Hi this is something like a time skip chapter, the next one will be right before the school tournament.

And I finally learned that miss is written as Miss. Why has no one said that?

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René´s POV

“Scrub, scrub, scrub, I have to scrub this bath as clean as possible,” I hum while scrubbing the giant bath of this mansion.

Working here is a real blessing.

Only 4 months ago, Frank and I were informed, that a person wants to buy our house, this person would pay a good sum, but Frank was against selling our house. He said we´re living here since 3 generations and that he won't sell it for money.

They asked us to speak with the buyer and we agreed, we were led into a room and shortly after a young elfen girl came. Frank is a little against elfs, I seriously don´t know why, we seldom see one and most of them are slaves.

But this girl was not a slave, she wore a beautiful, black dress, that I would never be able to buy, has white long hair and large, green eyes. All in all, I could only say that she´s the most beautiful girl I´ve ever seen.

Frank quickly got angry at her, but she simply said she´ll employ me as her maid, give us 7 gold and will build us a new home.

I couldn´t believe what she said. And then happened the best thing in our life, right after the birth of our daughter.

This elfen girl, Clair is her name, summoned a whole new house for us.

This house is way better than our old one. The roof is out of stone and has no holes in it, it has runes for water and even a toilet.

It´s also more soundproof and the heat will stay inside of it. There are windows.

It even has heating runes. And a strange box with a cold rune, mistress said that food will stay good for a longer time if it´s inside of it.

This house must be more worth than a noble could afford. Living inside of it is truly wonderful. But that was not all, as Clair said, she employed me as a maid.

I heard that maids have to work from sunrise till sunset, often have strenuous tasks and are sometimes abused by their employers but that´s not the case under Clair.

She said, that I only have to work for eight hours a day and only five days a week. And all that with the payment of 50 silver a month. Frank only gets 15 silver, and that is only if there´s work.

At first, I couldn´t believe what Clair, whom I from then on only called mistress, said but it was true.

Now we´re able to send Uri to a good school and she won´t has to work until she´s an adult, she´ll even be able to learn what she wants.

And we can save a lot of money for our future so that Uri doesn´t have to support us when we´re old.

Mistress also asked me if I have a few friends, which I trust. She employed a few of my best friends and all of us are grateful that she employed us. Our live is way better since then.

The work here is really good, we get paid a lot, work lesser than most people, have more free time and even holidays. We´re also allowed to switch our working days with each other, but none of us does that. We all think that we have to work hard if we want to repay the kindness of mistress.

Five people are living inside this mansion, mistress, Drull, Miss Bose, Miss Malinda and mistress´s brother Mister Dex.

Mister Dex is as pretty as mistress but more in a manly way. He´s also really friendly but not often at home.

The butler Drull, who doesn´t behave like a butler, is a little distant to us.

He´s kinda scary, once he came inside the kitchen, battered and wounded all over his body. I asked him if everything is alright, but he snorted “ fucking desk,” and went inside the bath. Come to think of it, that was the day, were a fire burned the slums down. Mistress visited it afterwards and rebuild it with new stone houses. Was Drull the reason for the fire?...Nah, he´s only the butler.

Both of mistress´s friends, Miss Bose and Miss Malinda are really friendly to us.

I heard that Miss Bose was once a slave, poor girl. Mistress rescued her from a noble and is now training her, mistress is really kind.

Miss Bose is friendly but not used with other people except for mistress. She´s trying really hard and whenever I can I give her something to drink. Mistress said drinking is important for your skin and health.

Miss Malinda is Miss Boses magic teacher but she´s living here inside the mansion and quickly became a good friend of mistress. She told me that she likes Mister Dex but he´s dense she said. I don´t think so, Mister Dex seems more like he doesn´t know what he should do.

Well Miss Malinda was finally able to get him in her bed after a party, I saw them both coming down and Miss Malinda had this look of satisfaction, that kind of face you make after good sex. I quickly gave her a thumps up and she told me some time later that Mister Dex is really good in the bed, almost god like she said.

They´re now a real couple and I´m happy for Miss Malinda.

Both mistress and Mister Dex look more like divine beings than mortals, and I heard that there´s a new religion that worships mistress.

I think, I kinda believe what they say, mistress is really beyond us mortals. She´s able to do everything.

