The Peaceful Life Of A Maid Who Hides Her Power And Enjoys It - Chapter 71

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Chapter 71

As if she had been waiting, Renya thrust her face close to mine.

“…Ugh.”

I wanted to ask for some water, but my mouth and lips were so parched that only a hoarse breath crawled out. Only after the quick-witted Renya gave me a glass of water did I feel human again.

“Where is this place?”

“Ma, Master’s house. You’ve been unconscious for two whole days.”

Ah.

Right.

‘Unconscious… that would be the right way to put it.’

I had just crossed the second barrier of mind-body unity.

What was the same as when I crossed the first barrier was that my lifespan had increased by about 3 more years compared to before.

Now the lifespan given to me was a total of 10 years. My goodness, from a 3-year terminal diagnosis to a 10-year terminal diagnosis?

Wouldn’t it be fair to call this a complete life turnaround?

But this is strange. My body doesn’t feel light like before.

‘Rather, it’s uncomfortable as if I’m crushed under a rock.’

My limbs were throbbing and sometimes even tingling.

When I lifted my head to look around, I saw a glass bottle filled with transparent liquid above my head.

‘I was receiving an IV.’

But why an IV?

‘Right, I injured both my shoulders.’

As soon as I realized this, I checked my shoulders. Fortunately, no amputation mishap had occurred and both were still intact.

But how did I get injured again?

‘One shoulder was pierced by Garrosh, and I pierced the other shoulder myself.’

…Garrosh? Who was Garrosh again?

A flash-like realization swept through my mind.

Right, Andert!

My younger brother!

“Ugh.”

I tried to sit up abruptly, but couldn’t overcome the sudden dizziness and fell back again.

Renya, who had been organizing the water glass, rushed over frantically.

“Ah! Please lie down! You lost an unbelievable amount of blood. It’s miraculous that you didn’t die. I, I thought Daisy was going to di, die because of my selfish request…”

“Who brought me here?”

“Huh? Ka, Kalerpa brought you here.”

I see.

‘Hah.’

Thank goodness. Lu finally found me.

‘Wait. Then what about Andert?’

The fact that Lu brought me here must mean he encountered Andert.

Where did Andert go?

“How are you feeling?”

A calm voice reached me.

Lu, the owner of the voice, was sitting at the table leisurely reading a newspaper.

His sparkling face, as always, couldn’t have felt more lovely. This kind of relief was an emotion I’d only felt with Raphael…

“Oh my. So you’ve finally fallen for me? Tsk. I warned you to be careful.”

Now even hearing such nonsense doesn’t annoy me. I nodded my head with all my heart while lying down.

“Thank you, Lu. I survived thanks to you.”

Lu looked back at his newspaper and smiled slightly.

“Our Miss Daisy owes me a debt again this time. I wonder when you’ll pay it all back.”

But if it wasn’t my imagination, his smile seemed somewhat colder than usual.

No, I was certain. I couldn’t feel any of his usual cheekiness or playfulness at all.

Though it wasn’t like he was openly mocking me as always either…

‘Did I make some mistake?’

This feels uncomfortable.

But right now I had more important business.

“Lu. What about Andert? No, Garrosh. I mean, the man with the long scar on his face. Where did the man who was fighting me go?”

Meeting my eyes, he answered indifferently.

“I killed him.”

“…What?”

Who did what to whom?

For a moment, everything went black before my eyes. Is Lu saying he killed my younger brother Andert?

Lu killed my younger brother?

“Just kidding.”

“…What?”

I got up from the bed to throw a punch.

“Ah!”

Of course, I immediately collapsed backward.

“Ahhh, Miss Daisy! I told you to lie down! Your wounds will reopen. If you keep doing this, I, I won’t take care of you anymore!”

“Sorry.”

Renya reinserted the IV needle that was about to come out.

Watching this scene, Lu laughed annoyingly and told the truth as if to calm me down.

“If you mean the man who is both Garrosh and Andert, he watched you go through the process of opening the second door of mind-body unity to his heart’s content and then left. He was a dog with a proper owner, after all. Of course.”

Lu picked up an old notebook from the table and shook it gently.

“But Dian’s diary is here. Good work, Miss Daisy. You’ve obtained the relic of Dian Cecht that you so desperately wanted.”

Dian Cecht’s diary!

I tried to catch the lightly flying diary with my hand… no, I couldn’t move because of my shoulders, so I had no choice but to catch it with my mouth.

Clap clap clap.

“That’s right. Good job, Daisy!”

Ignoring Lu who was treating me like a pet, I rubbed my cheek against the musty paper book.

Ah, this precious relic that will save my soul…

‘I almost died because of this thing.’

