Hello there! Thanks for checking out this chapter!
Now that the customary greeting is out of the way, there are a few things I have to announce…
1) I’m feeling a lot better now. Thanks for the concern, everyone! To be honest, I got better a week ago, but I was still a bit busy then, so this chapter is late.
2) I stopped working. Working was initially just a way for me to spend time instead of just sitting at home all day after all. However, this does not mean that chapters will be released quicker. As for why, it’s the next reason…
3) I have to get ready for the army in mid-July. I won’t have the time to continue writing and it’s mandatory. I should have started getting ready a lot earlier, but as you guys know, things happened. However…
4) I understand that stopping the series where it is now would be a little cruel to you guys. Thus, I spent as much time as I could to write this chapter for you guys!
And that’s it. This chapter might feel a bit off, since it has been a while since I wrote something. The characters might not feel the same as they should be, but I hope everyone still enjoys it!
Chapter 21
Malaixa [Japanese] : “Thank you for the meal.”
It was 11.20am when Malaixa finished her late breakfast. She had gotten dressed after Zahhak had woken her up earlier, and came down to the kitchen to have her meal. As usual, her maids had prepared breakfast for her. However, there was only one maid called Maria in the house right now.
Maria [Japanese] : “Malaixa-ojousama, did you enjoy the meal?”
Malaixa [Japanese] : “Yes, thank you, Maria-san. Where’s everyone else?”
Maria [Japanese] : “You’re welcome, Ojou-sama. The others are out buying ingredients for dinner. However, they should be back soon. Do you have any preferences for lunch later?”
Malaixa [Japanese] : “No, I will be going out with my friends later, so I won’t have lunch.”
Maria [Japanese] : “Oh, is that so? I’ll inform the othe-“
Just before Maria was about to finish her sentence, it was interrupted by a loud bang near the entrance to the house. At the same time, footsteps from at least three people could be heard stomping through the house.
Female Voice A [Japanese] : “Ojousama is going out with her friends?! Please, let us dress you up!”
Female Voice B [Japanese] : “Yeah, please let us do that! We couldn’t do it last time cause you went there straight from school!”
Female Voice C [Japanese] : “Please, just give us this one chance to dress her up, Maria!”
Before they reached the kitchen, they already shouted out their “demands”, and when they stopped, it was clear that they were the three other maids that worked in this house. They were called Aoi, Beatrice and Charmaine respectively.
The three of them were also best friends with each other, and thus, as a result, the other maids who worked in the Kurokami family referred to them affectionately as “Maids ABC” before they came together with Maria to work in this house to take care of Malaixa.
Maria, seeing their behaviour, let out a sighed before asking Malaixa about their request.
Maria [Japanese] : “As you can see, Malaixa-ojousama, they won’t rest or stop bothering you until you agree to their request. Will you please agree to it?”
Malaixa [Japanese] : “Well, why not. I don’t see a problem with it. I just need to get there on ti-“
Before she could finish however, she was interrupted by Maids ABC again.
Aoi [Japanese] : “Alright!”
Beatrice [Japanese] : “We got permission!”
Charmaine [Japanese] : “Don’t worry! We’ll dress you up perfectly!”
In their minds, they were going through all sorts of ways they could dress Malaixa up. To them, she was the cutest girl ever, and they had always wanted a chance to dress her up. Now that they have the chance, they couldn’t miss it.
Thus, they “abducted” Malaixa from the kitchen, and brought her to Aoi’s room where they began putting her in different outfits…
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Malaixa [Japanese] : “I’m never going through that again…”
Malaixa has just left the house, and when she got a bit of distance from her house, she released a sigh and spoke that line.
When she was brought to Aoi’s room, she was told to sit on the bed first. For 10 minutes, they did nothing besides setting up the camera and lighting in the room. It was transformed from a simple bedroom to a photography studio in just 10 minutes.
After that, they put Malaixa in different clothes and outfits for an hour. Among them were maid outfits, nurse outfits, magical girl outfits, school swimsuits, and various other things one would normally find in a cosplay convention. Having to do different poses for every outfit tired out Malaixa even more too.
In the end, they went with something Malaixa could have chosen in 5 minutes; a simple light purple blouse with red outerwear. Feeling really tired as it took a while when it could be done in 5 minutes, she let out another sigh.
