NOVEL FROG 23. have my first assistant.
Like I said a while ago... you never know what it is until it happens to you, and I never thought I'd bring a crazy maid to my room.
After the clash of swords with Kumiko, in my idea of helping her so that she is not alone and abandoned in the future behind Kiriko or the possible yandere route where she kills him, leaving the world without the hero... while we were fighting, I looked at her eyes and since I realized that she could become a closet yandere if we don't change her dependent mentality.
How to make a person hopelessly in love calm down? my conclusion was to give her life some independence.
Kumiko came with me because she wants to learn from me and serve Kiriko with more intensity, but if she calms down a bit along the way? um... it's hard to explain logically, but hey, yandere don't understand normal logic.
What I have in mind is that Kumiko develops her thinking, that she judges what is good and bad for herself, that she is not depending so much on Kiriko's words, and in conclusion, that she develops a healthier and not so obsessive relationship worse.
If she is very obsessive, Kiriko will not be able to develop new relationships easily, what he needs is someone to support him in his way, not some crazy person who will delay him, for that I needed to bait Kumiko so that she would trust me.
so I gave him a couple of ideas
"Make him feel your absence, but without making him jealous, we men hate when they try to make us jealous with other men, you will create the opposite effect, and you need to learn what is necessary to be with him.
Kumiko's idea was to start serving me for a while so that she learns from me and can teach her what is necessary.
Obviously said statement left Kiriko astonished and shocked.
After the news, he got scared and began to ask Kumiko questions about her reasons for such a sudden decision, when he looked in my direction, I just avoided his gaze and kept whistling, to avoid Kiriko's gaze I ended up seeing Aiko and Aiko's gaze... She was looking at Kumiko with a death glare.
'Hell, is she already starting to get jealous of the attention Kiriko gives Kumiko? Yes, the hero moves fast when the girl is not heartbroken to lose her mother.
after standing for 15 minutes while he waited for kiriko to calm down, he finally accepted, but before we left, he approached me.
-I still don't understand why Kumiko wants to serve you and leave me a replacement, but I'll tell you this, if you touch a single hair of her, I'll kill you.
'hoh...
Have you ever seen a harem game protagonist swearing?
They usually say that the kindest people are scarier when they get angry, and it seems that this guy is one of those, although he's not bad when you want to protect your loved ones, if he's in the middle of a dungeon and a comrade dies, he could go crazy and lose ...
'let's see if there's a fix for that in the future.
the immediate problem now is that it seems that this idiot thinks that I want to try something with his servant, to avoid unnecessary hassle later, I decided to answer him.
"Instead of threatening me, you should use your head and ask yourself why she is doing this.
-why does she want to serve you and learn from you?
"ha...(sigh)
'damn, this is going to be hard...
"Do you really think she'd want to learn from a nobody like that just like that? Use your head, man.
Kiriko thought for a moment, but he couldn't think of anything to explain the behavior of his assistant, seeing that, he could only sigh internally, at least I can calm him down with this.
"At least I can promise you that I won't touch a hair of hers in the name of my sword.
Kiriko was surprised for a moment, but he nodded and said no more.
Walking out of the principal's training room, Kumiko asked me.
-Do you have a sword with a name?
taking my phone out of my pocket I replied to Kumiko.
"I don't even have an updated phone, but I needed something to calm him down.
usually naming your sword means the value you give it, it is an act of chivalry in this country besides that certain weapons could survive even longer than their owners, some of these weapons became museum treasures, and others became artifacts after A large number of requirements are fulfilled normally and others are simply lost to history with their teachers.
-oh, so where will we go now master?
'um... this master thing is annoying, in my old world a girl calling you that would lead to a lot of misunderstandings if you're not in a maid cafe.
"Please no, at least spare me from the master, I have a fragile ego.
- It's part of the job.
"Then I fire you.
- order rejected, since everyone knows that I start working for you, at least I have to last a week, otherwise, I will be without a job in the future.
"If you leave now, Kiriko will still receive you without any problems.
- you saw his face right?
"shock, confusion, and anxiety?
- Yeah
"The bastard almost stabbed me at that moment, I saw it clearly
- then you know what worked
"As long as he doesn't mistake us for a couple later, I don't care.
