Life in Another World as a Maid Mage

Have the innkeeper boil the water, remove the dirt, and lower your hips to the rough chair in your room with a refreshing body. The food from the stall I bought was wrapped in a paper bag for takeaway and placed on the table. Tilt the remaining crackers and cheese to the dishes.

It doesn't taste good.

At least all the meals I ate on the trip were heartwarming. When I got accustomed to that flavour, I felt that the food that I could cook and preserve was terrible and insufficient.

I've never felt anything like this before. I didn't feel anything about a single meal or a cold meal with no taste, and I thought it would be the same from now on.

Since I met Theoli.

While feeling the warmth next door, I learned the joy of eating a warm meal that was heartwarming. No, I remember. The warmth of happiness that has drifted away since my mother was born.

"- Mr. Alec! It's a customer."

When I thought vaguely, I heard the prodigal voice as I slapped the door. When the door was opened, Zack appeared behind a well-dressed actress who smiled relentlessly. I'm going to fly a greeting with one hand up.

"If you're going to be late, just lock the front door."

That's what the general said and left. The entrance keys are kept by all boarders. Sometimes when I came home from work, I spent the general's bedtime.

"--It's not uncomfortable, but it's inconvenient.

A simple dormitory with a four-storey, renovated house has a single entrance. Every time I go to any room, I have to go through this entrance, and inevitably every time I visit a dormitory, I will be greeted first by a maid general. Some people may find it annoying.

"It was the only place I could get a contract in a hurry. If you ask me, I'll pay for it, and it's not so bad."

I had to stay away for a few years to infiltrate the Empire, so I had to cancel the apartments I had originally borrowed. I wanted to return to a comfortable place soon after my return, so I decided quickly to go to this inn close to the guild. There are private rooms in the castle, but the owner of the place is my brother. Honestly, he is uncomfortable in a castle with his wife and close adult sons.

"If you'd called me sooner, I'd have looked for you. You could've come to me anyway. The room is empty."

I'll ask you if it's inconvenient.

If you invite him in and recommend a chair, Zach, who took off his jacket, raises his paperbag - whether it's a residual job - on the leg of the table and begins to spread out the contents of the paper bag that he held with his hips down. After all, I thought I bought some street food.

The prepared glass was poured with ale, and the glasses exchanged with each other.

Well, well, good luck with that.

Saying so, Zach rubbed the contents of the glass at once. Then pour in the ale with your hands.

"--Well, Lori's homecoming is over."

Well, you saw that...

Alec smiled bitterly at what that meant.

"Oh, it was spectacular inside. I feel like I've seen a slime for a lifetime."

"Me too. I wonder why it's so tough to be a bunch of stupid slimes on one side."

"Theoli was eating while looking at it."

Ugh

You remember, Zach moaned. When I see it, I feel relieved to know that my senses are normal. Because Shiori is dealing with the slime and the others too normally, I thought it might be strange to me, but it doesn't seem so.

So, what happened to Siori?

Having enjoyed an unobstructed conversation while picking up wine and dishes for a while, Zack turned to himself. That's the point.

"It's not like I was watching the scene, so it's a rumor. It seems that he rubbed against a group of suspects for handling a wagon that was cut to draw in a swarm of snow wolves."

"A trick to pull the herd in?

"Ah, they say the shipment was a snowwolf bitch captured alive. They were all pregnant. At the request of the aristocrats, they wanted furs and playful toddlers, but that might not be the reason."

Fur can be used as a shield and larvae can be used as a submissive biological weapon when nurtured. Anyone who sees that something bad is going on will surely come out.

"The direct cause of the raid was the pregnant female. They're chasing after their weighty wives. When they got their turn back, they turned back. Nevertheless, the damage done so far has been considerable."

"... I see."

"Siori..."

After drinking a sip of ale and dampening his mouth, Alec continued his words. Zach raised his face with some thoughts.

"He magically asked me to keep the wagon away from the snow wolf. Turn it down and whip it for the wagon."

I saw Zach fade. Then the expression gradually becomes steep.

"... it's terrible."

"Oh, it left a terrible trail."

It was the same scar as the slaves I saw in the Empire. I must have hit him hard. Impersonate.

The incident happened in a crowded place. It appears that some of the witnesses included several wounded knights. In that context, I am afraid that for selfish reasons, I flatly interrupted the rescue operation and whipped the sentenced woman. Was there a back shield that could be rubbed off even if you didn't take over the Knights?

"Luckily Ellen healed my wound beautifully. There was no trace left. But..."

So I cut my tongue and looked at Zach. Her pale eyes and gaze were tangled.

"Invisible scars on both arms and feet - they can't be healed."

