The Peaceful Life Of A Maid Who Hides Her Power And Enjoys It - Chapter 348

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Part 2, Chapter 146

Is this what it would feel like if my heart were plunged into a swamp?

As I collapsed weakly to the ground, I felt for a moment as if my soul burst out of my heart, but it was only brief.

I thought Lu would knock out Rien and turn to look at me with an indifferent expression. Lu was more than capable of doing that.

But that didn’t happen.

“Lu.”

I hurriedly supported his body to prevent Lu’s head from hitting the ground and checked his complexion. I saw his two eyes closed as calmly as if it were a lie.

But Lu would soon open his eyes playfully and complain, ‘I told you to refrain from such reckless actions.’ Lu was more than capable of doing that.

But that didn’t happen.

“Lu.”

I pressed down on his blood-stained chest to check his breathing and pulse. The signs of life had vanished completely as if they had never existed from the beginning, but I shook him without hesitation and called his name.

Don’t worry, Lu will soon turn back time and return to his original state. Lu is… more than capable of doing that.

But that didn’t happen.

“…”

Nothing happens.

“…Lu.”

But that doesn’t make sense.

“Lu.”

Is this really the end? What an unfunny joke.

There’s no way Lu, who always provides the best solution in any situation, would leave without even a simple farewell.

“Lu?”

I know better than anyone how great a mage Lu is, having been with him.

Lu must have noticed my plan. Even if he hadn’t noticed, he wouldn’t have given up his heart so futilely like this. No matter how urgent the situation, he would have used the power of blooming to stop Rien.

Lu would do that.

Lu would have done that.

So this, this is all…

Whoooosh-

An eerie wind blows.

Coming from somewhere, the wind that caressed Lu’s hands and hair disappears back into the sky. Soon the cold energy that remained like a trace surrounded Rien, who had stiffened like a doll.

Black clouds gathering above our heads was truly a matter of moments.

Drip, drip… As soon as the raindrops that fell down Lu’s cheek pooled on the ground, magnificent thunder and lightning embroidered the Celestial Realm.

Crack- Crash!

Beyond that distant land.

The wind that swept in like a tsunami struck us, no, struck Rien. Bang. Every time lightning struck nearby, the surrounding area began to visibly sink.

A wordless whisper can be heard.

Judgment upon the sinner.

“Haha.”

An empty laugh.

As if he had given up everything, Rien let his blood-stained arm hang limply and looked at me with a tired face.

“How is it, newcomer… Do you understand now? The pain and regret of losing something precious…”

Corpses burned black by lightning formed mountains. Rien squeezed through them and embraced bone fragments so damaged they were unrecognizable.

“Dunain…”

Crack. Rock-hard vines crawled up through the cracks in the split earth and began to strangle Rien’s body.

The god of calamity is dragged down to the earth.

The curse of the earth passes judgment on the sinner who sent the star back to the sky.

“…No.”

That’s not it.

“Absolutely not.”

This can’t happen.

It must not happen.

No… No, no!

“Don’t go! Stop, don’t take Rien…! Don’t take Rien away!”

You can’t take him away! I can’t let Rien go like this. If he disappears, Lu will really…

I leaped as if flying and dug through the vines like a madman. I mustered all my strength and tore at the vines.

However, no matter how much my fingernails and grip strength tried to stop the earth, I couldn’t prevent Rien from slowly falling through the cracks in the ground.

“Stop it, Andert! You’ll fall too!”

I felt a feeble force grabbing and pulling my arm from behind. Even when I shook it off without hesitation, it continued to rise and pull at my arms and waist.

“Stop it. You can’t prevent it. You know well that no one can stop it…”

Did those words become a curse?

Rien’s sleeve that I had been desperately holding onto tore and fell away pitifully.

First his legs, then his abdomen, and even as his chest and shoulders were slowly being devoured… Rien did not let go of Dunain’s corpse.

Even as Rien’s long hair slipped through my fingers, he continued to fall endlessly.

Falling and falling… finally, after all traces of him disappeared into the pitch-black darkness.

Nothing remained in my hands.

The god had departed.

The pouring rain stopped.

No thoughts came to mind.

But I couldn’t end it like this.

I moved my heavy legs. I approached Lu, arranged his disheveled hair, and stood before Garrosh.

The spear that had been piercing through Garrosh’s body had also disappeared after Rien vanished. If he had been an ordinary person, the bleeding would have rapidly increased and ended his life, but fortunately Garrosh wasn’t that weak.

I could feel his faint breathing and his life struggling desperately not to die.

“This person’s bleeding has almost stopped now. His recovery ability is amazing, so if he receives proper treatment, he’ll regain consciousness soon. I, I’ll stake everything I have to save this person…”

Trevia muttered urgently as if trying to calm me down.

I heard a hawk’s cry from above.

One forlorn bird that let out a long cry gently landed on Lu.

My hawk, Ash, tapped Lu’s chin several times with her beak as if knocking, then flapped her wings and pushed his head. As if trying to wake Lu up.

“Ash.”

Screech-

“Come here.”

Ash, who had been wavering between me and Lu, obediently climbed onto my arm.

“Take care of Garrosh.”

Chirp.

“Just in case, don’t wait for me.”

Ash’s beautiful eyes blink quietly. I gently stroked her head as she tilted it as if she couldn’t understand.

Just then, I felt Raphael’s presence not too far away. Judging by the direction, he would soon reach this area.

Just as I was about to return to Lu.

Don’t go.

A small, faint voice that I surely would have missed if I hadn’t reached a high level caught my ankle.

I know who it is without asking for a name.

I knelt down and looked into Garrosh’s face. After examining his pale complexion, I slowly wiped his forehead wet with cold sweat. Only weak exhales flowed from between his faintly moving lips.

You should be this well-behaved normally too.

After patting Trevia’s shoulder one last time.

I embraced Lu and used the magic device he had left behind to return to my land.

To put everything back in its rightful place.

* * *

My peaceful home.

The villa without Lu remains quiet and cozy as always.

In the rear garden, the sprouts he had grown filled the dry earth with green light, tired birds gathered at the water in the well he had tended, and in his sunlit kitchen, strawberry jam that I love was packed full in glass jars.

I sat quietly in a chair and surveyed the scenery Lu had left behind.

Everything was peaceful as if this was fine as it was, but.

That unchanging scenery only made Lu’s absence more vivid to me.

When the sunset began, I wrote a letter.

After organizing in my mind who to leave what kind of letter to, I left only a single one.

The recipients were Skuld and Old Man Malicops.

Writing down various matters one by one made it quite lengthy. When I cut out the less important parts, the writing became too dry. It was even more so because most of the content was related to property distribution.

Finally, after writing the sentence leaving this manor to my hawk, Ash… I put the letter in an envelope and placed it in the mailbox.

When I finally sat before Lu, the night sky was filled with countless stars like salt.

Should I leave a letter for him? But that would be a farewell. I was afraid Lu would forget me forever, so I couldn’t bring myself to leave one.

Lu will miss me when he returns.

How sad will he be? Thinking of him feeling guilt makes my heart ache.

Before that, I wanted to get angry at Lu for making such a choice, but at the same time, I wanted to pull his shoulder into an embrace and comfort him.

But such a day will never come.

I took Lu’s hand.

I gazed endlessly at his starlight-like face, recalled his gentle voice, and reminisced about the most beautiful times and memories we shared.

At some point, tears began falling without stopping, but even that was a memory I shared with Lu, so I couldn’t bring myself to wipe them away.

So this is how it ends.

Just wait a little longer there.

I’ll take your death with me.

“Goodbye, Lu.”

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