I Became the Maid of the Lout Prince - Chapter 71 [An Altered Future (2)]

 

The King Serpent.

A large boss monster in the form of a giant cobra.

In front of its overwhelming terror, Ethan was somehow enduring while standing firmly on his two legs.

Still holding his sword, he maintained his tension while making eye contact with the monster in front of him.

His body was already exhausted, the other soldiers had long since collapsed, and his strength and mana were completely drained.

In this situation, Ethan couldn’t even gauge how long he could last alone against this huge monster.

He had already rolled on the ground several times while narrowly dodging its attacks, so his body was accumulating quite a few injuries to match. [GalaxyTL/Axiomatic]

It wouldn’t be strange if he collapsed with the next attack due to a single careless mistake.

He no longer aimed for victory. The only thing Ethan could do was stall for as much time as possible.

Even though he knew there was no possibility of winning, Ethan stood up firmly on his two legs with his sword instead of sitting on the ground or running away.

The moment he fell, this huge monster would rush into the palace.

No, with this size, it might even break the palace itself.

The moment that happened, everyone else inside the palace would be in danger, and Lilith, who had been dragged to the masquerade ball because of his selfishness, would also be one of them.

For her sake, Ethan couldn’t collapse here.

 

“Huff, huff, huff…”

 

In this life-or-death situation, Ethan silently recalled Lilith’s face in his mind.

Her short black hair, round face, and really large breasts…

 

‘No, no, no…’

 

…Anyway, he recalled his exclusive maid, who was attractive in every way.

Of course, it wasn’t just Lilith’s beautiful appearance that made Ethan feel that she was special to him.

Her upright personality of not hesitating to sacrifice herself to protect others, her warm heart that always thought deeply and cared for him, and her attitude of not hesitating to give harsh words or shock therapy for his sake.

In many ways, Ethan felt considerable gratitude to her who had been by his side and assisted him for a long time.

…He had been aware for quite some time that he had come to harbor feelings for her that he shouldn’t have as an employer.

 

‘I can’t… haaaa… fall…. here.’

 

Gripping the hilt of his sword even tighter, Ethan took his stance once again.

He took his stance for the sake of protecting Lilith, who had already become an irreplaceable person to him.

 

“ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOAR!!!”

 

‘…Here it comes!’

 

The King Serpent bent its body again and rushed towards him with a loud scream.

Suppressing the instinct to dodge with all his might, Ethan watched its movements until the very end.

Just before it pounced on him, he twisted his body to the right and slightly raised his sword against the King Serpent.

 

Clang!

 

“ROOOAR!!!”

 

“Ugh…!”

 

The young master of the Blackwood family rolled on the ground once again, along with his sword that had grazed and bounced off the King Serpent’s left fang.

Although he hadn’t trained his swordsmanship for very long, the Blackwood swordsmanship he had learned from his father was certainly effective in many ways. [GalaxyTL/Axiomatic]

In addition, he squeezed out the last of his mana to wield body enhancement magic.

Above all, compared to the killing intent his father sincerely unleashed during practical training, the killing intent of the monster in front of him was barely tolerable, so Ethan was able to swing his sword at the right timing with maximum concentration.

Of course, physical strength was a separate issue, so he couldn’t avoid colliding with the monster and being thrown back as a result.

 

“Haa, haa, haa…”

 

The young Blackwood noble let out a tired sigh after rolling on the ground a couple of times.

The King Serpent wasn’t a lenient opponent to allow him time to recover.

The boss opened its huge maw again and rushed at Ethan, whose stance had crumbled.

 

“…!”

 

There wasn’t even time to get up. If he did, that giant maw would swallow him whole before he could take a stance.

Hadn’t several of the guards defending the western gate already been swallowed whole by that giant maw?

But he couldn’t take a proper defensive stance with his posture crumbled, so there was only one way left for Ethan to deal with it.

Before long, a sword flew through the air from his hand.

 

Whoosh!

 

“ROOOAR!!!”

 

After throwing the sword in his hand with all his might into the monster’s mouth, he rolled his body once again to dodge the attack.

Some might consider it a disgrace for a swordsman to throw away his sword, which was like his lifeline, and run away. However, Ethan’s father, Harold, always taught him one thing as the top priority.

If his life seemed to be in danger, whether it was throwing away his sword or rolling on the ground, the most important teaching of his father was to survive first.

Ethan also struggled to the very end to buy as much time as possible, following those words.

He succeeded in enduring a short time of a dozen or so seconds more.

 

Gulp!

 

“ROOOOOOOOAR!!!”

 

Soon, the monster screamed in pain after mistakenly swallowing Ethan’s sword and injuring the inside of its mouth.

Ethan thought it would be nice if it disappeared like this, startled by the pain, but the King Serpent showed no sign of backing down easily.

The monster spat out the sword in its mouth onto the ground and immediately rushed towards Ethan, who was rolling on the ground and trying to run away.

It’s as if it held a grudge against him for causing it pain.

 

“HISSSSSSSSSSSSS!”

 

‘…Is this……………. the end…………?’

 

Ethan, who had somehow avoided one more attack by rolling on the ground with his tired body, was eventually blocked by a dead end.

In the first place, he didn’t even have an ounce of strength left in him to wriggle his body any further. [GalaxyTL/Axiomatic]

Naturally, his stamina had also reached its limit after facing the Level 10 boss monster alone for nearly 10 minutes.

If the previous battles were included, it meant he had been swinging his sword for almost an hour without rest.

