I woke up on my bed like always, but today I didn’t want to leave my bed. I only sat there, looking at the window with a blank mind. The reality that I was in was just that hard to accept. I was also regretted not preserving the knowledge of the game 5 years ago. So right now I was quite depressed.

Around 30 minutes later, a knocking sound was heard from the door. I moved my head and stared at it. A few moments later, the person outside the door knocked again and like before, I didn’t answer.

Kachink*

“Lumina-sama, are you awake?”

The person who came in while asking me a question was Emilia. Her red-twin tails swayed as she walked to me. Three silhouettes could be seen following behind her. One had blonde hair tied fashioned into vertical rolls. Another one had short bob pink hair. The last one wore a beret over her long silver hair. They were Liza, Mary, and Victoria, also Liza is the smallest of the three and Victoria was the tallest. However, if you line them up according to breast size, their positions were reversed.

The four of them wore the black blazer uniform for the general student. However, Emilia was the only one that lacked a clover design on her left chest. That signified that she wasn’t a noble but a commoner.

“If you were awake, why didn’t you answer me when I knocked?”

“I want to stay in bed today.”

“Why?”

“…”

I covered myself with the blanket and went back to bed.

“Haa~ is this because of last night?”

My body quivered a bit when I heard her.

“Now I really wanna know what that person means to you, Lumina-sama.”

“… D-don’t tell me… is he the one Lumina-sama likes!?”

“““ Ehhhhhh!?”””

“No!!! How’d you arrive at that conclusion Vertical Rolls!”

(As punishment, that'll be your new name.)

The room froze after I screamed. It was not because of what I called Vertical Rolls, but because of the way I acted. Realizing my mistake, I quickly hid myself under my bed’s covers again.

“Go away! I don’t want to go out today!”

“Stop being spoiled and get changed. All your servants will be worried if you don’t at least show up.”

“I don’t care. All of you only forced me to become your master anyways!”

Emilia spat out a sigh and became silent.

“Ummm…”

“This is the real Lumina-sama. Although she acts cool and collected outside, inside she’s just a normal girl.”

I received a critical damage when I heard Emilia calling me a normal girl. I had thought that I had accepted being one because I’ve been living as such for 12 years. Knowing that I still had some pride as a man left in my mind gave me both joy and despair.

“Formerly, there were only three of us that knew the real Lumina-sama, but the other two suddenly disappeared. So up until now, I’ve been the only one she could be this open to.  Are you disappointed?”

“““ Nope!”””

“Instead I’m glad that I now know.”

“Nn!”

“What Liza said is true.”

Peeking at them under the covers, I found Vertical Rolls standing in front of Emilia with a hand on her chest.

“Why?”

“I want to know everything about her. I’ve been admiring her for 5 years already, but the things I knew didn’t differ from the others.”

“Nn.”

“We only knew that she’s a person who’s really dignified… and scary.”

Emilia went near Vertical Rolls and whispered something in her ear. Vertical Rolls' face became really red and I could see smoke coming out from her ears.

“Ehh? N-No, not like that! I wanted to become more than just a servant.”

“More than just a servant? Does that mean...”

“I meant that I wanted to become her friend!”

The depression I felt a few moments ago, suddenly dissipated. It felt as if it was a lie. What replaced it were feelings of joy and happiness.

“Did you hear that, Lumina-sama. She said she wanted to become your friend.”

“….”

“What’s your answer?”

I felt that my cheeks were really loose as I stared at Emilia and the three. Because of the joy I had felt, tears spilled from my eyes. It was because, after five years, I’ve finally made new friends. This meant I wasn’t a loner anymore. This was a moment I've always wanted. So I wasn't embarrassed crying here.

“Let’s be friends.”

“Eh? Ahhh…. Nnn… Let’s be friends.”

Vertical Rolls hung her head down and mumbled something under her breath.

“Can I be your friend too, Lumina-sama?”

“Me too.”

“Yes!”

Unlike Vertical Rolls, pink hair-san entwined her fingers to beret-san and jumped up and down. Beret-san made a wry smile as she observed pink hair-san.

