Maid Chapter 086

“The Demon…King…huh?”

Look President, Suzumoto, who can’t keep up, is lost for words!

“Then I’ll be the one to [Fuhahahahaha, however, I’m the weakest out of all Demon Kings!]”

I don’t think there’s a right person for that position! Fuhahahahaha!

“Wait, President, are you insane!? What Demon King?”

“It’s easy to understand. If the Demon King comes out, a hero will have to come. Then we can get in touch with the heroes. If they’re on our side, that’s OK, but if not, we’ll follow through with it. Then the temple side will have no choice but to move. Moreover, since we’re already in conflict with the contracted heroes, it’s unlikely that they’ll take the heroes’ life as a hostage. It’s best to have Hariu steal it.”

Ohh, how wonderful, that Demon King.

“…moreover, isn’t it already a given that a confrontation between a hero and a demon king will happen in a different world?”

Yeah, well, what Kadomi-kun said was justified.

“It’ll be okay. Even if the temple didn’t have that intention, the hero has it.”

As long as the hero is from the same world as us, they’d go to battle when the Demon King comes. Yup, nice.

“Also, we can notify the temple that we will protect the cause in this way since we’ll be hostile to each other anyway. If possible, the heroes can decide themselves and come to us.”

“Then there’d be no such thing as the temple ignoring the Demon King and performing the return ritual, right?”

“If the temple is a mess, they can’t do that either.”

Hmmm, it’s better than expected, that Demon King.

 

“…okay, wait a minute. I’ll sort it out. For the time being, we will go see the true identity of the cause. So it’s okay to decide our future policy based on that, right?”

Is the cause something physical or something else…we don’t even know what it looked like. As far as I heard from [Alive Grimoire], I think it’s something you can see.

“Okay, let’s eat something first. I’m hungry. Also, Maito, can you dry me, sorry. I’m about to catch a cold.”

Ah, sorry. Suzumoto is still wet. Sorry, sorry.

[Clean] is really effective because it dries to a soft and fluffy finish as soon as you remove the water with [Clean].

Now then. Let’s eat. You can’t fight if you’re hungry. Today’s lunch is Doria and potage soup.

 

When we were done with the meal, we went near the lake.

The lake was so clear you could see the bottom even though it should be quite deep. I’m a little scared because it seemed to suck me in.

“So, what you see over there is the floating island…there’s a donut-shaped hole with a width of about 10m around the floating island, which is the waterfall. When you get closer, about 15m, you lose power.”

Hmm, so it’s a waterfall dive without fail if you crash.

“For the time being, if you can see the scenery above the floating island, Toriumi or Maito can [Transfer] to it.”

That’s true, but it’s hard to see.

The floating island was surrounded by trees, so I couldn’t see well.

“That’s right, hnn, maybe if someone throws me-“

“No, when you land, the correction is peeled off, so Toriumi will die, right?”

He’d be crushed like a tomato or something.

“…is it better for me or Hariu to hold Maito and fly to look at it from the sky?”

“You’re right, but the question is, which one of you will do it…”

…eh, eh, ah, that’s right, I’m not that light. I’m not, but…”

“Can you really fly with my weight?”

“Sorry, I’m not that confident.”

“You’re about 50kg, right?”

I am. Sorry.

While they were thinking about various methods, I was depressed on my own. Somehow, the maid dolls gathered and pulled their aprons up to show me.

The apron for the maid dolls…are sky blue.

I see, I feel like I’ll be lighter if I wear that. Uhm, where did it go?

When I searched my inventory in the Chemistry Lab, I easily found it. See, it’s there. The sky blue dress worn at the gladiator tournament.

I tried it on immediately. …yeah, I’m lighter, maybe.

“O~i, Suzumoto, Hariu, how about this?”

“…ahh, I see. Oi, Hariu, apparently we’ll still mobilize, but the sacrifice will be done by one person.”

Oi, what sacrifice? Aren’t you too rude to me?

“You’re right, is it fine to play rock-paper-scissors here?”

By the way, when I asked President, seems like they were thinking of how to fly with me hanging onto two people who removed their equipment. That sounded annoying. Yup.

“Janken!”

“Paper!”

“Scissors!”

…you guys, I don’t care anymore. Why didn’t you finish the original ‘janken pon’?

 

And so, Suzumoto, who looked very disgusted, was carrying me like a rice bag and flying in the sky right now. Scary. Super scary. I should have told them the pros and cons of carrying me like this last time since this way of carrying me was scary, but there was no improvement at all. I can’t figure it out.

“Oi, can you see it?”

“Wait, a minute…[Far Sight]…yes.”

I saw it. Somehow, some trees were empty and I could see what looked like a small building. Is that where the cause is?

“Saw it!”

“Okay, let’s go back.”

And on the way back, I was still carried like a rice bag and transported in the sky. Scary, too scary.

 

When we came back, I was dizzy so I took a break for a while, and then with [Transfer], we went beside that something that looked like where the cause is.

However.

“Ah, wait, I hate this.”

“What is this, what is this!?”

“I’m going back, [Transfer]!”

Everyone made a fuss, and Toriumi quickly [Transferred], taking all of us.

“…what the hell was that?”

“Why are you okay!?”

Although Hagasaki-kun retorted, I felt nothing.

