episode_0301

“So, in the end, you got the essential potion from Liz at half price?”

“It’s half the cost of the ingredients, so it’s not half the selling price.”

“Huh.”

Gyutmyo, who was looking at me with an incredulous expression after hearing my transaction history.

“You’re really shameless. How could you haggle the price of the raw materials at half price with August’s top?”

“Well, what’s the big deal. I saved their lives once, so it’s cheap. Besides, last time when I asked them to make it, I paid the full price for the deal.”

“If you take even that into account, you’re really shameless.”

“I didn’t even ask them to make it for half the price in the first place. Ignoring the favor of offering a friend discount is even more shameless!”

“….”

I may have done some shameless things, but honestly, it’s not my fault. They were competing against each other and the price went down that far.

I didn’t even consider the person who offered to make my potion as a closer friend or anything like that.

“Oh, anyway, since Liz agreed to make it for me, if you’re going to make a potion for the end-of-term hunting event, ask Lala for it. We’re somewhat close now that the Lala event is over, right?”

“Well, I wouldn’t say we’re close, but it’s not like we’re distant either. It doesn’t feel the same as after the original event ended.”

“Huh?”

“Well, I did ultimately deal with the Moonlight Wolf, but for some reason, it seems like the half-price potion bonus didn’t apply.”

“Huh? Really?”

“And now that I’ve heard what you said, it’s confirmed. It seems like the Lala event bonus was applied to you, not me.”

“….”

Come to think of it, is that really the case?

Well, Lala wouldn’t just offer to make it for half price for Liz out of the blue. Even though we’ve built some sort of rapport in the Witch’s Forest, it did feel like we became close in a short period of time.

But if this is a result of me clearing the ‘Lala’s Secret’ event, then I could somewhat understand. Come to think of it, I did receive the Witch’s Pendant as a quest reward.

“Well, then I guess I won’t be able to collect the scene?”

“…What scene?”

“The Lala scene. It’s a bonus from the ‘Lala’s Secret’ event. Too bad~.”

“I already told you I’m not interested. I won’t do anything in this world that I won’t take responsibility for.”

“But Lala doesn’t have to take responsibility? In the original story, once is enough. It’s a responsibility-free pleasure. Are you really going to endure that? A night of fiery passion with the voluptuous and mysterious beauty, are you going to endure that?”

“You’re really going too far. Did you get excited after being with Edan once?”

“Cough, cough, cough!”

At the shameless remarks from Gyutmyo, there was a moment when I felt my breath catch. How does this guy know about that?

“W-What?! How do you know that?!”

“How do I know? You’re not exactly discreet about it. It’s weird if I don’t know when you’re flaunting it.”

“W-What?!”

“You’re always arm in arm with Edan whenever you move, sticking together during common class hours, whether sparring or resting with Edan. Just looking at you with eyes full of honey, how could I not notice?”

“I-I’ve never looked at him like that!”

“The way you look at Edan is the same as the way you look at Seristana and Sirena when they look at me.”

“….”

Oh, damn it. That’s why I wanted to keep it a secret from this guy as much as possible.

I wanted to keep it a secret until the end just to avoid being teased like this, but he caught on so quickly….

“Seriously, it’s strange that you didn’t notice even though you went to buy the dried mandragora in the Witch’s Forest. Seristana has awakened as a saint, so there’s no need to be discreet anymore.”

“Ah, you haven’t written it yet?! And Edan, he’s doing fine even without it?!”

“Seeing that you haven’t written it yet, is it implying that you’ll eventually write it?”

“….”

“And actually, even Edan seems a bit more relaxed. Not as much as you, but he seems to have loosened up compared to before.”

“Well, I’m glad to hear that.”

Taking a step forward as a man seems to have some effect.

It was somewhat reassuring to hear that it wasn’t just me feeling good about it. Giving my first to Edan as a ‘reward’ seemed to have been somewhat successful.

“Anyway, then you’ll have to pay LaLa for it, right? Since you have a lot of party members, you won’t mind spending 10 to 20 gold coins. Should I ask LaLa on your behalf?”

“It’s fine. It’s bothersome. Besides, starting this year, I’ll ask Trallia instead. Trallia is more conscientious compared to Lijina and LaLa.”

“…When did you become close with them? You really live a busy life.”

“I have to live a busy life. I have to go back to the original world.”

“….”

I wonder if the stubbornness to go back to the original world hasn’t changed.

In truth, I wanted to ask for Seristana and Seraphine to stay for them. Leaving behind the dedication of my first love for trivial reasons was a regrettable thing as a former unicorn.

