My Dungeon Life – Chapter 1749-1751

Chapter 1749

Knock. Knock.

“Come in.”

I had just returned from the dungeon when I heard a knock. I had just stepped through the portal, so the knocking caught me off guard and I answered perhaps a bit too swiftly, the portal still closing behind me. I had been afraid that Marina was at the door. I was even more concerned that she knew I had left Jespain somehow.

I mean, I had absolutely no obligation to stay in this country. They hadn’t put any restriction on me like I was required to stay or something. It was ultimately my own choice to leave and go as I pleased. Yet, I didn’t want Marina and by extension, the rest of Jespain to know too much about what I could or could not do.

That’s why I was a little surprised when a form walked through my wall. I realized then that the knock I had heard wasn’t from the door, but from the wall of the room adjacent to my own, and the person who came had moved through the wall like it wasn’t even there. I immediately recognize the maid’s outfit as well as her purple hair. Most of the maid girls Astria had been experimenting on had colorful hair and strange abilities. They weren’t quite fairies, but since they had fairy-like qualities, I simply called them fairy maids. I hadn’t known this one could walk through walls like many of the other fairy maids.

“Cici? What is it?”

“Master, I waited for you to finish b-before coming.” She responded her face a little red.

“Ahhh… that, um, did Faeyna come?”

“No, Master.” She cocked her head. “I came on your behalf?”

“My behalf?” I blinked. “Why?”

“I compiled as much information as I could.” She handed me a notebook.

This was a notebook from my world. Since Chance and Cici were young, I knew they didn’t quite have the patience of adults. During our travel down south to Knifefall on the ship, I had given the girls pens and notebooks to pass the time. As I flipped it open, I realized it had been written in.

“You can read and write?” I was a bit surprised.

“Yes, Master. Faeyna believes all maids should be able to do at least this much, so she has been teaching all of us.” Cici nodded.

“But this is… notes about Jespain!”

“Master wanted me to collect information for him, remember?” She looked slightly worried like she might have done something wrong. “Although Faeyna keeps us busy, there wasn’t much to do in the hotel, so I managed to slip away and spy on the various guests and gather information.”

That was right. I had toyed with the idea of turning Cici into some kind of spymaster. I had mostly just wanted her to collect information in the capital so that I wouldn’t be kept in the dark when some major event occurred. Since she’d be all but alone at my capital property with little to do, I thought it wouldn’t be too difficult for her to leave her ear open.

I had never thought that she would take such orders to heart and set out to collect information so thoroughly. The book seemed to have the very information I had failed to gather earlier. There were notes about the appearance, behavior, and relationships of all ten lords, and three of them even included sketches. Cici’s words weren’t just neatly written, but her sketches were artful and accurate too. In comparison, Miki’s handwriting was atrocious, and most of the other girls couldn’t even read or write in the common language.

I noticed that she was seemingly waiting for something. I reached out and patted her head.

“You did a really good job.” She beamed happily.

It was good children were easy to please.

Chapter 1750

The structure between the ten lords wasn’t as uniform as it appeared on the surface. According to Cici’s notes, two factions were vying for power. The larger faction was only larger because this lord’s territory happened to encompass the capital city. Thus, he had a larger population and more votes. Although his group only consisted of three allies, making them the minority among the territories, they held more of the votes overall against the other six.

This had created a great deal of tension between those six, who were commonly being outvoted by them. This country didn’t have checks and balances like a senate that balanced a house of lords, so the high population areas were suppressing the lower population areas. Her notes didn’t go much beyond the basic relationship between each of the lords, and a few other allies they might have, but for a few hours of spying, this could have been said to be an incredible wealth of information.

“You’re certain you weren’t seen?” I asked, remembering my conversation with Anne and Mary and how everyone was secretly watching us out of the corner of their eyes.

Cici quickly shook her head. “Not at all. They don’t pay as much attention to maids as they do to anyone else. I didn’t leave through the door or window. I can also do this.”

With those words, she closed her eyes, and a moment later she turned transparent. I let out a cry of surprise. Cici was full of surprises. I knew that she had a lot of mana and would probably be a great apprentice for some kind of grand mage, had the only grand mage from Aberis had unexpectedly been killed. It was almost embarrassing that girls who had so much potential were being trained up as maids. However, these were maids being trained by Faeyna, so I had thought they would be capable.

