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42.A Little Closer
update icon Updated at 2025/3/22 6:10:12

When I woke up the next day, I patted my head. I wanted to say good morning to my master, but I thought that I was not ready to hand over the work to the other servants. So I dismissed that idea.

But getting up so early without something to do is a bit boring.

Yes!

The first thing I do when I wake up every day is to say I like my master the most for 100 times in my heart.

I am lazy so I think it's enough to read this sentence for ten times. Reading it for a hundred times is too difficult.

Fortunately, the master did not read my mind, otherwise such a shameful voice of the heart was heard by her and I will be finished.

There is a little advantage to meditating on this sentence. That is, when dreaming at night I will dream of the gentle master.

In fact, I could have not sleep, but in my previous life as a human being I developed the habit of sleeping. Plus if I do not sleep and are awake, I will die of boredom.

I hurry up and go out to find the master to order the subordinates to take over the job.

In the future, I will do the job of bringing breakfast to the master and bringing water to the master to wash up.

I can't wait to change into my maid's outfit and go to find my master, but I'm not an official maid yet. So I'll put on my maid's outfit when my master has rearranged my work.

I changed back to my usual dress and didn’t tie my hair.

When the maid brought me water to wash up and then finished my breakfast, I slapped my head in frustration. I still need the maid to serve me, let alone serve others.

I open the door and then I find that today's snowfall seems to have become much heavier.

I listened to every move of my master. I heard my master's footsteps going in the direction of the door, so I trotted over to the door and opened it with my head bowed. Even though I wasn't wearing a maid's outfit, I was still standing like a maid.

"Good morning, master."

"Well, good morning."

Out of my expectation, my master greeted to me. I was ecstatic to look up and see my master and my master also smiled.

"Just in time to look for you."

"Looking for me?"

Usually I get used to clinging to the master. The master does not take the initiative to find me. So does the master find me for something important today?

"Well, do you want to go out and play?"

"Play..."

I turned my head to see the snow flying outside, and the excitement was instantly doused.

"It's exactly because it's snowing heavily."

I suddenly thought of my ability and nodded heavily.

It seems that my mind is still not fully transformed. Going out to play does not have to be a sunny day. I can use magic to let the snow land not on us .

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In fact, sometimes it's nice to be the master's daughter in peace, right?

Like this I was sitting on the back of Cross behind the master while hugging her. I don't know if I should be happy or disappointed if the fundamental reason why the master often takes me out to play is that she sees me as a child.

Cross was flying in the dark sky. I raised my head to watch the drifting snow from the sky.

I nestled gently on the master’s shoulder. The blue light shield wrapped around us with us as the center, and the environment inside the light shield was warm as spring.

Through the skin close to each other I transmit my body temperature and my heart's burning heat to the master, through the beating heart.

"Master..."

"What?"

"If I was no longer a child in the eyes of the master, but an adult like...like Heath Relia, would the master still take me out to play?"

The implication was whether the master could look at me as an adult like Heath Relia.

However, silence fell over us again. Did the master read the meaning and feel embarrassed?

"Yes."

"Really?"

Suddenly, my hands tightened around my master's waist and stomach. I was so excited to see her expression to make sure she wasn't lying to me that I almost touched her face.

"Hmm."

Then Cross slowly lowered the flight altitude. In front was a towering mountain range into the clouds.

The white snow from the top of the mountain spread all the way down, as if the sky condensed a large swath of clouds landed on the mountain, cold and lofty, like a giant coiled proudly standing on the ground.

Never seen such a spectacular scene I was shocked by this piece of snow white.

"Master...it's so beautiful."

However, the master did not answer me, but I could see the corners of her sideways mouth lift slightly.

Finally Cross landed by a sky lake. The flat ice reflected the falling snow in the sky.

"Seems to have found a nice place."

The master also looked satisfied with this heavenly lake.

I saw Cross on the side shivering, because its feathers were faintly twitching.

A light blue shield was re-gathered around me. The snowflakes turned into gas and dissipated when they touched this shield.

So Cross stopped shivering.

At this time I approached it and held out my hand, and it surprisingly read my meaning and lowered its head.

The silky feathers on my neck were warm, and it seemed that Cross and I were one step closer to each other.

My master brought me to the top of the snowy mountain, so I let go of the hand stroking Cross. I turned to walk next to the cliff and look into the distance.