A few weeks ago she called me as I dusted the living room. I quickly rushed to the kitchen and mistress looked at me with a beautiful smile, while saying,

“I´ve finally done it René.”

I did not know what mistress meant, so I asked, “ I´m sorry mistress but what did you do?”

“I´ve finally produced the one thing I´m addicted to,” mistress said.

“Mistress, do you mean chicken?” I asked, almost sure that mistress means chicken. Mistress eats chicken at least once a day, often twice or thrice. It has to be chicken.

“No René, something that is almost more important than chicken,” Mistress said still smiling like a child that got his first present.

Is there something that is more important for mistress than chicken? I once heard from Drull that mistress said, that there´s nothing more important than chicken. Drull said that he never saw someone looking as serious as mistress looked at this time.

“I mean cola,” mistress, who noticed my pondering, said.

“Mistress, what is cola?” I asked not knowing what she meant.

“Look,” mistress said and gave me an empty glass.

“What do you mean?” I asked, not knowing what mistress wanted to show me. But the moment I finished my sentence an almost black liquid filled the glass, it came out of nothing. It bubbled and looked like poison, at least I think poison looks like that. I almost dropped the glass.

“M...mistress, how?” I asked, not believing what I saw.

“My magic, but more important drink, “ mistress said.

How is drinking that black liquid more important that your magic, that is able to produce something out of nothingness? I wanted to scream, but did as mistress said and reluctantly drunk the black liquid.

It tasted really sweet and tingled a little in the mouth and throat. But it tasted good, I never tasted something like that.

“It tastes sweet mistress, how does it tingle in my mouth?” I asked.

“Fufufu, that is a really light acid, it also makes the bubbles and all in all makes most drinks tasting better, beer also has it inside of it. You don´t have to worry that it might harm you, such a weak acid is not able to harm humans,“ mistress said in her lecture tone.

Mistress likes to lecture, whenever we ask something she´ll explain it to us in her lecture tone. It kinda sounds like a boasting child that tells its newest experiences, mistress looks really cute when she does it.

Sometimes it´s too hard to understand but she´ll explain it in an easier way if we don´t get it.

I noticed that my intelligence stat often increases after an explanation from mistress.

This event brought me to the believing that mistress is more than an elf, almost like a god.

I mean it´s hard to not believe, mistress is able to produce things out of nothing, good in everything she does and is knowledgeable in almost everything.

I often see her pondering over something. Or asking us questions like cooking recipes or how we raise our children. She also asks really unusual questions like the reason for having nobles.

It sometimes seems like she´s not from this world, which further supports the chance for her godhood.

Mistress is only lacking in her socialising skills and I think she has trouble with showing her feelings. Sometimes it´s like she´s not able to express what she says or she´s overly cold.

This might be the reason why she´s called Cold Goddess. But mistress is the opposite from cold, I heard from a friend of mine that she helps the orphanage. How could someone who does that be cold?

“René?” I heard someone from behind asking, bringing me out of my thoughts. I turned around and saw mistress standing at the entrance to the bath.

“Mistress, can I help you?” I asked.

“Uri was here, she invited me to her birthday tomorrow,” mistress said.

“I´m sorry that she bothered, I´ll scold her when I´m home,” I hurriedly said.

I once heard from a friend that a maid has to quickly and truthfully answer her master or mistress, or she might get fired. I don´t think mistress will do this but better playing safe.

Uri tried to convince me to invite mistress. I told her that mistress will not have time for us and that she should stop asking. I´ll scold her severely for not obeying my commands.

“I´m not bothered, more like glad that she asked me. Now I know that you´ve forbidden her for asking me. And a lot more important is, that I now know that you did not intent to take the day off, “ mistress said like she is scolding me.

“I..I´m sorry mistress I...I thought it would bother you,” I say weakly. I really thought that a person like mistress wouldn´t like to come to a small party as Uri´s birthday party.

“The opposite, but now I have a problem. Do you know what kind of problem?” Mistress asked.

A problem? What kind of problem would mistress have? Does she have a problem with rejecting a direct invitation?

“I...I don´t know mistress,” I said.

“The problem, I have, is that I don´t know what Uri likes, so you have to come with me buying a present for her,” mistress said.

A present? From mistress for Uri?