--Heavy silence fell. Zach's expression is falling out and he can't read his emotions. However, only those pale eyes are swaying to strange colors, reflecting the magic lamp lights.

"The Knights were the first to treat me. It's an abbreviation, but I was also interviewed. Maybe there's something you didn't talk about. They're sending a copy of the record to you within the year."

"... I see."

There was no conversation between them for a while, but only the occasional sound of drinking the ale and the sound of the glass on the table rang.

"... he was threatened with that scar. Wounded women are hated and persecuted in this country. That's why he couldn't tell anybody, or he stopped relying on anybody. Even so, it seems that they were originally designed to distance themselves from you, Clement and Nadia, little by little, with jealousy and malice from various humans. I went there and was stung by the wound. Fearing that he would finally lose where he was from where he had nothing to say, he couldn't move."

……

Zach doesn't say anything. However, his hands were already away from the glass. Don't do anything, just keep staring at the void.

"I still can't get out of fear. He refused to be treated by the Knights so badly that he didn't want to know about the wounds. He was severely disturbed and sedated. Don't throw it away, you can't live anymore - just say it like that and cry,"

I can't forget Shiori sleeping with her crying face. And that painful figure, who had to be disturbed, hugged and forgiven.

"- Hey, Zach. Was it really all right to push a woman until she was so old? They're still alive."

"Alec"

Zach, who had remained silent until then, opened his mouth. With those strange colors in your eyes.

"... do you really think I didn't do anything?

Zach laughed. An incredible smile. I've seen it several times before, like shooting someone who sees it.

"The more I love you, the more you keep quiet, the less I like you, the less I'm a coward."

Paper bags that remained standing at the feet of the table were taken away. The opened and retrieved document was presented and received without knowing what it meant.

"--Langwald Lumbek, mutant death. Ivar Rayon, dead. Sven Roseann, dead. Burt Amfe, missing. Rachel Scanze, dead. Torre Brombari, expelled from the Adventurers' Association - this is..."

Investigation documents of a person involved in a case. The names of those on this list were immediately known from two names mixed with unfamiliar names. I hunted down Shiori and crushed it for convenience [Akechi].

Runwald Runbeck is the predecessor of the Tris branch. Weren't they hiding because they took responsibility for the incident? I also remember the name of a woman named Rachel. It's the name that came out of Siori's story. Indeed, I have heard that before - during my first request to work with Shiori, I was told by my colleagues - he died because of a request I received after the incident.

"He didn't tell me after all - he told you. What happened?"

"... ahh"

"... I didn't even want to think about it, but it was basically what I expected."

"Zach"

Murmured to himself. Push your gaze further. Most of the people on this list are treated as dead. I don't know what that means. I'm also worried about Lanvalt's death.

"Those guys at the party were gonna die anyway. After the incident, I didn't have to do anything to kill myself. I really wanted to take care of it myself. Rachel was asked to escape pursuit and went to the afterlife without hesitation. Ivar and Sven died at the ruins they were on their way to. The Beast is supposed to do the front face, but it seems that they managed to stab each other at the end of the disagreement. Burt is missing, but I don't think he's gonna make it from the scene. There were thousands of broken limbs and a lot of blood left. He must have been eaten by a beast. Torre is the only survivor, but he got in trouble with a colleague at the destination and was expelled. They're running out of money and still can't go home. They're turning into sniffers in the city."

The end of one party, or another, that is spoken lightly.

"Thanks to Shiori, the equilibrium that I had kept critical has collapsed. I managed to survive his presence. They just squeezed it out, squeezed it out and threw it away."

Without Lori, Theoli would have died without anyone looking after her.

Unless there was a coincidence called Lori.

I'm terrified.

"... Zach. Why did you - why did you decide to leave him with them? Didn't anybody notice they were rotten?"

I've been wondering. Why did you leave your precious woman in love with such people? Clement, Nadia, nobody said anything? When asked, Zach laughed mockingly.

"At first, I thought they were normal enough to keep him. The reputation wasn't that bad. There were no bad rumors. Though it was rough, if we kept working on the tunnel, they would have grown quite well. My age and rank are close to Shiori. That's why I thought we could work together. But..."

His hand, which remains on the table, is firmly gripped.

"The Langwald guy's got the wisdom. Even though they didn't have the wisdom to scratch the eyes of the law, it was his fault that they couldn't file a case while doing so much. That son of a bitch took advantage of their aspirations to be promoted and blew in a way that would make Theori a doll of his word, conditional on coloring assessments and rewards. Aim for the money and his body."

Alec lost sight of the last words he added.

"Kim and Siori are aiming for the body?