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The gaze I received was beyond my expectations.

With her mouth wide open, my mother watched me, who had been wearing the Victorian-era maid uniform given by my Goddess.

In contrast to my mother’s expression whose mouth was wide open, my father stood there silently and watched me intently.

"Sebastian..." My father called Sebastian and whispered something.

The small whisper showed my father’s interest in improving the Marquess Rommel family’s maid uniform to pay more attention to the charm and decoration that showed the honor of the Marquess Rommel family’s maids.

Sebastian seemed to think hard about this before he answered with a nod and his opinion about making a new uniform for the maids who working in the Marquess Rommel family.

The conversation resulted in a decision to imitate the design of the Victorian maid uniform I was wearing.

Apart from my father and mother who were curious about the maid uniform that I was wearing, Mio stared at me intently. Her gaze seemed to be paying attention to every detail left out by my Maid uniform that needed a special touch such as the Marquess Rommel family crest decoration on the left pocket of my Maid uniform.

"It’s very neat, did Lily-sama do sew it with such an extraordinary level of precision?" Mio’s small murmur was heard by me.

Honestly, this came from one of the Alchemist tools that my Goddess mentioned as a modern sewing machine. I’ve heard that modern sewing machines can produce Maid uniforms like this in a matter of minutes.

If I can use that Alchemist tool, can I distribute this Victoria Maid uniform as the main uniform for the Maid who works at the Marquess Rommel’s main residence?

I need to consult with my Goddess again for personal matters like this.

Now... I just want to let Sebastian try to study the Maid uniform that I’m wearing.

"Is there something wrong?" I asked while paying attention to my attitude politely as a noble wearing a Maid uniform.

My Goddess must be watching me in this role-play.

Being a polite and elegant maid turned out to be very difficult.

If I had known this would happen, I might have given up on it and chosen to work cleaning my private room wearing my casual clothes.

My formal tone and attitude had made Sebastian mutter a little about the suitability of my attitude as a Maid who fulfilled Maid etiquette.

Sebastian whispered about training to re-educate the Maids who worked in the main mansion by prioritizing the manners of a Maid who was full of honor.

I didn’t expect that wearing this Maid Victoria uniform would cause a big change in my residence.

In addition, Alice, Alyssa, Princess Anastasia, and Hana watched every movement of my body.

They were still silent without daring to interrupt Father and Mother’s conversation.

With smooth movements and filled with elegance, I bowed at a certain angle according to the Maid etiquette taught by my Goddess.

Bowing and pulling the skirt of my Maid uniform as a sign of respect for them.

"Does this Maid Victoria uniform suit me?" I asked them.

The respect I gave them seemed to have given them a psychological attack that made them speechless.

Including my father and mother who were stunned when they saw me playing the role of a maid perfectly.

"Truly amazing, this is the honor and elegance that a maid who works at Marquess Rommel’s residence should have!" the voice filled with passion came from Sebastian.

"With all due respect, Marquess Rommel. We must establish this rule to show that maids who want to work at Marquess Rommel’s residence must adhere to the manners shown by Lily-sama!" the burning passion that did not disappear continued to come out of Sebastian’s body. His body which had been eaten away by age suddenly regained his spirit like when he was young.

"Oh, Lily-sama, thank you for giving me enlightenment about the shortcomings of our maids. All this time I thought that the butlers who worked perfectly always overlapped with the manners of our maids who seemed ordinary. After seeing this, I will immediately make a new rule with the Head Maid to implement the renewal of the Maid etiquette rules."

My gut feeling told me that Sebastian was going to do something unnecessary.

But I had to stay calm so as not to let it slip because the Head Maid who managed all the Maids in Marquess Rommel’s residence looked a little scary when it came to troublesome activities.

"My ears feel hot when there is something related to troublesome activities," far behind me, I could hear the voice of an adult woman who was not enthusiastic.

An adult woman wearing a Head Maid uniform with a sleepy look in her eyes was walking towards the main entrance of Marquess Rommel.

"Madam Marchioness Amagi, I heard that you were looking for me to do something that requires my touch. Is that true?"

The Head Maid’s destination was my mother who took care of her main task in managing Marquess Rommel’s household.

"Pyra, have you arrived? Have you finished the previous work?" replied my mother with her arms crossed when she saw the Head Maid who was part of her personal maids had approached and stood beside her.

"Not yet, since when can my work be finished? Isn’t there always troublesome work that requires my touch every day?" replied the Head Maid named Pyra with her indifferent attitude that didn’t care about the etiquette as a Head Maid who was directly facing my mother.

"Good! Exactly! Now please open the main door of our mansion to welcome the owner home," my mother who also acted indifferently gave an order that made Pyra click her tongue.

