I Became the Maid of the Lout Prince

『Lilith has reached level 13!』

『Lilith has reached level 14!』

『Lilith has reached level 15!』

『Lilith has reached level 16!』

Two days had passed since that day when I sank into the lake and somehow managed to return to life.

Of course, the date that day was naturally canceled. In a situation where we nearly had to hold a funeral, there was no room to think about continuing or canceling a date.

I still felt like the last scene I saw two days ago was flickering before my eyes.

That chaotic situation where many people gathered, calling out my name, was still so vivid.

<…Are you really okay?>

Of course, it wasn’t incomprehensible that everyone reacted that way, given that I had nearly died and had come back to life. [Only on Galaxy Translations! / Axiomatic]

It’s even more reasonable in Ethan’s case. He didn’t even want to let go of me, holding me tightly so I could clearly understand how worried he had been.

Fortunately, in this game world of Luminor Academy, as long as you had life left in you, you could be healed with divine power.

Now, I was continuing treatment in a private room of the Aurelian Church for stability.

Slide.

“How are you feeling today, Miss Lilith?”

“I’m good. I think I’ve improved a lot thanks to your devoted care, Saint.”

“I’m glad to hear you’ve improved… There was a time when we really thought you might not make it…”

Seriste carefully opened the door of the church’s hospital room and entered early this morning, as she had been doing recently.

She was the face I’d seen most often over the past two days. It seemed she had been put in charge of my treatment after I nearly died and returned to life.

From the few mistakes she made in her speech, I could somewhat deduce that the Hero had entrusted my treatment to Seriste.

‘Entrusting even Seriste with my treatment to save me, it must be for the sake of game progression.’

It feels odd to say this about myself, but Lilith’s performance in the game was quite useful.

While it was said that there were ways to clear the game without including Lilith in the party, the standard strategy was actually to include Lilith as a supporter and sub-tank.

Judging from Hero Gyeongmwajogyegigwat’s recent behavior over the past few months, it seemed he was aiming for the standard approach to game progression.

If he’s really aiming for a full clear, he’d naturally want to bring Lilith along to the final battle.

‘This isn’t a good sign.’

As I’ve mentioned several times before, I had no intention of joining the protagonist’s party and participating in the journey to defeat the Demon King.

It’s a natural human instinct not to want to step into dangerous situations unnecessarily.

Moreover, the event where the Hero takes Lilith as a companion made me even more uncomfortable.

The scene of beheading Ethan, Lilith’s master, and taking her like a trophy was something I absolutely didn’t want to see now.

Of course, given how much Ethan has changed, and now that it’s certain that this Gyeongmwajogyegigwat kid is a transmigrator, things probably won’t turn out that badly.

Still, it seemed better to return to daily life quickly rather than unnecessarily imposing on Seriste any further.

If I missed more classes, it would be hard to catch up on missed lessons, and above all, I needed to participate in student council work.

“I think I might be able to return to the academy as soon as tomorrow, Saint.”

“B-but it might still be better to rest a bit more… I’m not joking, your heart really did stop. If it weren’t for the Hero’s car… resuscitation? thing, it would have been really dangerous… Although there don’t seem to be any particular side effects yet…”

“…You mean cardiopulmonary resuscitation?”

“Yes, yes… You, you remember it well…?”

It wasn’t that I remembered it well; it was just knowledge from my previous life. I had figured out from the circumstances that the Hero had used CPR to revive me.

The story of restarting a heart that had once stopped was certainly scary to me in many ways.

Even when I had to rely on the church after facing the Hooked Tusk, I was actually terrified, but this time, it meant I had suffered an injury that even the church couldn’t heal, so how much worse must it have been?

If it hadn’t been for that Gyeong-something who happened to be nearby, there was a high chance I wouldn’t be of this world anymore.

…Although I certainly hadn’t anticipated the situation of receiving CPR from that Hero.

‘No man other than Ethan had touched me before.’

Even though I was unconscious, it felt strange to think that a man other than Ethan had touched my chest. [Only on Galaxy Translations! / Axiomatic]

Of course, it was an unavoidable choice since Ethan couldn’t possibly know how to perform CPR. There’s no way Ethan could have learned CPR from the Hero in that situation.

In the first place, he didn’t directly touch my chest but just compressed between my breasts, and if I thought of it as a medical procedure, it wasn’t something to be concerned about.

Still, I couldn’t help but be conscious of being touched by another man in front of Ethan.

‘Moreover, it seems he even performed artificial respiration because I didn’t wake up immediately.’

I had a vague memory of someone else’s lips overlapping mine at the end, so it must have been true.

Due to the backlight that momentarily entered my vision, I couldn’t identify who it was, but since Ethan couldn’t possibly know how to do artificial respiration, the person was obvious.

