Life in Another World as a Maid Mage

(I wonder if you mean like a ghost...)

The moment I saw that face so pale and empty that it was strangely moving alive, I thought of such a thing.

The man, who could not feel alive, slowly looked around with a woman in his arms. The two of them stood up, but the man with sandy hair shook his body as if he had run out of energy the moment he captured us, and fell on the spot. Is it because she is so important that she still holds the woman firmly?

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Are you okay?"

Alec rushed over, seeing that they had no plans. Theoli and Ruli followed him in a hurry.

"... I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I...

The man trembled so badly that the root of his teeth did not mesh with him that he managed to squeeze out the words. Alec received a woman called Julia from him, desperately stretching out her arms without dropping her on the wet floor.

She seemed to be holding her consciousness somehow while trembling in the cold. She was tightly wrapped in a coarse blanket, but it was felt that she was probably naked or close to it below. The neck and clavicle peeled out from the blanket. Wet clothes must have been removed.

On the other hand, the man is putting on his wet gear. My sandy hair was frozen. Even though a lot of time has passed since then, I was able to live well in this state.

"Is it okay? You're trembling. You look like a dead man."

"... Alec. I'm going to dry it out. I'm not really going to..."

The signs in front of them were faint. Truly, life could run out as it is.

"Oh, I see. Please, just do it."

"Yeah."

The warm wind magic unfolded, touching the man's wet clothes and drying them all at once. Then the frozen hair is also warmed and dried.

The faint man's face returned to life slightly. He seemed surprised, but nevertheless touched Julia next. The blanket was carefully wrapped around my head and my hair didn't freeze, but it's still the same that my body is cold. Similarly, when the magic of the warm wind unfolded, I filled the blanket with warm air.

Julia's lips moved slightly, but they were swept away without a voice. Maybe he thanked me.

But this is not enough. I just dried the surface for now.

"Alec...."

The opponent is a fellow man who tried to harm his client or himself. But...

Alec nodded. Rather than feeling it, I felt the same way.

"We need help. Let's take him to the camp for now. Lord Annelier probably won't object, but if anything happens, I'm responsible for the rest."

"- Then I will be held equally responsible."

Theori looked to Alec. Because his rank and strength are different, he may not be able to accept the same blame if something happens. But still.

"You two work together, so let me take the same responsibility."

Since we decided to walk together, we want to share everything. I don't want to be a "companion" only when it's convenient.

"Shiori, you...."

Alec looked terribly surprised.

"... maybe I underestimated you. You really..."

There was no further word. But he showed me a powerful smile at the next moment.

"Okay. Then let's hurry to the camp."

Theoli smiled again.

"Yeah."

Lori trembled at her feet. The tentacles were stretched out and the woman in Alec's arm stuck a little.

"What's the matter, Lori?"

Lori held the woman with two stretched tentacles.

"Eh, no way... are you going to carry me?

When asked, Louis trembled as if she were right.

"Can you carry it?" Is that stupid?

Yes, but for a short time, I carried seven people upstairs at once. And Louis has already carried a man for a long distance once in the past.

--The dying Shiori.

"... that's right. Lori is one of the same party people. Thank you, Lori. Please."

Without telling me to leave it to her, Louis trembled big and fluttery. Then it spreads out on the floor. On top of that, Alec gently lowered the woman, causing her to get caught up so that she wouldn't fall.

Grab the arm of the man sitting on the floor with the two of them on his shoulders and slowly stand up.

"--I 'll walk just a little. It will be hard, but please do your best."

The man's head shakes small. It looked like she nodded.

"All right, let's go."

It's not that far to the camp, but it's a tough distance for a man to freeze and move. But he's trying to live. I don't intend to end here now. He is still walking, as if he were stepping one step at a time.

I couldn't leave him like that. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Besides, if I had the leeway to abandon these two, I wouldn't be able to save myself that day while I was still in the depths of my memory. I can't save myself from falling down in that faint labyrinth.

--Memories of that day that I still dream of sometimes. I always end up in my dreams. When I wake up with such a nightmare, I imagine that the days that I'm living now are actually the last dream that I'm seeing when I fall into that place - dying.

But I'm here alive.

There are people who hold hands and tell me this is not a dream. There are people nearby who tell me that it is not a dream that we are here, but that we are indeed alive and warm.

That's why I want to help myself that day.