"Can I refuse it? I want to sleep after three days and three nights of not sleeping to prepare for the sudden return of Marquess Rommel’s family."

"..."

"..."

Of course, this kind of attitude made everyone silent when the Head Maid openly wanted to reject my mother’s request as her Master.

"That funny, can you refuse it? Now do as I say," replied my mother with a warm smile.

"Tch! Can I quit my position as Head Maid instead of working without sleep like this?"

"Eh? Sleep? Didn’t you sign an agreement not to sleep while carrying out the orders I gave?" replied my mother while maintaining her warm smile.

The Head Maid’s gaze shifted to one of her co-workers who was also my mother’s personal maid.

"It’s not fair if she doesn’t do the same workload as me!" Pyra grumbled with an annoyed gaze directed at one of my mother’s personal maids who was on duty.

"What do you mean, Pyra? I also have the same workload as you. Compared to you, I have to go deliver messages for other maids’ field assignments whose whereabouts are hard to find. Even for... ohh... I almost let slip that I told our Black Maid unit who is on duty in another kingdom," replied one of my mother’s personal maids who almost let slip about their status as Black Maids who work behind the scenes.

Hearing the conversation that began to leak secret information about Marquess Rommel’s Black Maid unit, my mother immediately took out her fan as a warning.

Sraakkk...

"So, are you going to open the door or not?" my mother asked Pyra.

"As you wish, my master..." Pyra had given in to this conversation and chose to carry out the task given by my mother.

Klaaakkk...

"Huh? This door seems to be held back by something from the inside," said Pyra who had pulled the doorknob and was trying to push the main mansion entrance.

"That’s why I need your help, Pyra," like a Master who handed over all her duties to her Maid, my Mom smiled shamelessly after making her Maid inflate the invisible weight.

"Can I destroy the door?"

"Your salary will be deducted for repair costs."

"Tch! That’s so unfair!"

Seeing the unique interaction between my Mom and her Maid, almost made me laugh out loud. Luckily I could still maintain my expressionless face so as not to laugh.

Twuutt...

Tuuttt...

My cheek was suddenly touched by Ciel who had been standing beside me without me realizing it.

"Nee-sama, I can smell a slime monster behind that door," said Ciel which caught everyone’s attention, including Pyra who was trying hard to open the main door of the mansion.

"Can you feel it too, Sia?" I asked Sia who suddenly appeared from beside me.

Without Ciel’s presence to show her position, I barely felt the presence of Sia who had been standing beside me without making a sound.

It seemed that I had to open the second Tier of Mio’s ability to feel the thin presence of Ciel and Sia.

For the time being, I closed my eyes to feel the presence of monsters around me.

Whether my ability was dull or I didn’t feel any signs of danger at all, I didn’t feel the presence of the slime monster behind the main door of the mansion.

"You shouldn’t be reckless in breaking down the door because the monster inside is a high-level Stealth Slime," Ciel continued, wiggling her tail and touching my arm.

"Stealth slime, huh?" I said while remembering the information about the monster.

In the book I once read, stealth slime is a slime that is in a high-level dungeon and acts as the last food chain holder. Some Dungeon Masters use stealth slime to clean up the carcasses of monsters that have been defeated by adventurers to keep their dungeons clean from the smell of corpses.

"Stealth slime, that’s a troublesome opponent," I said while changing my body into a nine-tailed fox girl.

When I changed into a nine-tailed slime, my nose became more sensitive and my other presence detectors actively found the location of the stealth monster that was blocking the main entrance of the mansion.

My sudden body change caught all attention again, my nine fox tails that were snaking around seemed to match Ciel’s movements.

"Nee-sama, do you want to hunt them?" Ciel asked with a smile on her face.

"Yes," I replied briefly as I stepped towards the main door of the mansion.

With a kick of my foot that destroyed the entrance, I started the stealth slime hunt!

With my sword in hand and my sharp sense of smell as a fox girl, I have declared war on the stealth slime.

The mass of slime that was destroyed by my hard kick that destroyed the entrance has caused a commotion. Especially with Earl Timoti’s soldiers who have been standing alertly watching the situation.

Bamm...

Katakata...

"Lily-sama, we will help you hunt that troublesome stealth slime. Maybe our abilities are not much but we have grown a lot after hunting monsters in the forest of Marquess Rommel’s territory. This troublesome monster, we will hunt it without mercy!" said Earl Timoti who suddenly moved his soldiers to hunt the stealth slime.

I wanted to hunt personally.

But... Earl Timoti’s sudden action raised the morale to hunt the stealth slime.

Uhh, should I be grateful for his actions?