Warrior, I'm Afraid There's Something Wrong With Your Obsession

Unlike me who was free, Haron鈥檚 schedule was like hell.

Not only does he participate in the subjugation everyday, but every time a big or small incident occurs, everyone in the castle except the lord would go to him and ask for instructions. He couldn鈥檛 even rest properly, and just stands guard in the dangerous areas. Is this a quest or torture?

鈥淢iss Lucia.鈥?br>
鈥淥h, yes.鈥?br>
Haron, who was looking at the documents, looked around. I turned my head sharply and answered him because I was lost in thought.

鈥淚鈥檓 sorry. Were you surprised that I called you suddenly?鈥?br>
He was treating me carefully as if he were touching thin glass that would break any moment. This is a conversation between a servant and a master. I felt frustrated.

鈥淚s there anything you鈥檙e uncomfortable with?鈥?br>
鈥淭hanks to you, I鈥檓 so comfortable where I wonder if I was really a maid.鈥?br>
鈥淭hat鈥檚 a relief. Would you like a cup of tea?鈥?br>
鈥淎h鈥︹€?br>
I nodded my head slowly and turned my head to look out the window. I tied the curtains neatly, but since the room didn鈥檛 have a good view, the sun didn鈥檛 shine in here very well. So when I stretched my arms to open the window, a pleasant gentle breeze brushed my cheek.

鈥淚t鈥檚 nice, great for tea time.鈥?br>
I got up to prepare some snacks to go along with tea, since it鈥檚 the maid鈥檚 responsibility to do that. But, Haron came up to me and grabbed my shoulder.

鈥淧lease stay seated. I鈥檒l get it ready.鈥?br>
鈥淵es, yes? But鈥︹€?br>
鈥淲hat kind of tea would you like? We have herbal tea, milk tea, or juice.鈥?br>
鈥淲ell, milk tea鈥︹€?br>
鈥溾€滺ere, have this too.鈥?br>
I sat in the chair without lifting a finger, and in an instant, Haron placed fresh snacks on the table.

鈥淕o ahead and eat.鈥?br>
鈥淥h, yes鈥︹€?br>
He sat in front of me with a smile on his face, and when my tea ran out, he would pour more. I couldn鈥檛 shake off this strange feeling.

鈥淵o, warrior.鈥?br>
鈥淵es, Miss Lucia.鈥?br>
鈥淚 think something is wrong with this.鈥?br>
There鈥檚 definitely something wrong here.

***

[So how was the castle where the humans lived? Did you have fun?]

It鈥檚 been a week since I started working at the lord鈥檚 castle.

While I was spending my first holiday at the Fortress, Derakal followed me and asked. I thought about it for a while and shook my head.

鈥淲ell, no.鈥?br>
[Why?]

鈥淚t鈥檚 okay to be with the warrior in one room, but it鈥檚 noisy and complicated, for there were a lot of things that bothered me here and there. My head hurts.鈥?br>
These days, I was feeling an unexpected wave of attention. In order to commute without anyone knowing, I deliberately wandered through an unidentified corridor. However, I heard people who I didn鈥檛 even recognize talk about me.

[Noisy, complicated, and many things to worry about. That鈥檚 like the Devil鈥檚 Castle, right?]

鈥溾€?Please be quiet.鈥?br>
I said as I stroked the countless little ones in my arms. The monsters that looked like black slime fluttered and looked at me. Not just these guys, but the sofa I was sitting on were full of them.

They ran around the room, flying, crawling, hitting each other, rolling back, curling up, crying鈥?br>
鈥淏oo!鈥?br>
鈥淧oopoo!鈥?br>
(Pink Muffin: Uh those are just noises鈥?

Black liquid monsters were jumping on my palm while making a strange sound. They look like they were made of the same material that I saw in a YouTube video a long time ago. They stick to the palm of your hand and bounce back and forth, and then they move everywhere like sticky rice cake. I pecked at them with my fingers and spoke in a low voice.

鈥淚t鈥檚 been a long time since I鈥檝e had a holiday, but I think it鈥檚 even more noisy here. My soul will probably deteriorate before I could even get the Mahone Stones.鈥?br>
[The princess seems to prefer this chaotic atmosphere.]

鈥淪he鈥檚 still young, which makes her interested in new, and unusual creatures. I just like being quiet and calm鈥︹€?br>
[Oh, so the Devil is old?]

鈥溾€o you want to die?鈥?br>
I clenched my hands without realizing it, and the slimes that I was holding were being crushed like clay. Still, they came back to their original shape without a hitch.

[Did you find out where the Mahone Stone is?]

鈥淯m鈥?I sneaked around the castle all day when the warrior wasn鈥檛 there, but I couldn鈥檛 feel the spirit from anywhere.鈥?br>
[Wait, then they鈥檝e already sold it somewhere?]

鈥淭here are a few places I haven鈥檛 looked yet. Like the deep underground treasure place.鈥?br>
[Well, I don鈥檛 know, but I think the Devil will need to suffer a little more.]

