16 The Perfect Maid Daily Live
WARNING: FROM THIS POINT ONWARD, I HAVEN'T EDITED THE CHAPTER UNTIL CHAPTER 32.
-Morning, SDM-
-Sakuya's POV-
I opened my eyes.
I get up from my bed and start surveying my room.
A wooden chair and table, a wardrobe, a hanger with a maid uniform on it, a wall mirror, and my silver knife collection.
Everything is in their place.
I materialize my pocket watch in my hand.
It's 8.00 AM, one hour after I went sleeping
'Good.' I satisfied with the time.
With my line of work, I only need that much time to rest to be in perfect condition.
I stopped the time and start changing my clothes.
A few moments later I stand in front of the mirror, checking if there's no abnormality with my appearance while wearing my maid uniform.
'Perfect, now let's start cleaning the mansion.' I satisfied with what I saw.
And with that I start my duty as the head maid of the Scarlet Devil Mansion.
In the kitchen, I made breakfast for people inside the mansion, except mistress because she's asleep at this hour.
I place the food on the food trolley and start delivering it toward every resident of the mansion, except the fairies of course; they have their own snack time.
First stop, the mansion gate.
I arrive at the entrance door. Since the food trolley can't go with the park stairs, I carry the food tray myself to the mansion gate instead.
Right now time is stopped because it will keep the food warm until I delivered them to everyone.
And here I'm, beside our frozen gatekeeper.
"…Did she sleeping while standing?"
Our gatekeeper, Hong Meiling, have her eyes half closed when the time stopped so that's why she look sleepy right now.
"*sigh* only one way to find out about it then." I said with 'it can't be helped' expression.
I resume the time.
"Meiling." I called out to her.
"I'M DOING MY WORK! I ABSOLUTELY NOT SLEEPING ON A JOB SAKUYA-SAN!" yelled Meiling while straightening her pose.
"…"
"…"
Both of us staring at each other. I gave my sketchy stare at Meiling, while she's having cold sweat as she's standing straight.
"…Here's your breakfast and after that take care of garden like always."
"O course! Leave it to me, Sakuya-san!" she said with confident voice.
'…Well, at least she's doing her work.'
I gave her the food and then go back to the mansion.
Next stop, the Underground Library.
I open the door to the library and push the trolley in.
The Library was made from Mistress Magician friend magic book collection, Miss Patchouli is her name , while the big space for the room provided by my space control ability. My ability also responsible for massive space expansion inside the mansion that should not be logically possible to happen.
Amid hundreds of the bookshelf I keep walking in the walk path of the library until I found a clearing.
Miss Patchouli usually can be found inside this clearing of the library, but right now there's an unique situation going on in this clearing.
"Oh my…" I said surprised.
Miss Patchouli looking at her assistant, the Succubus, Koakuma with surprised expression. Mean while, Koakuma carrying a giant stack of books that will fall toward Miss Patchouli while having panicked expression, I concluded that Miss Patchouli will be buried with hundreds of books that's in her surrounding if this situation is not defused.
"Guess Miss Patchouli lucky with the timing of my time world." I said relievely.
And again, right now time is stopped, that's why I can witness this unique situation.
"Right then, let's fix this situation."
First, I move Koakuma and Patchouli to save location, after that I collect the to-be-fall books and then placed all of them neatly on the ground.
"With that, the crisis has been averted." I said with satisfied tone.
I resume the flow of time.
"Patchouli-sama, look out!...eh?"
"Wha-?!...Mu?"
Both of them look confused while sitting on the ground.
"Here is your breakfast, Miss Patchouli." I said after I placed the food on top of the now empty table.
They turn to look at me, as soon as they did that, they understand what just happen.
"I see, so Sakuya-san saved us!" Said Koakuma happily.
"…I appreciate your help, Sakuya." Patchouli said her thanks to me..
"I accept your gratitude, Miss Patchouli, I knew if that happen, it will trigger the asthma." I said as I lightly bow at her.
"Yes, and if that happen, it will become troublesome…" Patchouli looks down when she imagine the different result.
"If that's all, I will continue to distribute all of the breakfast."I said my good bye and stop the time as I leave.
