Chapter 192: 192

As I walked down the road towards Lilia-san’s mansion, which was beginning to get dimmer as night falls, I saw a familiar figure at the end of the road .

Her short, platinum hair, which is longer in her sidelocks, reflecting my image in her silver eyes which don’t hold any quivering at all…… A woman stands as if a portrait of her was placed right at the end of the road .

[……Ein-san?]

[I’ve been waiting for you . Kaito-sama . ]

When I called out to her, a little confused, Ein-san gracefully curtsied and gives a beautiful bow .

Why is Ein-san in this place? She said she was waiting, so I guess she must have some sort of business with me……

Seeing me tilting my head, with her usual coolness, Ein-san spoke .

[……I should have visited earlier, but I was hesitating . No, to be precise, I’m still hesitating at this moment . ]

[……Hesitating?]

[……Yes, as Kaito-sama may have conjectured already, I’m not very good at expressing my emotions . ]

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I certainly always had the impression that Ein-san is a cool woman who is very good at her job, but to my knowledge, I haven’t seen her expression and her tone of voice change much .

However, what did she mean when she mentioned she’s hesitating? She mentioned how she was supposed to have visited earlier, so I guess that’s related to me?

Seeing me tilting my head, Ein-san quietly continued speaking .

[……I was hesitating as to which way I could show you the gratitude within my heart……]

[Eh?]

[It’s not enough to say a hundred words, nor would it be enough even after a thousand actions…… I have no way of expressing the emotions I have in my heart right now . ]

[……Errr . ]

As she told me this, Ein-san slowly approached me .

The small-statured Ein-san is just a head smaller than I am, and as she gets closer, her face is at my chest area .

And then, coming in front of me, Ein-san slowly…… reached out her trembling hand and lightly grasped my clothing around the center of my chest .

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[……Thank…… you…… very much . For saving Kuromu-sama……]

[……Ein-san . Errr, it’s not like I……]

[I know . I know that Kaito-sama doesn’t take such action as some sort of achievement . ]

Ein-san’s words, which seemed to see right through my heart, were exactly right .

It’s not that I was thinking of saving Kuro or fulfilling the wishes of the Six Kings or Ein-san or anything of such magnitude .

I only confessed my feelings to Kuro because I was in love with her, wanting to tell her how I felt about her and asking her to be my lover…… Everything I did was just for me . It just so happened that such an act would lead me to saving Kuro .

[However, I can’t thank you enough . I don’t think I’ve ever seen Kuromu-sama so happy . ]

[……Ein-san . ]

[……I was the first baby bird that Kuromu-sama raised…… Kuromu-sama reached out to me back when I was a little girl, alone and shivering with nowhere to go, and asked me to go with her . She led me to the place where I could call home . ]

[……………… . ]

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While holding unto my clothes, Ein-san tells me with her face down and her small shoulders trembling…… I just continued quietly listening to her story, trying not to interrupt her as much as I could .

[It may be selfish of me, but I consider Kuromu-sama…… as my mother . I am the person I am today because of the love and nurturing that Kuromu-sama gave me . That’s why I became her maid, to use this life that Kuromu-sama picked up for the sake of Kuromu-sama’s will for the rest of my life…… to serve Kuromu-sama until the end of my life . ]

[……………… . . ]

[……It’s ironic, isn’t it? I was so drunk with the happiness of serving and being by Kuromu-sama’s side…… that it was late in realizing the wish in Kuromu-sama’s heart . I wished to live for Kuromu-sama…… but I was also the first one to drift away from Kuromu-sama’s wish . ]

Ein-san, raised by Kuro, became a maid devoted to Kuro .

But now that I know about Kuro’s wish, I can understand her regret…… Ein-san’s choice was to stand behind Kuro, instead of Kuro’s wish of standing next to her .

And just when she realized that she was drifting apart from Kuro’s wish……

[……That’s something I couldn’t do anymore . I already clearly see Kuromu-sama as my lord . I had formed a self that was proud to serve Kuromu-sama . I couldn’t change the way things were anymore . ]

[…………… . . ]

[I felt really pathetic… Even though I knew more than anyone else about Kuromu-sama’s suffering, her wishes, and yet, I couldn’t do anything about it…… So……]

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Ending her words there, Ein-san looks up .