The problem was that seeing this attitude, it seemed like Gedmyoshakyegwat had no intention of retracting his original determination.

I didn’t want to force them, but if I didn’t, the fate of the existing heroines would become too pitiful.

In fact, if I leaked Gedmyoshakyegwat’s plan to Seraphine or the others, it might not be impossible to hinder his return, but I didn’t want to see them resent him like that.

As someone who had cleared “Luminor Academy” 24.5 times in a previous life, I couldn’t help but have some affection for all the heroine characters in this world. From the main heroine to the sub-heroines, I had at least seen a solo ending once.

In the end, it was an inevitable greed to wish for a world where those girls could be as happy as possible.

“Well, I’ll be going now. Since the meeting with Edan and the professor is almost over.”

“Okay.”

“Take care of Edan in the future. ‘Lewd Maid Release.’”

“Alright, take care too… What?! Is this guy going crazy to die….”

“By the way, I didn’t come up with that. It came out as a title when I checked your information.”

“…What the hell! Why is this crazy title on my title….”

With a mixture of doubt and disbelief, I checked my information for the first time in a while, only to witness the changed ‘title’.

“Name: Lilith Blackwood Rosewood

Title: Lewd Maid”

“Aaah?!”

***

…This is the worst.

Really the worst.

No, what on earth. What an unreasonable situation.

“Title: Lewd Maid”

“….”

I couldn’t accept why such an absurd title existed in this world, and why it was attached to me.

“When did this start being attached to me.”

At least until I was in the Witch’s Forest, I was definitely the ‘Prophet Maiden’. I remember it clearly, as I opened my information to check my skills for the Crescent Bear encounter.

After leveling up, I also opened it to check the stat adjustments, so it probably wasn’t then… So, it must have changed after that.

“I can roughly guess when it might have changed.”

Perhaps the day before and after the conversation with Edan, things might not have changed much. Looking back now, I can only speculate cautiously. But I must admit that the situation of Edan and I having our first experience together was a bit awkward in many ways.

I wanted to give Edan his first experience, so I tried to seduce Harold with my body to defeat him somehow, and after winning, I quietly slipped into Edan’s room and ended up half-covered.

After it was all over, I let go of any embarrassment and engaged in affectionate acts with Edan without any hesitation. So, in many ways, it was inevitable that such a title would be attached to me.

“The only fortunate thing is that it’s not something visible to others.”

Only the special privilege of being able to see the information window of different characters allowed me to check my title, so there was no chance of others suddenly seeing me and saying, ‘Lewd Maid…?’

So, there was no need to be embarrassed, and I could just be confident. What’s the big deal? If you’re curious about my title, you guys should be reincarnated in this world too.

“Lilith. Have you been waiting long?”

As Edan returned after finishing his meeting with the professor, I put aside my worries and immediately returned to being Edan’s exclusive maid.

“No, I haven’t been waiting long, Master Edan.”

“A little while ago, I saw that guy near here. Did he say anything strange…?”

“We only exchanged brief greetings, so you can rest assured.”

“Uh, yeah… I’m not suspicious of Lilith, I was just curious…”

Edan, who still had a controlling personality even after putting me on the bed, was as cautious as ever.

Well, he has definitely become more docile compared to before. In the past, if I had just talked to him, he would have warned me not to approach him with a fiery look in his eyes.

Having shared our first experience together, he probably wasn’t entertaining any delusions of me being taken away by that guy for a while.

“When was Lilith’s meeting with the professor?”

“It’s scheduled for next week. I think I’ll have a meeting about my minor when I enter the third year.”

“Have you decided, Lilith? What direction to take?”

“If it was last year, I was thinking of making offensive magic focused on vision magic my minor, but…”

“Yeah.”

“…I think it wouldn’t be a bad idea to learn magic that assists swordsmanship.”

At least during my time at the academy, it could be helpful to Edan.

“That’s a good idea, Lilith.”

“I’m not learning just for Master Edan. I also handle daggers.”

“Yeah, that’s true. I know.”

“But learning for Master Edan is also included in the reasons, so Master Edan should be grateful to me.”

“…Yeah. Thank you, Lilith.”

“You’re welcome. Oh, and regarding the potions for the final hunting competition…”

Thus, as Edan and I planned a slightly closer future together, we ended the day, and the next afternoon.

“Please help me, Senior Lilith.”

“…Huh?”

Suddenly, I was faced with new confusion as Liria came to the magic department building out of the blue.