The Peaceful Life Of A Maid Who Hides Her Power And Enjoys It - Chapter 336

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Part 2, Chapter 134

Crash—!

The firmly closed front door burst open roughly just after we had moved the Hahyeondal Mage to the floor in front of the fireplace.

“Whew….”

The one who had come through the raging storm was the Sword Master, Lupus.

Lupus, wearing a black raincoat and dripping with water, was about to throw down the man he had been carrying on his shoulder when he spotted Rien collapsed at his feet and froze.

Lupus’s eyes, filled with complex emotions, settled on me as I had just reached him.

“…Don’t tell me Rien is dead.”

“He’s unconscious. Is that the divine knight that guy went to find you?”

When Lupus gestured toward the man he had brought, the other’s eyes widened considerably.

“How did you know that?”

“The Hahyeondal Mage is here.”

“…Ha!

With a short bitter laugh, Lupus’s eyes immediately turned fierce. He roughly shoved the fallen man next to Rien and stormed through the estate with harsh steps.

“That crazy woman came looking for you? She must have a death wish. I’ll break her legs completely so she can’t cause any more trouble.”

What a violent relationship these siblings have.

Lupus, who had entered the drawing room without hesitation, suddenly stopped and hardened his expression. His gaze settled on Spolia, who was quietly reading a newspaper as if nothing had happened.

“…Spolia?”

Glancing at Lupus’s face, no emotion could be detected in Spolia’s eyes.

I asked Lupus as I passed the entrance to the drawing room.

“What about Skuld?”

Looking at Spolia with wary eyes, Lupus answered.

“…One of his arms was blown off. I gave him emergency treatment, but it might not be reattachable. Loqwe is sending an airship soon. But you, what’s with the state of your house?”

That’s what I want to ask?

‘Skuld…. Still, I suppose it’s fortunate he saved his life from Rien.’

Lupus’s explanation of what happened at Trash Hill was simple.

Someone called the ‘Fifth’ from the Emperor’s Guard came and targeted Lupus’s life after Rien.

“The order definitely wasn’t to kill me…. That bastard has always found me disagreeable, so he probably wanted to take this opportunity to deal with me.”

With those words, Lupus glanced at Spolia and added that Rien had suddenly stepped forward when he was about to respond to the opponent.

“As his body began to grow rapidly, Skuld had been strengthening security as well, but everything was too sudden.”

Rien toyed with the Emperor’s Guard as if testing his own power, and in the end tried to deal with Skuld and Lupus as well.

However, when the women blocked and protected the two, he turned his back without regret and left Trash Hill. In the direction where the Land of Death was located….

“Rien is like a living bomb right now. By any means necessary, we need to deal with him immediately….”

Lupus glanced back to check beyond the corridor, and his expression turned coldly grim.

“…Did he escape.”

Already?

Just as Lupus said, in that short time, Rien had already disappeared without a trace.

He slowly observed Spolia in her comfortable position, the unconscious Hahyeondal Mage, and Lu’s presence felt near the kitchen, then turned toward the foyer.

“I’ll go catch Rien. The detailed story can wait until after I return….”

“It’s pointless.”

It was Spolia who stopped Lupus with a firm voice. Without taking his eyes off the newspaper, he continued gently.

“Rien has returned to his own land. He probably wasn’t unconscious to begin with. He quietly observed the situation here and judged there was no need to stay longer.”

Lupus answered through gritted teeth.

“You knew that and still let Rien go?”

“If I didn’t let him go?”

Pale blue eyes with a faint sneer looked back at Lupus.

“Sword Master, will you personally kill the god of calamity with your own hands and willingly accept the curse of the land? Can you bear a future of being driven to the ocean and wandering the vast seas for life until you die of thirst?”

“At least I could have stopped him from escaping.”

“Rien is not a mage at your or Hahyeondal’s level. Neither I nor the Caliphate can stop him from returning to his own land.”

Lupus looked like he had much to say but turned his head with a furrowed brow.