Last stop, the Young Mistress Room.
Young Mistress Room is in the underground floor, just some time ago she always lock up in here but after certain encounter, Mistress allowed her to go out but only around the mansion, but still she look more happy than before.
I arrive at Young Mistress Room.
I place the food trolley just outside the room and then I open the door.
Young Mistress Room is what I will call a kid room.
Inside it, there is a makeup table with a broken mirror in it, a round table with a chair, a lot of stitches stuffed doll, broken toy, cracked wall, and a bed with a color of pink.
…Well, it may not look like normal kid room but still there's a trace of it in there, but more importantly, it's Young Mistress Room, if she didn't like it, she can order me to change everything in the room.
I go inside the room and walk toward the bed.
On the bed, there lays a blonde girl with colorful crystal wings, sleeping in her night wears.
It's my Mistress Sister, Flandre Scarlet.
Currently she's sleeping and I'm about to wake her up, yes, I did say 'waking her up' even though right now it's morning and vampire supposed to be already sleeping at this hour. Apparently because she's locked up all this time, her sleeping hour turn weird.
I resume the flow of time and start waking Young Mistress up.
"Young Mistress." I lightly shake her body.
"Mmm…" she starts moaning.
"Young Mistress, please wake up." I shake her again.
"…Hmm…Sa..kuya?" she's waking up.
"It's already morning, Young Mistress."
"…I…see…Hmmmmaaahhhh…" she's getting up from the bed and then start stretch her body.
She got out from the bed and I start changing her clothes, after that combing her hair with the brush hair in the room, and tying her hair into one-side ponytail style.
Since a vampire can't be seen from the mirror, it's my responsibility to make Mistress and Young Mistress looks perfect, as for the mirror that placed inside the room, it's just there for the aesthetic.
"There, it's perfect." I said as I finish dressed up Young Mistress.
Young Mistress starts checking at her attire while brushing her hair with her hand, she starts smiling, indicating that she satisfied with her condition.
"Thank you, Sakuya." She thanks me.
"Don't worry about it, Young Mistress." I lightly bowed at her; I stop the time to grab Young Mistress Breakfast on the outside of the room and then come to the room table to place it there. "Here's your breakfast, Young Mistress." I said as I resume the time again.
"Food!" she's rushing to the table for eating the breakfast.
I just standing beside her as I watch Young Mistress eating her food, occasionally Young Mistress would smear her mouth while eating and I would clean it immediately.
Young Mistress has finished eating, and I will start collecting everyone food tray and prepare a tea for Miss Patchouli.
After all of that taken care of, I will start cleaning the mansion.
-Afternoon, SDM Hallway-
.In the hallway, I command the fairy maids to clean.
"You! That part is still dirty, clean it more!"
"Yes, chief!"
"And you! Stop talking and move your hand more!"
"S-sorry, chief!"
Even though the fairy maids officially working here, they can't do anything unless I command them. They also mustn't clean any delicate object since they are clumsy in nature, so I personally clean it instead.
As I commanding the fairy maids, I hear distinct sound in the corner of my hearing range.
*kii~ing*
'…that's the gate sound, is there a guest right now?' I wonder.
"Alright attention. *clap**clap*" I clap my hand to grab every fairy maids attention.
Easy enough, all of them turn their attention to me.
"I will leave for a moment, keep cleaning because I will come back to see how the cleaning progresses."
"""""YES, CHIEF!"""""
"Good"
I stopped time and go to the entrance door.
-Entrance Door-
"…Oh, it's just you." I speak with the guest.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm sorry that it's just me." He replies back.
He's a regular visitor of our mansion, his name is Arah. He's a human, based on his look and height, I concluded that his age is lower than 17, but this is Gensokyo after all, I won't underestimated someone based on those, as for his personality, he's…a bit of a philanderer side, but for everything else, he's acceptable.
"…I have a feeling that Sakuya-san thinking something rude about me."
"Oh my, you must be tired, why don't you just go back and come visit us next time, like for example, comeback after you died." I told him with a smile on my face.
"Even though you mad at me, isn't what you said is just too extreme?!"
