The Peaceful Life Of A Maid Who Hides Her Power And Enjoys It - Chapter 349

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Part 2, Chapter 147

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I recalled the memories from Ragal.

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The memory of focusing on my body and mind in the middle of the panic-stricken banquet hall.

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The memory of unraveling the power of blooming that dwelled within me like a giant net, surrounding the entire banquet hall.

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The memory of covering all beings within that net with immortality, absorbing all harm that would befall their bodies.

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The memory of barely recovering by returning to the Land of Death the moment the power of blooming reached its limit and the balance was about to completely collapse.

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I embraced Lu with my net.

His stopped breathing. His coldly cooled warmth. His gentle hands. His lips that used to smile mischievously. Lu’s heart. His moments. Even his memories…

All the harm that covered him, entirely to me.

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I think of the long path beyond the desert that was heading toward space.

How far has Lu traveled by now? Has he crossed over the boiling lava? Is he leaving footprints on the pure white snow?

Please… may he not have gone far yet.

May his soul not have reached space yet.

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Rustle, rustle.

I can feel his footsteps.

Lu is walking the distant path of ascension. Is it the sound of desert sand? The sound of stepping on snow?

When Lu resolved to ascend and turned back the time of my body, could such sounds be heard then too?

Listening quietly like this, I don’t feel lonely.

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His presence grew distant.

The weight of the net covering Lu now feels unbearably heavy.

But it’s not time yet. I focused all my concentration on my scattering mind. I gritted my teeth and listened to Lu’s footsteps.

Rustle, rustle. The footsteps gradually transform into a different kind of sound…

I think I heard a heartbeat.

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Finally.

It was time to return to space.

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As expected.

Indeed, transcendents are truly amazing.

To even take back the death of a loved one? Just being able to receive such a precious blessing made overcoming the wall of unity between mind and body worth it all.

I looked around the vast desert.

Even though it was the same barren land, it had a distinctly different alienation and scenery from the Land of Death.

A strangely calming mind and dozens of rings swirling between the Milky Way with colorful fog that could never be seen with the naked eye in the real world.

Beyond the high desert hills, across the swamp and lava zones to the pure white snowy mountains rising high above.

This place is Pantheon.

It was the final crossroads that deities cross to advance to space.

‘The fact that I’ve arrived here means…’

It must mean I successfully revived Lu.

Recalling the faintly heard heartbeat, I unconsciously let out a long sigh of relief.

I already knew through Lu that death could be reversed using the power of blooming.

However, while I had endured near-death damage alone at the Imperial Palace banquet, this was the first time I had taken death itself, so my concerns were great.

No matter how much I had bloomed the power of immortality, this was the first time the target of that influence was a transcendent.

Was it because I met the end of my earnest wish?

I stood silently in the middle of the empty desert for a long time.

‘I want to confirm if Lu is okay.’

But what can I do, there’s no way to confirm it.

The only path given to me is this path before my eyes. Yes… This path of ascension that I came to face as a result of pushing the power of blooming to its limit.

“…It seems hot.”

Conversely, it seems cold too.

After spending quite a long time with nothing to do, I took a step.

How long did I walk?

After crossing the first sand dune, I caught sight of something black standing blankly somewhere far away.

Only deities can set foot in Pantheon.

Then could the owner of that shadow be Rien? Thinking it wasn’t welcome at all, I continued walking.

But the closer I got to the other party, the faster my steps gradually began to become.

Finally, when I arrived near the shadow with rough breathing, overcoming the sand that sank with each step, I wanted to doubt my eyes.

“Lu?”

No way.

It’s a lie, Lu is here? I staggered and hastened my steps.

Ah, this can’t be. Lu shouldn’t be here… What feelings did I have when I saved him! I, only I should have him…

My endlessly quickening steps gradually began to slow down.

Something is strange.

I instinctively recognized that man as Lu, but his hair wasn’t the familiar blue but a brilliant gold.

Moreover, his physical appearance was subtly different too.

It was so different that he seemed like a different person, but that wasn’t quite it either… It wasn’t entirely unfamiliar either… Surely subtly different from the Lu I know…

He turned around.

The moment our gazes met.

At the vivid emotion filling Lu’s face and that quite human, childish expression… I couldn’t say anything.

“Daisy?”

It’s Lu.

He’s definitely Lu, but this is…

‘My goodness. This is Lu from over 150 years ago.’

There was no mistake! Lu from the time when he borrowed Dian Cecht’s body and was fighting the war with the Rogues was before me…

“Ugh.”

He could have hugged me more gently.

After the somehow awkward-feeling embrace, Lu buried his face in my shoulder and poured out a very rough voice.

“What did you do? How are you here?”

That’s what I want to ask.

‘Could this young Lu be an illusion I created?’

Otherwise, how could the Lu of that time recognize my current face?

With a strange feeling, I reached out and stroked Lu’s head. After flinching for a moment, Lu embraced me more deeply as if he had found a signpost after wandering for a long time.

And… that thing visible over Lu’s shoulder.

That massive wall stretching endlessly beneath the sky.

‘There was no such wall until just now.’

This wall is not my wall.

Then there’s only one answer.

‘Lu is crossing the wall.’

He reached the Pantheon to cross the wall.

The reason Lu’s hair is golden suddenly made sense. Before achieving unity of mind and body, Lu had the same appearance as now.

But that made certain things even more puzzling.

Why are we meeting now?

I understand that the Pantheon is both a crossroads leading to space and a place where time and space are mixed together. But why now of all times?

“It just won’t break.”

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“Damn it. I left you behind and swallowed that filthy heart just to cross this one wall, but it’s not even close.”

“…Ah.”

I see.

I was brought to this place temporarily to help past Lu cross the final wall of mind-body unity. That must be it.

‘My goodness.’

To be given such time at the end of ascension! I quickly carried Lu on my back.

After being held in a daze for a while, he asked near my ear in a bewildered voice.

“What?”

“I’m in a hurry to go my own way, Lu.”

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“By coincidence, the end of this wall is also my destination. Walking together might give us an answer.”

“…Where are you going?”

“Eum… To a very distant place. It’s also a place you’ll reach someday.”

Lu clicked his tongue in annoyance.

“You’re spouting incomprehensible nonsense. Fine, I’ll accept that. But why do we have to go like this?”

“Just because.”

Because I think I was carried by you in this place too.

Yes, I remember.

That impudent Lu! He told me to prepare for our farewell step by step, giving me exactly three chances to meet him one last time in this place.

‘…No, was it four times.’

It was regrettable.

If I had learned magic a little earlier, I could have given Lu such moments too. Even if I felt sad, sorrowful, and angry… I would have been given the leisure to say goodbye as he said.

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