Re:START/If {Book 1.0}
Chapter 56: Aswad 3 of 15 “To Feel” (Part 04)
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Like normal days, the sun rises and a new morning comes in peace. The sky was a little cloudy, the wind was blowing coldly from the sea towards the coastal city with a distinctive smell of earth and dust before the rain. The new morning feels a little quieter than yesterday, the clouding of the sky and the cool air in the morning makes most people a little reluctant to get up or get out of their homes.
Even so, an economic routine runs as usual in the city. Merchants, whether from within or outside the city, they peddled merchandise in the business district with all their zeal. The traffic was not too crowded, not only because it was cloudy but because most people were going to church to do mass. Only people from outside the city and a few guards were still visible in the corners of the district street.
Now it's almost more than 09:00, the sunrise is covered in cloud cloud so it looks like it's still dawn. Inside the second floor of the Ordoxi Nigrum shop building, Mavis lay on the tail-tailed Fiola who was sitting quietly on the floor. The blond woman slept soundly in the fine blanket of Huli Jing's feathers, she curled up and made one of Fiola's tails her bolster pillow.
Glancing at her master, Fiola only smiled slightly and began to sigh as he could not sleep or move from the spot at all. Recalling what happened last night after moving into the store using the power of a man named Matthew, Fiola felt that there were indeed many things that Odo had done without his knowledge.
Last night, after reaching the store, Odo quickly directed the people who had been waiting for him. As if he had planned this from the beginning, he brought Di’in and Ra’an to let them both sleep in the room on the third floor until they recovered. After that, the young man with black hair continued to explain some things related to the two Moloia people who will also be his employees.
For Mavis herself, Odo had actually provided a room on the third floor for her to sleep with Nanra and Fiola. But for some reason, the blonde woman preferred to sleep on the second floor with Huli Jing her trust and ended up in the present situation.
“Eng, where can I sleep this way ...” Fiola who sat down cross-legged could only put a flat look on Mavis. Although Huli Jing had high vitality and did not require much rest, but after using Divine Mode she was quite tired and mentally wanted to rest.
“Eng ..., Fiola? Is it morning?”
Mavis woke up from Fiola's tail, kept hugging one of Huli Jing's tails with her right hand and started rubbing her eyes. Looking to the right and left, the blonde woman immediately realized that she was not in the Mansion.
“Good morning, Madam.” Fiola was shepherding a smile with his limp face.
“Hmm ...” Mavis immediately got up, tidied up her clothes and stepped out of the circle of Fiola's tail-tails that she had made her bed. Feeling that her clothes were too tangled from being taken to sleep, the blonde woman put on a grim face and complained, “Should have been before here I brought a change of clothes ..”.
“Oh, if it ...” Fiola shook his head to get rid of the pouch slightly and immediately got up, then stretched his body and tail for a moment. He immediately pointed towards one of the work desks in the room, then put on a thin smile and said, “So Mr. Odo put on a change of clothes for Madam, then, said it was a uniform belonging to one of the nuns who served in the Main Church.”
“Hmm?” Mavis let go of the tail she was hugging and turned her head quickly, gave a sharp look at Fiola and asked, “Odo is up? Why didn't you tell me from earlier?!”
“Ha-Ease ...” Fiola looked away and threw out his reason, “You slept very well. I have not seen the Madam sleep so long, so ...”
Mavis took a deep breath, looked away and did not bother about it. The body of the blonde woman began to feel itchy from sleeping on top of the hairy spot, with a look of uneasiness he walked over to the table that Fiola had previously pointed at to see the clothes neatly folded over the place.
What was available differed from Mavis' expectations, it was simply a simple garment commonly used by purists who served in the church. Alba, Amik, and Singel, these three things are indeed vestments that are often used when worshiping, but still for Mavis the quality looks too low.
