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The morning after executing MacHart and concluding the meeting regarding my qualifications as a saint.

Despite sleeping alone for the first time in a while, I woke up without any nightmares, feeling quite refreshed as I slowly got out of bed.

“It’s been a while since I slept this deeply alone.”

The cause of my nightmares was mostly MacHart, so as soon as his presence disappeared, the effects started to show from my bed.

There were times when I wondered if I couldn’t sleep properly without sharing a bed with Edan even after dealing with MacHart, but thankfully that didn’t seem to be the case. Although in the Academy, we had to share a bed whether we liked it or not.

“It would have been embarrassing to ask to share a bed with Edan all the way here.”

Even if Gyeomjo Seyegi and Seristaya or whatever were fine with it, I couldn’t help but worry about how Seraphine and Agnes would view me.

Complaining about only sharing the same bed and not doing anything else probably wouldn’t make a difference.

“Oh, come to think of it…”

In the end, I fell asleep last night without even changing my clothes.

Seeing that I had even fallen asleep without taking off the corset that was pressing on my abdomen, I must have been really tired. No wonder my back hurt as soon as I woke up in the morning.

In that sense, the maid’s uniform didn’t have these annoying extras, so once I put it on, it was actually more comfortable to live in.

Although things like garter belts were a hassle to put on and take off, it didn’t really hinder my daily activities. After all, it was a garment designed to allow easy movement while working, so it was naturally flexible.

“I should wash up and change into different clothes.”

Using a cleaning spell would easily solve the problem, but just the thought of putting on these clothes again was quite uncomfortable.

With that thought in mind, I slowly took off each piece of clothing, used the cleaning spell, and neatly folded them on one side of the bed.

When staying at the Hwangung Star Palace, even if I wore different clothes, I still had to return in the clothes I came in. After all, strictly speaking, the Blackwood family’s clothes were not mine.

-Shooaaah.

As I entered the bathroom attached to the room, hot water flowed over my head, and I deeply appreciated the modern plumbing system that was unlike the medieval world, while roughly planning out my schedule for the day.

“I wonder if I’ll stay at the Star Palace for about ten days?”

It was highly likely that the place Gyeomjo Seyegi would take us to would be one of the events that would happen during the second-year summer vacation. And the summer vacation event was about to start soon.

As far as I could remember, there were two main events left around this time, and both events would start in about ten days, which matched up with the estimated time of arrival.

The “Lara’s Secret” event where you solve problems related to the pension witch Lara in the Witch’s Forest in the southwest of the Empire, and obtain bound items and Lara’s favor.

And the “Liria’s Land” event where you intervene in the conflict between the barbarians and nobles in the northeastern Great Plains to protect the barbarian tribe and gain Liria’s favor.

Since both events were happening almost simultaneously, in the game, you had to choose one or the other, and choosing “Lara’s Secret” was generally accepted as the norm in the Luminor Academy.

“Choosing Lara’s side would probably yield more benefits.”

It wasn’t because Liria lacked charm as a heroine. The wild and healthy swordswoman exuded a cult-like popularity as a heroine.

However, the value of the rewards that can be obtained after finishing the event was so different that even those who preferred Liria over Lala would typically choose ‘Lala’s Secret’ in this event.

In the case of Lala’s event, after finishing the event, a bound item called the ‘Witch’s Pendant’ was given, which was an incredibly powerful psychological attack immunity item in the later stages.

Moreover, Lala, who plays the role of an apothecary at the ‘Luminor Academy,’ offered a special benefit in this event where raising her favorability would allow the player to purchase collected items from her at half price. It was truly an outrageously advantageous benefit.

And in a sense, the most important reward was still left to be obtained, which was the fact that as soon as the event ended, Lala’s ‘scene count’ would begin.

Lala was originally a character with the attribute of an introverted, melancholic heroine in the terminology of the original world. If you solved the ‘Lala’s Secret’ incident, she would quickly fall in love with the protagonist to the point of barging into the bedroom naked that very night.

However, she was not a character who easily gave herself to anyone, and at least in the game’s intimate scenes, the Lala seen was a definite virgin.

“If only she had been a real heroine, she would have easily overshadowed most other characters.”

Lala’s biggest drawback as a heroine was that she had so many fans to the point where the phrase ‘not a heroine’ was mentioned. And indeed, the fact that she was not a heroine was the biggest issue.

