Chapter 12.2

“Miss, aren’t you at least a little embarrassed or in a hurry to hide your nakedness?”

“I have nothing embarrassing about my body. I am perfectly formed and beautiful from every angle.”

“I don’t mean that. I thought I’d try to make you cry a little bit, but you are not a girl to be bullied. The young man seems to be very concerned about you….”

Shrugging his shoulders, Astaroth stretched out his fingertips toward me and shook them lightly. As soon as he did, my wet body was gently blown by the wind and dried completely.

“Thank you for showing me something so beautiful. As for me, I’m grateful for the privilege, but I’d appreciate it if you’d put on your clothes as soon as possible so I don’t get caught up in the devil’s anger.”

“Thank you very much. I had nothing to wipe my wet body with, so I almost sacrificed my bed sheets. Now I can sleep comfortably today, Astaroth-sama’s wondrous power is very useful.”

The wet floor is now completely dry.

As Astaroth told me, I change into a comfortable light pink garment with a few bows and frills that I have prepared.

The skirt is shorter than the brown dress I wore when cleaning.

With short socks and boots on, I look so graceful that it is hard to believe that I had been working like a wet rat just a few minutes ago.

There are probably no two such beautiful cleaning ladies in the whole country.

My body is clean and dry, and the weariness after physical exertion is pleasantly clinging to me.

Astaroth watched me smiling as I changed my clothes.

I should probably pay attention to him, but I was a little tired and he was looking at me like a father smiling at his child’s growth, so I didn’t pay much attention to him.

“Are there any mages in your country, young lady?”

“What do you mean by mages?”

“I thought you are a young lady who knows everything, but there are things you don’t know.”

“I thought I had learned a lot, but there are still many things I don’t know. There is no such thing as a mage in my country, is there?”

“Yes, there were. Before the Great War, they were common everywhere. In the demon’s body, magic power flows. We can manipulate that magic power as easily as breathing. For example, we can dry the body of a young lady, or … pierce her heart with a blade of magic power.”

Astaroth left the wall, came up to me, and placed his fingertips just above my heart. The whispered words are probably not a threat but the truth.

To the demons, humans are beings whose lives can easily be taken.

I wondered if they had that much power, and yet they had been defeated in the past just because they were so few in number in a great war. It makes me wonder a little.

“Aren’t you afraid, young lady? Alone in a place like this? If I change my mind, you might not be alive the next moment.”

“If that will be my end, I’ll accept it. Some things are beyond our control at any given moment. I don’t think it’s wise for me to be so worried when there is nothing I can do because I want to live.”

“You are a very delightful young lady.”

‘I thought she would be crying on her bed when she was dropped into the basement, but she cleaned up the basement in no time, and she didn’t seem depressed when she got tangled up with Cronaea, and to top it up, she was washing herself proudly in this cramped bathroom for sinners,’ Astaroth thought silently.

Astaroth took his hand away from mine and smiled.

I stroked the large snake that clung to his body as it rubbed its face against mine. I’ve never had a snake before, but he’s so cute.

“Come on, I don’t want to stand around here talking, so come with me. You’re a hard worker, and you must be tired. Let’s have a meal at a place that suits a lovely young lady.”

“If there is a dining room for cleaning ladies, I will go there. I would be grateful if you could let me know.”

“I haven’t had a guest in a thousand years, and I’m sorry for being so rude. Please, will you give me the right to dine with you Lydith, I want to talk to you. I’ve seen your body, I’ve threatened you a little, and I want  to have a proper meal with you as an apology.”

Astaroth took my hand and kissed my fingertips.

His speech and gestures were somewhat similar to Clive the butler. I nodded, feeling nostalgic.

As a cleaning lady, I had just cleaned the hallway, so I didn’t have time to worry about Astaroth.

I have to quickly eat and rest, and when my physical strength recovers, I have to think about countermeasures against the harmful water slug, so I’m very busy.

But since he pleaded with me, I must respond.

It is my duty to respond to even twisted affection.

“Good, Lydith-chan… Then let’s go.”

“Okay. I will join you only for dinner. After the meal, please send me back here.”

I had to wash my dirty clothes and check the supplies in the warehouse.

The mop needs to be dried in a sunnier place. The soap powder should be divided up into small bags or bottles for ease of use.

Astaroth laughed very amusedly at my words.

I tilted my head, not understanding what was so funny, and he gently took my hand in his.

With a soft floating sensation, I moved momentarily for the first time in my life.

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