"No, not at all, that's what I'm feeling about you right now." I still said it with a smile.
"…Can I just, go inside now?" he said with exhausted expression.
"Right now you are a guest in our mansion, so it can't be helped, please come in." I invited him.
"Thank you and pardon my intrusion." He said as he comes inside.
"Yes, I pardon your intrusion." I replied.
"…I think you're not supposed to reply that sentence."
"It's the usual right?" still with a smile.
"…*sigh*…Yes, it's the usual." He looks defeated.
"Then please follow me."
I start walking toward the hallway while he followed me.
Arah, this boy is an expert piano player, because our mansion is the only one with Piano in it, he start frequently coming here. The frequency of his visit is once a week and he played from afternoon until evening.
As for why I'm quite rude with him just now, it's because of past event, where he said 'he will forget about you in your next meeting with you' to another girl, which is lovely and peaceful guest. He did explain why he said it, but I still won't forgive him for saying that to a girl, it's unsightly, and also he has tendency to seduce girls with his word, or maybe harassing them, just like in the Tengu newspaper, but the source itself is questionable, so I can't make a reckless judgment on him.
And with that information in mind, I guide him toward the piano location.
-Evening, SDM Hallway-
"All right, that's the last vase that needed to be cleaned in the hallway." I said as I put the down the flower vase.
After the fairy maids clean the majority of the mansion, I start to clean it further by doing the part that they can't do, cleaning the delicate object.
"Yup, that's the last of them. Now let's start preparing everyone dinner." I said smiling as I start walking toward the kitchen.
Some of you might be asking why I didn't just stop the time as I start cleaning, it's because cleaning everything while the time stopped will drain my energy, and also it help me to pass the time until it's time for everybody to eat.
But my plan interrupted as I'm going toward my destination.
*ting**ti-ti-ting**ti-ta-ti-ting*
While I heard that sound, I'm starting to be confused.
'…that's the sound of piano, that boy should be already be gone at this hour.' I said as I change my destination toward the main ballroom, the room where the piano located.
I keep walking while wandering who would play the piano at this hour, until I see something just outside the main ballroom.
It have rainbow colored crystal wing, wearing white mob hat with red ribbon lace, red and white dress.
It's Young Mistress.
She's peeking into the room.
I walk closer to her, as I keep walking into her; I see she's absorbed with watching something from the room that she didn't notice me approaching.
I wondered with what she sees so I peek into the room to.
It's the boy, Arah, and he's still playing the piano.
She smiles at my arrival.
'…I think I understand what's going on, and the music he played, I think this is what he played when he thinks of me…ah, now, I really understand what's going on.' I smiled back after I think reason.
-Me POV-
You know, even though I already make the skills in the system to be maximum, it doesn't mean I actually master the way to use it. I actually have to think how to use them, like for example what I'm doing right now.
I play the piano with both of my hand, but in the past, I only played with 1 tune, making the music only have like 1 instrument that played it. I know it's confusing but bear with me for a second, and right now it's different, I actually use both of my hand properly this time, I played 2 tunes, making the music I played have like the main tune and it backed by same instrument but it played as background tune.
As I discovered and implement this in my Piano play, my ear refreshed by how different it sound even though it's the same music.
…But my happiness didn't last long.
The Rainbow Devil, FLANDRE SUDDENLY APPEAR AND PEEK AT ME FROM OUTSIDE THE ROOM.
I keep playing the piano even though I'm panicking inside, but thank goodness, she's only peeking and not coming into the room, so because she's not moving, I still keep playing, waiting for god know someone to help me out of this situation.
I know I fought her in the past but I was in a do-or-die situation at that time! ...Well, not do-or-die but more like do-or-Imma-nerfed-you-hard situation, anyway the point is, she's peeking at me right now.
'…Seriously what do I do now…hm?…there's another magic signature coming at this direction…this signature…Sakuya-san? '
Now that I know who's coming, I start playing Sakuya theme, Lunar Clock ~Lunar dial~, hoping her to come faster and help.
As few minute passes, Sakuya-san finally arrived.
I don't know why she starts peeking to like Flandre but I'm really hoping she would help me.
