Early morning rays made Zephyr stir in his sleep. The cold wind brushing against his exposed cheeks forced him to lift his hand and cover them.
However, nothing happened. Zephyr tried to do it again.
Still nothing.
"Uh!"
For a mont, he was confused. Then, realization flashed through his mind.
He was missing an arm.
And he was trying to use that exact arm to touch his face.
This realization drove away what sleep remained in him.
’I am in a ga world. I am unard,’ he thought, opening his eyes.
These days, he was missing his computer and the countless gas loaded into it. Although learning magic from his mory was wonderful, nothing could be as addictive as the gas he used to play.
He took a deep breath and sighed.
"I need to find a hobby, fast," he said, lifting his weary body to sit up. The slowness of real life was not sothing he adapted to.
His movent caught the attention of Aurelia and Elenor. Aurelia was awake, and Elenor, with bags around her eyes, was rolling down a mat she had procured. She was most likely planning to sleep.
Zephyr stood up.
Elenor had taken the night watch. She was exhausted beyond words, trying hard to keep her heavy eyelids from closing. She paused for a second and turned to look at him.
Zephyr looked around, but there was no sign of Moss anywhere.
Did the ladies throw him to the rabbits when he misbehaved?
Well, the chances of that happening after Moss learned of their identity were incredibly low, but not impossible.
He shook his head and stood. A subtle sense of urgency was shown in his movent.
No, he was not worried about Moss. That thought was only secondary to him. Sothing much more urgent was at hand.
Zephyr felt tension rising from his lower stomach. He glanced down and held his pants tight. His bladder was screaming at him, asking to find a place to empty it.
"Ladies, good morning." He waved with a smile. "Could you turn around for a while? I need to... empty my bladder real quick," he added, walking to the edge of the platform.
There was no other way. The urge was... unstoppable.
Elenor, who was sleepy, felt the sleep drain out of her. Yesterday, a similar situation had happened, and she had to take Zephyr away to another stone pillar far away. She couldn’t let the princess’s eyes be sullied.
This ti, too, she had to take him away. Or else, the shaless young man would do it here.
She had sent Moss to another stone platform yesterday, fearing this exact thing. However, she couldn’t do the sa with Zephyr since he was one of theirs. They had to protect him.
Watching Zephyr walk to the edge of the stone platform, her heart thumped.
"No!" she scread, sleep disappearing from her body.
But it was too late.
Zephyr was already standing on the edge, untying his pants secured to his waist.
’I can’t allow that thing to sully the eyes of the princess,’ a singular thought sprouted in her mind.
But Zephyr...
She dashed, her palms raised. Her destination was Aurelia, standing a few feet away.
SWISH...
Movent spell, fully activated. A gust of air propelled her forward.
In less than a second, she appeared near Aurelia, covering her eyes.
"Phew," she breathed a sigh of relief.
"What are you doing?" Aurelia asked.
Her hand was pointed in Zephyr’s direction.
Elenor breathed heavily. "Protecting your eyes, my lady," she declared proudly at her success.
Aurelia sighed.
"Ssrrsss."
They could hear the sound of water trickling down.
"You don’t need to."
"No, I must!" Elenor insisted.
She didn’t care if her eyes were sullied. The only mission she had was to protect Aurelia.
"I an, I already..."
"NO!"
Even before Aurelia completed her words, Elenor felt as though the world was crumbling.
Was her lady saying she had already seen it? Did Zephyr do it while she was away? Or while she dozed off yesterday?
That damned, shaless, monstrous young man.
She ground her teeth in anger.
If anything like that happened, she was going to make him pay the price.
"Elenor, I ant—"
"My lady, you don’t have to explain anything. I am willing to dispose of him even if it would make Sir Corvinus angry. I will take the bla alone," she said quickly, seriously considering eliminating Zephyr.
"Ssssrrr *obvious pause*."
"No, Elenor. I already blocked that side with an rock wall spell. Take a look," Aurelia explained.
"Oh!" Finally, Elenor turned to look at Zephyr’s position.
Aurelia had pointed at him with her hand to cast a spell. A small version of a rock wall had risen, separating them. It perfectly covered Zephyr’s body.
"Oh. It was a false alarm."
"*End of obvious pause* SSrrrr." The liquid continued to flow.
"Yes, it was. You don’t have to KILL him." Aurelia emphasized the word kill, letting Zephyr know of the blunder he had just made.
"Yes." Elenor breathed a sigh of relief.
If she could help it, she didn’t want to kill Zephyr either. After all, he was Corvinus’ disciple. He was a Royal Academy junior.
Killing him would have given her no joy.
More importantly, she would have died later at the hand of Corvinus if she had actually followed through. Corvinus was soone she admired; she didn’t want to make him hate her.
"It’s alright. You can remove your hand," Aurelia said.
Finally, Elenor took her hand off, uncovering Aurelia’s eyes.
"...ssrrr *ends*."
At the sa ti, Zephyr stopped peeing.
"Gulp." He swallowed hard.
A chill had gone up his spine when Elenor ntioned ’disposing of him’.
Although a little late, he finally realized how crazy the silent attendant was. She was really ready to kill him.
"Gulp."
Zephyr felt as if he had just escaped death’s door. He slowly turned around.
Fortunately, just like Aurelia had said, there was a thin stone wall erected behind him. The wall had saved his life.
’The princess saved from her crazy maid.’
His nerves relaxed.
He was lucky. Next ti, even if his bladder explodes, he wouldn’t do the sa.
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