- even if you are handsome, my kiriko is perfect and no one can surpass it
"I'll at least try to cure your fanaticism towards him.
- lucky for that
'fixing this woman's mind will be quite difficult in my opinion...hopefully at least this time she can make him accept more women.
while we continued talking about nonsense topics, we arrived at my apartment, a rented place on the third floor in an old building, my apartment comes equipped with a bed, a mini kitchen and dining room together, a living room and a bathroom, and all in 3 rooms.
- Did you really need money, huh?
" what do you think?
- I don't understand, if you study at All you should at least be a noble or have enough for a house.
"It seems that my parents know a nobleman and said the nobleman owed them a favor, the registration was for the son of the nobleman, but since he died they gave it to me
' Or that's what I was able to interpret from the letters that Ren's parents sent to their son.
- I don't know if you are lucky to get an enrollment in All or unlucky enough to have no magical attribute or funds for at least one apartment that doesn't seem to be falling apart.
"In fact, I don't see it as bad, something simple and functional is enough for me, and concerning mana, I do have an attribute.
- So, which is it?
" Ray
-... hahahahahahahaha
Kumiko started laughing out loud for a long time to the point where she held her stomach in pain while I ignored her and went to get something.
After a long time, Kumiko calmed down and spoke to Ren while she wiped away her tears from laughing.
- that is a lost attribute, not even kiriko being how talented he has it, let alone you could have it
Ren just raised an eyebrow at that comment and said ironically.
"You should at least have some respect for your new master, right?
Kumiko just snorted at that.
- You must earn my respect for that.
I couldn't help but be sarcastic at this woman.
"Really? And how would I win the respect of the servant of the emperor's grandson?
- find out genius.
I finally stopped fighting and preferred to change the subject.
"I better fix a mattress so I can sleep.
- So I'll have to sleep on the mattress, huh?
Kumiko said with a wry laugh, she wanted to learn from ren, so she would have to put up with sleeping on a mattress hopefully without fleas.
"No, I'm a good teacher so I'll give you the bed.
I told Kumiko as she thought.
'Luckily Ren had an extra mattress, I wonder why, if he lived alone.
-eh?
"Of course, I still need to change the sheets, but it will do.
- I thought the servants slept on the floor.
When I heard that, I got up from placing the mattress and patted Kumiko on the shoulder with a pitying look.
"Don't worry, it must have been difficult.
Kumiko's veins swelled upon hearing the taunt.
-I don't mean that idiot, I slept in a private room in Kiriko's house, I just didn't expect there to be other masters like that, I thought you'd just give me a piece of the mattress and that's it.
'It seems that she tolerates this, besides that she did not address what I said that Kiriko is a bad master immediately, let's see how far the limit is ...
Ren wanted to know the limit of Kumiko's fanaticism to see if there was a return.
"Not all masters were once servants.
- you yes?
'Poor woman, she must have suffered a lot before meeting Kiriko when she was just a little girl, I am not surprised why she is so stoic when seeing a noble.
"Of course, I learned a lot, from cleaning to cooking.
- And why is this place like this?
"...it's old, but not dirty.
- so you say you know how to cook?
"I am a master in my field.
-Is that a challenge?
" Take it as you like
- Okay, whoever wins will sleep in the bed.
"ohh, so you want to play with fire huh? I warn you that I am not an easy opponent.
- don't think my 10 years of cooking apprenticeship won't help.
"Okay, so, let's go to the fridge.
when Kumiko opened my fridge, she saw that 3/4 of its contents were bacon I bought yesterday, and 1/4 were basic vegetables, she turned to me with a look like she was looking at an idiot.
"Don't look at me like that, they were on promotion.
-ha... at least I know this is for kiriko, let's go to the supermarket.
"Okay, hopefully, there are discounts for being ranked 9 in All
- excuse me?
"Don't complain, I'm trying to find benefits by having you around.
when we came back with a bunch of stuff, what he wanted to do was throw out all my bacon, I managed to get it to throw out only 1/4.
'Yes, All is a prestigious place, when the seller saw that my companion was top 9 in the ranking, he gave me a good discount.
