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18 – The Uninvited Guest of the Late Night

18 – The Uninvited Guest of the Late Night

In the steam-filled bathroom, I felt as if I were dreaming.

A cold image of a super pretty girl, who would have been the center of an idol group in a past life, entered the bathroom, covering her body with only a towel.

Though the towel concealed her important parts, Lana’s incredible figure was fully visible to my eyes.

Her breasts were as large and voluptuous as Noah and Sharen’s, her curves were like a work of art, and her thighs looked like they were trained for some hidden assassin work, firm and resilient.

I was genuinely 100% flustered, shouting like a child.

“L-Lana!? What’s going on all of a sudden!?”

“As I just mentioned, I came to help you with your back, my lord.”

“I can do it myself!!”

I wanted to enjoy my bath time leisurely, just for once, without anyone around, because I craved a moment of solitude in the life of a lord, where people were always present.

At my words, Lana looked at me expressionlessly and casually said, “To be honest, I came to seduce you on the princess’s orders.”

She just said that here!?

I was left speechless by Lana’s bluntness.

What should I do!?

If this continues, I felt like I would be devoured by Lana.

Honestly, if I were to be devoured by a super pretty girl like Lana, I wouldn’t have any complaints, but then I would fall into the princess’s schemes and suffer terribly, and for some reason, I could see a future where I would be killed by Noah and Sharen.

As I stepped back to create some distance, Lana tilted her head, wearing a puzzled expression, and asked, “Do you… suspect me, my lord?”

From my reaction, it seemed Lana thought I was not falling for her seduction because I suspected her.

When I was about to respond affirmatively, Lana spoke first.

“Don’t worry, I’m a pure maiden, and I’m always ready to devote myself to you, my lord.”

“That’s not the issue!!”

You’ve turned me into a trash who only wants a maiden!

My composure shattered by Lana’s mental attack, I ended up shouting.

In response to my outburst, Lana looked at me with an even more bewildered expression.

After a moment of thought, she opened her mouth again.

“If that’s not it… could it be that you prefer men, my lord?”

“Of course not!! I’m a 100% heterosexual who likes women!!”

Once again losing my composure, I shouted in frustration.

No! I am a beloved lord. I can’t let my poker face crumble over this!!

Feeling ashamed for having shouted twice, the bathroom door suddenly swung open, and guards rushed in.

“My lord! What’s happening!?”

“We heard a loud noise and came running!!!”

In an instant, the bathroom was filled with me, Lana, and the guards.

It was the moment when my precious personal time was shattered into pieces.

After sending the guards away and getting dressed, I went to the reception room with Lana, who was also dressed.

Lana still wore a cool, expressionless face, but perhaps she was a bit flustered herself, as her face had turned slightly red.

“I apologize for startling you, my lord. The real thing is indeed different from the academy.”

“Do they teach that at the academy?”

Do they also teach how to wash the lord’s back or how to seduce?

Without hesitation, Lana answered my question.

“Yes, they do. I learned it seven months ago in the servant department. They brought in a professional prostitute as a practical instructor to demonstrate.”

“Ah… I see.”

I had learned something I didn’t particularly want to know.

Is it really okay for the academy to teach such things?

As I thought of many things I wanted to say, Lana looked at me with a very worried expression.

“Is it possible that I’m not to your taste, my lord? If that’s the case, I’ll tell Lumiel and request another girl.”

“No! You are my type!”

This time, I answered Lana without hesitation.

Lana was my type.

In my past life, I hadn’t spent much on in-game purchases, but the only character I had obtained by hitting the ceiling was Lana.

At my firm answer, Lana seemed flustered yet pleased, her face turning red as she said, “Thank you for confirming that. My self-esteem has recovered a bit.”

Feeling that the situation had calmed down somewhat, I assured Lana.

To be a beloved lord and due to my personal circumstances in the past, I had never forced my servants into such sexual acts.

“Let me make it clear, Lana. I do not make my servants do such things.”

“I’m sorry, but I don’t quite understand, my lord.”

Lana genuinely seemed to not understand my words.

With a serious look in her eyes, she said to me, “You are my master. You have the right to make me do anything, granted by the princess.”

“No, I didn’t receive such a thing from the princess. I simply hired a maid with exceptional abilities.”

Even in the World Archive, and indeed in this era, it was a common mindset among servants, but I did not think of her as a tool.

As long as a person is alive, no one is a tool.

However, just saying this wouldn’t help her understand properly, so I decided to take a different approach.

“You said you could do anything for me, right?”

