The Peaceful Life Of A Maid Who Hides Her Power And Enjoys It - Chapter 352

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Part 2, Chapter 150

I can understand this situation with my head.

Lu can’t be here. Think about the path we’ve taken. Do you think they were real? No, even if they were real, are you going to undo coming all the way up here?

However, the exception called Lu always brings to mind the what-ifs.

He’s a mage who reached heights that even Spollia couldn’t climb, achieving an eternal realm. Think about what kind of person Lu is. Did he really die? Our farewell couldn’t have been so meaningless.

“Daisy.”

Suddenly, the door handle in my grip felt stiff and heavy, as if fixed with glue.

“Just turn around. I’ll do the hand-holding.”

I could feel willing footsteps gradually approaching.

Lu’s voice, his scent, all the presence he emanates approaches from behind, wrapping around my entire body and holding me.

“Think rationally. You absolutely must not open that door. Are you planning to leave me here alone and abandon me?”

As always, white and long fingers rose from the gap at my waist and covered the back of my hand. The cool warmth drowsily covered my heart, creating the feeling of unraveling all tension.

He embraces me.

He calls my name with an incomparably sweet voice.

“Good girl, my Ash…”

In the dreamlike haze, I thought of Lu once more.

If he were me, what would he have done in this moment?

“Don’t forget. You promised to remain forever as my Fallen Star alone.”

Lu is…

“If you leave this place, you can never meet me again.”

How did Lu…

“Daisy.”

How on earth did Lu return from death?

Well. I don’t really know.

I truly don’t know. The only truth my ignorant self can deduce is just one thing.

Four years ago, and now.

The fact that Lu rightfully faced death for me twice. Yes, perhaps… by overcoming sweet yet bitter obstacles just like this very moment.

Thinking of Lu who would have faced the same moment, the same place, the same adversity as me, I smiled softly.

For a loved one to struggle between life and death because of me. Where could there be a moment more sad, pitiful, and noble than that?

So, Lu.

“I love you.”

And thank you.

For allowing me to willingly reach death without any fear for your sake. For letting me face such a perfect ending.

“…”

For a brief moment, I felt as if my hands had become light, as if they were empty. I didn’t miss that moment. Without hesitation, I turned the door handle.

The door opens.

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…Finally.

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Eventually.

The world beyond the door enters my world.

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In the newly welcomed world, the ground beneath my feet begins to shake violently.

Eternal snow melted and lava flowed down through cracks in the earth. In the chaotic heaven and earth, the only things that sparkled unchangingly were the stars floating alone.

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Beneath the completely melted snow. The original form of the ground I stand on gradually reveals itself.

Libra.

Ah, yes. This place is Libra.

I was now standing on Libra.

On perfectly parallel Libra that didn’t lean to either side.

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I look at the opposite side of Libra that balances with me.

I see a door. As the door approaches me, both ends of Libra also draw closer.

I know that door.

That door is surely… the one that appeared over the desert… that blocked Lu’s blue starlight at the crossroads leading to space… the door that would never open.

That door had somehow positioned itself in the world beyond the door.

The two doors soon became one.

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I see the world beyond the unified door.

There is nothing existing beyond the threshold.

Only empty space where one would fall endlessly, endlessly the moment they step foot.

I lowered my head again and looked down at my feet. Standing on the unified Libra, I was more stable and peaceful than ever.

No worries or chaos exist.

There are no hot emotions or cold reason.

I am not bound by anything.

Ah!

I crossed the door.

And I fell. I fell, and fell, and fell. Into the endless below…, into the world beyond the door I chose…

I fell.

I dropped endlessly.

For a very, very long time.

* * *

…is the dream I had.

What do you think?

“Nonsense dream.”

If not that…

I furrowed my brow, recalling the afterimage that remained faintly in my memory.

I had furrowed it for so long that I felt the illusion of my skin stinging, so I pressed my index finger firmly against my forehead.

“Did I overcome some great wall, to put it in human terms? Falling endlessly and then sleeping feels quite unlucky. Though considering I climbed the mountain without rest, there’s nothing particularly strange about it.”

Then am I alive or dead right now?

No. Is this place even reality to begin with?

“…I have no idea.”

Scratching my nose, I quietly observed the forest situated beyond the desolate wasteland.

It’s definitely strange.

I reflected on the situation from 10 minutes ago.

Whether I had been sleeping until I opened my eyes, or whether this place is another world beyond space, I had no time to know.

The only certainties were that I opened my eyes.

The place where I opened my eyes was the villa’s bed.

And that I left the villa in a bewildered state afterward.

If all the scenery before my eyes looked exactly as I remembered, I would have thought ‘My goodness, I died and came back to life!’ But when I actually left the villa quite a distance and examined the vicinity, my head began to get tangled up in complexity.

“That area… couldn’t possibly be so lush and green.”

My villa was covered with a small forest.

It wasn’t that the entire area had become forest, but it was clear reality that small thickets had formed at least 200 meters ahead. No, even if this place were delusion or inside a dream, it definitely looked real to my eyes.

Why specifically near our home?

Did the crops Lu grew spread out?

Did Ash diligently carry seeds and water?

How many years did it take for this much life to sprout on land that was originally no different from a desert?

10 years?

20 years?

Surely not 50 years… No, 100 years?

Then did I awaken after being dead for 100 years?

‘That’s… quite plausible.’

I retrace my steps and fall into thought again.

I certainly willingly sacrificed my life to save Lu.

Surely I opened the door at the peak of the snowy mountains that reached Space, sent Lu’s starlight back to This Land, and in return, I went back to Space.

Then this place must be Space after all, right?

‘But is this really Space? Didn’t I return to reality? Lu also died and came back to life, didn’t she?’

But Lu didn’t come back to life after such a long time that a forest that didn’t exist before could grow.

But since I’m somewhat inferior to Lu, maybe it didn’t take long for me to return?

But if I really came back to life, Lu should have been there when I opened my eyes.

But since this is My Land, there’s no particular need for Lu to reside here at all times…

Creeeeak-

I opened the door and returned to the villa again.

On the way, I tried cutting off some limbs just in case, but they recovered perfectly. It was proof that the power of blooming still remained within me.

“Hmm.”

Uuuuum.

I don’t know.

I really don’t know, so should I examine everything carefully one by one again?

First, I thoroughly searched inside the villa. I wondered if there was anything different from before I died, and there really were many changes.

The furniture arrangement inside had changed quite a bit, and the warehouse that had been full of food supplies was completely empty. Everything was quiet but there wasn’t a speck of dust, and while there were traces of people living there, I couldn’t tell when those traces were from.

Skuld’s strange tower had disappeared without a trace, and the field Lu used to tend was already full of weeds.

Near the Well… why had it become a pond? I still don’t understand.

I could hear birds singing somewhere, but it wasn’t Ash’s cry. Seeing caterpillars crawling around, the state of the ecosystem this Small Forest had established seemed quite good.

But that was the end of it.

There was no more information I could find out.

‘Then there’s no choice.’

That night.

After much deliberation, I left the villa.

I needed to see the wider world with my own eyes to make a proper judgment.

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