The maid Amane had saved finally opened her eyes after a little while. A pair of arms tightened around the maid which caused her to flinch.
But the warmth of that embrace carrying her made the maid relax. The maid would have shut her eyes and gone back to sleep if she had not been Lady Tsurugi's voice calling out to her.
"Are you going to go back to sleep again after making me carry you to your residence? Aren't you afraid to get fired?"
Lady Tsurugi did not look angry with the maid, but the reality of her situation made the maid flinch and blush.
"I…ugh, this was not…Please forgive me, mistress. I will make sure this does not happen again."
The maid had turned red and her face resembled a ripened apple. She quickly pulled back from Amane's embrace and stood up with shaking legs.
She looked up at Amane's face but could not keep staring at Amane for long.