The Peaceful Life Of A Maid Who Hides Her Power And Enjoys It - Chapter 333

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Part 2, Chapter 131

In truth, I would have preferred to swing my fist rather than some pickaxe.

However, my current fist was inferior to even this small metal blade. There was no cleaner method to express the anger I felt.

Of course, Spolia wouldn’t fall for such a cute trick…

“Kyaaaah—!”

What a surprise.

I was startled exactly twice. First by the sharp scream the Hahyeondal Mage let out.

And second…

“Ah, ah, Father! Dear God…, Father’s noble blood… Please wait just a moment, I’ll heal you right away!”

By the fact that Spolia hadn’t dodged my pickaxe smash.

I stared at Spolia’s (self-censored) abdomen with surprised eyes, then raised my head to examine his face. No. To be precise, I tried to examine it, but was interrupted by this bastard’s daughter rushing over in a frenzy.

I grabbed the mage by the scruff of her neck and scolded her.

“Calm down, Hahyeondal Mage. It’s not like your belly was split open, is it?”

“You crazy bitch…! Did you just say that?! Do you know who this person is… How dare you to Father… How dare you…!”

Ah. An aura so intense it made my spine tingle with murderous intent began gathering from the hands of someone who had lost their reason.

“I’ll make you pay for that sin with death!”

However, the bold attitude shown by the Hahyeondal Mage was blocked by Lu, who grabbed her by the collar. And then.

[Unnatural mana condensation phenomenon detected from an unauthorized entity inside.]

[Caliphate defense system activated]

Shiiik.

After a brief silence. White light falling from the sky began to envelop the Hahyeondal Mage.

“What, what is this?”

The light quickly transformed into the shape of a dense net. No matter how hard the Hahyeondal Mage struggled with all her might, the net of light wouldn’t break, and her appearance pinned to the ground reminded me of a mouse caught in a trap.

‘A Caliphate defense system. They’ve set up all sorts of things.’

Spolia, who had been watching the situation while dripping blood, spoke in a low voice.

“Hahyeondal.”

The mage quickly raised her head and met Spolia’s gaze with tense eyes.

“Yes?”

“You know there’s been a non-aggression pact between the Caliphate of Roguey and the Deus Shrine for nearly 100 years.”

“…”

“The fact that the Caliphate of Roguey’s air defense system is protecting this place means this land is also part of that non-aggression pact.”

They had made such a promise?

“Even though you’ve become such a pathetic sight, you don’t think the reason I’m staying still is… simply due to whim, do you?”

‘Then the meaning of those words is also…’

I glanced at Lu, but couldn’t find any particular expression on his unchangingly stoic face. Well, what would Lu, who had lost his memories, know anyway?

I’ll protect Lu no matter what, so he just needs to stay healthy.

As I made this resolution again and took his hand, Lu looked back at me with a faint smile and patted my cheek.

“Well done.”

…It seems the pickaxe smash was quite to his liking.

Spolia’s cold gaze remained on the Hahyeondal Mage.

“I have no intention of breaking the promise yet, so protect yourself on your own.”

“Ah, Father! But I was trying to save Father…!”

Her pitiful crying was soon completely sealed by an even denser net of light.

If I wasn’t mistaken, it seemed like Lu had conducted it by waving his finger.

‘Has he become able to control Caliphate magic, even if only instinctively?’

In any case, the incident seemed roughly resolved. Spolia had declared he would leave the Hahyeondal Mage alone, and the Hahyeondal Mage had become trapped in a net of light, unable to use her power…

The problem was that I was extremely tired. Humans get mentally and physically exhausted from just this kind of incident.

I stretched with a long sigh and approached Spolia.

Whether it was his scheme or the mage’s personal judgment. I don’t feel like meticulously examining exactly whose fault this situation was.

Probably because the opponent is none other than Spolia.

A crazy demigod who doesn’t respond to normal logic, and nothing changes even if you make him understand.

‘From the beginning, staying at this manor was also unreasonable stubbornness.’

