Legacy of The Arcane Lust Mage-Chapter 19: What?!

Among the maids and servants, very few were mages like her and all were treated with respect.

However, only she was the exception.

Why?

Not only because she was Lukas’ maid, someone who had no prospects and was alienated in his own family, but also because they knew she cared for him.

Knowing she wouldn’t dare to do anything to them in fear of causing trouble for Lukas, they said anything and everything to her face.

She always silently endured it, but now since Lukas had undergone a second awakening—which she knew was a success without him telling her as he didn’t seem even a tiny bit upset after regaining consciousness in her lap—and was going to become a mage, she no longer bothered to endure any longer and lashed out, pouring out all her frustration.

Of course, the thought that Raymond might not accept him even after Lukas became a mage lingered in her mind, but she was willing to take this tiny bit of risk since it wouldn’t make much difference if the latter possibility really came to pass.

’I hope it doesn’t happen...’ She thought before shaking her head to clear her thoughts.

"Young Lord must have woken up. I should check up on him." She muttered and walked toward Lukas’ villa, a hint of nervousness flickering in the depths of her eyes.

Because of how insecure and withdrawn Lukas had been since he was 12, she had always treated him like a kid, but today she realized he was no longer a kid and had become a man. This was the cause of her nervousness.

’What if he also wants me now that his desires are awakening...?’

She was his personal maid and was supposed to take care of his all needs on paper but... she wasn’t willing to betray her late husband. This was why she had been resisting Isaac’s advances. freёnovelkiss.com

But if Lukas, who she had taken care of since he was young and held quite a bit of affection for in her heart, wanted her... she didn’t know if she would be able to refuse him... and risk offending her only support.

As her mind whirled with all kinds of thoughts, she walked to Lukas’ villa and entered it.

"Mm?" She felt some disturbance in mana and subconsciously looked toward the corner of the courtyard where she noticed a figure, covered in mud, sitting cross-legged as if in meditation.

She became alert and her first thought was that someone had infiltrated the residence but then she found the figure familiar and raised her brows in confusion.

’Is that... Young Lord?’

Upon looking closely, she became certain and hurried over to him.

Immediately, she was hit with a strong stench and covered her nose.

’This isn’t mud but... impurities? He has cleared his mana veins... That’s a relief, but isn’t it a bit too much?’ She sucked in a deep breath in amazement but this made her almost throw up.

She hurriedly retreated several meters before taking a breath.

On an awakening ceremony, while the impurities from ones’ mana veins were removed, it wasn’t a thorough process and on an average only around 50-60% of the impurities were removed.

People had to try to remove the remaining via other methods, but usually, no matter what they tried, no one could completely cleanse their mana veins. At least, the mages in 1-star realm, even peak 1-star still had impurities from what she knew.

Earlier, when he had fainted during the second awakening ritual, she was too worried to think properly but after he recovered and fell asleep, she had gotten worried because while the ritual seemed to have been a success, he hadn’t shed any impurities.

This had made her doubt if it was really a success or he hadn’t shown his emotions on purpose so she wouldn’t get worried. However, thinking things might not be the same with the second awakenings, she had refrained from thinking too much and instead decided to ask him about it when he woke up.

So, seeing he had shed the impurities was a relief to her, but the amount he shed surprised her. She remembered when she underwent the awakening at the awakening temple, she hadn’t shed even one third the amount.

While she was lost in thought, she noticed Lukas, now cocooned in the layer of mud-like impurities, tremble and slowly raise his hand to wipe his face.

"Let me help you, Young Lord." She said and rushed over.

...

An hour later... Lukas’ room...

"Hm~ Huh~ Hm~"

Oriana was sitting in a chair, softly humming a tune as she waited for Lukas to come out of the bathroom.

This was right, he was in the bathroom for the past hour, scrubbing away the impurities and stench.

She had wanted to help, but he threw her out, which was a relief if she was to be honest—it would have been hard to endure the stench. Hell, even the minutes she spent helping him move from the courtyard to the bathroom had been hard.

Slide!

Step! Step! Step!

After a few minutes, the attached bathroom’s door slid open and Lukas with a white towel wrapped around his lower half walked out.

Oriana stood up, took the fresh clothes she had taken out for him to wear and was about to move over to him to help him when he stopped her.

"Wait, first tell me if you can still smell that stench." He asked her.

Nodding, Oriana sniffed the air around him and shook her head, smiling, "No, Young Lord. You no longer smell."

"..."

Lukas stared at her teasing smile and shook his head, "Good. Now you can help me dress."

Oriana nodded and as she helped him, she hesitantly asked, "Young Lord, have you thought about how you are going to reveal the news to the family?"

"I have..." Lukas nodded, his expression calm, "However, I’m not going to reveal it until I become at least a Mid 1-star mage."

Oriana’s movements paused for a moment before she continued helping him.

Lukas looked at her and upon noticing her thoughtful and somewhat hesitant expression, he smiled, "I know what you are thinking, but no, it’s not going to take too much time or resources to reach mid 1-star because... I’m already about to become Low 1-star mage."

"I see." Oriana nodded but when she understood what he had said, her eyes widened in shock and her hands smoothing out the hem of his upper robe paused.

"What?!"

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