I turn toward her direction and smile at her.
Sakuya smile back.
She showed me thumbs up with her hand, and then flip it upside-down.
'OI! WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?! ARE YOU SAYING I SHOULD DROP DEAD RIGHT NOW?!' I stared at her with shocking expression.
Sakuya smile wider, as if she's satisfied with what she saw.
'Okay, that's it, no chickening out; let's face it like a man.'
I stop playing, this action make both of my spectator surprised.
I get up from my seat and start going to their location.
Both of them get out from their spot. Flandre looking at Sakuya, apparently she didn't notice her arrival before hand and having conversation while walking toward me.
As soon as I believe we're close enough to hear each other, I start talking toward them.
"All right then, Flandre, I believe this is our second meeting." I said to the blonde vampire.
Flandre nod energetically, while Sakuya just watching at our interaction.
"So, what do you need from me, because, you know, you're keep peeking at me from the distance."
"That's because I'm waiting for Arah-san to finish playing, nee-sama said it's rude to interrupt someone when they are doing something." She explained.
I'm surprised with what she said; I look at Sakuya, she nod to confirm with what Flandre said.
"I see, Flandre really is a good girl."
"Yes, I am a good girl!" she exclaim happily.
Sakuya also look happy while seeing Flandre happy.
"Now then, what do Flandre want from me?"
"Please teach me how to play the piano!" she request.
"Teach?" I ask her for more detail.
"Yes, I always wondering who's playing the beautiful melody with the piano, so I decided today I investigated it, now that I'm seeing with my own eyes, I want to play the piano." She further explained her request.
"I see." I nod understandingly at her.
'…That's new, I never been asked to teach someone with something in my entire live.' As I think those though, I look at Sakuya. '…Uwaaaah, look at those eyes, I can totally imagine her saying 'If you teach her something weird, I will make you as Young Mistress meal instead.' Or something like that…meh, YOLO.'
"…All right then, why don't we go to the Piano for now."
"Yes!"
I lead both of them to the Piano.
"Please sit down the chair; I want to see how Flandre play."
"…But I never played the Piano before." Flandre said with uncertainty in her voice.
"Don't worry; I just want to see how you are doing with the piano, just sit down for now and play randomly." I convince her.
"…Okay." She sit down the Piano chair, "…It's warm." She said while sitting on the chair.
"!" I notice great killing intent from beside me..
I look at the sources, it's from Sakuya.
"I didn't do anything; the chair will warm up if someone sits on it for a long time, its normal, no need to be exaggerated." I said to her while signaling her to calm down with my hand.
Flandre start to look between me and Sakuya, wondering with what's happening.
After few more second, she is starting to calm down.
"Sakuya, is something wrong?" Flandre ask while tilting her head.
"No, It's nothing Young Mistress, something just got into my eyes." Sakuya said her excuse to Flandre.
'…One of this day, comes to murder me just because of simple misunderstanding.' I think.
"Now that's already out of the way, can you try to play it, Flandre?"
"Okay, I will try." Flandre put her serious face and start playing.
*ting**ting**tong**toooooooong*
'Yep, this is…' my thinking with what may happen when she played the piano is spot on.
*tong**tong**tiiiing**tiiiing*
"All right, stop." I told Flandre to stop playing.
"Fuh…What do you think about it, Arah-san?" Flandre inquire me with her result.
Sakuya also look curious with what I'll say, and that is if we excluded the hidden Danmaku Knife somewhere around her body, she look pretty normal, and you can't fool me, I can sense it being summon after Flandre ask her question.
"Well, for a novice, you obviously lack experience to use it, so obviously we need to fix that." I explain my observation.
"Then how do I fix it?" Flandre ask worriedly.
"Of course, by playing more piano." I start readying my arm. "Now, Flandre, what I'm about to do, please just let it happen, do not try to resist, okay?" I give an instruction to her.
Flandre look confused while Sakuya have an idea with what I'm about to do.
"You mean, you are about to do it with Young Mistress, just like that time?" Sakuya asked.
"Yep, just like that time." I answer.
