That Time I Started A Life In Another World

A Maid's Perspective

Cylob came back, but since returning he hasn't been the same.

He hasn't been helping with any of the chores, which means that he isn't getting any practice time with Wilhelm.

He just trains by himself all the day. Sometimes he trains in the backyard. Sometimes he trains outside the Capital. Sometimes we just completely lose sight of him. There's no knowing where he will go next.

Nobody is quite sure what happened for him to change like this... except for Crusch-sama. I've seen how she looks at him and this situation as a whole, so there's no way she knows nothing. Maybe Wilhelm-san knows too, but I'm not sure about him.

I for sure don't.

It's been... weird.

Even though he wasn't that cheerful, he at least made others cheer up.

But now... it's like he has only one goal in mind. He doesn't even try to interact with others as that would interfere with whatever he's doing.

It hurt to see him like this...

...

I can read him quite well. Is this why Crusch-sama put me in charge of looking after him?

Yes. I was supposed to be looking after him.

To be honest, I don't even know how to look after him.

I've asked Crusch, Wilhelm and the other workers, but they had no answer for me.

He doesn't want to be looked after either.

Every time I've tried to 'look after' him, he would just say something along the lines: "There's no need to worry about me. If you have to take care of me, then use that time to take care of yourself. You would just be wasting your time on me."

Most people would be surprised at his kindness, but I wasn't.

It was his kindness that made him stand out in the first place, so it wasn't surprising that even in his darkest times he would care about other people.

...

Maybe he actually cares too much about other people.

Kindness is a virtue, but it's also a poison.

And if you can't handle the amount of poison you're putting in your body, well... you're going to break.

And I can see that exact thing happening with Cylob-san.

He's slowly but surely breaking under the poison that he puts in himself.

Now that I think about it, has he ever gotten truly angry?

Sure, he's gotten angry when other people do stupid things, but has he ever let himself and his emotions run wild?

...

I'm 99% sure he hasn't.

But the problem is... I can't do anything. I'm just a maid after all. A maid shouldn't overstep her boundaries. And my job is important to me, so I can't lose it by doing something as silly as overstepping my boundaries.

I mustn't lose my job.

Nevertheless, since I have been ordered to take care of him, I have been trying to make him more lively. Even if that sometimes involves doing something he doesn't want me to do.

That includes this evening.

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The moon is shining brightly. So brightly, in fact, that you could clearly see everything.

Even the darkest of corners and alleys were illuminated by this blue hue.