Derakal giggled, so I put down the slime creatures and squeezed his tail.

[Oh! That hurts! I鈥檓 sorry!]

鈥淗m. Find out where Deran is right now.鈥?br>
Derakal shuddered and twisted his body. Since him and Deran are twins, they could share their thoughts even when they鈥檙e far away from each other. Derakal began to mutter to himself with his back turned towards me.

[Yeah鈥?Oh, yes? All right. Devil, he said they鈥檝e brought everything and he鈥檒l be back soon.]

鈥淲hat? Already?! Wait, I need to go then. Tina鈥檚 ankle might hurt from walking.鈥?br>
[Anyways, it鈥檚 cold for us, and if the princess is hurt, then that鈥檚 more trouble.]

Derakal gripped me and said that. Today was the first time Tina went out alone without me.

鈥楾here will be many times when the Devil won鈥檛 be here during the day, so I鈥檒l go grocery shopping alone.鈥?br>
Tina is very bright, and she will do well wherever she goes, but I was still worried about sending her out alone since she might get caught for being the princess. I tried persuading her otherwise many times, but she was stubborn and stood her will.

I waited for Tina while pacing back and forth by the magic circle drawn near the gate of my castle.

鈥淭he Devil!鈥?br>
Soon, a bright light leaked out and Tina was here.

鈥淭ina!鈥?br>
I ran and hugged her as she smiled in my arms.

鈥淚鈥檓 good on my own now, right?鈥?br>
鈥淵es. You鈥檝e grown up.鈥?br>
鈥淥h, and here鈥檚 your favorite cake!鈥?br>
Tina took out a box and stuck it out towards me.

鈥淒id you buy it for me?鈥?br>
鈥淥f course! I know your taste.鈥?br>
Tina鈥檚 hand, which was unpacking the cake with a proud smile, stopped for a moment. I tilted my head and approached her to look inside the box.

鈥淎h.鈥?br>
The cake was crushed without mercy.

鈥淥h, why鈥︹€?br>
Tina stared blankly at the box that she was holding. She didn鈥檛 cry, but her eyes drooped down, and little by little, her face began to harden. After a while, she looked up at me in tears.

鈥淚鈥檓 sorry. I must鈥檝e crashed into something while carrying this.鈥?br>
鈥淚t鈥檚 okay. The cake is fragile so anything can happen.鈥?br>
鈥淏ut I wanted to see you happy鈥︹€?br>
I kept reassuring her it was fine, but her voice gradually became smaller. She seemed to be depressed at the thought of disappointing me. So instead of trying to give her more words of consolation, I dipped my finger into the cake and grabbed a bite to eat. The sweet taste spread in my mouth.

鈥淚t鈥檚 delicious. Good choice.鈥?br>
鈥淥h, Devil. But it鈥檚 crushed. You should eat something else鈥︹€?br>
鈥淚t鈥檚 okay. It鈥檚 good.鈥?br>
鈥淒on鈥檛 force yourself to eat it because of me.鈥?br>
鈥淚鈥檓 not. Do you want to try it?鈥?br>
Tina stared at me, and eventually copied what I did.

鈥淚t鈥檚 good, right?鈥?br>
鈥溾€es.鈥?br>
鈥淪ee? Thanks for buying it. I鈥檓 very happy.鈥?br>
I smiled and patted her head. Tina鈥檚 face began to glow at my words.

We enjoyed a day of tea time and the rest of the crushed cake.

***

(3rd person pov)

The lord hit his desk with his hands. His fist trembled as if he couldn鈥檛 overcome his boiling anger.

鈥淣o, why can鈥檛 you find out who the maid is?鈥?br>
鈥淎h, that鈥檚 just how it is. The warrior guards the room all day long. I was already caught on the first day when she arrived.鈥?br>
鈥淲ho told you to fail stupidly since day one?鈥?br>
The lord grinded his teeth and his aide shut his mouth from the injustice. He knew the warrior would be wary, so he had ordered to bring her to his room as soon as she got here. Anyways, the lord was a very vicious man who liked to blame others.

鈥淲hen she鈥檚 alone, don鈥檛 you think you can do it? Why is it so hard to bring a maid here!鈥?br>
鈥淗e鈥檚 with her all the time, where she doesn鈥檛 even come out from his room. But if you go into a room without it鈥檚 master and bring the maid鈥?he might not be able to handle it鈥︹€?br>
鈥淭here鈥檚 a lot of excuses.鈥?br>
The lord replied to his aide. By all means, the warrior had brought a silver-haired maid, and the lord thinks he might be up to something. Even his attitude has changed.

鈥淵ou鈥檙e a man with a brain, so you can do business with her, and if she鈥檚 stupid, you can press her and dig up the warrior鈥檚 weaknesses. Do you understand?鈥?br>
The lord didn鈥檛 show it on the outside, but he was very afraid of Haron inwardly. That was because he knew that the warrior could kill all the soldiers, including him in the castle at any second.

However, Haron was a good help to the territory鈥檚 operations. The lord wanted to find something to control the warrior.

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