I Became the Maid of the Lout Prince

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“You’re going to make Miss Seriste a Saint?”

“…Yes, Young Master Ethan.”

“……”

Ethan glared at me with a look of disbelief when I said I would make Seriste a Saint, so this reaction wasn’t particularly strange.

‘At least, it’s not something a Saint should say out loud.’

Becoming a Saint meant being recognized with that much power and status. It was a title that came with a higher status and honor than not only commoners but also most noble young ladies, and even most heads of noble families.

Considering the honor that followed Seriste and Lilith in the ending, it was natural that this wasn’t something to be given up so easily. [Only on Galaxy Translations! / Axiomatic]

However, that was only from the perspective of an ordinary person, and it didn’t apply to me. 

For someone like me, who had indirectly experienced the journey of the Hero’s party in Luminor Academy 25 times, the duties and honors that came with being a Saint were of no interest to me.

“As I mentioned earlier, it’s a power I don’t need. Rather, I could say it’s an inconvenient power for living the life I want.”

“…Then, what kind of life do you want, Lilith?”

“At least, I don’t want a life of traveling around the world with the Hero after graduating from the academy, striving for peace. I’m a person who lacks the will to carry out such grand missions.

I’m content with just an ordinary life where I can use the power I have. Of course, it would be nice to have a life where I can use the magic and swordsmanship I’m learning at the academy now, but I don’t want to live in constant life-threatening crises.”

Originally, Lilith became a Saint because her previous life was too miserable. Her mother had passed away due to illness, and her father was a gambling addict who sold his daughter into debt slavery.

For such a Lilith, becoming a Saint and making the world a better place with the Hero might actually be a better option, but it didn’t apply to me who had lived an ordinary life in my previous life.

As I said before, there were many people more suited than someone like me to struggle through life in the Hero’s party.

“A life of living ordinarily while utilizing what you learned at the academy… It seems easy, but it’s not entirely simple…”

“Pardon? What did you just say…?”

“…It’s nothing. Anyway, Lilith, I understand why you don’t want to become a Saint. Then, let me ask the opposite. Is that method you mentioned actually possible?”

“You mean passing on the Saint’s power I possess to Saint Seriste?”

“Yes, that.”

“Yes, it’s certainly possible. At least, it was possible in the future I saw.”

Of course, that future was actually about seven to eight years away, but I didn’t bother to add that as it wasn’t necessarily relevant information.

Anyway, as long as I gave up the Saint’s power and Seriste harbored the desire to become a Saint herself, this power I possessed would find its rightful owner of its own will.

“In the future? Ah, you said you saw various events of the future when you received the Saint’s power, right?”

“That’s correct.”

“I’m asking just in case, but can you tell me a few things from the future you’ve seen that I already know about?” [Only on Galaxy Translations! / Axiomatic]

“Most notably, Fourth Prince Machart had already joined hands with the demon race. The curse that slipped out unconsciously at the banquet was also because I knew about that aspect of Fourth Prince Machart, which caused me to blurt it out in the moment.”

“Well, you did seem a bit flustered then. What about other things?”

“Things like Miss Luke actually being a woman disguised as a man, or Miss Agnes having poor Spirit Affinity and struggling with spirit contracts, and also…”

To give Ethan confidence that I could pass on the Saint’s power I possessed to Seriste, I explained how the events we had experienced together so far came to be.

Ethan nodded in understanding as he heard stories that couldn’t be known without seeing the future, such as knowing the monster’s weak point when we first encountered the Kraken of the Abyss a few years ago, or my skillful navigation of the Imperial Palace without getting lost on our first visit.

“I see, I understand. According to what you’re saying, Lilith, it seems certain that you saw a future where Miss Seriste received the power from you.”

“That’s right, Young Master Ethan.”

“But can you be sure that future will come unchanged this time as well?”

“Pardon?”

“At least I’ve never heard of it before. A story of someone who became a Saint according to prophecy transferring their power to another Saint, I’ve never heard of such a thing before.”

“B-But in the future I saw, it was certainly…”

“Just because you saw the future doesn’t guarantee that the exact same things will happen. There must have been futures that unfolded differently from what you’ve seen so far. For example, the incident where you subjugated the Hooked Tusk that appeared in the Blackwood Estate without anyone else getting hurt, or Miss Agnes being able to successfully contract with a spirit… Those must be futures you altered, right?”

“…That’s true.”

I could only nod in response to Ethan’s logical words, unable to refute any further.