She took out her phone, and realised that it’s already 12.50pm. She had taken too long to prepare herself and quickly wrote a message that mentioned she would be late. However, when she was done writing, she froze, as she was not sure who she should send the message to.
Malaixa [Japanese] : “Should I send it to Lemir? But what if he thinks I like him? So should I send it to Luke or Arata? Ah, but what if Lemir misunderstands and think I like one of them?! So should I send it to Chihiro-senpai? Gah, but what if he thinks I like girls?!”
Malaixa was having an unusual dilemma at the moment. Zahhak, being the advanced AI that it is, decided to help out its master after laughing and seeing her dilemma through one of the drones by sending a message to her.
When Malaixa noticed that she got a new message, she got shocked, and opened it up. It wrote, “Well, master. Why don’t you just send it to all of them?” Seeing the message, her jaw dropped, and she thought, “Why didn’t I think of that…! Thank you, Zahhak!”
Thus, she sent the message to all of them. Very quickly, everyone replied, but Lemir replied last. For some reason, she felt a little disappointed, but she didn’t think too much of it. Soon, she had completely forgotten about her dilemma and never thought about why she was worried that Lemir might misunderstand something.
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At 12.55pm, Lemir had arrived outside the karaoke lounge. He noticed that Luke and Chihiro had arrived already and were chatting. He was third to arrive. Soon, they noticed him and waved at him before greeting him.
Chihiro [Japanese] : “Hello Lemir.”
Luke [Japanese] : “Yo, Lemir! It’s really rare that you would be the one to invite us!”
Lemir [Japanese] : “Hey Luke, Chihiro-senpai. You guys got Malaixa’s message too, right?”
Chihiro [Japanese] : “Yeah, Malaixa-chan mentioned she would be a little late.”
Luke [Japanese] : “My best friend Lemir, you don’t have to be sad just because she sent it to everyone. At least you still got the message.”
Lemir immediately knew that Luke was teasing him. Thus, he ignored it. Not long afterwards, Arata showed up as well. They greeted each other, and chat with each other while waiting for the last person, Malaixa.
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15 minutes later, Malaixa arrived. She apologized to everyone for being late, and everyone said it was fine, as they did not wait for that long. Luke even added on to his reply while speaking like he knew everything.
Luke [Japanese] : “It’s fine. You must have really wanted to dress up well for Lemir, so you were late, right?”
Unexpectedly, Malaixa looked away while blushing. To everyone, it was a surprise, as they never saw this side of her before. Inwardly, Lemir thought it was a cute reaction. But Chihiro had a bigger reaction.
Chihiro [Japanese] : “Ah, you finally showed such a cute reaction! Luke, stop teasing her!”
Chihiro had hugged Malaixa while berating Luke. As Luke liked Chihiro, this was a huge blow to him, and thus he got dejected. Arata put his hand on Luke’s shoulder while trying to cheer him up. Seeing the situation, Lemir sighed, and suggested that they enter the lounge now. Everyone agreed.
Thus, they spent three hours in the karaoke lounge. However, despite being the one to invite all of them, Lemir was not allowed to touch the microphone, and thus had to listen to everyone sing instead. Lemir himself still had not noticed that he was tone-deaf.
With the new addition to their group, they also found out about Chihiro’s singing talent. It was more or less similar to Luke’s level, not including English songs, of course. In this group, singing talent was ranked as such; Malaixa, Arata, Chihiro, Luke, Lemir.
For the final song, everyone joined in, including Lemir, much to the chagrin of the group. They left the karaoke lounge, and decided to have lunch at a nearby family restaurant. In the restaurant, for some reason, Malaixa kept blushing when she sat next to Lemir despite it being their usual seating arrangement. Thus, Malaixa ate slowly when compared to everyone else.
As a result, Luke and Arata, who were seated across from Malaixa and Lemir with Chihiro who was beside Luke, joined forces to tease them.
Luke [Japanese] : “Hey Lemir. Malaixa doesn’t seem like she can eat by herself. Why don’t you feed her?”
Arata [Japanese] : “Yeah, you should feed her. Like this! Ah~”
Luke [Japanese] : “Ah~”
As if to show what Lemir should do, Arata picked up Luke’s spoon and fed him once. At first, he ignored them but when he took at peek at Malaixa’s face, she was also looking at him as though she was waiting for him to feed her. However, she quickly looked away.
