse and infiltrated lightly like a thief, then wiped her eyes and ran toward Spolia.

“Father, Father! That you, Father, who possesses such mighty power, were suddenly trapped by some evil being’s scheme and imprisoned… When this girl heard that story, I truly thought my heart would stop!”

What?

‘Imprisoned?’

Even seeing his daughter spouting nonsense, Spolia showed no particular reaction.

The Hahyeondal Mage, who had been jumping around by herself as if accustomed to it, soon glared at Lu and me with sharp eyes.

More precisely, at Lu.

Then, as a natural reaction, her pale face turned bright red. But gazing with an entranced expression was only momentary.

“…Ah-. I see, Father! That’s what imprisonment meant! This girl now understands Father’s intention. This one is the new black horse Father has chosen, isn’t he?”

As if understanding Spolia’s great intention, the noticeably calmer Hahyeondal Mage looked up at Spolia with expectant eyes.

“What role was it this time?”

“…”

“A sickly woman running from an obsessive man?”

“…”

“Hiding while carrying the obsessive man’s child? The obsessive man confines me? I’ll try seducing the obsessive man while hiding my identity? I only need the obsessive man’s child?”

What is this familiarity?

The books Lu carried around had similar titles too.

‘…Well, yes.’

Either way, is that the answer in the end?

The Hahyeondal Mage was… caught in a tremendous misunderstanding.

That misunderstanding was quite close to being Spolia’s karma. Having selected this person and that person for decades and continuously having children, one of those fruits, the Hahyeondal Mage, had come to judge this as part of that process too.

But even so… to dare look at Lu and fall into such delusion?

Against Spolia, no less?

Even worse, while driving that terrible magic into my precious home? Can’t you see my ruined garden (though Lu tends to it)?

I exploded with an irrepressible urge to correct and raised my palm.

Then I delivered education to the Hahyeondal Mage just like that. Since I had become a human body, with my left hand that contained my soul.

Smack-

With a crisp striking sound, the Hahyeondal Mage staggered backward.

“Get a grip. In this harsh world…”

This being needed a re-injection of common sense.

“…What is this.”

The Hahyeondal Mage seemed completely unable to grasp what had happened to her.

Smack-

So this time I injected some sense to the right side. Only then did her mind seem to snap awake as she began twitching her fingers with reddened eyes.

“You… this young thing, how dare you claim what safety…”

“Shh.”

When I raised my finger to my lips, the Hahyeondal Mage’s gesture of summoning magic froze and stiffened.

The fact that this being had strayed from common sense was ultimately Spolia’s fault as her parent too. No one influences a child’s life as much as their parents.

And I knew that fact better than anyone.

“I’m sorry to inform you of a completely different truth, but the one doing the parasitic behavior isn’t my man. It’s your father, Spolia.”

“…What?”

The Hahyeondal Mage forgot the fact that she had been hit twice by me and blinked blankly.

“That can’t be… Father always only chose women when in a male body… Could it be.”

As if gaining a tremendous realization, the Hahyeondal Mage covered her mouth and her eyes lit up.

“My goodness. Ah, my goodness! I see, Father. Father has finally reached the complete realm of divinity and come to embrace and love all things in the world. So now even in a male body, you can love males…!”

Why can’t she think that Spolia is my parasite, not Lu’s?

Seeing her pathetic display of letting her imagination run wild with Lu, I no longer felt like watching.

I snatched the pickaxe Lu was holding in his right hand and immediately swung it toward Spolia.

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