That nightmare is over.

I want to accept it and walk forward.

"--Almost there. It's a short walk up those stairs. Hang in there."

Support the man walking one step at a time and slowly climb the stairs.

Upon entering the fourth floor and returning to the small room, Clemens and Nadia, who were watching, seemed surprised to see the man. Then I noticed that the blanket wrapper Louis was holding was human.

"Protected the subject for rescue. I'm pretty cool. I want to warm it up."

"- Oh, okay.... just the two of you?

Clement watches as she helps support the man. Seeing what that meant, Theoli and Alec shook their heads small. So he seemed to understand.

"... I have to warm it up anyway. Theoli, get me a warm drink. I like it sweet."

"Yeah, okay."

Growing up in the cold, they seemed familiar with what to do in these cases. Nadia sets the fuel on fire. Nearby Clement and Alec spread out the fur instead of the cloth, and put the man to bed in a blanket.

Julia, who had just thrown away her wet clothes and put on her underwear, changed them into spare clothes for Theori and Nadia. Then wrap it in a clean blanket and let it sleep by the fire.

"Shiori. Can you give me the magic stone I just saw? Let's use that, too."

"Ah, I see. Wait a minute."

When he took out a bag full of small fire magic stones and handed it to him, Alec addressed it to the man's neck and feet. Nadia will put the same bag into Julia's blanket.

"... hmm, when it comes to warm, sweet drinks... I guess it's ginger water."

Remove the ginger candied bottle and pour the syrup into the cup. It was divided by boiling water to make instant ginger water.

"Do you think you can drink it? Drink a little if you can wake up."

At Nadia's urging, the two nodded small, seemingly calm. Hand over the cup to Clement and Nadia, both of whom woke up, and start sipping quietly after saluting.

"... it must have been a lot of time since we got in the water, but it held up really well."

Alec, who was watching the two of them, questioned them.

When I protected him, the man's hair was already starting to freeze. It should have stayed wet for a long time. Normally, instead of moving, it would have been dangerously frozen to keep conscious.

"... I picked up some magic stones. Do something about it....."

A slight accent lingered, and the sleigh and man murmured.

The water-soaked luggage was completely useless and was slightly warmed by the magic stones of fire found at the tip of the stream and the old blankets left in the room that had replaced the campsite. Still, I couldn't get my clothes wet until I dried them, and I just waited for my death, so I managed to squeeze my strength and ask for help.

As we talked, Annelier and the others peeked at each other from the tent. Looking at the two Empires wrapped in blankets, he rounded his eyes.

"I'm sorry. I thought it was on my own, but I brought it in."

Annelier laughed bitterly at Alec's words.

"No, it's okay. I suppose they needed help. I was going to take you anyway, depending on the situation, and I don't think it's hostile."

Did she feel like she was at the top of the scene? They showed the appearance of correcting their residence. But Annelier said softly to stop it and make it easier.

"What are your two names?

"Flor Rahmanin. This is Julia Rahmanin."

"Oh, you're my brother and sister?

"No... we're cousins. Including Sergei...."

That's how the man named Flor cut his tongue once.

"... have you seen Sergei?"

Flor asked reluctantly. Perhaps there was a hesitation in naming the man who tried to work violently here. However, there was something like abandonment in the expression. He must have noticed. A man called Sergei - that magician is no longer of this world.

When Alec told him of his death, he remained silent for a moment, but did not show much upset.

"--I think I hit my head. When we found him, he wasn't breathing anymore. There must have been a large wreckage along the corridor we just passed through. I don't think I could see it in the shade, but I put it there."

To simplify, they close their eyes and bow their heads when they tell them that they have done their mourning.

"You're calm."

"... I was ready for this to happen when I left the country. Rather, it was a miracle we got there."

There was a lot of magic, but I knew Sergei's power wasn't right for the rank. He said that he had managed to protect himself, probably winning with his natural strength.

Sergei is the second son of the Count. Flor and Julia said they were out of the branch. It seems that the Imperial Adventurers Association's policy stipulates that no member of the family should exceed the rank of the head of the family. In empires where family and identity were important, measures were being taken to preserve that social privilege.

When she heard the story, Annelier shook her shoulders and Alec and the others frowned in magnificence. As far as Dennis was concerned, she looked like she had bitten and crushed a bitter bug.

"- But why did you force me to open that room? You didn't know what would happen if you couldn't open it?