After placing everything in the kitchen, we decided that this food fight will take turns.
30 minutes later...
Seeing the girl lying on the ground on her knees with a hollow look... I couldn't help but sneer in my mind.
'that's what you get for underestimating me girl, I hope that teaches you a lesson.
-I just lost...I just lost to a nobody, so my life doesn't make sense huh?
"Stop whining, if there's free time, I'll teach you some food dishes I learned in the past, now if you'll excuse me, go to sleep.
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after ren fell asleep, Kumiko came to, thinking about whether her decision was a good one, she went to the bathroom to shower and change, still cautious if ren got up to spy on her, in no way would she let anyone other than kiriko see.
When she came out in her pajamas, Kumiko saw that Ren was still lying on his bed, sleeping face down, he looked like an idiot, she lay down on the quilt next to the bed and remembered the feeling on her back that the cheap mattress gave her, so when she beats ren in the kitchen, he can feel this.
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The next day, I woke up to the sound of the shower, knowing who is there, I went to the kitchen sink to wash my face and changed into my gym clothes, when I was about to leave, I yelled at Kumiko who was still in the bathroom. bathroom.
"I'm going out to do my routine, you prepare breakfast, Kumiko.
-wait!! I need to go with you, give me 15 minutes.
"Okay, if you take one more minute, I'll go.
While I was waiting, I was playing the little worm in the kitchen/dining room with my phone.
Kumiko had changed her clothes to leggings similar to yesterday's, with the difference being that she was wearing a sweatshirt over her.
"Where did you get all that, from a storage ring?
- Yes Master
'really kiriko gave a storage ring to his servant? That guy really rots in money.
"the benefit of the rich I guess
' I guess I'll have to get used to this as a master
The two of us walked to the park and upon arrival, I went to a Kumiko excited to unearth all my secrets to better serve Kiriko.
"Very well Kumiko, I will teach you about the almighty routine of bald men.
Show it to me, I'm ready.
"Okay, we'll do this.
2 hours later...
" as was?
- ... very tired master, what is this exercise?
Kumiko was sitting on a bench while she was sweating, despite being Awakened, it seems she lacks the stamina to endure the almighty routine of the baldheads.
"Don't worry, I also trusted myself the first time, but over time we'll get used to it, now we're going home to eat a delicious breakfast based on bacon.
- master, shouldn't you eat healthier?
"Don't worry, your master will teach you about the pleasure of bacon later.
- I hope not, if I want to learn something, I would like you to teach me to fight like you.
"Umm, tomorrow at school we'll see what you're capable of.
We went back and although there was a debate as to why bacon and coffee are life's pleasures, it was arguably a quiet morning.
As it was Sunday, we didn't do much, occasional chats between her and me, she told me about her days with Kiriko and I listened carefully without interrupting her, I thought it would be quick but no... a woman does have a great speaking capacity, practically she spoke all day, at least we've gotten familiar enough to say that I already have enough understanding of her to confirm that if she can become a closet yandere if she doesn't improve her mentality soon, even though she isn't yet, she can be unlocked If you press the right switch, I was explaining some things to her to avoid that by saying that Kiriko couldn't like that, for now, it was quite effective, and after another crushing defeat from me to her, we lay down and slept, obviously I in bed and she in mattress, the next day after the same thing yesterday, we went to school together.
Arriving at school, we separated and went to our respective classrooms.
Arriving at mine, it was calm, but I knew it was the calm before the storm.
as I leaned back in my seat and pondered how to train a would-be knife user.
out of nowhere, they touched my shoulder, when I looked up, I saw Kiriko with a ring on top of her hand giving it to me.
"I'm straight, I can't accept this marriage.
- ...it's not that, it's a storage ring, there are many things inside so that Kumiko doesn't feel uncomfortable
"and you give it to me why?
'can this guy become a victim of ntr? although taking into account that as a harem protagonist he should be quite selfish, I better help him the best I can so that that doesn't happen, I hate that ntr crap.
- because I want him to be okay even though he has made this foolish decision.
"You have no idea why I made such a foolish decision huh?
-ha... not really, can you please tell me? sometimes I don't understand her decisions that she makes.