However, I made one thing clear.

“I’ll let today’s incident slide since it was the first time. If you want to keep staying by my side, there shouldn’t be a second time.”

The fact that I cannot tolerate attempts to control me arbitrarily.

I feel like I’ve shown this through my attitude several times already. It seemed I’d need to keep emphasizing it to make it stick in this lunatic’s mind.

“What are you doing instead of treating it?”

I gestured with my chin, meaning to do something about that hideous wound, but the answer I heard was a bit unexpected.

“I’m not sure.”

“What? Your mental state?”

Spolia, who had been looking down at his wound indifferently, muttered with eyes lost in deep contemplation.

“I thought if I took your anger head-on and endured the pain humans feel… I might be able to feel something.”

His steps slowly headed toward the manor.

“But unfortunately, I’m not sure. Really unfortunately…”

I felt a strange emotion watching Spolia’s retreating figure.

‘Despite appearances, is he really making his own efforts to have something called love with me?’

That aside, what about your child? Are you really just going to leave her like that?

I clicked my tongue at his coldness that spared no one, not even blood relatives, and headed to the bedroom.

Lost in thoughts about whether such a being could really feel love. Whether the emotion he feels toward me might actually be something completely different from love…

* * *

The Hahyeondal Mage became trapped at my villa for seven days due to the Caliphate defense system. It was like having a second parasite after Spolia.

Still, the second parasite was quite useful.

Her usefulness stemmed from her blind devotion to Spolia…

“What? Are you telling me to believe the nonsense that the great god of the Western Continent and father of the Republic’s citizens is focusing on wall extension construction?”

“If you’re curious, bring Spolia right now and put him to labor…”

“Shut up! Labor? How dare you speak of who…!”

No matter what work I assigned, as long as I brought up Spolia at the end, she would grumble but silently complete the work, showing excellent labor productivity.

Thanks to this, the Hahyeondal Mage became temporary slave number 1 of my villa.

And thanks to having slave number 1, Lu and I could leisurely have coffee time like this.

Isn’t this a fairly satisfactory conclusion despite all that chaos two days ago?

“This doesn’t seem too bad.”

At my unconscious observation, Lu, who had been throwing a poker into the fireplace, looked back at me.

Before Lu could fall into some strange misunderstanding with that peculiar expression, I pointed to the Hahyeondal Mage (currently doing forced labor) visible through the window.

“Excluding that strange father-daughter pair, of course.”

Lu glanced at the Hahyeondal Mage and turned his attention back to the fireplace, asking casually.

“How are your legs?”

“Mm, they’ve really improved. Since yesterday I can even run for short periods… Once recovery starts, it definitely picks up speed.”

I stared at Lu’s back as he didn’t respond, then asked in a sullen voice.

“Are you that disappointed that I’m getting healthier?”

“Yes.”

That’s quite a quick affirmation.

“It’s disappointing but can’t be helped. An uninvited guest is taking up space. If only that bug wasn’t here, I would have put you on my lap and taught you magic for hours on end.”

“…”

“Then you would have dozed off the whole time and recovery would have been slower.”

“That’s a misconception. I wouldn’t have dozed off, and I would have devoted myself diligently to rehabilitation exercises, making recovery faster.”

“I wonder.”

Lu trailed off and lightly flicked his finger, when suddenly a familiar voice came from thin air.

【Father.】

It was the Hahyeondal Mage.

‘Hm?’

Curious, I looked out the window again, but the Hahyeondal Mage had already hidden himself from view.

He couldn’t have escaped beyond the wall… Most likely, as he had done for the past two days, he had gone to Spolia somewhere in the estate.

‘Then… Since he called him Father, are we currently eavesdropping on a conversation between the mage and Spolia?’

Crackle—

Not long after the embers on the poker had grown in size, the mage’s next voice could be heard.

【Three days ago, there was an intruder at the old temple. It was Garoush Berkleygraton. Because of that man, the old temple has been completely destroyed.】

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