 

‘…I should have learned the sword a little earlier.’

 

If he had been a little stronger, he might have been able to somehow block this monster with his own power.

Perhaps he wouldn’t have had to see his fellow soldiers collapsing and being swallowed.

If only he hadn’t wasted time during his immature days, the situation would have been much better than now.

Just as he was about to quietly let his tired body rest, hoping that at least the others had safely evacuated.

 

“…Ethan!!!”

 

A longing voice reached his ears.

 

“…….Li….lith…?”

 

When he opened his eyes, thinking it might be her, the huge mouth of the King Serpent was approaching him.

Thinking it was indeed an auditory hallucination, he was about to give up and close his eyes again, when a strong impact sound struck his ears from close range.

 

Bam!

 

“…?!”

 

The mouth of the King Serpent that had just come to swallow him disappeared somewhere, and instead, what appeared before his eyes was something presumed to be someone’s calf.

Ethan quietly recalled in his mind that it couldn’t be Lilith’s calf, but suddenly, two large objects approached in front of his eyes.

Seeing those unmistakable objects, he momentarily felt his soul leaving his body.

 

“Ethan, are you okay?!”

“…”

“Oh my god, what injuries…! Don’t tell me you were fighting the King Serpent alone until now?!”

“…”

 

At Lilith’s voice sincerely worrying about him, Ethan couldn’t bring himself to answer and only silently nodded.

It also played a part that his body was so exhausted that he couldn’t even give a short answer.

Even though he was facing Lilith, who was worrying about him as soon as they reunited, he was too ashamed that his instincts had chased her breasts before her face.

In the midst of going back and forth between life and death, in the end, his gaze was drawn to his exclusive maid’s breasts.

The moment he felt that fact to be so embarrassing, he simply closed his eyes and silently apologized in his heart.

As soon as Seraphine and I arrived at the western gate, the first thing we naturally spotted was the King Serpent, presumed to be the boss monster.

The huge monster, which was almost 30-40 meters in length, was obviously noticeable as soon as we opened the western gate of the palace and went out.

It was rushing towards someone with its mouth wide open.

 

“Ethan!!!”

 

As soon as I saw him lying on the ground in a miserable state where the monster’s mouth was heading, his name naturally flew out of my mouth.

To think that it really was Ethan who had been defending the western gate line of defense…

I had somewhat expected it after hearing that Agnes had gone to the eastern gate, but even so, I couldn’t help but feel my emotions rise when I actually faced him.

No matter how much of a relationship between a noble and an exclusive maid we had, he was someone I had been with the closest for several years. [GalaxyTL/Axiomatic]

Although my feelings towards him were close to indifference, even so, when you spend time together, you naturally develop some affection.

At the very least, I didn’t want to see someone I had known for a long time dying right in front of my eyes.

Seeing Ethan about to be pounced on by the monster at any moment, my heart naturally became anxious.

Before I knew it, my mouth was urgently calling out to Seraphine, who was running while carrying me.

 

“Princess!”

“Yes, I know!”

 

Answering and putting me down on the ground at the same time, Seraphine ran towards the King Serpent.

The princess, with her golden hair shimmering in the moonlight, leaped and struck the monster’s head from the upper right.

She sent the side of the King Serpent’s head, which was about to pounce on Ethan at any moment, flying to its left with a flashy kick.

 

Bam!

 

“ROOOOOOOOAR!!!”

 

The monster, unable to close its wide-open maw, tilted its body to the side along with its head.

Fortunately, the Moonlight Shadow Princess’ surprise attack was effective against the King Serpent, and we succeeded in somehow saving Ethan’s life before he was in danger.

I ran to Ethan soon after to check his condition first.

 

“Ethan, are you okay?!”

“…”

 

With his appearance, looking dazed as if his soul had left his body, he was unable to even make eye contact with me.

Just how fierce of a battle did he fight? He didn’t just have one or two torn and bruised marks on his body.

If this was the extent of what was visible on the outside, how severe were the injuries he suffered underneath this thick suit?

As soon as I imagined the injuries that seemed obvious without even checking, my mouth was spilling out worried words towards Ethan on its own.

 

“Oh my god, these injuries…! Don’t tell me you were fighting the King Serpent alone until now?!”

“…”

 

Instead of answering, Ethan closed his eyes and quietly nodded his head.

Seeing that he didn’t even have the strength to utter words, just how grueling of a fight did he go through?

Just defending this front line up to this point, it was fair to say that Ethan had already done everything he could.

If it had been Agnes instead of Ethan in this position…

 

‘She definitely wouldn’t have lasted until now.’ 

 

It wasn’t about comparing who was stronger between Ethan and Agnes. Agnes’ magic attacks required a long casting time, so she wouldn’t put up a good fight against the King Serpent.

Still, one thing was certain.

Ethan had put his all into fighting the King Serpent until the very end, buying time for Seraphine to arrive at the western gate with me.

So, it was my turn to reward Ethan for enduring until now. [GalaxyTL/Axiomatic]

 

“Rest, Ethan.”

“…”

“The princess and I will take care of the rest.”

“…What?”

 

I somehow let him know that the time he had bought was never in vain.

The King Serpent reorganized its head that had flown off and rushed towards Seraphine and me.

Princess Seraphine made eye contact with me once and nodded.

Even without saying it, the plan was as good as decided. The Seraphine who had seen the future would match me anyway.

It was time to make the guy who had put our family’s kid in this state pay the price.