I had never imagined their capabilities would be at such a level. She couldn’t just walk through walls, but she could also make herself invisible. Was this not the perfect spy? She could move in and out of any secure area at will and leave no presence behind. I had felt when she had gone invisible, and even her mana signature decreased to the point where my Sense Life wouldn’t have noticed her if I wasn’t going out of my way to look for her. She had the same kind of powerful mana control that Celeste did.

“I don’t want you to do anything too dangerous.” I cautioned carefully, remembering that a crossbow had been set up in my room earlier, and had she been the one to enter it might have been dangerous.

“I won’t, Master!” She straightened her back at attention. “I’m being extremely careful. I even asked for advice from the aunties. I’ve also been teaching what I learn to the other girls and teaching them to keep their ears open and to learn as much as possible for Master’s benefit.”

“Aunties?”

“Faeyna says that we’re welcome to expand our roles as long as we are dutiful in our maid studies.” She replied defensively. “Shao has also taken a bit of interest in us.”

“I see…”

Shao always had a strange attachment to children, or maybe it was only children I hung around. I calmed a bit knowing that Faeyna knew what was going on as well. She’d probably consider being an international spy to be within the duties of a maid.

There was another knock, this time on the door. “It is time to leave.”

The voice was Marina’s voice. I gave Cici a look, and she curtsied before silently backing up through the wall, leaving no evidence we had ever had a conversation in the first place. I had only casually thought about creating an information network. It was something I was planning for the future, but it looked like it was already in the works. Had I unexpectedly created the beginnings of a deadly spy association?

Chapter 1751

I opened the door to see the familiar Marina standing there with her typical gentle smile that was so consistent it might have been no better than had she been expressionless. She looked one look down at my clothing.

“You are wearing this?” Her smile didn’t change, but her eyes showed some slight displeasure.

I had not had any time to change. I had come back earlier from the dungeon intending to change, but Cici’s sudden arrival had taken that time, and I had completely forgotten to change. Even so, it wasn’t like I was wearing something awful. It was a standard outfit I’d wear around Chalm, where I was the lord. It was a bit fancier than I would have liked to wear. Part of the reason I had adopted spending some naked time with my girls, other than the obvious reasons, was because it was just nice to get out of those stuffy clothes sometimes.

I didn’t have any clothing from my world. I had been so concentrated on getting stuff for the girls, I had completely forgotten about myself. The stuff that I had once worn wouldn’t fit me anymore, and I’d probably need to get to a tall man’s store to get anything else. It would have to wait until I had another week to spare, which seemed to come in short supply. I also wasn’t that interested in returning to my world. It made me feel awkward and out of place, and my heartfelt strange when I was there.

“My apologies.” Faeyna suddenly appeared. “It was my fault. Master’s outfit needed cleaning and I was negligent. Master, please come with me. I will have him changed immediately.”

Marina’s look turned to Faeyna and she sniffed. “It’s hard to get good help.”

She left it at that, and I was brought back into my room with Faeyna.

“S-sorry, it was my fault.”

Faeyna gave a curtsy. “Master never has any need to apologize. I am your maid, and it is my job to make sure you are prepared. She arrived five minutes earlier than I anticipated, and I didn’t find a good time earlier to properly prepare you.”

As Faeyna spoke, her hands moved skillfully tugging at my clothing. It wasn’t until I felt cold that I looked down and realized I was completely naked. My eyes shot to her hands which were holding the clothing I was wearing neatly folded. How the heck did she do that?

I had nearly forgotten how incredible Faeyna’s magic hands were. She went over my entire body, her hands moving so quickly that I barely felt anything. It lasted for only about five minutes, but when Faeyna pulled out a mirror, I found that not only was I cleaned and dressed, but my hair had also been done as well. She had done it all with the grace and poise that made it feel like a breeze of wind.

“You are ready, Master.” Faeyna declared.

I grinned and then grabbed Faeyna. “Not yet, I still need one thing.”

“M-master… even after already doing it on your own… although the other girls may get mad since I’m just the maid and help, it’s okay if it’s with me.”

She closed her eyes as I kissed her. I only kissed her before moving my lips to her ear.

“A kiss is all I can give right now.”

“Y-yes! Of course!” Her cheeks grew even redder, but her eyes were reluctant.

“I don’t want to be cruel though.” I bit my lip as I remembered something Lydia had picked up in the mall. “If you go in Lydia’s drawer, there is an item…”

I whispered in Faeyna’s ear, causing her eyes to widen. I felt bad for teasing her, so that should make things even.