“You don´t have to mistress,” I quickly said. Mistress doesn´t have to buy a present for Uri, the payment we get is already a present. We are able to buy Uri books as a present for this year. Uri really likes to read, but books are expensive.

“Nope, I can´t come to a birthday party without a present. So get ready, we´re going to the market,” mistress said and went outside.

I put the cleaning utensils aside and followed mistress.

“So René how is a birthday at your house?” Mistress asks me as we walked to the market.

“Normally I would wake Uri and make her the breakfast the likes the most. Garuda Eggs with bread and fruit juice,” I said.

“Isn´t that kinda normal?” Mistress asked and gave a beggar 10 copper. She always gives every beggar 10 copper, whenever she sees one.

“I think mistress doesn´t noticed but juice and fresh Garuda Eggs are expensive for a normal household, especially the juice. It´s hard to get the fresh fruits and eggs into town.” I said, mistress really drinks and eats a lot of expensive thinks.

“Really? I didn´t notice, “ mistress said.

“That´s because mistress always eats a lot of expansive things,” I voice my thoughts out loud.

“Hm, what happens after that?” Mistress asked, bringing the topic back.

“Uri will play with her friends and when Frank gets home we will make Uris favourite dinner and giver her our present. This year we bought a book for her.” I said proudly.

“A book? Uri likes to read?” Mistress asked.

“Yes she reads whatever she finds, but we were not able to buy her many books until now,” I said a little dejected.

“Hmm, maybe I should give her more books, but that would downgrade your present. And the presents from the parents are the most important ones,” mistress thought aloud.

So mistress is not only thinking about her present for Uri but also about us? Mistress really isn´t cold.

“Do you also make sweets?” Mistress asked.

“No mistress, sugar and sweets are too expensive,” I said.

“Good, then I´ll make a cake for Uri and ask Lilia if she lets Uri read her books. And if not I´ll buy a few more and we will say that you asked me for a permission that allows Uri to read as many books as she likes in Lilia´s library,” mistress said while nodding.

“Mistress, do you really mean what you said?” I asked, not sure if I heard right. Mistress will allow Uri to read in her giant library?

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“Yes, we will bring Uri blindfolded into Lilia´s library and you´ll tell her that she´s allowed to read as much as she wants, as long as she is careful. This way I won´t downgrade your present and Uri will be able to read to her hearths content,” mistress said and I had tears in my eyes.

“Is something wrong René? You´re crying?” Mistress asked worriedly.

“No, I´m just happy that I´ve met you, mistress,” I said while wiping the tears away.

“Good then I´ll ask Lilia,” mistress said and a second mistress plopped up out of a small smoke cloud. The second mistress then ran back to the mansion, leaving the real mistress and me behind.

“Wh..what was that mistress?” I asked, a little stunned.

“A Tier 10 spell, it allows me to make a clone out of myself. It can do minor tasks for me. When it gets cancelled I´ll know the things the clone experienced,” mistress said while walking.

Clones? Tier 10? Isn´t that the highest Tier?...Mistress really is beyond mortals, to conjure a Tier 10 spell without an incantation.

“Are you coming?” Mistress asked me, I unconsciously stood still and didn´t noticed that I didn´t move.

“Yes,” I said and quickly caught up, mistress was giving 10 copper for another beggar who thanked her.

“Mistress, why are you giving every beggar 10 copper?” I asked.

“Don´t know, kinda feel like it.” She simply said and continued with a question for Uri´s birthday.

“Does Uri like chocolate?” Mistress asked me.

“I don´t know she never ate some,” I answered.

“Hm, does she like sweet things?” Mistress further asked.

“Yes,” I said.

“Good then I´ll make a big chocolate cake and what kind of present?” Mistress said.

“But isn´t the access to your library already a present?” I asked, not believing that mistress wants to give more.

“No, that´s your present. Do you know her sizes?” Mistress asked, looking at a clothing shop.

“Yes, why?” I asked, does mistress want to buy her a dress?

“I think I´ll make some clothes for her.” mistress said.

Make? Like she´ll make them?

“You don´t have to mistress,” I hurriedly said, but mistress didn´t listen. She began to ask me about her sizes and what kind of clothes she likes. And I had to answer her questions.

It took me half an hour to answer all of mistress´s questions and halfway she also said that Lilia agrees to our idea of letting Uri read the books in her library.

