novelraw Chapter 164: Seraphina
Chapter 164: Seraphina
"I never truly believed I could become the Master Mentor's maid... I still can't quite believe it..."
After tidying up the dormitory, Corolla sighed with emotion.
Loren had prepared a dormitory for the maids on the first floor. Calling it a dormitory was an understatement—it was more luxurious than most hotels, with even the beds being high-quality single beds.
Loren knew very well how Zhang Fei died, so he believed in treating those around him well. It didn't cost him anything, after all.
Lying on the soft bed, Corolla was very excited and did her best to think about building good relationships with the others. They would be living together day and night from now on.
"Why did all of you come to be the Master Mentor's maids?"
Corolla had already stated her own motivation—simply wanting to find a job, combined with her admiration for Loren, so she came here to try her luck.
"Because of love at first sight."
Flossie sat at the dressing table, applying her makeup. When she put on lipstick, she applied it all the way from her lips to behind her ears. In the end, she chose to wipe off the lipstick and remain bare-faced.
"Also, many big events have happened around the Master Mentor—the purge of the Outer God believers, the Blackened invasion, the Angel's descent, the appearance of the Prison of Sin Spire... All these interesting things revolve around the Master Mentor. Following him is bound to be fascinating."If I can really witness some grand scenes, then dying would be worth the price of admission."
"R-really..."
Corolla felt her colleague was a bit abnormal, but she forced a smile and quickly changed the subject:
"Seraphina, why did you come here?"
"Because I miss my Master. It's that simple."
Seraphina still wore a warm smile on her face, but her tone left no room for doubt, as if stating an undeniable truth.
At that moment, Seraphina was sitting elegantly on the edge of the bed, holding a book in her hands. If not for her maid uniform, anyone who saw her would likely mistake her for a noble princess.
Hearing Seraphina's address for Loren, Corolla realized she wasn't professional enough and had now switched to calling him Master.
Having a colleague like Seraphina made Corolla feel immense pressure.
Just as Corolla didn't know how to continue the conversation, Mirrorheart's appearance saved her.
Mirrorheart pushed the door open directly, not caring about their privacy.
"Head Maid..."
The moment she saw Mirrorheart, Corolla scrambled to her feet in a fluster to pay her respects, not even having time to put on her shoes properly. One foot was in a high heel, the other was on the floor, looking extremely awkward.
"You've all finished tidying up, right? I'm here to assign your tasks.
"Flossie, go clean. Corolla, come with me to buy groceries and cook. As for you, Seraphina...
"You go feed the birds in the courtyard. The Master likes birds very much. Coincidentally, there have been many crows lately. You can commit suicide to lure the crows over."
When it came to Seraphina, Mirrorheart's attitude suddenly changed. Corolla, standing to the side, immediately felt her heart pound with fear.
She knew Loren was gentle and kind, but she didn't know Mirrorheart's personality. What if Mirrorheart was the type who liked to make things difficult for people? That would be terrible.
Corolla's eyes darted back and forth between Mirrorheart and Seraphina. Seraphina was chosen by Mirrorheart, yet now Mirrorheart was treating Seraphina like this.
Instantly, her imagination ran wild again. Could it be that Mirrorheart was the type who liked to kill people... especially people prettier than herself? A psycho who usually pretended to be a harmless maid hiding by Loren's side, playing the game of hiding in plain sight.
Corolla even began to wonder if there might be a secret passage under Mirrorheart's bedroom, leading to a room filled with torture instruments and corpses.
"Understood, Head Maid."
After bowing to Mirrorheart, Seraphina walked out of the dormitory.
When Mirrorheart's eyes turned to Corolla, she suddenly grew nervous. It was then she noticed Mirrorheart's eyes were red, sparking another wild thought: Mirrorheart was actually a Vampire, using her position to obtain food...
Fortunately, Mirrorheart didn't make things difficult for her. After giving instructions, she took Corolla out to buy groceries.
...
Researching magic was quite taxing on the brain. After the whole afternoon passed, Loren also felt hungry. However, his gains were quite substantial. Wind magic had basically been fully deciphered, and he could soon teach it to the children.
Having several not-very-familiar people suddenly appear in his home made Loren somewhat uncomfortable. But when Flossie, who was cleaning, greeted him, Loren politely responded.
Loren sat next to Anna and shared a cake with her. However, Loren only took a few bites to tide him over;
he didn't really like things that were too sweet.
Mirrorheart and Corolla were cooking in the kitchen. Corolla seemed quite reliable;
although she tended to panic easily, she worked steadily.
"Where's Seraphina?"
With Anna around, cooking was the most tiring task, even with two people.
"She's outside."
Anna revealed Seraphina's whereabouts, then swallowed the remaining cake in one gulp. Looking at her face smeared with cream, Loren couldn't help but give her a light knock on the head before helping her wipe it clean.
With the cream wiped from her mouth, Anna's happy smile was revealed. Her happiness was just that simple.
...
"What are you doing?"
Walking out the door, Loren saw Seraphina's back. She was squatting, and even her squatting posture was elegant. Her maid skirt was tucked in, not dragging on the ground.
"Master?"
Loren wasn't used to it yet, but Seraphina's "Master" rolled off her tongue very smoothly.
Only when Loren walked to the front did he see what she was doing. There were many crows in front of Seraphina, eating food from the ground.
"Mirrorheart said you like birds and told me to commit suicide, to use my corpse to lure all the crows over. But I thought about it and decided it would be better to make some food the crows like. And that's indeed the case. Compared to a corpse, they prefer the food I made."
"..."
What Seraphina said was absurd, but Loren felt this was exactly the kind of thing Mirrorheart would do, so he didn't say more.
"Forget it. Go back inside and help with cooking. There's no need to do this kind of thing."
As Loren approached, the crows all hopped onto Loren's body. Under the setting sun's rays, the crows' feathers displayed iridescent, multicolored hues.
Loren checked the food Seraphina had made. It truly contained things crows liked, beneficial to their health. Only someone like Loren, who had done Wildlife Conservation for so long, would know these things. Loren hadn't expected Seraphina to know as well.
In this world, hardly anyone cared about crows, let alone understood their diet, which was why Loren was so surprised.
Starnight's chirping drove the crows away from Loren's body and also pulled Loren's thoughts back. Loren extended his hand, letting Starnight land on it, then returned home with Starnight.
At that moment, Seraphina had just finished washing up and walked into the kitchen.