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After leaving the cottage I made my way back to town where I found Angel sitting on a stone wall just outside of town. In front of her were two young men who seemed to be trying to chat my girlfriend up. “Hey, let’s team up for a while.”

“Yeah, we can show you the ropes.” Is it just me or are these some of the most generic lines I have ever heard? Why would they even show the ropes to a girl who is obviously at a higher level than them?

Angel looked like she was about to explode. I could tell since her eyebrow was twitching quite violently. Of course, I did not plan to stand around either since this was my girl. “Can you two go away.” My voice was slightly colder than I had expected. I guess seeing the girl I love being hit on didn’t sit well with me.

“Hmm?” one of the young men turned around and looked at me, his eyes lighting up. “Beauty do you want to take a wa….” I didn’t let him finish and just stabbed him with my sword instead.

“Zoe!” Angel cried out happily as she jumped off the wall, pushed past the man, and jumped on me, kissing my lips in the process. “It took you long enough!”

“Huh?” The other young man was a bit confused he looked at me and Angel and then at the body on the ground that was turning into balls of light. “What happened!?”

 “He tried to hit on me so I killed him. Don’t worry I will be sending you along with him. Next time, don’t hit on random girls, their partners might not like it.” And so my sword stabbed him through the head, instant critical strike.

“Hehe. I was just about to kill them myself but I was restraining myself hoping if I ignored them they would go away. Although if they tried to touch me I would have burned them alive.” Angel was all smiles. I do not doubt her at all when she says she would have killed them if they touched her, but…

“Next time as soon as they open their mouths to hit on you kill them. I don’t want to see my girlfriend being hit on.” I was being a little jealous. Just a little.

“Okay, I will do as you say. So we are heading to the cottage?” Angel asked and I answered with a nod. She grabbed my hand with a smile and said: “Lead the way!”

I led her down the road and made our way back to the cottage. We would both need to take a break after this since it had almost been eight hours in the real world. Plus her father was now busy dealing with the other matters I had given him so he would not be able to log in tonight.

When we arrived at the cottage the barrier surrounding the place was shimmering ever so slightly under the sun. I walked towards it and passed through but was jerked back and the sound of Angel crying out could be heard. “Ow!” I turned to see Angel rubbing her nose.

“Silvie!” I yelled out for Silvie to walk out of the cottage with her usual blank expression. She walked all the way over to me and bowed her head. “You called Master?”

“Why did you make the barrier so that Angel can not walk through it?” I asked only for Silvie to look at me with a bit of confusion in her eyes. She then looked past me at Angel and then back at me and answered: “Master I already said early I needed to adjust the barrier.”

 “Ah… Sorry.” I scratched my head. I had forgotten thanks to those idiots. “Ahem… can you adjust it please?”

“Do you really wish for the Mistress to be allowed in?” Silvie’s question made me raise an eyebrow. But she ignored me and walked through the barrier, took out a needle, grabbed Angel’s free hand, poked it without any hesitation, and drew a drop of blood before her before putting the needle away and then waving her hand causing the blood to shoot into the barrier. “It’s done.”

 “Thank you,” I said with a smile and pulled Angel through the barrier this time with out any issues. But I could have sworn I heard Silvie click her tongue as I did this. I think I need to have a small talk with these maids about being nicer to Angel.

“Master, we are already being very nice.” Hilde’s voice entered my ears then I hear a ‘mhmm’ which was Silvie which meant both maids could read my damn mind!

“You need to be nicer,” I said in my mind only to hear two clicks of the tongue. I wish I knew why they were acting this way.

“Master, to use maids you are the most important person. Even if you were to tell us to protect the Mistress, and we find that your life is in danger we would save you over her. We will protect her as long as your life is not in danger but we will prioritize your safety above all else. We will not allow what happened las…”

“Hilde!” Silvie suddenly screamed, rattling my brain. It seemed like Hilde was about to say something very important. I wanted to ask her to finish but I have a feeling she would say I am not high enough level to know or something stupid around those lines. Anyway, these maids are not as simple as they seem and it seems they are also hiding a lot from me.