Chapter 22 - Mio POV

Let me introduce myself, my name is Sakura Mio.

 A personal maid who serves the daily needs of my beloved Master, Lily Schwartz De Rommel. People often call Lily-sama the "Black of the Rommel Family". A rude term to ostracize an innocent child and trample on Marquess Rommel's dignity.

 It seems that this rude term will disappear after they find out the hidden power possessed by Lily-sama.

 Whoever it is, facing a swordsman who has mastered the Sakura Bloom movement technique is a death wish. They will have a hard time leaving alive. The Sakura Bloom movement technique is a secret sword art developed by my family lineage. My mother is one of the many Sakura Bloom Masters who went on adventures in young times.

 The Sakura Bloom movement technique emphasizes elegant movements and subtle yet deadly attacks. The match between Lily-sama and my mother was quite crazy to watch. Even though I trained in secret, it seems that I am still not good enough to master one Sakura Bloom movement properly.

 Do I not have the talent to use the Sakura Bloom technique?

 No! Nooooo!!

 If this continues, Lily-sama will think of me as a useless maid.

 I want to be a personal maid who can protect my Master, not the other way around like a regular maid!

 "Miiiooo~"

 I heard Lily-sama calling my name in her sleep. Right now, I could hear the birds chirping to greet the morning and our neighbor's kitchen utensils starting to make noises preparing breakfast.

 I applied for a three-day leave, but it felt so long when I was separated from Lily-sama. It seemed like I couldn't get away from Lily-sama anymore.

 What should I do? I have one more day off left and I still want to be by Lily-sama's side as her property.

 What should I do to fill this free time?

 "Mio… gentle… once… again."

 It seemed like Lily-sama was dreaming about me.

 "Ehehe… Lily-sama is so cute when she's like this. Who gave Lily-sama that strange nickname? I want to kill it..."

 Seeing Lily-sama sleeping soundly made me want to tease her. Those cute, supple cheeks were so tempting to me.

 What is this feeling, I like kissing and playing with her cheeks.

 Um.. that's not a crime, right?

 There's nothing wrong with teasing a five-year-old girl cheeks right?

 Will Lily-sama scold me after finding out about my little prank about her cheeks?

 Let's see that for later, the most important thing is!

 "Itadakimasuuu~" slowly but surely. I started kissing Lily-sama's tiny cheeks again.

 Squeesh...

 Eh?

 WHAT IS THIS?

 WHY DOES THIS CHEEK FEEL SO SOFT?!

 THIS SOFTNESS!

 LILY-SAMAAAA!!

 I don't know what happened, but..

 It seems I went a little overboard by biting Lily-sama's tiny cheeks.

 A small red trail was created when I accidentally bit Lily-sama's tiny cheeks.

 Ahem! This isn't my fault! But Lily-sama's cheeks fault that are too soft to be enjoyed.

 "Haaaau~" Lily-sama was delirious again.

 Ah! It seems I've gone little overboard. If I continue, Lily-sama will be angry with my little prank.

 For now, I have to endure my little prank.

 But, there's no harm in enjoying it a little longer, right?

 "Mmpphh~ Maamaaa~"

 Before I could continue my little prank again, Lily-sama's facial expression suddenly changed to sad and scared.

 "Maamaa~ where?"

 "Maamaa~"

 I could see Lily-sama's tears slowly coming out. I immediately stroked Lily-sama's cheek and tried to calm her down.

 Ah! That's right. Compared to me, Lily-sama has suffered a lot since she was little. In addition to being abandoned by her mother death, Lily-sama also experienced unpleasant treatment from the people around her.

 The last party that Lily-sama was invited to also became a terrible political issue after the First Prince threw a glass filled with red wine at Lily-sama's head.

 I didn't realize this before.

 Aren't they... like a trash that should be thrown away?

 Their behavior is even lower than trash.

 What is this?

 I suddenly felt like training myself to be stronger to protect Lily-sama's honor.

 The trash that is disturbing Lily-sama's life needs to be cleaned up! Regardless of their high social status, they just a trash.

 My first main target is the First Prince.

 Just because the First Prince has the title of Crown Prince of the Kingdom, doesn't mean that trash is worthy of disturbing Lily-sama's life.

 Um! Trash is still trash. From a different perspective, they are still trash.

 To protect Lily-sama from the pollution of trash, I must become stronger!

 Suddenly I felt a cold touch on my cheek.

 "Mio?" I responded to the call and realized a pair of eyes were staring at my face.

 "Lily-sama.. G-Good morning.." I looked at Lily-sama's gentle smiling expression as she woke up from her sleep. I could see her tears running down her cheeks and falling.

 "I just had a beautiful dream," Lily-sama said with a smile.

 "You know, Mio. I met Mama and some other people in my dream. My dark skin isn't a bad sign to them."

 "Eh? H-Huh?" of course I was confused by this sudden discussion.

 What did Lily-sama mean?

 "This dark skin is a side effect of excess magic capacity and they taught me to control the overflowing magic capacity from myself so that it can be accommodated by my small body. If I do this, then.."

 I felt like I saw a miracle that happened suddenly. The dark skin that I had always seen slowly changed into charming brown bright skin.

 I was silent for a few seconds after seeing... THE HOLY GIRL WHO TURNED INTO AN ANGEL!

 "Li-Li-Li-Lily-samaa!!" I shouted and caused a small commotion in the morning.

 I could hear footsteps running to my room.

 "What's wrong, Mio? Why are you shouting in the morning? Oh! Em? HEEEEE?!!" My father who barged into my room was surprised by Lily-sama's appearance.

 I heard footsteps walking to my room again.

 "What's the matter? Why are you shouting in the morning? Oh? EEEEEH?!!"

 The reactions between my father and mother were quite harmonious, weren't they?

 They were very surprised by Lily-sama's appearance who had changed like a fallen angel.

 "L-Lily-sama?" My father and mother asked the same thing.

 "G-Good morning," Lily-sama said to my parents.

 After hearing this, Lily-sama smiled at us.

 Skuuutt...

 Ting...

 WHAT'S THIS?

 WHY SO CUTE!

 WHAT GOOD DEED HAVE I DONE?

 My father, mother, and I were amazed by Lily-sama's sweet smile and her new appearance.

 "W- What just happened? Lily-sama... do you want to be my adopted daughter?" said my mother who immediately stood up and hugged Lily-sama.

 "Hee?!!" My father was very surprised by my mother's words.

 "H-Helena-san, but I still have one biological parents."

 "Ahem! Let's kill Marquess Rommel! I'll go first!" said my mother while putting on a serious expression and walking towards the exit of my room.

 "Don't joke around on the edge of a cliff!" said my father while holding back my mother's footsteps.

 Lily-sama chuckled seeing our family's behavior.

 "Mioo, how is this?" asked Lily-sama.

 "Does Mio like this appearance?"

 "Or... this appearance?"

 "Um? What's this one?"

 At that moment, we were shown three forms of Lily-sama's appearance. The dark-skinned figure of Lily-sama that we often see, the new brown light-skinned figure of Lily-sama, and the figure of a fox girl wearing a fox mask on her head.

 "What is this again?!" said my mother who was now moving quickly to stroke Lily-sama's fox ears.

 "Um! T-This one is good too" I replied.

 "Ehehe.. so Mio likes this kind of thing?"

 For some small reason, Lily-sama moved her fox ears and a fox tail.

 Lily-sama seemed to invite me to join in stroking her fox body parts.

 With this cute appearance, who could resist her?

 With this, my morning activities began by stroking Lily-sama's fox ears and tail.

 And we didn't forget to set up a barricade of sword blades for my father.