Free Web NovelChapter 18: The Most Painful Success
The sun rises above the horizon, shining the light of a new dawn upon the citizens of the Royal Capital. Loraine lied upon her bed, still dressed in her maid uniform as the white haired maiden forgot to change out of her clothes due to the exhaustion she faced yesterday, but honestly she didn’t care either way, figuring that she would probably just use [Cleanse] on herself to get rid of the sweat that stained her clothing.
[Ding! Your Daily Quest Has Arrived!]
The system notification rang in her ears, a tired groan escaping her lips as she tossed and turned in her bedroom, exhaustion still present in her body as she didn’t want to get up at all today. Not after the hell she went through in her previous day.
"Just...a few more minutes..." Loraine mumbled in her sleep, drool leaking from her mouth as she tossed in her bed once more, unknowingly rolling towards the edge of the bed, landing face first onto the floor and finally snapping her into reality.
"Ow ow ow! Damn it!" She groaned in pain as she held her face, checking to see if she had broken her nose from the fall. "Starting the day with a kiss to the floor wasn’t on my to-do list." She said with a sarcastic tone, pushing herself off the floor as she pressed her hand against her chest and cast [Cleanse], wiping off all the sweat and grime present on her clothes and rendering them brand new once more.
’I almost forgot how convenient this Skill was, heck, with a skill as useful I might not need to take baths anymore.’ She thought to herself, but the thought immediately disgusted her a second later as she didn’t want to perceived as a weirdo, not when her reputation was already below the dirt.
"On second though...nevermind." She muttered under her breath, shaking her head with a disgusted look on her face before turning to see the system screen displaying today’s daily quests.
Thankfully, the quests were the same as the previous day’s, so she didn’t have to do anything particularly new, which was a massive relief, as she wasn’t looking forward to the idea of doing something random everyday.
’Margret and the others would probably have found it weird as it isn’t a part of my schedule.’ Loraine thought, breathing a sigh of relief as she stepped out of her room and made her way towards the bathroom to go get herself cleaned up, as even though she was technically clean, she still wanted to retain some form of her dignity.
’I can’t let magic get in the way of mundane tasks...’
___________________
Emerging from the bathroom, Loraine has finally freshened up and felt clean once more, her maid outfit adorning her form as she took the liberty to clean the toilets while she was already there, and thankfully this time around her eyes weren’t brutally mortified by the hands of a disgusting sight.
’Cleaning feels a lot easier, I guess this has to do with the fact that my skills have levelled up, and that in turn leads me to getting better control over my abilities.’ Loraine thought with a smile, clutching her broom as she began to sweep through the halls of the mansion grounds.
’As long as I’m not breaking anything...’
While somewhat still challenging, Loraine felt her ability to control the strokes of her broom improve, even if it was only a little bit. The verocity of the hurricanes created from the strokes weren’t as violent as it was before, but it was still pretty strong and difficult to control.
She then went ahead and proceeded to finish the rest of her needed tasks in order, and much faster than the day before.
"[Cleanse]!" Loraine shouted the skill’s name, the bright explosion enveloping her body as the grime and dirt of catering to the garden was immediately eviscerated, a pleased smile adorning her lips as she had learned to expect the bright flash of light, feeling happy that her eyes didn’t have to get nearly blinded this time around.
"Alright, all that leaves for today is the study, and I should get my rewards for the day. Since I completed my tasks faster than before, I might have time to go see Sarah earlier today." Loraine muttered to herself in contemplation, making her into the mansion as she walked through the corridors, the other maids finally emerging from their bedrooms as they laid their eyes on her.
’Shit...’ Loraine thought, a nervous expression on her face as she gulped, watching silently as they fiercely glared at her, hatred radiating from their forms like a searing iron.
’Ugh, I don’t have time for this. Perhaps I can try and talk to them?’
"H-hey..." Loraine greeted with a small smile, "Good morning...?" She said, though the maids didn’t immediately respond, choosing to ignore her failed attempt at a greeting as they walked past her, leaving an annoyed Loraine alone to bite her lip in a mist of embarrassment and annoyance.
’Well fuck you too then!’ She silently cursed inwardly, rolling her eyes as she made her way towards the mansion’s study, she now knew to never try something as embarrassing like that again. freeweɓnovel.cøm
The door to the study creaked open slowly, as Loraine entered the library as silently as she could, closing the door behind her in a soft click as she surveyed the area for a moment, her eyes wandering over the shelves and all around the room.
"Sigh...let’s find that damn [Skill Book] and acquire that skill already." She spoke, pushing herself off the door as she walked towards the bookshelf, her eyes scanning through the rows of books for a moment before she finally found it.
She stood there for a moment, glancing behind her to see the ladder she had used yesterday to place the book back up there, a thought brewing in her mind at the skill she discovered she possessed yesterday. A dangerous thought brewing in her mind.
Her skills had levelled up, and that helped her a lot in mastering her skills, one of those skills being [Magical Grasp], as she was confident that now that she had some levels in that Skill, that perhaps things wouldn’t go as bad as she had theorized?
"[Magical Grasp]!!" Loraine shouted, stretching her hand towards the [Skill Book], her coated in a bright cloak of Mana as the book on the shelf glowed brightly, highlighting that she had selected it successfully.
"Oh..." Loraine blinked in confusion, nervously tilting her head to the side as she had expected things to go very horribly. "This isn’t as bad as I initially thought. Now....just gotta get the book down here...." Loraine muttered.
"Gently....very gently..." She whispered to herself, her mind working overtime to focus on shifting lifting the book off the shelf in a gentle manner, the [Skill Book] beginning to float in the air majestically.
’Holy...shit...I’m...I’m actually doing it!’ Loraine thought in awe, her mouth agape for a moment before a crazed grin formed on her face, her heart pumping with sheer adrenaline as she focused on gently floating the book towards her, not accounting for just how gentle she had to be.
As the 10x effect of her [Mystic Amplification] dragged the book toward her with a force she hadn’t expected, the book quickly gained velocity at lightning speeds and blasting towards her with the force of a hammer.
[-20 HP] ƒгeewёbnovel.com
With the book slamming into her face and knocking her backwards, a pained cry tearing from her throat as she fell to the floor, her hands clutching her face as she rolled around in pain.
"God damn it....not again..."