"um... I could tell you and take a lot of trouble out of it, but thanks to you I have a source of entertainment
-...
"Let's do this, I'll give you a daily report of what she does, and next Monday you'll give me a conclusion as to why you think she does it.
Although Kiriko looked at me strangely for a few seconds, in the end, he sighed and accepted, let's see if that way it stops being so dense.
while it was class and I was taking my nap, teacher Shiro came up to my side and spoke to me, drawing everyone's attention.
- Student Ren Artega.
"Yes, teacher?
-We are working in a group, at least I should know if you know what we talked about in class.
she approached my ear and told me.
-Despite your deal with Naomi, and although I know you know more than you appear, I want my students to participate, so you will work with your partner Aiko for this job, it will be presented next Monday.
'I guess it's time to get going...
I moved my chair to face Aiko.
"Hi Aiko, is everything alright?
-Good morning Ren, all good.
The white-haired demon girl answered me and looked at me with a kind smile.
'Yes, this girl could melt hearts with her smile, luckily her mother is fine, if not right now she would be quite upset to even answer my greeting.
"So what do we have to do?
- a report about edible plants in a wooded area, because next week we will all go camping in a conquered dungeon and we must know which plants in a dungeon can be eaten and which cannot, even after the trip we have to present at least a couple of samples of the plants that we obtain.
"field trip huh?
-Yes, have you ever been to one?
"I plan to retire and go live in one.
-Then this trip will be easy for you right?
"Assuming I know all the edible plants, yes.
'At least in my other life I did know all kinds, believe me, you don't want to have diarrhea when a predator chases you.
Do you already have a group in mind?
'um... considering that I don't know anyone and from their looks of contempt from the humans and jealousy from the demon students present... I guess I'll go alone, better for me.
"I guess it's just me.
-Wait, aren't you going to be with your new maid? this trip is for both classrooms, A and B.
"that girl has a conscience, she will choose her own group
- I thought you would bring it with you.
'bring Kumiko with me? having a tremendous opportunity that she goes to talk to kiriko? no thanks, I prefer to avoid her complaints about not being able to be with him.
"It's on her.
- and you don't want to be part of my group? I'll be with amerie and the others, but I can go with you if you want.
'damn, this girl is too nice that it kind of terrifies me, leaving all your friends to go with a simple loner? better not.
"To be honest, although the offer sounds tempting, I have always been one of those who walk alone and I would not want to cause misunderstandings later.
- I'm sorry
Aiko had a misunderstanding with me, she thought that she was giving me trouble because of the demon students, but no, I just don't want a heroine and princess by my side.
"Don't make that face, we're going to a tourist dungeon, you should be happier.
-...you're right, by the way in the camp, could you help me with something?
"Sure, just call me and I'll come, here's my number.
After finishing about the dungeon herbalist, we talked small things about everyday topics, although he was getting interested in my day with Kumiko yesterday, I let it slide.
Leaving the class, I started to think... I need to go with the group from room B if possible, even though all 100 students go, each room will go its separate ways, which Aiko doesn't know yet.
Conquered dungeons, as their name says, are those that were 100% explored, since there are dungeons in which materials can be extracted, such as forest-type ones for wood gathering or those that cannot extract anything like the ones that they have a volcanic theme, and the rarest ones, the ones with mana stones or magic stones.
to destroy a dungeon 100% is to destroy the core, when you reach the core which is usually at the bottom after defeating the last boss, you will see a black sphere surrounded by a layer of mana the color of the characteristic element, you could say.
so that monsters don't come out every 2 hours, the first layer is destroyed and so the monsters will come out every 3 to 4 weeks, and if you destroy the black sphere, a vortex will be formed that will take everyone around back to the exit of the dungeon, it was used like this to prevent the user from going back all the way in the game.
The detail of the dungeons that we are going was that the idiots did not realize that the trees absorb the mana from the air and took it to the nucleus, accumulating it to create monsters, in the expedition all that mana was spent and they created wolf-type monsters, the group A manage to leave the place without casualties, but group B does get casualties and I want to avoid that, avoid the idiots who threw some innocent people to the wolves and save them so that humanity does not win an enemy who managed to survive said betrayal.
[The Scarlet Witch].