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“Ummm… Emilia.”

Her mouth went near my ear and as she pointed at Vertical Rolls, she whispered:

“She’s called Liza, the one with pink hair is Mary and the one with silver hair is Victoria.”

“Thanks.”

“Honestly. It’s only been a day and you’ve already forgotten their names?”

Emilia placed her hand on her brow and spat a heavy sigh.

“I can’t help it, no one other than you has ever talked to me before! So it isn’t my fault that I’m bad with names.”

“Haaa, well, you wouldn’t be Lumina-sama if you weren’t like that. So, will you still stay in bed or will you go out and spend time with your new friends?”

“… I’ll go.”

Emilia made a big smile and helped me out of the bed. When I had stood up, I suddenly felt her hands on my shoulder and before I knew it, she had removed my nightgown.

“… Eh? W-w-w-what are you doing!?”

“I’m helping you get dressed, Lumina-sama.”

“It’s fine! I can dress by myself!”

“Ara? I can’t do that.”

“Why?”

“This might be the last time I’ll ever be able to help you get dressed, Lumina-sama. Besides, it’s a servant’s duty to help their Master get dressed.”

Emilia then knelt in front of me and removed my panties before I could resist. Mary and Victoria then gave her a fresh new set of clothes from my closet while Liza covered her eyes. But if you look at her closely, the fingers that should’ve covered her eyes were spread apart. It really made me wonder why she’s covering her face in the first place.

I stopped resisting Emilia and resigned myself to her mercy.

“Now all that’s left is styling the hair.”

“There’s still more?”

“Of course! We need to make you as beautiful as possible.”

“Why don’t we leave this as is? It’s not like there’s a problem with my hairstyle, right?”

“Just leaving it as is isn’t a problem, but I’d feel dissatisfied by it.”

“Why?”

I quickly freed myself from Emilia stood in front of her.

“Just a little bit of styling and all the boys would be all over you.”

“I don’t care about that! Come on, let’s go.”

““““ Yes.””””

The five of us quickly walked out from my room and headed to the canteen. Once we had arrived, three men with red hair, blue hair, and blond hair could be seen standing in front of the door. They were wearing a black blazer and on their left chest, a symbol of a clover was engraved.

“““Good morning, Lumina-sama.”””

“Good morning.”

They bowed at the same time. Since others were now present, I quickly put on my façade and walked through them without giving them a glance.

Emilia quickly walked towards the door leading to the kitchen, while the 7 of us sat on a nearby table. Looking closely at them, the three men were quite nervous as they rigidly sat in front of me.

Moving my gaze, I could see that Vertical Rolls and the rest were quite pale. I then placed my elbow on the table.

With a bored look I said:

“Mary and Victoria, you’ll be teaching the students the trick I taught you last night.”

Vertical Rolls meekly raised her hand as she asked:

“Uhmmm, what about me, Lumina-sama.”

“You’ll be serving me tea.”

“Eh?”

“I’ll have you take responsibility.”

When I said the words, ‘Responsibility’, the three men who sat in front of me whispered amongst themselves. When they were done, the three of them simultaneously gazed at Vertical Rolls with sympathetic eyes.

“I’ll bury your bones, Liza.”

“We’ll never forget you.”

“Can I have a memento?”

“Stop scaring me! Seriously, nothing gonna happen to me, Okay.”

The three men didn’t meet with Vertical roll’s eyes. She then faced my direction with a look as if she was gonna cry. A wicked thought then surfaced in my head when I saw her face.

Narrowing my eyes and making a vicious smile, I said:

“Who knows.”

“Ehh!?”

Vertical rolls started crying and sat down on her chair with a look of despair. As for Mary and Victoria, they continued to discuss amongst themselves while all of this were happening.

A few moments later, Emilia arrived with 6 servants in tow and served us our breakfast.

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A/N:

I felt like this was the start of new volume as I wrote this… must be my imagination.

Also, @Irina.

Thanks, I’ll keep those things in mind.

@Evernest.

Thanks for pointing out my mistakes. I forgot to thank you in my previous chapters. Hope it’s not too late. Tehee