That’s when it happened.

“I will….”

The Hahyeondal Mage, lying like a corpse, moved her lips with difficulty.

“I will… the curse…. If you send me….”

It was a voice that sounded painfully difficult to hear.

Did she mean she would endure the curse of the land, so please send her to Rien?

To volunteer for sacrifice even with such wounds. I could feel how deep the Republic citizens’ hatred toward Rien was.

But Spolia’s answer was cold.

“I acknowledge your obsession and will, but it’s not even enough to risk death. You’re far from having the skill to target Rien’s heart. You’d only become a meaningless sacrifice.”

You’d think he’d offer a word of concern telling her not to overdo it. But such emotion seemed nonexistent in Spolia’s dictionary.

Around that time, such a thought occurred to me.

In the end, the biggest problem was the terrible curse of the land that the one who killed a god would have to bear.

But instead of killing Rien and bearing the curse of the land… what if Rien himself received the curse of the land and was driven out?

‘Theoretically, one of me, Lu, or Spolia would have to be killed by Rien, but….’

If I could use the power of immortality I possessed to send the curse of the land to Rien while I myself returned from death, the story would be different.

‘…There might be a way.’

But saving the dying person would be the urgent priority.

I approached the Hahyeondal Mage.

Whatever method she had used when her neck was twisted, the mage was definitely still alive.

However, this level of fatal injury….

“Even with magic, it can’t be healed immediately. It would take at least three to four months.”

It was the answer I had expected.

I looked down with complicated feelings at the woman lying powerlessly, unable even to make a sound of pain.

It’s a bit ridiculous to say this to a mage who went crazy and came to kill me and save Spolia, but seeing her like a small animal caught in a trap with serious injuries and hanging by a thread made my mouth taste bitter.

Then, Spolia approached and slowly reached out, lightly touching the blue gem hanging on the mage’s ear.

Crumble—

The hard surface of the gem turned into a handful of sand and disappeared.

“Hahyeondal.”

“….”

“Since your essence is broken, you can no longer remain by my side.”

“….”

“Leave the old temple after you recover.”

Transparent tears streamed down from beneath the mage’s closed eyes.

Spolia silently wiped away her tears and soon looked at me.

“Wait in the Republic.”

Then immediately, he disappeared along with the Hahyeondal Mage. It seemed there were matters to handle regarding Rien’s resurrection.

I stared at the floor with clear bloodstains and asked Lupus.

“What does it mean that the essence is broken?”

“…Spolia bestows a blessing called essence upon the Emperor’s Guard. Simply put, essence can be seen as a magical tool containing Spolia’s powerful magic.”

With those words, he tapped his earlobe.

“The gem I used to have was also an essence. I voluntarily broke mine a few months ago, but… essence has powerful protective magic cast on it, giving exactly one chance at the moment of death. A chance to miraculously protect the body.”

Step, step. His steps headed toward the corridor.

This guy wasted even that essence opportunity and lost his life, but… the Hahyeondal Mage was lucky to survive. When the essence breaks, you’re considered dead and expelled from the guard. Three…, no, four have disappeared, so the guard is probably half-collapsed by now.”

Lupus also seemed to know that another divine knight guarding the old temple was in critical condition.

“Then I’ll go bury the corpse somewhere quite far from here and come back….”

“It’s fine. There’s no need to hurry, right? Warm yourself up before going out.”

Finally, only my people remain in my house.

Though there were still matters to resolve, I felt much more refreshed after Spolia left.

With a face full of anticipation, I pointed toward the kitchen where delicious smells were wafting and gave a thumbs up.

“Lu’s potato soup is the best.”

“….”

“If it’s you instead of Spolia, you might be able to get a meal?”

Lupus looked at me with eyes that seemed to say ‘how can you think about food at a time like this,’ but he didn’t refuse the suggestion.

The next day after that.

Lu and I left the Land of Death and headed toward Sier Gat.

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