Gina finally looked towards the other maid who had come with Stella to get her. It was a little elf girl who barely came up to Gina’s waist, and the girl was looking up at Gina with awe in her eyes and a small blush on her face. Gina hadn’t seen this maid around the castle before, so she crouched with her hands on her knees and smiled at the girl.
"Hello, there. What’s your name?"
The little girl jolted as she was suddenly snapped out of her trance, and she quickly curtsied respectfully!
"M-My name is Gerael! I’m one of the personal maids of the third Princess, Her Highness Lady Heriet! D-Do you mind if I ask you something!? Is it true that you’re the mistress of wind! The woman who travelled across an entire Primordial Domain to help clear the name of her lover!?"
Gina blinked in shock as the girl suddenly came closer and looked up with wide eyes! The girl’s eyes seemed to be glittering like tiny stars as she waited to hear about the great love story, and Gina couldn’t help but blush a little in embarrassment as she nodded.
"Yes, I am."
The girl immediately screeched!
"EEEEEKKK! Your story is so romantic! I’ve been dreaming of having a Prince Charming forever! But your story is even more romantic! Going on a journey with your prince and fighting against evil around the world! EEEEEKK!"
Gina was shocked when the little girl suddenly began to squeal in pure joy as she ranted about Gina’s adventures! The story of Gina’s travels around the Primordial Expanse with Jason had been getting a lot of interest over the past few days, and there was hardly any major world in the Primordial Expanse that hadn’t heard about what Gina and Jason did. Many people saw the journey as a fight against the terrors of an evil Overlord, and they looked up to Jason’s bravery. But there were many women who saw things from a more romantic perspective, and they painted a journey of love and sacrifice across the Primordial Expanse as their own theme! Many of these women looked up to Gina for what she had done, and there were even some who felt jealous that Gina was able to do something like that with her lover, and that story was starting to spread even faster now that the council was opening an investigation into the Machina for their actions!
Gina couldn’t believe that this little girl actually looked up to her for what she had done, and she just watched as the girl squealed and ranted about the ’greatest love story’ of the century for more than a minute!
"My princess and I have been reading about your adventures, and I can’t imagine how scary it must’ve been! You really fought against the Beast of the Apocalypse! And you faced the Machina army more than three times! We really admire your courage! If you don’t mind, then would you be willing to talk to the princess as well!? She’s really shy, but I know she really wants to talk to you, too! She’s one of your biggest fans!"
The little maid put her hands up to her chest and looked up at Gina with wide, glittering eyes, and an intense emotion seemed to suddenly bubble up from deep inside Gina the longer she looked at the cute little girl! Right now, Gina was pregnant, and that meant that her maternal instincts were at their highest! And as she saw the little girl looking up at her with such childish wonder, Gina couldn’t stop the intense excitement that suddenly burst free from deep inside her!
"Oh my god, you’re so cute!"
Gina suddenly exclaimed in happiness as she lifted the little girl off her feet and carried her into the air! The little maid squealed in shock as Gina easily swung her around, and she laughed as Gina brought her down and began to rub their cheeks together while holding the girl in her arms! The maid cried out.
"Hahahah! Stop, that tickles! Haha!"
"Oh, you’re just the most precious little elf maid in the world! You’re so cute! Of course I’ll come to see the princess! Tell her that I’ll meet her once I’m done freshening up, alright! If she wants, then we can even sit beside each other at dinner!"
Gina pulled back with a smile as she said this, and the little elf’s eyes widened in joy once she heard this!
"Really! You will!?"
"Of course! How can I say no to such a cute face~?"
Gina tickled the elf’s nose softly, and the elf giggled happily as she called on the wind and flew off Gina’s hand while exclaiming!
"I’ll go tell the princess right away! Thank you so much, my Lady! This is amazing!"
The girl flew off quickly, and Stella spoke up from behind Gina.
"Did she forget that she came here to guide you back to the castle? She must be really clumsy if she is just ignoring her duties like this."
There was a bit of disappointment in Stella’s voice, and Gina just chuckled and waved Stella’s concern away as she also floated off the ground. Gina knew that Stella was a very uptight person when it came to her duties, but Gina didn’t want to get the little girl into trouble, so she spoke as she began making her way to the exit.
"Oh, stop it, the girl is just excited, so make sure King Farlow doesn’t hear about this, alright. Now, come on, let’s go back quickly so I can freshen up. I can’t wait to meet the princess. I’m sure she’s just as cute as that little maid!"
....
[With Jason and Hesabeth]
Inside the bedroom of the pocket dimension, Merivo’s Paradise, Jason was lying in bed with his hands behind his head. The artificial sun had set in the sky, and the entire world was now cast in darkness with only the light from the artificial moon shining through the bedroom window. Merivo’s Paradise had been created as a way to ensure whoever was inside could stay there for a very long time and even after coming out they would be able to easily integrate into reality without any issues, so the day and night features had been crafted so that they would match the day and night sequence of whatever world the people inside the Paradise were used to.
It had been three days since Jason entered this world with Hesabeth, and even though Jason had already finished his Blood Metamorphosis in only two days, like the system predicted, and there was now no chance of his Alter Ego taking over his body anymore, Jason was still stuck inside here because the Paradise would only open after the seven-day set time was over. Jason had tried literally everything to try to get out of here. He had used skills to attack the dimension, and he had even trekked to the edge of the world to see if he could find an exit! Jason even used the Death’s Mirage sword to try to split the world apart! But nothing had worked at all! Jason’s [King Substitution] wasn’t working either because this world had completely cut off his mana from the outside world. So even though Jason could feel the existence of his various subordinates all around the Primordial Expanse, Jason could not connect his mana with theirs to use [King’s Substitute].
[The user’s subordinate [Gina Fey] has made significant progress in the skill [Sage]]
[The user’s subordinate [Gina Fey] has made significant progress in the skill [Sage]]
Jason smiled as he saw this message appear on his system tabs. Ever since three days ago, Jason had been seeing this message at the end of every day, and Jason realised that Gina was using their time apart to train her Sage abilities so she could be stronger.