So we ended with buying nothing except for chicken and a few other groceries.

The next morning I woke Uri up, by giving her a long hug and wishing her a happy birthday.

I walked down and made breakfast for Uri, she came shortly after and ate her Garuda Eggs with gusto. Now she´s nine years old, time sure flies by.

“Mama, Clair said she´ll come,” Uri said, as she finished her food.

“Yes, I heard, of it, it´s the reason why I´m currently here. Mistress said I´ll have to be at home when you have your birthday.” I said.

“Clair is really nice,” Uri said in a happy tone and we heard a knocking at the door.

Who might that be?

“It´s open, “ I shouted and the door opened.

“Morning, am I too early?” Mistress asked as she came inside.

“Clair!” Uri shouted and rushed to mistress, hugging her.

“Hi Uri, happy birthday. You´re nine aren´t you?” Mistress said and hugged Uri back.

“Mistress you´re early, is something wrong?” I asked I thought mistress will come for dinner.

“No, Uri asked if I want to play with her, so I came early,” mistress said and Uri happily nodded.

So she´s not only coming to our little party but will even play with Uri the whole day?

“But what about school?” I asked mistress has school today.

“A clone will do it, more important is Uri here,” mistress said and picked Uri up, and spun her around. Which looked funny because mistress is only a little over 20 cm taller than Uri.

“Here Uri, my presents,” mistress said as she led Uri down, she gave her a box and something packed in colourful paper.

“Soo pretty,” Uri said as she got the colourful paper while I got the box.

“René, please put this inside the cooling box, it´s for dinner,”Mistress said to me.

“What does this paper do?” Uri asked mistress.

“The paper is only around the present, you have to remove it. Just rip it apart.” Mistress said.

“But it´s so pretty,” Uri said and I have to agree, there is a really pretty picture of different colours on the paper.

“Then open it carefully,” mistress said and Uri opened it carefully, paying attention to not rip the paper.

Inside of it was a colourful long dress. It looked really pretty and the material seemed expensive.

“Mom look a dress. Clair gave me a dress,” Uri showed me the dress with a happy face.

“Yes, it´s really beautiful,” I said and patted Uri´s head.

“I´ve enchanted the dress, it will fit you even when you´re an adult, will clean itself and will repair rips on its own. It will also protect you from cuts and magic.” Mistress explained the properties of the dress.

I had to close my mouth, such a dress is...is way to expensive. Just a minor cleaning rune costs more than one gold coin. But she said there are five runes on it.

“Thank you, Clair,” Uri said and hugged mistress.

“I also have another present but don´t know if you´re allowed to keep it,” mistress said.

“What kind of present,” Uri now almost beamed of happiness.

Mistress whistled after Uri´s question and opened the door. And a Huru came inside.

“This is Huru Three, but you can give it a new name,” mistress said.

Wait Huru Three? Wasn´t that the name of the pet tournaments winner?

“Mistress, is that the same Huru as in the tournament?” I asked cautiously.

“Yes it is, I´m a good friend of it´s trainer and he said that Huru Three might be a good guardian for Uri. Huru Three is really intelligent, it knows whatever we say and is already trained.” mistress confirmed my thoughts.

“Mom, can I keep it?” Uri asked me with puppy eyes, already petting Huru Three.

“We have to ask your father,” I said. While motioning mistress to the side.

“Mistress, why are you giving us such an expensive animal?” I asked her while whispering.

“Because Uri should have a guardian and my crocodiles are looking to mean, so I brought Huru Three,” mistress said, as if it´s natural.

“But is that really necessary?” I asked once more.

“Look, Uri is a cute little girl. Now more so with the dress and Huru Three will help her against kidnappers,” mistress explained it more directly.

“Kidnappers?” I asked shocked, whop would kidnap my Uri?

“You know, I stumbled into five kidnappers since I´m inside this town,” mistress casually said and I was shocked.

“Huru Three will probably get older than Uri and is strong enough to protect her against S-Rank adventurers,” mistress further said and convinced me more and more.

“Okay, I´ll talk with Frank, but I think he´ll surely agree when I mention the possibility of kidnapping,” I said.

“Good, then we´ll be off,” mistress said and walked back to Uri.

“Mom we´ll play at the park,” Uri says as they walked out, Huru Three trotting behind them.