“Somehow, I feel like…I’m weak?”

“I think that was the most dangerous, I thought I’d be crushed by the armor.”

R-right, Toriumi, and Kadomi were running normally while wearing armor that ordinary humans couldn’t equip, much less move. Of course, it’s all thanks to the correction.

“It’s dangerous if it suddenly disappears.”

“I feel like I’m going crazy.”

I-is that really so? That much?

“Ah, it’s finally back.”

For the moment, it seemed like the correction would return to the original if you were separated from the cause (provisional).

Hmm, guess I’m the right person to go after all.

“Then I’ll go and look at it.”

“No, you going alone is too dangerous.”

…oi, wait a minute! The reason why I’m weaker than you in the first place was that I have no correction, and if there’s no correction, you’ll be weak at my level!

“Fortunately, seems like skills can still be used without problems unless muscle strength is related to the use of those skills, so it’s better to take some people. …in this case, I, Kadomi, and Toriumi are obviously out.”

Ah, that’s right. You all have a lot of useful skills that you can use in combat. Yes, I’m sorry.

Suzumoto and the front-line members won’t be that good. After all, if the front-line members can’t wear their armor without correction, I doubt they’d be able to use their weapons.

“Then, why don’t I and President go? We’re qualified, right?”

That’s why, well, this happened.

It was decided that I, Hagasaki-kun, and President would once again [Transfer] to that floating island, and leave as soon as the cause was found.

“Then we’ll be going.”

I [Transferred] with Hagasaki-kun, who looked disgusted, and President, who looked a little excited.

 

And so, there’s a small building in front of me.

It’s a building made of beautiful white stones that feels a little new, but also quite old.

It’s similar to the structure of the temple I saw for a moment, but it’s overwhelmingly old and overwhelmingly untouched.

“Ahh…I hate this.”

“It’s pretty tough, as expected.”

And the two of them seemed fed up from losing their correction.

Yeah, I’m sorry. I’m the only one who felt fine. Hahahahaha, what’s this subtle sense of superiority! I like it, I like it! I’m the only lively one! Hahahahaha! What a rare situation this is!

“Shall we go inside for the time being? Let’s finish this quickly…”

Oi oi, are you okay, both of you? If this is the case, wouldn’t it be very difficult to protect this cause? I wonder if we can even use it…

 

Once inside, as expected, the pavement was made of that old white stone. Although it’s partially occupied by plants that seemed to have entered from somewhere, it’s still doing its role as a building.

There’s a pedestal at the back, and a sphere of an unknown color that seemed to fit comfortably in one hand, floating while dimly shining.

…I think that’s the cause. Yup. The moment I saw it, I felt like that. It felt like it was inhaling everything.

…but, even so… What do we do with this?

“…no good. Nothing comes out even if you [Appraise] it.”

Oh my, if even President can’t do it, then I definitely can’t.

For the time being, try [Appraisal]. …yeah, it says [*unknown*] as expected. However, it’s a problem if we don’t understand what it is, so I pulled out some weeds around it and poked it.

“What are you doing?”

“Poking.”

Tsuntsun.

“Well, can’t be helped. If we don’t do anything, it’ll stay like this.”

Right? I wonder if we should just look at the floating ball like this. So I continued poking.

The ball moved a little with each poke, but would soon return to just above the pedestal. Yeah, like this, somehow…it looks like a floating magnet.

Try to poke a little stronger. Ei.

…oh dear. Perhaps it reached the limit since the ball slipped off the pedestal. However, it still floats and shines. What is this?

“I’ll try to make direct contact, is that okay?”

“…”

When I asked them, those two silently saluted me. Yes, yes, I understand.

I tried poking it with my fingertips.

…yeah, nothing happened. It seemed okay, so I took the plunge and picked up the ball.

Oou, it’s smooth and nice to the touch.

And at that moment, the power that made the ball float disappeared as well as that light, and the air around me seemed to become lighter.

“Ah, my power is back.”

Oh my, seems like the correction is back.

However, when I took my hands off the ball, the ball immediately shone and floated. And it seemed like the air became heavier and the correction was cut off.

“Hey, can I touch it too?”

President lightly touched the mysterious ball that floated while shining. When he grasped it, the light disappeared and Hagasaki-kun became fine.

“…I feel sick.”

However, President didn’t get well at all. …yeah, I can almost imagine it.

When President released his hand, the ball floated while shining again.

“In other words, when this ball floats, it strips off the corrections of the people around it, but if someone grasps it, it only affects that person?”

“Maybe. …Maito-san, do you really feel fine when holding this?”

“Hn? Yeah. I feel fine…m-maybe…”

“While holding this ball, I feel like I’m far weaker than when it’s just floating there.”

…I see.

“That means, I have no corrections at all!”

“That’s right.”

…I wonder if I can cry…

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Translator’s Note:

To be honest, I already translated past the 100th chapter when I stopped posting chapters of this novel. When I was about ready to post again, another site beat me to the punch and posted so I stopped and gave way. Now seeing that the other translator stopped, I will now continue from where I left off.

It’s been a while since I did this novel so I need some getting used to. For those who read ahead from the other site, sorry, but bear with it until I reached where they left off.

As usual, Maito-san’s monologues are the best.