"That's because... that room contains the treasures of the Rahmanin ancestors. This tower was originally owned by the Rahmanin family. It is our mission to bring back the treasure in order to restore the Count's finances. To do that, we had to open that room no matter what."

"A hidden treasure....."

With a feeling that could not be said, Theori looked up at Alec. He is also slightly lowering his eyebrow buttocks and looking down at the two of them.

"--if you're talking about the treasure chest in the hidden room... it was all empty"

They held back Alec's words. But for a while, Flor laughed. Shiori thought that the face of her eyebrow buttocks lowered and her mouth distorted was like a tearful laugh.

"After all - yeah, I was wondering if so. More than 150 years have passed since House Rahmanin abandoned this tower. This place, which is also close to the city, is not untouchable in the meantime. I realized the moment I entered this tower."

--Even the magic stones used for candlestick lights were completely removed.

"I've spoken many times. But when I found out that the room was still tightly closed, Sergei said that it might be untouched here, but it was worth opening it up -"

"So you broke it by magic?

"... yes"

"What about the water accumulation?

"... I noticed. At least that's how I tried to stop it. But you never listened to me. I think Sergei was desperate. If you take the treasure home, you'll not only be able to rebuild your home, but maybe you'll be named to succeed....."

--Only the privileged classes of the imperial family and the imperial capital residence are moisturized.

The land is lean, the serfs are reduced, tax revenues are drastically reduced, and we can't even afford to leave cold meals. If we don't inherit them, we'll just have to leave the civilians behind. For the Empire aristocracy, the fall of civilians equals the fall of slaves. Now that the country itself has no leeway, unless it is a commercial genius, it can only become a serf who farms the land if civilians fall, or serve in the military, or else it can become an adventurer and hunt artifacts and beasts.

"... but now that civil unrest has broken out and the borders have been sealed - even if there were treasure, there's nothing we can do about it."

Perhaps it was a magnificent heart that led Sergei - his ancestors to the tower and his descendants, himself and Julia - to squeeze out the words like that, and Flor leaned down and shut up.

Heavy silence dominated the field.

It was Annelier who broke the silence.

"... I'll take you anyway. When I get back to town, I'll leave it with the Knights, but that's fine."

Flor and Julia nodded.

Looking down silently for a while, Annelier smiled as she rubbed her stomach and slapped Dennis on the back, who was thinking of something with a steep face right next to her.

"I'm really hungry. Can you do me a favor?

All of a sudden, Theori turned her eyes round. It may have been Annelier's concern to wipe out the heavier air, but it is certainly past noon. It may be near evening even now.

Well then, shall we have dinner early? There's also a corner rabbit yesterday, so let's make it a pickle menu today. "

Balt, who had waited until then for this dialogue, cheered first. Dennis turned his gaze at it, and everyone laughed at it again.

When the usual air returned and exhaled relieved, Siori opened her back to start feeding.

"... I'm glad you're a generous client. When they tell me to leave it, it hurts my heart."

"That's right...."

I don't want to say bad things about the dead, but they were two of the Imperials who destroyed public property and got involved in a "flood accident" that could have led to their death if they had made a mistake in their attempts to kill us. Even if they didn't mean it, they must have caused a lot of trouble. Even if I was told not to leave such a thing, I had no choice.

(--Even so....)

While cutting the meat for the stew, Shiori thought.

(Good thing they dropped it in this country)

Every time I heard rumors of the Empire, every time I remembered the Empire, who actively agreed to abandon himself in the Labyrinth, I thought of it many times. And this time, I met a man named Sergei and heard directly from Flor about the Empire, and I thought to myself.

The Trisval region is adjacent to the Empire. If the dropped area is slightly offset. If it was on the other side of the border.

Even though it is rare, it is Oriental. Instead of being a slave, you might have had more horrible experiences.

---Just imagine it and be horrified.

"... I'm glad you picked me up. It was good that it fell in this country. If it had been the Empire, I would have died by now - otherwise I would have been enslaved."

Theori spoke with honesty.

- Never mind.

And stay focused on the work.

That's why I didn't notice.

Alec, who was helping me with the work next door, stopped.

Clement, who was guarding the Empire and the outdoors, also stopped and raised her face, and Nadia looked at the two in a meaningful way.

Alec murmured.

"... has it fallen (...)?"