"That time?" Flandre look more confused after our little conversation.
"Don't worry Young Mistress, it's gonna be okay, just like he said, just don't do anything, he will guide Young Mistress." Assure Sakuya to Flandre.
'Yeah, please don't resist it or my item will definitely break if she used her power.' I hoped in my mind.
"I don't know what will happen, but I will Sakuya if she said it's okay." Said Flandre with less worry than before.
"Good, let's start."
I activated my ability and start sitting down in mid air and start using my magical item, the Mimicry String.
Yep, you guessed it, what Sakuya mean 'that time' is the time when I guided Maribel to played the Piano, and right now, I'm gonna do it again, but it's with Flandre this time.
I connect two of my arms with Flandre arms.
I test the mimicry by playing some note by moving Flandre arms to push it.
"Wah! Sakuya, both of my arms suddenly moves!" Surprised Flandre by moving her arms away from the Piano.
My arm suddenly move, the direction of movement matched with Flandre movement.
'Flandre please, I'm only Lv 45, and you're already in the unidentified level.' I think while despairing inside my mind.
"Young Mistress, that's what we're talking about, Arah-san will guide your arms to play the piano, so please don't resist the guidance." Said Sakuya to calming down Flandre.
"Ah, I see, don't resist, don't resist." Calm down Flandre.
"…Thank you, Sakuya-san." I express my gratitude to Sakuya.
"No problem, everything is for Young Mistress." Sakuya said with serious tone.
"Now, then let's start playing, remember this melody Flandre, because this is what you can do when you're expert at this thing." I said as I start playing the piano.
The music that I will play using Flandre hand is Flandre's theme herself, 'U.N Owen was her?'.
'This is gonna be good.'
*ding*
[Achievement alert]
[Impress the Rainbow Devil]
[Reward: 20.000 AP & IP]
I smiled.
And with that, the 2nd most popular Touhou music is played dramatically inside the mansion Main Ballroom.
-Evening, Mistress Room-
-Sakuya POV-
"I see, because of him, Flandre is starting to play the Piano, then is that boy still in here?" Mistress confirming.
"Yes, Mistress, as for the second question, no, he already gone back to the Human Village." I replied.
Right now, I'm in the Mistress Remilia room, dressing Mistress up from her slumber.
Mistress Remilia room is decorated with red, red make-up table, red table and chair, red wall, red bed sheet, red coffin on the bed, and scattered red rose petal around the coffin.
Everything is just like Mistress Remilia nickname, the Scarlet Devil.
I finished dressed up Mistress Remilia.
"I will personally the detail from Flandre in dining room, Sakuya, is the dinner ready?"
"Yes, Mistress, we only needed everyone to arrive in the dining room to start the dinner."
"Good, notify everyone about it, I will walk to the dining room, you just wait for my arrival."
"As you wish, Mistress."
I obey Mistress Remilia command and stop the time to notify everyone about the dinner.
As I walked in the frozen world, I remember a thing about that boy, the only good side of him, in my opinion.
The person said himself that he prioritized women safety
Going by the logic, it's a given that if he likes women that mean he will protect them no matter what and I think that is the only point I can't hate about him.
Author note:
Heyo, it's the Author. Fuck English, I think that's one of the reason why this chapter is so long to be written, and another reason is that, it's another character POV, it's a struggle.
As for this chapter, we can see how Sakuya is the essential core/ the hearth of SDM, without her, SDM probably won't even exist until now. Everyone are very reliant with Sakuya, they can't live without her, no joke, they really will they if Sakuya is not there to take care of them.
I think one chapter per week, gonna be the norm right now, in the past days, it's just shit storm happening in the house, I seriously don't wanna talk about it.
gladeo25: what do you mean by implementing it? Yes, I can make he carried his phone in the pouch but what about it? Gensokyo doesn't have signals until the radio tower appear in the later time line. More over I don't know how it work because in the wiki, only Yukari and Ran that's utilizing it by using smartphone to communicated with each other. And what do he use the phone for? He can just use the System dude.
And last thing, I heard there's Hurricane in Texas right now, I hope if you guys are okay, and the people in other region around them too to be okay.