I’m fortunate to have obtained it peacefully, truly fortunate.

However, I was more relieved by the fact that Andert had returned safely than by the diary.

Although I had asked for his help… even I couldn’t easily predict how Lu would actually act.

Andert is alive.

‘As long as he’s alive, I’ll meet him again someday.’

Even thinking about it again, it was unbelievable.

‘To think I met Andert alive.’

Andert was dead.

The warship he was on was shot down by Mephistopheles’ army and sank into the sea, and despite searching the area for dozens of days, we couldn’t even find his body.

‘But how is he alive?’

Will there come a day when I hear the story from that time from Andert?

No, there’s no need to revisit such terrible memories. If we could just remember our childhood…

‘…’

Is it okay to remember?

After my resurrection from death, I had spent only one season.

It was a short time, but I felt a lot. Many things changed and I realized many things.

However, if I had to choose what influenced me the most so far, I would definitely shout that it was the Mage War.

The war completely turned my life upside down. It led me to meet a terribly devastated end to my life, and even after the war ended, it carved such vivid fear into my bones that I experienced hallucinations and auditory hallucinations.

‘Andert regaining his memories means regaining the fear he felt during wartime.’

I do wonder if there’s really a need to regain such hideous experiences, but…

‘…Still, it makes me remember.’

Makes me remember somehow.

It’s been nearly 10 years since I went out of my mind thinking Andert was dead and suffered terribly.

I will definitely get compensation for these 10 years of pain from this ungrateful child who forgot even his family.

I will absolutely get my compensation.

Because that’s what a ‘sister’ does.

The moment I established a new goal and steeled my resolve, a burdensome face suddenly thrust itself right in front of me.

“So. How do you feel?”

“…Feel?”

“Your body. I think I’ve asked twice how you’re doing.”

Is asking how I feel the same as asking how my body is?

I pushed Lu’s chest away with my head, then looked over my physical condition again. I thought there might be some problem I hadn’t noticed, but I was just as tattered as before.

“It hurts, but it’s not bad.”

“Ah. Not bad, well that’s quite fortunate.”

Lu, whispering in a way that seemed sarcastic but maybe not, opened the IV bottle and shook in some red powder.

Judging by the writing on the powder packet that read 【Emergency use, sleep, pain relief, anti-inflammatory】, it seemed to be medicine Renya had obtained separately.

He neatly folded the packet and tossed it onto the table, then stared at me for quite a while.

Then after a long moment, he opened his lips.

“Miss Daisy.”

“Yeah.”

“Try saying you want to live.”

Out of nowhere?

“Why?”

“Just try it.”

“…I want to live?”

Crackle. Lu, who had burned the medicine packet to black ash, burst into a dry laugh.

“I don’t feel any desperation at all.”

“I’m not an actor, and you’re suddenly demanding it – how can I put desperation into it?”

“An actor? If we’re being precise, shouldn’t Miss Daisy be more desperate than them?”

What does he mean?

I stared at Lu silently for a moment. He was definitely stranger than usual.

The strange Lu recited casually in a voice tinged with boredom.

“And perhaps, I might be able to fulfill that desperation.”

“Did something happen? Why are you suddenly acting like this?”

“Old Calepas are all originally selfish.”

“To me, Mr. Lu isn’t some Calepa, but a cook and gardener who makes delicious potato gratin.”

He chuckled and pulled over a chair to sit beside the bed. Lu, resting his chin and staring at me intently, asked again.

“Miss Daisy. Do you want to live?”

That’s when I instinctively realized.

That this brief exchange would become an unprecedented turning point in my relationship with him.

I thought of the Long River and Waterfall. I thought of the people I met there. My melancholy swordsmanship salvaged from the deep sea.

“Yes. I want to live.”

“Truly?”

“Truly.”

“Good… Just now I felt quite convincing desperation. That’s enough. But Miss Daisy.”

Lu grasped my arm.

My arm that had been hanging limply was turned inward. On the white skin, three scars were drawn in neat rows.

Traces of oaths.

“Isn’t that different from our promise?”

“…Promise? What promise?”

I looked down at the oath traces.

The third was an oath shared with the Head Maid. The second was an oath shared with the Swordmaster.

Both oaths were vivid before my eyes as if made yesterday.

But something was strange.

‘Who was the first oath made with?’

…

Huh.

…

Why can’t I remember?

“Daisy.”

Lu’s neat fingernail pressed firmly on the first oath.

I looked at him.

“If you’re desperate, then remember.”

Remember what?

No further exchange followed.

As heavy drowsiness overwhelmed my head, memories of the past I had long forgotten came back to life.

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