“Huh ...” While holding the surface of the clothes available to her, the blonde woman put on a trivial expression and complained, “The fabric even feels very fragile and there is absolutely no ornament—”
Mavis' words stopped, he remembered last night's talk about equality and differences in the mindset of the upper class. His mouth that wanted to complain slowly closed, then without arguing or cursing the original owner of the clothes he began to pick it up and look at the vestment carefully.
“Fiola ..” While carrying Alba, Mavis turned towards that Huli Jing and in a friendly tone asked, “Can you please help me wear this?”
Fiola was at first glance surprised to see the expression of his master, in his mind he felt that Mavis would definitely complain when he saw the clothes of the lower class provided for him. Little considering the conversation last night, the kimono-clad woman felt that Odo had really managed to influence Mavis.
“Of course, Mistress ...”
Although he understood this, in Huli Jing's mind it was not a bad thing. As long as Mavis can smile and not grim anymore as before Odo Luke was born, such a change can be accepted with a chesty air.
Fiola walked over, then with the story saying, “Do not need to take a shower first? On the first floor there is a bathroom, Madam can use it. Must be the body of the Madam is also itching, right?”
“Eng ...” At first glance Mavis put on a dislike expression, she put Alba back on the table and turned her eyes away with a frown. Glancing small at his loyal servant, the blonde-haired lady asked, “It must have been used by everyone in this place, ‘kan?”
“Maybe ..” Fiola's move came to a halt, recalling what Odo said when he left his change of clothes. Pointing up his index finger and putting on a slightly stiff expression, Huli Jing replied, “Saying Odo is the only bathroom in this place.
“Then ...”
Mavis untied the coiled red cloth belt on the waist, then began to remove the green vest of her toska and put it all on the table. He also removed the green crystal earrings, then placed them on top of the pile of clothes. But when he removed the white bracelet on his right arm, he placed it on the palm and began to channel Mana into the magic tool.
Gazing towards Fiola and handing it to him, Mavis said, “Wear this and use water attribute magic to cleanse my body, it should be that the accuracy of your magic control will increase with this tool.”
Fiola was briefly stunned, staring at Mavis with a surprised expression. Although the lighting in the room only comes from the crystals of lights hung in the corner of the room and the window is still tightly closed, That Huli Jing could clearly see some of the exposed parts of Mavis' skin.
Fiola immediately looked away with a reddened face, covered his mouth with his palms and his gaze as if swimming to and fro looking at every corner of Mavis' body which was only covered in a thin roped dress. Unknowingly, the Huli Jing activated her Inner Eye and touched Mavis' body with her vision.
“Ba-Well, Mistress ...”
Fiola shook his head and stopped the strange behavior. Taking a deep breath, he calmed down and tried to resist the urge. He immediately put on the received bracelet, a little look reluctant to stare at Mavis' body and her breathing began to heavy. For some reason, her instincts as Huli Jing began to strengthen upon seeing the pale complexion of the blonde woman before her.
“In retrospect, you never helped me change clothes, huh?”
Mavis took off her dress, it came down quickly to the floor and the blonde woman was completely naked right in front of Fiola. After unbinding her hair and making it break loose, Mavis stretched her hands forward and put on a knotty smile while saying, “Please do it quickly and gently. You can use water attribute magic to cleanse the body, ‘kan?”
Blood flowed out from Fiola's nose, his face completely flushed like a ripe tomato in the garden. Immediately wiping the nosebleed, with the body trembling and holding back his desire, the Huli Jing used water attribute magic to wash Mavis' body without having to wet the floor or any surrounding places.
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After cleaning his body and changing his clothes, Mavis came out of the room and went down the stairs that were printed next to the store building. The black riba is fringed to the ankles, the Singel strap is coiled around the waist as a belt, and the white Ambik is tied together a knot around the shoulders and neck as a cover of the passage. Wearing all of that, the blonde woman came down the stairs gracefully. The cold wind blew, making her blond hair flutter beautifully like strands of golden thread.