Even though it was to save a dead person, Ethan must have had to watch the person he liked to have their chest touched by someone else and their lips meet, albeit unintentionally.

It wasn’t my fault, but I felt oddly sorry.

If I were Ethan, I probably would have felt quite uncomfortable.

‘It might have been better if Ethan had been the one.’

My chest was being touched regularly anyway, so I wouldn’t have been bothered whether his hand touched it or not.

As for the kiss… no, artificial respiration, it might have been a bit better if it had been a familiar person.

I also felt sorry for not properly answering his confession.

Above all, if I ever had to kiss someone once, it might have been better if Ethan was the one…

‘Ah, no. What am I thinking right now???’

“Oh? Is the room perhaps a bit too warm for you?”

“Ah, no… It’s not that…”

“……?”

I suddenly felt my face burning up at the embarrassing thought that had just occurred to me.

It had been like this every time I thought about Ethan over the past few days. I’d become overly conscious of nothing. [Only on Galaxy Translations! / Axiomatic]

In fact, I had thought I might receive a confession someday, even before this.

My perception of Ethan hadn’t particularly changed because of it.

Things like how he showed signs of becoming a Sword Expert and blocked the Kraken’s final attack at the last moment when I was about to die…

How he somehow managed to grab me and pull me to shore even as we both sank to the bottom of the lake…

It was just natural to become conscious of him when thinking about these things.

No, honestly, this was something that would inevitably make anyone’s heart flutter, even between two men.

Who in the world wouldn’t feel grateful to someone who saved their life twice? If such a person existed, they would be a shameless person without conscience.

…And, well, they say there’s a suspension bridge effect, right? A person’s heart beats faster the more they’re in danger and feel fear, and they tend to feel love for people nearby at such times.

The fact that my heart flutters when I think of Ethan, who saved my life, must be a kind of phenomenon combining the suspension bridge effect and conditioned reflex.

…Of course, suspension bridge effect or not, it’s not like I don’t feel grateful to Ethan. I was truly indebted to him beyond words in this incident.

If he asked for some kind of repayment in return for saving my life… honestly, I didn’t feel confident in refusing at all.

Touching my chest was a given, and if he proposed to have another date like last time, I would have no choice but to agree.

Not only that, if he asked me to date him in return for saving my life… I might find it hard to refuse.

No, more precisely, even if he asked for something more than that, I might seriously consider it once…

Knock, knock.

“Lilith, how are you feeling?”

“E-E-Ethan?!”

A shrill voice escaped my mouth as I was suddenly startled by Ethan’s voice from outside the room.

I immediately turned to Seriste, who was observing my condition beside me, demanding an explanation of the situation.

“Wh-what’s going on…? I, I thought visitors weren’t allowed yet…”

“Ah, I’m sorry. I forgot to tell you. When we checked yesterday, your condition seemed stable, so I told Young Master Ethan and Princess Seraphine that they could visit you one at a time if they wished…” 

“How could you tell me this only now?!”

“Eek, I-I’m sorry…! I, I meant to tell you after finishing the check-up, but I forgot…”

Wh-what should I do? What kind of face should I make when facing Ethan right now?

First, I should wash my face… No, I should fix my hair first…

“Lilith, may I come in?”

“Ju-just a moment, Ethan!”

As soon as I came to my senses, I quickly removed the sleep from my eyes and roughly fixed my hair with my fingers.

I hastily cleaned up my clothes and the bed with Clean, and then…

“He-headdress!”

“What?!”

“Could you please pass me that headdress over there?”

“You mean this…?”

“Yes! That one!”

After receiving just the headdress from the maid uniform hanging on one side of the hospital room’s coat rack from Seriste, I put it on over my roughly arranged hair.

…It looks somewhat presentable now.

“Y-you can come in now, Ethan.”

Slide.

After confirming the appearance of ‘Exclusive Maid Lilith’ in the mirror, I called out to Ethan, who was waiting outside the door.

As soon as I finished speaking, Ethan slid open the sliding door of the hospital room and entered.

As soon as I saw Ethan’s face for the first time in almost three days, my heart suddenly started beating loudly.

“Lilith, how are you feeling?”

Thump.

“…Lilith?”

“Ah, yes… My body, you mean…?”

Thump, thump.

“…Are you perhaps still not feeling well? Even with the Saint taking care of you…”

“Ah, no, it’s just…”

Thump, thump, thump.

Suspension bridge, suspension bridge…

It’s because of the suspension bridge effect…

T/N

Hello! Axiomatic here.

Is this… it…?

Anyway, this chapter is out thanks to you guys! We achieved 20 more reactions for this novel on the GalaxyTL Discord just recently, and as promised, I translated this new chapter during my break. I do have a final exam later, so wish me luck!

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