Although it was not a clear sky, looking at the dark sky sprinkled with snowflakes, it was quite a shocking feeling of entering a miracle.

"Master."

"Hmm?"

The master behind me responded softly.

Having come to this world, the master forced a lot of knowledge into my head and implanted many painful memories in me.

The master has ever made me kneel down and personally crushed my dignity, made me become cruel, and trampled on my integrity.

The master deprived me of a lot, but at the same time she brought me a lot.

It's not that I've forgotten those painful things. It's just that I don't think those memories are important anymore.

Time is passing forward. No matter whether the master is tender or cruelty, this moment will eventually stay in here.

I need to make the choice to make the future better, not the nostalgia and entanglement of painful memories of the past.

With my back all exposed to my master, the one I trust the most, there is a bottomless cliff in front of me.

"Master, please don't push me down again?"

I believe that with the master's mind she can certainly read my mind.

In fact, if I think about it calmly, the closest thing I have in this world is the master. If I don't choose to be close to her, with my status, there is no place for me in this world anymore.

”Why do I push you down? Don't think too much."

The unique fragrance of the master came towards me. I controlled the time and waited until the master was close to me. At that time I suddenly turned around and embraced the master, as if using up a lifetime of courage.

My head pressed against the warm shoulder of the master. As the cold wind blowing, I gently shivered.

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It's probably time to get ready to go.

These days I have remembered the contents of the Maid's Code well. I took the job from the servant who delivered the meal to the master, and found a few more maid outfits. And I was finally able to be a qualified maid.

But when I put on the maid's outfit and strolled around, it caused a little talk in the city lord's house, and the shocked expressions of those who saw me are still fresh in my mind.

Probably they never expected that the brave weapon, who rushed in the front of the battlefield, is a maid when back to normal life. There is drastic contrast.

But after a few days they were not surprised.

And they didn't dare to disrespect me because I was wearing a maid's outfit. They still salute towards me as before, and I am still a man above all others.

Although there are a lot of work I still can not, such as dressing up the master and so on, fortunately the master usually does not need others to serve her in this regard. What I need to do is to bring her water and wash up every day, as well as to bring her meals, to clean the master's room and so on. In this way, it can avoid the close contact between others and the master.

And with all this work I won't have nothing to do all day.

During this period, the master also took me out a few times when the snow stopped. It’s really very beautiful at night to see the sky reflected in the sky. Thanks to Cross, it can drive us around. After most of the year, I can also slightly feel the mood changes of Cross.

I could tell that Cross was happy when it drove me and my master out to play.

As for whether Cross is male or female, I still don't know, and I don't have the right time to ask my master about Cross's gender. Whether I should call the more feminine Cross or the masculine Cross, I don't know, but I'm used to the latter anyway.

So as usual we watched Heath Relia lead the demon army forward with great force.

I looked at the master who was looking into the distance with a profound gaze. I unconsciously took a step closer to the master. As to whether the master found my feelings or not, I don't care.

Who knows if the master will accidentally read my mind.

I've been following the conducts of Maid's Code that Enise gave me.

At least now the master is becoming more and more kind to me. I can see that the master is happy to have me near.

That's why I dared to cross the line of normal master and servant with increasing recklessness and began to approach the master indefinitely.

"Master."

As I got deeper and deeper into the master's contact, many doubts piled up in my heart.

"Hmm?"

Opening my mouth to ask the question in my heart, yet I still shook my head.

"Nothing."

"I feel like you've been hiding more things from me lately."

"I'm sorry, master. I can tell you the truth."

"It's okay. It's okay if you don't want to talk about it."

The master turned around and walked towards the exit of the wall. I thought the master was just angry, but I didn't expect she was just smiling.

I can't help but think whether the master has secretly peeked into my heart, or embraced my capriciousness. I have no way of knowing. It's better not to keep thinking anymore.

I followed the master's footsteps. At least now I am walking in the direction I want to go. Even if it is as slow as a snail's pace, I still have to be indefatigable, because this is my only goal in this world.

Just down to the ground, I saw Cross gliding down from the sky with feathers fluttering.

It feels like I've been seeing Cross a little too much lately.

"Are we leaving early?"

"No, it's Cross who wants to see you."

The master lifted her head and smiled.

These days of contact has Cross begun to accept me? From the beginning Cross didn’t let me touch but now it wants to see me.

I guess there is no need for the master to lie to me. So isn't it a good thing to be close to the one who is close to the master?