As Ethan said, the knowledge I had was just ‘things that could happen’ at certain branching points, not guaranteed futures.

The very fact that Ethan was having this ordinary conversation with me was already a result of a future I had changed, so perhaps there was also a future where Seriste couldn’t receive the Saint’s power from me. Besides, I had only succeeded once by chance during my 25 playthroughs when the conditions aligned, and I hadn’t done multiple cross-verifications.

“What I’m asking about is the ‘what if it doesn’t work out’ scenario, Lilith.”

“……”

“If you can’t pass on the Saint’s power to Miss Seriste, the Aurelian Church will likely start moving soon to find the real Saint, which is you. As far as I know, the aura of a Saint is a special presence that can’t be hidden from high-ranking priests even if you try. The reason Miss Seriste is being verified as a Saint multiple times is because that ‘Saint’s aura’ isn’t properly felt from her. Isn’t that right?” [Only on Galaxy Translations! / Axiomatic]

“…That’s correct.”

“Then, if you fail to pass on the power to Miss Seriste in time, and as a result, the Aurelian Church tries to take you away to proclaim you as the Saint, what do you plan to do then, Lilith?”

Although I was going to mention this anyway, being questioned so insistently made me feel strangely guilty toward Ethan. It now seemed as if I had deliberately tried to hide the last part and got caught in the act.

Still, as I had decided not to hide anything from Ethan anymore, I further explained about the ‘conditions’ that the Hero had made.

“I can sufficiently prevent the future you’re worried about from happening, Young Master Ethan.”

“…How?”

“If I join Hero Gyeongmwajogyegigwat’s party, everything can be resolved.”

“……”

…W-What? I just felt a chill run down my spine.

Wondering if Sei was playing a prank, I turned my head towards her, but Sei was just floating in the air, sprawled out as usual.

“Lilith, say that again.”

“I-If I join Hero Gyeongmwajogyegigwat’s party, there probably won’t be any danger to Saint Seriste’s life or anything like that…”

“Why?”

“I-If I travel with Saint Seriste in the Hero’s party, others won’t be able to distinguish which of us is the real Saint…”

“…Why?”

“B-Because Saint Seriste is already widely known to the public as the Saint. They probably wouldn’t even think that I, who suddenly rolled in, could be the Saint. A-And even if Saint Seriste is found out not to be the Saint, it becomes easier to resolve.”

“…So, why?”

“Because we can use the excuse that she risked her life pretending to be my shadow to protect me from demons trying to target the life of the real Saint, which is me. If I start activities in the Hero’s party, there will be credibility to the claim that Saint Seriste acted as my shadow…”

“Lilith.”

“Y-Yes?”

“Do I look like I’m repeatedly asking you the same question because I’m really worried about the life of that fake Saint Seriste?”

“…Pardon?”

…Wait, when did he get this close?

I’m sure we were talking from opposite sides of the table just a moment ago, but as we conversed, Ethan’s face had approached right in front of my nose without me noticing.

Ethan was pressing close, thrusting his face near mine as if there was something he really didn’t like, and my body instinctively rose from the chair, feeling flustered by his attitude.

Crash!

“…Lilith, where are you going?”

“N-No… It’s just…”

“I’m asking you. Do I really look like I’m angry because I’m worried about that priestess, Seriste, whom I barely know?”

“A-Are you angry…? Young Master Ethan…?”

“…So, you didn’t even know I was angry, let alone why I’m angry?”

Grab!

Ethan grabbed my wrist as I couldn’t back away any further due to the wall behind me, then moved to one side of the room, still holding my hand, and threw me onto the bed.

Thud.

“Y-Young Master Ethan?! W-Why are you suddenly doing this…?!”

“You just said it with your own mouth, Lilith.”

“…Pardon?” [Only on Galaxy Translations! / Axiomatic]

“That if you can’t make Seriste the real Saint, you’ll have no choice but to join that damn Hero’s party.”

“T-That’s only if things go wrong. If I remain with the Saint’s power, the problems I mentioned earlier will definitely arise. And I absolutely refuse to suffer for years in the Hero’s party…”

“Yes, I know. But you know what, Lilith…”

“……”

“…I think I’ve heard somewhere that there’s another way to lose the Saint’s power.”

Rustle.

“Eeeek?!”

I let out a girlish scream as Ethan’s hand suddenly crept under my skirt without warning.

It was the moment when I instinctively sensed what he was trying to say as he spoke about a way to lose the Saint’s power with a serious face.

T/N

Hello! Axiomatic here.

I think we all know where this is going…

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