°Sigh°” Well then, lets cook,” I muttered and began to make all of Uri´s favourite food.

“Honey, I´m home,” Frank shouts as he comes in.

“How was work?” I asked, still cooking.

“Hard, but I got out earlier because Uri´s birthday is today. Come to think of it, where is Uri?” He asked, while changing clothes.

“She´s out with mistress Clair, playing,” I said.

“With the elf girl? I thought she would think she´s too good to play with Uri. I have to rate her higher,” Frank said. He came to terms with mistress, after he saw what she did.

“Mistress gave Uri an enchanted dress, it´s handmade by mistress and really pretty,” I said and began to tell him our morning.

“That´s too much,” Frank said as I finished.

“I think so too, but I heard from Miss Malinda that mistress´s brother bought her over 7000 books as he said, “ I´ll get you a few books”, “ I said.

“The whole family has way too much money,” Frank said while shacking his head.

“Yes, but they´re still friendly to us commoners,” I agreed with him but also stated the difference to normal nobles.

“You think they´re a noble family?” I further asked.

Frank looks a little worried because he insulted mistress at their first meeting.

“How else would they have so much money? That or this Clair really is a god as the rumours say.” Frank said.

“What do you think?” I asked.

“Either way, we should keep being friendly. “ He said and went to the living room.

“We´re back!” Uri shouts as she came through the door.

“Hello my princess,” Frank says while hugging Uri.

“Hello Frank, “ Clair said.

“Hello Miss Clair,” Frank replied and I came out of the kitchen.

“You both look dirty,” I said, looking at a booth of them. But both their clothes were still clean, just their hands and faces were dirty.

“We´re going to clean us,” Clair said and both of them walked to the bathroom. They came back and Uri began to tell Frank what she did today.

“May I help you?” Mistress asked me.

“You don´t have to, you´re a guest,” I replied.

“Okay, say does your husband drink?” Mistress further asked me.

“Sometimes but not often, why?” I asked.

“I have some liquor, it´s fairly strong and not purchasable. You think he´ll like it?” She asked.

“I don´t know, maybe,” I answered truthfully.

“I´ll test it out. I´ll take three cups, I think Uri will like my cola.” Mistress said and fetched three cups before she went to the living room, where Uri began to ask her farther to keep Huru Three, who instantly agreed after mistress mentioned the possibility of kidnapping.

I then heard Frank coughing and mistress laughing but thought nothing of it.

We then began to eat and Uri told me what happened, that she got some fruits from the vendors and toys from her friends. Or that mistress made a giant sand castle.

We ate and then mistress fetched the cake, which was delicious. I never ate such a cake. Uri´s whole face was smeared with chocolate.

“So Uri, we have two presents for you this year, “ Frank began, after Uri cleaned her face and I washed the dishes.

“Really?” Uri asked excited.

“Yes, our first present is this,” Frank said and gave Uri a book about adventurers.

“Thank you dad and mom,” Uri said and hugged us both.

“We have to go somewhere else for your second present,” I then said and fetched a blindfold.

“It´s a surprise, so we have to give you a blindfold,” Frank said and attached it at Uri.

He then picked her up and we went to mistress library.

“What is it?” Uri asked impatiently.

“Wait a moment, we´re almost there,” Frank said as we walked the stairs up.

We went inside the library and I could already smell the books, Miss Malinda was also inside, waiting for us.

Frank put Uri down and said that Uri can put the blindfold down.

“Why are we inside Miss Malindas library?” Uri asked questioningly.

“I talked with Miss Malinda and mistress and they agreed that you´re allowed to read Miss Malindas books. But only if you´re careful with them,” I said and saw the stars in Uri´s eyes.

“Really?!” She asked.

“Yes Uri, but you have to be careful. Books are expensive and it´s hard to get a new one,” Miss Malinda said.

“Thank you!” Uri said and jumped in my arms.

“You also have to thank Miss Malinda and mistress,” I said and Uri turned around to them.

“Thank you Miss Malinda,” she awkwardly said.

“And thank you Clair,” She said, more comfortably.

“No problems, I gladly help someone who likes books as much as I,” Miss Malinda said.

We kept talking for a few more minutes and then went home.

It´s really a blessing to work under mistress.....

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Do you also write mistress as Mistress?  

Anyway, here´s the new chapter.