The Light Witch's beauty caught the attention of a few passersby in front of the store, stopped her footsteps and stared in amazement at the figure. Not caring about them or just looking over, Mavis immediately went down the stairs with Fiola to meet his son who might be on the first floor of the shop.
The two figures were like figures descending from the sky with his servants, emitting a noble aura that stunned everyone when they saw the two figures. So graceful, dignified, sublime, and holy impressed. When down the last rung of stairs and resting on the ground with his shoes, the attention of the people did not stop and instead more and more gathered.
Neither Fiola nor Mavis, they did not care about it at all because it had become a natural thing for them to come out of the residence or be seen by someone other than those who lived in the Mansion. He walked towards the slightly open door, then momentarily took a slightly restless breath.
Opening the shop door and stepping inside with Fiola, the blonde-haired woman immediately looked for the figure of her son. But looking at every corner in the room, he did not see Odo at all. Mavis could see only a few people like Elulu, Matthew, Arca and his two Butlers, and two Moloia women who were taken to the store last night by his son.
Arca was sitting and busy taking care of the pile of documents on the table with her two men, while Elulu and Matthew were seen standing seriously explaining some things to Di’in and Ra’an who were sitting in front of them. The attention of Mavis and Fiola immediately focused on the two women from Moloia, they stared confusedly and wondered what they were both explaining.
“Looks like Mr. Odo isn't around, Madam. Do I need to ask them?”
But before he could ask, the attention of everyone in the room immediately turned to Mavis and Fiola as the two people stepped in. The statue quickly got up from the seat, staring in disbelief until both eyes opened and the mouth gaped wide.
“Lady ... Mavis?”
How to call the statue jolt makes Mavis turn to the eldest son of the Rein family. When Mavis realized it, she immediately grabbed her own face and made sure that her makeup was completely gone when she washed the body on the second floor. He anxiously looked back, looking at the people who had started to gather outside out of curiosity.
“It looks like this is very urgent, Fiola ...”
“Ah, I also think like that, Mistress ...”
Huli Jing also just remembered, if the employer came to the city with her disguise using a special powder makeup on the face. He immediately closed the main door of the store to dispel the attention of the people outside, then confusedly looked at the people inside the store who seemed to want an explanation.
Although Fiola remembered to use transformation magic and hide the nine foxes, he really did not remember that Mavis had to hide her identity when she came to the city so as not to attract the attention of people. Taking a deep breath, the black-brown woman felt that everything had been planned for Odo while putting on a change of clothes for Mavis.
Arca immediately stepped foot and left her job, faced the blonde woman and asked again, “Are you Lady Mavis right? The Light Witch?”
Mavis just put on a calm expression, kept her guard down and replied, “That's right, I am Mavis Luke .... It's a long time we haven't seen each other, Calista's son. If not wrong, since a visit to the Rein residence a few years ago ...”
The answer made Arca and the people in the room surprised, except Fiola who could only sigh when he heard that. Mavis looked seriously at her eldest son Rein before her, then stepped closer and asked, “Did you see my son? Where the hell's he going? Why isn't he here?”
Mavis did not care at all about the confusion of Arca and the others. He looked seriously and focused only on his own son, really curious now where Odo was. Gaining the gaze, Arca stepped back and honestly replied, “Bu-Not him Odo previously climbed upstairs with Nanra? A-Did she not meet you?”
The answer made Mavis and Fiola flinch. If indeed Odo Luke did not return to the first floor after putting down a change of clothes, then the young man with black hair had left since early dawn before Mavis woke up. Without thinking twice, the blonde woman immediately turned around and was about to head out to look for her son.
“Tu-Wait a minute, Master!” call Arca.
The blonde woman stopped, turned her head and while giving a sharp look asked, “What's wrong?”
“Be-Means ... You're the same person as that woman who came here yesterday with Odo?”
“Ya, that's true ...” Mavis at a glance put on a thin smile that seemed stiff, looked straight and replied, “You know, his son Calista. How could I possibly let my son go looking for danger again after what happened, right? Of course he needs to be watched ...”