“Yes, that’s correct, my lord.”

I stood up from my seat.

And as I returned to my room, I said, “Then, let’s sleep for now, and tomorrow, let’s go out together. I have a place to go.”

“Understood. I will prepare for the outing.”

I headed straight to the bedroom, and Lana politely bowed to me as a maid.

I had a feeling that tomorrow would be a busy day in many ways.

“My lord… where is this?”

“This will be your workplace during the day from now on.”

The next day, I took Lana to that place.

Upon seeing it, Lana wore the most flustered expression I had seen in the past two days, to be honest.

It was the “school.”

“From now on, teach the children here at Cron School during the weekdays.”

There is a content called Memorial that activates when you reach the top 100 in the relationship ranking in the World Archive.

It’s a side story where you can see the true feelings of the person you achieved the top 100 relationship ranking with, and of course, I had seen Lana’s story.

Despite her cool demeanor and versatile abilities, Lana was an ordinary girl inside.

She also had dreams and things she wanted to do.

But the Ansus family did not allow that.

According to the wishes of the prestigious Ansus family of servants, she was raised to be the best maid, becoming a source of strength for many lords across numerous routes.

However, in none of those routes did she have her own ending.

At least in the memorial story, she revealed a little of her true feelings, and I could never forget that.

She had said she wanted to be a “teacher” when she was young.

“No, I can’t. I must serve you, my lord.”

She flatly rejected my words.

I rejected her rejection.

“This is how you serve me.”

I looked at the school.

I had invested in it and made some expansions, but there was still a long way to go.

Facilities were one thing, but the most lacking aspect was properly trained teachers.

“There are not enough teachers at Cron School right now. No matter how experienced the adults are, they cannot compare to properly trained teachers.”

Even if you employed elderly people with experience, there were limits.

I had heard that they often digressed into stories about their glory days during class.

We needed someone who had received proper advanced education.

“By the way, there happens to be a smart teacher who recently studied at the academy here.”

“My lord…”

“Do you need any more of my orders?”

At my words, Lana sighed as if she had no choice.

Then she looked into my eyes and said, “Understood. However, I will return to the castle in the afternoon to serve you, my lord.”

“Alright, so teach the children well from now on, Teacher Lana.”

“You don’t need to worry.”

At my words, Lana smiled confidently.

As she walked toward the school, she said to me, “Because I am a perfect maid.”

In that moment, she was definitely smiling.

A week had passed since Lana arrived at Cron.

She felt that her emotions were the most confused they had ever been in her life.

In the territory of the Crones family, where she had come at the command of her master, she thought she would live a life serving the lord she designated as her master, just like her other siblings.

The precious maiden she cherished would, as Ain had told her, be swept away by the lord’s lust on the first day.

She had even prepared contraception methods, waiting for the constructive days as a teacher.

During the day, she went to school to teach the children, and in the afternoon, she returned to the castle to serve the lord, continuing this life.

Some days, her hours as a teacher were longer than those as a maid.

While thinking, ‘Is this okay?’ she also discovered that she was enjoying the moments of teaching the children.

It was so amazing to realize that she could still enjoy something…

‘When I think of Lord Calix, my heart races. What is this feeling?’

She had heard many terrible stories about lords from her seniors at the academy.

So she had thought that if she entered the bathroom naked, Lord Calix would do this and that to her.

She was prepared, but even for her, it didn’t feel good to have her first experience that way.

But Lord Calix did not do that.

He did not treat her as a tool and helped her achieve the faded dreams of her past.

Thinking of Lord Calix made Lana’s heart race, and for some reason, she felt that she had done something wrong to him.

As she thought that she should apologize and give him a gift someday while preparing for bed… she heard a sound in her ear.

Bang—

It was a very faint wave of magical power.

A wave of magical power so weak that even a magician would find it hard to sense.

It was the wave of assassins that emerged when they tried to conceal their magical power.

Hiding her icy cold gaze, Lana quietly got up and dressed.

Then she silently opened the door and headed toward the tranquil corridor illuminated by moonlight.

It was time to welcome a guest.

A word from the author (Author’s Note)

Thank you, [Last Starlight]!!!

I will repay you with good works in the future!!!

Thank you, [Gul Gul Gul Gul]!!!

I will take good care of my health and work hard until the final conclusion for you!!!!

Thank you, [4444 Woo]!!!

I will repay you with even more charming characters!!!!

In the next chapter, Lana’s showtime begins.

Please look forward to the activities of the Super Maid Lana!!