Her silver eyes that shed some tears stared at me, and after a few moments of silence, she spoke .

[……Kaito-sama, I will remember this favor… . . for the rest of my life . Even if you don’t think of yourself as such, for me, I still think that you’re our saviour . ]

[E- Errr, I feel that you’re kind of making it sound very impressive……]

[No, I may be hesitating on which words to say to express my gratitude, but I can unhesitatingly say that my thoughts about you come from my heart . I love you second in the world . I will put you second only to Kuromu-sama . ]

[……………… . . ]

What the heck is this, I’m kind of feeling a chill similar to how I felt when I first met Isis-san…… I don’t really know why, but did I flip some sort of switch from Ein-san?

Her expression still held the same coolness as usual, but her eyes kind of looks like it’s filled with an absurd amount of passion in it……

[……Simple it may be, I’ve finished telling you how I feel at this moment . ]

[Errr, ah, yes . I- I understand?]

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[……If there’s something troubling you, you can always call for me . If there’s someone troubling you…… I will immediately erase them . ]

[……Y- Y- Y- Yes!]

She started saying some absurdly disturbing stuff!? I don’t know if what she’s saying is just a joke or not but…… I’m afraid of thinking that Ein-san is really going to mercilessly erase someone with just my words .

W- Well, it’s not like I have any enemies, so maybe, i- it should be alright, I guess?

Removing her grip on my clothes and giving me a deep, respectful bow, Ein-san looked at me again .

[……Kaito-sama, I’ve heard that you like ripple pie, is that true?]

[Eh? Ah, yes . ]

[Well then, meager it may be, please receive these……]

[Eh? Wha!? Wait, E- Ein-san!?]

Right after I nodded, Ein-san took a box out of nowhere that looks like a cake box…… . or rather, she’s just giving me a mountain of them!?

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[……U- Ummm, I’ll just ask just in case…… but these are?]

[Ripple pies . It might be presumptuous of me, but I thought of offering these as my gratitude . ]

[……Errr, how many of these are there?]

[Approximately around “1000” . ]

[A thousand!?]

A thousand ripple pies!? Didn’t you prepare way too much!? Eh? The heck is this? It kind of looks like a wall of boxes already though…… Seriously?

[If you need more, I can always make them for you . ]

[A- Ahhh, errr, yes . Thank you . ]

W- Well, I have my magic box, so they won’t get moldy…… but even if I eat a ripple pie once a day, that would mean these are more than 3 years worth of ripple pies…… Ein-san, are you not aware of the word “moderation”?

[U- Ummm, Ein-san…… Do you know what moderation means?]

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[But of course . Compromise, moderation…… It’s an indulgence that I, as a maid, must eliminate . ]

[……Okay . ]

This woman is totally hopeless!!! In a different way from Shiro-san, I also can’t talk to this person at all!!!

As the dumbfounded me silently put away the ripple pie into my magic box, Ein-san politely thanked me before leaving .

Yep, I feel like I’m caught up in something once again .

[Well~~ As expected of Kaito-san, I never expected that you would also catch Ein-san into your basket……]

[Hey, Alice…… Ein-san, she was just joking, right?]

[No, not at all . Ein-san basically doesn’t bend on anything that she decides for herself . If she’s saying she’s going to prioritize Kaito-san as second in the world, that’s really what she’s going to do…… In a way, you can say she’s a certain type of yandere, you catch my drift? If she sees someone as Kaito-san’s enemy, without any hesitation or compassion, she will erase them immediately . ]

[The heck is that, that’s scary . ]

Hearing Alice’s words, who appeared as if it’s something natural, I felt the same chill run down my back again as before…… Well, I’m really starting to feel like something outrageous just happened .

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Dear Mom, Dad——– Ein-san has come to give her thanks regarding Kuro, but there was something around the second half of what she said that sounds disturbing . Yep, how should I say this—— I probably flipped a switch .

And thus, next chapter, Sieg’s arc starts…… The theme is “A trip for two”!