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Chapter 244 - My Disciple's Maid is Our Maid

Using Arc's teleportation, we arrived at Lydia-chan's room, a place I had visited once before. We took our seats, and Mia began to prepare tea. To be honest, I had just been drinking tea, so I wasn't particularly thrilled.

"Arc, Lydia-chan, did you hear the news from the King?"

"I heard."

"Yes."

The two of them nodded in unison.

"Congratulations on your marriage. I'll throw you a wedding celebration next time."

"Thanks..."

"Thank you very much."

Arc looked away while Lydia-chan smiled and bowed her head.

"Is there anything you'd like to eat, Lydia-chan?"

"I would like to eat a parfait. The parfait from the restaurant you took me to before was exceptionally delicious."

She meant the one we had at the restaurant in the shopping mall.

"I can take you for something like that anytime."

"Thank you very much."

As long as Arc isn't involved, she really is a sweet and good kid.

"Arc, isn't there anything you want to eat?"

"Iekei ramen."

Don't... just don't... The only thing that lies down that path is a muscle-brained idiot.

"I don't think you can eat that..."

It's a huge portion, too.

"If I have leftovers, Hajime can eat them."

I'm not sure even Okita-kun could handle that.

"Well, I'll take you sometime. So, did you hear about the bodyguard detail and Nanaka-san?"

"I heard. I'm against bringing Nanaka to this world, but it's true she perfectly identified every country's weapons at the last briefing. I guess it can't be helped. You guys aren't interested in this world anyway."

Not in the slightest. We've already earned so much money we don't know how to use it all.

"I'll have to ask Nanaka-san, but I think she'll say yes."

"I think so too. She was always bothered about being left behind."

She's always saying it's a shame she's too capable.

"So, about this party thing, I'm going to be participating, but what kind of party is it going to be?"

"I think it'll be a standing buffet. Though Lydia and I will be seated."

Just the two of them?

"What about the King?"

"I think he'll be walking around talking to people, just eating and drinking normally."

"What? You two aren't going to eat?"

"Nope. People will be lining up to greet us, so we just wait for that."

That sounds torturous.

"Sounds boring."

"It is boring. We'll probably just be nodding the whole time."

That sounds rough.

"You too, Lydia-chan?"

Kaede-chan looked at Lydia-chan.

"Yes. I will be even more bored than Arc. People will just say 'Congratulations on your marriage,' and I will just smile and reply, 'Thank you very much.'"

Yeah, that would be boring.

"How long is this party?"

"Hmm? Two or three hours, I suppose? The adults will be drinking, after all."

That's rough.

"I heard you two became friends at a party, but it really does sound incredibly boring."

No wonder they bonded.

"It's going to be tougher than that time. Lydia and I will be sitting next to each other, but idle chatter is strictly forbidden."

"There's no way I could do that."

"What are you talking about? You guys are the bodyguards. You'll be standing behind us, so it'll be even worse for you."

He's right...

"Do I even need to be there? Wouldn't Nanaka-san and Yoshino-san be enough?"

"Hey, Master."

"Master..."

They only call me that at times like these.

"Fine, I'll do it for my disciple's sake..."

I get it, so stop looking at me like that, kids.

"Senpai, when it comes right down to it, you never turn down a request from your disciples, including Nanaka-chan, do you?"

"I like kids. Every single one of them has a personality like a sewer, but they're cute."

My three unique little apprentices.

"Says the one from the garbage heap..."

See, a sewer.

"Um, am I included in that?"

Lydia, who was more like sludge than a sewer, asked.

"You are... no, never mind. Anyway, I'll talk to Nanaka-san and Yoshino-san, and if they agree, we'll figure out a formation. Yoshino-san and I will be fine, but Nanaka-san is a small fry."

She'd be useless as a guard. If anything happened, she'd use me as a shield.

"Speaking of which, is magic going to be a problem?"

Oh, right.

"Arc, what's the deal?"

"Magic is fine. There's a magic-sealing barrier."

"What's that?"

I feel like I've heard that somewhere before.

"You probably don't remember, but we used it when we first summoned you. Of course, you were a swordsman, not a witch, so it was useless."

Ah, I remember now. Arc did say something like that.

"So there's something like that. In that case, Nanaka-san is really useless. We need to think of a way for her to protect herself."

"Master, why don't you have Nanaka-san drink an invisibility potion?"

That's it. Lydia-chan, you're brilliant.

"I see. Alright, let's go with that."

"We don't know if Nanaka will agree, though."

True.

"Alright, all three of you, we're moving the tea party. I can't use my phone here."

"Are we going to Hajime's house?"

"A tea party can be anywhere, can't it?"

"You're the one who said you wanted to come visit..."

Shut up.

"The situation has changed. Got it? If you're going to be king, you need to learn the meaning of adaptability."

"Master is acting like a master!"

Lydia-chan clasped her hands together and smiled.

"Every once in a while."

"Really? To me, it sounded like you were just winging it."

"Well, Senpai is always like that, aren't they?"

Shaddup.

"Whatever, let's just go."

"What about Mia?"

Mia?

"Bring her."

"Huh?"

Mia looked surprised.

"Who's going to make the tea? You are."

"Um, well..."

"Then come on. I'll give you lots of souvenirs."

I still have some left over.

"Another world..."

Mia has seemed reluctant to go for a while now. It's probably because it's forbidden by Frontier's law, but since the next king and queen are doing as they please, a maid should be fine too.

"It's more comfortable to live in than here. I think you'll like it too."

"...Um, I will not become your maid, you know?"

"It's fine, it's fine."

Don't think too hard about it.

"Huh? Is this damn witch trying to steal my handmaiden?"

"Senpai, Arc-chan made fun of our place for being small, so now they want to live in a mansion. And they're trying to steal their favorite maid for it."

Kaede-chan, you spill the beans so easily.

"Aren't you terrible?"

"Whatever, let's go home. I'll buy you some cake."

"Then let's go."

"Let's go."

Seeing the two heartless future rulers, Mia's expression turned complicated.