In reality, in the ‘Luminor Academy,’ apart from this one time, Lala had almost no other personal events related to her. Even at the end, she was a character who lived as a witch, completely unattainable and unplayable, unrelated to the protagonist.

On the other hand, despite the fact that Liria had various sweet rewards and even provocative events, the rewards she gave were lackluster, and the event conclusion was not particularly interesting.

After finishing this side of the story, she would give the ‘Barbarian’s Necklace’ as a reward, but the performance of that item was inferior compared to the ‘Witch’s Pendant.’

While Liria’s favorability increased, there were no bonuses such as discounts on items she sold like Lala, and since Liria was not an introverted character, scenes like ‘scene count’ naturally did not exist.

In terms of efficiency and even in provocative events, Lala’s event was clearly superior, so probably in about ten days, we would all set off to the witch’s forest in the southwest by carriage.

“I should buy some bug repellent perfume when the opportunity arises.”

Having worked as a maid for a long time, I wasn’t particularly disgusted by bugs anymore, but that didn’t mean I wanted to be bitten by Adidas mosquitoes and killer ticks in the summer forest.

With that thought in mind, I finished showering and rummaged through the wardrobe to find some clothes to wear. Since Seraphine said I could use anything in the room, I could wear anything I wanted.

“Maid uniform, maid uniform…”

I was searching the guest room wardrobe as usual to find the maid uniform, but to my surprise, there was not even a maid uniform, let alone an apron or head dress. The only clothes available were noble lady dresses.

What? Why is there no maid uniform? I thought there would at least be one set available.

Did they not even consider the possibility of a maid staying in this room? The thought crossed my mind, and it seemed like they definitely hadn’t considered it.

In a place like this guest room, it’s natural to not expect a maid to stay. Typically, when a servant accompanies someone to a place like this palace or mansion, servants usually share accommodations with other servants in a waiting room on the first floor.

“I really don’t feel like going all the way down to the servant waiting room to change clothes…”

But I couldn’t just go down in my current state, wearing only underwear and a garter belt.

As I pondered what to do, my eyes suddenly caught sight of a door next to the wardrobe that led to another room.

“Is this perhaps the private servant waiting room?”

Thinking that there might be a maid’s uniform in the servant waiting room, I absentmindedly opened the door and stepped in, only to find that, contrary to my expectations, it was a rather spacious bedroom.

“Huh?”

Were servant waiting rooms in the palace or mansion this spacious? Perhaps in a grand palace like this, servants also stay in such facilities?

But it didn’t seem like there was such a facility in the main palace.

Having played through the 25th round, if there was such a luxurious waiting room, I should have seen it at least once. But this room seemed more like another guest room than a servant waiting room.

As I pondered the purpose of this room with a confused mind, the door across from the adjacent room suddenly opened, revealing a familiar figure on the other side.

-Click.

“Phew…”

“…”

A man emerged from the room with his hair all tousled.

Momentarily stunned by Ethan’s appearance in the nude, I simply watched him in a daze as he dried his hair with a towel. It was only after Ethan noticed me on the other side that the incident unfolded.

“…”

“…Wait, Lilith?!”

“…Yes, yes?”

“Why on earth are you coming out from there, Lilith?! And in just your underwear…”

“What are you doing here, dressed like that…and in the nude?”

“Well, I just took a shower and came out…”

“I just saw a door leading to the next room, and thought it might be the servant waiting room, so I opened it…oh.”

After saying that, I finally realized the role of the door I had opened, and belatedly understood that it was not a servant waiting room but simply another ‘adjacent room.’

“I-I apologize, Lord Ethan!”

-Slam!

No, this is insane. I should have been warned about this kind of room structure. I never imagined there would be a door connecting different rooms. Is this how things are in the palace?

“Come to think of it, in the original work, this was the place MacHeart used for noble social gatherings.”

In that moment, I vaguely guessed how this door had been used up until now. Given the rowdy nobles, it was probably not used for good purposes.

“Haah, haah, haah, haah, haah…”

Thanks to this, not only did Ethan see me in my underwear in the morning, but I also witnessed Ethan’s naked body after his shower. It would take me some time to calm down my emotions that had been needlessly stirred up since morning.