The beast tamer exiled from the hero’s party and the cat eared girl from the strongest race meet
“Meow~♪”
It had been a long time since we were last home.
The moment we stepped inside, Kanade dove straight onto the living room sofa.
“Ahh, the nostalgic smell of our home!”
“Why are you saying it’s nostalgic? That’s our line.”
“But still, I did stay in the royal capital for a while.”
“Well… I guess I get that.”
We’ve been going out quite often…
Lately, we haven’t spent much time at home, but even so, this place is precious to us.
It’s like… having a home is what lets us keep going, and it’s also the place filled with everyone’s memories.
Just knowing there’s somewhere to return to makes me feel like I can always regain my energy.
“Still…”
Even though we were gone for quite some time, it doesn’t look very dirty?
If anything, it feels clean.
Everyone seemed to notice it too, tilting their heads in confusion.
“Isn’t it kind of clean?”
“That is strange. Sora and the others should have been away for quite a while…”
“I think Kanade and the others were here for some time, but still, they stayed in the royal capital for a fair bit too…”
As if someone had been here just yesterday, the entire house was spotless.
Sparkling clean.
It really felt like someone had been cleaning every day, but we were all in the royal capital… so what was going on?
“Fufufu.”
Suddenly, a bold voice rang out.
The owner of that voice was… Tina.
“It looks like the time has finally come to reveal our hidden power.”
“W-What!?”
Sora and Luna played along enthusiastically.
“I’ve always thought about it. Just like Rain said, we leave the house pretty often. Every time, it gets dirty. I don’t like that! As a maid, I can’t just overlook it!”
“That’s true, it’s better when it’s clean.”
“But isn’t that unavoidable?”
“Turning the unavoidable into something avoidable—that’s how humanity has always progressed!”
“Ooooh.”
Rifa clapped her hands.
If you’re impressed, at least stop looking so expressionless.
“I thought and thought, researched again and again… and finally, I completed it! Behold, the result!”
Tina pointed ahead, and there…
“Pyaa!? Th-the broom and the rag are moving by themselves…?”
“Grrr… woof, woof!”
Just as Finia said, the broom and the rag were moving even though nobody was using them.
The broom swept the floor, while the rag wiped the windows and shelves.
Faced with that bizarre sight, Finia trembled, and Sakura barked as if shouting, “Is it an enemy!?”
“Could it be… are you controlling them with magic?”
“You noticed right away, as expected of Iris. You’ve got a sharp eye.”
“Please don’t say it like you found a particularly fresh fish…”
“But still… that’s amazing.”
“Is this magic? Hmmm… I’ve never seen or even heard of such magic.”
“Strictly speaking, it’s more like ghost power than magic. By infusing them with mana, they carry out the actions I preset.”
“So that’s how the house stayed clean even when we weren’t here.”
“Isn’t this… no matter how you look at it, a huge invention?”
Kanade was right. It was an incredible invention.
Developing magic unknown even to the spirit race was no easy feat.
“Tina, how did you even come up with this? I’m curious.”
“Hmm… explaining it in detail is kinda hard. I’m the type who moves on intuition and acts on inspiration. I just fiddled around based on my instincts, and before I knew it, it was done.”
“Honestly, that’s amazing…”
“I thought Tina was just another muscle-brain like Kanade.”
“Hey, why am I getting treated so badly lately!?”
“Fufufu, you can praise me more if you want~”
Having been praised, Tina puffed out her chest proudly.
“Tina, you’re amazing. Sora respects you.”
“Indeed. I never imagined someone would surpass me in magic. You’re incredible.”
“Um…”
“Tina… amazing.”
“Amazing, cool, the strongest!”
“T-Tina, unlike someone like me, you’re really, really amazing…!”
“Ugh…”
The sparkling gazes of the younger girls.
Receiving them, Tina faltered.
She had worked hard.
But was it really okay to make little girls admire her so much?
Didn’t that somehow make her a bad adult?
With such thoughts, she wore a conflicted expression.
“Woof! Arf arf… whine.”
“Ahhh, even the dog is respecting me!? Stop it—don’t look at me like that!? I only said you could praise me on a whim!?”
Tina crouched down, clutching her head, writhing in embarrassment.
Watching her, Kanade tilted her head in confusion.
“Why is Tina so embarrassed?”
“Because she’s a maid, perhaps?”
“Iris, what do you mean?”
“For a maid, no matter what she does, it’s considered only natural. It’s something she’s expected to do. So when she gets praised for what should be normal, it probably makes her feel awkward.”
“I seeee.”
Being a maid sure is complicated.
Thinking that, we looked at Tina with gentle, sympathetic eyes.
“Stop looking at me like that too!?”
“Ah, sorry.”
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