When he looked back and his two best friends, they were at it again.
Arata [Japanese] : “Hai, “Malaixa”, ah~”
Luke [Japanese] : “Ah~”
At his friends’ insistence, he finally gave in. However, Malaixa was holding her own spoon already. Seeing no other choice, he used his own spoon to feed Malaixa.
Lemir [Japanese] : “Hai, Malaixa, ah~”
Seeing what Lemir was trying to do, Malaixa actually blushed even harder. After a few seconds of contemplation, she finally gave in and took a mouthful.
Malaixa [Japanese] : “A… Ah~”
Knowing that their plan succeeded, and that the results were even better than expected as Lemir fed Malaixa with his own spoon, Luke and Arata gave each other thumbs up. At this moment, Chihiro unexpectedly joined in after tapping Luke’s shoulder to get his attention.
Chihiro [Japanese] : “Alright, Malaixa-chan, it’s your turn now. Hai, Luke, ah~”
Luke froze when Chihiro did this. He had unexpectedly gotten some benefits himself in the process of teasing Lemir and Malaixa. By his side, Arata put his hand on his shoulder and gave him a thumb up with a face that said, “Go ahead, my friend.” Thus, Luke took the chance.
Luke [Japanese] : “A… Ah~”
Lemir, seeing that Chihiro fed Luke, was happy for him as he made some progress with Chihiro despite it being while teasing him and Malaixa. When he looked back at Malaixa, she was still as red as before. However, she still moved her spoon to feed Lemir.
Malaixa [Japanese] : “H… Hai… L… Lemir… A… Ah~”
Lemir [Japanese] : “Ah~”
Seeing that Lemir had been fed by Malaixa as well, Chihiro, Luke and Arata gave each other thumbs up, as their plan had succeeded. The rest of the meal went normally, although Malaixa’s glances back at Lemir went unnoticed by him.
As everyone finished their meal, they discussed about what they should do. They decided to watch a movie together, and for some reason, Chihiro, Luke and Arata insisted on a horror movie. In the movie theatre, the seating arrangement was as follows; Lemir, Malaixa, Chihiro, Luke, Arata.
Unfortunately, Lemir and Malaixa were both not afraid of the movie at all. After all, they had seen greater horrors in their previous life. Malaixa was also more focused on Lemir, though he did not notice at all.
On the other hand, Chihiro, Luke and Arata were completely terrified by the movie. However, Chihiro had clung onto Malaixa instead, while Luke and Arata and clung onto each other. When the movie ended…
Luke [Japanese] : “The plan failed…”
Arata [Japanese] : “It really failed completely…”
Chihiro [Japanese] : “They weren’t scared at all…”
When they got out of the movie theatre, they noticed that the Sun was almost setting. A quick look at their smartphones told them it was 6.27pm. Seeing as it was rather late, they decided to end the day. On the way home, they chatted some more until they reached the junction they split at.
They said their farewells to each other, and went home. Before they split though, everyone realised that Luke and Chihiro were headed the same direction. However, they didn’t stop. Lemir and Arata were both just happy for Luke, since they have some time alone.
Malaixa, on the other hand, was a bit sad that she had to split with Lemir. But she went on to get home. After some time, she arrived at home and the maids, as usual, welcomed her home. She immediately went to her room first, and lied down on her bed.
She thought about the happy day she had, and realised something absolutely horrifying to her. She got up immediately and face palmed herself. Her thoughts were, “I gave Lemir an indirect kiss! No, I gave him many indirect kisses!”
She had not realised that she had used her own spoon to feed Lemir until now. Though she realised she got an indirect kiss from him immediately, she was at the time, too happy to notice that she used her own spoon afterwards. However, that was not the problem.
The problem was that Lemir continued to use the spoon he used to feed her once afterwards. Similarly, she continued to use the spoon she used to feed him as well. This caused her to blush even harder and she rolled around on her bed while covering her own face.
At the same time, Zahhak was once again laughing like a mad man while muted. It had never seen its master behave like this before, and it was too amusing to it. If the Malaixa from yesterday was a different person compared to the one today, it preferred the one today so much more.
Unfortunately, for Malaixa, or rather Malaix, she had yet to notice the truly horrifying thing. It was the fact that she had somehow fallen in love with Lemir, despite wanting revenge on him. However, the plan for revenge was already underway…
End Chapter 21